IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1941]]> M L Payne]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Australia]]> South Australia--Clare]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> South Australia]]> 1945-06-28]]> The first is a Thanksgiving at Lincoln Minster and the second is a Dedication at Coningsby.]]> 83 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1978-11-05]]> #1 The unveiling of a memorial at RAF Skellingthorpe recorded in the Lincolnshire Echo.
#2 is an invitation to a 40s night at the Birchwood Leisure & Community Centre.
#3 is an invitation to Ernest's wife to attend the unveiling of the 50 and 61 Squadron's memorial at Birchwood.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1989-06-03]]>
Victoria Gleed]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1974]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Lincolnshire]]>
Photo 1 and 5 are views under the aircraft. Photo 1 is captioned 'Bomb bay view 4000' .
Photo 2 is K Watson in flying helmet and oxygen mask, captioned 'Self portrait ?!!'.
Photo 3 is a vertical photo captioned 'Newark Road, Lincoln'.
Photo 4 is a view of houses and a tall chimney taken on the ground.
A further photo is missing. The caption reads 'Witham & Cooling Towers'.
Also included are post office franking stamps of Lindholme and Wyton.
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Watson, K]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1946]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Forces Association]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1948]]> Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.]]> City School, Lincoln]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> D Donaldson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-03-31]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> A Pearce]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Doncaster]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> England--Staffordshire]]> France]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Calais]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Falaise]]> England--Lincoln]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Soest]]> Germany--Rheine]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-09-03]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-22]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-02-16]]> Photo 2 is Ray and Norma, annotated 'Lincoln'.
Photo 3 is Ray and colleague, annotated 'The Mess, Germany'.
Photo 4 is four airmen annotated 'The Gang'.
Photo 5 is two airmen playing table tennis, annotated 'In the Mess'.
Photo 6 is Ray standing on the quayside, annotated 'On the Elbe. Der Vatterland'.
The four German photos are annotated 'RAF Fuhlsbuttel Hamburg BAFO'.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincoln]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Europe--Elbe River]]> Germany]]> England--Lincolnshire]]>
City of Lincoln]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sandra Jones]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincoln]]> Item 2 is a card of a Lancaster flying over Lincoln cathedral.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1946]]> High Court of Justice]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1945-05-03]]> He describes individual operations in detail. He and his crew were transferred to Faldingworth where the condition of their aircraft was poor. These were quickly replaced with new aircraft. His crew were successful and survived their 30 operations never to meet up again.
He concludes his memoir with seven tailender tales.]]>
Bill Freeman]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Dewsbury]]> Canada]]> England--Stafford]]> Wales--Tredegar]]> England--Northampton]]> England--Grimsby]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Denmark--Frederikshavn]]> France--Maintenon]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Orléans]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Aachen]]> France--Paris]]> England--Lincoln]]> France--Le Havre]]> Poland]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Caen]]> France--Vierzon]]> France]]> Germany]]> Denmark]]> France--Reims]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Sussex]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04-10]]>
J Brown]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> New Brunswick]]> 1942-03-07]]> D Dickenson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> New Brunswick]]> 1942-03-06]]> E Dixon]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> New Brunswick]]> 1942-03-11]]> E Scott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> New Brunswick]]> 1942-03-07]]> Also photographs of Lincoln cathedral and a Lancaster.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1978]]> 1980]]> 1981]]> 1982]]> 1983]]>