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Cochran Field
A book detailing the activities undertaken at the training airfield of Cochran. It describes the history of the field, the training courses and names the staff and students.
Combat report
Reports from Flt Lt Thiele flying Tempest claiming one and a half Ju-52s. Includes reports from P/O R Hassall (half u-52) and F/Sgt M J Rose, two Fw 190.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality…
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Combat report
From Flight Lieutenant K F Thiele flying Tempest claiming Me 109 destroyed after being bounced by enemy aircraft . Noted two fellow pilots were lost.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies…
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies…
Combat report
Relates events during operation to Essen on 12/13 March 1943. Enemy fighter attacked and was engaged and hit by rear gunner. Claimed as damaged. After releasing bombs in heavy anti-aircraft fire and searchlights rear gunner engaged Me 109. Gunner…
Control of flying notes
Description of flying control organisation, history of organisation, aims of organisation. Covers, central and group control and forms of assistance. Continues with Bomber Command organisation, Groups 1 to 8 organisation, Coastal Command and…
Conversion of 199 Squadron
Five verse poem about converting a squadron from Wellington to Stirling.
Crew list
List of crew in which Charlie Warner flew as flight engineer, that was shot down on 3/4 September 1943. All were killed except the front gunner who was a prisoner of war.
Crew List
Names and next of kin of crew. Flight Sergeant Ronald Johnson - WOP/Air Gunner, Flight Sergeant William Jack - air gunner, Flight Sergeant Joseph Sagar - air gunner, F/O John Berrington - pilot (Rhodesian), Acting F/L Laurence Flynn - pilot…
Crew list
Names of crew including Harold Wakefield
Crew of Wellington W5519 SM-U and description of operation to Essen
Report on operation to Essen by 254 aircraft, 14 aircraft lost and 60 aircrew killed. Gives account of Wellington W5519 SM-U which was damaged and forced to ditch. All crew were rescue by Cromer lifeboat, At the bottom, a photograph of six aircrew…
D-Day letter
Letter from supreme allied commander before D-Day.
Damage bomber tied with rope
Relates how an Australian squadron Halifax with a damaged fin was successfully brought home with rope tied onto the rudder bar and the bomb aimer using it to operate the rudder under pilot's instructions. Annotated 'Aust newsletter April 11…
Description of enclosures concerning flying accident 24 September 1940
List and describes enclosures A, B, C, D, E and F. A is map of are round Rothes and some details of crash. B - a cairn marking crash site rebuilt by friend. C flying accident card. D - the wreckage. E another photo of wreckage. F photo taken near…
Draft letter form Mervyn Adder to Mr and Mrs Moodie
Letter and explanatory note. Draft incomplete letter of condolence about Arthur Moodie reported missing from operations. The rest of the crew did not fly with Arthur on the night he went missing.
Eleven Airmen and Mercury
11 airmen grouped around a statue of Mercury. On the front five of them have their names annotated. On the reverse 'New Zealand air crew officers Happy Days April/43'.
Enclosure B - cairn
Top - photograph of cairn
Bottom - Photograph view from are of cairn over open ground.
Separate page - note with details that Ian Hay's father erected the original cairn on the summit of Ben Aigan. It did not mark the actual crash site.
Bottom - Photograph view from are of cairn over open ground.
Separate page - note with details that Ian Hay's father erected the original cairn on the summit of Ben Aigan. It did not mark the actual crash site.
Eric Quinn Biographies
Two biographies of Eric.
Ernest Probyn 1944 Diary
A diary kept by Ernest throughout 1944.
Ernest Probyn 1945 Diary
A diary kept by Ernest up to October 1945
Ernest Probyn and Letter from Sir Arthur Harris
Two photographs of Ernest, the first as a cadet, the second captioned 'Self as Sgt A/G at No 17 OTU RAF Silverstone'.
The letter is a morale booster to encourage his airmen.
The letter is a morale booster to encourage his airmen.
Essay about Frederick Delius
Written at the age of 13 as author had to give this lecture to class at school. Essay on life and work of Frederick Delius.
Essen, Edward King's 4th operation of his tour
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…
Fifth Day
Description of attack by bomber command Halifax aircraft on synthetic oil plants. Mentions German jet aircraft.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Flight Lieutenant Freddie Spencer DFC
A biography of Freddie Spencer. Details his training and operations with 106 Squadron and 630 Squadron.
Flight Lieutenant Johnston RNZAF
Press cutting, referring to a officer of 15 Squadron.