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BChandlerRChandlerEBv1.pdf
A biography of Chan's life.

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PChandlerEB22030022.jpg
A vertical aerial photograph over Pforzheim.
It is captioned '813 Hem 23/23.2.45 //NT (c) 7" 9000 087° 20.09 Pforzheim (D) 1 HC 4000IN 14C14. 1x4 18 secs F/L Carter D 150'.
On the reverse 'Incendiaries Hanover Omit Caption' and 'Posted off'.

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SBondS-SharpGv10012.jpg
View up into bomb bay with doors open. Incendiaries in front and bomb behind. Submitted with caption 'Incendiaries loaded in 70 Sqn Wellington '41 [Guy Sharp]'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.

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SBondS-LancasterJv10014.jpg
Jo Lancaster wearing battledress sitting on a 4,000-lb HC bomb on trolley, with further trolley behind with incendiary cannisters, all in front of a parked Lancaster. Submitted with caption 'Jo Lancaster with Lancaster I W4366 PH-R and 4,000 lb…

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PGouldS19040008.jpg
Front quarter view of a Lancaster with fuel bowser in front. There is a man on top of the bowser and a group of men under aircraft's nose. Incendiary cannisters await loading.

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SKeelingRV82689v10018.jpg
Left page: from top, descriptions of the Magister, Anson and Whitley aircraft, annotated 'RAF aircraft in which Bob did his training'.
Whitley aircraft, B-DY, C-DY and E-DY, flying in formation; bottom, crashed Whitley MH-H, annotated 'Usworth 17 11…

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SUprichardWG[Ser#-DoB]v20061.jpg
An order for an operation at Fiat, Turin. The route is identified both there and back. The bomb load and height of bombing is detailed.

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MKilburnG[Ser#-DoB]-170310-01.pdf
Memoir detailing a teenage girl's experiences of the war. The document details experiences of evacuation, the blackouts, sounds of the war during air raids and what they saw on the streets of Liverpool.

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SBeckettG622136v10066.pdf
Gives some personal details of Flying Officer James William Loree (J/1109 RCAF) air observer. Includes photographs of his grave headstone, himself (with accompanying poem), bomb bay of Lancaster, bombs on trolley, bomb aimers station with…

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PBirdJH18010033.jpg
Descriptions of three operations.
1. describes an operation to Tatoi Aerodrome near Dekeleia, Greece.
2. describes an operation to the marshalling yards at Brescia, Italy.
3. describes an operation to the marshalling yards at Szekesfehervac in…

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MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-01.pdf
A detailed description of an operation to Mannheim on 19 May 1942. The author describes the preparation, the operation and their safe return to the UK.

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PWardHVT18010028.jpg
A view of the bomb bay of a Lancaster in which is loaded 12 incendiary containers and one 4000lb high capacity bomb. On the reverse is written: 'PLEASE RETURN'.

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NThornhillEB170515-02.jpg
A newspaper report on the bombing of Berlin.

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SWilliamsonF1311249v10003-0013.jpg
A newspaper article describing an attack on Nuremberg. It is annotated 'No 9 27/8 1943'.

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SWilliamsonF1311249v10003-0010.jpg
A newspaper article about another attack on Hamburg. It is annotated 'No 6 2/3 8/43'.

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SWilliamsonF1311249v10003-0002.jpg
An attack on Bochum. The cutting is annotated '13/6/43 No 1'

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PGuyanS17010007.jpg
Stirling BK784 being bombed up. There are trestles at the engines and personnel standing around or sitting on a bomb trolley.
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'BK784'. Forward part of aircraft on dispersal with hangars in the…

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NWeedenRC170409-07.jpg
Article describing attack on Leuna synthetic oil plant and subsequent nights operations on three other targets. This was the fourth successive night attacks by the RAF on Germany.

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NWeedenRC170409-05.jpg
Article describing attacks on German war supplies, rail centres and synthetic oil plants some of which were within 100 miles of allied front line. More that 1000, United States heavy bombers involved. RAF Bomber Command Lancasters involved in…

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NWeedenRC170409-010006.jpg
Photograph of the centre section of an airborne bomber releasing incendiaries and a 4000 lb bomb. Description underneath.

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NWeedenRC170409-010001.jpg
Photograph of airborne Lancaster releasing incendiaries with description of operation against Duisburg.

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MSmithAC1459147-170607-030001.jpg
An abstract of a flight log to Stuttgart. It contains details of each leg including an attack by night fighters.

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P78Sqn17010016.jpg
An armourer stands guiding a general purpose bomb being hoisted from trolley into the main bomb bay of a Halifax. To the left another airman stands by a another bomb trolley with small bomb containers. A further airman stands on the port upper wing…

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P78Sqn17010008.jpg
Two airman stand on a bomb trolley with small bomb containers looking up into the starboard wing bomb bay of an aircraft. two airmen stand on the left of the trolley watching.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form.…

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P78Sqn17010007.jpg
Two bomb trolleys sit underneath aircraft, one with small bomb containers and the other with a general purpose bomb Two airman are working on top of the wing, one stands under the wing bomb bay, one by the small bomb container trolley and another…

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