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Flight Log to Stuttgart
An abstract of a flight log to Stuttgart. It contains details of each leg including an attack by night fighters.
Aircraft
Left page - top left - head on view of a parked Lincoln. Captioned 'Avro Lincoln'. Top right - side view of a parked four engine bomber. Both top images captioned 'KM-J, 44 (Rhodesia) Sq, RAF Mildenhall'. Bottom left 'front quarter view of a parked…
Lancaster and bombs
Left page - top left - air-to-air view front port quarter of a Lancaster. Captioned 'Lancaster Mk1 KM-Z (LL854) Operation Frontline May 1946 44 (Rhodesia) SQ'.
Bottom left - similar air-to-air view front port quarter of a Lancaster with further…
Bottom left - similar air-to-air view front port quarter of a Lancaster with further…
Lancaster
Type 464 (Provisioning) Lancaster parked on grass with elevated platforms on the left. On the reverse 'Dam Buster, RAF Mildenhall'.
Card with Lancaster dropping food parcels
Ground to air photograph of a Lancaster flying to the right dropping food parcels with cheering crowd at the bottom below. Submitted with description 'A card with a photograph of a Lancaster dropping food parcels. Printed on the card: "Operation…
Obituary: Harold Yeoman
Covers education, playing rugby and RAF career. After training as pilot in England and Canada, posted to 12 Squadron at RAF Binbrook flying Wellington. Mentions some of his 14 night operations before he was medically grounded. Continues with postings…
Now it would seem a time
Three verse poem - a time for living, forgetting, and no time to mourn.
Transmutation
Poem abut thinking of loved one at the end of the day.
Thought
Two verse poem about thoughts.
Hauntings
Two verse poem about things that haunt.
If I should ever die
Six verse poem of instructions should he die.
The fens
Two verse poem.
Chess
Poem about playing chess.
In fever
Three verse poem on love conquering fever.
The fullness of living
Sub titled (a prayer before action). Four verse poem about flying and death close at hand and how beautiful was life.
Sonnet - to a dead poet
Poem about a friend who died too soon.
Fugue - winter
Four verse poem on winter.
Armourer
Poem about armourer loading bombs but would not be there when they were dropped.
This is our night
Contrasts hopelessness, loneliest and death with the joy of love.
Air raid
Two verse poem about bombing.
For C.R.W
Dedicated to C.R.W, killed March 7 1944 in an aircraft accident. Contrasts the pain of death with the serenity of afterlife.
Arthur Woolf record of service
Details non-commissioned service. appointments and promotions and postings with dates for all.
622 Squadron
A large group of airmen sitting and standing in five rows in front of a Stirling. On the reverse 'Nov 1943, 622 Squadron 3 Group, Bomber Command, RSAF Mildenhall, Short Stirling'.
Record of John Beisley's 30 operations
Summary of bombing operations with 433 Squadron from 11 August 1944 to 26 March 1945, Flew as flight engineer on Halifax and then converted to Lancaster December / January 44/45.