Fred and Jim Robinson
Title
Fred and Jim Robinson
Aircrew trainees
Description
A formal group photograph of trainee aircrew. There are three rows of ten airmen, seated and standing with their arms folded in front of a prefabricated building. White training flashes can be seen on their caps.
Hand-written text below the photograph indicating Fred and Jim Robinson in the front row and states "78 SQ. RAF B.Comm. Breighton, Yorkshire. 1944-45."
Hand-written text below the photograph indicating Fred and Jim Robinson in the front row and states "78 SQ. RAF B.Comm. Breighton, Yorkshire. 1944-45."
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Type
Format
One b&w photograph
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Contributor
Identifier
PRobinsonJ-F1600, PRobinsonJ-F1602
Transcription
[Photograph]
Pilot Off. Wop Fred Robinson Flt. Eng Sgt Jim Robinson 78 Sqdn RAF Bomber Command Breighton Yorkshire 1944-45
I wonder how many of these brave young men came through, survived?
Photograph taken I think Marston Moor Training Facility Bomber Command 1944
1652 Training Conversion Unit
Jimmy refused recently 2014.
Awarded Bomber Command Clasp by M.O.D
Ken & Linda Robinson
[page break]
My overwhelming memory is one of affection and respect for my fellow aircrew, who altered, so much for the better, the history of the world. Nearly all at the cost of their own lives. A tribute from Pilot Officer James Richard Abe Bailey RAF MA DFC. [Left facing arrow] This, so lovely brought me to tears. Ken R.
Jim can keep Ken
Theirs was not the choice
But of Duty
They flew on the wings
Of freedom
To confront
A great evil
In memory of my two older brothers Fred 22 and Jim 19. Served with RAF Bomber Command 1944-45. Ken Robinson b1938. Year 2000. Tribute
To. Mr J Dooley for future new proposed Bomber Command International Centre. For memorial and archival purposes. Can keep. Ken Robinson. March 2016.
Pilot Off. Wop Fred Robinson Flt. Eng Sgt Jim Robinson 78 Sqdn RAF Bomber Command Breighton Yorkshire 1944-45
I wonder how many of these brave young men came through, survived?
Photograph taken I think Marston Moor Training Facility Bomber Command 1944
1652 Training Conversion Unit
Jimmy refused recently 2014.
Awarded Bomber Command Clasp by M.O.D
Ken & Linda Robinson
[page break]
My overwhelming memory is one of affection and respect for my fellow aircrew, who altered, so much for the better, the history of the world. Nearly all at the cost of their own lives. A tribute from Pilot Officer James Richard Abe Bailey RAF MA DFC. [Left facing arrow] This, so lovely brought me to tears. Ken R.
Jim can keep Ken
Theirs was not the choice
But of Duty
They flew on the wings
Of freedom
To confront
A great evil
In memory of my two older brothers Fred 22 and Jim 19. Served with RAF Bomber Command 1944-45. Ken Robinson b1938. Year 2000. Tribute
To. Mr J Dooley for future new proposed Bomber Command International Centre. For memorial and archival purposes. Can keep. Ken Robinson. March 2016.
Collection
Citation
“Fred and Jim Robinson,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 20, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/49979.
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