Robinson, Jim and Freddie

Title

Robinson, Jim and Freddie
J Robinson
F Robinson

Description

Two items. The collection concerns Sergeant Jim Robinson and Pilot Officer Freddie Robinson (191444 Royal Air Force) and contains correspondence and a photograph. Fred Robinson flew operations as a wireless operator with 78 Squadron. He was killed 2 February 1945.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Ken and Linda Robinson and catalogued by Andy Fitter.

Additional information on Fred Robinson is available via the IBCC Losses Database.

Date

2016-11-03

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Robinson, J-F

Collection Items

Letter from Flying Officer LB Stuart to Mr & Mrs Robinson
Letter from the navigator of the Halifax in which Fred Robinson, wireless operator, lost his life, to Fred's parents. In it Stuart relates some of the events of that night, describing being struck by flak, the immediate order to bale out and how he…

Fred and Jim Robinson
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…
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