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Cheshire, Leonard
Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard
Baron Cheshire
Description
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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.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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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Transcription
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R.A.F.Station,
Woodhall Spa,
Lincoln
18th Feb., 1944
Dear
The Sergeant Gunner, whose name I give below, served for some 12 months with No 102 Squadron in No 4 Group with a distinguished record, shooting down at 4 aircraft, and was awarded the D.F.M.
He was grounded for medical reasons, and when fit again, applied to come back to Bomber Command. He was posted instead to Coastal Command, and now languishes at an O.T.U.
He has appealed very strongly to me to get back, because his only interest lies in Bomber Command, and he is unduly anxious to operate.
I pass this on to you for what it is worth, because I know you would welcome experience crews. I am sure that is the matter is hopeless, you will forgive me for wasting your time.
With my very best wishes,
Yours
Signed by S/L Munro with suitable endorsement
Wing Commander,
[underlined] No 617 Squadron [/underlined]
1059877 Sgt MacLean
No 4 C.O.T.U.
Alness
G/Cpt. H Dawes OBE
S.P.SO., HQ, Bomber Command
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Title
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Letter on behalf of Leonard Cheshire to Group Captain Dawes at Bomber Command
Description
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To senior personnel staff officer at Bomber Command giving history of Sergeant McLean, Distinguished Flying Medal, an air gunner who shot down at least four aircraft while serving on 102 squadron before medical downgrade. Is now fit again but posted to Coastal Command. Wishes to come back to Bomber Command. Hopes they will welcome experienced crews. Handwritten note 'signed by S/L Munro with suitable acknowledgements'.
Date
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1944-02-18
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Text. Service material
Identifier
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SCheshireGL72021v10033
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
Scotland--Ross-shire
Temporal Coverage
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1944-02-18
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.
Creator
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Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire
Format
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One-page typewritten letter
Contributor
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Claire Monk
102 Squadron
air gunner
aircrew
Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992)
Distinguished Flying Medal
Operational Training Unit
RAF Alness
RAF Woodhall Spa
training