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PKelleyL2001.jpg
A biplane upside down in a field with two men on top. On the reverse 'Paddy Kelley Scampton'.

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PFOMetheringhamAF26010019.jpg
Top - A view over an airfield with seven dispersed Lancasters and a "J" Type hangar in the background. An unidentified large structure is in the middle background and is surrounded by unidentified items.

Bottom - A photograph showing the rear…

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MPriorAE115734-180830-01.pdf
List promotions, squadrons and units, orders and decorations. Crew of special duties squadron lost in Halifax from 161 and 138 Squadrons on night of March 14 1943. Commonwealth war graves commission infomation on graves. Information held by RAF…

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YBrooksC1591223v1.pdf
Accounts of activities including operations to Stettin where they were attacked by fighters and crashed in Sweden 5 January 1944. Daily activities in Sweden including skiing, visits by military attaché, other visits all up to 19th March. Includes…

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PBrooksC1806.jpg
View showing wreckage of rear fuselage and turret of a crashed Lancaster in a forest. Swedish Army personnel with rifle stands guard.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

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MEdmondsWGC19110923-220115-02.pdf
Page showing sorties up to the one in Anson on which he crashed on 4 March 1940 and his first trip on return to duty on 10 October 1941.

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PBlackwell2002.jpg
Remains of unidentifiable crashed aircraft.
On reverse, 'STA Brodie 2594 1862111 Kingsly TER4200 c/o Sgt's RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincoln. Cattermole Can 5487'.

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PClarkD25010001.jpg
Label relating to Lancaster JB715 as follows:
Crashed at Hainton on 16 December 1943 at 23.45hrs
PILOT - Flt Sgt H Ross - Age 23 years
NAVIGATOR - Flt Lieutenant Arthur Walker - Age 31yrs 'POP' -
From Bishops Castle in Shropshire - buried in…

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MGreerRF131053-241030-05.pdf
Two pages of chapter from travel book which tells of the crash of an English plane and the death of an airman witnessed by locals.

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MLewisJB1317451-240726-020001.jpg
List of Jared's postings and pilots he served with in December 1943 including Sergeant Turner, Flying Officer Bos-Waite, Crabtree, Knight, Sergeant Lockey, Drewery and Squadron Leader H Harvey.

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MLewisJB1317451-240903-010001.jpg
Jared describes his posting to North Africa and operations to Tunis, Bizerta, Decimomannu, Palermo, Naples, Catania, Messina, Cagliari and Pantelleria. Following Squadron disbanding Jared was sent to No 1 Air Gunners School then to 289 Squadron and…

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LLewisJB1317451v1.pdf
Observer and air gunner's flying log book for Jared Lewis from 14 November 1942 to 22 January 1946. Details his training, operational duties and period as an instructor. Jared served in North Africa and Europe at RAF Dalcross (No 2 Air Gunnery…

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PHortonAJ1612.jpg
Wreckage of the front half of a Lancaster, with the rear section largely intact, in a field with hedgerow in the background.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive in digital form: no better quality copies are available.

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PHortonAJ1608.jpg
A Lancaster aircraft lies alongside a road with wreckage around. A ladder leans against the open canopy of the cockpit's starboard side.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive in digital form: no better quality copies are available.

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PHawkinsGCG25020006.jpg
Crashed four engine bomber in background; anguished airmen points (at gremlin?); groundcrew airman with spanner and cigarette looks unconcerned.

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MRobinsonHGM421304-180809-010001.jpg
Description from a South African log book covering the period September 1943 to October 1944. The entry refers to an operation in which Lancaster PA984 was lost and provides details of the flight, target and crew. The author explains that, following…

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EDumontRobinsonD450602-0001.jpg
First hand account of the crash site of Lancaster PA984 by the keeper of the forest into which the aircraft crashed. He provides Harry's wife, Dorothy, with details of two survivors and items retrieved from the aircraft by locals. He offers his…

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EBarnardECarrollBH930216.jpg
Beverly, Harry's daughter, is thanked for providing information about Lancaster PA984. She is put in contact with Roy Bradley, a pilot who, like Harry, was shot down in the Haute Marne area.

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BCarrollBHRobinsonHGMv1.jpg
Harry's daughter, Beverly describes her difficulties in hearing the facts of her father's final operation. She met the only survivor of the crash, pilot, Geoff Davies which, in turn, gave Geoff peace.

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SRobinsonHGM421304v10004.pdf
Pilot Roy Bradley's account of the fate of Lancaster JB601. He describes the flight from RAF Metheringham, the crash, his injuries, time spent in hospital and being taken prisoner. Roy mentions assistance given by members of the French Resistance,…

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SRobinsonHGM421304v10010.jpg
A letter to Harry Robinson's grandson James enclosing an account of Lancaster JB601.Additional information on Anthony O'Shea Murdoch and other crew members is available via the IBCC Losses Database.

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SRobinsonHGM421304v10008.jpg
A letter to Harry Robinson's daughter enclosing a French version of the story of Lancaster JB601. Mentions are made of Roy making commemorative visits and the receipt of letters from Canada and France.Additional information on Anthony O'Shea Murdoch…

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SRobinsonHGM421304v10003-0001.jpg
Maps covering parts of France to the east of Paris. The crash site of Lancaster JB601 is marked in the bottom right hand corner with a red dot.

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BAllisonTAllisonTv1.pdf
Bomber Command wartime memoirs 1939-45 by Ted Allison. He completed 35 bomber operations as wireless operator/air gunner 1941-43, which he described as being looked down upon. The introduction describes his role as a Wop/Ag and how they're replaced…

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YRobinsonHGM421304v1.pdf
Entries made by Harry during the period 24 March 1941 to 9 July 1944 and additional entries by Harry's wife Dot after he was killed. Describes training in Canada, part of a convoy to England, further training, postings, promotions and operations. He…

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