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Lancaster JB139 Dark Victor
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Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Lancaster; mess; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Coningsby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Resistance; Spitfire; Tallboy; target indicator; target photograph; V-1; wireless operator
Bob Cooke's Grave
Tags: aircrew; final resting place; killed in action; pilot
Villers Bocage during Bombing
#1 is a vertical aerial photograph taken during the bombing at Villers Bocage.
#2 is temporary graves of Bob Cooke and Crew at Tilly-sur-Seulles, Normandy.
Events at Villers Bocage
Tags: 51 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; Halifax; killed in action; Lancaster; Master Bomber; mid-air collision; missing in action; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; RAF Snaith; RAF Tangmere; tactical support for Normandy troops
Bob Cooke and Crew
Ron Carter's List of Operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); shot down; tactical support for Normandy troops; V-1; V-weapon
Pierre Madry raises his Hat to the Crew of a British Bomber
Finally there is an address by Abbe Plante, parish priest of Lyons-la-Foret,…
Flashbacks to My Tour with the Americans
Ouistreham and Port de L'Orne
#1 which is marked "Neg No 38858" shows the Ouistreham Estuary at the top with the Canal de Caen a la Mer running top to…
The Daily Star June 8, 1944
The Star June 7, 1944
History of 106 Squadron
Tags: 106 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; FIDO; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Abingdon; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; Tallboy; target indicator; training; V-weapon
Crew photograph and list of operations
Tags: 138 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); flight engineer; killed in action; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; wireless operator
Enniskillen to Avignon
#1 has a route to St Martin de Marreville dated 28/5/44.
#2 has a route to Saumur, dated 31/1/644.
#3 has a route to Nantes dated 29/5/44.
#4 has a route to Mailly le Camp
Wounded in Normandy
467 Squadron RAAF
Tags: 467 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; flight engineer; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; RAF Waddington; shot down; wireless operator