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Title
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Valentine, John
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
J R M Valentine
Description
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674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945.
He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2018-09-06
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Identifier
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Valentine, JRM
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'Not for publication before the daily papers of Saturday April 21st 1945, British Official Photograph No.BU.3703(WK), War Office-Crown copyright reserved, Picture issued April 1945, Britsih official photograph, the liberation of Stalag 357, Picture taken [..] at Stalag 357 for NCOs at Fallingbostel about 10 miles south of Soltau, which was liberated by units of the British 7th Armoured Division on April 16 1945. 650 British prisoners together with Americans and Dominion troops were still there although the Germans had managed to march away 7000. picture shows: POWs giving hearty cheer for their liberators. BU.3703(WK) BIPPA'.
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Liberation of Stalag 357
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A large group of men cheering and waving at camera. On the reverse 'Not for publication before the daily papers of Saturday April 21st 1945, British Official Photograph No.BU.3703(WK), War Office-Crown copyright reserved, Picture issued April 1945, Britsih official photograph, the liberation of Stalag 357, Picture taken [..] at Stalag 357 for NCOs at Fallingbostel about 10 miles south of Soltau, which was liberated by units of the British 7th Armoured Division on April 16 1945. 650 British prisoners together with Americans and Dominion troops were still there although the Germans had managed to march away 7000. picture shows: POWs giving hearty cheer for their liberators. BU.3703(WK) BIPPA'.
Publisher
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British War Office
Date
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1945-04
Format
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One b/w photograph
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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SValentineJRM1251404v20021
Spatial Coverage
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Germany
Germany--Bad Fallingbostel
Temporal Coverage
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1945-04
1945-04-16
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prisoner of war