1 25 103 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3328/58554/PGarlandVA21010059.jpg d892408a58985d9098620d92412084d7 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3328/58554/PGarlandVA21010060.jpg 1f32f324ae9b31ab4a4934e65742b068 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 Garland, Victor Alan Description An account of the resource 44 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Victor Alan Garland (b. 1924, 3030098 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 429 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elaine Dove and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-11-10 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Garland, VA 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 Five airmen Description An account of the resource Five airmen three wearing battledress and two tunics, all with brevet standing either side of a motorbike in front of a building. On the reverse '"Jock", "Red", "Judy", "Taffy", "Fwank", outside the sergeants mess Leeming 25/10/45, all set for posting to Blyton. NB "Judy (centre) is Victor Alan (Judy) Garland of 429 Squadron, others unknown'. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-10-25 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-10-25 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Yorkshire England--Lincolnshire 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 Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One b/w photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PGarlandVA21010059, PGarlandVA21010060 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. Language A language of the resource eng 429 Squadron aircrew RAF Blyton RAF Leeming https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3328/58516/BGarlandEGarlandEv1.pdf bc635462f24e30c10062d7c0035fe23a 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 Garland, Victor Alan Description An account of the resource 44 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Victor Alan Garland (b. 1924, 3030098 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 429 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elaine Dove and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-11-10 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Garland, VA 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 Memoir of Emilia Garland (nee Ocardi). WAAF 429 Squadron. Description An account of the resource Recounts life in Glasgow (Clydebank) at the beginning of the war. Incudes tales of bliztz bombing, blackout, sirens and evacuation. Talks of continuing business though blitz. Eventually tired of hard work in family business, despite parental opposition, decided to join up. Goes onto describe experiences and training at RAF Innsworth. (includes b/w photograph) and then on to RAF Leeming where she worked as a sergeants mess waitress. Describes life on camp in detail. Mentions attack by German bomber and tells other several anecdotes of incidents. Tells of effect of casualties on relationships, recreation and entertainment. Mentions royal visit. Relates her love life and meeting her future husband. At end of war she was posted to RAF Bracknell while her fiancé was posted to Europe. They married in September 1946. Continues with description of life, post war postings, demob and life after the war. Includes b/w photographs of Emilia, Vic and family. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource E Garland Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-03-15 1946-09-11 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Scotland--Glasgow Scotland--Clydebank Scotland--Coatbridge Scotland--Dunfermline England--Gloucestershire England--Yorkshire England--Berkshire England--Bracknell England--Lincolnshire 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 Royal Canadian Air Force United States Army Air Force 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 Fourteen page printed document with photographs 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 BGarlandEGarlandEv1 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. 429 Squadron B-24 bombing ground personnel military living conditions military service conditions RAF Blyton RAF Innsworth RAF Leeming Women’s Auxiliary Air Force https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2928/53034/LPearsonFS3052512v1.1.pdf db81b34d0cc81d7b7189fdb9a35c61ec 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 Frank Pearson’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers. One 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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LPearsonFS3052512v1 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending review Review Oct 2024 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 Description An account of the resource Frank Pearson’s Flying Log Book from 16th June 1944 until 30th April 1953. During this time trained as an air gunner. Trained at No. 1 Air Gunnery School, No. 85 Operational Training Unit, 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit. Posted to 626 Squadron in January 1945 for operations. In June 1945 posted to 189 Squadron. Posted to Ground Controlled Approach Squadron in March 1948 as Safety Pilot. Served at RAF Pembrey, RAF Husbands Bosworth, RAF Blyton, RAF Wickenby, RAF Bardney, RAF Watton, RAF Wyton, RAF Shawbury. Aircraft flown were Anson, Wellington, Lancaster, Oxford, Proctor, Tiger Moth, Lincoln, Dominie. With 626 Squadron he flew 19 bombing operations (9 day and 10 night), and 2 night minelaying operations. Targets were Dortmund, Duisburg, Pforzheim, Neuss, Mannheim, Cologne, Chemnitz, Dessau, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Misburg, Langendreer, Hannover, Paderborn, Kiel Harbour, Plauen, Heligoland, Bremen. He also flew four Operation Manna to The Hague and Rotterdam and one Operation Exodus to Brussels. His pilot on all these operations was Flying Officer Warner. He flew one Cook’s Tour and one Operation Dodge to Bari. His pilots were Flying Officer Warner and Flying officer Utting. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944 1945-02-20 1945-02-21 1945-02-22 1945-02-23 1945-02-24 1945-02-28 1945-03-01 1945-03-03 1945-03-05 1945-03-06 1945-03-07 1945-03-08 1945-03-11 1945-03-12 1945-03-13 1945-03-15 1945-03-16 1945-03-21 1945-03-25 1945-03-27 1945-04-09 1945-04-10 1945-04-11 1945-04-13 1945-04-14 1945-04-18 1945-04-22 1945-04-25 1945-04-29 1945-05-01 1945-05-03 1945-05-05 1945-05-09 1945-06-22 1945-10-02 1945-10-04 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Cambridgeshire England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Norfolk England--Shropshire Wales--Carmarthenshire Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Bremen Germany--Chemnitz Germany--Cologne Germany--Dessau (Dessau) Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Essen Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Hannover Germany--Helgoland Germany--Kiel Germany--Langendreer Germany--Mannheim Germany--Neuss Germany--Paderborn Germany--Pforzheim Germany--Plauen Italy Italy--Bari Netherlands Netherlands--Hague Netherlands--Rotterdam Belgium Belgium--Brussels Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nick Cornwell-Smith David Leitch 1662 HCU 189 Squadron 626 Squadron 85 OTU air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945) Cook’s tour Dominie Heavy Conversion Unit Hurricane Lancaster Lincoln mine laying Operation Dodge (1945) Operation Exodus (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot Proctor RAF Bardney RAF Blyton RAF Bridgnorth RAF Husbands Bosworth RAF Khormaksar RAF Leconfield RAF Lindholme RAF Luqa RAF Metheringham RAF Pembrey RAF Shawbury RAF Sturgate RAF Swanton Morley RAF Thorney Island RAF Tilstock RAF Wattisham RAF Watton RAF Weeton RAF Wickenby RAF Wyton Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2928/52961/PPearsonFS18020007.jpg de8201a16bf42514914f66737ed12b52 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2928/52961/PPearsonFS18020008.jpg 2c4068631930ece98cf62ca564aca282 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2928/52961/PPearsonFS18020017.jpg 7a09f05c395066460ae4f80560c5f0b3 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 Seven airmen and a snowman Description An account of the resource Seven men, two standing either side of a snowman and three squatting in front. Snowman wears side cap and belt, all airmen wearing battledress. Three version of the same image, second is annotated - top l t r - 'BW, AR, JF, FP'. Bottom l - r -'AS, DL, HS, Blyton'. The third with no annotation. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire 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 Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two b/w photographs mounted on separate pages Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPearsonFS18020007, PPearsonFS18020008, PPearsonFS18020017 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 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Frank Pearson. Photographs 2 aircrew RAF Blyton https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2928/52875/PPearsonFS18010028.jpg ce4d5d096a9cbc5c4944d2d876aee51e https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2928/52875/PPearsonFS18010029.jpg 197e62ef12003d39d1a04cc95e1f1f6d 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 Seven airmen and a snowman Description An account of the resource Seven airmen gathered round a snowman with Sergeant' stripes, aircrew brevet, belt and side cap. On the reverse 'xmas greetings 1985 [signature], RAF Blyton, 1944'. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1985 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire 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 Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One b/w photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPearsonFS18010028, PPearsonFS18010029 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. Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Frank Pearson. Photographs 1 aircrew RAF Blyton https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2810/51998/LSewerinS704459v3.pdf e9b93d7fdb82bfc2ef3ecaa4bb5129dc 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 Sewerin, Stanislaw Description An account of the resource An oral history interview with Peter Sewerin about his father Stanislaw Sewerin (b. 1915, 704459 Royal Air Force). The collection also contains his log books, an&nbsp;<a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2907">album</a>, and miscellaneous documents. He flew operations as a pilot with 300 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Peter Sewerin and catalogued by Jan Johnstone. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-09-16 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 Sewerin, S 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 Stanislaw Sewerin's Pilots Flying Log Book. Three Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LSewerinS704459v3 Description An account of the resource Pilots Flying Log Book for P2 Stanislaw Sewerin covering 5 August 1948 to 9 March 1954 detailing training with: 1 Air Navigation School at RAF Topcliffe, 3 Air Navigation School at RAF Bishops Court, 201 Advanced Flying School at RAF Swinderby, 128 SE Refresher Course, the Central Link Trainer School at RAF Kirton in Lindsey and 61 Group Communication Flight at RAF Kenley. Aircraft flown were Anson, Wellington, Tiger Moth, Prentice, Harvard, Varsity, Meteor 7 and Chipmunk. Pilots flown with: Flight Lieutenant Merrett, P2 Siekierkowski, Flight Lieutenant Kerbey, P2 Ponsford, P2 Chmielewski, P2 White, P2 Harris, Flight Lieutenant Coulson, P2 Barrow, P2 Walters, P2 Atkinson, P2 Foster, P2 Walters, P2 Nadin, Flight Lieutenant Thieme, Flight Lieutenant Carroll, Flight Lieutenant Palmer, Flight Lieutenant Barnes, Squadron Leader Woods, Flight Lieutenant Price, Flight Lieutenant Hutchings, Flight Lieutenant Bradshaw, Lieutenant Jamal, Sergeant Succar, Flight Lieutenant Bethell, Flying Officer McGrory, Sergeant Alexander, Flight Lieutenant Valentine, Flying Officer Henley, Flight Sergeant Hall, Flight Lieutenant Stewart, Flight Walker, Flight Sergeant Bellamy, Flight Lieutenant Graham, Sergeant Turtle, Sergeant Pearse, Flight Lieutenant Double, Flight Lieutenant Scotchmer, Flight Lieutenant Hemsley, Group Captain Piper, Flying Officer Noonan, Flight Sergeant Oldham, Flight Sergeant Redina, Flight Lieutenant Vines, Flight Lieutenant Cermak, Sergeant Jones, Flight Sergeant McCandless, Sergeant Martin, Flying Officer Robertson, Flight Sergeant Thompson, Flight Sergeant Melville, Sergeant Pardridge, Flight Sergeant Salmon, M/P Gregory, Flight Sergeant Mitura, Flying Officer Bainbridge, Group Captain Johnson, M/P Slon, M/P Newman, Squadron Leader Attlee, Air Commodore Cohu. Flight Sergeant Rooke, Flying Officer Kirn, Air Vice Marshall McEvoy, Flight Sergeant Donnard, M/P Souter, Flight Lieutenant Cole, Squadron Leader Bulford, Flight Lieutenant White and Flight Lieutenant House. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force 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 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain 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 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 Advanced Flying Unit Air Observers School Anson Harvard Meteor Oxford pilot RAF Acklington RAF Aldergrove RAF Bicester RAF Blyton RAF Booker RAF Boscombe Down RAF Brize Norton RAF Church Fenton RAF Coltishall RAF Cosford RAF Duxford RAF Exeter RAF Filton RAF Finningley RAF Gaydon RAF Hendon RAF Hucknall RAF Hullavington RAF Kenley RAF Kirton in Lindsey RAF Leconfield RAF Leuchars RAF Linton on Ouse RAF Little Rissington RAF Lyneham RAF Manby RAF Manston RAF Marham RAF Martlesham Heath RAF Morpeth RAF Newton RAF North Weald RAF Oakington RAF Odiham RAF Ouston RAF Prestwick RAF Rochester RAF Shawbury RAF Shepherds Grove RAF Southend RAF St Athan RAF Stradishall RAF Sturgate RAF Swanton Morley RAF Swinderby RAF Syerston RAF Tangmere RAF Thornaby RAF Thorney Island RAF Topcliffe RAF Turnhouse RAF Valley RAF West Malling RAF West Raynham RAF White Waltham RAF Worksop Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2810/51948/LSewerinS704459v2.pdf 5f28a4c0f4b6b8e42ce13f5b725affdf 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 Sewerin, Stanislaw Description An account of the resource An oral history interview with Peter Sewerin about his father Stanislaw Sewerin (b. 1915, 704459 Royal Air Force). The collection also contains his log books, an&nbsp;<a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2907">album</a>, and miscellaneous documents. He flew operations as a pilot with 300 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Peter Sewerin and catalogued by Jan Johnstone. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-09-16 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 Sewerin, S 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 Stanislaw Sewerin's Pilots Flying Log Book. Two Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LSewerinS704459v2 Description An account of the resource Pilots Flying Log Book for Warrant Officer Stanislaw Sewerin covering 19 July 1944 to 16 July 1948 detailing day and night training flights and operations with: 18 Officer Training Unit, 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit and 300 Squadron. The period 29 June 1948 to 16 July 1948 details training undertaken with a Pilots Refresher Flying Unit at RAF Finningley. Sergeant Sewerin flew 18 operational sorties, three of which are described as Spam dropping, two as transport of prisoners of war and one that was transporting supplies. In addition, the log book reports seven 'Dodge' flights. Aircraft flown were Wellington, Lancaster and Oxford. Pilots flown with: Pilot Officer Stephani, Flying Officer Dziedzic, Flight Lieutenant Nowak, Flight Lieutenant Sancewicz, Warrant Officer Kazimierczak, Flight Sergeant Nowocin, Flight Sergeant Kalfas, Flight Sergeant Koziok, Warrant Officer Blachowicz, Warrant Officer Zablocki, Flying Officer Wareham, Flying Officer Oakeshott, Flight Lieutenant Kwapniewski, Warrant Officer Torunski, Flight Sergeant Kulesza, Flying Officer Pash, Squadron leader Fisher, Flight Lieutenant Dobbie, Flight Lieutenant Firmin, Flying Officer Price. Some pieces of paper with typed information in Polish have been pasted into the log book. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force 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 pol 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 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English Review Oct 2024 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-03-08 1945-03-09 1945-03-11 1945-03-12 1945-03-15 1945-03-16 1945-03-17 1945-03-22 1945-03-23 1945-03-25 1945-04-09 1945-04-10 1945-04-14 1945-04-15 1945-04-21 1945-04-22 1945-05-01 1945-05-04 1945-05-07 1945-05-10 1945-05-11 1945-08-15 1945-08-17 1945-08-28 1945-10-10 1945-10-11 1945-11-26 1945-11-27 1945-11-28 1945-12-13 1946-01-04 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Cambridgeshire England--Gloucestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Shropshire England--Surrey England--Wiltshire England--Yorkshire Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Germany--Berlin Germany--Bochum Germany--Bremen Germany--Dortmund Germany--Essen Germany--Hannover Germany--Helgoland Germany--Kassel Germany--Kiel Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Potsdam Italy Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco Netherlands 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 1662 HCU 18 OTU 300 Squadron aircrew Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Operation Dodge (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot prisoner of war RAF Aston Down RAF Blyton RAF Cosford RAF Dishforth RAF Dunsfold RAF Faldingworth RAF Finningley RAF Glatton RAF Ludford Magna RAF Skipton on Swale RAF Sturgate RAF Wickenby RAF Wroughton training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2828/50186/SBondS-MilliganTv10004.1.pdf caca9bf1f095e1431eee56278132ba18 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 Milligan, Edward Description An account of the resource Five items. Collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Edward Milligan who flew operations as a Lancaster bomb aimer on 460 Squadron. Collection contains data extracted from his log book 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-MilliganTv1 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 The log-books of Ted Milligan RAF 152506 Description An account of the resource Starts with a list containing personal details and a list of postings. Mentions Wellington conversion and heavy conversion unit before joining 460 Squadron at RAF Binbrook. Mentions that he did 33 operations crewed with P/O Lyall J Notley RAAF. Then follows a list with brief descriptions of his operations and aircraft lost. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941 1942 1943 1944-04-14 1944 1945 1946 1951 1944-04-26 1944-04-27 1944-04-30 1944-05-03 1944-05-07 1944-05-08 1944-05-09 1944-05-10 1944-05-12 1944-05-13 1944-05-21 1944-05-22 1944-05-23 1944-05-31 1944-06-02 1944-06-03 1944-06-06 1944-06-07 1944-07-18 1944-07-19 1944-11-22 1944-07-28 1944-07-29 1944-07-31 1944-08-01 1944-08-03 1944-08-05 1944-08-07 1944-08-08 1944-08-10 1944-08-10 1944-08-11 1944-08-12 1944-08-14 1944-08-15 1944-08-16 1944-08-17 1944-08-18 1944-08-19 1944-08-25 1944-08-26 1944-08-27 1944-08-29 1944-08-30 1945-09-03 1945-09-05 1945-09-20 1945-09-23 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Cheshire England--Stockport England--Bedfordshire England--London England--Cornwall England--Newquay Canada Ontario--Goderich Ontario--Huron (County) Ontario--Trenton Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway England--Gloucestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Staffordshire Germany Germany--Essen Germany--Friedrichshafen Germany--Düsseldorf France France--Maintenon France--Mailly-le-Camp France--Rennes France--Normandy France--Merville-Franceville-Plage Germany--Helgoland Germany--Duisburg Germany--Dortmund France--Tergnier (Canton) France--Dieppe Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Aschaffenburg Germany--Stuttgart France--Morbecque France--Creil France--Pauillac (Gironde) France--Caen France--Douai France--Falaise Netherlands Netherlands--Uden Poland Poland--Szczecin Belgium Belgium--Ghent Germany--Rüsselsheim Germany--Kiel Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Netherlands--Tilburg France--Le Havre Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Germany--Krefeld France--Calais Germany--Neuss France--Pas-de-Calais Germany--Ruhr (Region) Ontario France--Pas-de-Calais 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 Six page printed document Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBondS-MilliganTv10004 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. 1667 HCU 21 OTU 30 OTU 460 Squadron Advanced Flying Unit aircrew bomb aimer bombing bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944) bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944) Flying Training School forced landing Heavy Conversion Unit Initial Training Wing Lancaster mine laying Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operational Training Unit RAF Acaster Malbis RAF Binbrook RAF Blyton RAF Bottesford RAF Cardington RAF Carnaby RAF Hixon RAF Moreton in the Marsh RAF Sandtoft RAF Wigtown tactical support for Normandy troops Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2790/49586/LKirkbrightREM1483124v2.1.pdf 1c2ff05617de58be9a9a61725706e1c6 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 Kirkbright, Robert Edmund Marshall Kirkbright, REM Description An account of the resource Five items. The collection concerns Robert Edmund Marshall Kirkbright (1483124 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books and documents. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 199 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Mark Batchelor and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-03-24 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 Kirkbright, REM 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 Robert Kirkbright’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. Two Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942 1943-03-26 1943-03-27 1943-03-28 1943-03-29 1943-03-30 1943-04-03 1943-04-04 1943-04-08 1943-04-09 1943-04-10 1943-04-11 1943-04-26 1943-04-27 1943-04-28 1943-05-04 1943-05-05 1943-05-12 1943-05-13 1943-05-14 1943-05-29 1943-05-30 1943-06-11 1943-06-12 1943-08-01 1943-08-02 1943-08-12 1943-08-13 1943-08-16 1943-08-17 1943-08-31 1943-09-01 1943-09-03 1943-09-04 1943-09-05 1943-09-06 1943-09-15 1943-09-16 1943-10-08 1943-10-09 1943-11-18 1943-11-19 1943-11-20 1943-11-23 1943-11-24 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea) France Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Great Britain Italy England--Lincolnshire England--Suffolk England--Staffordshire France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France--Lorient France--Montluçon France--Saint-Nazaire Germany--Berlin Germany--Bochum Germany--Bremen Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Leverkusen Germany--Mannheim Germany--Wilhelmshaven Germany--Wuppertal Italy--Turin 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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LKirkbrightREM1483124v2 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Description An account of the resource Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for Robert Kirkbright covering the period 1 August 1942 to 26 November 1943. Details his training and operational duties. He flew 26 night time operations as bomb aimer with 199 Squadron. Operations were to Lorient, Wilhelmshaven, Duisburg, Saint-Nazaire, Bochum, Frankfurt, Duisburg, Dortmund, Wuppertal, Düsseldorf, Bordeaux, Turin, Berlin, Kattegat, Mannheim, Montluçon, Bremen, Mannheim and Leverkusen. His pilots on operations were Warrant Officer Barnard, Warrant Officer Palmer and Sergeant Humphries. Aircraft flown were Wellington and Stirling. This log book is annotated ‘first log book lost in transit’. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 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 1651 HCU 1653 HCU 1657 HCU 199 Squadron 30 OTU Air Observers School aircrew Anson Blenheim bomb aimer bombing Flying Training School Halifax Hampden Heavy Conversion Unit navigator Operational Training Unit RAF Blyton RAF Chedburgh RAF Hixon RAF Stradishall Stirling Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48411/MSmithKJB1881097-160215-13.1.jpg 0244832b1bdb038b274ed63ef32f61ce 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 Smith, Kenneth John Boucher K J B Smith 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 2016-02-15 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 Smith, KJB Description An account of the resource 92 items. The collection concerns Kenneth John Boucher Smith (1881097 Royal Air Force) and contains his correspondence, other documents and photographs. He flew operations as a Flight Engineer with 550 Squadron and was killed 7 March 1945. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Martin Carnell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Kenneth John Boucher Smith is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/121740/">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 Ticket for RAF Blyton national savings drawer Description An account of the resource No 330. List prizes and cost of tickets. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire 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 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Printed document Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MSmithKJB1881097-160215-12 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. RAF Blyton https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48406/ESmithKJBSmithMEB441229.1.pdf 9966a66ecea951401208c1d396bb6048 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 Smith, Kenneth John Boucher K J B Smith 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 2016-02-15 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 Smith, KJB Description An account of the resource 92 items. The collection concerns Kenneth John Boucher Smith (1881097 Royal Air Force) and contains his correspondence, other documents and photographs. He flew operations as a Flight Engineer with 550 Squadron and was killed 7 March 1945. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Martin Carnell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Kenneth John Boucher Smith is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/121740/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [postmark] [postage stamp] Miss. M. Smith. [inserted] [underlined] at [/underlined] 100 Rupert St Norwich [underlined] Norfolk [/underlined] [/inserted] [deleted] 46, Garrick Road Abington Park Southampton. [/deleted] [inserted] 100 Rupert St. Norwich Norfolk. [/inserted] [page break] [post mark] NORTHAMPTON 6-PM 2 JAN 1945 [page break] 1881097 Sgt Smith c/o Aircrew Sgts Mess RAF. Blyton Nr Gainsborough Lincs, 29/12/44. My Dear Moll, May I first thank you ever so much for the smokes and for the comb, do you know I never seemed to have a comb before but I can carry this one around in its case now. Well what sort of Christmas did you have?, pretty good I expect did you go out to tea with Geoffrey at all.?. I couldn’t [page break] go to Retford as there wasn’t [sic] any buses on Xmas day. Peg. Sent me a parcel with a cake she made [underlined] herself [/underlined] and bags of other things, the old firm sent me a parcel too which was quite amazing. My navigator has just got himself engaged so we are hurrying him up to get “hitched” so we can have some leave, he’s a Canadian too. Im [sic] sorry this is rather short but Ive [sic] rather a lot to do but write soon and tell me what you did and had for Xmas. All my love Ken xxxxx 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 Letter from Kenneth Smith to his sister Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource K J B Smith Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-12-29 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-12-29 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Northamptonshire England--Northampton England--Nottinghamshire England--Retford Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force 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 Two page handwritten letter and envelope Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ESmithKJBSmithMEB441229 Description An account of the resource Thanks her for smokes. Asks what sort of Christmas she had had.. Says he could not go to Retford as here were no buses on Christmas day. Relates that Peg sent him a parcel with cake and other things. Mentions that his Canadian navigator had just got engaged. 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 Liz McElwee RAF Blyton https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48405/ESmithKJBSmithMEB441031.1.pdf b79306a4621f0b1804080439189e4ec0 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 Smith, Kenneth John Boucher K J B Smith 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 2016-02-15 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 Smith, KJB Description An account of the resource 92 items. The collection concerns Kenneth John Boucher Smith (1881097 Royal Air Force) and contains his correspondence, other documents and photographs. He flew operations as a Flight Engineer with 550 Squadron and was killed 7 March 1945. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Martin Carnell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Kenneth John Boucher Smith is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/121740/">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 Letter from Kenneth Smith to his sister Description An account of the resource Comments on her medical issues. Continues with family and friends news and gossip. Wishes he had his little car on the station like some others. Continues to describe being lonely as there was only one other person in his hut and very few on camp. Mentions hearing from girl. Adds humorous account of source of bad smell and gathering of mice. Concludes with plan to go into Gainsborough for date with ATS. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource K J B Smith Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-10-31 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-10-31 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Northamptonshire England--Northampton England--Gainsborough Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force 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 Three page handwritten letter and envelope 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 ESmithKJBSmithMEB441031 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. military living conditions military service conditions RAF Blyton https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48380/ESmithKJBSmithE441205.1.pdf 1e95b56d9c1cebc015f4a778a8dbe6c7 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 Smith, Kenneth John Boucher K J B Smith 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 2016-02-15 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 Smith, KJB Description An account of the resource 92 items. The collection concerns Kenneth John Boucher Smith (1881097 Royal Air Force) and contains his correspondence, other documents and photographs. He flew operations as a Flight Engineer with 550 Squadron and was killed 7 March 1945. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Martin Carnell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Kenneth John Boucher Smith is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/121740/">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 Letter from Kenneth Smith to his mother Description An account of the resource Letter included with parcel of washing and explains why. Had tried to do some of his own washing but unsuccessful as camp water was too cold. Continues with chat about kit. Mentions he had a good crew, all Canadians with two commissioned officers. Continues with more chat about kit and mentions plans to meet someone in Gainsborough for tea. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource K J B Smith Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-12-05 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-12-05 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Northamptonshire England--Northampton England--Gainsborough Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force 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 Three page handwritten letter and envelope 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 ESmithKJBSmithE441205 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. aircrew bomb aimer crewing up military living conditions pilot RAF Blyton https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48379/ESmithKJBSmithE441107.2.pdf b86804276690a0892deb8f58018ea47c 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 Smith, Kenneth John Boucher K J B Smith 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 2016-02-15 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 Smith, KJB Description An account of the resource 92 items. The collection concerns Kenneth John Boucher Smith (1881097 Royal Air Force) and contains his correspondence, other documents and photographs. He flew operations as a Flight Engineer with 550 Squadron and was killed 7 March 1945. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Martin Carnell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Kenneth John Boucher Smith is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/121740/">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 Letter from Kenneth Smith to his mother Description An account of the resource Thanks her for parcel of washing and pad of writing paper. Comments on family financial issues. Mentions film he had seen. Catches up with news of friends. Asks if anything had happened about the car and wished he had one there as the bus service was so rotten. Mentions modelling activity and that there was a lot of waiting. Agrees that she should send him detective short story book. Complains about poor weather. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource K J B Smith Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-11-07 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-11-07 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Northamptonshire England--Northampton Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force 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 page handwritten letter and envelope 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 ESmithKJBSmithE441107 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. military living conditions military service conditions RAF Blyton https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48378/ESmithKJBSmithE441010.1.pdf 78b89d6106db24cbfbd3d1f33360029c 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 Smith, Kenneth John Boucher K J B Smith 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 2016-02-15 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 Smith, KJB Description An account of the resource 92 items. The collection concerns Kenneth John Boucher Smith (1881097 Royal Air Force) and contains his correspondence, other documents and photographs. He flew operations as a Flight Engineer with 550 Squadron and was killed 7 March 1945. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Martin Carnell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Kenneth John Boucher Smith is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/121740/">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 Letter from Kenneth Smith to his mother Description An account of the resource Just arrived at new station which he says is extremely muddy. Speculates on getting a 48 hour pass when he had accumulated sufficient flying hours. Mentions being close to Gainsborough. Asks if she could send him a kit bag lock as he has a bag full of flying kit. Lists some of the flying kit he had. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource K J B Smith Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-10-10 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-10-10 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Northamptonshire England--Northampton England--Gainsborough Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force 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 Three page handwritten letter 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 ESmithKJBSmithE441010 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. military living conditions military service conditions RAF Blyton https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48214/SSmithKJB1881097v10009-0002.2.pdf 3ea86d7b922cf329f34f69d049aa444c 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 Smith, Kenneth John Boucher K J B Smith 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 2016-02-15 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 Smith, KJB Description An account of the resource 92 items. The collection concerns Kenneth John Boucher Smith (1881097 Royal Air Force) and contains his correspondence, other documents and photographs. He flew operations as a Flight Engineer with 550 Squadron and was killed 7 March 1945. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Martin Carnell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Kenneth John Boucher Smith is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/121740/">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 Service history Sgt K J B Smith Description An account of the resource Flight engineer, joined 550 Squadron at North Killingholme on 8 January 1945. Lists operations seven operation carried out between 13 February and 8 March 1945. His aircraft was shot down on 8 March, he and two other crew members were killed and the others made prisoners of war. Includes two photographs off crew (one with six standing on wing and the pilot in the cockpit and captioned 'PA995 BQ-V the vulture strikes'. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-01-08 1945-02-13 1945-02-14 1945-02-20 1945-02-21 1945-02-23 1945-02-24 1945-03-05 1945-03-06 1945-03-07 1945-03-08 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire Germany Germany--Dresden Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Pforzheim Germany--Chemnitz Germany--Dessau (Dessau) 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 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Six page printed document with two b/w photographs 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 SSmithKJB1881097v10009-0002 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 550 Squadron aircrew bombing bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945) flight engineer killed in action Lancaster nose art prisoner of war RAF Blyton RAF North Killingholme shot down https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48203/ESmithKJBSmithMEB441013-0002.2.jpg 5a46031f09d55e5a3b7a4dba4b77a540 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48203/ESmithKJBSmithMEB441013-0003.2.jpg af39652a625b3ba0ccc43ec0cec2a149 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48203/ESmithKJBSmithMEB441013-0001.2.jpg 2fb8a0f34becc2f9546b14c6ba0ab59b 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 Smith, Kenneth John Boucher K J B Smith 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 2016-02-15 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 Smith, KJB Description An account of the resource 92 items. The collection concerns Kenneth John Boucher Smith (1881097 Royal Air Force) and contains his correspondence, other documents and photographs. He flew operations as a Flight Engineer with 550 Squadron and was killed 7 March 1945. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Martin Carnell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Kenneth John Boucher Smith is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/121740/">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 Letter from Kenneth Smith to his sister Description An account of the resource Catches up with recent family mail. Describes location as nothing but marsh, woods and fens. Writes about gramophone and hopes to get some Beethoven. Mentions plan to go to Gainsborough that afternoon and get a torch so he could see his way. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource K J B Smith Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-10-13 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-10-13 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Northamptonshire England--Northampton England--Gainsborough 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 Civilian 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 Two page handwritten letter and envelope 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 ESmithKJBSmithMEB441013 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 military living conditions RAF Blyton https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48197/ESmithKJBSmithKG441223-0003.1.jpg 00aecf9df88dfa3767bf420141201459 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48197/ESmithKJBSmithKG441223-0001.1.jpg 738cf82d39e98de37770da12a1696cda https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48197/ESmithKJBSmithKG441223-0002.1.jpg 2968d57fbd59ff0be61e2155b698b72b 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 Smith, Kenneth John Boucher K J B Smith 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 2016-02-15 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 Smith, KJB Description An account of the resource 92 items. The collection concerns Kenneth John Boucher Smith (1881097 Royal Air Force) and contains his correspondence, other documents and photographs. He flew operations as a Flight Engineer with 550 Squadron and was killed 7 March 1945. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Martin Carnell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Kenneth John Boucher Smith is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/121740/">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 Letter from Kenneth Smith to his brother Description An account of the resource Wishes him a happy Christmas and best of luck for new year. Hopes he would find enclosed useful. Includes drawings of holly, mistletoe, and a cottage in the snow. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource K J B Smith Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-12-23 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-12-23 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Northamptonshire England--Northampton Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian 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 Artwork Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One page handwritten letter and envelope 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 ESmithKJBSmithKG441223 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 RAF Blyton https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48194/ESmithKJBSmithK441125-0002.2.jpg 4284445e8fad447f24701421759565b3 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48194/ESmithKJBSmithK441125-0003.2.jpg a8cd6534163bcb6f0b54c626d091e05b https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48194/ESmithKJBSmithK441125-0001.2.jpg c3f6e44deb34ff19d4a100fec4ac1d36 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 Smith, Kenneth John Boucher K J B Smith 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 2016-02-15 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 Smith, KJB Description An account of the resource 92 items. The collection concerns Kenneth John Boucher Smith (1881097 Royal Air Force) and contains his correspondence, other documents and photographs. He flew operations as a Flight Engineer with 550 Squadron and was killed 7 March 1945. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Martin Carnell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Kenneth John Boucher Smith is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/121740/">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 Letter from Kenneth Smith to his brother Description An account of the resource Writes banter and mentions losing his brother's pen knife. Asks him how school was going and mentions contact with friends. Enquires what he would like for Christmas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource K J B Smith Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-11-25 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-11-25 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Northamptonshire England--Northampton Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force 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 Two page handwritten letter and envelope 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 ESmithKJBSmithK441125 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 RAF Blyton https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48187/ESmithKJBSmithE441018-0002.2.jpg a78d68e84a6af054b88cf3bc9022b27c https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48187/ESmithKJBSmithE441018-0003.2.jpg 6c711e7a8c9a0f494c86df1872acf419 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1485/48187/ESmithKJBSmithE441018-0001.2.jpg 4ec5e7d3d52ac8e3b24a7503acfe536d 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 Smith, Kenneth John Boucher K J B Smith 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 2016-02-15 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 Smith, KJB Description An account of the resource 92 items. The collection concerns Kenneth John Boucher Smith (1881097 Royal Air Force) and contains his correspondence, other documents and photographs. He flew operations as a Flight Engineer with 550 Squadron and was killed 7 March 1945. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Martin Carnell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Kenneth John Boucher Smith is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/121740/">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 Letter from Kenneth Smith to his mother Description An account of the resource Writes of gong to theatre in Gainsborough and that the station had a poor excuse for a cinema, but mentions films seen. Comments on lack of news and talks of poor weather and base being a quagmire. Thanks her for sending papers and concludes with gossip. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource K J B Smith Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-10-18 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-10-18 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Gainsborough England--Northamptonshire England--Northampton Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force 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 Two page handwritten letter and envelope 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 ESmithKJBSmithE441018 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 entertainment military living conditions RAF Blyton https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1540/47582/LHaguesGT1819687v1.pdf 296d6b6460e167325d436a2b124e95ca 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 Hagues, George Thomas G T Hagues 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 2016-09-16 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 Hagues, GT Description An account of the resource Three items. The collection concerns Sergeant George Thomas Hagues (1819687 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, diary and a document. He flew operations as an air gunner with 625 Squadron and was killed 13 September 1944.<br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Annie Roberts and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br /> <p>Additional information on George Hagues is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/109557/">IBCC Losses Database</a></p> 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 George Thomas Hagues’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LHaguesGT1819687v1 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force 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 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-05-03 1944-05-04 1944-05-25 1944-05-26 1944-06-22 1944-06-23 1944-06-24 1944-06-27 1944-06-28 1944-06-29 1944-07-02 1944-07-12 1944-07-13 1944-07-20 1944-07-25 1944-08-04 1944-08-05 1944-08-07 1944-08-08 1944-08-16 1944-08-17 1944-08-18 1944-08-19 1944-08-25 1944-08-26 1944-08-27 1944-08-29 1944-08-30 1944-08-31 1944-09-03 1944-09-08 1944-09-10 1944-09-12 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium France Germany Great Britain Netherlands Poland Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Belgium--Ghent England--Lincolnshire England--Shropshire France--Dunkerque France--Fontenay France--Le Havre France--Mailly-le-Camp France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray France--Dieppe France--Pas-de-Calais France--Pauillac (Gironde) France--Reims France--Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise France--Tours France--Vaires-sur-Marne France--Vierzon Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Kiel Germany--Rüsselsheim Netherlands--Tilburg Poland--Szczecin Wales--Bridgend France--Ardouval France--Le Clipon France--Siracourt France--Les Hayons France--Neuville-aux-Bois France--Pauillac (Gironde) France--Fontaine-le-Pin France--Raimbert France--Pauillac (Gironde) France--Pas-de-Calais France--Wizernes Description An account of the resource Navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book for George Thomas Hagues, air gunner, covering the period from 12 September 1943 to 12 September 1944, when he failed to return from operations. He was stationed at 7 Air Gunnery School RAF Stormey Down, 83 Operational Training Unit RAF Peplow, 1481 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight RAF Binbrook, 1662 Conversion Unit RAF Blyton, 1 Lancaster Finishing School RAF Hemswell and 625 Squadron RAF Kelstern. Aircraft flown in were Anson, Wellington, Halifax, and Lancaster. He flew a total of 23 operations with 625 squadron, 12 night and 11 daylight operations. Targets were Mailly-le-Camp, Le Clipon, Reims, Les Hayons, Vaires, Siracourt, Vierzon, Neuville, Tours, Wizernes, Ardouval, Paulliac, Fontaine-le-Pin, Stettin, Ghent, Rüsselsheim, Kiel, Daiment [Raimbert], Gilze-Rijen, Le Havre and Frankfurt. His pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Beetham, Flight Lieutenant Hamilton, Pilot Officer Wilson, Pilot Officer Cornish, Flying Officer Minnis, and Flight Lieutenant Banks. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 1662 HCU 625 Squadron 83 OTU air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson bombing Bombing and Gunnery School bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944) bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944) Halifax Halifax Mk 2 Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operational Training Unit RAF Binbrook RAF Blyton RAF Hemswell RAF Kelstern RAF Peplow RAF Stormy Down tactical support for Normandy troops training V-1 V-weapon Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1540/47580/YHaguesGT1819687v1.pdf 2b6f863b8f6e0b4bcb9d20115f8c7932 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 Hagues, George Thomas G T Hagues 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 2016-09-16 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 Hagues, GT Description An account of the resource Three items. The collection concerns Sergeant George Thomas Hagues (1819687 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, diary and a document. He flew operations as an air gunner with 625 Squadron and was killed 13 September 1944.<br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Annie Roberts and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br /> <p>Additional information on George Hagues is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/109557/">IBCC Losses Database</a></p> 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 George Thomas Hagues’ diary Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Thomas Hagues Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context YHaguesGT1819687v1 Description An account of the resource Air Force diary for 1944 containing names and addresses, records of lectures attended, letters received, his movements and comments about operations. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944 1944-05-03 1944-05-11 1944-05-25 1944-06-22 1944-06-24 1944-06-27 1944-06-29 1944-06-30 1944-07-02 1944-07-12 1944-07-20 1944-07-25 1944-10-12 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Shropshire England--Lincolnshire France France--Mailly-le-Camp France--Neuville-aux-Bois France--Reims France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) France--Seine-Maritime France--Siracourt France--Tours France--Vaires-sur-Marne France--Vierzon Belgium Belgium--Hasselt France--Pas-de-Calais 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. Diary 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 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 Nick Cornwell-Smith 625 Squadron 83 OTU aircrew bombing bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944) bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944) missing in action Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operational Training Unit RAF Binbrook RAF Blyton RAF Hemswell RAF Kelstern RAF Lindholme RAF Peplow training V-1 V-2 V-weapon https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2674/47318/LWhiteGWA1279957v1.pdf 6d81c9106fac0bfb80d79e6744d71c8f 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 Grew, Bobbie Grew, B Description An account of the resource Eight items. The collection contains log books and medal sets belonging to different people. A log book belonging to D Hinshelwood, a log book and medal set belonging to A Steele, a log book belonging to H Maddox, a log book belonging to G W A White, a medal set belonging to H Dawson, and a medal set belonging to A A Waller. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Bobbie Grew and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-03-06 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 Grew, 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 G W A White’s Royal Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LWhiteGWA1279957v1 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942 1943-07-25 1943-07-26 1943-07-27 1943-07-28 1943-07-29 1943-07-30 1943-08-10 1943-08-11 1943-08-22 1943-08-23 1943-08-24 1943-08-27 1943-08-28 1943-08-30 1943-08-31 1943-09-05 1943-09-06 1943-09-07 1943-09-15 1943-09-16 1943-09-17 1943-10-03 1943-10-04 1943-10-05 1943-10-08 1943-10-09 1943-10-22 1943-11-03 1943-11-19 1943-11-25 1943-11-26 1943-11-27 1943-12-03 1943-12-04 1943-12-29 1943-12-30 1944-02-15 1944-02-16 1944-02-20 1944-02-21 1944-02-24 1944-02-25 1944-03-18 1944-03-19 1945-03-21 1945-03-22 1945-03-31 1945-04-04 1945-04-05 1945-04-06 1945-04-09 1945-04-10 1945-04-11 1945-04-18 1945-04-22 1945-04-25 1945-05-07 1945-05-08 1945-05-11 1945-05-16 1945-05-26 1945-06-25 1945-06-28 1945-07-01 1945-08-11 1945-08-13 1945-08-22 1945-08-24 1945-10-23 1945-10-25 1946 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Herefordshire England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Oxfordshire England--Yorkshire Wales--Carmarthenshire Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Berchtesgaden Germany--Berlin Germany--Bremen Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Flensburg Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Halle an der Saale Germany--Hamburg Germany--Hannover Germany--Helgoland Germany--Hildesheim Germany--Kassel Germany--Kiel Germany--Leverkusen Germany--Mannheim Germany--Mönchengladbach Germany--Munich Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia) Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Plauen Germany--Stuttgart Netherlands Netherlands--Rotterdam Belgium Belgium--Brussels France France--Montluçon Italy Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco France--Modane 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 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nick Cornwell-Smith 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 G White’s Flying Log Book as a wireless operator and air gunner from 18 November 1942 until 7 May 1946. Training at No. 4 Radio School, No. 1 Air Gunnery School, 28 Operational Training Unit, 1652 Conversion Unit. Posted to 78 Squadron in July 1943 for operations. In May 1944 posted to 10 Operational Training Unit as a wireless operator instructor. January 1945 saw a posting to 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit followed by operational posting to 576 Squadron. Posted to 50 Squadron in September 1945. Served at RAF Madley, RAF Pembrey, RAF Castle Donington, RAF Marston Moor, RAF Breighton, RAF Abingdon, RAF Stanton Harcourt, RAF Blyton, RAF Fiskerton, RAF Sturgate, RAF Waddington. Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Blenheim, Wellington, Halifax, Whitley V, Oxford, Anson, Lancaster. He flew 27 night bombing operations with 78 Squadron where targets included Essen, Hamburg, Nuremberg, Leverkusen, Berlin, Mönchengladbach, Mannheim, Munich, Montluçon, Modane, Kassel, Frankfurt, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart. His pilot for these operations was Flight Lieutenant Bowen. With 576 Squadron he flew 7 day and 3 night bombing operations to Bremen, Hildesheim, Hamburg, Nordhausen, Lützkendorf oil plant, the Admiral Scheer at Kiel, Plauen, Heligoland, Berchtesgaden. He also flew 2 Operation Manna (Rotterdam), 3 Operation Exodus (Brussels), 3 Operation Post Mortem (Flensburg) and 4 Operation Dodge (Pomigliano d'Arco). His pilot for all these operations was Flight Lieutenant Woodruff. With his final posting to 50 Squadron he flew 2 Operation Spasm to Berlin) with Wing Commander Flint as his pilot. Includes details of civilian flights as a passenger in the 1960’s. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 10 OTU 1652 HCU 1662 HCU 28 OTU 50 Squadron 576 Squadron 78 Squadron Admiral Scheer air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) Blenheim bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943) bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945) bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943) Cook’s tour Dominie Halifax Halifax Mk 3 Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Mk 1 Lancaster Mk 2 Lancaster Mk 3 Operation Dodge (1945) Operation Exodus (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit Oxford Proctor RAF Abingdon RAF Blyton RAF Breighton RAF Castle Donington RAF Fiskerton RAF Madley RAF Marston Moor RAF Pembrey RAF Stanton Harcourt RAF Sturgate RAF Waddington training Wellington Whitley wireless operator https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2557/45578/LBlamiresRG139996v1.pdf d5dbe04b246faafba098d03b9297c5fe 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 Blamires, Robert Geoffrey R G Blamires Description An account of the resource 99 items. The collection concerns Robert Geoffrey Blamires (b. 1921, 139996 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, diary, correspondence, documents, charts and an&nbsp;<a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2645">Album</a>. He flew operations as a navigator with 103 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Judith Coad and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-05-11 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 Blamires, RG 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 Robert Blamires' South African Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LBlamiresRG139996v1 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 Description An account of the resource R G Blamires Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book covering the period from 25 November 1942 to 10 May 1946, detailing his flying training and operations flown as Navigator. He was stationed at South African AF Port Elizabeth (42 Air School), RAF Millom (2 OAFU), RAF Wymeswold (28 OTU), RAF Blyton (1662 HCU), RAF Hemswell (1 LFS), RAF Elsham Wolds (103 Squadron) and RAF Scampton and RAF Lindholme (57 Squadron). Aircraft flown in Anson, Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster and Lincoln. He flew on one night operation with 1662 HCU, and 17 night and 13 day operations with 103 Squadron, total 31. He also flew three Operation Manna and three Operation Dodge POW repatriation flights. Targets were Orleans, Duisburg, Dortmund, Aachen, Calais, St Martin-de-Varreville, Vire, Flers, Gelsenkirchen, Cahagnes, Le Havre, Belle Croix les Bruyères, Trossy St. Maximin, Paulliac, Blaye, Fontenay, Le Culot, mining Stettin, Rieme, Russelheim, mining Danzig, Chapelle Notre Dame, Stettin, Agenville, Eindhoven, Leeuwarden and Neuss. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force 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 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Terry Hancock Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium France Germany Netherlands Great Britain Poland South Africa Belgium--Beauvechain Belgium--Ghent Region England--Cumbria England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Yorkshire France--Caen Region France--Calais France--Flers-de-l'Orne France--Le Havre France--Orléans France--Pauillac (Gironde) France--Cahagnes Germany--Aachen Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Neuss Germany--Rüsselsheim Netherlands--Eindhoven Netherlands--Leeuwarden Poland--Gdańsk Poland--Szczecin South Africa--Port Elizabeth France--Vire (Calvados) France--Saint-Martin-de-Varreville France--Fontenay France--Trossy St. Maximin France--Agenville Belgium--Rieme France--Baudringhem France--Chapelle Notre Dame France--Pauillac (Gironde) France--Blaye France--Chapelle Notre Dame Germany--Rüsselsheim France--Pas-de-Calais Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-03-24 1944-05-19 1944-05-21 1944-05-22 1944-05-24 1944-06-02 1944-06-05 1944-06-06 1944-06-09 1944-06-12 1944-07-11 1944-07-12 1944-08-01 1944-08-03 1944-08-04 1944-08-05 1944-08-07 1944-08-15 1944-08-16 1944-08-18 1944-08-25 1944-08-26 1944-08-28 1944-08-29 1944-08-31 1944-09-03 1944-09-06 1944-09-10 1944-09-17 1944-09-20 1944-09-23 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 103 Squadron 1662 HCU 28 OTU 57 Squadron Advanced Flying Unit aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944) bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944) bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944) Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Lincoln mine laying navigator Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operation Dodge (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit RAF Blyton RAF Elsham Wolds RAF Hemswell RAF Lindholme RAF Millom RAF Scampton RAF Wymeswold tactical support for Normandy troops training V-1 V-weapon Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1882/45515/LCliffordTWP56236v1.2.pdf 2b6a334f52ec62c2e528126b3b0ab7dc 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 Clifford, Thomas Wilfred Peter T W P Clifford 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 2017-06-26 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 Clifford, TWP Description An account of the resource Three items. The collection concerns Group Captain Thomas Wilfred Peter 'Peter' Clifford (b. 1924, 56236 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 101 Squadron and retired from the service on 6 June 1979. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by David Clifford and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan. 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 Thomas Wilfred Peter 'Peter' Clifford's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers Description An account of the resource Navigator's, air bomber's, air gunner's and flight engineer's flying log book for Thomas Wilfred Peter 'Peter' Clifford for the period 16 April 1944 to 15 April 1948. Detailing training, operational duties and later service career. He flew 31 operations, 14 night time and 17 daylight, as flight engineer with 101 Squadron in Lancaster aircraft with New Zealand pilot Flight Lieutenant Jim Bursell. Targets were in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands to Aulnoye, Blaye, Bremen, Caen, Cagny, Cap Gris Nez, Calais, Châlons-sur-Marne, Cologne, Domburg, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Emmerich, Forêt De Nieppe, Fort Frederik Hendrik, Frankfurt, Gilze-Rijen, Kiel, Le Havre, Neuss, Saarbrücken, Stettin, Stuttgart, Trossy St. Maximin and Westkapelle. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive in digital form: no better quality copies are available. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-07-07 1944-07-15 1944-07-16 1944-07-18 1944-07-19 1944-07-31 1944-08-01 1944-08-03 1944-08-05 1944-08-06 1944-08-07 1944-08-24 1944-08-25 1944-09-03 1944-09-05 1944-09-06 1944-09-08 1944-09-10 1944-09-12 1944-09-13 1944-09-15 1944-09-16 1944-09-17 1944-09-20 1944-09-23 1944-09-24 1944-09-25 1944-09-26 1944-10-05 1944-10-06 1944-10-07 1944-10-14 1944-10-15 1944-10-16 1944-10-19 1944-10-20 1944-10-28 1944-10-29 1944-10-30 1944-10-31 1944-11-02 1944-11-03 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium Belgium--Antwerp France France--Aulnoye-Aymeries France--Blaye France--Caen France--Calais France--Châlons-en-Champagne France--Hazebrouck France--Le Havre France--Pas-de-Calais Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Bremen Germany--Cologne Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Emmerich Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Kiel Germany--Neuss Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Stuttgart Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Kent England--Lincolnshire England--Wiltshire England--Yorkshire Scotland Scotland--Nairnshire Netherlands Netherlands--Breda Netherlands--Domburg Netherlands--Westkapelle Poland Poland--Szczecin France--Cap Gris Nez France--Trossy St. Maximin France--Nieppe Forest Netherlands--Tilburg France--Cagny Netherlands--Breskens 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 Royal Air Force. Training Command Royal Air Force. Transport Command Royal New Zealand Air Force 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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LCliffordTWP56236v1 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 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lynn Corrigan Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 101 Squadron 1662 HCU aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944) flight engineer Halifax Halifax Mk 2 Halifax Mk 5 Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Lancaster Mk 1 Lancaster Mk 3 Lincoln Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Oxford RAF Blyton RAF Brackla RAF Dishforth RAF Hemswell RAF Holmsley South RAF Ludford Magna RAF Lyneham RAF Manby RAF Manston RAF Riccall RAF Snaith RAF Waddington tactical support for Normandy troops training Wellington York