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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Germany--Duisburg"
Main Ops - with crew only
Tags: 12 Squadron; 626 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); ground crew; Ju 88; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Me 109; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; P-51; Pathfinders; searchlight; Spitfire; superstition; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Recollection of the navigator of a Lancaster which took part in the bombing of Dresden on 13/14 February 1945
List of operations
Roll of honour 153 Squadron
Peter Jenkinson operational record
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); final resting place; flight engineer; Fw 190; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 262; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Kirmington; RAF Scampton; tactical support for Normandy troops; V-2; V-weapon
166 Squadron history
Record of John Beisley's 30 operations
467 Squadron RAAF - Operations from RAF Bottesford and RAF Waddington
Jim Eley and Crew
Annotated 'Good Luck!…
Halifax III - Evidence of Collision
Tags: 10 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 4 Group; 424 Squadron; 426 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 434 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 578 Squadron; 6 Group; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; crash; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Ju 88; killed in action; Me 109; mid-air collision; navigator; pilot; RAF Croft; RAF Snaith; wireless operator
The Crash of Halifax NP934
Page 1 simply states 'The Crash'.
Page 2 is a report of the crash in French and an eye witness report in English by Jean Bodart.
Page 3 is a copy of a photograph which appears on page…
Report and Research on the loss of Halifax NP934
Four newspaper cuttings
Bottom left - Airman to wed airman's widow. Alex Henshaw (test pilot) to wed widow of Count de Chateaubrun killed eight months after wedding in December 1937.…
Tags: B-24; bombing; crash; love and romance; propaganda
Six newspaper cuttings
Middle left - Regiment…
Recommendation for award of Distinguished Flying Medal
Operational history of Lancaster 1B R5868
Tags: 467 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Bottesford; RAF Scampton; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon
Summary of Terry Ford's Operations
Tags: 75 Squadron; bombing
Planning Chart from Waterbeach to Duisburg to Mepal
Tags: aircrew; bombing; navigator; RAF Mepal; RAF Waterbeach
Propaganda Leaflet and Bombing Attacks on Germany
Item 1 is a propaganda leaflet, dropped on Homberg on 21 November 44. It is a warning from Dwight D Eisenhower to the German people not to harm in any way those in forced labour battalions or concentration camps. Allies…
Duisburg
Photo 1 is a daylight image with all the details obscured by explosions…
Homberg and a Lancaster exploding in mid-air
Photo 1 is an air-to-air photograph of an aircraft exploding after a direct hit.
Photo 2 is an air-to-air photograph of burning pieces of an aircraft after a direct hit.
Photo 3 is a vertical aerial photograph of…
Duisberg
Duisberg
Bill Chubb and his crew
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Tags: 432 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Halifax