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Clare Bennett
Julian Maslin
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<p>RAF Castle Kennedy was located in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, 5 miles (8 kms) east of Stranraer.<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Castle+Kennedy&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/394" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />In early 1941 the station was developed as an air gunnery school which, during the course of the war, used <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Blenheim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blenheims</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Hampden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hampdens</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Anson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ansons</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Botha" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bothas</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Battles</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Defiant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Defiants</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lysander" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lysanders</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Martinet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martinets</a> as target tugs. A <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Royal+Air+Force.+Coastal+Command" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coastal Command</a> torpedo training unit also used the station.<br /><br />Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Castle+Kennedy&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span></p>
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RAF Castle Kennedy [entry point]
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Geoff Hallett
Mike Cowan
Nigel Moore
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RAF Fiskerton was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 5 miles (8 kms) east of Lincoln.
<p><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Fiskerton" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Fiskerton&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/425" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />Opened in January 1943 as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=5+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5 Group</a> the first occupant was <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=49+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">49 Squadron</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a>. In October 1943 the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=FIDO" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FIDO</a> fog dispersal system was installed and in early 1944 1514 Beam Approach Training Flight flying <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Oxford" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oxfords</a> joined 49 Squadron at the station. 49 Squadron moved out when RAF Fiskerton transferred to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Group</a> in October 1944 and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=576+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">576 Squadron</a> moved in with Lancasters until the end of the war. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=150+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">150 Squadron</a> with Lancasters briefly stayed at the station in October 1944.</p>
Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Fiskerton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Fiskerton [entry point]
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Nigel Moore
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<p>RAF Hemswell was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 8 miles (13 kms) east of Gainsborough.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Hemswell" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Hemswell&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/436" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong> </p>
<p>It was originally built in 1918 and re-opened in 1936 as a bomber station with grass runways. By September 1939 the station was in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=5+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5 Group</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=61+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">61 Squadron</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=144+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">144 Squadron</a> in residence with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Hampden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hampdens</a>. The station transferred to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Group</a> in July 1941 and RAF Hemswell was occupied by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=300+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">300 Squadron</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=301+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">301 Squadron</a> equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>. Both were Polish squadrons as was <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=305+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">305 Squadron</a> which became resident at the station in July 1942. In June 1943 the station was closed for concrete runways to be laid. It re-opened in January 1944 as home to 1 <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster+finishing+school" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancaster Finishing School</a> until November 1944 when <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=150+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">150 Squadron</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=170+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">170 Squadron</a> moved in with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a>.</p>
Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
Title
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RAF Hemswell [entry point]
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Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p>RAF Kelstern was a Bomber Command station located in North Lincolnshire, 5 miles (8 kms) north-west of Louth.<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Kelstern" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Kelstern&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/439" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong></p>
<p>It opened in September 1943 as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Group</a>. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=625+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">625 Squadron</a>, flying <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a>, took up residence in October 1943, staying until April 1945. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=170+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">170 Squadron</a> was formed at the station in October 1944 but moved out after only one week. The station closed in 1946.</p>
Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kelstern&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Kelstern [entry point]
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Clare Bennett
Julian Maslin
Mike Cowan
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RAF Stormy Down [entry point]
RAF Newton Down
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An account of the resource
<p>RAF Stormy Down (also known as Newton Down) was located in South Wales, 4 miles (6 kms) west of Bridgend.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Stormy+Down" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/468" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />It opened in June 1939 and named as RAF Newton Down but in October 1940 it became RAF Stormy Down. It was used as a training station with 7 Air Gunnery School with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Whitley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whitleys</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Battles</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Anson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ansons</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Defiant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Defiants</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lysander" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lysanders</a>. In November 1943, a cine-gun flight was formed with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Martinet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martinets</a>. The station was closed from February to August 1944 for reinforcing the runways. The station closed in 1946.</p>
Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stormy+Down&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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Contributor
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Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=144+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=144&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
At the start of the war 144 Squadron was stationed at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5681" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Hemswell</a> in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=5+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5 Group</a> and equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Hampden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hampdens</a>. It moved to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6461" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF North Luffenham</a> in July 1941. Having carried out the most Hampden opertions of any squadron it transferred to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Royal+Air+Force.+Coastal+Command" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coastal Command</a> in April 1942. It converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Beaufighter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beaufighters</a> in January 1943 and continued its anti-shipping role until the end of the war. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=144+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
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144 Squadron [entry point]
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Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=148+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a> </strong>| <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=148&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
At the start of the war 148 Squadron was a training squadron at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5714" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Stradishall</a> equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Anson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ansons</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>. It moved in September 1939 to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/21860" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Harwell</a> where it was renumbered 15 <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=operational+training+unit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operational Training Unit</a> in April 1940. Subsequently the squadron was reformed in Malta, again with Wellingtons, and saw action in Libya and Egypt. The squadron later operated from Libya and Italy in a Special Duties role equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=B-24" target="_blank" rel="noopener">B-24s</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Halifax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halifaxes</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lysander" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lysanders</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Stirling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stirlings</a> supporting resistance movements in southern France, Italy, the Balkans, Greece, Yugoslavia and Poland. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=148+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
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148 Squadron [entry point]
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Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=149+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a> </strong>| <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=149&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>In September 1939 149 Squadron was stationed at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6456" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Mildenhall</a> in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=3+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3 Group</a> equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>. In November 1941 the squadron converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Stirling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stirlings</a> and it flew more sorties with the Stirling than any other squadron. From April 1942 to May 1944 the squadron was based at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5687" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Lakenheath</a> and from May 1944 to the end of the war it was at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5695" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Methwold</a> where <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a> replaced the Stirlings in August 1944. The squadron used the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Gee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gee-H</a> blind bombing system. At the end of the war it took part in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Manna+%2829+Apr+%E2%80%93+8+May+1945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Manna</a>, dropping food to the Dutch and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Exodus+%281945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Exodus</a>, repatriating ex-prisoners of war.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=149+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
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149 Squadron [entry point]
149 (East India) Squadron [entry point]
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Dublin Core
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Contributor
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Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=150+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a> </strong>| <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=150&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>At the start of the war the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Battles</a> of 150 Squadron was sent to France as part of the Advanced Air Striking Force. On returning to Britain in June 1940 the squadron was assigned to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Group</a>, re-equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a> and spent two weeks at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5714" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Stradishall</a> before moving to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/21838" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Newton</a> where it stayed until July 1941. The squadron then spent 15 months at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5709" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Snaith</a> followed by three months at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5686" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Kirmington</a>. At the end of 1942 the squadron was transferred to North Africa. In November 1944 the squadron was reformed back in 1 Group at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5670" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Fiskerton</a> as a <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancaster</a> squadron, moving three weeks later to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5681" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Hemswell</a> for the rest of the war. It took part in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Manna+%2829+Apr+%E2%80%93+8+May+1945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Manna</a>, dropping food to the Dutch in the last days of the war.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=150+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
A name given to the resource
150 Squadron [entry point]
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Dublin Core
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Contributor
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Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=189+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=189&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>189 Squadron reformed at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5636" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Bardney</a> in October 1944 as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=5+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5 Group</a>. Operating <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a> the squadron moved to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5672" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Fulbeck</a> in November 1944 but returned to RAF Bardney in April 1945 from where it took part in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Manna+%2829+Apr+%E2%80%93+8+May+1945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Manna</a>, dropping food to the Dutch, and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Exodus+%281945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Exodus</a> repatriating ex-<a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=prisoner+of+war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prisoners of war</a>.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=189+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
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189 Squadron [entry point]
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Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
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<p><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=192+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=192&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>192 Squadron re-formed in January 1943 in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=3+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3 Group</a> at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/21863" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Gransden Lodge</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Halifax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halifaxes</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mosquito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mosquitos</a>. By late 1943, via a move to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5668" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Feltwell</a>, the squadron was at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5671" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Foulsham</a> in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=100+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 Group</a> deploying electronic and radio countermeasures against German radar defences in order to protect the main bomber force. Two <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=P-38" target="_blank" rel="noopener">P-38s</a> were also used. Detachments were sent to the Mediterranean and also to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Royal+Air+Force.+Coastal+Command" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coastal Command</a>.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=192+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code></span>Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page.</a>
Title
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192 Squadron [entry point]
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Dublin Core
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Contributor
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Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=195+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a> </strong>| <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=195&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>195 Squadron first formed as a fighter-bomber squadron with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Typhoon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Typhoons</a> from November 1942 to February 1944. The squadron reformed with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a> in October 1944 in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=3+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3 Group</a> at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6498" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Witchford</a> before moving to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6503" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Wratting Common</a> for the remainder of the war. It took part in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Manna+%2829+Apr+%E2%80%93+8+May+1945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Manna</a> dropping food to the Dutch.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=195+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
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195 Squadron [entry point]
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Dublin Core
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Contributor
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Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=196+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a> </strong>|<strong> <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=196&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>196 Squadron was formed at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Driffield</a> in November 1942 as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=4+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4 Group</a>. Moving to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Leconfield</a> in December 1942 it was equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>. In July 1943 the squadron transferred to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=3+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3 Group</a>, moved to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6498" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Witchford</a> in July 1943 and converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Stirling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stirlings</a>. In November 1943 the squadron transferred out of Bomber Command to 38 Group in an airborne support role for the rest of the war. From January to March 1944 it was based at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/43988" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Tarrant Rushton</a>.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=196+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
A name given to the resource
196 Squadron [entry point]
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Dublin Core
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Contributor
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Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=199+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=199&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>199 Squadron was formed as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Group</a> at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5639" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Blyton</a> in November 1942 flying <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>. It moved to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5683" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Ingham</a> in February 1943 but in June 1943 it transferred to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=3+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3 Group</a> at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5687" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Lakenheath</a> and converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Stirling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stirlings</a>. In May 1944 it transferred again, this time to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=100+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 Group</a> and was stationed at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/show/21793" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF North Creake</a>. It flew radio counter-measure operations initially with its Stirlings but from February 1945 with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Halifax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halifaxes</a>.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=199+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
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Title
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199 Squadron [entry point]
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Mike Cowan
Nigel Moore
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=207+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a> </strong>| <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=207&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
In September 1939, 207 Squadron was a training squadron equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Battles</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Anson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ansons</a> at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5654" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Cranfield</a>. In December 1939 it moved to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/21874" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Cottesmore</a> where it became part of 12 <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=operational+training+unit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operational Training Unit</a> in April 1940. The Squadron was re-formed in November 1940 at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5727" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Waddington</a> as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=5+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5 Group</a> to bring the new <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Manchester" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manchester</a> into operational service. From November 1941 to September 1942 the squadron was based at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5641" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Bottesford</a> where it converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a> in March 1942. The squadron moved to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6440" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Langar</a> for three weeks in September to October 1943. It then became the first squadron to operate from <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5710" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Spilsby</a> in October 1943 from where it flew until the end of the war. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=207+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
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207 Squadron [entry point]
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Dublin Core
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Terry Hancock
Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Title
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487 Squadron [entry point]
487 (RNZAF) Squadron
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=487+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=487&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>487 <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Royal+New+Zealand+Air+Force" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Royal New Zealand Air Force</a> Squadron was formed at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5668" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Feltwell</a> in August 1942 equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Ventura" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Venturas</a> as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=2+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2 Group</a>. The squadron moved to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5695" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Methwold</a> in April 1943 and in June 1943 the unit transferred to the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Second+Tactical+Air+Force" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Second Tactical Air Force</a>. Re-equipping with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mosquito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mosquitos</a> in August 1943 it carried out intruder operations for the rest of the war.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=487+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
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Nigel Moore
Clare Bennett
Julian Maslin
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=514+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=514&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>514 Squadron was formed as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=3+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3 Group</a> in September 1943 at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5671" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Foulsham</a> equipped with the radial engined <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster+Mk+2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancaster Mk 2</a>. The squadron became operational in early November 1943 just before moving to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5729" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Waterbeach</a> where it stayed until the end of the war. During 1944 the squadron gradually re-equipped with Merlin engined <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a> and used the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Gee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gee-H</a> blind bombing system. In April and May 1945 the squadron took part in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Manna+%2829+Apr+%E2%80%93+8+May+1945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Manna</a>, dropping food to the Dutch, as well as <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Exodus+%281945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Exodus</a> to repatriate ex-<a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=prisoner+of+war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prisoners of war</a>.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=514+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
A name given to the resource
514 Squadron [entry point]
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
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Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=515+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a> </strong>| <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=515&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>515 Squadron was formed in October 1942 in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Royal+Air+Force.+Fighter+Command" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fighter Command</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Defiant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Defiants</a> equipped for jamming German radar. The squadron converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Beaufighter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beaufighters</a> in June 1943. 515 Squadron transferred to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=100+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 Group</a> in Bomber Command in December 1943 at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/show/21794" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Little Snoring</a> to undertake electronic countermeasures. The squadron converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mosquito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mosquitos</a> in February 1944 which it used for intruder operations.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=515+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
A name given to the resource
515 Squadron [entry point]
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Dublin Core
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Contributor
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Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=550+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=550&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>550 Squadron was formed in November 1943 at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6428" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Grimsby</a> as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Group</a>. Equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a> it moved to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6460" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF North Killingholme</a> in January 1944 where it stayed until the end of the war. In May 1945 the squadron participated in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Manna+%2829+Apr+%E2%80%93+8+May+1945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Manna</a>, dropping food to the Dutch and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Exodus+%281945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Exodus</a>, the repatriation of ex-<a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=prisoner+of+war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prisoners of war</a>.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=550+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
A name given to the resource
550 Squadron [entry point]
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=571+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=571&forename=&initials=&surname=&select-search-options%5B%5D=surname&select-search-options%5B%5D=initials&select-search-options%5B%5D=forename&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=L4sZ1SCdH6yso2PXMkPxA6GHizGSVrn9K9xrHspv&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>571 Squadron was formed in April 1944 at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/23105" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Downham Market</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mosquito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mosquitos</a> as part of the Light Night Striking Force in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=8+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">8 Group</a>. Two weeks later the squadron moved to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/9019" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Oakington</a> where it stayed until the end of the war.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=571+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
A name given to the resource
571 Squadron [entry point]
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Dublin Core
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Contributor
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Nigel Moore
Clare Bennett
Julian Maslin
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=576+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=576&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>576 Squadron was formed as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Group</a> Bomber Command in November 1943 at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5665" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Elsham Wolds</a> from the ‘C’ Flight of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=103+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">103 Squadron</a>. It moved to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5670" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Fiskerton</a> in October 1944. At the end of the war the squadron participated in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Manna+%2829+Apr+%E2%80%93+8+May+1945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Manna</a>, dropping food supplies to the Dutch as well as <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Exodus+%281945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Exodus</a>, repatriating ex-<a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=prisoner+of+war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prisoners of war</a>. </p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=576+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
A name given to the resource
576 Squadron [entry point]
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=578+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a> </strong>| <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=578&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>578 Squadron was formed in January 1944 at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5709" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Snaith</a> as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=4+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4 Group</a>. Equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Halifax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halifaxes</a> the squadron moved to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Burn</a> in February 1944 where it stayed until it was disbanded in April 1945.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=578+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
A name given to the resource
578 Squadron [entry point]
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Dublin Core
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Contributor
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Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=582+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=582&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>582 Squadron was formed in April 1944 <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/21847" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Little Staughton</a>. It flew <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a> as part of the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=8+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">8 Group</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=%20Pathfinders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pathfinder Force</a>. It disbanded in September 1945. At the end of the war the squadron took part in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Manna+%2829+Apr+%E2%80%93+8+May+1945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Manna</a>, dropping food to the Dutch and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Operation+Exodus+%281945%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Exodus</a>, repatriating ex-<a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=prisoner+of+war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prisoners of war</a>.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=582+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
</a></span></code></span> <br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.
Title
A name given to the resource
582 Squadron [entry point]
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Nigel Moore
Mike Cowan
Terry Hancock
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=608+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=608&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
<p>At the start of the war 608 Squadron was in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Royal+Air+Force.+Coastal+Command" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coastal Command</a> in a maritime reconnaissance role equipped successively with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Anson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ansons</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Botha" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bothas</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Blenheim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blenheims</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Hudson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hudsons</a>. It was disbanded in Italy on 31 July 1944 but reformed the next day at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/23105" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Downham Market</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mosquito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mosquitos</a> as part of the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=8+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">8 Group</a> Light Night Striking Force. The squadron flew the last Bomber Command bombing operation on 2 May 1945.</p>
<span style="font-size: small;">Refinements:<br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=608+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br />
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608 Squadron [entry point]
608 (North Riding) Squadron [entry point]
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Mike Cowan
Nigel Moore
Clare Bennett
Julian Maslin
Terry Hancock
Description
An account of the resource
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=617+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a> | <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?squadron=617&select-search-options%5B%5D=squadron&_token=LjvyiA2byr30oMmg2lZRqjBU6m7MNwWH4u9tMiqQ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong></p>
Led by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Gibson%2C+Guy+Penrose+%281918-1944%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guy Gibson</a> 617 Squadron was formed at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5703" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Scampton</a> in March 1943 specifically to attack the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Eder+M%C3%B6hne+and+Sorpe+operation+%2816%E2%80%9317+May+1943%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eder, Möhne and Sorpe dams</a> with the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=bouncing+bomb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bouncing bomb</a> invented by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wallis%2C+Barnes+Neville+%281887-1979%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barnes Wallis</a> and carried by modified <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a>. The squadron was retained as a precision bombing unit and moved, via a spell at <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5653" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Coningsby</a>, to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5736" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Woodhall Spa</a> in January 1944. Under the leadership of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Cheshire%2C+Geoffrey+Leonard+%281917-1992%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leonard Cheshire</a> the squadron pioneered low level marking techniques using <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mosquito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mosquitos</a> and a <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=P-51" target="_blank" rel="noopener">P-51</a>. Modified Lancasters used the 12000 lb <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Tallboy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tallboy</a> bomb against the Saumur rail tunnel, submarine pens, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=V-weapon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">V-weapons</a> sites and the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Tirpitz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tirpitz</a>. The squadron was the only one to use the 22,000 lb <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Grand+Slam" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Grand Slam</a> bomb targeting railway viaducts and submarine pens in 1945. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Refinements (item type)</strong><br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material</a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code><strong>Refinements (role):<br /></strong><code><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=pilot%3B+617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">pilot</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=wireless+%20operator%3B+617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">wireless operator</a> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=navigator%3B+617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">navigator</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=wireless+operator+%2F+air+gunner%3B+617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">wireless operator / air gunner</a> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=bomb+%20aimer%3B+617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">bomb aimer</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=air+gunner%3B+617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">air gunner</a> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=flight+engineer%3B+617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">flight engineer</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=%20observer %3B+617+Squadron&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">observer</a></code></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. 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Title
A name given to the resource
617 Squadron [entry point]
The Dam Busters; X Squadron [entry point]