Lancaster ED908

Title

Lancaster ED908

Description

97 items. The collection concerns the crew of Lancaster ED908 and contains documents, photographs and research. The 582 Squadron aircraft was shot down on 20 July 1944 on the bombing run over the Fôret du Croc V-1 flying bomb site.

The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Robert William Knox and catalogued by Barry Hunter.

Additional information on the crew of the aircraft is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
The crew were:
AUNGIERS, Graham Bice
BOWER, Thomas Charles
FOULSHAM, James
GRESTY, James
MACARTHUR, George Reginald
PRATT, Edgar Walter
SWARBRICK, John
WEIGHTMAN, John Bentley

Date

2017-09-29

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Lancaster ED908

Collection Items

John Weightman's Grave
The graves of John and two of his crew.

Letter to John Weightman's Father
The letter advises than John has failed to return from an operation over enemy territory.

Crew of Lancaster ED908 (60-Z)
Seven photographs of the eight crew of ED908. Each man is identified by name and trade.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

Foret du Croc, 20 July 1944
Research taken from Operations Record Books of 109 and 582 Squadrons.

Sorties Flown by John Weightman and Crew in 582 Squadron
A summary, taken from the 582 Operations Record Book of flights of John Weightman during May to July 1944.

John Weightman's DFC Award
John 's award announced in the London Gazette.

Icelandic Hunters: No 269 Squadron
A brief history of 269 Squadron.

Squadron Leader John Bentley Weightman DFC
An extract from Ben's service record.

269 Squadron September 1939
34 airmen arranged in three groups, captioned 'Senior NCOs of 269 Squadron photographed with the Squadron Commander at Montrose September 1939'. Each man is named underneath and John Bentley Weightman is circled in red.

John Weightman
John in flying kit, captioned 'No. 3 Flying Training School, Grantham, 1936'.

John Weightman
A three quarter length portrait of John.

Three Graves
Three crosses, the central one has the names of Foulsham, Swarbrick, Aungiers and Bower

Crew of Lancaster ED908 (60-Z)
Seven photographs of the eight crew of ED908. Each man is identified by name and trade.

Foret du Croc, 20 July 1944
Research from Operations Record Books of 109 and 582 Squadrons.

Citation for John Swarbrick's DFC
The citation was published in the London Gazette.

Sorties Flown by James Foulsham and John Swarbrick in 109 Squadron
A summary of sorties flown by the two men.

Extracts from John's Service Record
A summary of John's service in the RAF and a letter from Jeff Perry, his former pilot.

John Swarbrick
A head and shoulders portrait of John wearing his flying kit, including helmet.

Sorties flown by John Swarbrick in 115 Squadron
A summary of John's operations.

Three Graves
The graves of Weightman, Pratt and Gresty.

Crew of Lancaster ED908 (60-Z)
Seven photographs of the eight crew of ED908. Each man is identified by name and trade.

Foret du Croc, 20 July 1944
Research from Operations Record Books of 109 and 582 Squadrons.

Sorties Flown by Ben Weightman and Crew in 582 Squadron
A summary, taken from the 582 Operations Record Book of flights of Ben Weightman during May to July 1944.

Sorties Flown by Crew of Lancaster ED908 in 156 Squadron
A summary of sorties flown by Lancaster ED908.
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