1 25 176 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3172/59357/BAllisonTAllisonTv1.pdf fb93ac0cae1b1631de55f81ee4be28f3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Craven, David Description An account of the resource 21 items. The collection concerns David Craven DFM (b. 1911, 755391 Royal Air Force) and contains his memoir and photographs in an <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/collections/show/4103">album.</a> He flew operations as a wireless operator / air gunner with 50 and 15 Squadrons. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Bryan Craven and catalogued by Jan Johnstone. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-08-07 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Craven, D Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BAllisonTAllisonTv1 Title A name given to the resource Hampdens, Wimpeys and Barbed Wire Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ted Allison Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Memoir Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Description An account of the resource Bomber Command wartime memoirs 1939-45 by Ted Allison. He completed 35 bomber operations as wireless operator/air gunner 1941-43, which he described as being looked down upon. The introduction describes his role as a Wop/Ag and how they're replaced by H2S radar and later Oboe. Ted recounts of the disparity in respect given to Wop/Ag's compared to pilots. In chapter one he expresses a desire to always have wanted to join the RAF, however he tells of his eventful start to life of applying and starting training school for the RAF. The remaining chapters detail his operational career and his spell as an instructor. It concludes with him being shot down on his second tour and being the only survivor of his crew. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Cambridgeshire England--Durham (County) England--Lancashire England--Leicestershire England--London England--Nottinghamshire England--Oxfordshire England--Rutland England--Suffolk England--Sussex Scotland--Ross and Cromarty Atlantic Ocean--Kiel Bay Europe--Frisian Islands Germany--Ruhr (Region) France--Brest France--La Rochelle France--Lorient France--Saint-Nazaire Germany Germany--Aachen Germany--Bremen Germany--Cologne Germany--Dorsten Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Hannover Germany--Hamburg Germany--Karlsruhe Germany--Kiel Germany--Krefeld Germany--Mannheim Germany--Mönchengladbach Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Wilhelmshaven Norway Norway--Oslo Poland Poland--Łambinowice Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1939 1940 1941 1941-06-27 1941-06-28 1941-06-29 1941-06-30 1941-07-04 1941-07-06 1941-07-07 1941-07-08 1941-07-24 1941-08-16 1941-08-22 1941-08-26 1941-09-06 1941-09-07 1941-09-15 1941-09-16 1941-09-28 1941-09-29 1941-10-12 1941-10-13 1941-10-21 1941-10-23 1941-10-26 1941-10-31 1941-11-04 1941-11-07 1941-11-08 1941-11-30 1941-12-01 1942 1942-05-30 1942-05-31 1942-06-01 1942-06-02 1942-06-25 1942-12-14 1943 1943-01-29 1943-02-19 1943-02-20 1943-02-24 1944 1944-01-01 1944-01-02 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive 1 Group 102 Squadron 106 Squadron 14 OTU 25 OTU 3 Group 4 Group 427 Squadron 49 Squadron 5 Group 50 Squadron 6 Group 617 Squadron 76 Squadron 83 Squadron 97 Squadron air gunner aircrew Anson anti-aircraft fire bale out Blenheim Bombing and Gunnery School bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) Botha briefing crash debriefing Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Flying Medal Do 217 Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943) entertainment forced landing George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952) Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944) Gneisenau ground personnel Halifax Hampden hangar Harrow intelligence officer Ju 88 killed in action Lancaster Manchester Me 110 mess military discipline military ethos military living conditions military service conditions mine laying Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy navigator Navy, Army and Air Force Institute Oboe observer Operational Training Unit perception of bombing war pilot prisoner of war Proctor RAF Bourn RAF Coningsby RAF Cottesmore RAF Cranwell RAF Croft RAF Digby RAF Evanton RAF Finningley RAF Leeming RAF Linton on Ouse RAF Manby RAF Metheringham RAF Middleton St George RAF Mildenhall RAF North Coates RAF North Luffenham RAF Padgate RAF Pocklington RAF Scampton RAF Syerston RAF Thornaby RAF Thorney Island RAF Upper Heyford RAF Waddington RAF Wick recruitment Scharnhorst searchlight shot down sport Stalag 8B Stirling strafing Swordfish take-off crash the long march Tirpitz training Wellington Whitley Window wireless operator / air gunner Women’s Auxiliary Air Force https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1534/59018/BHemmingsKHemmingsKv1.pdf e15585ade02bca2d1a5e958f053acef6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hemmings, Kenneth K Hemmings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-09-04 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Hemmings, K Description An account of the resource Three items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Ken Hemmings (b. 1925, 1868109 Royal Air Force) and contains his memoir and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 192 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Colin Ballantyne and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ken Hemmings Autobiography Chapter 5 (1943 to 1947) Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--York England--Scarborough England--Whitby Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man England--Birmingham England--Wetherby England--Leeds Norway Norway--Tønsberg Germany Germany--Flensburg Netherlands Netherlands--Texel Germany--Kiel England--Norwich Denmark Denmark--Copenhagen Germany--Cologne Germany--Bonn Germany--Essen England--London Belgium Belgium--Blankenberge Germany--Celle Germany--Braunschweig Germany--Hamburg Germany--Berlin Germany--Sylt Germany--Hameln Belgium--Brussels Austria Austria--Hartberg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BHemmingsKHemmingsKv1 Description An account of the resource A detailed autobiography of Ken's RAF service. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ken Hemmings Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Memoir Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 59 printed sheets Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 100 Group 1663 HCU 192 Squadron 463 Squadron Advanced Flying Unit air gunner aircrew Anson anti-aircraft fire B-17 B-24 Beaufighter bomb aimer briefing C-47 Catalina Cook’s tour demobilisation Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Service Order FIDO flight engineer Flying Training School Gee ground personnel H2S Halifax Halifax Mk 2 Harvard He 111 Heavy Conversion Unit Initial Training Wing Ju 88 Lancaster Me 109 Me 110 Me 163 Me 262 Me 410 medical officer mess mid-air collision military discipline military living conditions military service conditions Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy Mosquito navigator Navy, Army and Air Force Institute Oxford Photographic Reconnaissance Unit pilot prisoner of war Proctor radar RAF Benson RAF Burnaston RAF Calveley RAF Foulsham RAF Heaton Park RAF Hornchurch RAF Locking RAF Melksham RAF Paignton RAF Rufforth RAF St Athan RAF St Eval RAF Torquay Schräge Musik searchlight Spitfire sport Stirling Sunderland Tiger Moth training Victory in Europe Day (8 May 1945) Wellington Window wireless operator Women’s Auxiliary Air Force York https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3090/58816/MCoxJJ921698-180801-05.pdf add9e87a05759603b894a6beace4e237 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3090/58816/MCoxJJ921698-180801-060002.jpg d6868a49d47a62d4ee46f28c52dd09ed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cox, John James Jack Cox Description An account of the resource 12 items. The collection concerns Sergeant John James Cox (1917 - 1941, 921698 Royal Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 103 Squadron and was killed 25 July 1941. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Barbara Dore and catalogued by Jan Johnstone. Additional information on John James Cox is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/105103/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-08-01 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Cox, JJ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCoxJJ921698-180801-05, MCoxJJ921698-180801-060002 Title A name given to the resource Then it's dark again Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frisian Resistance Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource nld Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English Description An account of the resource A coloured booklet of text and photographs describing the loss of Wellington R1397 on a return flight from an operation to Emden. The Wellington crashed at Kleiterp [Klaeiterp] near Bozum and the crew were killed. Identification was not possible and they were buried at the Northern Cemetery in Leeuwarden. The aircraft and crew were identified in post-war research and a commemorative plaque was unveiled in 2011. The aircraft was shot down by the German pilot Helmut Lent. Head and shoulders photographs of Lent and the crew of R1397 are included. The crew were: Pilot Officer Mervyn Sydney Lund (pilot); Sergeant Arthur Edward Owen (pilot); Sergeant John James Cox (Air Observer); Sergeant Frank Gordon Walker (Gunner); Sergeant Alfred John Le Poidevin (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner); Sergeant Roy Penry Williams (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner). The booklet also describes the role of the Stichting Missing Airmen Memorial Foundation in identifying and commemorating the crew and crash site. Details are provided of a website that provides an overview of all locations in Friesland where aircraft crashed or made emergency landings. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-07-24 1941-07-25 2011-07-25 2015-09-15 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire Europe--Frisian Islands Germany Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony) Netherlands Netherlands--Leeuwarden Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 103 Squadron air gunner aircrew crash final resting place killed in action Me 110 observer pilot RAF Elsham Wolds Wellington wireless operator / air gunner https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3090/58815/MCoxJJ921698-180801-040001.jpg 8a5d5310c6a3352b1883fc7588a842dc https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3090/58815/MCoxJJ921698-180801-040002.jpg 9d46cb9217891ed52e482b33571f826c https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3090/58815/MCoxJJ921698-180801-040003.jpg f8c92f090aaa8c58fad870a8d3b0cbd9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cox, John James Jack Cox Description An account of the resource 12 items. The collection concerns Sergeant John James Cox (1917 - 1941, 921698 Royal Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 103 Squadron and was killed 25 July 1941. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Barbara Dore and catalogued by Jan Johnstone. Additional information on John James Cox is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/105103/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-08-01 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Cox, JJ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Then darkness returned Description An account of the resource Account of the loss of Wellington R1397 on a return flight from an operation to Emden on 24/25 July 1941. The Wellington crashed at Kleiterp [Klaeiterp] near Bozum and the crew were killed. Identification was not possible and they were buried at the Northern Cemetery in Leeuwarden. The aircraft and crew were identified in post-war research and a commemorative plaque was unveiled in 2011. The crew were: Pilot Officer Mervyn Sydney Lund (pilot); Sergeant Arthur Edward Owen (pilot); Sergeant John James Cox (Air Observer); Sergeant Frank Gordon Walker (Gunner); Sergeant Alfred John Le Poidevin (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner); Sergeant Roy Penry Williams (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stichting Missing Airmen Memorial Foundation (SMAMF) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2011 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-07-24 1941-07-25 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire Europe--Frisian Islands Germany Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony) Netherlands Netherlands--Leeuwarden Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng nld Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet and information panel Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCoxJJ921698-180801-040001, MCoxJJ921698-180801-040002, MCoxJJ921698-180801-040003 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 103 Squadron air gunner aircrew crash killed in action Me 110 observer pilot RAF Elsham Wolds Wellington wireless operator / air gunner https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3090/58812/MCoxJJ921698-180801-03.pdf e8d8abe0f0eca24d08648d793456ccf3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cox, John James Jack Cox Description An account of the resource 12 items. The collection concerns Sergeant John James Cox (1917 - 1941, 921698 Royal Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 103 Squadron and was killed 25 July 1941. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Barbara Dore and catalogued by Jan Johnstone. Additional information on John James Cox is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/105103/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-08-01 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Cox, JJ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCoxJJ921698-180801-03 Title A name given to the resource Then it's dark again Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stichting Missing Airmen Memorial Foundation (SMAMF) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2011 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-07-24 1941-07-25 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire Europe--Frisian Islands Germany Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony) Netherlands Netherlands--Leeuwarden Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource nld Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English Description An account of the resource A coloured booklet of text and photographs describing the loss of Wellington R1397 on a return flight from an operation to Emden. The aircraft was shot down by the German pilot Helmut Lent. Head and shoulders photographs of Lent and the crew of R1397 are included. The crew were: Pilot Officer Mervyn Sydney Lund (pilot); Sergeant Arthur Edward Owen (pilot); Sergeant John James Cox (Air Observer); Sergeant Frank Gordon Walker (Gunner); Sergeant Alfred John Le Poidevin (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner); Sergeant Roy Penry Williams (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner). Details are provided of a website that provides an overview of all locations in Friesland where aircraft crashed or made emergency landings. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 103 Squadron air gunner aircrew crash killed in action Me 110 observer pilot RAF Elsham Wolds Wellington wireless operator / air gunner https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3131/58795/EDienerHBatchelderHE[Date]-01.jpg bf70772dc9bfb3a90dd5cc873dd85c8f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Batchelder, Harold Emery Batch Batchelder Description An account of the resource 37 items. The collection concerns Harold Emery Batchelder (b. 1920, 1262838 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, and documents, objects and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 102 Squadron before becoming a prisoner of war. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Lynn and Peter Greenhalgh and catalogued by Jan Johnstone. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-06-26 2019-09-25 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Batchelder, HE Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDienerHBatchelderHE[Date]-01 Title A name given to the resource Letter from Horst Diener to Harold Batchelder Description An account of the resource Information concerning Flying Officer Fritz Gutezeit and his wireless operator Sergeant Heinz Jamischewski who were killed on 20 May 1942 near St Froud [Sint-Truiden] airport when their Messerschmidt ME110 collided with a bomber. Both men were buried at the Belgian war cemetery in Lommel. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Horst Diener Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-05-20 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium Belgium--Brustem Belgium--Lommel Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One handwritten page Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. final resting place Me 110 mid-air collision https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3345/58719/MReeksA649770-211201-01.pdf 6b51ff691ef91f09e05b9e645c611e13 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reeks, Albert Description An account of the resource 39 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Albert Reeks (b. 1921, 649770 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, objects and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator/air gunner with 216 Squadron in North Africa. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Philip Reeks and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-12-01 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Reeks, A Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aircraft Recognition AP1764 Description An account of the resource A book used to identify other aircraft. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Air Ministry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940-03 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Service material Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 58 page printed book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MReeksA649770-211201-01 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940-03 Anson B-24 Battle Beaufighter Blenheim Boston Botha Catalina Defiant Do 18 Do 215 Hampden He 111 Hudson Hurricane Ju 87 Ju 88 Lancaster Lysander Manchester Me 109 Me 110 Spitfire Stirling Sunderland Wellington Whitley https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3131/58623/SBatchelderHE1262838v10008.jpg 9abac39ed0f67d650d4ac94181f24434 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3131/58623/SBatchelderHE1262838v10009.jpg e5f6affd5643922154efa344dd14d470 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3131/58623/SBatchelderHE1262838v10010.jpg 6d250edaf7f44ea6c9929e83dcb67077 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3131/58623/SBatchelderHE1262838v10011.jpg db3b4109b9e227fda0ad5cd2fad1b196 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Batchelder, Harold Emery Batch Batchelder Description An account of the resource 37 items. The collection concerns Harold Emery Batchelder (b. 1920, 1262838 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, and documents, objects and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 102 Squadron before becoming a prisoner of war. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Lynn and Peter Greenhalgh and catalogued by Jan Johnstone. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-06-26 2019-09-25 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Batchelder, HE Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBatchelderHE1262838v10008, SBatchelderHE1262838v10009, SBatchelderHE1262838v10010, SBatchelderHE1262838v10011 Title A name given to the resource Recommendations for honours and awards Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-02-24 1942-05-19 1942-05-24 1942-05-27 1942-05-30 1942-06-16 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Buckinghamshire England--Norfolk Germany Germany--Mannheim Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four typewritten pages Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Description An account of the resource Details of the recommendation for and awarding of the Distinguished Flying Medal to Harold Batchelder. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 102 Squadron 4 Group aircrew bombing Distinguished Flying Medal Halifax Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984) Me 110 pilot RAF Horsham St Faith https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3074/58561/MHammentNW1335642-241009-010001.jpg b8552ee5da8e69414880d38763da4689 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3074/58561/MHammentNW1335642-241009-010002.jpg dfff80558eebf61d0fc05c27f5146987 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3074/58561/MHammentNW1335642-241009-010003.jpg 9a70eeed7e98b0e12eaf10d06949e2a1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hamment, Norman William Description An account of the resource 49 items. The collection concerns Norman William Hamment (b.1921, 1335642 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, objects and photographs. He flew two tours of operations as an air gunner with 61, 97 and 635 Squadrons. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Andy Hamment and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-10-09 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Hamment, NW Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Notes on Norman Hamment's operations Description An account of the resource List operations with notes from September 1942 to July 1944 on 61, 97 and 635 Squadrons. Mentions returning on three engines, operation losses, daylight operations, hit by anti-aircraft fire, pathfinder ops, flew with Guy Gibson, battle of the Ruhr, flew with Bill Reid VC, big week, combined bomber offensive, Operation Overlord, flew with Squadron Leader Bazalgette VC, support for army in Normandy, flew mostly as rear gunner and with three pilots who had won VC. Lists total flying times at the end. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-09-23 1942-10-12 1942-10-13 1942-10-17 1942-10-24 1942-12-06 1943-01-16 1943-02 1943-03 1943-02-25 1943-03-05 1943-03-09 1943-03-22 1943-03-26 1943-06-11 1943-06-15 1943-12-01 1944-02-23 1944-02-24 1944-03-01 1944-03-20 1944-03-30 1944-04-22 1944-05-08 1944-06 1944-06-03 1944-07-07 1944-08 1944-07-12 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Nottinghamshire England--Leicestershire England--Gloucestershire Germany Germany--Wismar France France--Le Creusot Italy Italy--Milan Germany--Berlin Germany--Munich Germany--Essen France--Saint-Nazaire Germany--Duisburg Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Augsburg Germany--Nuremberg Belgium Belgium--La Louvière France--Caen Germany--Ruhr (Region) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Memoir Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Three page handwritten document Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MHammentNW1335642-241009-01 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 21 OTU 61 Squadron 635 Squadron 97 Squadron air gunner aircrew bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944) Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944) Lancaster master bomber Me 110 Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Oboe Operational Training Unit Pathfinders pilot RAF Bruntingthorpe RAF Moreton in the Marsh RAF Syerston Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943) tactical support for Normandy troops training Victoria Cross Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3131/58324/LBatchelderH1262838v1.pdf eff9e3d99ead8237feb772bb376ef025 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Batchelder, Harold Emery Batch Batchelder Description An account of the resource 37 items. The collection concerns Harold Emery Batchelder (b. 1920, 1262838 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, and documents, objects and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 102 Squadron before becoming a prisoner of war. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Lynn and Peter Greenhalgh and catalogued by Jan Johnstone. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-06-26 2019-09-25 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Batchelder, HE Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LBatchelderH1262838v1 Title A name given to the resource Harold Batchelder's Pilot's flying log book Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Description An account of the resource Pilot's Flying Log Book for Sergeant H E Batchelder DFM covering the period 2 March 1941 to 11 May 1945 and detailing training flights, air tests and operations. Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Oxford, Whitley and Halifax. Harold Batchelder carried out 12 operations during his tour with 102 Squadron at RAF Topcliffe and RAF Dalton on the following targets in France and Germany: Boulogne, Dunkirk, Berlin, Bonn, Bremen, Cologne, Duisburg, Essen, Kiel, Mannheim and Wilhemshaven. His pilots on operations were: Pilot Officer Albrecht and Sergeants Wilde and Wickham. His co-pilots on operations were Sergeants Hazeldine, Towse, Robinson and Harris. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Bedfordshire England--Rutland England--Yorkshire Scotland France France--Boulogne-sur-Mer France--Dunkerque Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Germany Germany--Berlin Germany--Bonn Germany--Bremen Germany--Cologne Germany--Duisburg Germany--Essen Germany--Kiel Germany--Mannheim Germany--Wilhelmshaven Germany--Ruhr (Region) Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-10-17 1941-10-18 1941-10-20 1941-10-21 1941-11-01 1941-11-02 1941-11-07 1941-11-08 1941-12-27 1941-12-28 1942-04-24 1942-04-25 1942-05-19 1942-05-20 1942-05-30 1942-05-31 1942-06-01 1942-06-02 1942-06-03 1942-06-05 1942-06-06 1942-06-16 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike Connock 102 Squadron 19 OTU aircrew anti-aircraft fire bale out bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) C-47 Distinguished Flying Medal Flying Training School forced landing Halifax Halifax Mk 1 Halifax Mk 2 Lancaster Me 110 Operation Exodus (1945) Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot prisoner of war RAF Brough RAF Cranfield RAF Dalton RAF Driffield RAF Forres RAF Kinloss RAF North Luffenham RAF Topcliffe searchlight Tiger Moth training Whitley https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3131/58313/EBatchelderHE102SqnRAFAdj420523-0001.jpg 71b2534b320348272552fe17e6ebe8e5 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3131/58313/EBatchelderHE102SqnRAFAdj420523-0002.jpg 8462fa2ee8014031dbe15cb97a32bc5f https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3131/58313/EBatchelderHE102SqnRAFAdj420523-0003.jpg e294f306283c4e0b60cc47d64c339f01 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3131/58313/EBatchelderHE102SqnRAFAdj420523-0004.jpg c0d3938afddbf5a6caaa09f9551a5beb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Batchelder, Harold Emery Batch Batchelder Description An account of the resource 37 items. The collection concerns Harold Emery Batchelder (b. 1920, 1262838 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, and documents, objects and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 102 Squadron before becoming a prisoner of war. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Lynn and Peter Greenhalgh and catalogued by Jan Johnstone. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-06-26 2019-09-25 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Batchelder, HE Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EBatchelderHE102SqnRAFAdj420523-0001, EBatchelderHE102SqnRAFAdj420523-0002, EBatchelderHE102SqnRAFAdj420523-0003, EBatchelderHE102SqnRAFAdj420523-0004 Title A name given to the resource Letter from Harold Batchelder to the adjutant, 102 Squadron Description An account of the resource A report of an operation to Mannheim in Halifax W7677 on the night of 19 May 1942. Sergeant Batchelder describes damage to the aircraft's undercarriage accumulator and hydraulics caused by flak on the outward flight. On the return journey problems with fuel tanks forced him to fly on three engines. The aircraft sustained further damage during an attack by ME 110 fighters and after making a mayday distress call landed at RAF Horsham St Faith. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Harold Emery Batchelder Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-05-23 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-05-19 1942-05-20 1942-05-23 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four handwritten pages Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Yorkshire England--Norfolk England--Rutland England--Suffolk Belgium Belgium--Brussels France France--Givet Germany Germany--Mannheim Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 102 Squadron anti-aircraft fire Halifax Me 110 RAF Cottesmore RAF Dalton RAF Horsham St Faith https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1494/58189/BElsonAElsonAv10001.jpg 516781c878c8ce68d941b49fce5f008c https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1494/58189/BElsonAElsonAv10002.jpg 176b81242c561439f8d31aba00f96ea6 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1494/58189/BElsonAElsonAv10003.jpg fe275d545643927ed3881544405b0fd8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Elson, Albert A Elson Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-04-12 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Elson, A Description An account of the resource Six items. The collection concerns Albert Elson (751538 Royal Air Force) and contains his correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 115 and 75 Squadrons and became a prisoner of war. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Janet Elson and catalogued by Andy Fitter. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Warrant Officer A. Elson. R.A.F. V.R. No. 751538 Albert Elson, a brief service history Description An account of the resource Warrant Officer Albert Elson (751538) joined the Volunteer Reserves in Derby in 1938 and was called up on 3 September 1939. His operational service began on 26 September 1940. He completed his first tour with 115 Squadron at RAF Marham in 1941, then served as a gunnery instructor at RAF Pershore before joining 75 New Zealand Squadron at RAF Feltwell. On 11 August 1942, during his 39th mission and part of the bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) over Frankfurt, his Vickers Wellington bomber was attacked by a German night fighter, Messerschmitt 110, after being caught in searchlights. The aircraft was set on fire. Elson rescued the front gunner while the rest of the crew attempted to bail out; the plane exploded. He parachuted into the Ardennes around 1:30am, unsure whether he was in Germany, he was actually in Belgium. Local civilians hid him and provided civilian clothes, but he was captured the following morning by German field police. After questioning in Brussels and Frankfurt, including threats from the SS, he was sent to Stalag VIIIB at Lansdorf, Upper Silesia. In January 1945, as Russian forces advanced, around 600 airmen were marched 264 km over 13 days with little food to camps at Görlitz and then Ziegenhain. Ziegenhain was eventually infiltrated by American forces, leading to their liberation. Elson was flown back to England. After the war, Elson returned to Belgium to find and thank the civilians who had helped him. With assistance from the Burgomaster of Jalhay, he located one of the men who had sheltered him and learned that German forces had once come searching, even noticing English tobacco smoke. The man returned Elson’s jacket, which he had left behind. Elson was moved to reunite with him. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Albert Elson Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1920-01-20 1938 1939-09-03 1940-09-26 1941 1941-08-11 1941-08-12 1945-01-22 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium Belgium--Brussels Belgium--Liège Belgium--Verviers Europe--Ardennes Germany Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Görlitz (Görlitz) Germany--Altenkirchen (Landkreis) Great Britain England--Derbyshire England--Derby England--Norfolk England--Worcestershire Netherlands Netherlands--Nijmegen Poland Poland--Łambinowice Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Memoir Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Three typewritten sheets Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BElsonAElsonAv10001, BElsonAElsonAv10002, BElsonAElsonAv10003 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Imogen Parker Abi York 115 Squadron 75 Squadron aircrew bale out bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) Dulag Luft evading final resting place Ju 88 killed in action Me 110 prisoner of war RAF Feltwell RAF Marham RAF Pershore searchlight shot down Stalag 8B the long march wireless operator / air gunner https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3089/58024/NSpencerJ180731-01.jpg 8deae74a63c96aec43ddb8c18a4607e2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spencer, John Jim Spencer Description An account of the resource Nine items. The collection concerns [rank & John Spencer (b. 1917, 1052466 Royal Air Force) and contains correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as an observer with 61 Squadron and was killed 28/29 August 1941. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by David Spencer and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Additional information on John Spencer is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/122012/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-07-31 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Spencer, J Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource More attacks by the RAF Description An account of the resource A newspaper report on the operations carried out on the night Jim Spencer was lost. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-08-29 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Mannheim France France--Cherbourg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One newspaper cutting Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NSpencerJ180731-01 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-08-29 bombing Hampden Me 110 Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1565/57995/BOwensROwensGv1.pdf eeb918971b36ca01a5c293c848559df8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Owens, Glyndwr G Owens Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-11-30 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Owens, G Description An account of the resource One item. The collection concerns Sergeant Glyndwr Owens (1915- 1941, 754046 Royal Air Force) and contains a biography. He flew operations as a pilot with 61 Squadron and was killed 8 July 1941. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by John Rhys Owen and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff. Additional information on Glyndwr Owens is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/117820/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Glyndwr Owen's biography Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BOwensROwensGv1 Description An account of the resource Glyn Owens joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve in 1939 and trained as a pilot. Posted to 61 Squadron at RAF Hemswell in early 1941, he flew Hampdens on operational sorties as both navigator and pilot. Glyn’s first operation was an operation to Düsseldorf in March 1941, followed by minelaying off Brest and further attacks on Brest and Kiel. On 7 July 1941, Glyn took part in a night operation to Munchen Gladbach. The aircraft was attacked and shot down by a German night fighter over Holland in the early hours of 8 July. Glyn and two crewmates were killed; only the pilot survived as a prisoner of war. He is buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Claire Campbell Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1939 1941-03-15 1941-03-20 1941-03-30 1941-03-31 1941-04-07 1941-04-21 1941-07-07 1941-07-08 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. France Germany Great Britain Netherlands Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay France--Brest Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Kiel Germany--Mönchengladbach 14 OTU 61 Squadron Air Observers School aircrew Anson final resting place Flying Training School Hampden Harvard killed in action Magister Manchester Me 110 mine laying navigator Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot prisoner of war RAF Chipping Norton RAF Cottesmore RAF Hemswell RAF Middle Wallop RAF South Cerney RAF St Athan shot down Stalag Luft 3 Tiger Moth training https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2960/57912/MForshawB1038479-190508-010001.jpg f7f156f3355258fa8fb42c2cd3bf70ab https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2960/57912/MForshawB1038479-190508-010002.jpg 7fa470711758b8dac9420a6e9ab13a61 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2960/57912/MForshawB1038479-190508-010003.jpg 6ce32ef4a5976be48b9f050cf7d67379 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2960/57912/MForshawB1038479-190508-010004.jpg 3fa7a8984654c6d104fe77564708ab00 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Forshaw, Basil Description An account of the resource Nine items. The collection concerns Sergeant Basil Forshaw (b.1920, 1038479 Royal Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 460 Squadron and was killed 27/28 April 1944. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Andrew Hayden and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Additional information on Basil Forshaw is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/107886/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-05-08 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Forshaw, B Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Operation to Friedrichshafen Description An account of the resource A detailed account of an operation at Friedrichshafen, 27/28 April 1944. After the war the author visited the graves of his crew. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Germany--Friedrichshafen France France--Alsace Germany--Stuttgart France--Dijon France--Vittel France--Épinal France--Remiremont Region France--Sélestat France--Neuf-Brisach Switzerland Switzerland--Lucerne Switzerland--Vevey Germany--Essen France--Paris Germany--Aachen France--Rouen Germany--Cologne Germany--Dusseldorf Germany--Karlsruhe Great Britain England--Reading England--Brighton France--Dieppe France--Le Havre France--Strasbourg France--Chartres Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Würzburg Germany--Frankfurt am Main Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Personal research Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four typewritten sheets Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MForshawB1038479-190508-010001, MForshawB1038479-190508-010002, MForshawB1038479-190508-010003, MForshawB1038479-190508-010004 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-04-27 1944-04-28 1 Group 100 Squadron 101 Squadron 166 Squadron 460 Squadron air gunner aircrew anti-aircraft fire bomb aimer bombing crash Distinguished Flying Cross Dulag Luft escaping evading flight engineer Ju 88 killed in action Lancaster Me 110 mine laying Mosquito navigator pilot prisoner of war RAF Binbrook RAF Kirmington RAF Woodbridge Schräge Musik shot down Stalag Luft 3 target indicator wireless operator https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2928/53036/MPearsonFS3052512-180628-01.pdf 10ae7685c7b5049160e39fbac821aacc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pearson, Frank Pearson, F S Description An account of the resource 93 items. The collection concerns Frank Pearson (b….. 3052512 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, objects and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 626 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Graham Pearson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-06-28 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Pearson, FS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aircraft recognition book Description An account of the resource Book with photographs of six aircraft each of 40 pages with opposite lined page for notes. Some are identified. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force United States Army Air Force Wehrmacht Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet with photographs and text. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MPearsonFS3052512-180628-01 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Anson B-17 B-24 B-25 B-26 Beaufighter Blenheim Boston C-47 Catalina Do 217 Fw 190 Halifax Harrow Harvard He 111 Hudson Hurricane Ju 52 Ju 87 Ju 88 Lancaster Lysander Manchester Me 109 Me 110 Me 410 Mosquito P-38 P-40 P-47 Spitfire Stirling Ventura Wellington Whitley https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1157/52724/SThomsonGB1572977v60011.jpg c4a887d3ed7ab17e2ddb14d3eaa71f43 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thomson, George George Buchanan Thomson G B Thomson Description An account of the resource 629 items. Collection concerns Warrant Officer George Thomson (b. 1924, 1572977 Royal Air Force), he flew operations as a navigator with 15 Squadron and was shot down in September 1944. Contains two oral history interviews, his wartime log, several memoirs giving accounts of being shot down and his time as prisoner of war, family and official correspondence, documents and photographs. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by George Thomson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-10-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Thomson, GB Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Incident over Mannheim Description An account of the resource Short account of shooting down of 15 Squadron Lancaster NF958 (LS-M) by Ofw Ludwig Schmitt in Messerschmitt 110G-2. Two crew killed and the other prisoner of war. List crew including George Thomson (navigator). Includes painting of the incident. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource I Berryman Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-09-12 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Germany--Mannheim Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Wehrmacht Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Artwork Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Coloured painting and printed text documet Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SThomsonGB1572977v60011 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive 15 Squadron aircrew bombing killed in action Lancaster Me 110 prisoner of war shot down https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1157/52527/MThomsonGB1572977-240131-420001.2.jpg b94a909cd94bc5bfdff9e3c6f9a436b9 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1157/52527/MThomsonGB1572977-240131-420002.2.jpg cef949ced5043006abefc7ddba43af4c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thomson, George George Buchanan Thomson G B Thomson Description An account of the resource 629 items. Collection concerns Warrant Officer George Thomson (b. 1924, 1572977 Royal Air Force), he flew operations as a navigator with 15 Squadron and was shot down in September 1944. Contains two oral history interviews, his wartime log, several memoirs giving accounts of being shot down and his time as prisoner of war, family and official correspondence, documents and photographs. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by George Thomson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-10-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Thomson, GB Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aircraft recognition list for RAF and some Luftwaffe Description An account of the resource List of aircraft with corresponding wingspan. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Wehrmacht Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten document Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MThomsonGB1572977-240131-42 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Anson B-17 B-24 Beaufighter Blenheim Boston Defiant Do 217 Fw 190 Halifax Hampden He 111 Hudson Hurricane Ju 86 Ju 87 Ju 88 Lancaster Lysander Me 109 Me 110 Mosquito Oxford P-51 Spitfire Stirling Typhoon Wellington Whitley https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/474/51079/SClydeSmithD39856v10004.jpg 21c150b6bb257bee6bcf4c13cf23eca2 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/474/51079/SClydeSmithD39856v10005.jpg a8d494e0dde61fefcecc1e590b451c7e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Clyde-Smith, Denis Clyde-Smith, D Description An account of the resource Collection contains 34 items and concerns Squadron Leader Denis Clyde-Smith Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross, who joined the Royal Air Force and trained as a pilot in 1937. He flew in the anti aircraft cooperation role including remotely piloted Queen Bee aircraft before serving on Battle aircraft on 32 Squadron. He completed operational tours on Wellington with 115 and 218 Squadrons and Wellington and Lancaster with 9 Squadron after which he went to the aircraft and armament experimental establishment at Boscombe Down. The collection consists of two logbooks, aircraft histories of some of the aircraft he flew, photographs of people and aircraft, newspaper articles, a long memoir of his service and gallantry award certificate. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by John Clyde-Smith and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-09-19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Clyde-Smith, D Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Four newspaper cuttings Description An account of the resource Top left - shows Lancaster with Zola nose art and crew standing in front. Account of permission to use artwork for nose art and mention of operations. Top right - Taunton officer wins DFC. Awarded to Squadron Leader Denis Clyde-Smith. Citation mentions attacked by Me 110 and manoeuvred to allow both his gunners to engage. Bottom left (or left middle) - The Times 10 February 1943 writes of Squadron Leader D Clyde-Smith DFC having completes a large number of sorties on 9 Squadron. Displayed great courage and set inspiring example. Bottom right - Taunton pilot awarded DSO. Mentions award to Squadron Leader Dennis [sic] Clyde Smith for continuing to attack target despite defences. Mentions attacks on Italian targets. Two versions with slightly different layout. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-07-05 1943-02-10 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Germany--Wismar Germany--Hamburg Germany--Bremen Germany--Essen Germany--Stuttgart Italy Italy--Genoa Italy--Milan Italy--Turin Netherlands Netherlands--Amsterdam Great Britain England--Somerset England--Taunton Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four newspaper cuttings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SClydeSmithD39856v10004, SClydeSmithD39856v10005 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 9 Squadron anti-aircraft fire Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Service Order Lancaster Me 110 nose art https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/474/51037/SClydeSmithD39856v10011.pdf fa5ffa5245dad6f0c1060828375e4618 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Clyde-Smith, Denis Clyde-Smith, D Description An account of the resource Collection contains 34 items and concerns Squadron Leader Denis Clyde-Smith Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross, who joined the Royal Air Force and trained as a pilot in 1937. He flew in the anti aircraft cooperation role including remotely piloted Queen Bee aircraft before serving on Battle aircraft on 32 Squadron. He completed operational tours on Wellington with 115 and 218 Squadrons and Wellington and Lancaster with 9 Squadron after which he went to the aircraft and armament experimental establishment at Boscombe Down. The collection consists of two logbooks, aircraft histories of some of the aircraft he flew, photographs of people and aircraft, newspaper articles, a long memoir of his service and gallantry award certificate. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by John Clyde-Smith and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-09-19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Clyde-Smith, D Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reminiscences of service in the Royal Air Force - 1937 to 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource D Clyde-Smith Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1937-05-10 1938 1939 1940-10 1941 1941-03 1942-06-01 1942-11-18 1937-09-27 1941-03-03 1941-06-21 1941-07-03 1942-05-30 1942-10-25 1942-11-01 1942-11-16 1937-07 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-03-03 1941-06-21 1941-07-03 1942-05-30 1942-10-25 1942-11-01 1942-11-16 1938-05-10 1939-12-10 1940-12-10 1941-07-04 1943-02-09 1943-05-10 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Northamptonshire England--Northampton England--Dorset England--Christchurch (Dorset) England--Isle of Wight England--Buckinghamshire England--Somerset England--Hampshire England--Manchester England--Oxfordshire England--Devon England--Plymouth Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway Scotland--Stranraer England--Norfolk Germany Germany--Hannover England--West Sussex Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Germany--Kiel Germany--Cologne France France--Saint-Nazaire Germany--Bremen Italy Italy--Milan Italy--Turin Italy--Genoa Italy--Naples Egypt Egypt--Cairo Sudan Sudan--Khartoum Kenya Kenya--Nairobi Zimbabwe Zimbabwe--Bulawayo South Africa South Africa--Cape Town Zambia Zambia--Ndola Zimbabwe--Harare England--Poole (Dorset) Germany--Berlin France--Lorient Germany--Hamburg Germany--Hannover Netherlands Netherlands--Amsterdam Germany--Münster in Westfalen Germany--Ruhr (Region) North Africa England--Cornwall (County) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Memoir Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 29 printed sheets Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SClydeSmithD39856v10011 Description An account of the resource Starts with joining on short service commission and covers, in great detail, his pilot training activities, including a crash landing during a cross country. After receiving his wings award, he moves to trials work, target towing and aircraft ferrying. After a short time on Fairy Battle he was posted to sea planes. In 1940 he moved to Wellington conversion and then to operations on 115 Squadron. He gives his account of flying and operations, including diversion due to bad weather over England, and the loss of 42 aircraft that night. He tells of life at RAF Marham and problems of extreme cold when flying. Comments on German defences, bomber tactics, problems with dinghies and ditching and discipline. He mentions moving to 218 Squadron and comments on Wellington Mk II. He relates a story of an operation to Kiel and the end of first operational tour. He goes on to describe a training tour, including involvement in 1,000 bomber operation to Cologne. He provides history of 9 Squadron and covers his posting as flight commander to that squadron. He writes of operations to Bremen, Saint Nazaire, where his aircraft was hit and damaged by anti-aircraft fire resulting in a crash landing at RAF Abingdon. He goes on to describe Wellington fuel system and hospitalisation for an eye injury. He writes of conversion to Lancaster and comments on aircrafts good points and mentions attacks on Italian targets. He covers his aircraft's "Zola" nose art and the end of the second tour. He relates subsequent loss of his aircraft and navigator who had not completed his tour. He gives a good description of bombing tactics and start of pathfinders and target marking. He writes about his subsequent postings as a test pilot and trips through Africa. Appendixes include: transcripts from newspaper reports about his crash while training; seven letters home which cover his operations and activities on his first operational tour (Berlin, Hamburg), Cologne, operations to Italy, press reports, and Royal visit. Included is a transcript of The Times newspaper article which describes actions by Denis and his rear gunner, P/O F G Chalk, when attacked by Me 110. Concludes with service history and marriage announcement. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maureen Clarke 115 Squadron 218 Squadron 27 OTU 3 Group 5 Group 9 Squadron air gunner aircrew anti-aircraft fire bale out Battle bombing bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) crash crewing up Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Service Order forced landing ground personnel Halifax Lancaster Magister Me 110 military living conditions nose art Operational Training Unit Pathfinders pilot prisoner of war RAF Abingdon RAF Benson RAF Farnborough RAF Harwell RAF Henlow RAF Lichfield RAF Marham RAF Ringway RAF Sealand RAF Sywell RAF Tangmere RAF Weston Zoyland Stranraer Sunderland Swordfish Tallboy Tiger Moth training V-2 V-weapon Walrus Wellington Women’s Auxiliary Air Force https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2856/50683/SBondS-VandervordDv10014.MP3 c2a45cedaf0bae39b3e69248cdc82e6c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vandervord, David Description An account of the resource 15 items. Collection concerns Sergeant David Vandevord who flew operations as a Wellington second pilot on 218 Squadron. Collection contains his pilot's flying log book, an oral history interview and photographs. The collection was licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dr Steve Bond and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. This collection was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-18 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBondS-VandervordDv1 Transcribed audio recording A resource consisting primarily of recorded human voice. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document SB: Well, this is an example of what I would do just so you can see what I do. DV: You’ve written it. SB: Yes. So — DV: Different aircraft. [tea talk] DV: I see. Tell the story. We know that Germany [unclear] as well have you? SB: Yes. What I like to do is to write some stories but really with lots of personal stories. Not just the historical what aircraft did what when. DV: I thought you’d like — SB: That’s from the chap — DV: Details of the aircraft? Not particularly. SB: Well, it’s more what you, what you did and what you experienced and those sorts of things. DV: Oh. Yes. Right. SB: So the reason I’m doing this — DV: The thing is I only did thirteen. Thirteen missions. SB: Right. DV: And I was second pilot. I never flew the aircraft over enemy territory at all. Two, two pilots. I was merely there in case the other pilot got injured or killed. SB: Right. DV: If it so happened and I was the one if he didn’t. So you want the whole history. Well, as I’ve got it. SB: Yeah. So you were on well let’s do the operations. So you were 218 Squadron. Is that right? 218? Or have I got that wrong? The squadron that you did your ops on. DV: It says in there. SB: Yes. 218. DV: Right. SB: Yeah. Ok. DV: [unclear] in that lot. Now, that, that bit there is a leaflet. Only half of it. Only first half of it. I’ve lost half of it. In the early days we dropped leaflets instead of — SB: Nickels. DV: [unclear] yeah. Yes, we dropped leaflets before bombs. SB: Yes. DV: These were the early days. SB: Sure. Sure. DV: I don’t know if that is any interest to you. It is relevant of course. SB: Absolutely. Yes. Well, let’s start in the beginning then. So you joined up in ’39. Is that right? DV: Well, shall I start at the beginning? SB: Yes, start at the beginning. DV: Over here in Rochford. SB: Right. DV: I joined what was called the Civil Air Guard. SB: Yes. DV: Which was an organisation that the government had set to give people to have the courage, for people to learn to fly. SB: Yeah. DV: And I joined the Civil Air Guard and the government paid half your fee. You paid the rest of it. And then while I was over there for a time the RAF, well I made my first solo over there. SB: What were you flying? DV: Tiger Moths. No, actually at that time it wasn’t Tiger Moths. It was similar aircraft. I don’t know what it was. SB: Ok. DV: I did my first solo over there before I was even in the RAF and then I picked up half of my training fees and the government paid the other half. And then the RAF opened up a unit there, an RAFVR unit and I thought oh I’ll transfer to that and I paid all my training fees instead of having to half of it [unclear] Then suddenly the war happened and everything stopped. SB: Yes. DV: We were there for several months [unclear] we used to go down to the front unit and every two weeks they’d take my pay. That was, that was my war [laughs]. So eventually we, we went to Bexhill. No flying and we were just, just wasting fuel. SB: Was this at ITW? DV: Yes. It was just drill. SB: Yeah. DV: No flying. Nothing to do with flying. The fuel side of the RAF and that was it. De la Warr. Do you remember the De la Warr pavilion perhaps? SB: I know of it. Yes. Yes. Right. DV: You see it on pamphlets [unclear] and we were there. SB: Yeah. DV: Then after a time there eventually started [unclear] the next thing I went to a place called Desford. Have you ever heard of that? SB: Yes, I have. Yes. Yes. DV: So, that was my, I was flying Tiger Moths there. That was the initial. It started again from scratch as it were. SB: Yeah. DV: And went through a period with that on Tiger Moths. Then I went to Gran [pause] Grantham was it? SB: Yeah. Grantham. Yes. DV: Grantham. You’ve got that have you? SB: Yeah. DV: You know about Grantham. Yes. Grantham. I was flying Ansons. And there were, there were Battles there and Ansons. The people flying Battles came through and became fighter pilots. The ones on Ansons went on, on bombers or other aircraft. SB: Yeah. Yeah. DV: So I had a period, a period there and then I went [unclear] SB: Harwell after that. DV: Sorry? SB: So was it 15 OTU Harwell came after that. Is that right? DV: Oh yes. SB: Yes. DV: Yes. Yes. SB: Yeah. DV: Oh you’ve got quite a long list there. SB: Well, I’ve got your list here. DV: Yes. More than I can remember rightly. SB: Right. And there you crewed up presumably. At Harwell. Yes, at Harwell. DV: Oh, no. Not at Harwell. No. SB: Did you not? DV: Well, what was Harwell? No. It was a — SB: Harwell was the OTU. DV: Oh yes. Yes. SB: Yes. DV: Yes. Oh, yes. That’s right. Yes. SB: Right. DV: No. No. There wasn’t any crew there. No. I was just. I think I was flying. Flying [pause] what’s the names? SB: Wellingtons. DV: Yes. SB: Yes. Yeah. DV: Yes. It’s got there it’s got one particular one when I was shot up and wounded. I expect you have found that have you there? SB: What? While you were still at OTU you mean? DV: Oh no. No. SB: No. Ok. So you, well let’s, so you finished on OTU in December 1940 and then went to 218 Squadron at Marham. December 1940. DV: Yes. SB: Right. Ok. DV: Yes. SB: And Flying Officer Anstey. He was your first pilot was he? Anstey then changed to Agar. DV: Agar. That’s right. Yes. That was the one I was with. Yeah. I was second pilot to him. As I say I never, never flew the aircraft — SB: Right. DV: Operationally at all. There wasn’t any need to with two pilots. I was just there in case the first pilot got killed or wounded so then I took over. SB: Right. DV: But that never happened fortunately. SB: Right. DV: We could have. We did get shot at. I was the one of the crew didn’t [unclear] the pilot who was flying the aircraft low. SB: Would this be, you’ve got one here February the 11th ’41. Bremen. Low cloud over target. Crash landed in field. DV: Oh yes. SB: At Bassingham. Is that the one? DV: No. No. No SB: That was another one. DV: That was another one. SB: Right. DV: Well, shall I tell you about what happened there? SB: Yes, do. Yes. DV: I’ll tell you that part. This is the second one actually. SB: Right. DV: Yes. We came back with our bombs. We couldn’t see anything. Low cloud over Germany and over here. SB: Right. DV: So we, so we brought our bombs back and we decided now what shall we do? Shall we go up? Take the aircraft up and jump by parachute. System George. You know, George was the automatic pilot. Take it out to sea or something to crash. Or shall, I say we I wasn’t following the aircraft that was the pilot, Flying Officer Agar should he, should he try to dip through. You could look, over the cloud you could look straight down. It was a big, the earth quite close you know flashing by. But coming from the pilot’s seat I couldn’t easily, couldn’t easily see. SB: Right. DV: Through. So, it was decided that he would, he would try to dip through. See a gap in a cloud. Dip through again in the cloud. Very low this is of course. We were only a few feet above ground level and [unclear] he came down and the next sort of thing there was a tree in front of him. He lifted up over the tree. There was a ploughed field. Wheels up. Made what they called a belly landing. You’ve probably got it recorded there again somewhere. SB: It just says, “Crash landed in a field.” Yes. DV: Yeah, that’s right. SB: Yeah. DV: Yes. SB: Yes. DV: This was a ploughed field on a, on a wheels up of course. SB: Yes. DV: As you probably know if you had the wheels up you did a [turtle] quite a belly landing as it was called. Oh, first of all I should have said dropped our bombs live over this country. SB: Over this country. DV: We didn’t want to land with bombs so we did that in case they went up. So we brought, had to bring all the bombs back. We couldn’t see anything. Anywhere to drop the bombs. SB: Sure [Thank you very much. Thank you.] Right. So you just jettisoned them somewhere on the way back did you? DV: Yes. SB: Yes. DV: I don’t know quite where. They’re probably still there. To drop them live you had to produce a pin. SB: Yes. DV: They didn’t explode. SB: Right. DV: But you wouldn’t have wanted them to land on their heads. SB: Well absolutely. So was everybody ok after that forced landing? DV: Oh yes. Yes. I recall we didn’t know where we were. We just all traipsed out. Found a road not far away. We walked along the road, found a, found a little house or a cottage or something. Knocked on the door. We must have scared them stiff I suppose seeing airmen. They’d think the Germans had arrived. But they, well they then phoned up. They must have gone through the RAF police [unclear] I suppose and they sent us transport and took us back there and eventually got word back to Marham. SB: Right. Right. What sort of state was the aeroplane in? DV: Well, I don’t know exactly. It wasn’t bad. Not terribly. It could be repaired I should think. It was in a bit of a state. SB: Right. DV: As the landing it was called a belly landing. It was a — SB: Yeah. Yeah. DV: Obviously damaged quite a bit. SB: Oh sure. Yes. Yes. DV: I dare say they recovered it by repairs. SB: No. I think this must be the other one that you started to talk about. This is March the 13th ’41. DV: That was where we were shot up. SB: Yes. DV: Yeah. SB: Can you — DV: When I was wounded. SB: Can you talk me through that? DV: Yes. Yes. Well, first of all we went to, I expect I’ve got it down there. German — SB: It was Berlin the night before. DV: No. SB: And then it was Hamburg this target this time. DV: Well, that’s [unclear] We went, we went to Hamburg. [unclear ] the coast of Holland and then around the [pause] I’m not sure of the river. Elbe? SB: Yes. DV: Maybe yeah. Down to Hamburg. SB: Right. DV: Which, which everything went alright. Dropped our bombs there and it was decided to come back over land. SB: Right. DV: This is going out. I don’t know why. Anyhow, we got as far as the Zuiderzee in Holland. I don’t know if you’ve heard of the Zuiderzee. SB: Oh, yeah. DV: It’s not, I mean there’s no sea there and I think they recovered it. But over the Zeiderzee. Got caught in searchlights and waited a little bit on the searchlights and then two German Messerschmitt 110s, a twin engine they used as night fighters attacked us. Actually I’ve got the details there. And it’s fantastic how the aircraft survived. I think we shot down one of the aircraft and then Agar who was flying the plane dove right down to ground level. I got, I got, yes that’s right. I was standing in the astro hatch and I don’t know whether you are aware at the time of the fact that they that they had built in some, some doors. Bullet proof doors which are halfway through the fuselage. SB: Right. DV: And they were on a, on a hinge with a pillar which was in the middle halfway across the fuselage and the doors either way. SB: Right. DV: And they were sort of flapping backwards and forwards but at the time of the attack I think they must have been back. I was standing behind them in the astro hatch which was these things were just behind the, they were just behind the astro hatch. It was amazing how close that aircraft came, the German fighter came because I remember looking through the astro hatch and we [could have touched] they came that close. SB: Really? DV: Fantastic pilot all the time. I was the only one who got wounded. But the aircraft was shot to pieces but still kept on flying. One engine was on fire. So we came quite close to the Zuiderzee so we went out over the North Sea heading for Marham one engine on fire. [background chatter] DV: The petrol gauge was showing zero because what would have happened when I say the engine was on fire I think the fuel supply to one of the engines had been severed. SB: Right. DV: And it was sort of [pause] on fire every now and again. Then the speed of the aircraft sort of blew it out then it ignited again but apart from that we were losing petrol of course being that the fuel supply was severed and the petrol tank wasn’t, the engine was getting much petrol. SB: Right. DV: So virtually we came back over the North Sea with one engine. One engine, one engine on fire intermittently and landed at Marham. But I didn’t see much of it of course because I was, I was wounded in the leg. I went straight to hospital. I was told that the aircraft was in a hell of state, you know. It was still flying. I feel, feel that was due to the structure. SB: Yeah. DV: I don’t think most aircraft could have survived the punishment that the aircraft had had. SB: Right. Right. DV: Does anyone else — [background refreshment chatter] DV: [unclear] SB: Right. DV: I went straight to hospital so I don’t know quite how. I was told the aircraft was in a hell of a state but still, still flying. That was that. That was first and then the other one’s landing in the field. SB: Right. DV: Was afterwards. SB: Right. Ok. DV: Now, I got to thirteen missions. SB: Yeah. DV: And I then asked to come off. I thought it seemed useless to me. There I was I’d done thirteen missions and never, never flown the aircraft. Never flown the aircraft over enemy territory. SB: Right. DV: And I asked to come off Bomber Command and to go on to I think I asked for fighter. Fighters but — SB: Right. DV: Anything else. But as I say I was taking all the risk and nothing. Anyhow, one thing or another. Either come off flying or carry on as you are. I had to make a quick decision. I was just seconds. didn’t say well think about it and told me. I said, ‘Alright, I’m not flying,’ and that was the end of my flying career. SB: Really? DV: After thirteen missions. So, I haven’t got any stories to tell you. SB: What did you do after that then? DV: Oh, I joined a unit. I forget what it was. We went, we went out in a group of people. we were deciding, we were taking reading of the [pause] what was it? There were two bombs they were sending over. SB: Oh the V-1 and V-2. DV: Yes, that’s right. So, we were, we were I think it was the, I don’t know which it was we had to take readings of the [pause] we were a wireless unit and we recorded the [pause] from where we were the angle, you know. So somebody else was get the angle and tell them to get across and we would tell them where it was. But at the time unclear] someone was sent to bomb them and they’d moved. But still — SB: Right. DV: That was our job. SB: Right. Right. Yes. Ok. DV: And we got up quite close to the German lines and quite close so that was, that was nothing much. That was nothing to do with flying of course. I had longed to fly. SB: When did you eventually leave the Air Force then? DV: Oh, not ‘til the [pause] sometime after the end of the war. SB: Right. DV: I was demobbed. SB: Just going back to the ops certainly early on in the war there was no, as you know there was no co-ordinated main force that Bomber Harris brought in when he came along. So at the time you were flying your ops was all your squadron going off at the same time or was it up to the original skippers when they, when went off and navigate? Would you navigate on your own or were you navigating as a force? DV: No. All at the same time. SB: You were. DV: More or less. SB: Right. Ok. DV: I do recall when we went to Berlin the squadron leader they had, most of the aircraft were Bristol engines I think. SB: Yeah. DV: Hercules. But I do remember this. There was one aircraft that had Merlin engines on it. SB: Right. DV: And the squadron leader. When we all went out the squadron leader was way back and in bed before we got back. He got back much quicker with the Merlin engines. SB: Right. Right. DV: But there was only one aircraft that had Merlin. Had Merlin engines. SB: Oh, that was on your squadron. DV: Yes. SB: Oh. DV: Only one aircraft on the squadron. SB: Yes, because the Mark 2 Merlin engine wasn’t that common an aeroplane was it? DV: Probably not. No. SB: No. What did you think of the Wellington? DV: Oh, it was, I remember the experience. SB: From your experience. DV: It was easy enough to fly. I could fly it quite easily. I did, I did fly quite a bit but not operationally. SB: Right. DV: I remember one occasion my brother was in the Army and he was in a searchlight group not far along the coast of Norfolk. On one occasion I went out and I sort of shot him up. Then my wireless, my wireless operator came to me. He said, ‘Do you know our trailing aerial is out?’ SB: Oh no. DV: You never told me that [unclear] or I wouldn’t have [unclear].’ [laughs] SB: Yes. DV: Not operationally. SB: No. I understand that. DV: No. SB: No. A friend of mine had a similar experience actually. He was flying the Fairey Hendon just before the war and then moved on to Wellingtons. DV: Oh. Yeah. SB: And he was a wireless operator. He, he’d left the trailing aerial out similarly. DV: Oh really? SB: And they were beating up Duxford. DV: Yeah. SB: And when they got, and that, that was Marham as well actually. DV: Was it? SB: 38 Squadron. Yes. DV: Yeah. SB: When they got back to Marham there was a very irate phone call from a very irate man at Duxford to say his trailing aerial had done some damage to the CO’s Hawker Fury or something like that. DV: [unclear] We didn’t do any damage when I flew around. Our wireless operator said to me when I was flying, he said, ‘Do you know the trailing aerial is out?’ I said, ‘No. I didn’t know that. No one told me.’ [laughs] SB: Now, all your ops were night ops then. You didn’t do any daylights. DV: No. No. SB: Ok. DV: No. The only beyond me they had [pause] I had great admiration for which Flying Officer Agar who was the first pilot. After you see I joined them when I came out of hospital. In actual fact, he, they’d had while I was in hospital even after that they had obviously a placement for me. A replacement for me and they were lost while sending an SOS over the North Sea. Never heard from — SB: Really? DV: Yeah. SB: How long after you left them was that? DV: Oh, I don’t remember. SB: Not long? DV: I think it was while I was in hospital or — SB: Oh right. DV: Perhaps I was just out. I’m not sure. SB: Oh, gosh. Right. DV: But the thing is had I not, pretty obviously had I not been wounded I would have been still with them and I would have been dressed with them and been killed with them. SB: Yeah. DV: It’s all a question of, all a question of luck. SB: Absolutely. Yes. Yes. DV: Some survived. Some didn’t. SB: No. That’s right. DV: I just happened to be the lucky one. As I say if I hadn’t been wounded, in hospital. Whilst I was in hospital another fellow came in. He was a New Zealander. He was a New Zealander pilot and he came into the ward when I was and I said, ‘What are you doing here now?’ He turned around and showed me the rear of his trousers. There was a hole in the trousers where he’d been shot in the bottom. SB: Oh really? Oh dear. DV: So he was in hospital. And afterwards obviously they went back. SB: [McNeill] DV: [McNeill]. I joined up with him and flew with him and we did a few missions with, I flew a few missions with him. SB: So he was a New Zealander. DV: Yes. SB: What about the rest of the crew? Were they a mixture or were the rest of the crew all British or — DV: Oh, I think they were all British. SB: Yeah. DV: Yeah. SB: And in your first crew was it all British was it? DV: Yes. SB: Yeah. DV: I think so. Yeah. SB: Ok. DV: I don’t know [unclear] SB: Well, yeah I’ve got a great deal. It’s very very good. There’s a couple of others you might recall. 7th of May with Sergeant McNeill you went to Brest. DV: Oh yes. SB: To target the Scharnhorst. DV: Oh yes. SB: And then it says that you landed at Boscombe Down. DV: Oh yes. That’s right. Yes. SB: Was that for any particular reason or was it weather or were you damaged or what? Can you recall? DV: We weren’t damaged. SB: No. DV: I don’t know why. But it was a very long flight from where we were. We came across the English coast before we could get to Marham. SB: Sure. Yeah. Weather maybe then — DV: I don’t know. Whether it was we came back to refuel perhaps before we got to Marham. SB: Right. Your last one sounds quite interesting as well. May the 10th Hamburg. Your target was the Blohm and Voss Shipyards. DV: Oh yeah. SB: And you’ve written here, “Large fires observed. Very heavy flak and searchlights. Many fighters.” That sounds [laughs] like an interesting time. DV: Where was that to? SB: Hamburg. DV: Oh, that’s right. SB: The Blohm and Voss Shipyards. DV: Oh, there was another time we were there because at Hamburg we got shot up. SB: That’s right. Yes. Indeed. DV: I don’t, I can’t remember that especially. SB: No. [pause] SB: Marvellous. Ok. Now, what have you got here? DV: I’ve got some pictures. RV: Right. DV: That’s me. SB: That’s you. Right. Are you happy if I take photographs of these? DV: Oh no. No. Yes, I mean. SB: Yes [laughs] I took your no as being yes. DV: But I’ll tell you what [unclear] at all I think. Can I just see them. SB: Oh, of course. Of course. Of course. DV: I can tell you. That is one of me. SB: Right. DV: At the controls. That is the [pause] now I’m not in that. That’s, that’s the crew I was with I think and that was, that’s flying officer Agar who I was with although I’m not in that. SB: Right. Can you put names to any of the rest of them? DV: No. SB: No. Ok. DV: I suppose it’s, it’s just a general photograph of me. SB: Right. DV: That is and that is. SB: And what rank were you when you were demobbed? DV: Sergeant. DV: Sergeant. It says it is one of the crew. Now, this is the New Zealander. SB: Oh, this was McNeill on the left. DV: McNeill. Yes. SB: Right. And you next to him. That’s rather good. DV: That again I think was another one. There’s me there. There. SB: Right. DV: There. SB: That’s McNeill again. Yes. Yeah. DV: [unclear] SB: Right. Very nice. Very nice shots. DV: Yeah. Yes. [unclear] any of them. SB: Well, yes. Yes, I’ll — DV: That’s the German leaflet. SB: Yes. DV: The leaflet in German. I don’t know where we dropped. Oh yes. Only half of that. SB: Yes. Did you routinely carry Nickels or only occasionally? Leaflets. DV: Oh, no. Only at the beginning. SB: Right. DV: When we first started off. Leaflets. No. SB: Try it this way. That’s better. Yeah. DV: It goes better like that. SB: Well — DV: Do you get the light? SB: I’m trying to avoid the reflection of the [pause] let’s try up here. No. Better where I was. We’ll be ok. That’s better. [pause] What did you do after you came out of the Air Force? DV: I had been working in a firm in London. Wholesalers. They don’t have wholesalers now but we were selling all kinds of things and went back to the firm. SB: Right. DV: For a year or so. Then I started out in, I got a business on my own. SB: Oh right. DV: It was a shop. SB: Oh, what sort of a shop was that? DV: Well, ladieswear. SB: Oh, right. DV: What I was in in the wholesalers I left with the sort of thing I knew. It seemed a bit strange coming from [unclear] into ladieswear but still. Then I stayed there for a little while and I then opened a retail business of my own. A [unclear] service I was in. A retail business of my own. SB: That was locally to here was it? DV: No [unclear] SB: Oh right. DV: I had that for thirty eight years. SB: Did you really? Goodness. DV: Yeah. But then I also had another one down here at [unclear] for a time. SB: Yes. DV: It was a time when my wife Pamela joined. Came to work for me. Then we eventually got married. SB: Oh right. DV: My story is I got married to cut my wage bill down. Those things there are the little leaflets sort of handed — SB: Messages for use in the air. Yes. DV: Yes. To, to by the navigator to the pilot. SB: Yes. DV: On where to fly. SB: Yes. DV: I don’t know if that’s of any interest. SB: Oh, absolutely. [pause] DV: Oh yes. Now, that, that is a thing in the early days they had on the flat here they had a unit they had there. SB: Oh, tell us about your Battle for Britain. Battle of Britain. Is that it? DV: Oh yes. That’s it. Yes. Yes. I’m in that photograph somewhere. You can’t [pause] is it that there? Oh, this is the earliest days when all the people that were waiting to be, going into training. SB: Oh right. DV: That was Southend front there — SB: Oh right. DV: I photographed it. I’m in there somewhere. But where the hell I think I’m on the top there. I’m not sure. SB: Oh right. DV: Yeah. There was a newspaper cutting. SB: Yes. Ah, got your Mess bill here from Grantham. DV: Oh, yes. Yes. SB: One pound six shillings and six pence. DV: Yes [laughs]. SB: I hope you paid it. Oh, it says you did. DV: Oh, it says paid does it? SB: Yes. DV: Well, there I was. I wasn’t, we were in the Officer’s Mess there although I wasn’t, oh that one there is interesting. That’s me in a glider. SB: Oh, I saw you had a glider certificate. DV: The earliest stages we had a, before I started with a unit or anything I think it was a weekend. We could spend a weekend and that was sort of shot off a hill. SB: And where was that? DV: I’ve forgotten the name of the place. It was [pause] Oh, there’s wedding photograph there. I’ve got it here. SB: Right. Now, let’s have a look at the detail in here. [pause] SB: So Flight Lieutenant Wills was your regular instructor it seems. DV: Was he? I don’t remember that. What was that on? SB: On the Tiger Moths. DV: Oh yes. Yes. That was — SB: Yes. DV: At the earlier stages I didn’t know whether I would become a fighter pilot or a bomber pilot. SB: Right. DV: But I always remember they sent me up to do a slow roll. You know what a slow roll is do you? SB: Oh, yes. Yes indeed. Yes. DV: And I made such a blooming mess of this slow roll they thought I’d better fly bombers. SB: Oh really? DV: Rather than fighters, I think. That was the thing. One exercise was a loop and a roll at the top. SB: Right. DV: Are there several people you’ve interviewed? SB: Oh yes. I mean perhaps I should explain why I’m doing the Wellington. I mean the twenty odd, twenty five years of interviewing people — DV: Yes. Is it? SB: Oh yes. And I’ll tell you the reason why I do this. I joined the Air Force in ’73. DV: Right. SB: Now, at that time there was still people serving who had served during the war. DV: Yeah. SB: So you’d hear people talking and interesting chats in the Mess. DV: Yes. SB: And that sort of stuff so I got to the point I thought I really ought to start recording this. So I started just having a tape-recording running while I was talking to people and eventually I thought, ‘Well, what am I doing with all this?’ So I spoke to the chap who runs Grub Street Publishing and said, ‘Look, I’ve got all this stuff.’ ‘Oh yes Great idea. Let’s put something together.’ DV: Yeah. SB: So, that was the result but that only used about ten percent probably. DV: Oh really. I didn’t know that. SB: Of all the, I must have used — DV: A whole load of information you must have. SB: Oh yeah. DV: Yeah. SB: I mean interview is too strong a word. Chats. DV: Yeah. SB: I must have about a hundred and fifty now I should think. DV: Oh God. SB: So and then since that one I’ve done three other books and then I, he said to me, ‘What are you going to do next then?’ And I just suddenly thought of the Wellington. If you think of all the major wartime types that had been, had books about them the Lancaster is done to death and the Spitfire is done to death. DV: Yes. Yeah. SB: But the poor old Wimpie has never really — DV: No. SB: Been done very well. DV: Never. It annoys me they never retain one. One Specimen. They recovered some from the sea or something. SB: Well, there was. There’s two actually. There’s — DV: True. SB: Theres one which is normally at Hendon but which is at Cosford being refurbished at the moment and there’s the one they got out of Loch Ness. DV: Yeah. SB: Which is at Brooklands. DV: I’ve read about that one. SB: Yeah. Well, that is being restored. But that’s it. DV: Yeah. SB: Yeah. DV: But never sort of live something. SB: No. No. DV: Not one. SB: That’s right. So I said, ‘Well, I’d like to do the Wellington.’ So I had a look to see what I already had in the can so to speak and I had about seven or eight Wellington chaps I’d spoken to I suppose. So I thought well now is the time to do it, you know. Now or never. So I put out an appeal on one of the websites contact me if there is anybody who either flew, maintained, wireless operators, gunners, whatever of Wellingtons or relatives or whatever and within a week I’d had contact from about twelve. DV: Oh. SB: And well [pause] these are all the people I’ve contacted for this book and there must be forty there on the left. So I’m currently going around doing this. DV: Forty one now [laughs] SB: But the thing is I want to cover not just the obvious bombing stuff and, and the Middle East of course. 205 Group. A lot there. Coastal Command, Anti-U-boat stuff, Far East, Transport. There’s mountains of stuff to put up. DV: You mean all Wellingtons. SB: All Wellingtons. DV: All Wellingtons. SB: Oh yeah. Yeah. So — DV: I don’t know why they wouldn’t transfer me. I mean I’d have gone to Coastal Command. As I say I felt being a second pilot going thirteen missions and never flying the aircraft what a waste of time. SB: Yes. It does seem strange doesn’t it? DV: [unclear] SB: Yeah. DV: Taking risks without any point in it. SB: Yeah. Yeah. It does seem very strange. Although strange things do happen. One of the chaps I spoke to a few weeks ago was a navigator on 9 Squadron. DV: Yes. SB: And he did similar to you. He did seventeen ops. DV: Yeah. SB: And this was on 9 Squadron at Honington and I said, ‘Well —’ and he kept saying, ‘We had a great time. It was great fun. We loved it.’ DV: Did he? SB: Strange, you know. DV: Yes. That is strange. SB: It was tremendous fun. DV: Fun? SB: Yeah. He said it was fun and they had some pretty hairy moments too. Anyway, I said, ‘’Well, how come you only did seventeen then? What, why did you stop?’ And he said, ‘Oh, we got back from an op somewhere and I was called to the Medical Centre and was told you’re going to RAF Hospital Ely to be interviewed.’ DV: That’s where I went. SB: Oh right. DV: Hospital. Yeah. SB: So you went there to be interviewed by a psychiatrist. DV: Oh dear. SB: After which he was taken off ops. So — DV: He was. SB: Whether they thought he was a bit too gung-ho. DV: Too keen. SB: Yeah. Too keen. Yeah. DV: They must have thought it was a bit odd. I mean anybody who ever said they were never frightened. Well, I can’t believe it because — SB: No, that’s right. DV: I was frightened and I don’t know then some people didn’t show it. I don’t think I showed it for that matter. SB: Well, no. Of course, as you say. Everybody was. But everybody I speak to is incredibly modest and says, ‘Oh, I didn’t do anything.’ Well, yes you did. DV: Well, I didn’t do anything. SB: But you did. You did. DV: I say I was standing, well from where I was shot. Oh I didn’t, did I mention I don’t think I did in the middle of the aircraft they built a bullet proof door. SB: Oh yes. DV: Did I tell you this? SB: Yes, you did. Yes. It was hinged. DV: I was standing behind the middle [unclear] when I got shot. SB: Yes. DV: As I say looking at the Astro hatch the aircraft came so close. The German fighter came so close you could almost put your hand out and touch it. SB: Really? DV: How on earth we survived that I don’t know because that aircraft was firing its guns going all the time. We did see a little bit afterwards a little fire. We were, we were at ten thousand feet and see that little fire below us and I think it was we had shot down, the rear gunner I think had shot down one of the aircraft. I’m not surprised because he came, the German fighter came very close to us. SB: Right. DV: Made himself very vulnerable for our gunners. I think we shot down one anyway. SB: Right. DV: I don’t know if I mentioned this was it pat of the flying, there you go. From that position being caught in the searchlight dive right down low to the ground. And I remember looking out of the astro hatch. I saw a fishing boat going along the Zuiderzee. SB: Really? DV: Yeah. SB: Gosh. You were pretty low then. DV: Yes. SB: Yeah. Yeah [pause] One I often find when I’m having chats like this that they lead on to something else. Do you know old so and so — DV: Yes. Yes. SB: And I must tell you this story. You’ll like this. I was interviewing or sort of chatting to a chap in Ascot a couple of months ago. DV: Yeah. Yeah. SB: And he was a 40 Squadron chap and a fascinating career. He had a long career with BOAC after he came out and — DV: Yeah. SB: So on. And he said to me, ‘Oh, do you know my friend Terry Bulloch?’ DV: Yeah. SB: ‘He lives in the next village,’ sort of thing. DV: Yeah. SB: I thought I know that name. Anyway, to cut a long story short he said, ‘Oh, he was in Coastal Command. Flew Liberators and sank four U-boats.’ Really? DV: Yeah. Yeah. SB: So I went to see this chap about a month or so ago and he has the record for the, the number of U-boats sunk by an aircrew. DV: Yeah. SB: A tremendously modest chap. DV: Yeah. SB: And going through his logs and going through his photographs and he came to a bit like that. A newspaper cutting from 1943. DV: Yeah. SB: Which said nine U-boats attacked. Two sunk. No. Sorry. Four U-boats attacked and two sunk in nine hours. DV: That was him. SB: There was all this, yes it was him, this was all on one pop. Oh yeah. Yeah. He said he didn’t do anything much you know. DV: No. SB: But the funny thing that that the final point of the story was in his scrapbook he had a signal from AO CnC Coastal Command. DV: Yeah. SB: “Congratulations on your success. Next time be more careful how much ammunition you expend.” DV: Oh. SB: Because in his report he said to sink the second U-boat he had to make four passes with depth charges. DV: Yeah. SB: So he got a telling off for using too many depth charges. DV: Too many depth charges. Ridiculous. SB: Yeah. DV: They weren’t short of them surely. SB: Well no. That’s right. DV: Extraordinary. SB: Was there anything else that you could think of David I haven’t asked you that, any little stories which you might remember? DV: Did I, did I finish off the column? The bulletproof door. SB: No. No. DV: Well, they had this bulletproof door. It was on a hinge in the middle and flaps and we could lock them. SB: Right. DV: Blocking the whole of the, but it didn’t do that. SB: Right. DV: But it tended to flap backwards and forwards. SB: Oh right. Right. DV: And when we were attacked we were lucky technically for me where I was standing but they must have been opened. In spite of that I got somehow or other got shot and I got shot really because I had this in front of me but had I, of course when of course I was lucky. My head was completely exposed. SB: Yes. DV: [unclear] that way but after a time I believe after I came off I believe they took those away. SB: Why? DV: I think Bomber Harris decided that if you take them away you can have another bomb on. He was more concerned about bombs than he was about the life of the crew. So they were, I understand they were taken out. SB: I’ve not heard about those before. They were intended to protect the pilots obviously. I guess that was the position just behind the pilots was it? DV: Oh, no. No. SB: No. DV: This was the middle of the — SB: Oh, the middle. DV: Just close. Pretty close to where I was, I was standing. SB: Right. DV: In the astrodome. SB: Oh, the astro. Oh, ok. DV: Yes. That middle — SB: Right. DV: Covered the whole of the centre of the fuselage. SB: Oh right. Right. DV: Yeah. I believe they did away with it afterwards. SB: Oh right. DV: Because he could get another bomb on. SB: I need to take a picture of you I’m afraid David if you don’t mind. DV: No. No. SB: Just for the record. Another one just to be sure. Thank you very much. DV: Oh, taken it have you? SB: Oh yes. DV: I thought it would flash. SB: No. No. DV: It doesn’t flash. SB: Well, it does but it tends to sort of bleach everything out of you. Yes. Well, that’s super. Could I ask you to sign a couple of things for me. DV: Yes. SB: Please. If you’d be so kind. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Interview with David Vandervord Description An account of the resource David Vandervord explains that, as a Wellington second pilot, he never actually handled the aircraft on operations. He mentions leaflet dropping. He, initially, joined the civil air guard and started pilot training but this was interrupted by the war. He describes basic, advance and OTU training before being posted to 218 Squadron at RAF Marham in December 1940. He recalls the names of the first pilots he flew with. He recounts an operation where they had to jettison bombs over England and were then forced to land in a field. He recalls another operation where they were attacked by two Me 110s which damaged the aircraft and wounded him so they flew back on one engine. David states that he flew thirteen operations and then asked to be removed from Bomber Command. He talked a little about subsequent postings. He comments on the qualities of the Wellington and states that all operations were at night. He mentions that his crew were lost while he was recovering from a wound. He talks about his crew, mentions an operation to Brest to target the Scharnhorst and landing at RAF Boscombe Down. He concluded with discussion over photographs. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource S Bond D Vandervord Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940-12 1941-02-11 1941-03-13 1941-05-10 1941-05-07 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Bexhill England--Leicestershire England--Oxfordshire England--Norfolk England--Lincolnshire Germany Germany--Hamburg France France--Brest Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay England--Wiltshire England--Sussex Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 00:47:28 audio recording Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending revision of OH transcription Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBondS-VandervordDv10014 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maureen Clarke Julie Williams Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 15 OTU 218 Squadron aircrew Anson bombing forced landing Me 110 Operational Training Unit pilot RAF Boscombe Down RAF Desford RAF Grantham RAF Harwell RAF Marham Scharnhorst Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2857/50638/SMuirA115170v10003.jpg 1a2eb809d3e9fb230c8c7dcad65f1edc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Muir, Andrew. Scrapbook Description An account of the resource 19 items. The scrapbook contains photographs, service material, memorabilia and research concerning Andrew Muir's service with 7 and 156 Squadrons. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Muir, Andrew Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-08-22 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Requiem for a Rear Gunner Description An account of the resource Left page: A poem in memory of Sid Fox Right page: Permanently awarding the The Pathfinder Force Badge to Acting Squadron leader A Muir, DFC. Additional information on Sydney Fox is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/209634/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ralph Wilson Gilbert Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Poetry Text. Service material Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One typed sheet and one printed certificate on an album page Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SMuirA115170v10003 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-03-10 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-03-10 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. air gunner aircrew bombing Distinguished Flying Cross Halifax Ju 88 killed in action Me 110 Pathfinders pilot Schräge Musik https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2856/50599/SBondS-VandervordDv10009.pdf 291b862b229de584dd470964a3907df1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vandervord, David Description An account of the resource 15 items. Collection concerns Sergeant David Vandevord who flew operations as a Wellington second pilot on 218 Squadron. Collection contains his pilot's flying log book, an oral history interview and photographs. The collection was licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dr Steve Bond and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. This collection was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-18 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBondS-VandervordDv1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Conversation with David Vandervord Description An account of the resource Edited transcript. Begins by recalling joining up and pilot training on Tiger Moth, Anson and Wellington. Posted to 218 Squadron at RAF Marham as second pilot, and mentions the first pilots he flew with. He recalls an operation where they had to jettison bombs over England and then crash landed. He continues with details of an operation to Hamburg when they were attacked by two Me 11, during which he was wounded and the aircraft had an engine on fire. He was  recovered to RAF Marham with damaged aircraft. He took part in 13 operations as second pilot and then asked to leave Bomber Command. He talks about his subsequent ground job. He was asked about, and commented on, squadron operations and flying the Wellington. He was also asked about a couple of operations, one to Brest to target Scharnhorst and his last trip to Hamburg. He concludes with a conversation about a bullet proof door in an aircraft which did not prevent him being shot. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-10-16 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1939 1941-02-11 1941-03-13 1941-05-07 1941-05-10 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Leicestershire England--Norfolk Germany Germany--Bremen Germany--Hamburg France France--Brest Atlantic Ocean--bay of Biscay England--Wiltshire Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource S Bond D Vandervord Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Memoir Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four page printed document Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBondS-VandervordDv10009 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maureen Clarke 15 OTU 218 Squadron Anson bombing forced landing Me 110 RAF Boscombe Down RAF Desford RAF Grantham RAF Harwell RAF Marham Scharnhorst Tiger Moth training https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2856/50585/SBondS-VandervordDv10001.pdf e12f15b614645e9a749cbc5c4c1aeb82 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vandervord, David Description An account of the resource 15 items. Collection concerns Sergeant David Vandevord who flew operations as a Wellington second pilot on 218 Squadron. Collection contains his pilot's flying log book, an oral history interview and photographs. The collection was licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dr Steve Bond and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. This collection was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-18 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBondS-VandervordDv1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource David Vandervord’s Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Log Book Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Multi-page printed book with handwritten entries Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending review Review Oct 2024 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBondS-VandervordDv10001 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Description An account of the resource David Vandervord’s Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Log Book from 22nd July 1939 until 14th May 1941. Initial pilot training at No. 34 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School, 12 Service Flying Training School, 15 Operational Training Unit. Operational posting to 218 Squadron. Served at RAF Southend, RAF Desford, RAF Grantham, RAF Harwell, RAF Marham. Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Anson, Wellington. He flew 12 night bombing operations with 218 Squadron as second pilot. His targets were Boulogne, Rotterdam, Hannover, Bremen, Brest, Berlin, Hamburg, the Scharnhorst, Mannheim. His pilots were Flying Officer Anstey, Flying Officer Agar and Sergeant McNeil. His aircraft force landed in England after the operation on 11/12th February 1941. His aircraft was attacked by two Me110’s on the night of 13/14th March 1941 which result in a minor injury to himself. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1939 1940-12-29 1941-01-09 1941-02-07 1941-02-10 1941-02-11 1941-02-12 1941-03-02 1941-03-12 1941-03-13 1941-03-14 1941-05-03 1941-05-04 1941-05-05 1941-05-06 1941-05-07 1941-05-08 1941-05-10 1941-05-11 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Essex England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Norfolk England--Oxfordshire France France--Boulogne-sur-Mer France--Brest Netherlands Netherlands--Rotterdam Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Berlin Germany--Bremen Germany--Hamburg Germany--Hannover Germany--Mannheim Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nick Cornwell-Smith 15 OTU 218 Squadron aircrew Anson bombing Flying Training School forced landing Me 110 Operational Training Unit pilot RAF Desford RAF Grantham RAF Harwell RAF Marham RAF Southend Scharnhorst Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2847/50442/SBondS-StoneGv10005.pdf e1e3592410f0d8d015e0b1c69036f3b9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stone, Gerry Description An account of the resource Four items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer Gerry Stone RAF who flew 2 tours as a Wellington wireless operator/air gunner on 115 and 156 Squadrons. His aircraft was shot down with the loss of all crew on his 34th operation. The collection was licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dr Steve Bond and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. This collection was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-18 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBondS-StoneGv1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wimpey Nights - the life and times of Pilot Officer Gerry Stone RAF Description An account of the resource Biography by Steve Bond. Include photograph of Gerry Stone in uniform at the beginning. There are several photographs throughout the document of aircrew and aircraft. Chapter 1 - enlistment and training. Covers joining up, training as wireless operator/air gunner where he flew in Vickers Valentia and Westland Wallace. Chapter 2 - Turret fighters. Posted to 64 Squadron and flew in Hawker Demon. as air gunner. Posted to bomber command in December 1938. Chapter 3 - first bomber tour. Describes move to 115 Squadron initially flying in Harrow and then converting to Wellington. Goes on to describe his 26 operations in some detail. Mentions being shot at by Me 110, covers losses in some operations, forced landings, wounded crew members. Posted to OTU after 26 operations. Chapter 4 - rested from operations. Spend nearly two years flying routine training on 20 OTU at RAF Lossiemouth. Participated in two more operations while at Lossiemouth to Cologne for which a detailed description is provided. Second was to Essen , also with derailed description. Chapter 5 -second tour. Posted to 156 Squadron still with Wellington in June 1942. Describes his subsequent six operations including the 34th on 27 August 1942 when his aircraft was shot down by Me 110 flown by Hauptmann Wolfgang Thimmig. Notes that crew were buried in the Reichswald Forrest war cemetery at Kleve (photograph included). List the other members of the crew: Flt Sgt Michael Gordon Savage (930778), pilot age 20, from Eastbourne in Sussex Sgt Gilbert Hebblethwaite (657350), 2nd pilot age 24, from Crosland Moor, Huddersfield P/O Peter Hayes RNZAF (404484), observer age 20, from Sydney, New South Wales P/O Jack Leewarden (132751) WOp/AG age 25, from Hampstead Heath, London Sgt Frederick Valentine Herbert Shepherd (629714), rear gunner. Appendix A - Hauptmann Wolfgang Thimmig - provided biographic details and service history of the Luftwaffe night fighter pilot. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource S Bond Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1937 1937-09 1937-11-30 1938-05 1938-06 1938-10-18 1938-12-14 1939-06 1939-05-09 1939-12-01 1939-12-24 1940-01-03 1940-01-23 1940-02-01 1940-03-09 1940-03-15 1940-03-23 1940-04-07 1940-04-09 1940-04-10 1940-04-14 1940-04-30 1940-05-17 1940-05-20 1940-05-22 1940-05-27 1940-05-30 1940-06-01 1940-06-03 1940-06-17 1940-06-21 1940-06-24 1940-06-26 1940-06-30 1942-02-02 1942-04-28 1942-05-30 1942-06-01 1942-06-25 1942-07-08 1942-08-06 1942-08-09 1942-08-11 1942-08-27 1941-06-17 1941-06-18 1942-05-30 1942-05-31 1942-06-06 1943-06-11 1944-11 1945-02 1945-05-08 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--London England--Hillingdon England--Lincolnshire England--Suffolk England--Yorkshire England--Norfolk Netherlands Netherlands--Ameland Island Germany Germany--Borkum Atlantic Ocean--North Sea Germany--Bremen Norway Norway--Bergen Norway--Kristiansand Norway--Stavanger England--Colchester England--Essex Belgium Belgium--Gembloux France France--Dunkerque Germany--Hamburg Germany--Koblenz Germany--Münster in Westfalen Germany--Mannheim Germany--Frankfurt am Main Scotland--Moray Germany--Cologne Germany--Essen Germany--Wilhelmshaven Germany--Duisburg England--Cambridgeshire Germany--Osnabrück Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Germany--Kassel Germany--Gronau (North Rhine-Westphalia)--Epe Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Ruhr (Region) Europe--Frisian Islands Germany--Ruhr (Region) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Fighter Command Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Wehrmacht Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Twenty-two page printed document with photiographs Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBondS-StoneGv10005 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 115 Squadron 156 Squadron 20 OTU 38 Squadron air gunner aircrew bomb aimer bomb trolley bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) bombing up debriefing final resting place forced landing ground personnel Halifax Harrow intelligence officer killed in action Me 110 mine laying observer Operational Training Unit pilot RAF Alconbury RAF Church Fenton RAF Cranwell RAF Lossiemouth RAF Marham RAF Martlesham Heath RAF Uxbridge RAF Warboys RAF Wyton recruitment Scharnhorst service vehicle shot down training Wellington wireless operator / air gunner Women’s Auxiliary Air Force