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Title
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Cheshire, Leonard
Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard
Baron Cheshire
Description
An account of the resource
374 items concerning Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, OM, DSO & Two Bars, DFC. Collection consists of photographs of people, vehicles, places, aircraft, weapons and targets; documents including, private and service letters, signals, telegrams, intelligence reports, crew lists and official documents. Cheshire served on 102 and 35 Squadrons and commanded 76 and 617 Squadrons. The collection includes details of 617 Squadron's precision bombing operations. Also included are two sub-collections: one containing 21 photographs of Tinian and Saipan, the other consisting of 37 audio tapes of speeches given by Cheshire after the war.
The collection has been licenced to the IBCC Digital Archive by The Leonard Cheshire Archive and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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This content is property of the Leonard Cheshire Archive which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘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.
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Permission granted for commercial projects
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Transcription
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[Air Ministry Crest]
Royal Air Force Station
Coningsby,
Lincoln.
26th November, 1943.
Ref:-
Dear Cheshire,
Confirming our conversations, it is agreed that you will have your Squadron Working Parade independently after next Monday – the parade being held in Squadron formation on the tarmac between your Squadron Offices and Hangers at 07.50 hours. Occasional variations of time may be necessary to fit in with your Squadron arrangements and on Sundays, when operational commitments permit, work will not start until 09.30 hours.
I should like at least three Officers to be present on parade each day, one Squadron Leader or Flight Lieutenant to act as Officers in charge of the Parade, and two Flying Officers or Pilot Officers.
With regards to the question of passes for airmen, what was intended was that Flight Commanders should be given to understand that I and airman asks on a particular occasion to have his pass extended from 23.59 hours this might be done up to 08.00 hours the following day, the appropriate time being entered on the pass. I do not, however, want all passes automatically treated as valid up to 08.00 hours.
I realise that the original mistakes were made without your knowledge and that noe they have been put right.
Yours
[signature]
W/Cdr. G.L. Cheshire, D.S.O., D.F.C.,
No 617 Squadron,
R.A.F. Station,
[underlined] CONINGSBY, LINCOLN. [/underlined]
Dublin Core
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Title
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Letter to Leonard Cheshire
Description
An account of the resource
From RAF Coningsby concerning 617 squadron working parades. Concludes with discussion on extensions to airmens' passes.
Date
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1943-11-26
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Text. Service material
Identifier
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SCheshireGL72021v10006
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
Temporal Coverage
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1943-11-26
Is Part Of
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Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
License
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Royalty-free permission to publish
Rights
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This content is property of the Leonard Cheshire Archive which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘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.
Format
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One-page typewritten letter
Creator
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Claire Monk
617 Squadron
Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992)
military living conditions
military service conditions
RAF Coningsby