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A POWs Memories
Comments on target (Frankfurt) and odds on being shot down. It was their 19th operation and out of 124 aircrew shot down that night only 10 survived, five from their crew. Mentions evading, capture, initial treatment and journey to camp (Stalag Luft…
Sergeant George B Thomson - Lancaster shot down
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Account of George Thomson's aircraft 'NF958 (LS-M) of 15 Squadron being shot down by ME 110 on 12 September 1944. Five crew bailed out and were taken prisoner, the pilot did not escape and one other crew member left aircraft but was never seen again.…
Painting of a Fw 190 through bomber canopy
Side view at night of a Fw 190 crossing right to left very close. Through the left front cockpit windscreen.
Heinkel He111K Mk Va
A starboard side view of a He 111, on the ground.
Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
Black badge with winged bomb in centre surrounded by laurel leaves set between two stylized wings of oak leaves.
Farmland
Four low level aerial oblique photographs of farmland. They are captioned 'Low level photographs taken from the rear turret over Little Holland. A Box Brownie Camera. 1917 vintage.'
Seite 3: Liverpool im bombenregen. Ganze Strassen in Muften vermandebelt
Disparages Field Marshal Milch’s statement from 19th May 1941 by referring to the superior strength of the RAF, the plane-building capacity of the United States and Canada, and war production of United Nations. Göring and Hitler still in power…
Bomb damage at Woodhall Spa
First is Station Road and the second is Tattershall Road from the Mall. On the night of 16/17 August two parachute mines were dropped destroying the Royal Hydro Hotel and Winter Garden.
Additional information about this item has been kindly…
Additional information about this item has been kindly…
Corrections to map
Table with names of prisoner of war camps, location and map square.
Recollection of the navigator of a Lancaster which took part in the bombing of Dresden on 13/14 February 1945
Aircraft from 153 Squadron at Scampton. Describes crew and some history of the aircraft "P" Peter. Goes on to describe operation in detail from briefing, through the flight with navigation details, bombing and return to base. Saw no sign of Luftwaffe…
Allied bombers shot down by FW Gunther Bahr
Table listing unit, date, aircraft, time, area of combat. Lists 36 combats with allied aircraft from 23 August 1943 until 17 March 1945. Includes Peter Jenkinson's Lancaster on 28 January 1945 as one of four that night. Details from "Luftwaffe Night…
Model Lancaster
Rear quarter view of a large model of Lancaster CF-E in an office with desk, chair and model of a Me-110 in the background.
Engagement reports
A series of Luftwaffe engagement reports, some in German, some translated concerning the attacks on a four engined bomber in the early hours of 18 December 1944 probably Henry Wagner's Halifax.
Engagement report
English translation of a German nightfighter combat report for 18 December 1944.
Antony Bridgman prisoner of war identification card
Gives personal details and has head and shoulders photograph. Notes at Stalag Luft 3, Oflag IX A.
Coventry
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Describes German air force attack on the city on 14 November 1940 giving detail of civilian damage and casualties. Compares it with bombing of Genoa and Turin which it claims as military. Includes photographs of damage to Coventry.
Bodenorganisation Großraum-Nachtjagd Luftflotte Reich
Map showing north Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, part of Belgium and France. Goes east to include Poland and parts of Lithuania. Symbols on map with legend on reverse. Symbols are of German air force aviation objects and defensive systems.
Instructions for starting FW 190
English language instructions for starting Focke-Wolf FW 190.
Messerschmitt Me 110
Five images of a Me 110. All have 'Messerschmitt Me 110' on the reverse except #4.
#1 Frontal silhouette
#2 Port side silhouette
#3 Identical port side silhouette
#4 Port side photograph
#5 Underside silhouette.
#1 Frontal silhouette
#2 Port side silhouette
#3 Identical port side silhouette
#4 Port side photograph
#5 Underside silhouette.
Messerschmitt Me 410
Three views of a Me 410. On the reverse of each is 'Messerschmitt Me 410'.
#1 is a frontal/underside photograph of an aircraft with RAF roundels.
#2 is a starboard/ rear photograph of an aircraft with RAF markings.
#3 is a port/front photograph…
#1 is a frontal/underside photograph of an aircraft with RAF roundels.
#2 is a starboard/ rear photograph of an aircraft with RAF markings.
#3 is a port/front photograph…
Focke-Wulf Fw190
Two silhouettes of a Fw 190. On the reverse 'Focke-Wulf Fw 190'.
#1 is a port side silhouette. There is a handwritten annotation 'Warwick'.
#2 is an underside silhouette with 'Oscar' handwritten.
#1 is a port side silhouette. There is a handwritten annotation 'Warwick'.
#2 is an underside silhouette with 'Oscar' handwritten.
Junkers Ju 87D
Three photographs of a Stuka. On the reverse of each is 'Junkers Ju 87D'.
Photo 1 is a frontal view.
Photo 2 is a port side view.
Photo 3 is a port side view of 12 aircraft.
Photo 1 is a frontal view.
Photo 2 is a port side view.
Photo 3 is a port side view of 12 aircraft.
Messerschmitt Me 210
Three silhouettes of a Me 210. On the reverse of each is 'Messerschmitt Me 210'.
#1 is a frontal silhouette.
#2 is a port side silhouette.
#3 is an underside silhouette.
#1 is a frontal silhouette.
#2 is a port side silhouette.
#3 is an underside silhouette.
Me 163
One frontal photograph and an underside silhouette of a Me 163 with 'Me 163' on the reverse.
Dornier Do 217
Four views of a Dornier Do 217. On the reverse of each is 'Dornier Do 217'. #3 and #4 are identified as Do 217 E2.
#1 is a photograph of the underneath.
#2 is a photograph of the starboard side.
#3 is a silhouette of the front.
#4 is a silhouette…
#1 is a photograph of the underneath.
#2 is a photograph of the starboard side.
#3 is a silhouette of the front.
#4 is a silhouette…