Davis, Sidney Lawrence

Title

Davis, Sidney Lawrence
S L Davis
Laurie Davis

Description

Five items. An oral history interview with Sidney Davis (- 2024), his log book and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 617, 619 and 9 Squadrons.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Sidney Lawrence Davis and catalogued by Jan Johnstone.

Date

2015-12-02

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Davis, SL

Collection Items

Sidney (Laurie) Davis's aircrew
Seven airmen in uniform standing and kneeling alongside a Lancaster. Five men are wearing life vests and four of them parachute harnesses. Laurie Davis is standing on the right of the image. The pilot is John Taylor.

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Sidney (Laurie) Davis in uniform
Laurie Davis in uniform wearing a Mae West and parachute harness standing alongside an aircraft.

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

Sidney (Laurie) Davis's Navigator's, Air Bomber's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Navigator's, Air Bomber's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book for Wireless Operator Laurie Davis (nickname Red) covering the period 19 November 1943 to 30 April 1946 and detailing training flights and operations. Served at RAF Llandwrog, RAF Silverstone…

Recollections of Sidney Lawrence (Laurie) Davis
A brief biography of Laurie Davis.

Interview with Sidney Lawrence Davis
Laurie Davis trained as a wireless operator and, initially, went to RAF Silverstone where crews were formed. Because of his bright red hair, he was then known as ‘Red’. The crew worked on Wellingtons for a few weeks and then Stirlings at RAF…
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