Clyde-Smith, Denis
Title
Clyde-Smith, Denis
Clyde-Smith, D
Description
Collection contains 34 items and concerns Squadron Leader Denis Clyde-Smith Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross, who joined the Royal Air Force and trained as a pilot in 1937. He flew in the anti aircraft cooperation role including remotely piloted Queen Bee aircraft before serving on Battle aircraft on 32 Squadron. He completed operational tours on Wellington with 115 and 218 Squadrons and Wellington and Lancaster with 9 Squadron after which he went to the aircraft and armament experimental establishment at Boscombe Down. The collection consists of two logbooks, aircraft histories of some of the aircraft he flew, photographs of people and aircraft, newspaper articles, a long memoir of his service and gallantry award certificate.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by John Clyde-Smith and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by John Clyde-Smith and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Date
2016-09-19
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Identifier
Clyde-Smith, D
Collection Items
Affixing nose art
A sergeant wearing tunic screwing nose art of dancing girl "Zola" to the front fuselage of a Lancaster.
Newspaper cutting - Factory blown to bits
Account of daylight and night attacks by Lancaster, Stirling, Halifax and Wellington on Milan. Gives some details of Lancaster operation including escort by fighters and attack in the late afternoon. Gives Squadron Leader D Clyde-Smith's account of…
Zola nose art
Close up of dancing girl insignia of Lancaster 'WS-Z Zola'. Insignia presented by the Daily Mirror newspaper.
Crew in front of Lancaster
Six aircrew wearing tunics or battledress and side caps standing in line in front of a Lancaster with Zola nose art and bomb bay open. Captioned with names underneath left to right 'Flt Lt Skinner, Plt Off Webster, Sqn Ldr Clyde-Smith, Sgt Pleasance,…
Four newspaper cuttings
Top left - shows Lancaster with Zola nose art and crew standing in front. Account of permission to use artwork for nose art and mention of operations.
Top right - Taunton officer wins DFC. Awarded to Squadron Leader Denis Clyde-Smith. Citation…
Top right - Taunton officer wins DFC. Awarded to Squadron Leader Denis Clyde-Smith. Citation…
Newspaper cutting - London to Cairo, RAF Strike from
Includes photograph of Lancaster crews just back after striking Rommel's Africa Corps. Continued article mentions some details of France seen on route to Milan and conditions over the target. Map shows operations to Italy and attacks in North Africa.
Hawker Henley
Rear quarter view of a single engine monoplane camouflaged. Submitted with caption 'Hawker Henley'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.
Reminiscences of service in the Royal Air Force - 1937 to 1945
Starts with joining on short service commission and covers, in great detail, his pilot training activities, including a crash landing during a cross country. After receiving his wings award, he moves to trials work, target towing and aircraft…
Halifax parked on airfield pan
View of the top of a Halifax parked on a concrete pan. There are several groups of men wearing uniform standing all around the aircraft looking at various parts.
Wedding guests
Left, a large group of people outside a church.
Center, a large group of people in formal dress outside a church. One is wearing morning dress with buttonhole. To the left the side of a car. Right, a large group of people walking down a road. In…
Center, a large group of people in formal dress outside a church. One is wearing morning dress with buttonhole. To the left the side of a car. Right, a large group of people walking down a road. In…
Denis Clyde-Smith's wedding
Left, Denis Clyde-Smith wearing uniform and his wife in wedding dress walking out of church. People can be seen behind them. On either side men in steel helmets are part of an honour guard with stirrup pumps lying ready on the ground.
Right a…
Right a…
Denis Clyde-Smith wedding
Squadron Leader Denis Clyde Smith wearing uniform tunic with pilots brevet and medal ribbons on the left, arm in arm with his bride who is wearing a wedding dress and carries a bouquet of flowers. Behind them a guard of honour and onlookers on both…
Denis Clyde-Smith with his crew in front of Lancaster 'Zola'
Six aircrew wearing tunic or battledress all with aircrew brevet standing in line in front of the nose of a Lancaster. The Lancaster has nose art of a lady swirling her dress, the name Zola and twelve bomb symbols. The bomb bay doors are open. At…
Horse, Wolseley 14/60, and a Royal Air Force officer
Top left, a horse standing to the left of a Wolseley 14/60 registration 'CYA 555'. In the background right a house.
Top right, front view of the same car. In the background trees.
Bottom, a Royal Air Force officer standing behind a car. He is…
Top right, front view of the same car. In the background trees.
Bottom, a Royal Air Force officer standing behind a car. He is…
Horses
Top left, the forepart of a saddled horse standing in front of a house.
Top right, the forepart of a horse with a figure standing obscured behind it. In the background trees.
Bottom, a woman wearing a jacket leading two horses by the reins. In…
Top right, the forepart of a horse with a figure standing obscured behind it. In the background trees.
Bottom, a woman wearing a jacket leading two horses by the reins. In…
Horses
Top left, a saddled horse head on with a woman holding reins standing on the right. In the background a low trellis, garden and trees.
Top right, a saddled horse head on standing in a garden. In the background a low trellis, fences and trees.…
Top right, a saddled horse head on standing in a garden. In the background a low trellis, fences and trees.…
Horses
Top left, a saddled horse standing on a driveway by a house wall with creeping ivy.
Top right, A saddled Horse standing on a driveway. To the right a car and part of a building with window.
Bottom, a saddled horse with a woman standing holding…
Top right, A saddled Horse standing on a driveway. To the right a car and part of a building with window.
Bottom, a saddled horse with a woman standing holding…
Family photographs, pets and scenic view
Top left, a baby sitting on a checked rug in a garden,
Top centre, a woman lying back on a lawn with a baby on her lap and a dog on the right. In the background bushes.
Top right, a woman wearing a dark boiler suit standing in front of a double…
Top centre, a woman lying back on a lawn with a baby on her lap and a dog on the right. In the background bushes.
Top right, a woman wearing a dark boiler suit standing in front of a double…
Oban
Top, a composite panoramic view of open countryside.
Second row left, waves breaking on a shoreline. Coast in the distance. Second row centre, sea shore with groynes in middle distance and a building further back on the right.
Second row right, a…
Second row left, waves breaking on a shoreline. Coast in the distance. Second row centre, sea shore with groynes in middle distance and a building further back on the right.
Second row right, a…
Doniford scenes with DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft and Royal Air Force personnel.
Top left, a DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft on the left in front of a hangar. A man is standing under the starboard wing. To the right a crane.
Top centre a DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft being loaded onto a launching track. A man is holding guide line and…
Top centre a DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft being loaded onto a launching track. A man is holding guide line and…
Pets, Abney Hall and fishing
Top left, two spaniel dogs standing with paws on top of wire fence. In the background a single story building with a car in front.
Top centre, Abney Hall. In the foreground a field with cows.
Top right, two dogs eating from bowl in a garden.…
Top centre, Abney Hall. In the foreground a field with cows.
Top right, two dogs eating from bowl in a garden.…
People, horses and landscapes
Top left, head and shoulders image of a woman with trees in the background.
Top centre, two horse looking out of individual stables.
Top right, head and shoulders image of a man wearing jacket and tie.
Upper middle, composite panoramic view…
Top centre, two horse looking out of individual stables.
Top right, head and shoulders image of a man wearing jacket and tie.
Upper middle, composite panoramic view…
Wedding party
Formal wedding picture of Bride and groom along with bridesmaids and another man standing in front of a stone arch doorway. The men are in formal dress and the women in wedding outfits.
Bridesmaids
Two young women in bridesmaid dresses standing either side of a young girl similarly dressed. The two women are carrying baskets of flowers. To the left a line of choristers.
Wedding couple
A man in formal dress carrying a top hat standing on the left. On the right a woman in wedding dress carrying a wedding bouquet. They are standing in an arched doorway with the head of another man visible behind them.
Collection Tree
- Clyde-Smith, Denis