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Flying Control Log Book
Tags: RAF Tholthorpe
75 Squadron return to Mepal
Photo 1 is 14 aircraft over Mepal after an operation to Le Havre.
Photo 2 is Terry Ford at the ladder at the rear of his Lancaster.
Photo 3 is 15 Lancasters breaking formation to land at Mepal.
Photo 4 is six…
Le Havre
Photo 1 is bombing of the centre of Le Havre.
Photo 2 is taken on the next day and German Army positions on the outskirts were attacked.
Propaganda Leaflet and Bombing Attacks on Germany
Item 1 is a propaganda leaflet, dropped on Homberg on 21 November 44. It is a warning from Dwight D Eisenhower to the German people not to harm in any way those in forced labour battalions or concentration camps. Allies…
Le Havre and Terry Ford's crew
Photo 1 is a view during take off from the bomb aimer's station.
Photo 2 is air gunner Paddy Glover in his mid-upper turret.
Photo 3 is wireless operator George Tredinnick looking out of the astro-dome.
Photo 4 is…
Newspaper Cuttings after the attacks on Pont Remy, Le Havre and Frankfurt
75 Squadron and Terry Ford's Crew
Photo 1 is 13 Lancasters in flight over RAF Mepal.
Photo 2 is a frosty tree beside Terry's hut.
Photo 3 is Terry and his crew standing in front of a Nissen hut. In the caption each individual is named, as is their…
Tags: 75 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; Nissen hut; RAF Mepal
Pilot Officer AG Edgar DFC
Recommendation for Honours and Awards (Immediate)
Transcript of interview with Allan Edgar
Tags: 1 Group; 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; ground personnel; He 111; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mess; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodbridge; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Alan Edgar and crew reunion
Avro Anson, R100 and Westland Welkin
Photo 2 is a port side view of the R-100 airship attached to a ground pylon.
Photo 3 is a port side view of a Welkin.
Tags: Anson
Westland Lysander
Photo 2 is a port side flying view from slightly above.
Photo 3 is a starboard/front ground view.
Tags: Lysander
Fairey Firefly and Handley Page Hampden
Photo 2 is a starboard/front flying view of a Hampden.
Tags: Hampden
Spitfire and Manchester
Photo 2 is a starboard side ground view of a Manchester.
Tags: Manchester; Spitfire
Seafire and Sea Otter
Photo 2 is a port side ground view of a Sea Otter biplane seaplane.
Tags: Spitfire
Piaggio P108, C-47 and Savoia-Marchetti SM82
Photo 2 is a port side view of a captured C-47 in German markings.
Photo 3 is a port/front flying view of a SM82. This three engined aircraft was…
Tags: C-47
Junkers 252 and Ju 287
Photo 2 is a starboard side view of a Ju 287, a heavy jet bomber. With two engines it was under powered so two engines were added to the nose.
Photo 3 is a view of the starboard from slightly…
Tags: Ju 52