Weir, Greg. Oakes, Ken

Title

Weir, Greg. Oakes, Ken

Description

Forty-two items. Collection concerns Flying Officer Kenneth Stanley Oakes (Royal Australian Air Force). A Halifax tail gunner, he flew operations on 466 Squadron from February to August 1944. Collection contains a memoir describing some of his operations, a training note book, documents, correspondence, photographs and his log book.

The collection was catalogued by Nigel Huckins.

Date

2017-04-26

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.

Identifier

Weir, G

Collection Items

Pilot Officer Oakes K S - Course notebook
Covers signal cartridges, incendiary bomb, signal rocket, bomb tail pistol, smoke float, marine markers, smoke generators, 848, 845, 849, 860 fuses, sea markers, recce flares, photo flash. Continues with details of Frazer-Nash Turret system.

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Hints on night vision
Cover for pamphlet with artwork showing owl, cat and aircraft at night.

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

Behandlung deutscher Kriegsgefangener
Photograph of healthy German prisoners of war consuming a meal is used to counter assertion that they have been murdered and mistreated by the Allies. The claim is made in a ‘secret’ document, dated 19 April 1943, from army headquarters to the…

Rugby match ticket
For Scottish services verses the Royal Australian Air Force.

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

Course photograph
Twenty-five airmen wearing khaki uniform with shorts and side caps sitting and standing in three rows. In the background a lattice tower, hut and tree.

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Ken Oakes Royal Australian Air Force members pay book
Gives some personal details and rates of pay and allowances from April 1942 to august 1944. Followed by cash payments, fines, forfeitures and other debits for the same dates. Includes next of kin.

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Christmas card
1944 card with kangaroo with hat and joey with RAF roundel from Aussies in England.

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

Ken Oakes post office saving bank book
Shows entries from September 1943 to July 1945.

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Course photograph
Twenty-three airmen wearing battledress with half brevet sitting and standing in three rows. Captioned 'Catfoss, 90 GL Course, March - May 45'. Two versions of same image.

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Accounts of three operations
Lists crew and then provides description of operations to Berlin (first operation), Leipzig and Schweinfurt between the 15 and 25 February 1944. Describes events, bomb load and distances.

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Ken Oakes - Royal Australian Air Force observer's air gunner's and w/t operator's flying log book
Air Gunners flying log book for K S Oakes covering the period from 9 February 1943 to 14 June 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. Includes gunnery proficiency certificate, target details, mine laying, bomb loads and a First Tour…

Target map Augsburg
Target map with built up area highlighted and woods marked.

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Target map Leipzig
Target map with built up area highlighted and woods marked.

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Target map Stuttgart
Target map with built up area highlighted and woods marked.

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Target map München
Target map with built up area highlighted and woods marked.

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Target map Braunschweig
Target map with built up area highlighted and woods marked.

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Target map Frankfurt am Main
Target map with built up area highlighted and woods marked.

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Ten fighter attacks did not stop bomber
List 10 Royal Australian Air Force airmen who: no heading (3), died on active duty (1), wounded or injured on active service (1), previously reported missing believed killed in action now reported prisoned of war (1), previously reported missing…

Damage bomber tied with rope
Relates how an Australian squadron Halifax with a damaged fin was successfully brought home with rope tied onto the rudder bar and the bomb aimer using it to operate the rudder under pilot's instructions. Annotated 'Aust newsletter April 11…

Tobacco tin and contents
"Log Cabin" WD & HO Wills tobacco tin with contents: flying officer rank braid, cloth crown, cloth Australia badge, air gunner's brevet, leading aircraftsman badge and uniform buttons.

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Anti-dimming kit
Small tin; the lid includes instructions for use.

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Anti-gas eye shields
Eye shields in case.

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Services clothing book
Made out to Flying Officer K S Oakes.

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Kenneth Oakes
Half length portrait of an officer wearing tunic with air gunner brevet. On the reverse 'Jas Bacon & Sons Ltd, 130 Princes Street, Edinburgh'.

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Driving licence
Ken Oakes British driving license.

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