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Reconnaissance photograph of a small town in an agricultural location. Regen river is winding through the left hand side of the photograph, and a road runs top to bottom. Between the road and the river is a railway line. Several trains can be seen…
Interview with Eric Varney
Eric Varney joined the RAF and was posted to Shropshire for basic training. After completing basic training, he was posted to Wally Island where he completed No. 10 Air Gunner School. He was trained in photographic recognition, English and German…
Letter to Jack Pittwood's Mother from his Base Chaplain
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The letter expresses sympathy that her son is missing.
Interview with Philip Peel
Philip Peel gives a detailed account of his father's RAF career, using logbook and letters, as well as recalling his father's anecdotes. Jarvis (then known as Mike) Peel was a Lancaster pilot and served on two squadrons before becoming a prisoner of…
Don Nicholson audio recording. One
Don was a flight engineer with No 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron in 1944-45 at RAF Dunholme Lodge and later at RAF Spilsby, and completed 31 operations, which he lists. He recounts how, having arrived for the briefing for his first operation, he was grounded…
Don Nicholson audio recording. Two
The recording starts with the sound of Merlin engines. Don Nicholson lost his first crew when he was grounded on medical grounds and they were killed in action. He became the spare flight engineer on the squadron. He flew with different pilots until…
Operations order 6 December 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations 6/7 December 1944. One member of each crew is underlined. Includes, duty, reserve crews and duty personnel as well as timings. On the reverse title 'Next of Kin for crew of Lancaster Mk1 DB.751.G. missing on…
Operations order 11 November 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on 11/12 November 1944. One member of each crew is underlined. Includes duty personnel.
Operations order 19 October 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on 19/20 October 1944. One member of each crew is underlined in blue and two crews are circled in blue with '18 1/2' annotated alongside left crew in top row. Includes timings and duty personnel. On the reverse…
Operations order 16 April 1945
List crews and aircraft for operations on night 16/17 April 1945. Includes two crews with second pilot. One or two crew members from each crew are underlined in red. Includes duty personnel.
Operations order 18 February 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operation on night 18/19 February 1944. Includes timings an duty personnel. On the reverse handwritten notes on bomb loads and calculations.
Operations order 7 March 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on 7/8 March 1945. Includes duty personnel. Crew second from left in third row has been crossed out.
Operations order 6 March 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 6/7 March 1945. Includes duty personnel. Fourth member of each crew is underlined.
Operations order 3 March 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 3/4 March 1945. Some members of each crew are ticked. Right hand crew in second row is crossed out. Includes duty personnel.
Operations order 24 February 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on 24 February 1945. Fourth member of each crew is underlined in red. Includes reserves and duty personnel.
44 Squadron Personnel Occurrence Reports - Airmen RAF
Contains lists of promotions, movements and movement corrections for airmen on 44 Squadron.
Operation order 20 February 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 20/21 February 1945. Fourth crew member in each crew is underlined in red. Right hand crew in second row is crossed out. Includes reserves and duty personnel.
Operations order 4 January 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 4/5 January 1945. Fourth member of each crew is underlined and some are ticked. Crews third from left in second row, left and right side of fourth row are crossed out. Includes timings and duty…
Operations order 1 January 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 1/2 January 1945. Fourth member of each crew is underlined in green and ticked. Includes duty personnel.
Operations order 28 December 1944
Lists four crews and reserve for operations on night 28/29 December 1944. Included duty personnel. Annotated 'Horten, (Koln)'.
Operations order 26 December 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 26/27 December 1944. Crews second from left top row, right hand side second row and second from left third row have been crossed out. Includes duty personnel. Annotated 'St Vith'.
Operations order 21 December 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operation on night 21/22 December 1944. Included three reserve crews and duty personnel.
Operations order 18 December 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operation on night 18/19 December 1944. Annotated 'Gdynia'. Fourth member of each crew is underlined and ticked. Includes standby and reserve crews as well as duty personnel.
Operations order 17 December 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operation on 17/18 December 1944. Includes reserve and duty crew as well as duty personnel.
Operations order 9 December 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations 9/10 December 1944. Includes standby, reserve crews and duty personnel. A number of crews are circled in blue and standby crew is crossed out. Some names have been added. Annotated 'Urft Dam'.