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England--Farnham
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Farnham [place]
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North, Geoffrey John
North, G J
North, Johnny
Description
An account of the resource
31 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey John 'Johnny' North, DFC, (173836, Royal Air Force) who served as a rear gunner on 428, 76 and 35 Squadrons flying Wellington, Halifax and Lancaster. He was called up in 1940 from his job as a tailor in Saville Row where he returned after the war. He was shot down on an operation to Duisburg on 21 February 1945. The collection contains his logbook, an account of his shooting down, capture and time as a prisoner of war, including documentation, forced march to another camp in 1945, liberation and repatriation. The collection includes membership documents for Royal Air Force Association, Pathfinders Association and Caterpillar Club as well as personnel documentation, Pathfinder badge correspondence and photographs of crew and squadron as well as other memorabilia.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Carole Bishopp and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-05-20
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North, G
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[embossed stamp]
Royal Air Force,
Graveley,
Hunts.
Ref: 35S/C.68/174/P.1. 12th March, 1945.
Dear Mr. North,
I am enclosing a certificate for the permanent award of the Path Finder Force Badge to your Son, which no doubt you would like to keep for him.
I regret that we still have had no news of your Son’s crew.
Yours faithfully,
[signature]
Flight Lieutenant, Adjutant,
for,
[underlined] Squadron Commander [/underlined]
Mr. R. North,
Karind Boundstone,
[underlined] Farnham, Surrey. [/underlined]
[inserted] [underlined] Acknowledged 17 . 3 . 45. [/underlined][/inserted]
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Letter to Geoffrey North's father concerning pathfinder badge
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Letter to R North from RAF Graveley covering enclosure of certificate for permanent award of Path Finder Force badge. Note of regret that there is no new of his son's crew.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. 35 Squadron
R North
Date
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1945-03-12
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eng
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EBarrNorthR450312
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Surrey
England--Farnham
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1945-03-12
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Andy Hamilton
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One-page typewritten document
missing in action
Pathfinders
RAF Graveley
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Wareing, Robert
R Wareing
Description
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258 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Robert Wareing DFC* (86325 Royal Air Force) and contains his flying logbooks, prisoner of war log book, memoirs, photographs, extensive personal and official correspondence, official documents, pilots/handling notes, decorations, mementos, uniform badges and buttons. He flew operations as a pilot with 106 Squadron. After a period of instructing he returned to operations on 582 Squadron but was shot down and became a prisoner of war.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Andrew Wareing and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-10-05
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Wareing, R
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(postmark) Farnham, Surrey. 7 pm 24 Oct 1944 [/postmark]
Mrs. R. Waring
56 West Common Gdns
Cunthorpe [Scunthorpe]
Lincolnshire
[page break]
The Corner Shop
Weydon Lane
Farnham
Surrey
23/10/44
In case you were not listening, there was a message for you from 86325 R. Waring over the German radio. “Am well and recovering from burns”. Write Stalag Luft 1.
Hoping this is of interest.
Yours
M. Meyer
(Mrs).
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Postcard from M. Meyer to Mrs R. Waring
Description
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Writes that in case she had not heard that there was a message for her from 86325 R Wareing over the German radio - am well recovering from burns - write Stalag Luft 1.
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M Meyer
Date
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1944-10-23
Format
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Handwritten postcard
Language
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eng
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EMeyerMWareingJ441023
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Surrey
England--Scunthorpe
England--Farnham
Temporal Coverage
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1944-10-23
Contributor
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Sue Smith
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IBCC Digital Archive
prisoner of war
propaganda
Stalag Luft 1