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Lower photograph: portrait of Septimus Robinson in officer's uniform with his observer brevet and medal ribbons.
Between the images is the caption: "My father above far left front row and below."]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Also a handwritten page which states: "SEPTIMUS ROBINSON 18-9-1915 - 5-3-1986 A PHOTO TAKEN IN UNIFORM. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIS RANK."]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Left page: bottom left, Bob in uniform with a woman in civilian clothes annotated 'Christmas 1940'.
Bottom right, a woman and a man outside a cathedral annotated 'Ursula with her father. Lichfield 1940?'.]]>
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Bottom left, view of a cathedral.
Bottom right, view of terraced fields.
Right page: top two rows reports family engagements; centre; a list of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves including R V Keeling.
Middle right; report of the marriage of Ursula Hartley and Pilot Officer Robert Keeling.
Bottom left and centre, reports of an operation to the Skoda works at Pilsen.
Bottom right, report from Harpenden badminton club.
Corner left, notice of the death of Pilot Officer Gerald F Shaw.]]>
The Daily Telegraph. The Observer.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Artwork]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Birmingham]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> 1940-10-04]]> 1941-01-10]]>
Jeremy Nicholson. Phil Moore]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Belgium]]> Germany]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> 1941-06]]> 1941-06-17]]> 1940-11-18]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Physical object. Decoration]]> Physical object. Clothing]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Physical object. Decoration]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-05]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Czech Republic]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Belgium--Zeebrugge]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> 1940-09-11]]> 1940-09-12]]> 1940-09-14]]> 1940-09-15]]> 1940-09-17]]> 1940-09-18]]> 1940-09-21]]> 1940-09-22]]> 1940-09-23]]> 1940-09-24]]> 1940-09-25]]> 1940-09-26]]> 1940-10-11]]> 1940-11-12]]> 1940-10-15]]> 1940-10-16]]> 1940-10-27]]> 1940-10-28]]> 1940-10-30]]> 1940-10-31]]> 1940-11-01]]> 1940-11-02]]> 1940-11-08]]> 1940-11-09]]> 1040-11-13]]> 1940-11-14]]> 1940-11-15]]> 1940-11-16]]> 1940-11-17]]> 1940-11-18]]> 1940-11-27]]> 1940-11-28]]> 1940-12-08]]> 1940-12-09]]> 1940-12-13]]> 1940-12-14]]> 1940-12-17]]> 1940-12-18]]> 1941-01-09]]> 1941-01-10]]> 1941-02-11]]> 1941-02-12]]> 1941-03-01]]> 1941-03-02]]> 1941-03-10]]> 1941-03-11]]> 1941-03-13]]> 1941-03-14]]> 1941-03-15]]> 1941-03-16]]> 1941-04-10]]> 1941-04-11]]> 1941-04-12]]> 1941-04-13]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Italy--Bari]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> 1944]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-05-03]]> 1945-09-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Marie Laydon]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> Germany]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Ebbw Vale]]> 1944-05]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Marie Laydon]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Amsterdam]]> Netherlands--Dordrecht]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Netherlands--Biesbosch]]> 1944-05-22]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bury St. Edmunds]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Norwich]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]>
After pre-aircrew flying, he was posted to 12 Squadron for operations in 1942. After completing his first tour of 30 operations posted to 1667 Conversion Unit, then No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. In November 1944 posted to 153 Squadron for 2nd tour. Post war posting to 50 Squadron and attachment to 57 Squadron.

Served at RAF Penrhos, RAF Wickenby, RAF Faldingworth, RAF Hemswell, RAF Scampton, RAF Sturgate, Raf Waddington.

Aircraft flown were Avro Tutor, Fairey Battle, Whitley, Anson, Lancaster, Halifax.

He flew 33 night bombing and mining operations with 12 Squadron as Flight Engineer to targets including La Rochelle, North Frisian Islands, Essen, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Turin, Lorient, Milan, Bremen, Nuremberg, Saint-Nazaire, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Spezia, Stuttgart, Gulf of Danzig, Bay of Biscay, Mulheim, Wuppertal and Cologne. His pilots in 12 Squadron were Wing Commander Villiers and Squadron Leader Slade.

With 153 Squadron he flew 3 night and 1 day bombing operations to Wanne-Eickel, Bonn, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and Paderborn. Also 3 Operation Manna, 2 Operation Dodge and one Cook’s Tour. In 153 Squadron his pilots were Flying Officers White, Bolton, Searle, Freeborn, Squadron Leader Rippingale, Flight Lieutenant Ramsden and Wing Commanders Rodney and Villiers.

Also two Operation Dodge with 50 Squadron. Flight Lieutenant Lundy was his pilot in 50 Squadron.

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Training started at No. 2 Air Gunnery School, followed by 5 Operational Training Unit based in Canada.

Served at RAF Dalcross, RCAF Boundary Bay, RCAF Abbotsford.

Aircraft flown were Anson, B24 Liberator.

Training only and no operations.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Inverness]]> Canada]]> British Columbia]]> British Columbia--Abbotsford]]> British Columbia--Tsawwassen]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
Bob Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Technical aid]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Worcestershire]]> 1944-09-25]]> Bob Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Technical aid]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> 1944-08-29]]> Bob Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Technical aid]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Homburg (Saarland)]]> 1944-11-08]]> Bob Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Technical aid]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> 1944-12-02]]>