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PKilleenKAL17020001.jpg
Six photographs and one article on Kenneth's squadron.
Photos 1, 2 and 3 are head and shoulders portraits annotated as "Escape" photographs.
Photo 4 is a half length portrait of Kenneth with a navigator brevet.
Photo 5 is a near three quarter…

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MKilleenKAL184115-170703-08.jpg
A brief description of the shooting down of two Lancasters by a Me 410 over Witchford.

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SJonesHB1866363v10010.jpg
The report covers the loss of the Halifax with a focus on Hugh Jones. The research was undertaken by Eddy Daivier. He lists the crew and some of their operations.

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SJonesHB1866363v10026.jpg
A section of six pages referring to the crash of the Halifax.
Page 1 simply states 'The Crash'.
Page 2 is a report of the crash in French and an eye witness report in English by Jean Bodart.
Page 3 is a copy of a photograph which appears on page…

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SJonesHB1866363v10046.pdf
A report on what happened to Halifax NP934. Information collated from operational record books, RAF reports, Herbert Browne's report (sole survivor of NR118 crash), Henry Wagner's report, analysis of the losses on the night of 17/18 December and SHJ…

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MAdamsHG424504-170215-01.pdf
Extracts from publications giving details of all operations by 467 and 463 Squadrons from 10 September 1944 to 25 April 1945. Details include number of aircraft, target, bombloads and losses. Interspersed are details of operations carried out by…

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SMooreD1603117v10014.jpg
Two lists of squadron losses..

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SMooreD1603117v10018.jpg
A title sheet for a list of aircraft serial numbers, 218 and 15 squadrons. The serial numbers are missing.

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MAdamsHG424504-170215-07.pdf
List of all crew in Herbert Adams crew. He was the navigator.

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MAdamsHG424504-170215-12.pdf
List of 29 operations as navigator on Lancaster of 467 Squadron between 10 September 1044 and 16 January 1945. Includes comments on each sortie with bomb load, flight times, fighters seen, weather, anti-aircraft fire, aircraft shot down.

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MMooreD1603117-160524-23.jpg
The story of a Lancaster, NG358, LS-H. There are details of 12 operations during 1944/5. Dennis details the operations and his crew.

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EWitmeurEVLangloisRB451207.pdf
Writes that he had not found out how Langlois was arrested but it seem that the Belgian he was with had been betrayed. Asks about his activates after the war and tells a little of his own. Says he is enclosing report. Report covers the crash landing…

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MGilbertAC186764-161013-03.pdf
An article about Peter and others with reference to Dresden.

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PTansleyEH16020017.jpg
Relates to photograph of air and groundcrew. Lists crew who Ernest Tansley flew his first operation with as second pilot. States that Harold Lazenby sent him the photograph and gave some details.

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PTansleyEH16020021.jpg
List of crew on JB529 DX-P night of 2/3 December 1943. Ernest Patrick bomb aimer, Douglas Park navigator, Roy Lewis mid upper gunner, Ivor Groves wireless op, Harold Moad rear gunner, Leonard Brown flight eng (new}, Jack Dalton 2nd pilot (new).

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BDowardATansleyEHv3.pdf
Covers background, marriage, civilian occupation and family. Followed by service history including basic and flying training in England and the United States and then advanced flying training and operational conversion back home. Posted to 57…

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MDryhurstHG1332214-160608-08.pdf
Covers personal details and dates of postings, training, aircraft flown. Details of capture and prisoner of war.

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MDaviesLA1581024-160428-030001.jpg
States that the crew flew operationally on no fewer than six Lancaster aircraft. Mentions operations along with aircraft flown on them and some of aircraft's subsequent history and where they were built.

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SDaviesLA1581024v10002-0001.jpg
Biography of flight engineer Robert (McKenzie otherwise Mackenzie) Smith. Includes early life and RAF training. Continues with operational history and description of flight engineers role. Concludes with post-war brush with law and subsequent career.…

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SDaviesLA1581024v10001.jpg
Beginning of attempt to gain insight into the wartime career of author's father Leslie Alfred Davies. Mention early life and that he ended up as a Lancaster navigator on 50 Squadron. Includes 50 Squadron crest.

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SDaviesLA1581024v10003.jpg
Account of daylight operation against Dortmund-Ems canal aqueducts. Operation was abandoned due to cloud cover. Landed at Waddington. Includes b/w photographs of target,

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BAstonSParrinderNv1.pdf
Information about Norman Parrinder written by his daughter Suzannah Aston. Mentions meeting her mother and marrying as well as some recollections about operations including force landing in neutral territory. Continues with comments on his feelings…

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BDaviesMDaviesJRv1.pdf
Draft comments on last operation of John Davies. Died on active service with 166 Squadron. List crew of his Lancaster (pilot and flight engineer survived) and recounts operation to V1 site at Trossy St Maximin in which and other crew John were…

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MFryHL413129-200304-05.pdf
Account from 2003 in German and English of research started in 1997. Shows aerial photo of crash site. Excavations in 1999 discovered parts of aircraft and remains of crew which were then buried in Berlin war cemetery in year 2000. Reports…

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MSladdenD25115087-160623-24.pdf
Describes opening of RAF Fairford as part of 38 Group and arrival of Stirlings of 620 and 190 Squadons. Mentions training accident of Horsa glider. Goes on to describe 620 Squadrons operations paratrooper drops on D-Day and events leading up to the…

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