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King, Edward James
E J King
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An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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Title page
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An account of the resource
Title page to Edward King's album 'Narrative of Operations' where he covers every operation of his tour.
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Edward King
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eng
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One title page
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SKingEJ182986v10002
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King, Edward James
E J King
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An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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Take Off
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A press clipping of "Take Off" a painting by Dame Laura Knight R.A. Edward notes that the painting was executed at RAF Mildenhall.
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Edward King
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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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Press clipping
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SKingEJ182986v10003
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1943
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Great Britain
England--Suffolk
arts and crafts
RAF Mildenhall
Stirling
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King, Edward James
E J King
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An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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Berlin
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Two items, a page with Berlin and the date 2/2/44 and a navigation plot to Berlin.
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Edward King
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
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One handwritten note, and a navigation plot
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SKingEJ182986v10009, SKingEJ182986v10010
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-02-02
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1944-02-02
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Germany
Germany--Berlin
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Map
Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
bombing
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King, Edward James
E J King
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An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] Cherbourg [/underlined]
[underlined] 22/12/43. [/underlined]
Airborne 2140
[underlined] Landed 0050. [/underlined]
The only a/c on operations from our station that night. Flew accross [sic] England at 2000’ then dropped to 600’ for sea-leg.
Dropped five mines on target area.
No flak observed.
Two lighthouses identified on the Cherbourg peninsula.
The Engineer cut his eye on landing thereby making everybody believe that we had been shot up.
[page break]
[map of route to Cherbourg & return]
[page break]
[map of Cherbourg area]
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Cherbourg, 'Gardening' Edward King's 1st operation of his tour
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Three items, Edward's description of the mining operation off Cherbourg, they were the only aircraft operating from their base that night. Edward's navigation plot and a map of the Cherbourg area.
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Edward King
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1943-12-22
1943-12-23
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France
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
Atlantic Ocean--English Channel
France--Cherbourg Region
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Text
Map
Format
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A handwritten note, a navigation plot, a map
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SKingEJ182986v10006, SKingEJ182986v10007, SKingEJ182986v10008
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1943-12-22
1943-12-23
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Peter Bradbury
15 Squadron
aircrew
mine laying
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
Stirling
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King, Edward James
E J King
Description
An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] Berlin [/underlined]
[underlined] 15/2/44 [/underlined]
Airborne 17.30
[underlined] Landed 00.10 [/underlined]
Take off in daylight. A beautiful evening with a glorious sunset.
Fighter flares started to fall as soon as we crossed the Danish coast. Flak seen at Flensburg & Rostock.
Target sighted some 80-90 miles away with Red T.Is above the clouds. Bombed above 10/10 cloud.
Flak the heaviest known for Berlin.
Return trip quiet. Flak seen at Dessau, Magdeburg, Osnabruck & Minden.
[page break]
[map of route to Berlin & return]
[page break]
[map of Berlin]
[page break]
[aerial photograph of city]
[page break]
[aerial photograph of Berlin]
The above oblique shows the devastation around the Lützow Platz and other places in the vicinity of the Tiergarten.
The old Reichstag can be seen and also the Kroll Opera House, badly damaged in recent attacks, which has housed the meetings of the Reichstag since the fire at the old Reichstag in 1933.
245
[page break]
[aerial photograph]
VAST AREAS OF BERLIN ARE LIKE THIS
An area of approximately 280 acres just west of the centre of Berlin, south of the Tiergarten and surrounding the Lützow Platz, where practically all the buildings have suffered damage by fire, the large majority being completely gutted. This is typical of large areas of damage in Berlin after the numerous attacks by aircraft of Bomber Command over a period of several months.
[page break]
HARRIS WAITED FOR 15 DAYS
Then 7,000 airmen block-busted Berlin
Express Air Reporter BASIL CARDEW
Behind the history-making attack on Berlin on Tuesday night – the greatest ever made at any time or place – lies the story of fifteen days of patient waiting and then five hectic hours after the decision to strike had been taken.
The man who made that decision was Air Chief Marshal Harris, head of Bomber Command. This time he intended to call upon his squadrons for their maximum effort.
For two weeks spy planes had flown out to get pictures of the holocaust caused by 14 heavy attacks on Berlin since mid-November.
To guide them
Harris wanted those pictures to guide the Pathfinders in marking areas that had escaped.
For two weeks his meteorological experts had waited for exactly the right conditions. On Tuesday Harris had the information he wanted and the conditions he wanted.
It was expected that thick cloud would be over Berlin by 9 p.m. And there was no moon. That was ideal.
Harris gave the word and scores of operational airfields got busy.
It took 4,000 men to get the bombs aboard more than 1,000 planes, and the work took more than five hours. Seven thousand fliers were briefed for the night’s work.
Well over a million gallons of petrol were poured into the tanks and nearly that number of ammunition rounds were stowed aboard, belt by belt.
Fighters late
The armada reached Berlin just on 9 p.m. Early arrivals met the most violent flak. They knew then that the main night fighter intercepting force was late, for the flak cools off when the defending planes are around.
For almost all that precious half hour of blast and fire the bombers were unharassed [sic] by fighters. Even in the last stages many crews bombed without opposition. The weather experts back in Britain, had been right.
After the main onslaught Mosquitoes patrolled over the city, stoking up the fires and peppering the fire fighters. These pilots saw a great pear-shaped glow of fires stretched across the city.
When the last bomber banked away for home, Berlin had taken
BERLIN:
[symbol] FROM PAGE ONE
more than 80 tons of bombs a minute for just over half an hour – a total of 2,500 tons of bombs.
Other planes had carried out a variety of attacks, including diversions to Frankfort-on-Oder, a chemical town, Mosquito intrusions over Western Germany and Holland, and minelaying.
Among the heavy bombers, mostly Lancasters and Halifaxes, was a new, more powerful and faster Halifax four-engined plane.
It is the Halifax III., which has been taking an important part in the heavy raids on Berlin. Its principal change from the Halifax II. is the fitting of Bristol Hercules engines, each of more than 1,650 h.p. This gives the aircraft an improved take-off, better rate of climb, a higher speed, range and carrying capacity.
In all the operations the R.A.F. lost 43 machines, considerably lower than 5 per cent.
Berlin has now had about 35,000 tons of bombs from the R.A.F. since the war started. This includes 87 minor raids.
In the last 21 heavier attacks nearly 30,000 tons have fallen on Berlin in 10 months.
Invasion will not stop Berlin raids
OTTAWA. Wednesday. – Captain Harold Balfour, British Under-Secretary for Air, said today that he saw no reason why the air effort for the invasion need interrupt continuous saturation raids on targets like Berlin. – Reuter.
NO houses in one suburb
Express Staff Reporter
STOCKHOLM. Wednesday. – Late tonight Swedish correspondents in Berlin were still unable to telephone reports to their papers about yesterday’s raid. But it is known that Berlin’s centre, together with the western and south-western districts, were the main targets.
The raid may have far-reaching psychological consequences, as many Berliners believe it was in retaliation for the much-boomed [sic] attacks by the Luftwaffe against London.
EXAGGERATED
The size of these raids has been widely exaggerated by Goebbels.
Today the official German spokesman switched right round and said that the London raids were only “practice raids” intended to train crews to repel the expected invasion.
Not one house is left standing in the Schoeneberg district, say travellers arriving from Berlin.
A German night-fighter pilot, Captain Peters, said on Berlin radio tonight: Because of bad weather only a small part of our air defence could go into action over Berlin. It took me 45 minutes to find two Pathfinders.”
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Berlin, Edward King's 2nd operation of his tour
Description
An account of the resource
Seven items, Edward's description of the operation, his navigation plot, a map of Berlin. Press clippings captioned 'Vast areas of Berlin are like this' shows an area of about 280 acres showing the large amount of bomb damage. There is another press cutting captioned 'Berlin' showing the devastation around the Tiergarten. A newspaper cutting captioned 'Harris waited for 15 days' described the lead up to the operation and it's execution.
Creator
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Edward King
Temporal Coverage
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1944-02-15
1944-02-16
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Germany
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
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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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Photograph
Text
Text
Format
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A handwritten document, a navigation plot, a map, three b/w photographs, a newspaper cutting
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SKingEJ182986v10011, SKingEJ182986v10012, SKingEJ182986v10013, SKingEJ182986v10014, SKingEJ182986v10015, SKingEJ182986v10016, SKingEJ182986v10018
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Pending text-based transcription. Under review
Geolocated
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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1944-02-15
1944-02-16
Contributor
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Peter Bradbury
15 Squadron
aerial photograph
aircrew
bombing
Lancaster
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
reconnaissance photograph
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King, Edward James
E J King
Description
An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] Stuttgart. [/underlined]
[underlined] 15/3/44 [/underlined]
Airborne 1915
[underlined] Landed 0335 [/underlined]
Quiet trip on way out although fighter flares were constantly falling on either side of the track.
Target was like daylight, with incendairies [sic] burning on the snow covered ground.
Attacked by ME 109 when on bombing run. Bomb Aimer saw trace going past a/c and shouted to gunners. Rear Gunner opened fire but a shell put his turret out of action almost immediately. Mid. Upper Gunner maintained fire with only one gun until ME 109 broke away port quarter up. During combat the Bomb Aimer had attacked the target. The Wireless operator was standing by to check release of the “Cookie” and I was watching him, when a cannon shell came in through rear of the a/c and exploded with yellow flash. The inter-comm
[page break]
then went dead and when emergency inter-comm. was established it was found that all the crew was uninjured.
Trip back was quiet but on return to base hydraulics were found to be unservicable and neither undercarriage or flaps would come down, whilst bomb doors had been open all the way back from the target. Fortunately the emergency air system pushed the undercarriage and flaps down and we landed safely.
Sum damage was 6 cannon shells in a/c causing 93 holes in various parts of the plane.
Equipment hit included Rear Turret, Hydraulics, Petrol Tank & Starboard Inner Engine.
Cannon shell found beside my foot whilst splinters passed between the Mid-Upper Gunners leg.
[page break]
[map of route to Stuttgart & return]
[page break]
[map of Stuttgart]
[page break]
LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1944
R.A.F. DROP 3000 TONS IN BIGGEST RAID EVER
[line]
1,000 HEAVY BOMBERS OUT: STUTTGART BLOW
[line]
LOSSES WERE LESS THAN 4 PER CENT.
The R.A.F.'s greatest air operation was carried out at a cost of 40 aircraft, representing a loss of less than four per cent. of the great force used.
Stuttgart, important aircraft and precision tool city of 500,000 people in South-West Germany, was the main objective. It was left blazing under a canopy of cloud.
While a huge load of bombs was pulverising this city, other aircraft struck at Munich and targets in North-West Germany, and Stirlings, Halifaxes and Mosquitoes attacked Amiens, railway centre in Northern France.
The Luftwaffe was up in strength to meet this formidable night onslaught, and the bombers were attacked both on the way to Stuttgart and over the target area.
"We were attacked twice on the way to Stuttgart, and a third time just after we had bombed," one pilot said. "Time and again, as we were on our way there, the sky was stabbed by tracer as combats broke out between the fighters and our bombers. It seemed that the whole of Bomber Command and the whole of the Luftwaffe were going at it hammer and tongs.”
There was thick cloud, three miles high in places, when the bombers set out from England, the Air Ministry stated last night. The cloud cleared a little as the force swept over the sea and there were breaks here and there over the Continent.
Stuttgart was covered by cloud about a mile high and just sufficiently thick to prevent the Germans from using their searchlights.
Not many fighter flares were dropped, but visibility above the clouds was very good, bright enough for the German pilots to pick out the bombers.
RED FLARES PATH
Battles Over Target
Flyg. Offr. P. E. SINCLAIR. of Moree, N.S.W. said that instead of the usual fighter flares the Germans laid red flares along the path taken by the bombers.
“We saw several enemy fighters,” he went on, “the first near the coast. There were many more in the target area, where numerous combats were taking place. One fighter which we did not see made a head-on attack on our Halifax without doing any damage.”
One squadron of Halifaxes shot down two fighters. One fell to the guns of two Canadian officers, the other to a Leeds rear-gunner, Pilot Offr. L. LAZENBY, D.F.M. It was Pilot Offr. Lazenby’s second encounter within a few minutes.
The Canadians, Pilot Offr. R. DEATH, of Toronto, and Pilot Offr. D. MAW, of Winnipeg, also had two combats, the first a close range duel with a single-engined fighter, which eventaully broke off his attack.
About two minutes later a F.W. 190 took up the challenge. Before it could fire, however, bullets from the two Canadians were striking it. They think they must have killed the pilot, for his aircraft stalled and nose-dived to the ground out of control.
4 A.M. LATEST
STUTTGART
HAVOC 'TERRIBLE'
STOCKHOLM, Thursday.-
Svenska Dagbladet reports: “Terrible havoc caused by R.A.F. raid on Stuttgart. City centre is not much more than heap of ruins, although main weight of bombs dropped on industrial outskirts. Factories are at a standstill." –
Reuter.
SEA OF FLAME OVER SOUTH GERMANY
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
ZURICH, Thursday.
Bursting bombs were heard and the reflections of vast fires in the sky were seen last night from Swiss territory on an unprecedented scale.
It seemed clear that the heaviest attack yet made on a South German town was being carried out by very strong forces.
After stating that the drone of aircraft engines lasted a full hour, an eye-witness at Ermatingen, four miles west of Constance, describes what he saw in a report printed in the Basler Nachrichten. He says:
"Suddenly one section of the sky appeared to become a sea of flame. Tremendous sheets of fire spread upward in the direction of Singen Radolfzell and Markdorf, 11 miles from Constance. The whole district was lit up as if it were day.
"The first big glare was visible in the region of Augsburg and Munich, from which area loud explosions came. But the main attack seemed concentrated on Stuttgart.
“From that town the sky was not only alight to a remarkable extent, but for over half an hour very heavy explosions seemed to indicate a specially violent attack."
Another eye-witness, cabling from Basle, says: “At 10.22 p.m. the sirens sounded in Basle. It seemed that the whole sky was full of planes which, in gigantic waves, flew eastwards."
RECORD BOMB-LOAD
A Single Night's Work
Wednesday night's bomb-load of 3,000 tons is the heaviest yet announced as having been dropped in a single night, and for the first time yesterday's Air Ministry communiqué mentioned the use of "more than 1,000 heavy bombers."
In 1942 Cologne, Essen and Bremen experienced “1,000-bomber raids." but the machines then were not all of the heavy four-engined type.
Stuttgart, is one of Germany’s most important war centres. because of its very extensive and specialised engineering industry. Its many factories turn out large quantities of aero engines submarine engines and, motor components such as fuel injection pumps, magnetos. sparking plugs and pistons.
Two firms that are particularly well known are the great electrical equipment and aircraft component works of Bosch, at Stuttgart Sourbach, and in Stuttgart itself, and the Daimler A.G. motor and military transport works at Stuttgart-Unter-Turkheim.
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Stuttgart, Edward King's 3rd operation of his tour
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Five items, Edward's account of the operation which was eventful for the crew, They were attacked over the target by an Me 109, the aircraft was badly damaged but bombed and returned to base, none of the crew were injured. They had to blow the undercarriage down as the hydraulics had been damaged. Edward's navigation plot, the expected H2S plot of the target. There is a collection of newspaper clippings some of them from neutral cities, commenting in some detail on the Stuttgart operation.
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Edward King
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1944-03-15
1944-03-16
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Germany
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
Germany--Stuttgart
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
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Text
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One handwritten document, a navigation plot, an H2S plot, newspaper clippings.
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SKingEJ182986v10019, SKingEJ182986v10020, SKingEJ182986v10021, SKingEJ182986v10022, SKingEJ182986v10023
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1944-03-15
1944-03-16
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Peter Bradbury
15 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
H2S
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
Me 109
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
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King, Edward James
E J King
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An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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2020-11-22
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[underlined] Essen [/underlined]
[underlined] 26/3/44 [/underlined]
Airborne 2010
[underlined] Landed 0050 [/underlined]
Quiet trip to target.
Flak intense in the Ruhr and markers difficult to identify.
At turning point S.E. of Köln a ME 110 and a JU 88 was seen going towards the target
Heavy flak at Aachen whilst the West Kapelle defences had to be avoided.
“KRUPPS”
[page break]
[map of route to Essen & return]
[page break]
[map of Essen]
[page break]
NEW BLOW AT KRUPPS TOOK GERMANS BY SURPRISE
TUESDAY [underlined] 28/3/44 [/underlined]
R.A.F.'s 2,000 TONS ON ESSEN: ONLY 9 OF 900 PLANES LOST
Switching its main attack to the Ruhr, R.A.F. Bomber Command on Sunday night dealt another devastating blow to the partly-rebuilt Krupps works at Essen.
Probably more than 2.000 tons of bombs were rained down in a swift "saturation" raid, which took the enemy by surprise.
The absence of fighter packs until the bomber's were on their way back indicated that the Luftwaffe had expected another attack on Berlin, says the Air Ministry. Even the ground defences were not strong, although the flak became fiercer as the raid developed.
Hanover was among the other places attacked in Germany, while railway targets at Courtrai in Belgium, were bombed. Mines were also laid in enemy waters.
In all the night's operations only nine aircraft were lost. Two enemy fighters were shot down by R.C.A.F. bombers attacking Essen.
Although the blow at Essen was not a "thousand bomber" raid, it was not far short. The loss of nine planes represents about 1 per cent. of the force despatched.
THICK CLOUD OVER CITY
From half-way across the North Sea there was thick haze more than two miles high. Over Essen were two layers of cloud, one at 10,000 feet and one much nearer ground. Both were so thick that searchlights were ineffective.
"They tried to light up the clouds so that we should be silhouetted as we went in to bomb," a pilot said.
One minute before his aircraft dropped its bombs. Flt. Lt. D. Davies, a Halifax pilot, of Bargoed, saw an extraordinary explosion which lasted from five to 10 seconds.
"Somebody dropped a bull's-eye all right," he said. "The explosion threw of a yellow light which lit up
the whole sky. It illuminated the cockpit of our aircraft like day, and in its glare I could see other aircraft flying all round us."
Because of the density of the cloud pilots could not see just how the attack had gone.
Since the Battle of the Ruhr ended eight months ago the Germans had got Krupps back in to production. About one-fifth of the damage had been repaired - rolling mills, press shops, forges and engineering and machine shops.
Essen had not been heavily attacked since the 2,000-ton raid on the night of July 25. Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Air Minister. said afterwards that Bomber Command might have to return to the city to check any attempts at partial re-construction.
Nearly two-thirds of Krupps had been either destroyed or damaged in the Battle of the Ruhr, and by the time it was over it was estimated that the damage was the equivalent of a six-month loss of output. Since then the Germans have been methodically trying to repair some of the devastation and to increase the production of the works.
To rebuild all the damaged workshops would have taken too long, and, in any case. the Reich was suffering from a shortage of both materials and labour.
The Germans, therefore, seem to have decided on a compromise. Reconstruction on a large scale was not attempted, but repair of the superficial damage went on even while the battle was still being waged. By September the Germans had repaired a good deal of the superficial damage.
WORKERS CLEARED DEBRIS
Much of the debris had been cleared away, mainly by the Krupps workers themselves, who were put on to this work when all production in the factory was at a standstill.
Hanover, more recently the target for daylight attacks by American bombers, is the most important railway centre between Germany and the Low Countries. It also has many war industries, some of which were reported to have been moved there from the battered Ruhr.
It has had four major attacks by the R.A.F., the last being on the night of Oct. 18.
LUFTWAFFE REACH RUHR TOO LATE
RAF feint for Berlin tricks them
By BASIL CARDEW
By setting a course for Berlin, and then suddenly switching to Essen, R.A.F. bombers outwitted the German defences on Sunday night.
The Luftwaffe held its fighters to intercept on the [indecipherable word] mile run up to the German capital. They raced back to the Ruhr too late.
Bomber Command had cracked Essen's arms works with more than 3,500 tons - harder than in any of the previous seven heavy attacks.
So complete was the surprise that even the guns failed to put up a big barrage when the assault started just before 10 p.m. but it grew stronger towards the end of the half hour of the bomb torrent.
Probably 800 or 900 bombers were out raiding the Ruhr and Hanover, and only nine were lost.
“Happy Valley was certainly not its old self," said one pilot.
Nearly two-thirds of the Krupps works at Essen were damaged in the battle of March to July 1943, costing at least six months' production
Reconnoitring R.A.F. planes found that although some of the more devastated plants had been left to rot, about one-fifth had been repaired, enabling the enemy to resume a substantial volume of production. That was the reason for the renewed "stoking up."
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Four items, Edward's description of the operation to the Krupp works, his navigation plot, the expected H2S plot of the target. Two newspaper clippings suggesting that the return to the Krupp works after a brief respite was to destroy the rebuilding work that had been carried out and that a feint toward Berlin had confused the German nightfighters.
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Edward King
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1944-03-26
1944-03-27
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Germany
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
Germany--Essen
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Text
Map
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One handwritten document, navigation plot, H2S plot, newspaper cuttings
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SKingEJ182986v10024, SKingEJ182986v10025, SKingEJ182986v10026, SKingEJ182986v10027
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1944-03-26
1944-03-27
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Peter Bradbury
Title
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Essen, Edward King's 4th operation of his tour
15 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
H2S
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 3
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
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King, Edward James
E J King
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An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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[underlined] Laon. [/underlined]
10/4/44
[underlined] EASTER MONDAY. [/underlined]
Airborne 0050
[underlined] Landed 0530 [/underlined]
Full Moon with cloud below to English coast but clearance across Channell [sic] . French Coast & Le Havre seen plainly with Moon shining on bends of the River Seine.
Fighter seen at 01 0 30’ E crossing from port to starboard with navigation lights on – it then dived away and left us.
Target with little flak – T.Is [sic] seen burning on the rails.
Troubled by searchlights from aerodrome at 02 0 E on way back. Flak seen Dieppe Bomb Aimer saw train and wanted to fire at it.
MARSHALLING YARDS
[page break]
[map of route to Laon & return]
[page break]
[aerial photograph of Laon marshalling yard]
[page break]
[aerial photograph]
[page break]
[map of Laon marshalling yard]
[page break]
GREATEST SOFTENING-UP INVASION BLITZ
Air Battles Over Germany To-day: 900-Plane Blow in Night
RAIL TARGETS SMASHED
"Evening News " Air Correspondent
WITH an all-night 900-plane blitz on French and Belgian rail targets, backed up to-day by another mighty offensive against Germany itself, the Allied air forces have stepped up the invasion "softening", to a new level of intensity.
Announcing the 900 plane attack on the rail targets in the night, the Air Ministry say that yards and depots at Ghent, Tours, Tergnier, Aulnoye and [underlined] Leon [/underlined] were all heavily attacked.
Squadrons of Mosquitoes attacked Hanover and objectives in the Ruhr were also bombed. Mines were laid in enemy waters. Twenty-two of our aircraft are missing.
Closely co-related with the attacks by British and American planes on the German aircraft industry and the "military objectives" in Northern France, these railway busting operations seem part of a general plan for softening-up Hitler's transportation system over the whole length of the so-called “invasion coast”.
Working Under Invasion Orders?
Sunday night's attacks on Villeneuve St. Georges and Lille; the series of 16 day and night raids on railway yards and junctions in France and Belgium carried out in March, together with yesterday's and last night's raids, evidently fall within the scope of the plan.
Roughly speaking the attacks have covered a rectangular area 150 miles deep by 250 long extending along the Channel coast from the mouth of the Scheldt to Havre, and running inland as far as the Luxembourg border to Tours, in France.
The region includes Paris, Amiens, Lille, and Le Mans. Use of the R.A.F.’s strategic night bombing force on these almost tactical attacks indicates either:
(1) That the assistance of R.A.F. Bomber Command has been called for by the “Invasion High Command.” under General Eisenhower, or
(2) That weather and moon conditions over Europe are preventing the employment of night bombers in a strategic role, releasing their services for primary targets (not necessarily “high priority” targets nearer home).
Eisenhower Can Call on R.A.F.
It has been assumed that the long range strategic operations of the U.S. “heavies” and R.A.F. Bomber Command are co-ordinated into the Allied war effort from Britain from outside the “Invasion H.Q.” – that is, by the War Cabinet and Combined Chiefs of Staff.
But the services of both day and night heavy bomber squadrons may be asked for at any time by General Eisenhower’s Command when targets of tactical importance are to be liquidated, or when assistance which only heavy bombers can provide, is required.
Here is the location of the R.A.F.’s latest targets: Tergnier, 50 miles inland from the mouth of the Somme; Tours, 150 miles south of Harvre and a similar distance south-west of Paris; Aulnoye, on the Franco-Belgium border; [underlined] Laon [/underlined] , 160 miles from the mouth of the Somme; Ghent, 10 miles from the coast behind Ostend and Zeebrugge.
Paris radio said to-day that, for the second night in succession, the Paris area was raided.
The radio also said that the number of casualties caused by the Allied raids on France on Easter Sunday is now 300 dead, 540 injured, and several hundred homeless.
The number of air-raid casualties since October 1941, totals over 12,000 dead, some 18,000 injured, and over a million homeless, the radio added.
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Six items, Edwards description of the operation to the Laon marshalling yards, comments that it was Easter Monday, there was a full moon, little anti-aircraft fire. Edwards navigation plot, two press photographs showing the damage to the yards on this and a later operation. The expected H2S return over the target, a newspaper clipping from the Evening News April 11th 1944, speculating that the Bomber Command four engined aircraft had been diverted onto a campaign to destroy communications in support of the forthcoming invasion.
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Edward King
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1944-04-10
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Laon
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Photograph
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Map
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One handwritten document, a navigation plot, H2S plot, two b/w photographs, newspaper clipping
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SKingEJ182986v10028, SKingEJ182986v10029, SKingEJ182986v10030, SKingEJ182986v10031, SKingEJ182986v10032, SKingEJ182986v10033
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-04-10
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Peter Bradbury
Title
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Laon, Edward King's 5th operation of his tour
15 Squadron
aerial photograph
aircrew
bombing
H2S
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
reconnaissance photograph
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King, Edward James
E J King
Description
An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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[underlined] Essen [/underlined]
[underlined] 26/4/44 [/underlined]
Airborne 2300
[underlined] Landed 0300 [/underlined]
D. R. Compass unserviceable over base. Set course 10 minutes late but cut off corner on sea-leg.
Target area one solid mass of searchlights.
Flak not so heavy as usual.
[page break]
[map]
[page break]
[map]
ESSEN
MARSHALLING YARDS
[page break]
ESSEN BLITZED: LIKE CAKE-WALK
[italics] Krupps City's Defences Weak: [/italics]
5,000 AIR ATTACKS IN 36 HOURS
LUFTWAFFE TRICKED AGAIN BY R.A.F.
ESSEN & SCHWEINFURT LEFT ABLAZE
Some 3,000 tons of high-explosives and incendiaries, it is estimated were dropped by the R.A.F. in its fourth 1,000-bomber raid in little more than a week. Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, Bomber Command Chief, once again tricked the air defences of Germany by a feint on Hamburg.
But while Mosquitoes pounded HAMBURG with 4,000lb blockbusters, the main force went on to drop about 2,000 tons on ESSEN, Krupps arms city in the Ruhr.
Another strong fleet attacked SCHWEINFURT, home of the Nazis' No. 1 ball-bearing plants in Bavaria. The targets were left a sea of flames.
Well over 1,000 big R.A.F. bombers hammered Essen, Schweinfurt, Hamburg and railyards at Villeneuve St. Georges, near Paris, on Wednesday night.
[page break]
BRILLIANT PLAN
Enemy Kept Guessing
The whole plan for the R.A.F.'s attack on Wednesday night was well conceived and as brilliantly executed.
From about midnight to one o'clock was a dramatic hour over Germany as the enemy fighter packs, massed at various danger points in the Reich, were trying to guess where Bomber Command's blows were going to fall.
One large force of Lancasters and Halifaxes was flying north. Two others were going south. The northern force seemed to be making for Hamburg. What actually happened was that Mosquitoes bombed this target.
From the reports of the crews there can be little doubt that the Nazis sent strong reinforcements to meet this attack, for while the Mosquitoes were there dozens of fighter flares were falling over the city.
Meanwhile the main force had turned towards Essen. Although the Ruhr defences went into action, there seemed to have been only a few fighters to bar the way.
SCHWEINFURT RAID
Dusk-to-Dawn Flight
The strong force of Lancasters which bombed Schweinfurt had much less chance of giving the packs the slip. The route took them on a round flight of some 1,200 miles, most of it over enemy territory. At any point the German packs could intercept the bombers.
The Lancasters were in the air for no less than nine hours. They left England while it was still light. As they crossed the English coast on the return dawn was just breaking.
Essen got the heaviest attack. It opened shortly before half-past one. Some of the bombers arrived over the target just before zero hour. The defences lay low, evidently hoping that the town might still escape.
Then the first bombs and flares went down. In the words of a Halifax pilot, "Every searchlight, torch and lamp they could muster was turned on us. I have never seen so many searchlights before."
By the end of the raid crews reported the whole place seemed to be ablaze, said the Air Ministry last night. "It was one of the best attacks I've been in," commented another pilot.
[page break]
[underlined] Spy Planes Watch [/underlined']
"Essen was last attacked heavily only a month ago, but until then it had been left in peace for nine months. During the Battle of the Ruhr, which opened on the night of March 5 last year, nearly two-thirds of Krupps was either destroyed or damaged, and by the time the battle was over it was estimated that the damage amounted to a loss of six months' output.
"Since then the Germans have been industriously working to repair some of the damage.
"By September the enemy had repaired about a third of the superficial damage and a great deal of work has been put in since.
"Reconnaissance aircraft have Bomber Command fully informed of the progress of the work, and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris has allowed it to continue until there was sufficient to merit another major attack.
"Last night widespread fires were left burning in Essen, and crewe [sic] after crew reported that they could see high-explosive bombs bursting in the centre of the fires.
"The defences were almost negligible, and experienced pilots [map] drew an extraordinary contrast between the German defences last night and those of a year ago.
"I flew almost on exactly the same route last midsummer," said Flight-Lieutenant B. Sprackling, A Halifax flight-engineer, of Midhurst, Sussex. "Then we were being pitched all over the sky by bursting flak; this time it was more like a cake-walk.
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Four items, Edward's description of the operation, comments that their D.R. compass went U/S over their base, lots of searchlights but not so much anti-aircraft fire. Edwards nav plot, the expected H2S plot over Essen. Newspaper cuttings describing the operations that night including Essen.
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Edward King
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1944-04-26
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Germany
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
Germany--Essen
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
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Map
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A handwritten document, navigation log, H2S plot, newspaper cuttings
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SKingEJ182986v10034, SKingEJ182986v10035, SKingEJ182986v10036, SKingEJ182986v10037
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1944-04-26
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Essen, Edward King's 6th operation of his tour
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Sue Smith
15 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
H2S
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
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RAF Mildenhall
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King, Edward James
E J King
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46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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2020-11-22
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[underlined] Chambly. [/underlined]
[underlined] 1/5/44 [/underlined]
Airborne 2220
[underlined] Landed 0220 [/underlined]
Flak seen from Dieppe on way to target.
Target – no flak with good marking and master of ceremonies.
Attacked by rocket fighter (single – engined) in target area but corkscrewed starboard and evaded it.
Aerodrome with three runways seen near second turning point out of the target.
Two lots of trace seen, probably combats.
[inserted] MARSHALLING YARDS [/inserted]
[page break]
[map]
[inserted] [underlined] CHAMBLY [/underlined] [/inserted]
[page break]
[map]
BEAUMONT-SUR-OISE
[page break]
[photograph]
Vital French rail depot is smashed
Until the night of May 1 the railway yards at Chambly, north of Paris, were claimed to be among the most important in Europe. They contained the best-equipped permanent way depot on the Continent
These “before and after” pictures show how an attack on Chambly by Bomber Command on the night of May 1 reduced this vital German transport link to a wilderness of scrap metal and rubble
[photograph]
R.A.F. Launch 6-Prong Moon Blitz
3,000 TONS RAINED ON INVASION TARGETS
Then France Bombed To-day
[italics] “Evening News” Air Correspondent [/italics]
HUNDREDS of British heavies rained probably 3,000 tons of bombs on France and Belgium in the night in a great six-pronged moonlight blitz – then, to-day, the cross-Channel attack went on again.
The main objectives were a motor vehicle works at Lyons, aircraft repair works at Tours, an aircraft factory and explosive works at Toulouse, railway stores and equipment at Chambly, north of Paris, and railway yards and facilities at Malines, north-east of Brussels, and at St. Chislain, near Mons.
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Four items, Edward's description of the operation, where he comments on the anti-aircraft fire, conditions over the target, events during the trip and general observations. Edward's navigation plot, the expected H2S plot over the target and newspaper clippings with photographs showing the damage caused during the operation.
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Edward King
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1944-05-01
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Paris Region
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
Type
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Text
Map
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A handwritten document, navigation plot, H2S plot, newspaper clippings
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SKingEJ182986v10038, SKingEJ182986v10039, SKingEJ182986v10040, SKingEJ182986v10041
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-05-01
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Jan Waller
Title
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Chambly, Edward King's 8th operation of his tour
15 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
H2S
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 3
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
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King, Edward James
E J King
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An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] Nantes. [/underlined]
[underlined] Chateau Bougon Aerodrome [/underlined]
[underlined] 7/5/44 [/underlined].
Airborne 0015
[underlined] Landed 0605 [/underlined]
Full Moon – Quiet on way in to target.
Target – Flak very accurate. Good T.Is & Master of Ceremonies. Bomb Aimer saw runways with bombs bursting on it. Pall of black smoke up to 10,000’ with fires burning on ground.
Defences at Vannes quite concentrated light flak – had to go round them.
[page break]
[map]
[inserted][underlined] NANTES. [underlined][/inserted]
[page break]
[map]
NANTES
Aircraft Assembly Works (S.N.C.A. du SUO-OUEST)
Chateau Bougon Airfield
[page break]
6-POINT MOON BLITZ ON FRANCE
The R.A.F.s moonlight precision bombing experts – specially-trained “ace” squadrons – were switched in strength on to German bomber bases and ammunition dumps in France in the night, whites the [italics] Evening News [/italics] Air Correspondent.
Swift and concentrated bombing attacks were carried out on at least three heavy and medium bomber airfields in Western and Central France. The other targets in a six-point attack on France included two ammunition dumps.
Leverkusen, the big chemical centre north of Cologne, was also attacked, and the regular mining of enemy waters was continued. Nine aircraft are missing.
The airfields, at which there are also aircraft repair depots, were; Rennes, inland from St. Malo; Nantes, inland from St. Nazaire; and Tours, Central France.
Following up recent British and American daylight attacks, these latest blows were in the nature of “pot-boiling” raids of a tactical type, designed to smash runways, grounded aircraft, hangars, and depots, and put important Luftwaffe installations out of action for days or perhaps weeks.
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Four items,Edward's description of the operation to the Chateau Bougon aerodrome, his navigation plot, the expected H2S return of the target, a newspaper cutting referring to Bomber Command bombing by moonlight.
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Edward King
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1944-05-07
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Nantes
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Text
Map
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Handwritten document, navigation plot, H2S plot, newspaper clipping
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SKingEJ182986v10042, SKingEJ182986v10043, SKingEJ182986v10044, SKingEJ182986v10045
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-05-07
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Jan Waller
Title
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Nantes, Edward King's 9th operation of his tour
15 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
H2S
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 3
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
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King, Edward James
E J King
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An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] Cap Gris Neg [/underlined]
[underlined] Naval Gun Battery. [/underlined]
[underlined] 8/5/44. [/underlined]
Airborne 2225
[underlined] Landed 0050 [/underlined]
Full Moon.
Target seen whilst still over England. Bombed visually. No flak.
The White Cliffs of Dover looked fine in the Moonlight.
[page break]
[map]
[page break]
[map]
[page break]
BIGGEST BANGS OVER CHANNEL
Dover windows smashed
Express Staff Reporter
DOVER, Tuesday. - The heaviest explosions ever heard on the South Coast since the war began shook houses, people into the streets just before midnight.
A few minutes beforehand Allied bombers had been heard passing over South-East Coast towns.
The explosions began with loud A.A. fire; then the ground trembled, violent bangs shook walls and shattered glass.
Flashes were seen as vividly as when the German long-range guns go into action.
The explosions continued at the rate of about five a second, reaching the intensity of rapid gunfire.
The R.A.F. were believed to be dropping blockbusters. The tremors came from the direction of Calais and the Dunkirk areas.
During the day Allied bombing on the other side of the Straits was intense.
Aircraft moved over in an intermittent procession. Before lunch several formations of heavies passed over; within a few moments explosions shook the Dover front; in Folkestone doors were jarred open.
COAST ROCKED BY FRENCH EXPLOSIONS
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
South-East Coast Town, Wednesday.
Some of the heaviest explosions of the war rocked South Coast towns last night.
Soon after dark heavy explosions from the French coast shook houses in Dover. Windows rattled and doors vibrated.
Flashes were seen while the explosions were occurring. R.A.F. planes were heard crossing the Straits and returning, apparently in a concentrated attack on the Calais area. They seemed to be running a shuttle service.
This was the heaviest attack heard on this side of the Channel since the days just after Dunkirk. The explosions continued for nearly half an hour.
Shortly after 11.30 there was a further series of explosions, lasting without a break for 15 minutes.
They were so violent that houses shook at Folkestone and other towns.
Soon after midnight there were others, even heavier than before. For nearly a minute at a time, windows and doors shook violently. This attack lasted for about 10 minutes.
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Four items, Edward's description of the operation against a gun battery, his navigation plot, a map showing the target and newspaper cuttings describing cross channel operations and heavy explosions.
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Edward King
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1944-05-08
1944-05-09
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France
Great Britain
England--Dover
England--Suffolk
France--Cap Gris Nez
England--Kent
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
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Map
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Handwritten document, map, newspaper cuttings
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SKingEJ182986v10046, SKingEJ182986v10047, SKingEJ182986v10048, SKingEJ182986v10049
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-05-08
1944-05-09
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Sue Smith
Title
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Cap Gris Nez, Edward King's 10th operation of his tour
15 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
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King, Edward James
E J King
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An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] Louvain [/underlined]
[underlined] Marshalling Yards. [/underlined]
[underlined] 11/7/44 [/underlined]
Airborne 2240.
[underlined] Landed 0125. [/underlined]
No moon.
Master searchlight caught us when crossing Dutch Islands but evaded it by means of a stall turn.
Flak seen Antwerp & Brussells.
Target – good T.Is. with neglible [sic] defences.
Ground rocket fired at us but turned starboard & evaded it.
MARSHALLING YARDS
[page break]
[map]
[inserted] [underlined] LOUVAIN. [/underlined] [/inserted]
[page break]
[newspaper cutting]
INVASION BLITZ AGAIN
RAILYARDS BY NIGHT
Boulogne and Louvain
The railway yards at Boulogne and Louvain, key points on the railways of North-West Europe, were among the targets attacked by Lancasters and Halifaxes of Bomber Command on Thursday night.
Both objectives were firmly identified and heavily bombed, said the Air Ministry.
Military objectives in France and Belgium were likewise hammered. A very violent explosion was the response to bombing made on one target on the French coast. Débris was thrown 1,000ft up. Several crews said they thought an ammunition dump had been blown up.
Some of the targets, both in France and Belgium, being near to built-up areas, a number of crews brought their bombs back, as visibility over the target areas was not good.
Bomber aircraft also laid mines in enemy waters. From these operations 16 aircraft are missing.
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Three items, Edward's description of the operation against the marshalling yards, he describes the events, flak and conditions over the target. Edwards navigation plot, a newspaper clipping describes the allied air activity including against Louvain.
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Edward King
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1944-05-11
1944-05-12
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Belgium
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
Belgium--Louvain
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
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Map
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Hand written document, navigation log, newspaper clipping
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1944-05-11
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SKingEJ182986v10050; SKingEJ182986v10051; SKingEJ182986v10052
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Sue Smith
Title
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Louvain, Edward King's 11th operation of his tour
15 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 3
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
searchlight
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King, Edward James
E J King
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An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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[underlined] Le Mans. [/underlined]
[underlined] Marshalling Yards. [/underlined]
[underlined] 19/5/44 [/underlined]
Airborne 2225
[underlined] Landed 0330. [/underlined]
Flak seen from Le Havre on way in, also Le Havre lighthouse.
Target – very concentrated trace. Air Bomber saw sheds and bombed them.
Searchlight tried to get us when crossing the coast coming out but did stall turn through it.
Four small ships seen S.E. of Guernsey in port echelon on course of 120° – probably M.T.B.s or E-boats.
[page break]
[map]
[inserted] LE MANS [/inserted]
[page break]
[map]
LE MANS
Marshalling Yard
[page break]
[photograph]
LE MANS MARSHALLING YARD HEAVILY DAMAGED
Severe damage to all parts of the Yard can be seen after the attack by aircraft of Bomber Command on the night of 13/14th March, 1944. Many wagons in the Marshalling Sidings (A) have been destroyed, derailed and damaged by fire. The Transhipment Sheds (B) have received several direct hits and are heavily damaged. The Engine Sheds (C) have a number of bays destroyed and the Repair Shops are heavily damaged by blast.
[photograph]
B
[photograph]
C
43
[page break]
[underlined] R.A.F. Smash Four Key Rail Towns [/underlined]
THOUSANDS OF TONS RAINED ON FRANCE
Paris and Germany To-day
[italics] Officially announced this afternoon that Flying Fortresses attacked airfields at Orby, Villacoublay, and Campaign, near Rheims, to-dark. They had a very strong fighter escort. [/italics]
[italics] "Evening News" [/italics] Air Correspondent
THE night and day air war on Europe is on again with full fury.
Hundreds of R.A.F. heavies in the night struck at four key rail towns in France, bomber fleets swept out again across the Straits to-day – and Achtungs warned Germany of bomber and fighter formations ranging across the Reich.
The R.A.F. night bombers in great strength struck four simultaneous blows at the French invasion railway system – Boulogne, Orleans, Tours and Le Mans – for the loss of seven planes, one of the smallest losses on record.
All the attacks were made by four-engined Lancasters and Halifaxes, and it is reckoned that the bomb-loads totalled thousands of tons, as the bombers would carry maximum weights on their comparatively short journeys.
Paris Hit To-day
After this night attack Paris radio reported that U.S. planes attacked the outskirts of Paris, south-west of the capital, this morning, doing great damage.
Thousands were left homeless by the R.A.F.'s violent night attacks, said the radio.
The R.A.F.s four main targets – marshalling yards, goods depots and railway junctions at Boulogne, Orleans, Tours, and Le Mans – are all vital points on the "spider's web" of railway communications covering Northern France generally
The targets were clearly identified and the bombing was well concentrated, says an R.A.F. communique. Military objectives on the coast of France were also bombed.
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Five items, the first is Edward's description of the operation to the marshalling yards at Le Mans. He describes the anti-aircraft fire, and conditions over the target. Edward's navigation plot, the H2S plot of Le Mans, a press cutting with three photographs of the damage done by Bomber Command in an attack in March, a newspaper cutting describing allied air attacks on rail centres including Le Mans.
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Edward King
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1944-05-19
1944-05-20
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France
Germany
England--Suffolk
France--Le Mans
Great Britain
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Photograph
Text
Map
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A handwritten note, a navigation log, H2S plot, a press cutting with two photographs, a newspaper cutting
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SKingEJ182986v10053, SKingEJ182986v10054, SKingEJ182986v10055, SKingEJ182986v10056, SKingEJ182986v10058
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1944-05-19
1944-05-20
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Peter Bradbury
Title
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Le Mans, Edward King's 12th operation on his tour
15 Squadron
aerial photograph
aircrew
anti-aircraft fire
bombing
H2S
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
reconnaissance photograph
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King, Edward James
E J King
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An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] Duisburg. [/underlined]
[underlined] 21/5/44. [/underlined]
Airborne 2310
[underlined] Landed 0310 [/underlined]
Cloud over target up to 18-19,000' so flak not seen much. No T.Is seen so over-ran E.T.A. for 3 minutes then bombed. Came out well south of track – across [sic] overflakkee[?].
Attacked by single engined rocket fighter over Belgium – cork screwed and lost him
[page break]
[map]
[underlined] DUISBURG. [/underlined]
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Two items, Edward's description of the operation, and his navigation plot.
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Edward King
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1944-05-21
1944-05-22
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Germany
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England--Suffolk
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
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Royal Air Force
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
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Text
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One handwritten document, a navigation plot
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SKingEJ182986v10059,SKingEJ182986v10060
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1944-05-21
1944-05-22
Title
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Duisburg, Edward King's 13th operation of his tour
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Sue Smith
15 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
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King, Edward James
E J King
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An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] Trappes. [/underlined]
[underlined] Marshalling Yards. [/underlined]
[underlined] 31/5/44 [/underlined]
Airborne 2355
[underlined] Landed 0505 [/underlined].
Thunderstorms & lightning around base – tossed about and iced up
Large fires seen burning in bend of the Seine.
Target – Flak fairly intense. ME109 seen over target about 500 yards away on reciprocal course.
Flak seen coming from Cherbourg & Channel Islands
[page break]
[Map]
[inserted][underlined] TRAPPES. [/underlined][/inserted]
[inserted] 2040F [/inserted]
[page break]
[Map]
TRAPPES
Marshalling Yard
[page break]
[Photograph]
WRECKED LOCOMOTIVES AT TRAPPES RAILWAY YARDS
Above : A railway line wrapped around a locomotive by the force of exploding bombs.
Below : Locomotives torn to pieces after heavy attacks by aircraft of Bomber Command during their concentrated offensive on enemy railway yards in the early part of 1944.
[Photograph]
[page break]
[Photograph]
TRAPPES Marshalling Yard was attacked by aircraft of Bomber Command on the night of 6/7th March, 1944. This photograph covers the N.W. end of the yard and includes the Engine Shed which has been heavily damaged. At least six engines are lying wrecked and there is considerable destruction and derailment of tenders and rolling-stock (arrows) in and adjacent to the Engine Shed. An extremely heavy concentration of craters is seen throughout the yard and practically all the lines have been affected. 2
[page break]
BOMBS SNUFFED OUT
PARIS RAID MARKERS
Through Storms to Hit Rails
Single enemy planes are over Germany, reported the German radio at 10.02 a.m.
A GIGANTIC stream of R.A.F. bombers last night went out over Europe to continue the pounding of the railways feeding the West Wall.
There were three separate attacks on important rail targets - on Terguier, 13 miles south of St. Quentin; on [underlined] Trappes, [/underlined] 16 miles south-west of Paris; and on Saumur, between Nantes and Tours.
In the attack on Trappes, the markers went down – but the first planes to bomb were so accurate that they wiped out the target indicators.
Pathfinders, however, were ready and the target was once more marked. Bombing started afresh.
Flight-Lieutenant E. Wallis, a Lancaster pilot from Coventry, said they had to fly through bad weather on the way.
"There were thunderstorms along the route," he said, "but we were through before they go really nasty. Then it cleared and the weather became as light as day."
-And Pas de Calais
Earlier, at midnight, the R.A.F. rocked towns on this side of the Channel with heavy explosions, which shook houses from Deal to Dungeness and jolted people in their beds. The blast was felt "like repeated puffs of wind."
In one watcher's words. "Hell was let loose" from Calais to Cap Gris Nez. The bombers roared out in a great procession. As some of the bombers were returning over the South-East Coast others were going out to unload their bombs.
Allied planes last night raided several places in Western, North-Western and Southern Germany, said Paris radio this morning. No details are yet available.
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Six items, Edward's description of the operation to the railway centre, commenting on the thunderstorms encountered, his navigation plot, the expected H2S plot of the target with their track marked, a press cutting captioned 'Wrecked locomotives at Trappes railway yards'. This has two ground level photographs showing locomotives and track having been badly damaged. Another press cutting is an air to ground of the yard with text describing the damage from an earlier raid in March 1944. A newspaper cutting describing the previous nights air activity including an attack on Trappes where the bombing was so accurate that it extinguished the Target indicators and the target had to be remarked.
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Edward King
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1944-05-31
1944-06-01
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Soligny-la-Trappe
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Map
Photograph
Text
Format
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A handwritten document, a navigation plot, H2S plot, three press and newspaper clippings
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SKingEJ182986v10061, SKingEJ182986v10062, SKingEJ182986v10063, SKingEJ182986v10064, SKingEJ182986v10066, SKingEJ182986v10068
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-05-31
1944-06-01
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Geolocated
Title
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Trappes, Edward King's 14th operation of his tour
Contributor
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Babs Nichols
15 Squadron
aerial photograph
aircrew
bombing
H2S
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 3
Me 109
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
reconnaissance photograph
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King, Edward James
E J King
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An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] Ouistreham. [/underlined]
[underlined] Naval Gun Battery [/underlined] [underlined] 6/6/44. [/underlined]
Airborne
[underlined] Landed 0650 [/underlined]
Quiet trip. – Bombed in daylight. No fighters or flak (except for Le Havre).
French country side looked very peaceful on "D"-Day.
[page break]
[Map]
[inserted] [underlined] OUISTREHAM. [/underlined] [/inserted]
[page break]
ALLIES INVADE FRANCE
MASSED RAIDS FOR 16 HOURS
MASSED bombing of Northern France, in support of our invasion Forces, has been going on non-stop for 16 hours since before midnight.
All records in the air were broken today as hundreds of planes, RAF and American, flew a shuttle service across the Channel.
There was little sleep for people in the S.E. coast towns after 3.30 a.m., and people went into the streets to watch the formations going out in the half-light.
They heard the drone of heavy troop-carrying planes, and, as dawn broke, saw the huge tow-planes travelling south over the Channel with gliders streaming out behind.
During the night Bomber Command made their heaviest attack yet on the German batteries along the French coast, says Air Ministry News Service.
There were ten attacks between 11.30 p.m. and dawn, each by 100 or more heavy bombers. In all, Bomber Command sent out 1,300 aircraft.
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Three items, Edward's brief description of the operation, his navigation plot and a press cutting with the caption 'Allies invade France', which describes some of the air activity in support of D Day.
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Edward King
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1944-06-06
Spatial Coverage
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Ouistreham
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Text
Map
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One handwritten document, navigation plot, press cutting
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SKingEJ182986v10069, SKingEJ182986v10070, SKingEJ182986v10071
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-06-06
Title
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Ouistreham, Edward King's 15th operation of his tour
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Babs Nichols
15 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944)
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
navigator
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
RAF Mildenhall
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King, Edward James
E J King
Description
An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] VALENCIENNES [/underlined]
[underlined] Railway Marshalling Yards. 15th June, 1944 [/underlined]
Airborne 2315
Landed 0245
Chris Morris (Bomb-Aimer) sick so took Doug. Cox.
Quiet trip with little flak.
[page break]
[map]
[inserted][underlined] VALENCIENNES. [/underlined][/inserted]
[page break]
[map]
[page break]
[photograph]
THE RESULT OF A.E.A.F. ATTACKS ON THE RAILWAY CENTRE AT VALENCIENNES
After several attacks by aircraft of 2nd. T.A.F. and 9th. U.S.A.F. this low altitude reconnaissance photograph shows part of the devastation, at Valenciennes, near the locomotive depot. The double track bridge over Canal de L'Escuat is seen lying on the canal bed preventing any traffic to Lille, Douai and Somain by this line.
Damage is widespread both in the Loco Sheds and the large factory on the opposite side of the canal.
184
[page break]
[photograph]
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Five items, Edward's brief description of the operation their bomb aimer was sick so took replacement, quiet trip. Edward's navigation plot, and an indication of the H2S plot when over the target. There are two press clippings, the first has a caption 'The result of A.E.A.F. attacks on the railway centre at Valenciennes'. This refers to the Allied tactical air forces damage to railway engine shed. The upper part of the photograph clearly shows the two large turntables, the round house where the locomotives are housed between trips and the storage tracks occupied by waggons, all badly damaged. Across the centre of the photograph is a canal with a collapsed bridge, below that are large factories again showing signs of bomb damage.
A second cutting shows Munich, no caption, signs of some bomb damage.
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Edward King
Temporal Coverage
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1944-06-15
1944-06-16
Spatial Coverage
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Valenciennes
Coverage
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Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Force
Language
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eng
Type
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Text
Photograph
Map
Format
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One typewritten document, navigation plot, H2S plot, two press cuttings
Identifier
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SKingEJ182986v10072, SKingEJ182986v10073, SKingEJ182986v10074, SKingEJ182986v10075, SKingEJ182986v10076
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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1944-06-15
1944-06-16
Title
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Valenciennes, Edward King's 16th operation of his tour
Contributor
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Sue Smith
15 Squadron
aerial photograph
aircrew
bombing
H2S
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
navigator
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
RAF Mildenhall
reconnaissance photograph
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King, Edward James
E J King
Description
An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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Three items, Edward's brief description of the operation, to marshalling yards at Montdidier, their own bomb aimer sick so took wing commander. Due to low cloud over target ordered to return with their bombs. Edward's planned navigation plot and a map of the intended target area with their intended track and target marked.
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Edward King
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1944-06-17
1944-06-18
Spatial Coverage
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Montdidier (Hauts-de-France)
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Map
Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Text
Format
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One typewritten document, a map, a navigation plot
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SKingEJ182986v10077, SKingEJ182986v10078, SKingEJ182986v10079
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-06-17
1944-06-18
Title
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Montdidier, Edward King's 17th operation of his tour
15 Squadron
aircrew
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
navigator
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
RAF Mildenhall
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King, Edward James
E J King
Description
An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] L’HAY [/underlined]
[underlined] P - Plane Base 23rd June, 1944 [/underlined]
Airborne 2250
Landed 0105
Flak seen at Calais and Dunkirk. Fired on by Lancaster on route home.
[page break]
[map]
[inserted] L’HAY [/inserted]
[page break]
[map]
[page break]
'HEAVIES' CRACK DOWN ON 4 FLY-BOMB BASES
One Vanishes in Yellow Flare
STRONG forces of Lancasters and Halifaxes of Bomber Command attacked flying bomb installations in the Pas de Calais last night. Forces of Thunderbolts and heavies were seen over the same target to-day.
Four installations were bombed in the night. One force of Halifaxes appeared to have caught the Germans napping. All was quiet when the attack began, and it was only after a heavy concentration of bombs had gone down that the enemy opened fire.
There were several explosions in the target area before the attack came to an end, one of them going off in a vivid yellow flash.
During the flight the crews saw flying bombs coming from the direction of France. An air-gunner saw one of them blow up on the way.
Heavy Explosion
Lancaster crews which attacked another installation reported that the target area was well marked by Pathfinders, and the attack appears to have been well concentrted.[sic]
One of the pilots, Flying Officer W. Searston, of Alfreton, Derby, saw one very large explosion.
"We were leaving the target," he said. ("when there was a terrific white flash which lit up the clouds, and for a moment obliterated the coloured markers below."
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Four items, Edward's brief description, referring to P planes, reports being attacked by a Lancaster on the way home, his navigation plot, a map of the area near the target, a press cutting describing the days air activities mainly attacking V-1 sites.
Creator
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Edward King
Temporal Coverage
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1944-06-23
1944-06-24
Spatial Coverage
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Map
Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Text
Format
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One typewritten document, a nav plot, a map
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SKingEJ182986v10080, SKingEJ182986v10081, SKingEJ182986v10082, SKingEJ182986v10083
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-06-23
1944-06-24
Contributor
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Sue Smith
Title
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L'Hay, Edward King's 18th operation of his tour
15 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
Halifax
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
V-1
V-weapon
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King, Edward James
E J King
Description
An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] VILLERS BOCAGE [/underlined] [underlined] 30th June, 1944 [/underlined]
[underlined] Panzer Concentrations in Woods. [/underlined]
Daylight operation at request of Field Marshall Montgomery. Formation flight with very heavy fighter escort. Very good visability [sic] & weather. Many ships seen in [deleted word] Channel and at the beachheads with many wrecked landing craft. H.M.S. "Rodney" observed near to the beaches with convoys everywhere. Landing strips in Normandy see in operation with Liberators, Spitfires and Lightnings. Cherbourg seen[deleted] i [/deleted] in distance. Bayeaux very peaceful. Only light flak seen but it was very accura[missing letters] Fighter escort mainly Spitfires with a few Tempests.
[page break]
[map]
[inserted] VILLERS BOCAGE [/inserted]
[page break]
[map]
[page break]
DAY 30TH JUNE 1944.
3 GROUP ADOPTED A NEW ROLE YESTERDAY WHEN THEY MADE A DAYLIGHT ATTACK ON VILLERS BO[deleted]S[/deleted]CAGE. APART FROM THE DAWN ATTACK ON 'D' DAY THIS WAS THE FIRST FULLSCALE OPERATION CARRIED OUT BY THIS GROUP OVER ENEMY TERRITORY BY DAY, SINCE THE BREST DAYS OF 1941.
127 LANCASTERS TOOK OFF FROM.
15 SQUADRON. – 17 DETAILED. – 16 PRIMARY. – 1 ABORTIVE.
622 SQUADRON. – 14 DETAILED. – 13 PRIMARY. – 1 CANCELLED.
90 SQUADRON. – 19 DETAILED. – 19 PRIMARY.
115 SQUADRON. – 27 DETAILED. – 27 PRIMARY.
514 SQUADRON. – 29 DETAILED. – 27 PRIMARY. – 1 ABORTIVE. – 1 MISSING.
THESE IN COMPANY WITH 105 HALIFAXES OF 4 GROUP SET OUT IN IT IS HOPED, GOOD FORMATION WITH FIGHTER COVER. THERE WAS 3.5/10 CLOUD AND MOST OF THE CREWS WERE ABLE TO SEE THE TARGET AREA QUITE CLEARLY THROUGH GAPS IN THE CLOUD. HOWEVER, OWING TO THE TERRIFIC CLOUD OF SMOKE AND DUST CAUSED BY THE HALIFAXES WHO WENT IN FIRST, THE AIMING POINT WAS COMPLETELY OBSCURED AND VERY FEW SAW THE MARKERS. THIS DID NOT PREVENT A GOOD ATTACK AND BOMBING WAS CARRIED OUT ON INSTRUCTIONS OF MASTER BOMBER ON CONCENTRATION OF SMOKE, THE MAJORITY FROM 10/12,000 FT. BUT A NUMBER CAME DOWN BELOW CLOUD AND BOMBED FROM 3,600 TO 4,000 FT.
SOME EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHS WERE OBTAINED BY ALL SQUADRONS AND ABOUT 90% SHOW THE AIMING POINT OR WHAT WAS THE VILLAGE COVERED BY CLOUDS OF SMOKE AND VERY LITTLE BOMBING APPEARS TO BE OFF THE TARGET. THE VILLAGE AND RODS [sic] SEEM TO BE OBLITERRATED [sic], AND IT IS HOPED MANY 'PANZERS' WITH IT.
THERE WERE SOME SCATTERED ACCURATE LIGHT AND HEAVY FLAK IN TARGET AREA, SEVERAL AIRCRAFT BEING HIT. THIS IS BELIEVED TO ACOUND [sic] FOR THE ONE LANCASTER AND ONE HALIFAX CASUALTIES.
NO ENEMY FIGHTERS WERE SEEN
ONE OF 75 SQDN WAS HIT BY FLAK OVER TARGET AND FORCED DOWN, BUT MANAGED TO LAND ON ONE OF THE LANDING STRIPS BEHIND OUR LINES, THE ONLY CASUALTY BEING ONE MEMBER OF CREW SLIGHTLY WOUNDED BY FLAK.
VILLERS BOCAGE
THE WHOLE AREA IS A MASS OF CRATERS. ALL THE AREAS ARE STILL BLOCKED.
[page break]
[photograph]
What Monty ordered
THE bombs going down in bottom centre of picture were part of the 1,000 tons dropped by the R.A.F. on a special target in answer to a call from the battle-line in Normandy
The target was a forest in the Villers Bocage area which held concentrations of German tanks. More than 250 Lancaster and Halifax night bombers, with fighter cover, made the daylight attack
The picture was taken at the height of the attack when the target was a sea of smoke and fire. In 12 minutes Rommel's armour was obliterated
"Your action will not be forgotten by the enemy," said Gen. Montgomery in his message of thanks to Bomber Command
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Five items, Edward's description of the operation to bomb Panzer concentrations in woods, requested by Field Marshall Montgomery. As the operation was in daylight Edward was able to describe the scene not too long after D Day. There is also Edwards navigation plot, a map showing the target area with their track and the target. Part of an official report on the operation, it details the aircraft from 3 Group that took part and their squadrons, together with 4 Group Halifax aircraft with a heavy fighter escort. It makes the point that this is the first full scale operation by 3 Group in daylight since D Day. The visibility was good until obscured by dust created by the bombs exploding, the operation was judged a success. There is also a press cutting captioned 'What Monty ordered' describing the operation.
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Edward King
Temporal Coverage
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1944-06-30
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Map
Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Photograph
Format
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Two typewritten documents, a nav plot, a map, a press cutting
Identifier
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SKingEJ182986v10084, SKingEJ182986v10085, SKingEJ182986v10086, SKingEJ182986v10087, SKingEJ182986v10088
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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1944-06-30
Contributor
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Sue Smith
Title
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Villers Bocage, Edward King's 19th operation of his tour
115 Squadron
15 Squadron
3 Group
4 Group
514 Squadron
622 Squadron
90 Squadron
aircrew
B-24
bombing
Halifax
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
navigator
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
P-38
RAF Mildenhall
Spitfire
tactical support for Normandy troops
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King, Edward James
E J King
Description
An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] BEAUVOIR [/underlined]
[underlined] P – Plane Base [/underlined] [underlined] 2nd July 1944 [/underlined]
Airborne 1250
Landed 1640
Formation daylight raid. Full cloud cover until past English coast then breaking to 5/10. Target obscured by c[missing letters] [deleted] cloud [/deleted] cloud so orbited until clear patch seen. Target wiped out. Saw St. Valery on way out – also Dieppe in the distance. Little opposition with only light flak bursting some 6000 feet below us.
[page break]
[map]
[inserted] BEAUVOIR. [/inserted]
[page break]
[map]
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R.A.F. BOMB BY DAY IN ANOTHER '1,000' RAID
"U.S. Heavies Hit Hanover"
From FRANK STARR
'Evening News' War Reporter at Supreme Headquarters
R.A.F. Bomber Command, which in the night again sent out more than 1,000 Lancasters and Halifaxes to attack railway communications and military targets in Normandy and other parts of France and Germany, made air history.
For the first time in any theatre of war, part of the huge force of night bombers bombed in daylight with fighter escort. Nearly the whole of the great force was airborne over England while the sun was setting, and most crossed the Channel coast when more than an hour remained before darkness.
It was one formation of these night bombers which attacked their targets before dark, with R.A.F. day fighters escorting and covering them.
(III) BEAUVOIR SUPPLY SITE WAS ATTACKED BY 118/119 LANCASTERS OF 3 GROUP 2/2 LANCASTERS AND 4/5 MOSQUITES [sic] OF 8(PF) GROUP.
CLOUD WAS VARIABLE AND DRIFTING, OCCASIONAL CLEAR PATCHES OCCURRING OVER THE TARGET. THE M/B [Master Bomber] AT FIRST INSTRUCTED THE MAIN FORCE TO ORBIT AND LATER TO BOMB BY MEANS OF NAVIGATIONAL AIDS, BUT SHORTLY AFTERWARDS [letter deleted] THE M/B SAW THE A/P [Aiming Point] AND RELEASED HIS YELLOW T I' S [Target Indicators] AND CREWS WERE ABLE TO BOMB THEM. BOMBING WAS FAIRLY CONCENTRATED, BUT CLOUD CONDITIONS PREVENTED AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT. FLAK WAS NEGLIGIBLE AND NO FIGHTERS SEEN.
STRIKE PHOTOS SHOW BOMB BURSTS CLOSE TO AND AROUND THE TARGET AREA BUT THERE IS TOO MUCH CLOUD TO ASSESS HOW HEAVILY THE TARGET HAS BEEN HIT.
BEAUVOIR.
THE WHOLE TARGET AREA IS SATURATED WITH CRATERS. THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS ARE REFERENCES TO THE TARGET INTERPRETATION:-
Z2. Z3. Z4. DESTROYED
Z1 Z2. DAMAGED
Y. SMALLER OF THE TWO BUILDINGS IS DEMOLISHED AND HALF OF THE LARGER BUILDING IS DEMOLISHED
W DAMAGED BY DIRECT HIT AND BY NEAR MISSES.
V1. PARTLY DEMOLISHED AND REMAINDER SEVERELY DAMAGED.
V2. FURTHER DAMAGE BY NEAR MISSES.
U LARGELY OBLITERATED.
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Description
An account of the resource
Four items, Edward's description of the operation, he refers to the target as a P plane base, the operation report refers to it as a storage site, his navigation plot, a map of the area close to the target showing their track and the target. Part of an official report of the operation giving the number and type of aircraft involved and a detailed assessment of the operation which despite the cloud was effective. Attached to this there is a press clipping describing the day's air activities.
Creator
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Edward King
Temporal Coverage
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1944-07-02
Spatial Coverage
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Frévent (Pas-de-Calais)
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Map
Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Text
Format
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Two typed documents, a navigation plot, a map
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SKingEJ182986v10089, SKingEJ182986v10090, SKingEJ182986v10091, SKingEJ182986v10092
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-07-02
Contributor
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Sue Smith
Title
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Beauvoir, Edward King's 20th operation of his tour
15 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
Master Bomber
navigator
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
RAF Mildenhall
V-1
V-weapon
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Title
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King, Edward James
E J King
Description
An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] WIZERNES [/underlined]
[underlined] V2 Base [/underlined] [underlined] 5th July, 1944 [/underlined]
Airborne 2250
Landed 0130
Concrete construction for launching of V2 rockets completely destroyed.
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[map]
[inserted][underlined] WIZERNES. [/underlined][inserted]
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[map]
[page break]
[photograph]
THE RESULT OF BOMBER COMMANDS 12,000 lb. BOMB ATTACKS ON ONE OF THE ENEMY'S V.2 ROCKET SITES
These remarkable low level oblique photographs were taken by two R.A.F. Mosquito reconnaissance aircraft of the large concrete structures at WIZERNES. The construction, built on the edge of a quarry is mainly underground and is believed to be connected with the enemy's threatened long range rocket, V.2 weapon. The above photograph shows the site after an attack which disrupted the communications in the quarry and damaged the 100ft. high crane. The two photographs opposite were taken after R.A.F. aircraft attacked the installation with 12,000 lb. bombs and by comparison with the above photograph it will be seen that the quarry face has subsided away from the massive concrete dome, revealing the buttresses; the crane has been destroyed and all the tunnel entrances blocked. The whole area now presents a scene of considerable chaos.
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[photograph]
[photograph]
27
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Flying Bombs
Sites Hit
During the night R.A.F bombers attacked the flying bomb installations and other military objectives in Northern France in strength.
Squadrons of Mosquitoes attacked a synthetic air plant at Buer-Scnolven, near Gelsenkirchen. Germany, and other targets in the Ruhr Mines were laid and six aircraft[missing letter] were lost.
R.A.F. Lancasters made a deep night penetration through fighter defended areas in France to attack the railway marshalling yards at Dijon.
Supporting the American advance down the Cherbourg Peninsula, Mosquitoes went out last night to attack railways, road junctions and encampments in woods behind the German lines. Targets were at Villedieu. Hyenville and Granville.
WIZERNES
15 SQUADRON 15 DETAILED 1 WITHDRWN [sic], 13 PRIMARY 1 MISSING [indecipherable word] CONSTRUCTION 90 SQDN 10 DETAILED 10 PRIMARY SITE 622 SQDN 15 DETAILED 15 PRIMARY
THIS ATTACK FELL GENERALLY 750 YARDS TO 1000 YARDS WEST OF THE A.P., BUT MANY BOMB[deleted]S[/deleted] BURSTS ARE ACTUALLY ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.
WIZERNES
THE WHOLE TARGET AREA NOW APPEARS ONE MASS OF CRATERS. REPAIRS ARE POSSIBLY IN PROGRESS ON THE W. SIDE OF THE "DOME" SHAPED UNIT. THE RAILWAY LINES AND OTHER ROAD APPROACHES HAVE BEEN SEVERED IN MANY PLACES. THE WHOLE AREA IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS APPEARS TO LACK ANY SIGNS OF ACTIVITY.
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Six items, Edward's very brief description of the operation, his navigation plot, the expected H2S return over the target. Two press clipping, captioned 'The result of Bomber Commands 12,000 lb bomb attacks on one of the Enemy's V.2 rocket sites'. The first photograph is an oblique low level reconnaissance showing the quarry construction site and concrete 'dome' after the operation described by Edward.
The second clipping shows the same area a few days later after the 'Tallboys' had been used.
The last item is part of an official report on the operation that Edward took part in, it gives details of the aircraft and their squadrons that took part, a summary of the raid, 'not very accurate but the surrounding infrastructure had been damaged'. There is also a small press cutting referring to operations over northern Europe in general.
Creator
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Edward King
Temporal Coverage
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1944-07-05
Spatial Coverage
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Photograph
Physical object
Text
Format
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Two typed documents, a navigation plot, an H2S plot, three press cuttings
Identifier
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SKingEJ182986v10093, SKingEJ182986v10094, SKingEJ182986v10095, SKingEJ182986v10096, SKingEJ182986v10098, SKingEJ182986v10100
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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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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-07-05
Contributor
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Sue Smith
Title
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Wizernes, Edward King's 21st operation of his tour
15 Squadron
622 Squadron
90 Squadron
aerial photograph
aircrew
bombing
H2S
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
Mosquito
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
reconnaissance photograph
Tallboy
V-2
V-weapon
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Title
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King, Edward James
E J King
Description
An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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Transcription
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[underlined] Vaires. [/underlined]
[underlined] Railway Marshalling Yards. 7th July, 1944 [/underlined]
Airborne 2250
Landed 0325
Marshalling Yards near to Parais [sic] devastated.
[page break]
[map]
[inserted][underlined] VAIRES. [/underlined][/inserted]
[page break]
[map]
[page break]
[photograph]
PARIS/VAIRES MARSHALLING YARD DEVASTED
As the result of daylight attacks by aircraft of Bomber Command on 11th and 18th July, 1944, fresh concentrations of bomb craters and extensive damage can be seen throughout the Marshalling Yards at PARIS/VAIRES. The greater part of the damage from previous raids has not yet been repaired and this, together with the latest damage, presents a scene of chaos over the entire area of the Yard. Large numbers of wagons are damaged and derailed and practically all tracks through the yard are cut.
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[photograph]
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VAIRES RAILWAY CETTRE [sic] WAS THE NIGHT'S TARGET, 100 LANCASTERS SETTING OUT:-
15 SQUADRON, 17 LANCASTERS STARTED, 17 PRIMARY.
90 SQUADRON, 19 LANCASTERS STARTED, 17 PRIMARY, 2 ABORTIVE
514 SQUADRON, 21 LANCASTERS STARTED, 19 PRIMARY, 2 ABORTIVE
75 SQUADRON, 21 LANCASTERS STARTED, 18 PRIMARY, 3 ABORTIVE
115 SQUADRON, 22 LANCASTERS STARTED, 22 PRIMARY.
WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND NEARLY ALL CREWS WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE TARGET VISUALLY. RED, GREEN AND YELLOW MARKERS WERE CONCENTRATED AND WELL PLACED. BOMBING WAS MAINLY ON REDS AND GREENS AS DIRECTED BY MASTER BOMBER. MUCH SMOKE DEVELOPED AND THERE WERE TWO EXPLOSIONS, ONE OF WHICH WAS VERY LARGE. VERY LITTLE FLAK WAS ENCOUNTERED. ONLY TWO SQUADRONS REPORT FIGHTERS HAVING 6 COMBATS IN THE PARIS AREA AND CLAIMING ONE JU.88 DESTROYED. PRELIMINARY PLOTTINGS DENOTE A GOOD ATTACK.
PARIS – VAIRES.
ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE BOMBS APPEAR TO HAVE FALLEN OUTSIDE THE TARGET AREA TO THE NORTH-EAST OF THE POINT OF AIM THERE IS A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF FRESH CRATERS ACROSS THE WHOLE WIDTH OF THE YARD AND PRINCIPALLY IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS.
THE TRANSHIPMENT SHED HAS HAD ONE OR TWO DIRECT HITS BUT IS NOT SEVERELY DAMAGED.
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Five items, Edward's brief description of the operation, his navigation plot, the expected H2S return over the target, two press cuttings, one with the caption'Paris/Vaires marshalling yard devastation' showing the Vaires rail yard after the attacks, many craters from this and earlier raids. The second without caption but showing a bombed rail yard. Many craters damaging both track and waggons. There is also part of an official report on the operation that gives the number of aircraft involved and their squadron, the weather and a summary of the operation.
Creator
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Edward King
Temporal Coverage
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1944-07-07
1944-07-08
Spatial Coverage
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Vaires-sur-Marne
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Photograph
Map
Format
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Two typewritten documents, a navigation plot, an H2S return, two press clippings
Identifier
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SKingEJ182986v10101, SKingEJ182986v10102, SKingEJ182986v10103, SKingEJ182986v10104, SKingEJ182986v10106, SKingEJ182986v10108
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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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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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1944-07-07
1944-07-08
Contributor
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Sue Smith
Title
A name given to the resource
Vaires, Edward King's 22nd operation on his tour
115 Squadron
15 Squadron
514 Squadron
75 Squadron
90 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
H2S
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
navigator
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
RAF Mildenhall
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Title
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King, Edward James
E J King
Description
An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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Transcription
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[underlined] LINZ EUX [/underlined]
[underlined] P – Plane Base 9th July, 1944 [/underlined]
Airborne 1220
Landed 1615
Full cloud cover over target so bombed on instruments.
[page break]
[map]
[inserted][underlined] LINZEUX. [/underlined][/inserted]
[page break]
[map]
[page break]
Bomber Command aircraft attacked military installations in Northern France, and laid mines in enemy waters last night without loss.
A REDUCED FORCE OF 50 LANCASTERS WENT OUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO A CONSTRUCTIONAL WORKS AT LINZIEUX FROM THE FOLLOWING SQUADRONS:-
15 SQDN – 13 DETAILED, 11 PRIMARY, 1 RETURNED EARLY, 1 BROUGHT BOMBS BACK.
622 SQDN – 12 DETAILED, 9 PRIMARY, 1 MISSING, 2 BROUGHT BOMBS BACK.
75 SQDN – 25 DETAILED, 25 PRIMARY.
VERY POOR WEATHER WAS ENCOUNTERED AND FORMATION FLYING WAS REPORTED 'TRICKY'. OVER THE TARGET THERE WAS 6-8/10THS CLOUD WITH A FEW GAPS AND MASTER BOMBER INSTRUCTED CREWS TO BOMB ON GEE OR D.R. AND THEN TOLD HIS DEPUTY TO TRY TO MARK. A FEW ORXXX FEW CREWS SAW THE T.I’S WHICH QUICKLY DISAPPEARED INTO CLOUD AND THE MAJORITY BOMBED ON GEE AND A FEW VISUALLY THROUGH BREAKE [sic] IN CLLXXX IN CLOUD. BOMBING WAS DESCRIBED AS WIDESPREAD AND THIS IS BORNE OUT BY THE PHOTOGRAPHS IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE TO PLOT, THESE BEING SPREAD OUT FROM 3 – 7 MILES MAINLY TO SOUTH-EAST OF TARGET. PLOTTINGS GIVEN BELOW.
THERE WAS LITTLE FLAK OVER THE TARGET, BUT F/75 WAS HIT AND FELL 5000 FEET BEFORE RE-GAINING CONTROL, THE M/U GUNNER BEING WOUNDED. NO FIGHTERS WERE SEEN.
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Description
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Four items, Edward's brief description of the operation, the second his navigation plot, third is a map showing the target and fourth part of an official report of the operation. This includes the number and squadrons of the aircraft that took part, the weather which gave heavy cloud cover which in turn led to poor accuracy. It also includes a summary of the operation and there is a very short press cutting reporting raids on Northern France.
Creator
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Edward King
Temporal Coverage
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1944-07-09
Spatial Coverage
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Hesdin
Coverage
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Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Royal Air Force
Language
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eng
Type
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Map
Text
Format
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Two text documents, a navigation plot, a map, a press clipping
Identifier
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SKingEJ182986v10109, SKingEJ182986v10110, SKingEJ182986v10111, SKingEJ182986v10112
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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.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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1944-07-09
Contributor
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Sue Smith
Title
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Linzeux, Edward King's 23rd operation of his tour
15 Squadron
622 Squadron
75 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
navigator
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
RAF Mildenhall