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Title
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Palmer, Robert Anthony Maurice. Photograph album
Description
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Fifty-one items. Contains photographs, documents, telegrams and newspaper cuttings.
Date
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2017-10-30
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Palmer, RAM
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Title
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Course photograph
B Flight No 2 Squadron, 3 Initial Training Wing, Hastings, October 1939'.
Description
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Forty-six airmen wearing tunics and side caps sitting and standing in four rows. One officer wearing peaked cap sits in centre of second row up. Titled 'B Flight No 2 Squadron, 3 I.T.W Hastings, October 1939'. Captioned 'Bob Palmer second row from rear, fifth from left'.
Date
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1939-10
Temporal Coverage
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1939-10
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--East Sussex
England--Hastings
England--Sussex
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Type
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Photograph
Format
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One b/w photograph on an album page
Identifier
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PPalmerRAM17010007
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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aircrew
Initial Training Wing
observer
training
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Weir, Greg. Thiele, Keith
Description
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Eight items. Collection concerns Squadron Leader Keith Thiele DSO and DFC and two bars (1921 - 2016, Royal New Zealand Air Force). After training in New Zealand came to Great Britain and completed operations of 405 Squadron flying Wellington and Halifax and subsequently on Lancaster with 467 Squadron. He then converted to fighters flying Spitfire, Tempest and Typhoon over Europe. The collection contains his log books, combat reports and a letter reporting his missing.
The collection was catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Date
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2017-04-26
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Weir, G
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Title
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Keith Thiele - Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot's flying log book
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Format
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One photocopied booklet
Identifier
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SWeirG19660703v050001
Rights
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IBCC Digital Archive
Description
An account of the resource
Pilots flying log book for Keith F Thiele, covering the period from 20 January 1941 to 18 February 1946. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties including his conversion to single seat fighters with operations over Europe claiming 2 Me 109s and one Ju 52. He was stationed at RNZAF Harewood, RNZAF Woodbourne, RAF Wellesbourne, RAF Pocklington, RAF Marston Moor, RAF Abingdon, RAF Hullavington, RAF Waddington, RAF Bottesford, RAF Hendon, RAF Dorval, RAF Eshott, RAF Bulmer, RAF Tangmere, RAF Friston, RAF Bolt Head, RAF West Malling, RAF Wigram, RAF Lympne, RAF Swanton Morley, RAF Bognor, RAF Thorney Island and RAF Vokel. Aircraft flown in were Tiger Moth, Oxford, Wellington, Magister, Halifax, Whitley, Tutor, Anson, Lancaster, Ventura, Dakota, Hudson, Norseman, Mariner, Liberator, Spitfire, Dominie, Typhoon, Auster, Tempest and Harvard. He flew a total of 56 operations, 32 with 405 Squadron and 24 with 467 Squadron. He also flew fighter operations with 41 and 486 Squadrons. Targets were Dunkirk, Berlin, Wilhelmshaven, Cherbourg, Emden, Bremen, Brest, Mannheim, Kiel, Paris, St Nazaire, Essen, Cologne, Hamburg, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Duisburg, Bayonne, Turin, Nuremburg, Stuttgart, and La Spezia. His first or second pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Robson, Sergeant Field, Flight Sergeant Weakly, Sergeant Howe, Pilot Officer Desmond, Sergeant Claxton, Sergeant Heavery, Pilot Officer Manifold, Sergeant Rodgers, Sergeant Stuart, Sergeant Byers, Sergeant Wallace, Sergeant Wilson, Flight Lieutenant Sinclair and Sergeant Gillman, and Sergeant Carrington. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Temporal Coverage
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1941-10-31
1941-11-01
1941-11-04
1941-11-05
1941-11-07
1941-11-08
1941-12-16
1941-12-17
1941-12-22
1941-12-23
1942-01-06
1942-01-07
1942-01-15
1942-01-16
1942-01-21
1942-01-22
1942-01-31
1942-02-01
1942-02-12
1942-02-13
1942-02-14
1942-02-15
1942-02-26
1942-02-27
1942-03-03
1942-03-04
1942-03-08
1942-03-09
1942-03-10
1942-03-11
1942-03-26
1942-03-27
1942-04-05
1942-04-06
1942-04-08
1942-04-09
1942-04-10
1942-04-11
1942-04-15
1942-04-16
1942-04-17
1942-04-18
1942-05-30
1942-06-01
1942-06-02
1942-06-06
1942-06-07
1942-06-08
1942-06-09
1942-06-25
1942-06-26
1942-07-02
1942-07-03
1942-07-08
1942-07-09
1942-07-26
1942-07-27
1942-07-31
1942-08-01
1942-08-03
1942-08-06
1942-08-07
1943-01-02
1943-01-03
1943-01-07
1943-01-08
1943-01-12
1943-01-13
1943-01-16
1943-01-17
1943-01-18
1943-01-23
1943-01-24
1943-01-27
1943-01-28
1943-01-30
1943-01-31
1943-02-04
1943-02-05
1943-02-18
1943-02-19
1943-02-21
1943-02-22
1943-02-25
1943-02-26
1943-03-01
1943-03-02
1943-03-03
1943-03-04
1943-03-05
1943-03-06
1943-03-08
1943-03-09
1943-03-11
1943-03-12
1943-03-13
1943-03-22
1943-03-23
1943-03-29
1943-03-30
1943-04-14
1943-04-15
1943-04-18
1943-04-19
1943-05-04
1943-05-05
1943-05-12
1943-05-13
1944
1945
1946
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Canada
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Netherlands
New Zealand
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Atlantic Ocean--English Channel
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
England--Devon
England--East Sussex
England--Kent
England--Leicestershire
England--Lincolnshire
England--London
England--Norfolk
England--Northumberland
England--Oxfordshire
England--Warwickshire
England--Wiltshire
England--Yorkshire
France--Bayonne
France--Brest
France--Cherbourg
France--Dunkerque
France--Paris
France--Saint-Nazaire
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)
Germany--Essen
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Italy--La Spezia
Italy--Turin
Netherlands--North Brabant
New Zealand--Christchurch
New Zealand--Marlborough
Québec--Montréal
Québec
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
England--Sussex
England--Sussex
Contributor
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Mike Connock
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
10 OTU
1661 HCU
22 OTU
405 Squadron
467 Squadron
aircrew
Anson
B-24
bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942)
C-47
Dominie
Flying Training School
forced landing
Gneisenau
Halifax
Halifax Mk 2
Harvard
Heavy Conversion Unit
Hudson
Ju 52
Lancaster
Magister
Me 109
Me 262
mine laying
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
pilot
RAF Abingdon
RAF Bottesford
RAF Hendon
RAF Hullavington
RAF Lympne
RAF Marston Moor
RAF Pocklington
RAF Swanton Morley
RAF Tangmere
RAF Thorney Island
RAF Waddington
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford
Scharnhorst
Spitfire
Tiger Moth
training
Typhoon
V-1
V-2
V-weapon
Ventura
Wellington
Whitley
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Title
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Palmer, Robert Anthony Maurice. Photograph album
Description
An account of the resource
Fifty-one items. Contains photographs, documents, telegrams and newspaper cuttings.
Date
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2017-10-30
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Identifier
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Palmer, RAM
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Transcription
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[crest]
[underlined] RECORD OF SERVICE OF SQUADRON LEADER ROBERT ANTHONY MAURICE PALMER VC DFC[symbol] AE (115772) RAFVR [/underlined]
[underlined] Date of Birth: [/underlined] 7 July 1920
[underlined] Service as an Airman [/underlined]
Enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as No 758016
Aircraftman Class II/under training Pilot – 22.8.39
Promoted Sergeant – 23.8.39
Remustered Pilot – 7.9.40
Promoted Temporary Flight Sergeant – 1.6.41
Discharged on appointment to a Temporary Commission – 28.1.42
[underlined] Commissioned Service [/underlined]
Granted a Commission for the Emergency as Pilot Officer on probation in the General Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve – 29.1.42
Confirmed in appointment and promoted Flying Officer (War Substantive) – 1.10.42
Promoted Flight Lieutenant – 29.1.44
Granted rank of Acting Squadron Leader – 10.12.44
Previously Missing on – 23.12.44
Now Killed in Action
Body Recovered Overseas
[underlined] Postings [/underlined]
Rochester – 1.9.39
No 5 Initial Training Wing Hastings – 25.9.39
Headquarters Reserve Command Pool – 11.4.40
No 12 Flying Training School – [inserted] Desford [/inserted] – 8.6.40
No 15 Officer Training Unit – [inserted] Harwell [/inserted] – 7.9.40
No 75 Squadron – [inserted] Feltwell [/inserted] – 16.11.40
No 149 Squadron – [inserted] Mildenhall [/inserted] – 26.11.40
200 Training Unit – [inserted] 20 Op. Tr. Unit [/inserted] – 13.2.41
No 20 Operation [inserted] al [/inserted] Training Unit - [inserted] [indecipherable word] Operational Training Unit [/inserted] – 29.1.42
No 1501 Beam Approach Training Flight – 12.10.42 – 18.10.42
No 20 Operation [inserted] al [/inserted] Training Unit – 28.12.42
1685 Mosquito Training Unit 80 Path Finder Force – 9.11.43
No 109 Squadron – 16.1.44
Missing (Flying Battle) – 23.12.44
1
[rubber stamp] M.O.D. R.A.F.
P.M.C.
19 JAN 1984
PM (AR) kb (RAF)
GLOUCESTER [/rubber stamp]
[page break]
[crest]
[underlined] Honours and Awards [/underlined]
Mentioned in Despatches – London Gazette – 14.1.44
Distinguished Flying Cross – London Gazette – 30.6.44
Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross – London Gazette – 8.12.44
Victoria Cross – London Gazette – 23.3.45
Air Efficiency Award
[underlined] Medals [/underlined]
1939/45 Star
Aircrew Europe Star with Clasp France and Germany
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939/45
G W Hayson
G W HAYSON
for Air Secretary
[rubber stamp] M.O.D. R.A.F.
P.M.C.
19 JAN 1984
PM (AR) kb (RAF)
GLOUCESTER
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Title
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Record of service for Squadron Leader Robert Antony Maurice Palmer VC DFC* AE (115772) RAFVR
Description
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Gives personal details, service as an airman, commissioned service with promotions, postings including 75, 149 and 109 Squadrons, honours and awards including Victoria Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross and bar, mentioned in despatches, and air efficiency award.
Date
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1984-01-19
Temporal Coverage
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1984-01-19
1939-08-22
1939-08-23
1940-09-07
1941-06-01
1942-01-28
1942-01-29
1942-10-01
1944-01-29
1944-12-10
1944-12-23
1939-09-01
1939-09-29
1940-04-11
1940-06-08
1940-09-07
1940-11-16
1940-11-26
1941-02-13
1942-01-29
1942-10-12
1942-10-18
1942-12-28
1943-11-09
1944-01-16
1944-12-23
1944-01-14
1944-06-30
1944-12-08
1945-03-23
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--East Sussex
England--Hastings
England--Gloucestershire
England--Gloucester
England--Sussex
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Format
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Two printed pages on two album pages
Identifier
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PPalmerRAM17010018, PPalmerRAM17010017
Creator
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MOD RAF PMC
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Contributor
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Sue Smith
109 Squadron
149 Squadron
75 Squadron
aircrew
Distinguished Flying Cross
killed in action
Mosquito
Pathfinders
pilot
Victoria Cross