Ted Thornhill's Lancaster

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Title

Ted Thornhill's Lancaster

Description

Three items relating to the loss of Ted's Lancaster.
#1 is a note about the crew - 4 were killed and 3 baled out.
#2 is the reverse of the note explaining that the WAAFs at Edith Weston were very kind to the Forces. Ted sold his logbook and medals to raise money for a hospice in Leicester but wouldn't part with his 'Caterpillar'.
#3 is Ted's Lancaster and six of the crew. It is annotated with the crew's names and the date of its loss on 2/3 December 1943.

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Format

One b/w photograph and one double sided handwritten sheet

Rights

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Identifier

PThornhillEB17020001, PThornhillEB17020002, PThornhillEB17020003

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Citation

“Ted Thornhill's Lancaster,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/39158.

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