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'Ten-Ton Tess' pilot gets bar to DSO
The pilot who dropped the first 'Ten-Ton Tess' bomb on Germany was awarded bar to DSO.
Tags: aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Service Order; Grand Slam; pilot
"B" for Baker
Fourteen verse poem concerning Lancaster B for Baker. Individual verses for all aircrew
226 Squadron, Swanton Morley
A group of airmen arranged in two rows in front of a Mitchell. Laurie is identified in the caption.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
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Tags: 226 Squadron; aircrew; B-25; RAF Swanton Morley
29th April 1945
A poem about Manna food drops with a photo of Lancasters dropping food.
500 Day Bombers Pound Vienna as Stuttgart Burns
A newspaper cutting with reports on USAAF and RAF operations. On the reverse is general news.
A POWs Memories
Comments on target (Frankfurt) and odds on being shot down. It was their 19th operation and out of 124 aircrew shot down that night only 10 survived, five from their crew. Mentions evading, capture, initial treatment and journey to camp (Stalag Luft…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Dulag Luft; evading; Lancaster; pilot; prisoner of war; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag Luft 7
A song of hate
Five verse song about an Irishman and the trouble R/T girls have with him.
Accounts of three operations
Lists crew and then provides description of operations to Berlin (first operation), Leipzig and Schweinfurt between the 15 and 25 February 1944. Describes events, bomb load and distances.
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Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; flight engineer; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
Advice to the Relative of a Man who is Missing
An explanation of what the Government is doing to trace a missing person and advice on what not to do.
Tags: missing in action; Red Cross
Air raid draft version
Four verse poem about the horrors of bombing with fifth verse annotated.
Tags: arts and crafts; bombing
Air to ground photographs after D Day
Five newspaper clippings, four with captions, illustrate the damage done to the infrastructure in support of the allied ground forces.
The first captioned 'Our armour moves inland from the beaches of Normandy'. This shows part of the beach with…
The first captioned 'Our armour moves inland from the beaches of Normandy'. This shows part of the beach with…
Aircraft losses, accidents
List of Halifax, Wellington and Mosquito aircraft lost from 192 and 462 Squadrons from December 1943 to April 1945. Gives aircraft registration, date, description of incident, some with captain named.
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Aircrew Grave
The grave of six airmen. The pilot was Squadron Leader AL Collett, 83 Squadron.
Aircrew of R5573-ZNB
List of crew members, next of kin and addresses; captain [pilot] Sergeant K H McLean, flight engineer Sergeant S N Leigh, navigator Sergeant D H McLeod, air bomber Sergeant RWL Muir, wireless operator Sergeant R C Barrett, mid upper gunner Sergeant L…
Airmen Prisoners
A cutting from a newspaper with Reg and John Bushell's names recorded as prisoner of war. Handwritten on it is Evening Standard 12.4.44.
Tags: aircrew; pilot; prisoner of war
Albert Evans, Record of Service
A list of Albert's war service.
Alec Pyle
A biography of Alec written by his step sister's husband. He details the family history, his search for the grave site, his visit to the grave in 1992 and their research on the crash.
Alec Pyle's Operational Flight Records
The records were extracted from those kept at Kew.
An American invitation
Six verse poem about a visit of WAAFs to an American celebration which involved Glen Miller band.
Arnold Christian and Five Airmen
A group of six airmen studying a map. Behind is a biplane. Four airmen are wearing leather helmets and two are in standard uniform. On the reverse is handwritten 'Arnold Hornchurch 1934' and typewritten a press release.
Tags: aircrew; pilot; RAF Hornchurch