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Interview with Queenie Hall.
Queenie 'Robbie' Hall was born in Suffolk and describes volunteering, her recruitment and training. At first she worked in kitchens but remustered as a clerk and worked in Command Accounts at RAF High Wycombe. She later requested a transfer to RAF…
Commemorative scroll for Flight Sergeant H Aspinall DFM
Commemorative scroll with Royal Crest for Flight Sergeant H Aspinall DFM, accompanying photograph of him and printed proforma letter of sympathy to Mrs H Aspinall from King George VI.
Copy of Deans' Notes
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Notes kept by Dixie Deans during an interview with Lieutenant-General (later Sir) Evelyn Hugh Barker (1894-1983), commanding VIII Corps of British 2nd Army.
List of men killed by low flying a/c attack at Gresse
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A list of 30 men killed by RAF Typhoon attack.
Transcripts -Todd Hawkins: messages from prisoner of war camps - 3
Transcripts from the last part of letter dated 26 September part 2, letter 14 October (the letter was dated 4 October) and part of 20th October 1940. First part letter talks about known colleagues in camp and mentions Houghton-Brown (additional…
Harry Robinson's commemorative scroll
A scroll commemorating the service of Flight Lieutenant Harry George Mason Robinson, D.F.C and accompanying envelope.
Carrefour haute- marnais de la mémoire
Report, with photographs, of several thousand people. including delegates from Britain and Canada gathering to honour the 112 allied airmen who were killed in the Haut-Marne region.
The log book entry
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…
Ancerville
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…
Lancaster PA984
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.
Massacre on the Marne
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.
The spirit of JB601
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,…
Interview with Dixie Deans. Two
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Dixie Dean was shot down over the German/Dutch border and became a prisoner of war. He was elected as camp leader at the first prisoner of war camp which was a post he maintained at all further camps where he was held. He sent/received coded messages…
Lancaster JB601
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…
Hampdens, Wimpeys and Barbed Wire
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…
Five year diary
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…
Silk handkerchief
In one corner the date '15.7.1944' has been embroidered. This is the date that Harry died when Lancaster PA984 was hit by cannon fire and crashed in France.
Dorothy and Beverly Robinson
Dorothy, wearing Harry's D.F.C. sits holding daughter Beverly. Next to them is a photograph of Harry who was killed when his Lancaster was hit by cannon fire and crashed in France. On reverse, 'Dorothy & Beverly prior to their trip to Australia…
Ancerville cemetery
Views of wooden crosses in the cemetery where five casualties of Lancaster PA984 are buried.
Flying Officer H.G.M. Robinson D.F.C.'s headstone
Harry's headstone including the emblem of the Royal Australian Air Force, his dates and the citation 'Always in our hearts, your loving wife Dorothy and daughter Beverley'.
Headstones
Headstones marking the graves of five casualties of Lancaster PA984. From left: Flight Lieutenant H G M Robinson D.F.C.; Flying Officer F Holbrook D.F.C.; Flying Officer H Coker; Flying Officer F J Lockwood D.F.C. and Flying Officer D D Platana. The…
Five graves
Five wooden crosses mark the burials of Harry and four of his crew members following the crash of Lancaster PA984. Reverse, stamped ' Air Ministry photographic section 29 Queen Anne's gate No. A.M.P.S 2924, 23.4.45. Crown Copyright Reserved' and…
Wreckage
The wreckage of Lancaster PA984 in which Harry and five other crew members died. Four men are standing next to the site.
Internment
Five coffins rest on the ground with a crowd of people looking on.
Ancerville
Aerial view of a town with terracotta tiled roofs and forest beyond. An 'X' is marked on the horizon above the forest identifying where Lancaster PA984 crashed. On reverse, 'X There is the place where the aircraft fell down in the forest'.