Bellingham, Peter

Title

Bellingham, Peter
Peter F Bellingham
Peter Bellingham
P F Bellingham
P Bellingham

Description

Three items. An oral history interview with Pilot Officer Peter Frederick Bellingham (b. 1923, 1391638 Royal Air Force), a photograph and his log book. Peter Bellingham trained in South Africa as a bomb aimer and flew 30 Special Operations Executive operations in Halifaxes and Stirlings with 138 Squadron from RAF Tempsford.

The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Peter Bellingham and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.

Date

2016-11-21

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Bellingham, PF

Collection Items

Interview with Peter Bellingham
Peter Bellingham worked as a post office engineer before volunteering for the Royal Air Force. He trained in Rhodesia and South Africa and completed a tour of operations as a bomb aimer, dropping supplies with 138 Squadron from RAF Tempsford. He…

Peter Bellingham
Peter Bellingham in uniform with bomb aimer brevet and medal ribbon with 1939-1945 Star, War Medal 1939-1945 and Defence Medal.

Peter Bellingham’s observer's and air gunner's flying log book
The log book covers the training and operational career of bomb aimer Peter Bellingham from 10 March 1943 to 21 February 1946. After training in South Africa he flew Halifaxes and Stirlings with 138 Squadron, taking part in 30 night operations over…
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Collection Tree

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