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Tansley, Ernest Henry
E H Tansley
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-09-22
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Tansley, EH
Description
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98 items. <br />The collection concerns Pilot Officer Ernest Henry Tansley (1914 - 1943, 149542 Royal Air Force). He flew operations as a pilot with 57 Squadron and was killed 2 December 1943. Collection consists of photographs, letters, memoires, biographies, accounts of operations, logbook extracts and official/personal documents.<br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Anne Doward and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br />Additional information on Ernest Tansley is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/122894/">IBCC Losses Database.</a>
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20.9.94
[underlined] Evangelical Parish of Trebbin [/underlined]
Dear Mrs. Doward,
By a roundabout route your request came to us. We understand that you wish to learn something about the shooting-down & death of your father. Our records reveal the following Entry in the burial register of Trebbin (see enclosed).
On the 6th December 1943 8 bomber soldiers (5 Anglo-Americans and 3 Canadians) were buried at St. Anne’s (?) cemetery behind the rearmost chapel. They were shot down on a bombing raid to Berlin by a German night-fighter on the 3rd December and crashed in flames on the new clubhouse of the Rifle Club (behind Ludwig’s Meadow).
The list of personnel is in the hands of the Magistrate
High Command of the German Army,
Army Records Office for War-Related
Persons & Prisoners.
Dept IU 2 Saalfeld
No. 471/7.11 1617/44
Dalton, Brown, Park, Groves, Lewis, Moad and 2 unknown.
So your father must be one of the 2 unknowns. In the cemetery register of the parish there are also entries (see enclosed) but the names have been crossed through at a later date and someone has added the following:- “Sent back home”.
Consequently your father was buried in Trebbin but at some point was taken away again. Home, in this case must mean England. Certainly there are places in your Country which undertook such re-burials and could give you information in this respect.
Kind regards from Trebbin
M. Fiedler, Pastor.
[page break]
[original letter in German]
[page break]
[burial register extract]
[page break]
[burial register extract]
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Letter to Anne Doward from Pastor M Fiedler
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Handwritten translation of original Germany reporting her request for information about the shooting down and death of her father. Writes that crew were buried on 6 December 1943 is St Anne's (?) Cemetery. They were shot down by a night fighter on 3 December. Mentions location of crash and German documentation. Her father was one of unknowns recorded and was subject to later reburial. Includes German burial records.
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M Fiedler
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1994-09-20
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Handwritten translation and printed document
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eng
deu
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EFiedlerMDowardA940920
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Great Britain
England--Essex
England--Rochford
Germany
Germany--Trebbin
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1994-09-20
1943-12-03
1943-12-06
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Steve Christian
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crash
final resting place
killed in action
shot down
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Donaldson, David
David Donaldson
D Donaldson
Description
An account of the resource
309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-02
2022-10-17
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Donaldson, D
Grundy, AF
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Officers' Mess
R.A.F. Station,
Foulsham,
Norfolk.
R.N.Z.A.F.
Brighton.
Wednesday.
Dear Winco,
Just a short note from me to say cheerio to you & very many thanks for a happy time spent at 192 under your command.
We are leaving here tomorrow for Blackpool where we are staying for a week before embarking for home. We are going on the “ANDES” I think but have not much idea of which way we are going. There are going to be 1500 N.Z.ers
[page break]
going on this liner & they hope to have everyone home around Christmas.
Chaos reigns supreme down here as you can imagine but they are muddling their way through. However seeing the powers that be learned of it all only a week ago I don't suppose they are doing too badly.
One of the lads down here from Foulsham told me of about your bar to the D.S.O. My very heartiest congratulations to you on receiving it.
[page break]
Please give my regards to Ken, adj & the rest of the crowd there.
I hope to be able to get to Derby and see my wife again before I go as I've still a few things to clear up. They gave us no notice of this boat & I have to get my brother-in-law to sell my car for me.
I must close now wishing you all the very best in the future & I'll always remember the happy months spent at 192 with all of you.
Goodbye & good luck
Yours sincerely
Trevor Hicks.
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Letter to David Donaldson
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Thank you from a former 192 Squadron member Trevor Hicks who is leaving shortly to return to New Zealand. Congratulates David on Distinguished Service Order award. Sends regards to all.
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? Hicks
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Three page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHicksDonaldsonDW[Date]-01
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal New Zealand Air Force
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Great Britain
England--Norfolk
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Frances Grundy
192 Squadron
Distinguished Service Order
RAF Foulsham
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Cluett, Albert Victor
Albert Victor Cluett
A V Cluett
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World War (1939-1945)
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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68 items. The collection concerns Leading Aircraftman Albert Victor Cluett (1209046, Royal Air Force). After training in 1941/42 as an armourer, he was posted to 50 Squadron at RAF Swinderby and then RAF Skellingthorpe. The collections consists his official Royal Air Force documents, armourer training notebooks, photographs of colleagues, aircraft and locations as well as propaganda items, books in German and Dutch and items of memorabilia.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Albert Victor Cluett's daughter Pat Brown and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2015-05-15
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Cluett, AV
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Lancaster in flight drawing
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Front quarter view drawing of Lancaster in bank to port with clouds in the background.
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[..] West
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One b/w painting
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Artwork
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PCluettAV1568
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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IBCC Digital Archive
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arts and crafts
Lancaster
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Wilson, Reginald Charles
R C Wilson
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166 items. The collection concerns Reginald Charles Wilson (b. 1923, 1389401 Royal Air Force) and contains his wartime log, photographs, documents and correspondence. He few operations as a navigator with 102 Squadron. He was shot down on 20 January 1944 and became a prisoner of war.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Janet Hughes and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-01-13
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Wilson, RC
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Telegram to Reg Wilson's Father
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The telegram advises that Reg is missing.
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102 Squadron
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1944-01-21
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Great Britain
England--Romford
England--Essex
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Two printed sheets with typewritten annotations
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EOC102SqnRAFWilsonWJ440121
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-01-21
102 Squadron
missing in action
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O'Hara, Herbert
Paddy O'Hara
H F O'Hara
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59 items. The collection concerns the wartime career of Flight Sergeant Herbert Frederick O'Hara (1917 – 1968, 655736, 195482 Royal Air Force). Herbert O'Hara served on 12 Squadron at RAF Wickenby between February and May 1944. His aircraft was shot down over France in May 1944 and he evaded until he was liberated in September 1944. He was then commissioned. The collection contains service records and two logbooks, notification of him missing as well as correspondence from and photographs of French people who helped him evade. In addition there is an account of travelling across the Atlantic for flying training in Florida as well as notes from his aircrew officers course at RAF Credenhill. Finally there are a number of target and reconnaissance photographs and six paintings.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Brian O'Hara and catalogued by Nigel Huckins and IBCC staff.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-11-21
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O'Hara, HF
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No. 12 (Bomber) Squadron Reunion Dinner, 1950
Description
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A programme and menu relating to the 1950 reunion of 12 Squadron personnel held in the Lord Raglan hotel, London.
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12 Squadron Reunion Committee
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1950-10-14
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Three page booklet
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eng
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Text
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MOHaraHF655736-161121-03
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Civilian
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Great Britain
England--London
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1950-10-14
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IBCC Digital Archive
12 Squadron
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Moore, Dennis
D Moore
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-05-06
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Moore, D
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37 items and two albums.
The collection concerns (1923 - 2010, 1603117, 153623 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, documents, photographs and two albums. He flew operations as a navigator with 218 and 15 Squadrons.
Album one contains photographs of his family and his training in Canada.
Album Two contains photographs of his service in the Far East.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Terrence D Moore and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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[inserted] TAKEN FROM THE SERGEANT'S MESS KITCHEN COPY WHICH WAS USED TO MARK OFF THE "EGG & BACON" MEALS.
THE ORIGINAL STILL HAS 1945 BACON FAT ON IT!
Les Brown [/inserted]
[inserted][signature][calculations][/inserted]
[underlined] S E C R E T. [/underlined] [underlined] No 15 SQUADRON. [/underlined]
Serial No 1126. [underlined] 1st Battle Order for the 9th April 1945. [/underlined]
[a] A/C No. [b] Letter. [c] Capn & 2nd Pilot. [d[ Nav & W/Op. [e] A/B & M/U Gnr. [f] R/G & F/Eng. [g] M/Under.
[a] HK.699. [b] B. [c] [deleted] W/O. Woodman. [symbol] [/deleted] [d] Sgt. Relf. [symbol] Sgt. Gennoy. [symbol] [e] F/O. Moffat. Sgt. Hammond. [symbol] [f] Sgt. Dickinson. [symbol] [deleted] F/S. Freementle. [/deleted] [symbol] [g] F/O. Houston
[a] ME.849. [b] C. [c] F/L. Lacey. [symbol] [d] F/O. Blakney. F/S. [deleted] McKee. [symbol] [/deleted] [e] F/O. Underbakke. [deleted] Sgt.Coles. [/deleted] [symbol] [f] [deleted] Sgt. [indecipherable name] [/deleted] [symbol] Sgt. [deleted] [indecipherable name] [/deleted] [symbol]
[a] HK.799. [b] D. [c] F/L. Ayres. [symbol] [d] [deleted] F/S. Risley. [/deleted] [symbol] P/O. Greene. [e] F/O. Forsyth. F/O. Chambers. [f] F/O. Girardot. [symbol] P/O. Anderson.
[a] PA.235. [b] E. [c] F/O. Burns. [symbol] [d] F/S. Dukes. [symbol] F/S. Nicholson. [symbol] [e] [deleted] F/O. [indecipherable name] [/deleted] [symbol] [deleted] F/S. Deakins. [/deleted] [symbol] [f] Sgt. Giddings. [symbol] [deleted] Sgt. Franks. [/deleted] [symbol] [inserted] F.L. [indecipherable name] [/inserted]
[a] HK.648. [b] F. [c] F/S. McLennan. [symbol] [d] F/S. Fudge. [symbol] F/S. Noble. [symbol] [e] F/S. Ellis. [symbol] Sgt. Linsell. [symbol] [f] Sgt. Willacy. [symbol] Sgt. [deleted] Clear. [/deleted] [symbol] [g] P.O. Flack.
[a] LL.806. [b] J. [c] F/S. Sievers. [symbol] [d] [deleted] F/S. Clarkstone. [/deleted] [symbol] Sgt. King. [Symbol] [e] F/O. Hunter. J.D. Sgt. Williamson(396). [symbol] [f] Sgt. Wells. [symbol] Sgt. Blankharn. [symbol]
[a] NX.561. [b] L. [c] F/L. Gray. [symbol] [d] F/L. Berry. [symbol] F/S. Metcalf. [symbol] [e] F/S. Dykstra. [symbol] Sgt. Cooper(427). [symbol] [f] Sgt. Ferguson. [symbol] Sgt. Rawson. [symbol]
[a] NG.338. [b] M. [c] F/L. Rosenhain. [symbol] [d] F/O. Overbury. P/O. Edgecombe. [e] F/O. Lane. W/O. Drought. [symbol] [f] F/O. Foster. F/O. Taylor. [symbol]
[a] PP.672. [b] N. [c] F/O. Watts. [symbol] [d] F/O. Cox. [symbol] F/S. Taylor(520) [symbol] [e] Sgt. Chapman. [symbol] Sgt. Kenny. [symbol] [f] Sgt. Doherty. [symbol] F/S. Lewis. [symbol]
[a] HK.789. [b] R. [c] F/L. Bithell. [symbol] [d] F/O. Harris. F/S. Reece. [symbol] [e] F/O. Wallace. F/O. Schanschieff. [f] Sgt. Price. [symbol] Sgt. Draper. [symbol]
[a] PP.664. [b] U. [c] [ deleted] W/O. McGrath. [symbol] [/deleted] [d] F/O. Gilbertson. F/S. Cooper(356). [symbol] [e] F/S. Howard. [symbol] Sgt. Cheyney. [symbol] [f] Sgt. Watson. [symbol] Sgt. Sharpless. [symbol]
[a] HK.619. [b] V. [c] F/O. Darlow. [symbol] [d] Sgt. Porter. [symbol] Sgt. Gabb. [symbol] [e] Sgt. Cooper(900). [symbol] Sgt. Bathgate. [symbol] [f] F/O. Cork. W/O. Lane. [symbols] [g] F/S. Palmer. [symbol]
[a] ME.844. [b] W. [c] F/L. Clayton. [symbol] [d] P/O. Graham. F/S. Brown(297) [symbol] [e] F/O. Robertson. [symbol] P/O. Hardy. [f] Sgt. Fletcher. [symbol] P/O. Raine.
[a] NF.957. [b] X. [c] F/L. Jolly. [symbol] [d] F/O. Cope. F/O. Crowther. [e] F/O. Gourley. W/O. Hall. [symbol] [f] F/S. Wyatt. [symbol] F/S. Parsons. [symbol]
[a] NO.444. [b] Y. [c] [deleted] F/L. Lewis. [/deleted] [d] [deleted] F/S. Bellis. [/deleted] [deleted] F/S. McDonald. [/deleted] [e] [deleted] F/S. Cowie. [/deleted] [symbol] [deleted] Sgt. [indecipherable letter]atts. [symbol] [/deleted] [f] [deleted] F/S. Langan. [/deleted] [symbol] [deleted] Sgt. Parry(021). [/deleted] [symbol]
[a] HK.765. [b] Z. [c] F/S. Bruce. [symbol] [d] F/S. Rolfe. [symbol] F/S. Ardley. [symbol] [e] F/S. Knott. [symbols] [deleted] F/S. [indecipherable name] [/deleted] [symbol] [f] Sgt. Chettoe. [symbol] [deleted] Sgt. [indecipherable name] (994) [/deleted] [symbol]
[a] NG.358. [b] H. [c] S/L. Percy. [symbol] [d] F/O. Moore. F/S. Evans. [symbols] [e] F/O. Butler. F/S. Bourke. [symbols] [f] F/S. Clarke(655). [symbol] P/O. Forster. [symbols]
[a] NG.364. [b] P. [c] F/L. Ostler. [symbol] [d] F/O. McCulloch. [symbol] W/O. Spratt. [symbol] [e] P/O. Bartholomew. Sgt. Hands. [symbol] [f] Sgt. Hamilton. [symbol] Sgt. O'Keefe. [symbol]
OFFICER I/C FLYING RATIONS – F/O. HUNT.
F/O. HUNT'S CREW TO REPORT TO RADAR OFFICER.
F/L. BAGENAL & CREW – DUTY CREW.
[underlined] BRIEFING TO BE NOTIFIED LATER. [/underlined] [symbols] [inserted] Williams [/inserted]
[inserted] 79 [symbol] [/inserted]
(signed) N. G. MACFARLANE.
Wing Commander,
Commanding,
No 15 Squadron.
[page break]
SEE ENTRY 9/10th April 1945
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15 Squadron Battle Order 9th April 1945
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A document with the battle order for the squadron. It lists each aircraft and each crew member for operations that night. Annotated on it is 'Taken from the Sergeant's Mess kitchen copy which was used to mark off the "Egg and Bacon" meals. The original still has 1945 bacon fat on it' and is signed 'Les Brown'.
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15 Squadron
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1945-04-09
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One typed sheet
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eng
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SMooreD1603117v10019, SMooreD1603117v10020
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1945-04-09
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Babs Nichols
15 Squadron
air gunner
aircrew
bomb aimer
flight engineer
mess
navigator
pilot
wireless operator
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Stone, George Bernard
G B Stone
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-10-06
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IBCC Digital Archive
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An account of the resource
14 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer George Bernard Stone and contains an album, photographs and documents. He flew operations as an air gunner with 156 Squadron and was killed 13 August 1944. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Nigel Stone and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" class="TextRun SCXW27189654 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW27189654 BCX0">Additional information on George Bernard Stone</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW27189654 BCX0"> is available via the</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW27189654 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}"> <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/227051/">IBCC Losses Database.</a></span>
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No. 156 Squadron,
Royal Air Force,
Upwood,
Huntingdonshire.
13th August, 1944.
Dear Mrs Stone
It is with deep regret that I write to confirm the sad news which you have already received regarding your husband, Pilot Officer G. B. Stone.
His aircraft was engaged in an attack on Russelsheim on the night of the 12th/13th. August 1944, but as no message was received from the aircraft after leaving this country there is little that I can add to the bare statement reporting him as “Missing”.
Your husband was a member of a most outstanding crew, and I had the fullest confidence in his abilities. I am sure that he and his companions gave a very good account of themselves under whatever circumstances prevented them from bringing their aircraft back to this country. I can only hope that they were able to make a safe landing, either by parachute or in the aircraft itself.
News of this nature however, reaches us only through the International Red Cross Committee, and normally takes up to six weeks to come through. My sympathy, and that of all members of my squadron is with you in this anxious time of waiting.
It is desired to explain that the request in the telegram notifying you of the casualty to your husband was included with the object of avoiding his chance of escape being prejudiced by undue publicity in case he was still at liberty. This is not to say that any information about him is available, but is a precaution adopted in the case of all personnel reported missing.
Mrs. G. B. Stone,
Nancyville,
Plantation Tce.,
Dawlish,
[underlined] Devon. [/underlined]
P.T.O.
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Letter to George Stone's Wife from his Squadron
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The letter confirms the news that Ivy Stone's husband is missing.
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156 Squadron
Date
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1944-08-13
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One typewritten letter
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eng
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PStoneGB16010006
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Great Britain
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Devon
England--Dawlish
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1944-08-12
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Waller
156 Squadron
missing in action
RAF Upwood
Red Cross
-
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Stone, George Bernard
G B Stone
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-10-06
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IBCC Digital Archive
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An account of the resource
14 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer George Bernard Stone and contains an album, photographs and documents. He flew operations as an air gunner with 156 Squadron and was killed 13 August 1944. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Nigel Stone and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" class="TextRun SCXW27189654 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW27189654 BCX0">Additional information on George Bernard Stone</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW27189654 BCX0"> is available via the</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW27189654 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}"> <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/227051/">IBCC Losses Database.</a></span>
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POST OFFICE TELEGRAM
OFFICE STAMP EXETER DEVON 13 AUG 44
109 11.10 PE/T OHMS 64
PRIORITY CC MRS G B STONE NANCY VILLE PLANTATION TOE DAWLISH
REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR HUSBAND P/O GEORGE
BERNARD STONE IS MISSING AS RESULT OF AIR OPERATIONS
STOP LETTER FOLLOWS PENDING RECEIPT OF WRITTEN
NOTIFICATION FROM THE AIR MINISTRY NO INFORMATION SHOULD
BE GIVEN TO THE PRESS STOP ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
RECEIVED WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU IMMEDIATELY
156 SQD RAF + 156 PE/T
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Telegram to Ivy Stone from 156 Squadron
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The telegram advises Ivy that her husband, George is missing. There is also a newspaper cutting stating an unidentified body was found beside seven identified airmen.
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156 Squadron
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1944-08-13
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One typewritten sheet and one newspaper cutting
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eng
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PStoneGB16010018
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Great Britain
England--Dawlish
England--Devon
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IBCC Digital Archive
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David Bloomfield
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1944-08-13
156 Squadron
aircrew
killed in action
missing in action
-
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Turner, Charlie
C F Turner
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26 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Charles Turner DFM (1042292 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and photographs. He flew operations as a rear gunner with 186 Squadron.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Barbara Turner and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-08-22
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Turner, CF
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Commissioning of Air Crew Personnel
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A form filled in for P A Upson, Navigator. It details 26 operations by date, day or night, location and duration.
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186 Squadron
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1945
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Two typed sheets with handwritten annotations
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eng
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MTurnerCF1042292-160822-010001,
MTurnerCF1042292-160822-010002
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Germany--Essen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Homberg (Kassel)
Germany--Solingen
Germany--Bottrop
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Siegen
Germany--Trier
Germany--Rheydt
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Neuss
Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Germany--Saarbrücken
Germany--Osterfeld
Germany--Mönchengladbach
Germany
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Germany--Heinsberg (Heinsberg)
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1945
186 Squadron
aircrew
navigator
promotion
-
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Turner, Charlie
C F Turner
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An account of the resource
26 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Charles Turner DFM (1042292 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and photographs. He flew operations as a rear gunner with 186 Squadron.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Barbara Turner and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-08-22
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Turner, CF
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OPS. GELSENKIRCHEN 5.35 DAYLIGHT
[underlined] NO. 186 SQUADRON BATTLE ORDER – 5TH MARCH1945. Serial No. 25 [/underlined]
[underlined] Aircraft [/underlined]
(XY) ‘C’ HK. 694
[underlined]Pilot [/underlined]
W/O S.F. Cooke
[underlined] Navigator [/underlined]
F/O C.D. Wale
[underlined] Air Bomber [/underlined]
F/O A.E. Dent
[underlined] W/O/Air[/underlined]
F/O A. Crispin
[underlined] Mid Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt A. Graham
[underlined] Rear Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt F.G. Victor
[underlined] F/Engineer [/underlined]
Sgt E.W. McGaw
[underlined] Aircraft [/underlined]
(XY) ‘E’ NG 146
[underlined]Pilot [/underlined]
F/L G.M. Templeton
[underlined] Navigator [/underlined]
F/S J. McKey
[underlined] Air Bomber [/underlined]
P/O A.J. Beaven
[underlined] W/O/Air[/underlined]
F/S W.V. Barker
[underlined] Mid Gunner [/underlined]
F/S F.A. Mahoney
[underlined] Rear Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt Hargreaves
[underlined] F/Engineer [/underlined]
Sgt J. Coulton
[underlined] Aircraft [/underlined]
(XY) ‘F’ NG. 140
[underlined]Pilot [/underlined]
F/O A.P. Gillespie
[underlined] Navigator [/underlined]
Sgt P. Feasy
[underlined] Air Bomber [/underlined]
F/S F.I. Dow
[underlined] W/O/Air[/underlined]
W/O D.C. Strickland
[underlined] Mid Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt R. Whitehouse
[underlined] Rear Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt S.A. Bedwell
[underlined] F/Engineer [/underlined]
Sgt E.J. Roberts
[underlined] Aircraft [/underlined]
(XY) ‘G’ NG. 149
[underlined]Pilot [/underlined]
F/L A.N. Marshall
[underlined] Navigator [/underlined]
F/O L.E. Jordon
[underlined] Air Bomber [/underlined]
F/O G. Arrand
[underlined] W/O/Air[/underlined]
W/O S.J. Spay
[underlined] Mid Gunner [/underlined]
W/O L.H. Wilson
[underlined] Rear Gunner [/underlined]
F/O A. Aspin
[underlined] F/Engineer [/underlined]
Sgt E.J. Roberts
[underlined] Aircraft [/underlined]
(XY) ‘J’ HK. 682
[underlined]Pilot [/underlined]
F/L E.L. Field DFC
[underlined] Navigator [/underlined]
F/S P.A. Upson
[underlined] Air Bomber [/underlined]
F/O G. Littleboy
[underlined] W/O/Air[/underlined]
F/S C.J. Morris
[underlined] Mid Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt W. O’Connell
[underlined] Rear Gunner [/underlined]
F/S C.F. Turner
[underlined] F/Engineer [/underlined]
Sgt Enright
[underlined] Aircraft [/underlined]
(XY) ‘L’ HK. 802
[underlined]Pilot [/underlined]
F/O H.S. Young
[underlined] Navigator [/underlined]
F/S D. Bone
[underlined] Air Bomber [/underlined]
F/S S.J. Reilly
[underlined] W/O/Air[/underlined]
F/S F. Holroyd
[underlined] Mid Gunner [/underlined]
F/S R. Lambert
[underlined] Rear Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt J. Green
[underlined] F/Engineer [/underlined]
Sgt N. Simpson
[underlined] Aircraft [/underlined]
(XY) ‘Q’ HK. 659
[underlined]Pilot [/underlined]
F/L R.A. Hanson
[underlined] Navigator [/underlined]
F/S L. Collins
[underlined] Air Bomber [/underlined]
F/S S.F. Mullett
[underlined] W/O/Air[/underlined]
W/O Robertson
[underlined] Mid Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt S. Roger
[underlined] Rear Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt R. Thomas
[underlined] F/Engineer [/underlined]
Sgt D. Say
[underlined] Aircraft [/underlined]
(XY) ‘S’
[underlined]Pilot [/underlined]
F/L F.H. Mason
[underlined] Navigator [/underlined]
F/S H. Coleman
[underlined] Air Bomber [/underlined]
P/O W.G. Williams
[underlined] W/O/Air[/underlined]
F/S W.S. [?]
[underlined] Mid Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt D.J. [?]
[underlined] Rear Gunner [/underlined]
F/S W.F. Upton
[underlined] F/Engineer [/underlined]
Sgt A. Heaslet
[underlined] Aircraft [/underlined]
(XY) ‘T’ HK. 794
[underlined]Pilot [/underlined]
F/O L. Idle
[underlined] Navigator [/underlined]
F/O A.A. Purkiss
[underlined] Air Bomber [/underlined]
F/S J.K. Snell
[underlined] W/O/Air[/underlined]
W/O M. Honor
[underlined] Mid Gunner [/underlined]
[?] MacDonald
[underlined] Rear Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt A.G. Philbey
[underlined] F/Engineer [/underlined]
Sgt J. Hamilton
[underlined] Aircraft [/underlined]
(XY) ‘U’ NG. 293
[underlined]Pilot [/underlined]
F/S P. Gray
[underlined] Navigator [/underlined]
F/S G. Merrick
[underlined] Air Bomber [/underlined]
F/O E. Marner
[underlined] W/O/Air[/underlined]
Sgt W. Jenkinson
[underlined] Mid Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt I.W. Foster
[underlined] Rear Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt E.C. Booth
[underlined] F/Engineer [/underlined]
Sgt F. Parkhouse
[underlined] Aircraft [/underlined]
(XY) ‘V’ RF. 126
[underlined]Pilot [/underlined]
F/L L.A. Green
[underlined] Navigator [/underlined]
F/S J. Baggott
[underlined] Air Bomber [/underlined]
W/O K.E. Pryor
[underlined] W/O/Air[/underlined]
F/S N. Robson
[underlined] Mid Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt D. Furguson
[underlined] Rear Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt W. Deards
[underlined] F/Engineer [/underlined]
Sgt L. Beamish
[underlined] Aircraft [/underlined]
(XY) ‘W’ HK. 796
[underlined]Pilot [/underlined]
F/O R. Goglier
[underlined] Navigator [/underlined]
F/S McKendrick
[underlined] Air Bomber [/underlined]
F/S R. Hawkins
[underlined] W/O/Air[/underlined]
F/S A. Scragg
[underlined] Mid Gunner [/underlined]
F/S F. Boyle
[underlined] Rear Gunner [/underlined]
F/S M. Gilmartin
[underlined] F/Engineer [/underlined]
W/O F.W. Lemon
[underlined] Aircraft [/underlined]
(XY) ‘Z’ HK. 606
[underlined]Pilot [/underlined]
F/O J.M. Forand
[underlined] Navigator [/underlined]
P/O E.C. Audell
[underlined] Air Bomber [/underlined]
F/S A. Cecotti
[underlined] W/O/Air[/underlined]
Sgt D. Harris
[underlined] Mid Gunner [/underlined]
Sgt J. Degay
[underlined] Rear Gunner [/underlined]
F/S W.F. Trivett
[underlined] F/Engineer [/underlined]
Sgt J.L. Butters
(XY) ‘D’ NG. 137 TO BE PREPARED AS A SPARE AIRCRAFT.
OFFICER i/c FLYING: W/C J.H. Giles DFC BRIEFING TIMES WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.
LEADERS: F/O RICHARDSON, F/L HOLMAN DFC, F/L BAXTER, F/L BUCKLAND DFC, SGT WALLWORK, F/L MACDONALD, W/O CASEY AND S/L DODWELL.
F/O VERRY, F/O DAVEY, F/S CORKAN, SGT BARWA, SAGT WARD, SGT HASSELL, SGT BROWN are to report to the Station Radar Officer at the time of the Navigators Briefing.
N.B. Alterations to this Order may only be made with the sanction of the Squadron Commander and notification to the Squadron Adjutant.
[signature] F/L
(J. S. Walker)
Flight Lieutenant, for,
Wing Commander, Commanding,
[underlined]No. 186 Squadron[/underlined]
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Battle Order 5th March 1945
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A battle order for 186 Squadron for an operation to Gelsenkirchen. It details each aircraft and all seven crew members for each aircraft.
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186 Squadron
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1945-03-05
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One typed sheet
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eng
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MTurnerCF1042292-160822-08
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Germany
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
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1945-03-05
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David Bloomfield
186 Squadron
air gunner
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
flight engineer
Lancaster
navigator
pilot
wireless operator
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Ellis, Roy
Royston Hazeldine George Ellis
R H G Ellis
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-05-09
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Ellis, RHG
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62 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Roy Ellis (1916 - 1943, <span>918424 Royal Air Force</span>) and contains correspondence, his decorations and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 199 Squadron and was killed 31 August 1943.<br /> <br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Norman Smith and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br />Additional information on Roy Ellis is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/208468/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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No. 199 Squadron,
Royal Air Force,
Lakenheath,
Suffolk.
23rd September 1943.
Dear Mrs. Ellis,
I thank you for your letter of the 20th September 1943, and in response to your request I am pleased to forward you the names and addresses of the members of your husband’s crew, which are as set out below.
The necessary instructions have been given here, for your husband’s sycle [sic] to be forwarded to you on which Air Ministry’s sanction is being obtained.
With regard to your husband’s uniform jacket and trousers, please forward same to this Unit.
Pilot – Aus. 408833 F/Sgt. Harlem A.A.
Next of kin – Father, Mr. Bertram Julius Harlem, 34 Salisbury Rd, Ross Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
Navigator – 3079475 F/Sgt. Julian W.B.
Next of kin – Wife, Mrs. Marjorie Julian, 14 Newby Terrace, Ripon, Yorkshire.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner – Aus. 412129 F/Sgt. Gee F.E.
Next of kin – Father, Mr. Rupert Stephen Gee, Regent St, Forbes, New South Wales, Australia.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner – 1206613 Sgt. Elphick H.
Next of kin – Wife, Mrs. Vera Maud, Margaret Elphick, 22 Daison Cres. Torquay, Devon.
Air Bomber – 988491 F/Sgt. McLaren I.N.
Next of kin – Father, Mr. William McLaren, 86 Moss Street, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland.
Rea Gunner – 408569 Warrant Officer Finlayson A.D.
Next of kin - Father, Mr. Alexander Duncan Finlayson, “Mutcharinga” Yeoong Creek, New South Wales, Australia.
[page break]
Flight Engineer – 1603576 Sgt. Smith J.T.
Next of kin – Wife, Mrs. Ellen Louise May Smith, Hill Cottage, Virley, Nr. Maldon, Essex.
Yours sincerely,
[signature] F/Lt.
for Wing Commander,
[underlined]Commanding No. 199 Squadron[/underlined]
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Letter to Mrs Roy Ellis from 199 Squadron
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The letter supplies names and addresses of Roy's crew members.
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199 Squadron
Date
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1943-09-23
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One double sided typewritten sheet
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eng
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SEllisRHG918424v10021-0001, SEllisRHG918424v10021-0002
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Australian Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
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David Bloomfield
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1943-09-23
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Great Britain
England--Suffolk
199 Squadron
aircrew
bomb aimer
flight engineer
killed in action
navigator
pilot
RAF Lakenheath
wireless operator / air gunner
-
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Title
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Ellis, Roy
Royston Hazeldine George Ellis
R H G Ellis
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-05-09
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Ellis, RHG
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62 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Roy Ellis (1916 - 1943, <span>918424 Royal Air Force</span>) and contains correspondence, his decorations and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 199 Squadron and was killed 31 August 1943.<br /> <br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Norman Smith and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br />Additional information on Roy Ellis is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/208468/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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POST OFFICE
TELEGRAM
OFFICE STAMP UPPER TOOTING SW17 31 AUG 43
WD 92 B 2.20 NR/T OHMS PRIORITY CC 55/56
PRIORITY MRS D C M ELLIS 253 BALHAM HIGH RD LONDON SW 17
REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR HUSBAND 918424 SGT
ELLIS R H G IS REPORTED MISSING AS THE RESULT OF AIR
OPERATIONS ON THE NIGHT OF 30/31 AUGUST 1943 LETTER
FOLLOWS STOP ANY FURTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE
COMMUNICATED TO YOU IMMEDIATELY = 199 SQUADRON +
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Telegram to Mrs Doreen Ellis
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The telegram reports Roy Ellis is missing.
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199 Squadron
Date
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1943-08-31
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One typewritten sheet
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eng
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SEllisRHG918424v10009
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Great Britain
England--London
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IBCC Digital Archive
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David Bloomfield
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1943-08-30
1943-08-31
199 Squadron
missing in action
-
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Title
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Ellis, Roy
Royston Hazeldine George Ellis
R H G Ellis
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-05-09
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Ellis, RHG
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An account of the resource
62 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Roy Ellis (1916 - 1943, <span>918424 Royal Air Force</span>) and contains correspondence, his decorations and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 199 Squadron and was killed 31 August 1943.<br /> <br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Norman Smith and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br />Additional information on Roy Ellis is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/208468/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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No. 199 Squadron,
Royal Air Force,
Lakenheath,
Suffolk.
7th September, 1943.
Dear Mrs. Ellis,
In reply to your letter dated 5th inst., it is confirmed that your husband was missing on the operation against München, Gladbach, on the night of 30/31st August 1943.
It is hoped that better news will be received concerning him in the near future.
Trusting the above is all the information you require.
Yours sincerely,
[signature] F/Lt,
For Wing Commander,
[underlined]Commanding, 199 Squadron. [/underlined]
Mrs. Ellis,
253 Balham High Road,
London S.W. 17.
[page break]
[underlined] CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE [/underlined]
The names of all who lose their lives or are wounded or reported missing while serving with the Royal Air Force will appear in the official casualty lists publish from time to time in the Press.
Any publication of the date, place or circumstances of a casualty, and particularly any reference to the unit concerned, might give valuable information to the enemy, and for this reason, only the name, rank and Service number are included in the official lists.
Relatives are particularly requested, in the national interest, to ensure that any notices published privately do not disclose the date, place or circumstances of the casualty, or the unit.
The press have been asked to co-operate in ensuring that no information of value to the enemy is published.
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Letter to Mrs Doreen Ellis from 199 Squadron
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The letter reports that Doreen's husband is missing on an operation against Munchen. Included is a sheet with advice regarding publication of details of the circumstances of a casualty.
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199 Squadron
Date
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1943-09-07
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One typewritten and one printed sheet
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eng
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SEllisRHG918424v10014
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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Germany
Great Britain
England--London
England--Suffolk
Germany--Munich
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1943-09-05
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IBCC Digital Archive
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David Bloomfield
199 Squadron
aircrew
missing in action
RAF Lakenheath
-
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Ellis, Roy
Royston Hazeldine George Ellis
R H G Ellis
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-05-09
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Ellis, RHG
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An account of the resource
62 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Roy Ellis (1916 - 1943, <span>918424 Royal Air Force</span>) and contains correspondence, his decorations and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 199 Squadron and was killed 31 August 1943.<br /> <br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Norman Smith and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br />Additional information on Roy Ellis is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/208468/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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No. 199 Squadron,
Royal Air Force,
Lakenheath,
Suffolk.
31st August, 1943.
Dear Mrs. Ellis,
By the time you receive this letter you will have been informed that your husband, 918424 SGT Ellis, R. H. G., was reported missing as a result of air operations on the night of 30/31st August, 1943, and I am writing to extend to you my most profound sympathy in your anxiety for him.
He was the air gunner of an aircraft which took off that night on a mission against the enemy, but which failed to return, and I have heard nothing further of this aircraft or its crew since it left its base. Although I do not wish to raise your hopes unduly, there is always the chance that your husband may have escaped with his life and been taken prisoner of war, and I am hoping that some such news will come to hand in the near future. You will of course be informed if I should receive any further news.
The Royal Air Force Central Depository at Colnbrook, Slough, Bucks, to whom your husband’s personal effects are being sent will be writing to you about them in due course.
All officers and men of this Squadron with whom your husband was most popular, wish me to extend to you their most sincere sympathies, and should I be able to help you in any way, please do not hesitate to write.
Yours sincerely,
[signature]
[underlined]Wing Commander. [/underlined]
Mrs. D.C.M. Ellis,
253 Balham High Road,
[underlined]London, S.W. 17. [/underlined]
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Letter to Mrs Doreen Ellis from 199 Squadron
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An account of the resource
The letter advises Doreen that he husband is missing in action. The possibility that he husband may have escaped or taken prisoner is mentioned.
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199 Squadron
Date
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1943-08-31
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One typewritten sheet
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eng
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SEllisRHG918424v10017
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Civilian
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Great Britain
England--London
England--Suffolk
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IBCC Digital Archive
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David Bloomfield
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1943-08-31
199 Squadron
air gunner
aircrew
missing in action
prisoner of war
RAF Lakenheath
-
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Bubb, George. Album
Description
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32 items. The album contains photographs, propaganda, service material, memorabilia and research concerning George Bubb's service with 44 Squadron at RAF Spilsby.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Bubb, GJ
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44 Squadron and the Wesserling Raid 21/22 June 1944
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Six page document courtesy of the late Allen White - 44 Squadron Historian. Reproduces narratives from three 44 Squadron crews involved in the operation. Overall the operation lost 37 crews from 120 launched against Wesserling oil refinery near Cologne. 44 Squadron dispatched 16 aircraft of which 6 were lost. Germans successfully interfered with Oboe of pathfinder Mosquito aircraft and the operation disintegrated. First narrative recounts experience of Squadron Leader Cockbain who lost control of his aircraft after attack by night fighter. Some crew baled out before he regained control and after a struggle successfully returned to base. Second narrative recounts experience of Cockbain's flight engineer, Walter Faraday. Reports on damage and that rear gunner is stuck in malfunctioned turret. Describes recovery to base and feelings next day. Final account from this crew is from the mid upper gunner Albert Bracegirdle who baled out and awoke in a forest. After evading he hands himself in due to injury and the fact he is deep in Germany. He notes that two other squadrons on the operation lost six crews. He notes that plan was standard 5 Group low level marking technique but bomb on H2S if no markers. However operation bore the brunt of successful night fighter action. An account of the loss of Pilot Officer R Woods aircraft is given by W/O A Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force. This was their second operation and they were hit by night fighter and had to bale out. Recounts crew struggling with parachutes while others are injured or dead. Three crew members survived and were caught the next day. The final account of the operation is from Sergeant F Preston, one of the only three crew to survive from Pilot Officer J W Sholtz crew. He recounts he was blown clear after the aircraft exploded and opened his parachute and landing with some small injuries. He then headed for southern France. The final account is of Ric Green a navigator on 44 Squadron who did not fly on the attack but reported his feelings the next morning on finding so many crews missing from the previous night. There follows a role of honour for six crews lost on the operation. Notes that the first crew on the list, Flying Officer R Wood Royal New Zealand Air Force was the only Bomber Command crew lost that contained members of all three commonwealth air forces plus a representative from the United States Army Air Force.
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207 Squadron association
Format
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One album page
Language
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eng
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PBubbGJ16010131, PBubbGJ16010132, PBubbGJ16010133, PBubbGJ16010134, PBubbGJ16010135, PBubbGJ16010136, PBubbGJ16010137
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States Army Air Force
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Germany
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
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1944-06-21
1944-06-22
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IBCC Digital Archive
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44 Squadron
5 Group
619 Squadron
bale out
Distinguished Flying Cross
final resting place
H2S
Ju 88
Lancaster Finishing School
Mosquito
Oboe
prisoner of war
RAF Dunholme Lodge
RAF Syerston
shot down
target indicator
training
V-weapon
Window
-
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Roberts, E J H
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2017-07-12
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Roberts, EJH
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50 items. The collection concerns E J H Roberts DFC (408451 Royal Air Force) and contains maps, documents, news clippings and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 61 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Carole Grant and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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RAF Bruntingthorpe
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A vertical aerial photograph of Bruntingthorpe. An approximate scale and a north arrow has been annotated on the image. Also at the bottom is ' 5 BTPE 14.6.43//5" 13,000 <--- 032° 0857 Bruntingthorpe C S 29 OTU'.
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29 OTU
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1943-06-14
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Photograph
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One b/w photograph
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PRobertsEJH1711
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1943-06-14
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Great Britain
England--Leicestershire
29 OTU
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Operational Training Unit
RAF Bruntingthorpe
training
-
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Petty, Doug
Douglas Petty
D Petty
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Petty, D
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11 items. An oral history interview with Flying Officer Douglas Petty ( 1923 - 2023, 189456 Royal Air Force) documents and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 429 Squadron.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Douglas Petty and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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2016-08-31
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B Flight, No 3. Squadron, [RAF crest] No 21 I.T.W., August 1943.
[Photograph]
K. P. FITZPATRICK T. JOHNSON H. E. ROYAL W. ANDREWS R. A. HAWKINS E. G. STUBBINGS A. L. TOLLINGTON D. J. TEBBIT A. L. SUTTON D. A. SCOTT-BLAIR W. E. HIGGINS
P. A. WEST L. FRISBY J.C. KENRICK F. W. NEWBY S. WALSH D. B. NEAVE A. J. MACPHERSON R. ROBINSON W. A. JOHNSTON L. BOSTOCK E. J. FAIRCHILD P. C. WALL D. PETTY
V. M. JONES F. A. TINDALL G. R. BRIERS J. HENDERSON J. T. BROWN E. N. DALLISON F. A. ENGLAND W. H. BROWN G. A. RITCHIE G. H. WILLIAMS C. T. PATTERSON S. J. TURNHAM R. F. RECABARREN
H. K. PARSON C. MOSS R. W. MYERS R. G. MELLOR CPL. H. WILD F/O R. G. SPENCER S/Ldr P. J. BETT F/S G. S. HOLDSWORTH W. D. LIBBY R. C. HAILL H. DEWHIRST G. TOOMBS W. T. COATES
L. R. HANNA W. WARD J. RIDLEY J. LAYCOCK H. T. CALDER F. HELLIWELL
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B Flight, 3 Squadron, No 21 ITW August 1943
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Group of trainees arranged in five rows. Each individual is named in the caption underneath
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3 Squadron, RAF
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1943-08
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One b/w photograph
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eng
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Photograph
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PPettyD1607
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Great Britain
England--Devon
England--Torquay
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1943-08
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Anne-Marie Watson
aircrew
Initial Training Wing
RAF Torquay
training
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Stachiewicz, Mieczysław. Album
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58 items. An album of photographs, newspaper clippings and papers relating to Mieczysław Stachiewicz's escape from Poland through Romania, Greece, and France to Great Britain, and his tour of operations as a pilot with 301 Squadron from RAF Hemswell. The album also contains photographs of his friends and family.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-01-19
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Stachiewicz, M
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Wyciag z ksiegi strat Dywizjonu 301 w okresie maj – listopad 1942
Excerpt from 301 Squadron's loss book for the period May - November 1942
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A list of 16 aircraft and crew lost between May and November 1942 from 301 Squadron.
Business card for P/O Harry William Bock, Polish Air Force.
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301 Squadron
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1942-11
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Three handwritten sheets and a printed card from a scrapbook
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eng
pol
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PStachiewiczM17010045
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Polskie Siły Powietrzne
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
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1942-05
1942-06
1942-07
1942-08
1942-09
1942-10
1942-11
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301 Squadron
aircrew
killed in action
pilot
RAF Hemswell
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Allen, Bert
B W Allen
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22 items. the collection concerns Bert Allen (1923 - 1993, 1898094 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book and photographs, including some taken in Mauripur and Mumbai. He flew operations as an air gunner with 207 Squadron from RAF Spilsby. He was subsequently posted to India and was demobbed in 1946.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Mathew Allen and catalogued by Peter Adams.
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2018-05-03
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Allen, BW
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Cham
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Reconnaissance photograph of a small town in an agricultural location. A river is winding through the left hand side of the photograph, and a road runs top to bottom. Between the road and the river is a railway line. Several trains can be seen in a station. The area to the top left is heavily cratered, and the railway line has been destroyed. The right hand half of the photograph consists mostly of fields. The photograph is captioned in the top margin; 106G. 5384. 19APR45. F36//541 SQDN with an arrow pointing right. 3120. Caption on the photograph itself; CHAM M/Y K4293 IMMED DIST 23E with a simplified compass rose indicating North to the right of the photograph. The bottom margin is captioned; PRIN 30 BY BASE LAB 325TH PHOTO WING RCN. The reverse has a stamp, Intelligence, RAF Station Spilsby, dated 1945-04-23. Handwritten JMB. There is a sticker on the reverse, 'Initials Joyce Brotherton I/O Spilsby',
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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1945-04-19
1945-04-23
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One b/w photograph
Language
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eng
Type
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Photograph
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PAllenBW1805, PAllenBW1806
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Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Air Force
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Germany
Germany--Cham
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1945-04-19
1945-04-23
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325th Photographic Wing Base Lab
541 Squadron
aerial photograph
RAF Spilsby
reconnaissance photograph
-
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Hitchcock, John Samuel
J S Hitchcock
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-09-26
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Hitchcock, JS
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87 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant John Samuel Hitchcock (740899, 106813 Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, log books, uniform jacket, sunglasses, parachute logbook, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 37, 57 and 78 Squadrons. <br /><br />The collection also contains <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2142">an album</a><span> from his training in North Africa.<br /></span><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by P J Hitchcock and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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[underlined] INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE HANDLING OF WELLINGTON AIRCRAFT.
GENERAL. [/underlined]
These instructions are issued in amplification [three indecipherable words] in No. 3 Group Crew Order Book, Part 1, and are to be adhered to by pilots.
[underlined] PREPARATION FOR FLIGHT. [/underlined]
1. See that the main petrol cocks are in the "ON" position.
2. Turn on petrol cocks in pilots cockpit.
3. Prime petrol system with [deleted letter] Wicky.
4. Plug in starting trolley.
5. Engines doped at Nacell, 15 – 30 strokes.
6. Switch on Hand Magneto.
7. Set air screw control in coarse pitch.
8. Set 2 speed blower in "DOWN" position.
9. Set gills at position "10" on dial.
10. Put air intake in "cold" position.
11. Put mixture control in "NORMAL" position.
12. Set throttle 1/3rd open in slow steady motion.
13. Contact Starboard.
14.Press Starboard Starter Button.
15. Contact Port.
16. Press Port Starter Button.
17. Observe oil pressure 150 lbs.
18. Put air intake lever in "WARN".
19. On increase of oil temparature [sic], put aircrews in fine pitch.
20. Run up 200 r.p.m. stages to 1000 r.p.m.; allow oil pressure to drop to 100 lbs.
21. Put air intake in "COLD" and throttle back.
22. Open throttle till r.p.m. are 2500: draw back airscrew control to give 2250 r.p.m. open throttle, give plus 2 1/2 lbs boost, and check oil pressure at 80 lbs.
23. Throttle back to 1800 r.p.m. and check magnetos, check blower by snapping from M to S (oil pressure should drop to 50 lbs and regain normal in about 3 secs. r.p.m. should drop in S blower.
24. Return blower to M gear and airscrew control to fully fine.
25. Open throttle fully to obtain plus 5 1/2 lbs boost, and adjust airscrew control to give 2475 r.p.m.
26. Check cylinder head temperature at not more than 190° C.
27. Check fuel contents gauges.
/Cont. . . Page 2.
[page break]
. . . Page 2.
28. Check brake pressure.
29. Turn hydraulic power valve on.
30. Check functioning of flaps and return to "UP" position.
31. Check Oil Temperature gauges.
32. Check oil pressure gauges.
33. Check fuel pressure.
34. Check undercarriage warning device by pressing (KLAXON) button.
35. Checking warning lights on dashboard.
36. Set gills at position 10 for taxying.
37. Set actuating lever 2/3rds forward.
38. Open equalising cock. (UP).
39. Tighten throttle clutch if necessary.
40. Check cock on pipeline to instruments is in "PUMP" position.
41. Ensure that crew are in position and hatch closed.
42. Check controls for excessive stiffness or slackness.
[underlined] BEFORE TAKE-OFF. [/underlined]
1. Aircraft are to be taxied around the perimeter of the aerodrome to the position for take-off. On arrival at this position the aircraft is to be stopped in a position at right angles to the direction of the wind and facing the direction of circuit.
2. Check equalising cock for "ON" (UP).
3. Check friction clamp on throttles.
4. Check airscrew control for fine pitch, i.e. position for 2475 r.p.m.
5. Check flaps for fully UP position.
6. Check hydraulic power valve for "ON". (Mark 1A only).
7. Switch pressure head heater "ON".
8. Set gills to position 2. (light load).
9. Check blower in "H" [?] blower.
[underlined] TAKE-OFF. [/underlined]
Having ascertained that no aircraft are approaching to land, turn the aircraft into wind and run the engines up to about 1800 revs at approximately [indecipherable numbers] boost. When engines are running smoothly release the brakes and allow aircraft to roll gently forward for a few yards, and then open to full throttle for final take-off. When throttle is full open glance to see that plus 5 1/2 boost is being obtained.
For the take-off get the tail right up until the aircraft is approx. 2 to 3 degrees above the horizontal. Allow to run for 500 or 600 yards and then gently ease it off the ground, taking care not to depress the tail.
/Cont . . . Page 3.
[page break]
. . . Page 3.
[underlined] IN THE AIR. [/underlined]
1. As soon as airborne raise undercarriage (UP).
2. The nose of the aircraft is to be kept down until a minimum speed of 110 m.p.h. has been attained, after which a climb can be commenced.
3. On attaining a speed of 110 m.p.h. throttle back the engines to [symbol] 2 boost, and immediately adjust V.P. air screw controls to give 2200 r.p.m.
4. Climb to 500 feet, at the same time synchronising the engines and closing balance cock.
5. On attaining 500 feet throttle back the engines to - 1 boost, and adjust mixture control to "weak mixture" and climb at 130 m.p.h.
6. Particular attention is to be taken to ensure that the aircraft is flown in the "weak mixture" position with all boost pressures of less than zero.
7. Switch off hydraulic power valve. (Mark 1A only).
8. Adjust gills according to temperature.
[underlined] LANDING. [/underlined]
1. Circle aerodrome at 800 to 1000 feet.
2. Open equalising cock (UP) and CAGE directional GYRO.
3. Turn hydraulic power valve to "ON". (Mark 1a only).
4. Throttle back to -4 boost, and when speed falls below 150 m.p.h. lower undercarriage.
5. Lose height in such a manner that the aircraft will be approx. 500 feet in a position 1,000 yards down wind of the aerodrome.
6. Turn into wind.
7. On completion of the turn lower the flaps full. In a wind over 30 m.p.h. or with a full load the flaps should only be lowered to 500. The actuating gear to be operated as required. Flaps are not to be lowered at speed in excess of 110 m.p.h.
8. Put airscrews in fully fine pitch.
10. If night flying when the speed is reduced to 100 m.p.h. the landing light should be wound out and switched on.
[underlined] AFTER LANDING. [/underlined]
1. Raise flaps before taxying in UP.
2. Turn hydraulic power valve to "OFF", (Mark 1A only).
3. Taxi to boundary of aerodrome and move round perimeter. Check brakes before approaching hangars or other aircraft.
/Cont . . . Page 4
[page break]
[underlined] STOPPING ENGINES. [/underlined]
1. Move airscrew controls to coarse pitch. (Note that airscrews have gone into coarse pitch prior to switching off).
2. Switch off engines and pull up "cut-out" and hold it up until engine ceases firing.
3. Turn off petrol.
4. Switch off pitot head heater.
5. Switch off all electrical instruments.
[underlined] 13/7/40. [/underlined]
[signature]
Wing Commander Commanding [underlined] No. 37 Squadron. R.A.F. [/underlined]
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Instructions for the Handling of Wellington Aircraft
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Step by step instructions for handling a Wellington.
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37 Squadron
Date
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1940-07-13
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
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Text
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Four typewritten sheets
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MHitchcockJS740899-170926-10
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Sue Smith
3 Group
37 Squadron
aircrew
pilot
Wellington
-
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Cheshire, Leonard
Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard
Baron Cheshire
Description
An account of the resource
374 items concerning Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, OM, DSO & Two Bars, DFC. Collection consists of photographs of people, vehicles, places, aircraft, weapons and targets; documents including, private and service letters, signals, telegrams, intelligence reports, crew lists and official documents. Cheshire served on 102 and 35 Squadrons and commanded 76 and 617 Squadrons. The collection includes details of 617 Squadron's precision bombing operations. Also included are two sub-collections: one containing 21 photographs of Tinian and Saipan, the other consisting of 37 audio tapes of speeches given by Cheshire after the war.
The collection has been licenced to the IBCC Digital Archive by The Leonard Cheshire Archive and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is property of the Leonard Cheshire Archive which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre.
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File Personnel & B.F.
4G/GBW/DO.
Headquarters,
No. 4 Group.
Royal Air Force,
[underlined] YORK [/underlined]
6th February 1944.
Dear Chesh,
Gale told me that you were very anxious that we should provide a crew for your squadron.
You know that I would be most happy to oblige but on referring the matter to the A.O.C. he was most adamant that in view of the heavy commitments we have in this Group arising partly from the creation of some new Squadrons and commitments outside the Group it is absolutely impossible to fulfil your requirements. I am so sorry. Perhaps during the Spring when we have straighten ourselves out if you are still in want and would let me know I would use every effort to oblige.
I have tried several times to telephone you but although I got as far as Woodhall Spa. Each time it seems impossible to get put through to you.
Good wishes.
Yours
Gerry
Wing Commander G.L. Cheshire. D.S.O. D.F.C.,
[underlined] Woodhall Spa [/underlined]
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Title
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Letter to Leonard Cheshire from 4 Group
Description
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Reply to a request from Cheshire that 4 Group provide crew. Not possible at present due to heavy commitments and new squadrons forming.
Creator
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4 Group
Date
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1944-02-06
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Text. Service material
Identifier
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SCheshireGL72021v10029
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Yorkshire
England--York
Temporal Coverage
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1944-02-06
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Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence
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IBCC Digital Archive
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One-page typewritten letter
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Claire Monk
4 Group
Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992)
military service conditions
RAF Woodhall Spa
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Title
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Cheshire, Leonard
Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard
Baron Cheshire
Description
An account of the resource
374 items concerning Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, OM, DSO & Two Bars, DFC. Collection consists of photographs of people, vehicles, places, aircraft, weapons and targets; documents including, private and service letters, signals, telegrams, intelligence reports, crew lists and official documents. Cheshire served on 102 and 35 Squadrons and commanded 76 and 617 Squadrons. The collection includes details of 617 Squadron's precision bombing operations. Also included are two sub-collections: one containing 21 photographs of Tinian and Saipan, the other consisting of 37 audio tapes of speeches given by Cheshire after the war.
The collection has been licenced to the IBCC Digital Archive by The Leonard Cheshire Archive and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is property of the Leonard Cheshire Archive which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre.
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Title
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Telegram to Leonard Cheshire
Description
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Indian Posts and Telegraphs Form with congratulations to Leonard Cheshire on his Victoria Cross from Headquarters 4 Group
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4 Group
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One page handwritten telegram
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eng
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Text
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EAOC4GrpCheshireGL440914
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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IBCC Digital Archive
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4 Group
Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992)
Victoria Cross
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102 Squadron Collection
Description
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Thirty-one items.
The collection concerns material from the 102 Squadron Association and contains part of a Tee Emm magazine, documents, photographs, accounts of Ceylonese in the RAF, a biography, poems, a log book, cartoons, intelligence and operational reports, an operations order and an account by a United States Army Air Force officers secret trip to Great Britain to arrange facilities for American forces.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Harry Bartlett and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Date
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2019-05-23
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IBCC Digital Archive
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102 Squadron Association
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Title
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Operations order from 4 Group
Description
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Detailed operation order from group to 102, 77, 10, 158, 466, 640, 76, 78, 51 and 578 Squadrons with numbers of aircraft required. Target "Whitebait". Gives detailed instructions, routes, bomb loads, wave orders, fuel loads, window carriage, route markers, Pathfinder target and spoof marking, bombing instructions. List aircraft involved from other groups.
Creator
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4 Group Headquarters
Date
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1944-02-15
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1944-02-15
Spatial Coverage
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Germany
Great Britain
England--Yorkshire
Germany--Berlin
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Format
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One page typewritten document
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Pending text-based transcription. Allocated
Identifier
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S102SqnRAF19170809v30004
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IBCC Digital Archive
1 Group
10 Squadron
102 Squadron
158 Squadron
3 Group
4 Group
466 Squadron
5 Group
51 Squadron
578 Squadron
6 Group
640 Squadron
76 Squadron
77 Squadron
78 Squadron
8 Group
bombing
Halifax
Halifax Mk 3
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
Lancaster Mk 3
Pathfinders
RAF Driffield
RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor
RAF Pocklington
RAF Snaith
target indicator
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Title
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Cheshire, Leonard
Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard
Baron Cheshire
Description
An account of the resource
374 items concerning Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, OM, DSO & Two Bars, DFC. Collection consists of photographs of people, vehicles, places, aircraft, weapons and targets; documents including, private and service letters, signals, telegrams, intelligence reports, crew lists and official documents. Cheshire served on 102 and 35 Squadrons and commanded 76 and 617 Squadrons. The collection includes details of 617 Squadron's precision bombing operations. Also included are two sub-collections: one containing 21 photographs of Tinian and Saipan, the other consisting of 37 audio tapes of speeches given by Cheshire after the war.
The collection has been licenced to the IBCC Digital Archive by The Leonard Cheshire Archive and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is property of the Leonard Cheshire Archive which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre.
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[embossed HMSO Crest]
[inserted] Answered
GLC [/inserted]
Headquarters,
No. 4 Group,
Royal Air Force,
York.
19th May, 1944.
Dear Cheshire,
I have been overlong in writing to thank you very much indeed for a most delightful party on Tuesday. My wife and I met many old friends and the party was well worth the long journey.
Thank you again for asking us.
Yours sincerely
[underlined] C. N. Carr. [/underlined]
P.S. We were unable to find you to say good-bye.
W/Cdr. G. L. Cheshire, D.S.O., D.F.C.,
R.A.F. Station,
[underlined] WOODHALL SPA [/underlined].
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Title
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Letter to Leonard Cheshire from officer of 4 Group
Description
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Thanks him for the party
Creator
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4 Group officer
Date
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1944-05-19
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Text. Service material
Identifier
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SCheshireGL72021v10061
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Yorkshire
England--York
Temporal Coverage
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1944-05-19
Is Part Of
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Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
License
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Royalty-free permission to publish
Rights
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This content is property of the Leonard Cheshire Archive which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre.
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One-page typewritten letter
Contributor
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Roger Dunsford
4 Group
617 Squadron
Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992)
entertainment
military living conditions
RAF Woodhall Spa
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Title
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Taplin, J A
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-01-05
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Taplin, JA
Description
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128 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant John Albert Taplin (b.1919, 1268696 Royal Air Force) and contains correspondence, documents photographs and two audio interviews. He flew operations as an air gunner with 408 Squadron before he was shot down and became a prisoner of war.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Kevan Taplin and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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Title
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Letter from 408 Squadron to John Taplin's Parents
Description
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The letter confirms that John is missing during an operation over Hamburg. The circumstances are not known.
Creator
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408 Squadron
Date
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1943-02-04
Temporal Coverage
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1943-02-03
1943-02-04
Spatial Coverage
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Germany
Germany--Hamburg
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Canadian Air Force
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Format
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One double sided typewritten sheet
Identifier
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STaplinJA1268696v10024-0001, STaplinJA1268696v10024-0002
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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408 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
mess
missing in action
prisoner of war
RAF Leeming