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Letter to Joan Wareing from Jacqueline Pillot
She writes expressing how glad she was to hear of Robert’s liberation and homecoming. Continues with comments on how Robert was treated by the Germans and how awful prisoner of war camps were. She asks some other questions and talks a little about…
List of Bert Adams operations
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.
List of operations
At the top a list of the crew including T Jones - flight engineer. 7 Squadron PFF, 8 Group, RAF Oakington, September 1944, Avro Lancaster BIII PA964 MG-G. Below 65 operations listed both day and night. two tours expired 10 September 1944.
List of Operations
A list of 35 operations completed, with target, aircraft and date.
Main Ops - with crew only
Starts with account of operation to Paris on 3 May 1944 when attacked by Me 109 and writes of crew actions. Continues with list of operations giving details of target, anti-aircraft fire, flight time, some bomb loads, events, results. From 3 August…
Memoire of trip to France and events after D-Day
Starts with hand drawn map of Normandy marking main towns. The author records his experience on or around D-Day of bailing out of an aircraft shot down and on fire, and the subsequent aid given to him by the French Resistance. He also records a…
Memories of 578 Squadron at Burn 1944
A document written by Jim Allen's navigator. He describes his early training and difficulties when navigating in the UK, Jim Allen's skills, his own behaviour on the aircraft, flying under a bomber shortly before the target, his relief at surviving…
Navigation chart - operation number 12
Map showing east England and northern France with pencilled route from Lincoln area to Le Havre. Annotated top 'Op No 12, 14/6/44'.
Navigation chart for operation to Le Havre
Track and calculations on chart, on the reverse F/O Blamires, Le Havre, 10/9/44.
Navigation log - Op No 12
Details of navigator, date, orders, route and page and half en-route navigation observations. Annotated in red and black pen 'Bombed 4 mins early. Good nav but not much effort made to keep to time. S/C 4 mins early [signature]' 'See me re plotting…
Navigation log and chart for operation to Le Havre
Form 441 and chart for operation.
Navigation log and plotting map for operation to Le Havre
This is the 21st operation for the crew, three navigation log sheets and part of a plotting map.
Navigation log and plotting map for operation to Le Havre
This was the crews 19th operation, three navigation log sheets and part of a plotting map.
Navigation log and plotting map for operation to Le Havre
This was the 20th operation for the crew. Three log sheets a plotting map and its reverse.
Navigation log for operation to Le Havre
Form 441 for operation.
Navigation log for operation to Le Havre
Form 441 for operation.
Navigation logs and a plotting map for an operation to Le Havre
This is the 20th operation for the crew, three navigation log sheets part of a plotting map and a sheet of paper with figures written on it.
Navigation logs and a plotting map for an operation to Le Havre
This is the 19th operation for the crew. Three navigation log sheets and a plotting map.
Contains a note 'Suggest you keep awake long enough to take fixes at least once every ten minutes coming home A'.
Contains a note 'Suggest you keep awake long enough to take fixes at least once every ten minutes coming home A'.
Newspaper cutting
Squadron Leader Bob Wareing a prisoner of war. Scunthorpe double DFC baled out from blazing plane. Includes head and shoulders portrait of a man wearing uniform tunic with pilot's brevet. Account of how message got back to his wife and that he was…
Newspaper cutting - 1,500 tons more smash on Havre
Short article states Lancasters dropped more that 1500 tons of bombs on Havre after the Germans rejected latest surrender ultimatum. Also attacks on Emden.
Newspaper cutting - Havre hit all day with 5000 tons
Briefly describes 1000 RAF Lancaster and Halifax opened assault on Havre.
Newspaper cutting - just as army wanted it
Article - Allied aircraft for the loss of two planes dropped more than 10,000 tons of bombs on Le Havre. Enabled ground troops to to win port after brief attack. effect on defenders and praise for accuracy of bombing.
Newspaper cutting - Le Havre forts were here
Reconnaissance photograph showing cratered landscape with caption explaining that this was part of fortress area of Le Havre after the RAF's 5,000 ton daylight attack.
Newspaper cutting - RAF knock fight out of 11,000 Nazis
Article including b/w photograph of damage to E-boat pens. Explains that successful result with low allied casualties at le Havre was result of good coordination between the RAF and the army. Describes elements of coordination.
Newspaper cuttings - London hears blitz
Reports that Londoners and people in the home counties heard the battle of Le Havre, 140 miles from London. Was particularly loud on south coast. Describes the sound of battle.