IBCC Digital Archive]]> Lesley Wain]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Yemen (Republic)--Socotra]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> 1944-05]]> This document mimics recruitment material seeking volunteers for the U-Boat service. It is in interactive form and shows a seaman dropping into a watery grave. It quotes the average life expectancy of U-Boat crew as 62 days.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> deu]]> Text]]> Artwork]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]>
A target photograph of the Tirpitz. Some detail is obscured by anti-aircraft fire. There is a cloud or a smoke screen close to but not obscuring the battleship. Captioned '1977 W.S.12.11.44 //8 13500 330° 0842 TIRPITZ. B1 1HC 12000 DT. C 31 SECS. F/L KNIGHTS. 0.617.'
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Germany]]> Norway]]> Germany--Munich]]> Norway--Tromsø]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-11-12]]>
The Tirpitz firing its guns, taken from onboard the vessel.

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Norway]]> Norway--Tromsø]]> 1944-10-29]]>
On the reverse
'Battleship Tirpitz
Walter Hugin
46 Do-Huckarde
Servahust sh. 19'
Picture 2 Captioned 'Signatures of Survivors on back of each photo'.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Angela Gaffney]]> eng]]> deu]]> Photograph]]> PTwellsE15070034, PTwellsE15070035]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]>
The nose art of Lancaster DV385 'Thumper Mk 111', complete with cartoon rabbit and bombing operations. Captioned 'Ernie Twells Lancaster he flew in'.
The Tirpitz lying in the fjord. Captioned 'Tirpitz capsized'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]>
'Battleship Tirpitz
Tirpitz 15 June 1945'. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Norway]]> Norway--Tromsø]]> 1945-06-15]]>
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Heather Hughes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Moving image]]> Civilian]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Kiel]]> England--Flixborough]]> England--Scunthorpe]]> 1948]]> 1974-06-01]]>
Gordon (34:00-47:51) discusses family members emigrating to Canada and returning during the war. One served at 426 Squadron at RAF Linton on Ouse, a rear gunner on a Halifax who was lost in the North Sea. Gordon discusses his friendship with Harold and recollects seeing Bomber Command aircraft flying out and coming back during the war.]]> Heather Hughes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Graham Emmet]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Canada]]> 1945]]> VOLUNTEERS FORWARD FOR THE U-BOAT SERVICE
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We journey against England.

PULL

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SHORT SERVICE

We journey down to a cool grave.]]>
Great Britain. Propaganda Warfare Executive]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> deu]]> Text]]> SBrookerWH[Ser#-DoB]v10002-0002,
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Great Britain. Propaganda Warfare Executive]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> deu]]> Text]]> SBrookerWH[Ser#-DoB]v10004-0002]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> The Times]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Navy]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> France]]> France--Cherbourg]]> Gibraltar]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Navy]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Norway]]> Norway--North Cape Region]]> North Africa]]> 1943-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Royal Navy]]> Uruguay]]> Uruguay--Montevideo]]> Photo 4 is a port side view of an AR196 flying over the coast.
Photo 5 is an AR196 on a trolley outside a hangar.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PThomasAF20060010]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]>

René Massigli, French Ambassador, arrives in London and meets General De Gaulle and Anthony Eden. Admiral Doenitz replaces Admiral Raeder as Commander in Chief of Germany navy. Formerly Commander in Chief of the submarine fleet. Air operations on number of sites involved with submarines or their production (Copenhagen, Wilhelmshaven, Dusseldorf, Lorient and Hamburg). Huge cost to the Romanians of collaboration rather than resistance.

Goering’s speech in Berlin, marking Hitler’s 10th anniversary, delayed by over an hour due to Mosquito air strike. Russian advancement against armies south of Rostov and Donetz’s armies. RAF’s operations listed for January 1943.

Diary of merchant navy officer: 35 days spent with 14 of his men in lifeboat after torpedo attack. Defence of shipping routes by RAF and Royal Navy. American, British and French actions following Casablanca conference.

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> Sally Coulter]]> fra]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> France]]> Germany]]> Russia (Federation)]]> North Africa]]> Romania]]> Denmark--Copenhagen]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Russia (Federation)--Volgograd]]> Denmark]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-01]]>
The second is a low level photograph of fields with a rural road and scattered trees running left to right and another smaller road running centre left to top right. The fields are covered in vehicle tracks and at least 20 tracked vehicles are seen spread over the entire area together with a group of smaller vehicles to top right.. The area also shows scattered craters from explosions throughout.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Sykes
Stuart Cummins]]>
eng]]> Photograph]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Norway]]> Norway--Altafjord]]> 1944-07-12]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Artwork]]> Photograph]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Norway]]> Norway--Tromsø]]> 1944-11-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Germany]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> 1946-10-01]]> John Martin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Indian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> South African Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France--Caen]]> France--Normandy]]> Poland--Świnoujście]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Poland]]> Poland--Vistula River]]> Poland--Toruń]]> Italy]]> Europe--East Prussia (Poland and Russia)]]> England--Grimsby]]> France]]> Belgium]]> France--Ardennes]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Dover]]> England--Wolverhampton]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Europe--Elbe River]]> England--Newark (Nottinghamshire)]]> Netherlands]]> Germany]]> England--Sleaford (Lincolnshire)]]> 1945]]>