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Left - view of gate entranceway with trees behind.
Middle - view of grave cross with 'Englander' and wreaths.
Right - view of part of cemetery with grave crosses and open landscape beyond with trees, hills and houses in distance. Captioned…

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Submitted when Frank was flying as a navigator in Mosquito's in BAFO Germany.

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A newspaper article about the attack on Kassel. It is annotated 'No 16 22/10/43'.

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A cutting referring to an attack on Cologne. It is annotated 'No 2 16-6-43'.

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Map from east of England to Germany with routes to numerous targets including Hamburg, Hanover, Magdeburg, Berlin, Leipzig, Duisburg, Essen, Kassel, Cologne, Aachen, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Stuttgart and Paris. A table at bottom right list bomb loads…

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Oblique aerial photograph of a city with river running left to right with destroyed bridge. Cathedral and railway station on near bank. Submitted with caption 'Cologne Cooks tour'. River is river Rhine, destroyed and collapsed railway bridge is the…

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Top - oblique aerial photograph of a bombed city with destroyed buildings.
Middle left - smaller version of enlarged photograph above. Captioned 'Lancaster flight from Skipton-on-Swale on a sight seeing trip over the Ruhr, shells of…

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John Hitchcock's DFC, presentation case and a newspaper cutting explaining why it was awarded to him.

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300 more American warships are now protecting shipping routes following President Roosevelt’s order on 12 September. Numbers of vessels in American navy at the outbreak of war are listed and the number will steadily increase.

William Sebold, a…

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SPerryWRP1317696v60011.pdf
A short history of 106 Squadron. Covers formation in world war one. Reformed in 1938 with Hinds and Battles. Equipped with Hampden at beginning of the war. Initially a advanced training unit. Became operational in September 1940. Describes early…

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Joined in 1942 and then details training and tour on 115 Squadron, gunnery course, tours as gunnery instructor. Further tour with 625 Squadron, crashed twice before another instructors tour. Mentions 14 ops on first tour and 20 on second. Comments on…

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SGillK1438901v40007.pdf
Joined 18 June 1941. Trained as navigator in Canada. After operational and conversions training in England during which he flew two operations. He was posted to 9 Squadron at RAF Bardney where he flew 25 operations which are listed. After a tour as a…

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SGillK1438901v20029.pdf
Mentions training in Canada and qualified at navigator. List training on Wellington and one operational flight while at operational training unit at RAF North Luffenham December 1942 - March 1943. Continues to list training on Halifax and Lancaster…

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A citation received by Fred for his devotion to duty.

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A brief newspaper report on one night's operations against Germany.

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A newspaper cutting with cartoons of Captain Swales, German fighters, Lancasters under attack and airmen baling out. It is annotated 7hs 40 Trip No 33.

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Newcastle to Prague aeronautical chart showing route to Cologne. Anti-aircraft fire areas marked in red. Titled 'Cologne 30-19-44'.This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

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Newcastle to Prague aeronautical chart showing route to Cologne. Anti-aircraft fire areas marked in red. Titled '900 a/c Cologne, 30/10./44'.This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are…

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Short description of introduction of the Tallboy 12,000 lb bomb. Other headlines: 'heaviest raid of air war - attack on Duisburg and 'Bombing can end war this winter'. Includes reverse side.

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List of targets and some comments. Image of a Halifax at top.

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Air to ground view of a twin spired cathedral with railway station on the far side, all surrounded by many destroyed buildings.

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Image from the air of a river running left to right through city with two destroyed bridges and many damaged buildings on both sides. Twin spired cathedral on far bank. Two copies of this image.

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Top left - view from air over a city with twin spired cathedral. Captioned 'Cologne'.
Top right - view from air down wide river with damaged bridge in foreground and town on right bank. Captioned 'Rhine Bridge below Duisburg (Top Right)'.
Bottom…

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A biography covering John's training and service in the RAF.

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Two sided leaflet in German language concerning Bomber Command's 1000 bomber operations.

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