Barr, Jamie

Title

Barr, Jamie
James Barr
J Barr

Description

50 items. An oral history interview with Flight Lieutenant James Barr DFC (159928 Royal Air Force) documents and photographs. He flew operations as a navigator with 61 Squadron.

The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by James Barr and catalogued by Barry Hunter.

Date

2015-07-31

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Barr, J

Collection Items

Gee and Loran - Fault finding in the air
Instructions how to locate faults in the two systems.

Map of Skellingthorpe
A sketch map of the location of the Community centre at Skellingthorpe.

Invitation to Opening of Skellingthorpe Heritage Room
An invitation to the opening of the heritage room at Skellingthorpe.

617 Squadron crest
A black and white print of the 617 Squadron crest.

Jamie Barr's Air Navigator Certificate
A certificate awarded to Jamie at Second Class standard.

Navigator's notes
Notes kept by the navigator.

Navigator's Log
RAF Form 441/2 for a flight from Bari to Tibenham.

Planning sheet for bombing range
A sheet used to plan a practice bombing at Bassingham.

Blank Navigator's Log
RAF Form 441

Navigator's Log
RAF Form 441 for a circular route around England and Wales.

Navigator's Log
RAF Form 441/2 of a navigator's log of a route from UK to Bari.

Conversion table, nautical miles to miles and kilometres and map of south west England.
A table to convert nautical miles to statute miles and kilometres. Also a map of south wets England.

Various routes and Gee chains
Five local triangular routes and a list of 11 Gee chains.

Navigator's Log Book
The covers of a log book.

Letter to Jamie Barr from Ted Richardson
Ted writes that he served with 61 Squadron at Skellingthorpe. He enclosed the poem about 'The Crew'.

The Crew (A Gunner's tale)
A poem and cartoons about a seven man crew.

Navigator's Log
RAF Form 441 completed for a training flight.

Navigator's Log
RAF Form 441 completed for flights to Lossiemouth and Bari, Italy.

Navigator's Log
RAF Form 441/1 partly completed for a flight from Tibenham.

Navigator's Log
RAF Form 441/2 partly completed. Flight to Capraia.

Parachutist
A parachutist.
On the reverse 'A reminder of out parachute escape on 20 December 1942.'

61 Squadron group photo
A large group of airmen arranged in four rows in front of a Lancaster.
On the reverse is a list of the 102 men with some of their names.
On a separate sheet is the same list.
On a third sheet is a list with some of the missing names.

D Flight, No 2 Squadron, 3 ITW
50 trainee airmen arranged in four rows.

Just Jane, nose art
A cartoon of a naked woman sitting on a bomb.

Two boys on the beach
Two boys. One is covered in sand, the second is sitting on top so that he appears to have four legs.
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