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Dunmore, George
G Dunmore
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-05-26
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Dunmore, G
Description
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17 Items concerning Flight Lieutenant George Dunmore DFM (5601) who flew 45 operations as a flight engineer on Lancaster with 83 Squadron at RAF Scampton and then as part of the Pathfinder Force at RAF Wyton. Commissioned in 1944 he continued to serve in the general duties branch as flight engineer and then equipment branch until 1967. The collection contains his logbook, an account of a maximum effort operation, official documents and letters, a history of an individual aircraft, pathfinder certificate, recommendation for DFM, career notes as well as photographs and memorabilia. A sub-collection of 58 photographs of aircraft under repair or being manufactured in factories.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Louise Dunmore and catalogued by Nigel Huckins
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[inserted] [circled 2F] [/inserted]
[underlined] RECOMMENDATION FOR HONOURS AND AWARDS. [/underlined]
Christian names. George. Surname. Dunmore.
Rank. Acting Flight Sergeant. Official No. 635201.
Command or Group. Path Finder Force, (No. 88 Group). Unit. 83 Squadron.
Total hours flown on operations. 176.55.
Number of Sorties. 32.
Total hours flown on operations since receipt of previous award. N/A.
Number of Sorties since receipt of previous award. N/A.
Recognition for which recommended. Non-immediate D.F.M.
Appointment held. Flight Engineer.
[underlined] Particulars of Meritorious Service for which the Recommendation is made. [/underlined]
Flight Sergeant Dunmore started his operational career in June 1942, and at the present time has taken part in 32 sorties against the enemy. His objectives include Essen, Bremen, Duisburg, Dortmund and other targets in the Rhur, and he also made one daylight sortie to Danzig.
2. He has shown himself to be cool and resourceful in the face of enemy fire and heavy opposition, and last September his presence of mind and skill were factors that contributed to the saving of the lives of his crew and the safety of his aircraft.
3. The aircraft was coned by searchlights and subjected to heavy and accurate fire. They were hit and commenced to dive at great speed, partially out of control. Flight Sergeant Dunmore so manipulated the engine controls, the constant speed levers and elevator trimmers that the pilot was able to bring the aircraft out of its dive, but only after they had lost height down to 800 feet. His keenness and devotion to duty are of a high order, and I strongly recommend him for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.
[signature]
Wing Commander, Commanding,
[underlined] No. 83 Squadron, R.A.F. [/underlined]
[underlined] 17th June 1943. [/underlined]
[underlined] REMARKS BY STATION COMMANDER. [/underlined]
I strongly support the recommendation that F/Sgt. Dunmore be awarded the D.F.M. He has done outstandingly while serving with No. 83 Squadron.
[signature]
Group Captain, Commanding,
[underlined] R.A.F. Station, Wyton, Hunts. [/underlined]
Date:- 22/6/43
[underlined] REMARKS BY AIR OFFICER COMMANDING. [/underlined]
Recommended. [signature]
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Recommendation for award of Distinguished Flying Medal
Description
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Includes particulars of meritorious service of Flight Sergeant Dunmore and mentions 32 operations, including daylight sortie to Danzig. Goes on to describe actions when coned by searchlight which helped pilot recover aircraft from dive.
Date
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1943-06-17
1943-06-22
Format
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One page typewritten document
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Service material
Identifier
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MDunmoreG635201-160526-05
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Cambridgeshire
Poland
Poland--Gdańsk
Germany
Germany--Essen
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
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1943-06
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘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. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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Tricia Marshall
83 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
Distinguished Flying Medal
flight engineer
RAF Wyton
searchlight