IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending OH transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944]]> David Carter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Poland]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> 1941]]> 1943-04]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1945-01-19]]> On the reverse is the Betta Photos LTD stamp with the date, 3 Apr 1944.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1944-04-03]]> The telegram also contains handwritten text: "MISSING April 29, 1944" and is date stamped 2 May 44.
The reverse has some handwritten text: [unclear] 6.30".]]>
Great Britain. Post Office]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1944-04-29]]>
Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Great Britain]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Grantham]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> 1944-04-03]]> 1944-05-01]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1944-05-01]]> Commander in Chief, Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1943-05-23]]> Patch]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-05-23]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> On the reverse 'Telegram from Guy Gibson VC'.]]> Guy Gibson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1943-05-24]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-18]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales]]> Wales--Anglesey]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> 1926-01-15]]> 1953-03-23]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> Guy Gibson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> 1942-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> The reverse of the photograph has 44 names and three signatures.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Middle, left report of an aircraft landing on a car.
Middle centre, woman holding a baby, reports of engagements and births of babies.
Bottom left, report of the death of Lieutenant Geoffrey William Gray Walker. Bottom right girl on a beach.
Right page: report on a Renault factory.
Bottom left, eight men and two women in cricket attire with a ninth man sat on the grass in uniform.
Bottom right, eight men and five women, three wearing ties, arranged on the grass by a brick wall.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> eng]]> deu]]> fra]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Heckington]]> France]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-03-01]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Great Britain]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> Middle and bottom, congratulations to Bob on his award.
Right page; top, title of the Vauxhall Mirror.
Middle, report of Bob's operational career and being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Sergeant A J Spires being awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
Bottom, a group of 32 men, 30 wearing half caps and two in officer's hats, with a dog in front of a Whitley aircraft, annotated 'Bob 2nd left' and '51 Sqn April 1941'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Czech Republic]]> Italy]]> Italy--Naples]]> Italy--Taranto]]> France]]> FrAnce--Dunkerque]]> Middle East]]> 1941-04]]> 1941-06-07]]> 1941-07]]>
Middle left, aerial view of Hamburg docks.
Middle right, bombing targets and fires in Gelsenkirchen.
Bottom left, bombing of Boulogne harbour.
Bottom right, a woman holding a baby with a girl standing alongside.
Right page: a report of raids on Germany's naval harbour at Kiel.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> 1940-07-03]]> 1940-12-21]]>
Bottom, four men walking abreast, three wearing top hat and tails and one a vicar.
Right page: top left, a rural scene, top right, a view of a maltings across a river.
Middle left, an open topped car with driver annotated 'Inveraray Ash Bank Journey 1906', two children on a beach.
Middle right, the royal yacht Britannia passing under Tower Bridge.
Third row, left, two women doing the crossword and a report of business changes; centre, head and shoulder portrait of a man, annotated 'grandpa Melbourne'.
Right, a man in graduation robes, annotated 'Peter MA graduation day 1937? Clare Bridge'.
Bottom centre, Whitley MH M on the ground.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Things]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Argyll and Bute]]> Scotland--Inveraray]]> England--LOndon]]> England--Thames River]]> 1906]]> 1937]]>
Bottom left, a view of Whitley NI352 in flight from below.
Bottom right, Whitley H MH on a runway with chocks under the front wheels, annotated 'Bob's Whitley MH H'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Centre, seagull in flight, annotated 'original photograph taken by Bob'.
Top right, weather report; middle, attendees at a police dance, annotated 'Geoff Shaw was in the same squadron (51) as Bob, He was killed on landing at Dishforth one night after an op over Germany when bombs were stuck the undercarriage''.
Bottom left, village bridge and ford over a river. Captioned "St Michael’s, St Albans." 
Centre, cartoon goat captioned "Cuthbert".
Right, a hospital ward following a raid, annotated, 'Mile End hospital'.
Right page: top left, crest of 51 Squadron with the motto 'Swift and Sure', annotated, 'Bob was in 51 Squadron'.
Right, Royal Air Force card.
Bottom, left, head and shoulder portrait of a uniformed man, annotated, 'Peter Captain R.A.M.C.
Right, head and shoulder portrait of a woman, annotated, 'Suzanne, late 1930's'.

Additional information on Gerald Shaw is available via the IBCC Losses Database.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Artwork]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--St. Albans]]> England--London]]> 1940]]> 1941-01-28]]>