Flight Sergeant Poynton, FO Jack Smith and Sergeant George Bailey

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Flight Sergeant Poynton, FO Jack Smith and Sergeant George Bailey

Description

Photo 1 is a half length portrait of Flight Sergeant Poynton, annotated '1944', 'Died at Willington, Burton/Trent Feb 2003' and signed 'Sincerely yours Tommy From Reg 29/3/44 90 Sqdn'.
Photo 2 is a half length portrait of Flying Officer Jack Smith, signed '[indecipherable] JN Smith'.
Photo 3 is a half length portrait of Sergeant George Bailey, signed 'Tommy all the best George'.

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Three b/w photographs on an album page

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PThomasAF20040005

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[Photograph]
[inserted] Sincerely yours Jonny From Reg.
29/2/44 [underlined] 90 Sqn [/underlined][/inserted]

Flight Sergeant C.R. Poynton. [Inserted] 1944 [/inserted]
[Inserted] DIED AT WILLINGTON BURTON/TRENT FEB 2003 [/inserted]

[Photograph]
[inserted] [indecipherable words] J N Smith [/inserted]

Flying Officer J.N. (Jack) Smith. 1944.
90 Squadron R.A.F. Tuddenham. Navigator.
Died Wellington New Zealand 1990.
Emeritus Professor of Bio-Chemistry born in Liverpool.

[Photograph]
[inserted] Tommy. All the bes[missing letter] George [/inserted]

Sergeant George Bailey. 1944. 90 Sqdn. R.A.F. Tuddenham. Mid-Upper Gunner.
Died 10th. November 1993.
George carried out the attack on Hitler’s lair at Berchtesgarden with 617 on his second tour.

Citation

“Flight Sergeant Poynton, FO Jack Smith and Sergeant George Bailey,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 22, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/22996.

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