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Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France]]> 1939]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1945]]> Miriam Sharland]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> New Zealand]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> O’Hara, Paddy. Folder POHaraHF1601]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> O’Hara, Paddy. Folder POHaraHF1601]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> Charles Evans]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> After the bombing, all of the larger buildings have been completely destroyed, except one in the upper right corner, though this has suffered considerable damage. All but three of the 32 buildings in the grid pattern have been reduced to rubble, and the three remaining appear to have suffered damage. The railway line has minor crater damage, though there is no sign of the train. There are craters visible all over the photograph, but these are mostly concentrated in the lower third.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Scotland--Perth and Kinross]]> England--London]]> Canada]]> Manitoba]]> Manitoba--Portage la Prairie]]> Germany]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Norman went to 101 Squadron and learnt to fly Lancasters, serving as a bomb aimer. He describes his first operation to Mailly-Le-Camp where over 40 Lancasters, out of 350, were lost.
Norman’s aircraft was shot down over Dortmund with the death of five crew members. He was captured, as were the pilot and navigator. After the Frankfurt Interrogation Centre, they went to a camp in Wetzlar. Norman then went to Stalag Luft 7 at Bankau in Silesia, followed by four months in another camp. The Germans evacuated prisoner of war camps in January 1945 following Russian attacks. Norman marched on a “death march” for three weeks in snow to Luckenwalde, a camp with 20-25,000 men.
Norman escaped with the Americans via Hildesheim and Le Havre before returning to Britain. He was posted to RAF Cosford but could only leave when he had regained weight, which took six months. He finished in February 1946 with the rank of warrant officer.]]>
Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> France]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Luckenwalde]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-01]]> 1946]]> 1946-02]]>
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Ain]]> France--Amiens Region]]> France--Avesnes Region (Nord)]]> France--Caen]]> France--Caen Region]]> France--Calais]]> France--Flers-de-l'Orne]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Mimoyecques]]> France--Montebourg]]> France--Neuville-aux-Bois]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Oisemont (Canton)]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Orne]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Revigny-sur-Ornain]]> France--Saintes]]> France--Wimereux]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France--Forêt du Croc]]> France--Domléger-Longvillers]]> France--Bermesnil]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-06-02]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-18]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-26]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-17]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-02]]>