David Carter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Poland]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> 1941]]> 1943-04]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1945-01-19]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-18]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> Guy Gibson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> 1942-04]]> Middle, left report of an aircraft landing on a car.
Middle centre, woman holding a baby, reports of engagements and births of babies.
Bottom left, report of the death of Lieutenant Geoffrey William Gray Walker. Bottom right girl on a beach.
Right page: report on a Renault factory.
Bottom left, eight men and two women in cricket attire with a ninth man sat on the grass in uniform.
Bottom right, eight men and five women, three wearing ties, arranged on the grass by a brick wall.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> eng]]> deu]]> fra]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Heckington]]> France]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-03-01]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Great Britain]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> Middle and bottom, congratulations to Bob on his award.
Right page; top, title of the Vauxhall Mirror.
Middle, report of Bob's operational career and being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Sergeant A J Spires being awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
Bottom, a group of 32 men, 30 wearing half caps and two in officer's hats, with a dog in front of a Whitley aircraft, annotated 'Bob 2nd left' and '51 Sqn April 1941'.]]>
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Middle left, aerial view of Hamburg docks.
Middle right, bombing targets and fires in Gelsenkirchen.
Bottom left, bombing of Boulogne harbour.
Bottom right, a woman holding a baby with a girl standing alongside.
Right page: a report of raids on Germany's naval harbour at Kiel.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> 1940-07-03]]> 1940-12-21]]>
Whitley aircraft, B-DY, C-DY and E-DY, flying in formation; bottom, crashed Whitley MH-H, annotated 'Usworth 17 11 40' and 'Sketch by Bob of the end of a bombing trip over Germany. It was an emergency landing at a fighter station and the Whitley overran the runway and broke its back on a bomb dump. Bob was 'Second Joe' (pilot)'.
Right page: top, targets in Mannheim.
Bottom, a group of 60 uniformed men standing in front of a Whitley aircraft annotated '51 Sqd 16.12.40. Bob is 6th from the left'.]]>
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Bottom, Stanley sending love and best wishes.
Right page: propaganda leaflets dropped in Italy and Germany, annotated 'war time propaganda leaflets released by the R.A.F.'.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> eng]]> ita]]> deu]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Birmingham]]> Italy]]> Germany]]>

Part 1. Bob Panton was a child during the war. One day as his father was coming towards their house Bob saw three Dornier 17 come into view. Then out of the sun came six Spitfires and a battle started in front of him. Bob saw the Dorniers shot down and rushed to the crash site with his friend to see the site. Of the surviving German aircrew one was taken to the local cottage hospital where he spat in the face of the nurse. Bob’s brother was a rear gunner in a Wellington and was traumatised when the Perspex in his turret was shot away around him. Bob joined the ATC at the earliest opportunity before joining the RAF proper and training to be a pilot. He took part in the Berlin Airlift.

Part 2. Bob Panton was fascinated with aircraft ever since a friend of his brother gave him a taxi ride on his Avro 504k. After his wartime experiences in his childhood Bob joined the RAF and trained as a pilot. He took part in the Berlin Airlift. In later years Bob became a guide showing visitors around the aircraft of the museum and hearing their own stories and experiences. ]]>
Claire Bennett]]> This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Berlin]]>
Claire Bennett]]> This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> Norway--Tromsø]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1944-11-12]]> Claire Bennet]]> This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Tunisia]]> Algeria--Laghouat (Province)]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Tunisia--El Kef]]> 1941-11]]> 1942-06]]> 1942-11]]> Claire Bennett]]> This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> North Africa]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1940]]> 1941-06]]> This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary. Allocated C Campbell]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1942-01]]> 1943-07]]> Dawn Oakley]]> This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary. Allocated C Campbell]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Belgium]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> It is annotated "4B"and captioned: "3010 MEP. 22.2.45//7" 18,500 110º 1601 OSTERFELD. D 1 HC4000IN. 10ANM64DT. 2GP250DT. C36 SECS. F/O O'MALLEY.F.75"
Also a handwritten note: "OSTERFELD:- GENERAL INDUSTRIAL ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT”]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Osterfeld]]> Germany--Rhine-Herne Canal]]> 1945-02-22]]>
It is captioned: "2952 MEP. 16.2.45//7" 19,000' 112º 1600 WESEL. D. 1HC4000,9ANM64DT,2GP250IT,1MC500DT. C5 SECS8 F/O O'MALLEY. F.75."

The reverse of the photograph is annotated: "[unclear] Robinson" and " No 8 [unclear]".

Also a handwritten note: "WESEL:- BOMBING THROUGH CLOUD. LANCASTER WITH ROBINSON - AIR BOMBER FIRST OVER TARGET AND ON TARGET ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT".]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> 1945-02-16]]>
Also, a handwritten note: "DRESDEN:- FIRE RAID ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT.".]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> Photograph]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dresden]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> It is annotated "4B" and captioned: "2822 MEP. 28.1.45// 7" 20,000' 035 1413 KOLN-GREMBERG D 1HC4000IN, 9ANM64IN, 4GP250DT C 37SECS P/O O'MALLEY F.75".

Also a handwritten note: "KOLN-GREMBERG:- ATTACK ON RAILWAYS ETC. RAILWAYS MIDDLE RIGHT-TOP. ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT".]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> One page handwritten note]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> 1945-01-28]]>
It is annotated "5B" and captioned: "2809 MEP. 22/23.1.45//NT(C)8" 19,000' 112º 2009 DUISBERG [sic]. Z 1HC4000IN, 2GP500LD. 5ANM58DT. 2GP250DT. 31 SECS P/O O'MALLEY. A.75".

The reverse of the target photograph is annotated "Robinson".

Also a handwritten note: "DUISBERG [sic]:- ZIG-ZAG FLASH CAUSED BY THE AIRCRAFT TAKING EVASIVE ACTION WHILE UNDER ATTACK BY NIGHT-FIGHTER. ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT".]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-01-23]]>
It is annotated: "3B" and captioned: "2735 MEP. 11.1.45//7" 20,000' 130º 1514 KREFELD A 1HC4000IN, 12MC500DT, 4GP250DT. C.37SECS F/S O'MALLEY K.75.".

Also a handwritten note: "KREFELD:- RADAR BOMBING THROUGH CLOUD ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT".]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> 1945-01-11]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Neuss]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> It is annotated: "5B" and captioned: "2659 MEP 1/2.1.45//NT(C)7' 19,500. 360º 1944 VOHWINKEL K 1HC4000IN. 12GP500DT. 2MC500DT. 31 SECS. F/S O'MALLEY. G 75".]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-02]]> It is annotated "3B" and captioned: "2652 MEP 31.12.44//7' 19,500 090º 1444 VOHWINKEL K 1HC4000IN. 14ANM64DT. C 37SECS. F/S O'MALLEY. G. 75".

Also a handwritten note: "VOHWINKEL:- FACTORY - RAIL SITE. NOTE RAILWAYS BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER. FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT".]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> 1944-12-31]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Siegen]]> 1944-12-16]]>