Shepherd, George Charles
Title
Shepherd, George Charles
Charlie Shepherd
Description
211 items. The collection concerns George Charles 'Charlie' Shepherd (b. 1924, 303576 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, objects and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 115 Squadron.
The collection also contains a folder The War Years containing correspondence, documents, and photographs, and a Wooden box containing medals, badges and ribbons.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Melissa Shepherd and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
The collection also contains a folder The War Years containing correspondence, documents, and photographs, and a Wooden box containing medals, badges and ribbons.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Melissa Shepherd and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Date
2018-05-25
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Shepherd, C
Collection Items
Canberra over the Isle of Wight
Air-to-air view from above rear quarter of an airborne Canberra flying over the Needles. Captioned "Canberra". Aircraft is prototype PR.3 code VX181.
Identification kindly provided by Andy Macdonald of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles…
Identification kindly provided by Andy Macdonald of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles…
Vulcan
View from below of front quarter of airborne Avro Vulcan. Notes on reverse that the world first delta bomber made appearance at Farnborough 2 September 1952.
George Charles Shepherd
Head and shoulders portrait of an RAF officer wearing battledress with half brevet, medal ribbons, Pathfinder badge and peaked cap.
Hannover
Reconnaissance photograph showing city with railway lines, streets and buildings. Annotated: 'K-4134 (Supplement) dist 23E'
Lancaster bombing up
Side view of Lancaster R5868 with bombs on trolleys in front while several men loading and working on the aircraft. Caption 'One more for game. The veteran Lancaster, S for Sugar, which has completed 99 operational flights. her captains have gained a…
Newspaper cutting wedding announcement
Gives account of wedding of Flight Sergeant George Shepherd and Miss Babara Georgina Violet Wooten. Includes photograph of bride an groom.
History of 7 Squadron
Newspaper cutting relating history of the squadron from world war one and disbanded in 1919, reformed in 1923 with Vickers Virginia, re-equipped with Heyford in 1935. Moved to Oakington in 1940 in 3 Group equipped with Wellington. After a time with…
Letter from Buckingham Palace
Signed by King George regretting he was unable personally give award to Flight Sergeant George C Shepherd DFM. Encloses award.
Letter to George Shepherd from RAF records concerning claim for Defence Medal
Regrets any inconvenience and now encloses Defence Medal.
Letter to George Shepherd from RAF records concerning claim for Defence Medal
Continued correspondence on claim for Defence Medal and states he still did not qualify. Stated that he was qualified for 1939/45 star and France and Germany Star.
Letter to George Shepherd from RAF records concerning claim for Defence Medal
Writes that no trace of certificate of civil defence service in support of claim for Defence Medal could be found at their office. Asks him to supply relevant dates
Letter to George Shepherd from RAF records
States that he was not qualified for the Defence Medal but to notify them if he had performed civil defence or other qualifying service prior enlistment and if so his entitlement would be reviewed.
Reference for Mr G C Shepherd
From an RAFVR(T) flying officer detailing George Shepherd previous service as a member of the Air Training Corps before joining the RAF and comment on character and suitability for post applied for.
London county council form T7/2B
Details Mr Shepherd and place of employment, date of beginning work, status, subject, time and grade.
War gratuity and post war credit entitlement
Form giving personal details for G C Shepherd and amount £60 19s.
List of postings
Mentions St John's Wood, Bridgnorth, 11 AGS, 12 OTU, 1657 Conversion Unit, Lancaster finishing school, 115 Squadron, Pathfinder NTU, 7 Squadron. Training and operational units have associated flying hours alongside,
1942 Royal Air Force diary
Information on the RAF, RCAF, RAAF, RNZAF, Indian Air Force, the Eire Air Corps, aircraft photographs and information. Air Force decorations, aviation world records. Continues with pages of information on aerodromes, RAF badges, aircraft instruments,…
Brunswick
Reconnaissance photograph showing city centre. Captioned 'For how much longer? A reconnaissance photograph of the bomb damage to Brunswick. For every week the war continues some German city is devastated by allied aircraft'.
Falling bombs
Six views of bombs falling. captioned 'Down Germany way: a remarkable series of photographs showing a salvo of 1000 lb bombs falling from an Avro Lancaster. It is interesting to note how the missiles appear to point in different directions, even in…
Hanover
Outline of streets can be seen amongst fire and explosions. Captioned 'Illuminated Baedecker: the streets of Hannover on fire during the recent heavy attack by Bomber Command on that city. The broad ribbon running diagonally is the Sale Strasse'.
Collection Tree
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