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LCarruthersWDY1880223v1.pdf
Navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book for W D Y Caruthers, air gunner, covering the period from 1 May 1944 to 28 May 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at 10 Air Gunnery School RAF…

Complete history of the aircraft from 1942 to placement in RAF Museum. Delivered to 83 Squadron at RAF Scampton. Lists all flights with crews and provides details of operations and other sorties. First operation was on 8/9 July 1942. Was founder…

SBondS-WellsOv10003.pdf
Transcript of oral history interview. He starts with a brief service history, 7 Squadron Oakington, Stirling and later Lancaster. He was shot down on his seventh operation, was captured after 4 months and became a prisoner of war. He begins with a…

PWillettS19020057.jpg
Vertical aerial reconnaissance photograph of Southeast Lille, with significant areas of industrial buildings serviced with many railway lines and sidings with some domestic buildings mainly towards the top left. Agricultural land lies to the bottom…

PWillettS19020056.jpg
Typewritten report (K1469) interpreting photographs of bomb damage in Lille following a daylight attack on 13 January 1943 by 64 B17 Fortress aircraft of the USBC, with fighter escort. Damage to the Fives-Lille works, Ateliers d' Hellemes and Dufour…

CDaviesIDW-190418-010004.jpg
A navigational chart of Lille and surrounding area. A route has been plotted across the top right of the sheet.

SWaughJW420725v10001.jpg
A map of western Europe overlaid with the tracks of 34 operations undertaken by John and his crew.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

SBondS-BrownRv10001.pdf
List 30 completed operations with 218 Squadron Stirling's from RAF Woolfox Lodge. List crew for these operations. Includes one glider towing operation on 6 June 1944. Transfers via heavy conversion unit onto Lancaster and flies a further 34…

LEdgePM1576799v1.pdf
P M Edge’s Flying Log Book as a bomb aimer from 20th March 1943 until 28th September 1944. Initial bombing and gunnery training at 41 Air School in South Africa, before posting back to the UK in September 1943. Further training at 10 Advanced…

LWhalleyJ1113651v1.pdf
Jack Whalley’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 9th July 1941 until 10th October 1952. Initial training at No. 9 Air Observers School as an air observer, navigator, air gunner and bomb aimer. Further training as…

PHolmanAW1903.jpg
An oblique aerial photograph of Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille.

Identification kindly provided by Toby Clempson and Velma Allen of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Facebook Group.

MSmithAC1459147-170607-030001.jpg
An abstract of a flight log to Stuttgart. It contains details of each leg including an attack by night fighters.

CWittyAR-170323-010073.jpg
Map showing south east England northern France, Belgium and Netherlands. Pencilled route from Lincoln area to just north of Lille. Annotated top left 'Op No. 20, 20/7/44, Coutrai (Kurtrijk Belgium)'. On the reverse 'Op. No. 20 (20/7/44), Courtrai)'.
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