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Title
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Neale, Ted
E T H Neale
Description
An account of the resource
123 items. The collection concerns Edward Thomas Henry Neale (b. 1922, 1395951 Royal Air Force) who served as a navigator with 37 Squadron in North Africa, the Middle East and Italy. The collection contains his training notebooks from South Africa as well as propaganda leaflets dropped by the allies in the Mediterranean theatre.
The collection also contains a photograph album, navigation logs and target photographs.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Alison Neale and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-07-31
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Neale, ETH
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[crest] 205 GROUP ROYAL AIR FORCE [crest]
Albania, Jugoslavia, Bulgaria, Syria, Iraq, Rhodes, Crete, Piraeus, Corinth, Leros, Daba, Capuzzo, Fuka, Halfaya, El Adem, Martuba, Tobruk, Benghazi, Tripoli, Mareth, Gabes, Cape Bon, Tunis
[map]
Palermo, Pantellaria, Syracuse, Messina, Salerno, Anzio, Viterbo, Guilianova, Verona, Turin, Pisa, Leghorn, Trieste, Milan, Sofia, Budapest, Steyr, Valence, Munich, Fiume, Bucharest, Ploesti, Danube
In the 1939 – 1945 World War
205 Group provided the only mobile force of heavy night bombers in the Mediterranean theatre. During the North African and Italian campaigns the Wellingtons, Halifaxes and Liberators of the Group, operating as a tactical force, attacked communications and concentrations of Rommel’s Africa Korps and of the Italian armies during their advance to the Quattara Depression, the Battle of El Alamein and during their retreat until their final capitulation in Tunisia. Without respite they operated against Kesselring’s army during the invasions of Sicily, Italy and the South of France. As a strategical force their targets – ports, airfields, marshalling yards, oil refineries and factories-ranged over the Mediterranean area and Europe. Aid was given to patriots in France, supplies and arms’ were dropped to Partizans in the Balkans and to the patriots in Warsaw. The Danube was mined persistently.
Shining courage is the epitaph of those who died.
We will remember them.
JUNE 1940 MAY 1945
[indecipherable word] A.B. Rud
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Title
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205 Group Royal Air Force
Description
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A commemorative poster with a map of Southern Europe and North Africa. Around the outside is a list of locations where operations were carried out. There is a paragraph with details of the operations.
Creator
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205 Group Royal Air Force
Format
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One printed sheet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Memoir
Identifier
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MNealeETH1395951-150731-096
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Albania
Austria
Austria--Steyr
Bulgaria
Bulgaria--Sofia
Croatia
Croatia--Rijeka
Danube River
France
France--Valence (Drôme)
Germany
Germany--Munich
Greece
Greece--Corinth Canal
Greece--Crete
Greece--Piraeus
Greece--Rhodes (Island)
Hungary
Hungary--Budapest
Iraq
Italy
Italy--Anzio
Italy--Giulianova
Italy--Livorno
Italy--Messina
Italy--Milan
Italy--Palermo
Italy--Pantelleria Island
Italy--Pisa
Italy--Salerno
Italy--Syracuse
Italy--Trieste
Italy--Turin
Italy--Verona
Italy--Viterbo
Libya
Libya--Banghāzī
Libya--Martuba
Libya--Tobruk
Libya--Tripoli
North Africa
Romania
Romania--Bucharest
Romania--Ploiești
Syria
Tunisia
Tunisia--Mareth Line
Tunisia--Qābis
Tunisia--Sharīk Peninsula
Tunisia--Tunis
Egypt--Fukah
Greece--Leros (Municipality)
Contributor
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Steve Baldwin
bombing
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Title
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Scott, Eric William
E W Scott
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-04-06
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Scott, EW
Description
An account of the resource
139 items. The collection concerns Flying Officer Eric Scott (1425952, 188329 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, a memoir, correspondence, documents, newspaper cuttings, a flying course handbook and photographs. He flew operations in North Africa as a bomb aimer with 142 Squadron and then after an instructional tour in Palestine started a second tour on 37 Squadron in Italy where he was shot down and finished the war as a prisoner. <br /><br />The collection includes three albums.<br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2040"><span>Album 1</span></a> <span>Photographs of Jerusalem, Bethlehem. Tel Aviv, Haifa and friends.</span><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2041">Album 2</a> <span>Photographs taken during training in the United States and England and during his service in North Africa and Italy.<br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2046">Album 3</a> Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, documents and the last issue of the Prisoner of war Journal.<br /></span><br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Jacqui Holman and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Transcription
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205 GROUP ROYAL AIR FORCE
[map]
ALBANIA
JUGOSLAVIA
BULGARIA
SYRIA
IRAQ
RHODES
CRETE
PIRAEUS
CORINTH
LEROS
DABA
CAPUZZO
FUKA
HALFAYA
EL ADEM
MARTUBA
TOBRUK
BENGHAZI
TRIPOLI
MARETH
GABES
CAPE BON
TUNIS
JUNE 1940
PALERMO
PANTELLARIA
SYRACUSE
MESSINA
ANZIO
VITERBO
GUILIANOVA
VERONA
TURIN
PISA
LEGHORN
TRIESTE
MILAN
SOFIA
BUDAPEST
STEYR
VALENCE
MUNICH
FIUME
BUCHAREST
PLOESTI
DANUBE
MAY 1945
[indecipherable name] A.B. Read.
In the 1939 – 1945 World War 205 Group provided the only mobile force of heavy night bombers in the Mediterranean theatre. During the North African and Italian campaigns the Wellingtons, Halifaxes and Liberators of the Group operating as a tactical force, attacked communications and concentrations of Rommel’s Afrika Korps and of the Italian armies during their advance to the Quattara Depression, the Battle of El Alamein and during their retreat until their final capitulation in Tunisia. Without respite they operated against Kesselring’s army during the invasions of Sicily, Italy and the South of France. As a strategical force their targets – ports, airfields, marshalling yards, oil refineries and factories – ranged over the Mediterranean area and Europe. Aid was given to patriots in France, supplies and arms were dropped to Partizans in the Balkans and to the patriots in Warsaw. The Danube was mined persistently. Shining courage is the epitaph of those who died.
We will remember them.
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Title
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205 Group Royal Air Force Battle Honours
Description
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Map showing Mediterranean Sea and surrounding countries. Provides a history of of the group who provided the only mobile force of heavy bombers in the Mediterranean theatre. Wellington, Halifax and B-24 acted as a tactical force attacking communications and Italian and German forces throughout the North African campaign. Continued to support operations in Sicily, Italy, The Balkans and South of France. On the sides the locations of many of the targets attacked by the groups aircraft.
Format
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One page coloured map and printed text
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Map
Artwork
Identifier
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MScottEW188329-170406-05
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Albania
Yugoslavia
Syria
Iraq
Greece
Greece--Rhodes (Island)
Greece--Crete
Greece--Piraeus
Greece--Corinth Canal
Italy
Libya
Libya--Tobruk
Libya--Banghāzī
Libya--Tripoli
Tunisia
Tunisia--Mareth Line
Tunisia--Qābis
Tunisia--Sharīk Peninsula
Tunisia--Tunis
Italy--Palermo
Italy--Pantelleria Island
Italy--Syracuse
Italy--Messina
Italy--Salerno
Italy--Anzio
Italy--Viterbo
Italy--Giulianova
Italy--Verona
Italy--Turin
Italy--Pisa
Italy--Livorno
Italy--Trieste
Italy--Milan
Bulgaria
Bulgaria--Sofia
Hungary
Hungary--Budapest
Austria
Austria--Steyr
France
France--Valence (Drôme)
Germany
Germany--Munich
Croatia
Croatia--Rijeka
Romania
Romania--Bucharest
Romania--Ploiești
Danube River
North Africa
Libya--Martuba
Egypt--Fukah
Greece--Leros (Municipality)
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1940-06
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1945-05
Rights
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Steve Baldwin
B-24
bombing
Halifax
Warsaw airlift (4 August - 28 September 1944)
Wellington
-
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Title
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Lovatt, Peter
Dr Peter Lovatt
P Lovatt
Description
An account of the resource
117 items. An oral history interview with Peter Lovatt (b.1924, 1821369 Royal Air Force), his log book, documents, and photographs. The collection also contains two photograph albums. He flew 42 operations as an air gunner on 223 Squadron flying B-24s. <br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1338">Album One</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2135">Album Two</a><br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Nina and Peter Lovatt and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-09-27
2019-09-03
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Lovatt, P
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A Reminiscence of the Flying Characteristics of Many Old Type Aircraft
Description
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A detailed analysis of very early aircraft and their flying characteristics.
Creator
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Air Marshall Sir Ralph Sorley
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Felixstowe
England--Eastbourne (East Sussex)
England--Calshot
England--Bembridge
Atlantic Ocean--Spithead Channel
England--Cowes
England--Stroud
Scotland--Montrose
England--Sunbury
England--London
Monaco
Egypt--Cairo
Iraq--Baghdad
England--Felixstowe
England--Aldeburgh
Iraq
Middle East--Kurdistan
Middle East--Palestine
Jordan
Iran
Middle East--Euphrates River
Syria
Yemen (Republic)--Aden
Singapore
Australia
Borneo
China--Hong Kong
England--Kent
United States
New York (State)--New York
France--Paris
Nigeria
South Africa--Cape Town
Yugoslavia
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Denmark
Japan
Belgium
Argentina
Austria
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Greece
China
Lithuania
Estonia
England--Weybridge
Scotland--Island of Arran
England--Kingston upon Thames
France--Dunkerque
England--Hatfield (Hertfordshire)
Newfoundland and Labrador
New Brunswick
Maine
Maine--Presque Isle
Washington (D.C.)
Massachusetts--Boston
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Maryland--Baltimore
Washington (D.C.)--Anacostia
Tennessee--Nashville
Arkansas--Little Rock
Texas--Dallas
Texas--Fort Worth
Texas--Midland
Arizona--Tucson
California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
California--Palm Springs
California--Los Angeles
California--Beverly Hills
California--San Diego
Arizona--Winslow
New Mexico--Albuquerque
Kansas--Wichita
Missouri--Saint Louis
Ohio--Dayton
New York (State)--Buffalo
Ontario--Toronto
Québec--Montréal
Newfoundland and Labrador--Gander
Netherlands--Eindhoven
Germany--Rheine
Germany--Osnabrück
India
Switzerland--Zurich
Lebanon--Beirut
Pakistan--Karachi
India--Kolkata
Singapore
Indonesia--Jakarta
Australia
Northern Territory--Darwin
New South Wales--Sydney
South Australia--Woomera
South Australia--Adelaide
Victoria--Melbourne
Sri Lanka--Colombo
Spain--Madrid
South Africa--Johannesburg
Kenya--Nairobi
Sudan--Khartoum
Greece--Athens
Italy--Rome
Zambia--Lusaka
Zambia--Ndola
Zambia--Mbala
Heathrow Airport (London, England)
Turkey--Istanbul
France--Nice
Utah--Salt Lake City
Italy--Genoa
Atlantic Ocean--Firth of Clyde
Italy
France
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Kansas
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
New Mexico
New York (State)
Ohio
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
New South Wales
South Australia
Victoria
Northern Territory
Egypt
Sudan
North Africa
Ontario
Québec
Germany
Indonesia
Iraq
Kenya
Lebanon
Netherlands
South Africa
Switzerland
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Turkey
Yemen (Republic)
Czech Republic
Slovakia
England--Gloucestershire
England--Hampshire
England--Herefordshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Suffolk
England--Surrey
England--Sussex
England--Great Yarmouth
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
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Text
Text. Memoir
Format
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82 typewritten sheets
Date
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1971-08-16
Rights
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IBCC Digital Archive
Identifier
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MLovattP1821369-190903-75
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Pending text-based transcription
aircrew
Anson
B-17
B-24
Battle
Blenheim
C-47
Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947)
Defiant
Dominie
Fw 190
ground crew
Halifax
Harvard
Hudson
Hurricane
Lancaster
Lincoln
Lysander
Magister
Manchester
Me 109
Mosquito
Oxford
Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
pilot
Proctor
RAF Boscombe Down
RAF Eastchurch
RAF Hendon
RAF Henlow
RAF Martlesham Heath
RAF North Killingholme
RAF Pembrey
RAF Prestwick
RAF West Freugh
Spitfire
Stirling
Swordfish
Tiger Moth
training
Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979)
York
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Title
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Neale, Ted. Album
Description
An account of the resource
30 items. An album of photographs taken during Ted Neale's service in the Mediterranean theatre.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-07-31
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Neale, ETH
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Title
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Acropolis of Athens
Description
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A roof top view of Athens with low houses. In the background are low hills and the Parthenon.
Format
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One b/w photograph
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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PNealeETH15010031
Coverage
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Civilian
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Greece
Greece--Athens
-
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Title
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Edwards, Frederick
F Edwards
Description
An account of the resource
26 items. The collection concerns Frederick Edwards (b. 1923) and contains his log book, maps, navigation charts, service documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a navigator with 101 Squadron. There is also an oral history interview with his son, Martin Edwards.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Martin Edwards and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2018-03-14
Rights
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Edwards, F
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Title
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Aircraft Weather Report
Form 2306
Description
An account of the resource
Completed for a flight between Calato and Almaza in Egypt.
Creator
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Great Britain. Air Ministry Meteorological Office
Format
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One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
Language
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eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Service material
Identifier
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MEdwardsF1805103-180314-090001,
MEdwardsF1805103-180314-090002
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Egypt
Egypt--Cairo
Greece
Greece--Rhodes
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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aircrew
ground personnel
meteorological officer
-
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Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association
Description
An account of the resource
97 items. The collection concerns Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association and contains items including drawings by the artist Ley Kenyon.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Robert Ankerson and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Date
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2018-01-29
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IBCC Digital Archive
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RAF ex POW As Collection
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Alan McInnes memoir
A German Holiday 1944-45
Description
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An autobiography by Alan of his time as a prisoner of war. He describes the night they were shot down over Germany. Also his training with his mainly Australian crew. Then he goes into more detail regarding the operation when he was shot down.
He describes their capture, mistreatment and interrogations at various locations. After interrogations at Dulag Luft they were sent to a transit camp in Frankfurt then on by train to Heydekrug, Stalag Luft VI. Although their camp section was new it was cramped and basic. He describes camp life in detail. As the Russians got closer they were sent by train to an Army camp at Thorn. He read a copy of NCO education in the camp. These courses were extremely popular and supported by text books sent from the UK. Exams were sat and papers sent to the UK for marking. At Thorn they marched to Stammlager 357 but not for long. They then marched back to the railway and were sent to Fallingbostel. He describes the rail journey in detail, then in greater detail he describes camp life.
Later he was moved to an officer's camp at Eichstadt. This turned out to be an Army camp which refused them and they were sent to Sagan. He stayed there for a short time then was moved to Stalag Luft 3, then 111A. As the Russians neared they moved again. After a couple of days waiting in trucks they returned to their camp. The railway system was breaking down as the end of the war neared.
After the Russians reached them they were allowed out of the camp but still remained billeted there. He writes about his impressions of the Russians.
His journey home was delayed by rain that did not allow aircraft to fly.
His story ends with his retelling of the night his aircraft was shot down, his night in Brussels and his return to England.
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Alan McInnes
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Germany--Berlin
Germany--Magdeburg
Australia
Great Britain
England--Lichfield
Poland--Szczecin
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Stendal
Switzerland
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Lithuania--Šilutė
Poland
Italy
Canada
United States
Poland--Szczecin
Poland--Toruń
Greece
Greece--Crete
Poland--Vistula River
England--Staverton (Northamptonshire)
Germany--Bad Fallingbostel
Poland--Żagań
Poland--Bydgoszcz
Poland--Poznań
Germany--Pasewalk
Germany--Neubrandenburg
Germany--Stavenhagen
Germany--Malchin (Landkreis)
Germany--Güstrow
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Lübeck
Germany--Eichstätt
Germany--Munich
Germany--Kassel
Germany--Eisenach
Germany--Fürth (Bavaria)
Germany--Treuchtlingen
Germany--Ingolstadt
Germany--Regensburg
Germany--Leipzig
Germany--Plauen
Poland--Wrocław
New South Wales--Sydney
Victoria--Melbourne
New South Wales
India--Jammu and Kashmir
China
England--London
Germany--Elbe
Germany--Potsdam
Germany--Jüterbog
Ukraine--Odesa
Germany--Dresden
Germany--Halle an der Saale
Belgium--Brussels
England--Brighton
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Hannover
Ukraine
Germany--Luckenwalde
Poland--Poznań
Germany
Germany--Hof (Hof)
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Australian Air Force
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eng
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Text
Text. Memoir
Format
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85 printed sheets
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BMcInnesAMcInnesAv1
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-01-21
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Pending text-based transcription
83 Squadron
air gunner
aircrew
bale out
bomb aimer
C-47
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
crewing up
Dulag Luft
entertainment
final resting place
flight engineer
Fw 190
Goering, Hermann (1893-1946)
ground personnel
H2S
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
incendiary device
Lancaster
Mosquito
navigator
Operation Exodus (1945)
Operational Training Unit
Pathfinders
pilot
prisoner of war
radar
RAF Bicester
RAF Lichfield
RAF Wigsley
RAF Wyton
Red Cross
shot down
sport
Stalag 3A
Stalag Luft 3
Stalag Luft 6
target indicator
the long march
training
wireless operator
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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Jones, Thomas John
Tom Jones
T Jones
Description
An account of the resource
62 items. An oral history interview with Peter William Arthur Jones (b. 1954) about his father Thomas John Jones DFC (b. 1921, 1640434 and 184141 Royal Air Force), his log book, photographs, correspondence, service documents, aircraft recognition manuals, medals and a memoir. He flew operations as a flight engineer on 622 Squadron Stirling and 7 Squadron on Lancaster. <br /><br />The collection also contains an <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2566">Album</a> of 129 types of aircraft. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Peter Jones and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2014-12-04
2017-12-07
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Jones, PW
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Amendment list No 107 to Air Publication 1480A
Description
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Pages of recognition handbook of British aircraft tabbed national markings Europe with aircraft markings for British (service, civilian and India/Pacific), Eire, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France(friendly and Vichy), Germany, Greece, Holland and Dutch East Indies, Hungary, Italy (Friendly) Yugoslavia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Switzerland (Service and Civil)
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Great Britain. Ministry of Aircraft Production
Date
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1943-11
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
Ireland
Belgium
Bulgaria
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Netherlands
Hungary
Italy
Yugoslavia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Soviet Union
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
Switzerland
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe
Free Norwegian forces
Free French Air Force
Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Format
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Thirteen document pages with diagrams and text
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Air Publication 1480
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MJonesTJ184141-220105-04
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1943-11
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Stachiewicz, Mieczysław. Album
Description
An account of the resource
58 items. An album of photographs, newspaper clippings and papers relating to Mieczysław Stachiewicz's escape from Poland through Romania, Greece, and France to Great Britain, and his tour of operations as a pilot with 301 Squadron from RAF Hemswell. The album also contains photographs of his friends and family.
These items were digitised by a third-party using technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-01-19
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Stachiewicz, M
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Ateny Styczen 1940
Athens, January 1940
Description
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Photo 1 is a group of nine men standing at the Caryatid Porch on the Acropolis.
Photo 2 is the Monument of Philopappos, by the Acropolis.
Photo 3 is eight men standing in front of the Erechtheum.
Photo 4 is a view of the Acropolis.
Photo 5 is 11 men seated on stones in front of the Parthenon.
Photo 6 is nine men standing in front of the Caryatid porch on the Acropolis.
Photo 7 is a view of the Acropolis.
Photo 8 is eight men standing inside the Parthenon.
Photo 9 is ten men arranged on the steps of a Greek ruin.
Photo 10 is ten men standing in front of the Parthenon.
Photo 11 is the Agora of Athens.
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1940-01
Format
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Eleven b/w photographs from a scrapbook
Language
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pol
Type
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Photograph
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PStachiewiczM17010011,
PStachiewiczM17010012
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Civilian
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Greece
Greece--Athens
Temporal Coverage
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1940-01
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Mieczysław Stachiewicz
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Title
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Burnett, Bill
Jock Burnett
William Burnett
W Burnett
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-12-08
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Burnett, W
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Five items. The collection concerns William "Bill"/"Jock" Burnett (1825655 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book and documents. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 617 Squadron.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Natalie Burnett and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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Bill Burnett's Biography
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A biography of Bill written by his flying colleague from Bomber Command. It covers his war and post-war activities.
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Lawrence Goodman
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
Scotland--Midmar (Parish)
Scotland--Spean Bridge
Scotland--Edinburgh
Norway
Norway--Tromsø
Germany
Germany--Hamburg
India
India--Kolkata
Lebanon
France
France--Nice
Germany--Berlin
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Jersey
Greece
Greece--Athens
Gibraltar
Spain
Spain--Madrid
Turkey
Turkey--Istanbul
England--Blackwater (Hampshire)
Italy
Italy--Naples
Lebanon--Beirut
Netherlands
Netherlands--Amsterdam
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Civilian
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Memoir
Format
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Two printed sheets
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BGoodmanLBurnettWv1
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Pending text-based transcription
617 Squadron
aircrew
crewing up
flight engineer
Lancaster
love and romance
RAF St Athan
RAF Swinderby
Stirling
Tiger force
Tirpitz
training
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/541/26034/MPeadonAH1578531-160504-01.2.pdf
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Peadon, Alec Henry
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Peadon, AH
Description
An account of the resource
21 items. An oral history interview with Sybil Green (b. 1929), photographs and documents. Her Brother, Sergeant Alec Henry Peadon was killed 31 August 1943 when his 78 Squadron Halifax was shot down over Belgium. <br /><br /><span>The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Sybil Green and catalogued</span> by Barry Hunter. <br /><br />Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/221937/">Alec Henry Peadon</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
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2016-05-04
2016-06-22
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BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
[crest]
THE CITY SCHOOL
LINCOLN
[page break]
[blank page]
[page break]
BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
THE CITY SCHOOL
LINCOLN
[page break]
[blank page]
[page break]
In affectionate remembrance of the old boys of the School who lost their lives in the War 1939-45
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
[page break]
ROLL OF HONOUR.
Philip Norman Allen
Henry Lawrence Andrews
George Edward Armitage
Bertram Beaver Holland Batt
Leslie William Batty
Herbert William Beasley
Denis Bell
Leonard Bescoby
Edgar Blackburn
Frank William Boddy
Harold Boddy
Jack Alex Brelsford
Charles Frederick Brown
Harold Ernest Brumpton
Thomas William Brumwell
Arthur Robert Bullock
John Fawcett Burn
Herbert Laurence Cairns
Hubert Edward Carrott
Ronald Etheridge Chesser
Basil Geoffrey Clark
Ralph Gordon Collingham
Marshall Crawshaw
George Leslie Crosby
Frank Roy Daughton
Albert John De Cann
George Bedingfield Dennis
Albert Dickinson
Herbert Leonard Dickinson
John Walter Dixon
Charles Douglas Dowse
Lionel Anthony Ellingworth
Frederick Charles Forman
Frank Fountaine
Douglas Alfred German
Errol John Goulding
Leonard Richard Ironmonger
[page break]
Robert William Jackson
Stanley Jebson
Kenneth William Jellis
Joseph Holland Johnson
Ronald George Keen
Jack Kelway
Jack Lister
Charles Hugh Markham
Eric Joseph Miles
John Richard Neave
Desmond Roderick Neve
Leonard Ottey
George Edward Owen
Thomas Leslie Panting
Jack Pattison
Alex Henry Peadon
Joseph Raby
David Reed
George Eric Scott
Andrew James Sistron
Arthur Roy Skelton
Arthur Raymond Spencer
Eric Stanley Spilman
Robert Donald Stokes
Benjamin Clayton Swallow
Herbert Fletcher Tait
Geoffrey Bavin Taylor
Arthur John Teasdel
Bernard William Todd
Roland Henry Turnell
Edward George Ufton
Geoffrey Ward
Robert Lee Wellington
Norman Maxwell Wescombe
Donald West
Robert Arthur Wheeler
Harry Wilson
John Winn
[page break]
[blank page]
[page break]
[photograph]
PHILIP NORMAN ALLEN
1936-41
Lance Corporal 10th Durham Light Infantry
Killed in action in Normandy
[italics] June [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 19
[page break]
[photograph]
HENRY LAWRENCE ANDREWS
1930-36
L.A.C. Royal Air Force
Died of pneumonia following discharge
[italics] January [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23
[page break]
[photograph]
GEORGE EDWARD ARMITAGE
1931-38
Lieutenant 17/21st Lancers (Royal Armoured Corps)
Died of wounds in Italy
[italics] June [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24
[page break]
[photograph]
BERTRAM BEAVER HOLLAND BATT
1927-30
Captain Royal Engineers
Accidently killed in Brussels
[italics] July [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 33
[page break]
[photograph]
LESLIE WILLIAM BATTY
1927-31
Leading Seaman Royal Navy
Presumed killed in action off Normandy
[italics] June [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 29
[page break]
[photograph]
HERBERT WILLIAM BEASLEY
1922-26
Sergeant Royal Air Force
Missing on an operational flight
[italics] June [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 32
[page break]
[photograph]
DENIS BELL
1934-39
Bombardier Royal Artillery
Killed in action near Caen
[italics] July [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21
[page break]
[photograph]
LEONARD BESCOBY
1920-24
Pilot Officer Royal Air Force
Killed whilst flying in the Middle East
[italics] June [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 34
[page break]
[photograph]
EDGAR BLACKBURN
1930-35
Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps
Died in Calcutta
[italics] September [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 27
[page break]
[photograph]
FRANK WILLIAM BODDY
1935-39
Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force
Missing on an operational flight
[italics] November [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 19
[page break]
[photograph]
HAROLD BODDY
1923-27
Major York and Lancaster Regiment
Accidentally killed near Cairo
[italics] January [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 32
[page break]
[photograph]
JACK ALEX BRELSFORD
1932-39
Captain Lincolnshire Regiment
Drowned in the River Mott, New Guinea
[italics] February [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23
[page break]
[photograph]
CHARLES FREDERICK BROWN
1927-33
Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps
Killed in an air raid on London
[italics] November [/italics] 1940 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24
[page break]
[photograph]
HAROLD ERNEST BRUMPTON
1933-39
Signalman Royal Corps of Signals
Died of wounds in Italy
[italics] September [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21
[page break]
[photograph]
THOMAS WILLIAM BRUMWELL
1926-33
Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Killed on active service
[italics] April [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 29
[page break]
[photograph]
ARTHUR ROBERT BULLOCK
1930-36
Student Teacher at the School 1936-38
A.C.1 Royal Air Force
Presumed drowned at sea
[italics] July [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21
[page break]
[photograph]
JOHN FAWCETT BURN
1934-39
Trooper Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action at Anzio
[italics] February [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 20
[page break]
[photograph]
HERBERT LAURENCE CAIRNS
1934-39
Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Missing on a raid over Berlin
[italics] January [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21
[page break]
[photograph]
HUBERT EDWARD CARROTT
1931-36
Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Missing on an operational flight
[italics] October [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23
[page break]
[photograph]
RONALD ETHERIDGE CHESSER
1927-32
Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Killed on returning from operational flight
[italics] August [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 27
[page break]
[photograph]
BASIL GEOFFREY CLARK
1931-37
Gunner Royal Artillery
Died from illness contracted on active service
[italics] May [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22
[page break]
[photograph]
RALPH GORDON COLLINGHAM
1933-38
Pilot Officer Royal Air Force
Missing on a flight in India
[italics] August [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22
[page break]
[photograph]
MARSHALL CRAWSHAW
(A Master of the School)
Leading Naval Airman Fleet Air Arm
Accidently killed whilst flying in Trinidad
[italics] February [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 29
[page break]
[photograph]
GEORGE LESLIE CROSBY
1931-38
Pilot Officer Royal Air Force
Missing on an air raid on Norway
[italics] April [/italics] 1940 [italics] Aged [/italics] 20
[page break]
[photograph]
FRANK ROY DAUGHTON
1925-30
Pilot Officer Royal Air Force
Killed in action in North Africa.
[italics] March [/italics] 1944. [italics] Aged [/italics] 30
[page break]
[photograph]
ALBERT JOHN DE CANN
1932-37
Sergeant Royal Air Force
Missing on an operational flight
[italics] February [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22
[page break]
[photograph]
GEORGE BEDINGFIELD DENNIS
1920-24
Able Seaman Royal Navy
Killed in action on H.M.S. Welshman in the Mediterranean
[italics] February [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 35
[page break]
[photograph]
ALBERT DICKINSON
1931-35
Flight Lieutenant (Pathfinder) Royal Air Force
Killed during operations over Germany
[italics] March [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24
[page break]
[photograph]
HERBERT LEONARD DICKINSON
1931-35
Electrical Artificer Royal Navy
Drowned off Libya when H.M.S. [italics] Galatea [/italics] was torpedoed
[italics] December [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22
[page break]
[photograph]
JOHN WALTER DIXON
1920-23
Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force
Died in a prisoner of war camp in Japan
[italics] December [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 36
[page break]
[photograph]
CHARLES DOUGLAS DOWSE
1933-37
Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Killed in operations over Germany
[italics] November [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23
[page break]
[photograph]
LIONEL ANTHONY ELLINGWORTH
1930-34
Bombardier Royal Engineers
Died from illness contracted on active service
[italics] February [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 25
[page break]
[photograph]
FREDERICK CHARLES FORMAN
1931-36
Signalman Royal Navy
Missing after operations in convoy
[italics] July [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21
[page break]
[photograph]
FRANK FOUNTAINE
1931-37
Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed in air operations over Germany
[italics] March [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22
[page break]
[photograph]
ERROL JOHN GOULDING
1931-35
Guardsman Grenadier Guards
Killed in an air raid on Weston Super Mare
[italics] June [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23
[page break]
[photograph]
LEONARD RICHARD IRONMONGER
1936-40
Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force
Missing on operations over Germany
[italics] February [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 20
[page break]
[photograph]
ROBERT WILLIAM JACKSON
1927-31
Major 1st Dorsetshire Regiment
Killed in action in Normandy
[italics] August [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 28
[page break]
[photograph]
STANLEY JEBSON
1929-36
Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Presumed killed when his plane fell in the sea
[italics] June [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24
[page break]
[photograph]
KENNETH WILLAIM JELLIS
1935-39
Merchant Navy
Presumed drowned in the Bay of Biscay
[italics] September [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 20
[page break]
[photograph]
JOSEPH HOLLAND JOHNSON
1934-36
Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Killed on active service
[italics] September [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22
[page break]
[photograph]
RONALD GEORGE KEEN
1926-30
Sergeant Pilot Royal Air Force
Killed in a flying accident in Egypt
[italics] August [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 28
[page break]
[photograph]
JACK KELWAY
1919-23
Royal Observer Corps
Killed by enemy action near Lincoln
[italics] March [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 38
[page break]
[photograph]
JACK LISTER
1927-31
L.A.C. Royal Air Force
Killed in a flying accident
[italics] September [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 26
[page break]
[photograph]
CHARLES HUGH MARKHAM
1932-38
Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed on active service in this country
[italics] September [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23
[page break]
[photograph]
ERIC JOSEPH MILES
1932-37
Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action in Burma
[italics] April [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24
[page break]
[photograph]
JOHN RICHARD NEAVE
1908-11
Acting British Resident, Perak State
Killed in action at Rengam in Johore
[italics] January [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 49
[page break]
[photograph]
LEONARD OTTEY
1917-21
Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force
Killed in an air raid on York
[italics] April [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 35
[page break]
[photograph]
GEORGE EDWARD OWEN
1934-39
Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed on operational flight over enemy territory
[italics] November [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21
[page break]
[photograph]
THOMAS LESLIE PANTING
1925-30
Sergeant Pilot Royal Air Force
Drowned in the North Sea following a raid on enemy territory
[italics] October [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 27
[page break]
[photograph]
JACK PATTISON
1935-39
Marine Royal Marines
Drowned when returning from the Normandy Beaches
[italics] July [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 20
[page break]
[photograph]
ALEX HENRY PEADON
1932-37
Sergeant Royal Air Force
Missing on a raid over enemy territory
[italics] August [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21
[page break]
[photograph]
JOSEPH RABY
1926-31
Private Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action in North Africa
[italics] March [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 27
[page break]
[photograph]
DAVID REED
1930-34
Student Teacher at the School 1934-36
Lieutenant Royal Engineers
Accidentally drowned off Bone, N. Africa
[italics] June [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 25
[page break]
[photograph]
GEORGE ERIC SCOTT
1929-35
Gunner Royal Artillery
Torpedoed in Mediterranean in Prisoner of War Convoy
[italics] November [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23
[page break]
[photograph]
ANDREW JAMES SISTRON
1932-37
Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed in a flying accident
[italics] January [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21
[page break]
[photograph]
ARTHUR ROY SKELTON
1933-38
Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed in flight over enemy territory
[italics] March [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22
[page break]
[photograph]
ARTHUR RAYMOND SPENCER
1934-38
Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed in raid over Munich
[italics] March [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21
[page break]
[photograph]
ERIC STANLEY SPILMAN
1927-33
Sub Lieutenant Fleet Air Arm
Died on active service
[italics] January [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 28
[page break]
[photograph]
ROBERT DONALD STOKES
1916-18
Major 4th Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action in Normandy
[italics] August [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 39
[page break]
[photograph]
BENJAMIN CLAYTON SWALLOW
1932-37
Sergeant 21st Parachute Company
Died at Apeldoorn from wounds received at Arnhem
[italics] December [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23
[page break]
[photograph]
HERBERT FLETCHER TAIT
1931-36
Coder Royal Navy
Drowned when H.M.S. [italics] Dunelin [/italics] was torpedoed
[italics] November [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21
[page break]
[photograph]
GEOFFREY BAVIN TAYLOR
1923-26
Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Missing on the sinking of the [italics] Lancastria [/italics]
[italics] June [/italics] 1940 [italics] Aged [/italics] 29
[page break]
[photograph]
ARTHUR JOHN TEASDEL
1921-28
Pilot Officer Royal Air Force
Missing on operations over Germany
[italics] February [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 33
[page break]
[photograph]
BERNARD WILLIAM TODD
1926-31
Sapper Royal Engineers
Died of wounds in Hong Kong
[italics] December [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 26
[page break]
[photograph]
ROLAND HENRY TURNELL
1926-31
Corporal 6th Seaforth Highlanders
Killed on the beaches of Sicily
[italics] July [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 28
[page break]
[photograph]
EDWARD GEORGE UFTON, D.F.M.
1930-35
Sergeant Royal Air Force
Missing on a rescue flight over North Sea
[italics] April [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24
[page break]
[photograph]
GEOFFREY WARD
1931-36
Gunner Royal Artillery
Killed on convoy duty in Syria
[italics] June [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22
[page break]
[photograph]
ROBERT LEE WELLINGTON
1933-39
Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Missing on an operational flight over enemy territory
[italics] May [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21
[page break]
[photograph]
NORMAN MAXWELL WESCOMBE
1931-35
Engine Room Artificer Royal Navy
Presumed drowned at the battle of Crete
[italics] May [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21
[page break]
[photograph]
DONALD WEST
1934-40
Sub Lieutenant Fleet Air Arm
Killed when his plane fell into the sea
[italics] May [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22
[page break]
[photograph]
ROBERT ARTHUR WHEELER
1932-37
Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Killed in an aircraft accident in Germany
[italics] December [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24
[page break]
[photograph]
HARRY WILSON
1929-37
Pilot Officer Royal Air Force
Killed in a flying accident in England
[italics] April [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22
[page break]
[photograph]
JOHN WINN
1928-32
Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed in action in the Middle East
[italics] December [/italics] 1939 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23
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Book of Remembrance
The City School Lincoln
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A booklet with a listing of former pupils that died in the Second World War. It includes a photograph of the deceased and a brief description.
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81 page printed booklet
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Great Britain
England--Lincoln
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Italy
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France--Caen
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Papua New Guinea
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1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
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Steve Baldwin
aircrew
crash
killed in action
memorial
missing in action
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Southwell, Brian Robert
B R Southwell
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17 items. An oral history interview with Brian Robert Southwell (b. 1916, 402261 Royal Australian Air Force), his log books, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 148 and 178 Squadrons.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-09-03
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Southwell, BR
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Brian Southwell's log book. One
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Pilot’s flying log book covering the period from 21 October 1940 to 7 June 1943. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at RAAF Mascot (4 EFTS), RAAF Amberley (3 SFTS), RAF Bassingbourn/Steeple Morden (11 OTU), RAF Harwell (15 OTU), RAF Portreath (1 0ADU), RAF Gibraltar (1 OADU), RAF Luqa (1 OADU), RAF Burn (1653 Flight), RAF Lyneham (1445 Flight), RAF Gibraltar, RAF Aqir (159 Squadron), RAF Shandur (159, 178 Squadrons and Special Liberator Flight), RAF Gambut (Special Liberator Flight), RAF Derna (148 Squadron), thence Egypt, Sudan, Nigeria, Portugal to UK, RAF Lichfield (27 OTU). Aircraft flown in were Tiger Moth, Anson, Wellington and Liberator. Targets were Benghazi, Tobruk, shipping strikes, Maleme, Tunis and Tripoli. He flew a total of 22 operations with 159 and 148 Squadrons. His first or second pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Willatt, Wing Commander MacNair, Sergeant Carrigan, Flight Sergeant Russell and Warrant Officer Carter.<br /><br /><span>This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.</span>
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Terry Hancock
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LSouthwellBR402261v1
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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One booklet
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Pending review
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1940
1941
1942
1943
1942-09-22
1942-09-23
1942-09-25
1942-09-26
1942-10-01
1942-10-11
1942-10-16
1942-10-21
1942-10-22
1942-10-25
1942-10-27
1942-10-28
1942-10-29
1942-10-30
1942-10-31
1942-11-01
1942-11-04
1942-11-05
1943-01-06
1943-01-10
1943-01-11
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Great Britain
North Africa
Egypt
Sudan
Nigeria
Portugal
Gibraltar
Greece
Libya
Tunisia
Greece--Maleme
Libya--Banghāzī
Libya--Tobruk
Libya--Tripoli
Tunisia--Tunis
Mediterranean Sea
11 OTU
148 Squadron
15 OTU
1653 HCU
23 OTU
27 OTU
aircrew
Anson
B-24
Flying Training School
Heavy Conversion Unit
Operational Training Unit
pilot
RAF Aqir
RAF Bassingbourn
RAF Burn
RAF Harwell
RAF Lichfield
RAF Lyneham
Tiger Moth
training
Wellington
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Madgett, Hedley Robert
H R Madgett
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250 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Hedley Madgett DFM (1922 - 1943, 147519, 1330340 Royal Air Force), a pilot with 61 Squadron. He was killed 18 August 1943 on the last operation of his tour from RAF Syerston to Peenemünde. The collection consists of letters, postcards and telegrams to his parents while he was training in the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition the collection contains memorabilia, documents from the Air Training Corps, artwork, a railway map, diaries, medals as well as his logbook, photographs of people, places and aircraft. Also contains letters of condolence to parents and a sub collection containing a photograph album with 44 items of his time training in Canada'.<br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Joan Madgett and Carol Gibson, and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Hedley Madgett is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/114690/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/madgett-hr/ ">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-03-17
2019-06-14
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Madgett, H
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CALGARY WINGS
[Underlined] HR Madgett. [/underlined]
[Drawing]
November, 1941 25 Cents
[Page break]
V … -
City of Calgary
A real Calgary welcome is extended to the Officer Commanding, the Officers and Other Ranks of No. 37 Service Flying Training School, Royal Air Force.
We are honoured in having this splendid unit training in our city and are sincerely desirous of making their stay a happy and pleasant one.
ANDREW DAVIDSON
Mayor
J. M. MILLER
City Clerk
“There’ll Always Be An England”
[Page break]
“CALGARY WINGS”
A monthly magazine produced and published by personnel of No. 37 Service Flying Training School, Royal Air Force, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Managing Editor:
CORPORAL B. J. BARNES
Business Managers:
CORPORAL A. LEY
A-C. S. WINTERFORD
Officer I-c:
F-LIEUT. M. T. MAW
NUMBER 1. NOVEMBER, 1941.
INTRODUCING OURSELVES
IN entering the magazine market so soon after our arrival from Britain, we feel that some explanation is needed. The object of producing a monthly “Calgary Wings” is primarily to record in literary and art forms our lives in Calgary. That means that we must produce a magazine not only for our airmen, but also for our friends in Calgary. It is difficult to see how so many guests, permanent and temporary, can live, sleep, and have their being in so charming a city as this, without joining to the full in Calgary’s life – business, professional, educational, literary, musical, art, social, religious and night.
CALGARY has no weekly newspaper as we understand a weekly paper to be. At the moment we have not considered supplying that need. Both news and opinions are reflected accurately enough in the city’s two newspapers. We do not in any sense regard these two worthy contemporaries as our rivals (Heaven help them if we did!) but would rather regard ourselves as complimentary to them in holding the mirror up to Calgary’s culture.
This adventure of ours is and must remain solvent, or else die. We do not believe in the subsidizing of any vehicle of expression of so-called public opinion. If all goes well, this should be our worst effort.
WE shall say what we think and honest-minded citizens will not be offended. We shall always welcome suggestions, criticism, and contributions, although we shall not pay for the latter. We are serving the cause and not ourselves. The whole of our organization is voluntary and the work is done secondarily to our efforts in the Empire Air Training plan. Any profits we may make will be firstly set aside to improve the quality and size of the magazine, and secondly to assist service charities.
[Page break]
A MESSAGE TO CALGARY
FROM
GROUP CAPTAIN W. H. POOLE, A.F.C., M.M.,
Officer Commanding No. 37 S.F.T.S.
“WELCOME stranger” is the password given us by Calgarians. We are neither the last nor the first English, Scot, Irish, or Welshmen to invade the “brave new world” of Canada. This is an invasion. I make no bones about it. Influence infiltrates unconsciously and we are learning much from you and hope to contribute in return.
Thanks to your hospitality, public and private, we who have come so far from our families and familiar haunts are realizing the meaning of commonwealth, of a cousinship throughout the British Empire, strengthened by common danger and the personal acquaintance which has resulted.
We are indeed grateful to our hosts.
“Calgary Wings” will be a chronicle of our interests and activities here, intimate details of our present life staged in your beautiful city in the heart of Canada.
We do not forget that we came here (so unexpectedly for the majority) to carry out a job of work and our endeavour to do it well shall prove our appreciation for your welcome.
Here, taking advantage of your famous dry climate, undisturbed by the alarms of air raids and the retarding influence of black-out, we plough steadily forward playing a small but important part in furthering and hastening the far-seeing Empire Air Training plan.
In this we must not and shall not slacken. To work and train to the highest pitch of efficiency is our only justification for being here in security, comfort and plenty.
Many of you must have pondered over the seeming awkwardness of authorities in sending your sons to the east and abroad and in bringing our sons so far west as this. In thoughtful moments we dimly see a great conception in this movement of large numbers of men, a vision of restless power of combined action – a sweeping flood of trained and trusted comrades – who knows?
[Advert for Penley’s Dancing Academy]
[Advert for Central Photo Studio]
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RETREAT FROM GREECE
THE following letter may be of interest to readers of “Calgary Wings”. It was written to my brother from Crete, following the safe evacuation of his unit from Greece. He was an officer in a London Territorial Unit equipped with Bren Gun Carriers, forming part of a mechanized division. Subsequently he was taken prisoner in Crete, being the only officer in his Company to survive the ordeal.
F-Lt. M. T. Maw.
May 8th.
My Dearest Mother:
Now that I have some time to spare I’ll try to write in more detail about the events of the last month. My writing may not be so hot, as we are still living in the “rough” and this is written on my knee. I’ll try to tell you of the lighter side of things, as I’m quite sure you won’t want to hear much that happened.
Although we escaped from Greece on April 28th, we are still in operational role “somewhere” waiting for the Boche to attack us. This time we will be on equal terms with him if he comes, and we are confident that on anything like equal terms we can thrash him. I last wrote during the first few days of April.
At 9.30 a.m. During a service on Sunday, April 6th, we heard that the “balloon had gone up.” I immediately moved my carriers forward three miles of the rest of the Company and occupied the village of Petros in Macedonia. For the first time the local inhabitants who had always been extremely friendly and kind, threatened trouble.
At 10 p.m. on the first night they came out of their houses (although we had imposed a curfew) and the Greek police told me to get out of the village! The situation was soon in hand and they calmed down. At dusk on April 8th, I had an order by wireless to withdraw to Armgatin (about 40 miles).
The Boche had penetrated through Yugoslavia, and had completely outflanked us. It was a race against time, it was raining like hell, and a very difficult journey over the mountains.
Many more such journeys were to come, with bad narrow roads winding up the mountain side by hair-pin bends when a skid or a slip on the wrong side meant a fall of 2,000 feet or more.
We arrived at Vere in the southern mouth of the Phlorina Gap at 5 a.m. before the Boche and occupied a hasty defensive position at dawn. All day on the 9th we spent digging in on the mountain side behind Vere.
At 4 p.m. my wireless carrier came up again with ammunition, and inconveniently “threw” a track in a bad ditch in the village. I spent all night in recovering it, and (although unknown to me), there was a German patrol in the village. It was bitter cold, and as I walked through to find a despatch rider, a Greek soldier offered me some Cognac which I gladly accepted.
Had I but known I was in the middle of 12 Germans dressed in Greek uniforms. Those same swine one hour later shot one of our sentries with a Tommy Gun. I sent back for another carrier which arrived about 2 a.m. and promptly “threw” a track too, in the process of towing out. I risked a third which arrived at 9 a.m. next morning, and we cleared all the carriers by 11 a.m. I tried to get my wireless up the mountain side, but she “threw” the other track! My luck was out. We eventually got her out by 6 p.m., and all this happened in full sight of the enemy reconnaissance unit.
Meanwhile Boche tanks in large numbers had shown themselves 8 miles down the valley, and our field guns were quick to find their mark. Our bombers, escorted by fighters, flew over again and again to drop tons of bombs on the German lines of communication, and we cheered each time when we saw just as many planes come
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back: Our artillery fired all day spasmodically from about noon. I had banked on getting my carrier away over the mountain but had found it impossible.
There was only one alternative as we had blown up the road after the other two had gone through, this was through a mine field. I’ve never gone more gingerly, and to make matters worse our artillery started ranging on the village road as I came down it.
We made it all right and I left the carrier for the night with an anti-aircraft battery behind us.
VILLAGE FULL OF BOCHE
Climbing up the mountain again with one of my sergeants, I found that the village was full of Boche (it was dark by now) and we could hear them shouting orders in gutteral [sic] tones. John wanted the village shelled instantly, so off I went again to a phone line at the foot of the mountain. It was now about 10 p.m. and I had had no food since breakfast. I was nearly on my knees.
I got through to our heavy guns who were shooting at a range of about 8 miles, and in 10 minutes they opened up and blew the village to hell. I struggled back to the top of the mountain again and spoke to John Lascelles on the phone.
I found that a large German patrol in Greek uniform had penetrated the Aussies on my right flank taking 12 prisoners and capturing an Aussie machine gun post 50 yards from my right flank position.
A whole section of mine had gone to its assistance, been overwhelmed and taken prisoners or killed. I made my way hurriedly over to my platoon with an Aussie officer, but we too ran into the patrol, were surrounded, but escaped.
From the outset it was we were fighting very superior numbers, and it turned out later that we had in front of us the best part of the two crack S.S. divisions including the Adolf Hitler regiment itself. Furthermore my company took the whole brunt of the attack, our other Companies together with the Aussies were barely touched.
By about 2 a.m. on the morning of Good Friday, April 11th, we managed to reform our line in our alternative position.
The whole day was fairly quiet, with intermittent artillery exchanges and machine gun fire on both sides.
About 9 a.m. it started snowing very hard, and it continued for two days. Never in my life have I felt more miserable, we were wet through lying in the snow for hours on end and dog-tired already. We had no food or water and we fell to eating the snow.
We were all out of tobacco and cigarettes, having shared around what few any of us had left. In the evening we were brought some food, some tea and a primus with empty petrol tins to boil the tea in. The tea tasted strongly of petrol, but it was the most enjoyable drink I think I ever had!
We faced another dreaded night in the snow when we knew that every man must continue to keep awake; the penalty we knew could easily mean a bayonet in the stomach from the German patrol.
This night we arranged for every man to stay in our section position from 9.30 p.m. till dawn the next morning, shooting on sight any man moving about whether he was Greek or German.
Soon after dark a German field gun opened up on our position and this was all the more disturbing as we had no tools to dig in with. It continued for 1 1/2 hours, and the miracle was that no one was killed.
John Lascelles was slightly hit in the leg and John Husky had his bottom badly bruised. One shell fell against a three foot stone wall behind which I was kneeling with my batman. We were covered with stones and earth but unharmed. All night we fired intermittently at dark shapes, many of them figments of our vivid imagination. But after dawn on the 12th we crawled out and found a goodly harvest of dead Boches lying in the snow.
These were the first definite indications of the presence of the Adolf Hitler regiment. At 9.45 a.m. on the 12th the battle started in earnest. The whole force of the attack came in on my company’s position starting with a terrific barrage of shelling and helped by heavy machine guns.
This was followed by an infantry attack which was initiated on my platoon position. I was holding the key position on the top of a ravine, and I still had eight Bren guns in action. The Boche came over the ridge literally in mass formation and we mowed them down; they must have suffered terrific casualties.
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TASTE OF DIVE BOMBING
My platoon continued doing that until about one o’clock, when I was told by my batman, much to my consternation, that the rest of the Company had been ordered to withdraw, and the order had not reached me! I was left surrounded on three sides and I was being fired on at close range by more than one machine gun. We actually withdrew without losing a single man killed, although four were wounded.
I lost the whole of my belongings and I had to carry a wounded Corporal down the mountain.
Later that afternoon the Colonel furnished us with seven Bren guns to cover the withdrawal of the whole of the rest of the British force on a railway station.
The Boche got round our flank on both sides and machine-gunned us from the rear, but we hung on for three-quarters of an hour and then withdrew, not only through this fire but also through a barrage of shelling, and when I tell you that shells burst in the station we were occupying on the line down which we withdrew, only 20 yards ahead, and all around, truly the hand of God was protecting us.
I only lost one man, killed. All that night we withdrew arriving at Procestin near Phosemais at 2.30 a.m. on Easter Sunday, April 13th, to fight our next delaying action. We were in position before dawn and the Boche arrived about 11 a.m. They started with a huge tank attack, employing between 100 and 150 in all.
We beat them off and when they put in their infantry we took as heavy a toll as we had the day before.
That day we had our first taste of dive bombing and machine gunning by M.E. 109s, which was far from pleasant, but as we got it from dawn to dusk every single day till we left Greece, we soon got accustomed to it.
Every place we stopped, we hastily dug split trenches which afford good protection and when attacked on the move we used to stop and lie in ditches.
By the evening of the 13th a position was very grave. A number of enemy tanks had outflanked us and got in our rear, more were moving up the last 200 yards in front of our position. I may say that we knocked out a considerable number of them all day with our anti-tank guns.
Just as dusk was falling at about 8.30 p.m. the Brigadier ordered our withdrawal in the nick of time as it turned out. We sped down the road covered by our own heavy tanks, and it was comforting to see the German armour-piercing tracer bullets going a little too high over our bonnets.
We passed a blazing tank, a reminder of what might happen to us. My only remaining despatch rider rode with his head down under the cover of my own armour, and so we again escaped through a thin line of enemy tanks.
Another long journey of 40 miles ahead of us to the main bridge over the river Alechnon, where I arrived at 4 a.m. The Brigadier stopped me with four of my carriers and ordered me to defend a bridge 30 miles down river where I arrived about 10 a.m. on the 14th.
The rest of the Battalion went back to Pcoma to rest, but I was unlucky. I had not slept at all since Petros on April 7th. My task was well nigh impossible.
I asked the sapper sergeant how much he wanted to blow the bridge on my orders and he replied in broad Scotch, “I canna blow it, Sir, there is not enough dynamite under it”! I only had four carriers and to make matters worse, a German troop-carrying aeroplane landed two miles away.
At 2 p.m. I wirelessed back with this information and demanded reinforcements; the Colonel glibly said this was impossible, and I made it clear that I would not hold myself responsible for the bridge. I was told that the Boche had got round them at Grevena, 35 miles in my rear!
My withdrawal route took me over two ravines, both bridged, and a very dangerous mountain pass.
The Boche bombed those bridges all day, but mercifully never hit them. At 8.45 p.m. I was ordered to withdraw and arrived safely at Grevena at about 2 a.m. on the 15th, negotiating innumerable bomb craters on the way.
We moved to take up our next position at Elenthovion, hoping to negotiate the worst pass of all before the dive bombers were about.
Hoards of Greek refugees completely blocked the pass, and when daylight came there were vehicles stretching for eight miles head to tail, a perfect target if there ever was one.
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RELIGION
By REV. S/L HOOPER
THE CITY OF KINDLY PEOPLE
IN spite of difficulties inevitably involved in getting a new station fully under way there is already evidence here of such amenities as will go a long way to providing first rate recreation in the long winter months ahead of us. For one thing we are beginning to realise that we are near a city of kindly and hospitable people. The welcome to R.A.F. personnel by private invitation, by the I.O.D.E. and the Red Triangle Association is typical of Canadian hospitality.
One can only guess the planning and work involved in entertaining nearly two hundred airmen at dinner and special Remembrance services at Wesley United and Crescent Heights United Churches on November 9th.
On the same day a party of about a hundred men set off under a sky of cloudless blue to, to visit Banff as guests of the Calgary Rotary Club and the Board of Trade.
Of course many a kindness goes unmentioned. The gracious lady who recently took two sick airmen to Banff in her car would be the last to wish her name recorded in our annals.
On the Station itself the Y.M.C.A. canteens and postal service are a veritable boon. The popularity of their bi-weekly cinema shows is attested by the crowded audiences.
Thanks to the generosity of local ladies of the Jewish faith the reading room is more comfortable than we could have hoped. The Station Dance Band id admittedly superb and the last two Wednesday concerts have merited the thunderous applause which greeted a widely varied entertainment.
GOOD MUSIC FOR ALL
There are further offers of outside talent sufficient to provide us with many an evening’s enjoyment. We are fortunate, too, in securing the services of one of Canada’s finest choirmasters in the training of a Station Male Voice Choir. There is still room for many more to swell the chorus.
Good music is available on Sunday evenings in the large canteen. Whilst seats are not altogether obtainable at the voluntary Sunday service, a worth start has been made by the Religious Discussion Group which meets on Monday nights.
Whatever the privations of our enforced exile we do not intend to rely entirely on Canadian generosity for our entertainment.
One excellent way of repaying their hospitality may be to go to town with a really first rate concert party.
Meanwhile let us keep our folk at home well bombarded with cheery letters. There is a good side to this life and it would be a pity to wait until we get home to tell them about it.
The United Empire Loyalists who were organizing the hostess dances at the Y.M. last week were originally the descendants of those sturdy Empire loyalists who trekked northwards into the Maritime Provinces during the American Civil War. Calgary president is Mr. L. F. Clarry.
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[Two scenic photographs of rivers and mountains]
BOW RIVER
BANFF NATIONAL PARK
Top – Photograph by PO. V. R. Borman, 1-50th F-22. Noon – Super XX.
Right – By F-Lt. R. G. Maddox. 1-50th F-8 Super XX.
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[Two cartoons of the Allied Leaders and Hitler]
Mr. Schicklegruber
By CORPORAL PREECE
Left: Mugs, and the breaker of mugs.
Below: The Runaway.
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[Two photographs of mountains and rivers]
BOW FALLS
BANFF
Above – Bow Falls from above by PO. V. R. Borman, 1-100th at F-16. 3 p.m. Super XX.
Left- The Falls from below by F-Lt. R. G. Maddox. 1-50th at F-8. 3 p.m. Super XX.
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OUT OF THE SUN
A Fighter Pilot in Combat
IT was 4:30 a.m. All was quiet in the crew room, but for the snores of weary and worn pilots, and rustling of mice nibbling at discarded chocolate papers on the floor.
Br-r-r-r-r! The silence was broken by the harsh ringing of the telephone. The operator reached from his bed, still half asleep, and mumbled a very feeble “Hello” into the mouthpiece. He listened, was galvanised into action, and rushed out shouting “Scramble”.
In five seconds the whole crew room was awake with tousle-haired pilots leaping from bunks, pulling sweaters over gaudy pyjamas, and grabbing Mae Wests from hooks on the walls.
The ground crews were already sprinting for the shadowy outlines of the Spitfires lined up on the tarmac, and one by one, the powerful Merlin engines roared into life and coloured flames stabbed the half light of early dawn.
A metallic voice grated from the loudspeaker: “Patrol Dungeness Angels 25”, and we made a dive for our machines where our crews waited to help us on with our parachutes. One tubby and very bald Sergeant Piot shouted as he ran, “It’s going to be d--- cold up there without my woolies on.” – It was!
One by one our machines taxied out, following the C.O. and within five minutes of the telephone call, we were all in the air, winging our way towards the coast, climbing steadily to gain as much height as possible before reaching our rendezvous.
The C.O. contacted the controller back at base. “Hello, Poppy. Topper Leader calling. Are you receiving me. Over.” Quickly came back the reply. “Hello, Topper Leader, Poppy answering. Receiving you load and clear, are you receiving me. Over”.
When the C.O. had told the controller that all was O.K. he ordered Topper Blue 2 to take zero and pip squeak, and we settled down for our patrol, while the weavers, white section, fell back to their monotonous task behind the squadron.
UNSEEN ATTACKERS
The early morning sun glistened on frost covered wings as it rose above the low banks of mist which enveloped the Channel. The radio crackled most of them in our ears, then an important message came over the air, “Vector – one, form – zero. 15 plus approaching you from the East. You should see them almost at once.”
I sat up and began to search the sky even more closely than before for the Hun. Suddenly, from white 2 came an excited cry of “There they are, just below us to port. Don’t think they’ve seen us yet,” and the C.O. cleverly manoeuvred us into the sun, positioning us for attack, while the weavers closed in.
As we looked down we saw 24 ME 109s and below them a squadron of JU.88s.
We were now ready for a crack at the Huns, being stepped up into the sun in sections echelon port. Leading Red section the C.O. dived straight at the bombers closely followed by Yellow and Black sections.
He made a beam attack, going down through the escorting MEs, and as these, suddenly realizing what had happened, dived on our boys, “B” Flight, Blue Green and White sections, went down and mixed it up a bit more.
Under our withering fire, the bombers broke and fled, while two of them spun down in flames. The MEs fought a rear-guard action to cover the retreat.
I was leading Green section, and as one of the enemy planes flashed across my sights, I gave him a squirt, but had no time to observe results, as there were two others on my tail. I could hear their machine guns stuttering, and it took immediate evasive action by closing my throttle and lowering my flaps, causing one of my assailants to overshoot. (This is an old Polish custom).
I jumped on his tail and let him have it. He turned over and went straight down, flames belching from the cockpit. At that short range it was almost impossible to miss.
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AIRMEN PAY TRIBUTE ON ARMISTICE DAY
Chaplain Speaks at Memorial Service
OFFICERS and men of No. 37 S.F.T.S. formed part of a large parade of airmen who marched smartly through the sun-lit avenues of Calgary on Remembrance Day morning. It was our first participation on a large scale in a civic function and it was certainly a noteworthy one. Leaving the School in buses and lorries, three flights formed up with the parade on 4th Avenue between 2nd St. E. and 1st St. W. Led by the band from No. 2 Wireless School and preceded by flights from No. 3 S.F.T.S., No. 10 Repair Depot, H.Q. No. 4 Training Command, No. 2 Wireless School , and another band from No. 7 S.F.T.S. Macleod, they marched south on 2nd St. E. to 7th Ave., west to 5th St. W. south to 8th Ave., then east on 8th Ave. to 4th St. West and south past the Cenotaph at the Memorial Park.
Here hundreds lined the pavements and surrounded the Cenotaph, watching the rhythmic stepping of the long, regular files of airmen, and noting the changing uniforms – R.C.A.F., Australian, New Zealanders, and R.A.F.
As each flight passed the Cenotaph, and other officials, the salute was given.
When all the airmen had marched past, there came, after a short interval ex-service men and women, and women’s service groups, headed by the Elks’ blue-uniformed band, and officers of the R.A.F., R.C.A.F., and Army, representatives of all of whom laid wreaths at the base of the cenotaph.
Earlier, a special service had been held in the Canadian Legion Memorial Hall at which Calgary’s Mayor, Mr. Andrew Davison presided.
It was here that as 11 a.m. approached, Major C.H. Westmore led the ceremony of Light of Toc H; the “Last Post” was sounded, and after two minutes’ silence, came the “Reveille”.
[Photograph of a military parade] The first of our three flights led by S-Ldr. E.W. Heath, F-Lt. C.J. Gilmour-Wood, F-Lt. M.T. Maw and W. O. H. Aulton.
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[Photograph of the Remembrance salute at the Cenotaph] SQUADRON LEADER E. TURNBULL, giving the salute at the Cenotaph after laying a wreath from officers and men of No. 37 S.F.T.S.
The Rev. (S-Ldr) R. J. Hooper, our chaplain then delivered the address.
“This is a day in which every man of us must take his stand”, he said. Amongst the evils which we fight are those which can never be defeated by physical force alone.
“In this spiritual struggle every man is responsible before God for his spiritual condition, for the state of his soul, for the spiritual power he radiates through his personality. And today I, with you, have solemnly to ask why am I allowed to live since these have passed on?
“It is not enough to make subscriptions, it is not enough to send comforts. There must beat through our life and constant prayers the full-blooded will for a harmonious community, or the narrowness, the ignorance, the comfort, the sloth of ordinary men and women will balk the way to the world for which our comrades gave their lives.
“It is right that the centre of this service should be a silence – more eloquent than if one could speak with the tongues of men and of angels. For who shall speak of them, of all that we so proudly recall, of their glad word and ready smile, of every swift and daring deed, of their greatest gift of life itself? ‘Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends’.
“The men we remember in grateful humility would have us know they count it worth their shortened lives that there are still lands where freedom is held dearer than life, that there are still homes wherein children are taugh [sic] the fear of God and the sanctity of Truth.
DAY OF DEDICATION
”What is this day of Remembrance if it is not a day of dedication to live in the spirit of their sacrifice? We have lived in an age in which the teaching of the Master has been mildly tolerated and too rarely practised. We have lived through to be faced with a force that is brutally intolerant and frankly pagan.
“The power that has changed that symbol of shame into the most glorious sign of our history is still with us. That power will never be defeated. It is the nation that is ruled by God that has no fear of the ultimate issue.”
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Holiday Atmosphere Surprised British Airmen
THIS was the first large scale parade in which our personnel had taken part; yet to many it not fit our preconceived notions as to what an Armistice Day parade should be.
Most noticeable was Calgary’s holiday atmosphere. The big stores and shops had closed for the day; schools were empty; only the city’s entertainment life, transport and press continued as usual.
I stood by the Cenotaph from 10.45 until mid-day and wondered at the somewhat festive gathering.
I heard no guns, no sirens, no whistles. I stood expecting some audible sign that a two minutes’ silence was about to be observed. Old men talked, women gossiped, and young boys and girls played about awaiting the march past of Empire airmen.
The inclusion of young girls dressed in a sort of white uniform in a civilian parade of ex-service veterans seemed incongruous.
I was thinking of lives given to establish peace 27 years ago; I thought of besieged Britain and white snows of Russia stained with the blood of millions; and it came hard to approve of sex appeal sandwiched in an Armistice parade.
Admittedly November 11th in Britain in recent years had lost something; but the outbreak of the second world war gave it a new significance; a new restraint, and fresh hope.
[Boxed] Should Those Awake
SHOULD those awake, who died in days gone by,
Who died to keep their fairest country free,
No world-wide peace, no freedom greets their eye,
But tyrant’s rule, and despot’s tyranny,
‘We died for peace and not for war’, they say –
‘For sake of peace were we laid in the grave;
Why, therefore, are more mortals, day by day
Compelled to join the valiant Dead, the Brave?’
They gaze, they are disgusted; each recalls
That unleashed cataract of Stygian gloom
He knew as Death; each staggers then and falls,
And, disillusioned, crawls back to his tomb!
AIDOS. [/boxed]
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Seeing the 88s fleeing fast, the 109s broke off the engagement and we were ordered to “pancake”.
“Good show” crackled the radio.
READY FOR THE NEXT
The Intelligence Officer met us on the tarmac, and spent some time obtaining “gen” from us, while the machines were being re-fuelled, and re-armed, and the bullet holes were patched up.
We were back at 1400 hours, expecting a busy time, but, during the afternoon, although the weather was perfect for Jerry we had no more alarms.
The C.O. by fair means or foul, had obtained some bows and arrows and some of us had a little target practice of a different nature.
At about 18:30, the C.O. assembled us in the crew room where he informed us that “B” Flight were to take off at 19:00 hours and proceed to Dover to escort a large convoy through the Straits.
We all started to “bind” knowing only too well that it meant at least an hour and a half of ceaseless vigil – and vigil despite its purpose is sheer boredom.
At the appointed time we were over the convoy which we had approached very cautiously, having on previous occasions received a warm recaption when the matelots mistook us for Huns.
The convoy steamed calmly along without interruptions whilst up above we stooged back and forth, searching and searching, seeing nothing.”
Apparently Jerry had had enough for one day and as another squadron came to relieve us we thankfully turned our machines in the direction of our base.
We were released soon after we landed, so we all piled into “Mrs. Frequently”, (an ancient and dilapidated Alvis) and tore down to the local where we spent the rest of the evening, very pleasantly drinking lemonade (?), playing darts and shooting horrible lines”. Then home to bed giving thanks for a day of ease and pleasant living.
S. T. R.
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PARADISE FOR SPORTSMEN
P/O S. DAVIES
I HAVE often heard Canada described as “The Sportsman’s Paradise”, but I never knew the full meaning of this until after a week’s sojourn here. I think it a very apt description now for almost any game you can think of is played in Canada. Our British football and rugger may not be flourishing in Calgary but these games have a very strong following in some parts especially on the West Coast. And, of course, at ice-hockey, curling, and basket ball, Canadians are “King-Pins”, but what I do like most of all is the tremendous energy and enthusiasm they show in their games.
Indeed the enthusiasm has proved infectious for personnel of No. 37 are “going to it” in great style. Up to date the school sports activities have been confined to football, rugby, badminton, basketball, volley-ball, boxing, roller and ice skating, but as soon as the school’s ice rink is completed we hope to tackle ice hockey.
On the entertainment side we have had four station concerts and three dances, and hope to have our airmen’s dance and once concert per week. We have “unearthed” considerable talent at our concerts, but there must be a lot more “dark horses” in our midst, so please come along to our concerts and help to make them a great success.
Full use in being made day and night of the Recreation Hall. Physical training classes are held each morning, and personnel off duty in the daytime are coming along for their “daily dozen”, or to participate in a game of badminton.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights are Badminton nights, Tuesday and Thursday nights are cinema nights, Wednesday is a concert night, and on Friday nights the airmen “trip the light fantastic.”
SOCCER….
Since being here the school have played soccer and rugger matches against other R.A.F. and R.C.A.F. teams, and intersectional matches within the school.
Our soccer team hold the grand record so far of having played and won four matches, with a goal average of 21 against 3.
On Saturday, November 1st they succeeded in beating No. 31 E.F.T.S. by 4-1, thus winning the Cavanaugh Trophy Cup and at the same time causing No. 31 to lose their first match.
The M.T. section are still unbeaten and are willing to take on all comers.
RUGGER…
The school rugger team has not been so successful, but that is not because of lack of enthusiasm. The three games played so far have unfortunately all been lost, but the team is finding its feet and improving all round.
On Saturday, November 8th the opposition was provided by a New Zealand XV and the final score was 25 points to 9 in their favour. We are hoping that when the next football season comes round, officers and men of No. 37 will rally round and produce two good teams for these sports.
BADMINTON…
In the near future we are hoping to arrange badminton tournaments in the station, and badminton and basketball matches between teams on the station and against outside teams. We have a number of promising players in each sport and look forward to some good games, especially so since they are hard at practice every evening.
DANCE BAND…
The Station No. 1 Dance Band has proved itself to be very efficient and popular on all its appearances.
To date they have provided music for three dances on the station and have played at outside dances and concerts. At present the band leader is busy forming a
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No. 2 Dance Band and with sufficient practice they will prove to be a good combination.
BOXING…
The boxing team has had many successes and they put up a good show at the inter-services boxing tournament held at the armouries.
Although we didn’t manage to carry of any of the titles our boys gave a good account of themselves, wining most of the bouts of the evening. They are looking forward to return matches with some of their opponents from the Army and Navy.
Those of us who form the staff of the Recreation Hall will welcome any newcomers in these and any other sports, and help them as much as possible.
In the language of the Blackfoot Indians Calgary was “Mokk-inistsis-in-aka-apervis”. The Cree Indians called it “O-toos-kwa-nik”.
As the train was leaving the Station a passenger leaned out of a window and seeing a cat on the platform, shouted to the porter “Manx?”
“No” shouted back the porter “10.55.”
[Boxed] Says Lon Cavanaugh
LON Cavanaugh, Calgary Sportsman who presented the Cavanaugh Soccer Cup for the champion Service Soccer team in and around Calgary was interviewed by a “Calgary Wings” representative the other evening.
Said Lon C. “I thoroughly enjoy the way you English lads play soccer. Its a great game and certainly yours. It must be pretty popular in the Old Country when over 80,000 can still turn up to an international soccer game”.
“Not bad for a country that’s been badly bombed.”
The Lon Cavanaugh Soccer Cup is of course held by No. 37 S.F.T.S. after administering a first defeat on the De-Winton boys of No. 31 E.F.T.S. [/boxed]
Eyes Wrong – “Marched to the Cenotaph, where they gave the “eyes right” – extract from a local newspaper. The cenotaph was on the left of the parade.
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AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
TWO pupil pilots of the Royal Air Force, newly arrived in Calgary, found themselves one Saturday morning in a stationer’s shop on Eighth Avenue, buying pennants for souvenirs. The assistant got them what they wanted, except for a certain Indian pennant which a search through two full drawers failed to bring to light.
The value of the pennant was twenty-five cents, or as the assistant would certainly have described it, two bits. The cadet finally said, with great sincerity, that it did not matter. “I know we have one some place,” said the assistant cheerfully. “I’ll go through those drawers again a little later, and maybe you could call back next time you’re in town.” Then, business being over, she asked us what part of England we came from.
“Fourscore and seven years ago”, said Abraham Lincoln on a certain memorable occasion, “our forefathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
The continent of North America, in spite of the passage of a further seventy-eight years since the consecration of the cemetery at Gettysburg, is still dedicated to that remarkable proposition.
I say remarkable, because at first sight it appears to run contrary to all human experience. We know, as a matter of biological fact, that human beings are not created equal. The aborigines of Patagonia, for example, are not equal in physique, intelligence, or indeed in any human quality, to the average Englishman or North American. But apart from such obvious differences, there exists even within the same race, the same society, inequalities almost as striking and of far more practical importance.
But this rather obvious kind of inequality, this unfairness on the part of Nature, is not the root of the matter. What Americans mean when they say that all men are equal, is that, since all men are endowed with immortal souls, the difference between them in birth, wealth or attainments are only of accidental importance, and that in everyday life it does us good to be reminded of this alarming fact.
As the parish priest in a Spencer Tracy film beautifully expressed it, when young Tracy declared that somebody’s father was a tramp and “a big tomater” – “We’re all big tomaters in the sight of God.” That, and not the so-called democratic system of government, is true democracy.
The ordinary Englishman is rather doubtful of American democracy; he is inclined to suspect that it is in the nature of an act put on for the benefit of the rest of the world.
To speak to a man with familiarity does not mean that you feel yourself his equal; still less if you greet him with insult and abuse. A London taxi-driver may talk to his fare as familiarly as you please, but he does not talk to him as he would another taxi-driver.
To people brought up in the old world of social graduations it is almost inconceivable that any other system of living can in practice exist. That it does exist, and flourishes, in North America today is a fact that can be vouched for by any Englishman who now finds himself, owing to circumstances beyond his control, a resident in the United States or the Dominion of Canada.
From the moment of stepping off the boat he is forcibly reminded that he has stepped into a new kind of society. It is this new and strange way of living, which we feebly call “democracy”, that is the real difference between England and America.
The immense spaces, the blue skies, the ice-capped mountains, the unending dark-pine woods – these are but factors, “ciphers to this great accompt”; the permanent, enduring, astonishing reality is the fact that here in North America, the boss, the customer, the rich man, is still a man; and he has the priceless privilege of being abused, persuaded, praised, ridiculed, or admired, not as if he were a fabulous creature in a fairy-tale, but as one man to another.
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INTRODUCING MODELS
By F/O J. E. BELLINGHAM
PLEASE forgive the title which may be misleading and perhaps lead to disappointment. We are going to try and start a successful model aircraft club at this school and for the benefit of you who are new to aeromodelling here are a few facts which might awaken your interest.
Building and flying model aircraft is a scientific hobby, calling for ingenuity and skill. You’ll get lots of fun out of building your models on long winter evenings and lots of thrills flying them when the better weather comes along.
There are types of models to suit every taste (no wisecracks please) duration models both rubber driven and petrol powered, speed models, scale models, flying boats, aeroplanes and sailplanes.
Four to five minutes is an average duration for rubber driven models and only the quantity of gas limits duration of gas-powered models.
Good weather conditions and wide open spaces make this district ideal for model flying, the aeromedellists favourite pastime of tree climbing is practically unknown here.
This is a cheap hobby and requires very few tools, a razor blade and some sandpaper being the chief weapons.
Some of us here have had previous experience of model aeronautics and would be keen to give every assistance to budding aeromodellists.
You’ll be intrigued with the most fascinating of hobbies, the thrill of seeing the product of one’s own hands soar gracefully into the air for the first time is something that has to be experienced to be believed.
A meeting to discuss the forming of a club will be held in the near future. Will everyone interested please come along?
HOSPITALITY
(From a very personal letter by an airman to his wife in London. No comments are surely needed.)
“NOW that I’ve satiated my black-out eyes on the multi-coloured lights of Calgary’s night life, drunk my fill of cafe coffee, eaten myself to repletion, and grown tired of pacing the streets and avenues, I find I spend many pleasant evenings in the house of Mrs. Z.
“She is, I suppose, a second mother to me. I rapidly overcame my shyness and now feel thoroughly at home.
“If you could see me some evenings, sitting comfortably in my shirt sleeves, smoking my pipe and wearing a borrowed pair of slippers (which are kept for me under the sofa) you might feel a mixture of jealousy and happiness that I am really being cared for so well – and so far from you all.
“Books, piano, radio, company, cards, good talk – they’re all here. I’m one of the family, except in name. Incidentally I’ve been to Church more times in six weeks in Calgary than I did in the last six years in England.
“If Z’s son who is in England now in khaki drops in some time – I’ve sent him your address – well, heaven help you if you don’t treat him as well as I’m being treated here.”
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AN INSTRUCTOR’S VISION
TO me upon an afternoon a vision was revealed,
As fifty training aeroplanes careered about the field
My pupils landed back to front, they landed upside down
But I was lying fast asleep and there was none to frown.
I DREAMED that on a certain course a certain pupil came
And in the Flight allotment he was drawn against my name.
A blackhaired rapscallion with a falling lock of hair
And a stupid little clipped moustache that shouldn’t have been there.
HE said he meant to fly and get it over soon
As his patience was exhausted with the old man in the moon.
He said I’d better hurry up and teach him all I knew
Or he’d label me forever as a plutocratic Jew.
HE said his name was Shicklegrub; he said it wasn’t fair.
He ripped the Order Book to shreds and tossed them in the air.
He bit his parachute in half and screamed in mortal pain
Till I strapped him up securely in our oldest areoplane.
I TOLD him all he had to do was wind the tailtrim back
And loosen well the throttle-nut to make it really slack;
I warned him that when taking off the flaps should be depressed,
And the stick pulled firmly backwards till it hit him in the chest.
I BEGGED him to make no mistake before he hit the trail
But make quite sure the wind was blowing strong behind his tail.
I told him the mixture knob should always be in “weak”
And the radiator shuttered off in case it sprang a leak.
I ORDERED him if things went wrong my good advice despite
To rudder strongly to the left and bank towards the right
To throttle back one engine and to climb at twenty-five
And then return to safety in a screaming power dive.
I SENT the ambulance away and set its driver free
I told the fire tenders crew that it was time for tea
Then all my preparations made and all the orders right
I authorized Herr Hitler for his first and final flight.
- O.C. CHAVE.
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NURSERY RHYMES FOR AIRMEN – 1.
SING a song of six cents, we’re a busy little school,
Working hard from morn to night; no time to play the fool.
When at last our day is done, with many weary sighs
We lie down on our pallets and we gladly close our eyes.
We rarely go to Calgary to spend our hard-earned pay
We never thumb a lift in cars to help us on our way.
We always walk on the left hand side: Of course we’re all in step
With shoulders proudly squared to show we’re full right up with pep.
And if at times we have a dime which we think we can spare
We spend it in the canteen where there is ample fare.
We all know that the pennies spent on things that we may buy
Help to swell the Station Funds, you know, the P.S.I.
We love parades and every day we’re up before the lark
Singing and whistling joyfully while outside it is dark.
Then we go to the airmen’s Mess where hungrily we eat
The lovely food they give us: It really is a treat.
And when the Orderly Dog comes round to ask us for complaints,
We stand up straight and shout “No Sir”. We’re perfect little saints
We like the camp, we like the air, we like the Calgary beer,
There’s nothing that we do not like. We’re so glad to be here.
And when it come that we must pack and leave this pleasant land,
We’ll do so with a heart-ache – but - By gum. Won’t it be grand!
- ANON
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CALLING ALL CAMERA FANS
WE are lucky to have several expert photographers among us and they have offered their services to instruct the members of our Camera Club in the various branches of photography. We have a dark room and a club room at our disposal for the use of members, and in a very short time we hope to have the use of an enlarging lantern and other equipment.
So if you can hold a camera and take a picture, come in. We will teach you to develop and print the results. You will gain an additional interest in your camera.
Roll up, join. There is room for everyone.
P/O L. ROWSON.
PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Six cash prizes will be awarded for the best photographs submitted by personnel of No. 37 for our December issue.
They will be judged independently by three experts for their pictorial composition, technical excellence, and topicality.
Send your prints to “Photography Competition”, “Calgary Wings”, at the School Post Office, or S.H.Q. Orderly Room, and don’t forget to put your name and number and any technical data on the reverse of the prints, in pencil.
Entries should be in before December 10th.
TO THE LADY
LADIES gracious, ladies fair
Some with golden corn for hair.
Some as dainty as a bird,
Some whose laughter I have heard
In a rippling mountain stream;
Some as lovely as a dream;
Some who gaily passed me by,
These I have known, and many more
In the years of long before –
Yet you it is who speaks to me
Of all that I love in England.
Fortnightly gramophone recitals for music lovers are held in the Coste House, Amhurst St. Mount Royal, Calgary on alternate Sundays at 3:30 p.m. Airmen invited to go along and hear talks and records and meet other music lovers.
[Boxed] Notes To Contributors
COPY for “Calgary Wings” should be written on one side of the paper only. If typed, double spacing should be used, and a wide margin left on either side of the paper.
Feature articles should not exceed a thousand words in length and should be in some way related either to aviation, Calgary, or both. Short stories must be crisply written and not exceed 750 words.
Cartoons and sketches should whenever possible be line drawings. Photographs on glossy paper are preferred. The owner’s name should be written on reverse in pencil only.
All contributions should be addressed to The Editor, “Calgary Wings”, No. 37 S.F.T.S., Calgary, or handed to F-Lt. Maw or Cpl. Barnes. [/boxed]
Record – At the camp cinema show on Tuesday, the advertised film was not shown. The one that was, had only four breaks.
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THE WORK OF THE Y.M.C.A.
By A. A. ALDRIDGE
IN this article the Y.M.C.A. Supervisor at No. 37 S.F.T.S. explains how the Y.M.C.A. is financed for its war work and outlines a few of the benefits that soldiers, sailors and airmen are receiving in Canada.
With the outbreak of the war the Auxiliary Services that had taken part in the previous struggle once more came into being but on a slightly different basis. It was decided to appeal for funds to carry on the work of the five most important ones by means of one drive; in order to save asking the Canadian people so often and to decrease the expense of conducting the drive.
The organizations are the Young Women’s Christian Association, the Salvation Army, the Knights of Columbus, The Canadian Legion, and the Y.M.C.A. The 1941 drive asked for six million dollars but some seven millions were raised.
By means of this money it is possible for the services to offer some assistance to the boys in the camps. The only notable war organization not included with the other groups was the Red Cross but the present intention is for this group to be considered along with the others next spring. Of course, this would require that the amount be increased sharply.
This brief explanation will convey to you some idea of where the Canadian Y.M.C.A. gets its money to provide picture shows, and so forth, to the lads in the R.A.F. camps.
Contrary to some opinion, chiefly Canadian, the profit realized from the dry canteens is not used by the “Y”, but is returned to the airmen through the P.S.I. of the particular camp in which the canteen is operating.
We are often asked about the connection of the Canadian “Y” with the mother organization in the Old Land. It is the same in origin as we all respect the name of George Williams, founder of the Y.M.C.A. but in practically all other respects we are independent.
Not being familiar with the policies of the parent body I will not attempt to point out similarities or differences. Sufficient to say, there is a big job to do during the present conflict and if the “Y” can help in that job then it justifies its existence as an auxiliary service.
THE FIRST YEAR
There is rather an interesting pamphlet, which we will be pleased to let anyone have, entitled “The 1st Year” dealing with the “Y’s” work during the first year of war.
Immediately on the outbreak the 72 buildings of the association from coast to coast were thrown open to the men of the forces.
Fifteen Red Triangle huts or centres were organized and soon provided concerts, games and off-duty programmes.
Most of you are familiar with the work of the Red Triangle Hostess Club in Calgary and you will agree that they are interested in doing what they can to make the spare hours more enjoyable.
Just a few of the services rendered can be gleaned from the knowledge that the “Y” has a standing order for 4,000 lbs. of magazines to be shipped overseas each month; 92,000 men were provided with sleeping accommodation in the Halifax Hostel during its first year of operation. Almost 700 mobile canteens are in operation in Britain. In Alberta of 29 military and Air Force centres the “Y” is operating in 14 of them. In the month of November, 1940, the tea cars in England made 403 trips and served 82,545 men. Free cinema shows are operated by the “Y” in all camps where it is represented. Millions of sheets of notepaper have been given away.
We hope you do not get the impression that the “Y” is anxious to boast of what it had done but rather that some picture may be obtained of the magnitude of the task.
It is my desire to do whatever possible in the way of rendering service in No. 37 in the capacity of supervisor. Our work is auxiliary, and that means helping. So let us help if we can.
Congratulations to “Calgary Wings” in the success of this, its first issue.
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ST. JAMES’ St., LONDON
POINTING north and sloping south
Thirty score of paces long,
Stretching from a Palace park
To a seething, restless throng,
Standing dauntless through the years,
Hearing laughter, seeing tears
Is the street that’s called St. James’.
(St. James’ St. connects St. James’ Palace with Picadilly [sic] – It has been bombed periodically).
THE TRIVIAL TASK
YOU may think it’s a little thing
But still it must be done.
Though hard the race and fast the pace
It shall at last be won,
And Empire’s flag immaculate, defiantly shall fly,
Ruling the earth and freedom’s seas beneath a peaceful sky
So our children’s children fearlessly
Shall live their span – then die.
THE OFFICER – THE N.C.O. – THE PLONK
Knows ladies like him and his uniform. – Knows ladies like his uniform. – Knows ladies like him in spite of his uniform.
Knows he is smart. – Thinks he is smart. – Just smarts.
In peacetime was a Bank Manager. – In peacetime was a foreman. – In peacetime was Happy.
Orders N.C.O.s. – Orders Plonks. – Orders arms.
Thinks the Service makes a man. – Knows the Service makes a man. – Thinks the Service breaks a man.
Reads prayers. – Leads prayers. – Needs prayers.
Uses cream-laid notepaper. – Uses writing pads. – Says the Y.M.C.A. paper is a good size anyway.
Calls to the N.C.O. – Calls to the Plonk. – Calls to Heaven.
Hands the can to the N.C.O. – Hands the can to the Plonk. – Is canned.
Gets up early for health’s sake. – Gets up early for good example. – Gets up early because he has to.
Likes all Parades. – Likes some Parades. – Likes Pay Parades.
LONELY NO MORE
The moon is walking knee-deep among the clouds
And over my shoulder shines amid stars in the Bow.
In the crisp night air I feel my flushed cheeks glow
As you hold my hand and whisper “No”.
The moon dips madly and swoons from my sight
And the broad Bow rushes the bridge to caress.
How suddenly hot the night air, as you bless
My long-lonely heart and murmur “Yes”.
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BOMBED TO HELL IN LARISSA
The first bomber, a big Dornier, flew at 500 feet over the column, but bombed wide and unfortunately for it flew nearly down the barrel of an A.A. gun which sent it spinning in flames into the ravine below.
So it went on all day, very gradual progress and masses of attack by M.E. 109s. My carrier again shed a track and it chose the hottest spot of all near the bridge, but we worked feverishly, taking refuge in a bomb crater every time we were directly attacked, and got going in time to reach our position on the opposite side of the pass at about 4 p.m.
Again we had miraculously escaped from the Boche. By this time I was so damned tired that I could hardly think, and John ordered me to sleep all night, which I thankfully did. I am glad that I had that opportunity because I had five days after that before I got another shut eye.
It amazed me afterwards that my endurance was so great. Early on the morning of the 16th we learned that the Boche had again got round behind us and might easily cut us off at Kalabaka, 30 miles in the rear.
The withdrawal started at 9 a.m., but being last away we started off at 5 p.m. with a terrible drive ahead of us of 250 miles to our next stop behind the line at Thermopylae. I will skip over this quickly, we went through Kalabaka again, escaping by a lane two towns Irinkale, Larissa , and by the coast road via Volos and Uma to Thermopolea and Atlantis.
Having had much difficulty with my carrier, I insisted on being sent back a new bogey wheel for which I waited four hours, very valuable hours. At Kalabaka I became the last vehicle on the road.
I collected several of my own carriers on the way back and moved independently, not catching up with the battalion until 2 p.m. on the 19th at Atlantis, where we arrived 24 hours after them and found that they had slept those 24 hours!
For our part we had driven all day and all night, scrounging petrol when our tanks were empty, and after Volos I found an abandoned airfield which saved our skin with some aero spirit. One of my carriers broke down in the middle of Larissa, well known to be hell on earth for its bombing.
Soon 37 Heinkels appeared at about 20,000 feet and got down to business. They dived incessantly for about 30 minutes which seemed like an eternity, and left it in flames with dust and debris all around. Again we were not so much as scratched.
When I reached Volos I learnt that the Boche were in Larissa, this was about 4 p.m. and we left at noon. As I was making a detour 15 miles to avoid the worst pass in Greece over which I doubted my carriers would go, I was faced with the ominous possibility of being cut off at Urania by the Boche, taking the direct route.
We wasted two more valuable hours near Volos refuelling and changing another bogey wheel and then set off at top speed while daylight lasted. The Greeks insisted on showering us with flowers as we passed through the village, which seemed a curious thing when their own army had capitulated and we ourselves were fighting a rear guard action.
It was not surprising that we frequently fell asleep at the wheel, but there was no time to waste. Once again we beat the Boche to Velonia and arrived at Thermopolea at about 10 a.m. on the 19th, (the first German tank attacked this line that afternoon).
Behind Thermopolea we stopped and washed in a hot spring and made some tea and ate a wonderful breakfast. We pushed on and I met a very anxious John Husky at the Battalion headquarters. I expressed the hope that we were not moving before morning, but was told that the Battalion was moving on to Thebes at 8 p.m.
We barely had time to refuel and maintain our carriers, get some food and shave. Shave! I hadn’t shaved since Petros 12 days before, so you can imagine I had a bit of a beard.
We set off just before dusk but we broke two track pins three miles out, and again got left behind. The Battalion arrived near Thebes at 3.30 a.m. on the 20th, and we caught them up at 10 a.m. We were caught soon after dawn by a number of bombers, so we drove away from the road and cooked breakfast.
I shot a nice fat pigeon with my rifle (I am afraid it was a sitting bird) and ate
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it later for lunch. We spent about three days resting here and slept nearly all the time. Then we moved back for two days for embarkation.
On the evening of the 24th we were to move down to the beach, but at midday came the unwholesome news that the Boche had landed by sea near Khalkis in front of us. The Battalion moved off to take up a defensive position covering the beaches at Maslena.
I was ordered to go forward to take up an outpost position and my force consisted of four carriers, a cruiser tank and an armoured car. I spent a very anxious birthday waiting all day for the Boche to come, knowing I was the only post between him and the Battalion 25 miles behind.
We were bombed all day, and when I got orders to withdraw just after dusk I was not sorry. I reached my Company position at 3 a.m. on the 26th.
I spent most of the time asleep, and then prepared for the night move to the beach at Rafina. At 7.30 p.m. we set off on the last journey in Greece. With the Colonel and a sapper Major we brought up the rear, blowing up all remaining bridges on the road which had previously been prepared, as we went.
We reached the beach about 9.30 p.m., and I had the unpleasant task of blowing up my faithful carrier which had taken me all the way from northern Macedonia, but I preferred that than let the Boche use him.
With that, of course, I lost everything except what I could carry the 1 1/2 miles to the beach.
I took my flag from the wireless aerial, and I’ve still got it. Having arrived at the beach the slow process of embarkation began, and we sat waiting for our turn.
The men were wonderful and never attempted to break ranks. At 2.30 a.m. on Sunday, April 27th, came the most shattering blow of all.
The Brigadier told me the ship was full, and in order to have a chance of saving the lives of the men on board she must sail without delay. With very heavy hearts we told our men and set off for the woods a mile away where we were going to hide.
Again the men never murmured, although they fully knew how grave the situation was. The Boche were close on our heels and could easily get us if they knew where we were.
The Brigadier had decided to surrender, as he said “in order to save the lives of so many men who had fought so valiantly for him, rather than have them massacred in a hopeless light without weapons and ammunition.”
That Sunday was like an Eternity. We all hoped and prayed a boat might come in next night for if it didn’t there was no hope for us. I certainly had the utmost faith and I think my men never despaired.
At midday we discovered there would be a boat 17 miles to the south, so we decided to make a forced march rather than risk the non-arrival of a boat at Rafina.
Our feet were terribly sore and we still suffered from frost bite from Vere Ridge. My feet were so swollen that my boots pinched and there was bleeding on the soles, many others were in the same plight.
We set off on our march at 6.30 p.m. but had to turn back after a few miles as the Boche had cut us off. Again we waited and waited. Midnight came and still no boat, but I think it was then that I did despair.
John Husky and John Lascelles and I lay down together and wrapped ourselves up in our blankets, it was very cold. I tried to sleep but couldn’t. I was trying to plan an escape somehow as the enemy were now reported two miles down the road, and held up by our last demolitions.
I knew that if no help came the order would be “Every man for himself.”
Soon after 1 a.m. on the 28th I sat up and saw a dark shape in the bay and declared it was a boat. We became frantically excited, and soon afterwards it was confirmed.
Then a launch came and a blue-jacket shouted “Anybody there?” to which one of our boys shouted, “Like hell there is”! It was a famous destroyer that we’ve heard a lot about in practically every sea battle of the war except the River Plate.
It was not long before all 1,500 of us had climbed on board where they gave us wonderful hot cocoa laced with rum, and sandwiches. The navy had certainly saved
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us in the nick of time, and at 4 a.m. we sped off at 30 knots away from the Germans.
The officers and men of that destroyer gave us everything, even their cabins and mess. I had the most enjoyable pipe in the world, lying on the floor of that cabin, for, of course, we could not smoke in the dark for fear of giving ourselves away.
At 11 a.m. we landed at this “somewhere” where we now remain for only a short time.
I’ve told, if somewhat lengthy, something of our experiences in the Greek campaign, and I hope you’ve not been bored, it probably sounds like a terrific rout, but in fact it was an inevitable rear-guard action, after the failure of the Jugs, on whom our government relied implicitly. Actually our Battalion has made itself famous out here, and the press has made a story out of it.
You see, the Greeks never fought at all and the British forces were outnumbered by about 10 to one, consequently we had to fight without rest of any kind.
The Adolf Hitler regiment was so badly cut up by us at Vere Ridge and Proshin that it had to be withdrawn, a poor tribute to the Crack Storm-Troopers’ division of the German army. Throughout, the morale of our boys was magnificent.
Under the continuous air strafing to which we were subjected for days on end, they remained completely confident and never disguised their joy when a Boche was seen diving in flames and smoke.
On one occasion we shot down a M.E. 109 with small arms fire, it had been machine gunning us up and down the road.
The pilot bailed out, and every rifle for miles around together with machine guns barked in anger at him. He was not hit, but later complained to his captors that he had been shot at, and this after what he had done to us. I especially mention the morale of our boys, the only infantry from England in Greece, in comparison with other infantry. Although we have been only away for six months it seems like years.
I suppose I have seen many beautiful things, including the snow-capped Greek mountains with green valleys, covered with violets and other spring flowers, but I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s nothing more beautiful than the English spring, which by now has about gone.
I should like to be back in England to see you all, but maybe it will be much sooner than we realize. Somehow this period of waiting, after so much activity, becomes very tedious.
We can get nothing to read here, which makes matters worse. I found a copy of Hamlet on our withdrawal, so that is what I am reading at the moment. I must close now and will write again after I’ve got some news from John. I hope you will let my brothers have all the “low-down.”
I’ve often wondered since our reverse at Rafina how many men out of the hundreds who must have prayed ever gave thanks. It was a miracle. I hope I shall soon get some more letters from you all, but lots must have been lost.
Very much love to you all. Your very affectionate sone,
DAVID.
(The above letter has been passed by the official censor)
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CLEAR-RUNNING WATER
CALGARY – a Gaelic word means “clear running water”. It was the name of the old home of Col. Macleod in the Isle of Mull, Scotland, and was first used by him when he was in charge of the North West Mounted Police fort which he established at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers in 1876.
Calgary is 840 miles west of Winnipeg; 620 miles east of Vancouver; 138 miles north of the boundary with the States; and 87 miles from Banff.
Calgary’s coat of arms shows the upper third – the Rockies; the lower two-thirds – the red cross of St. George mounted by a Maple Leaf (Canadian Emblem) inset by a buffalo bull. The supporters are a horse and a steer, representing the basic wealth of the district.
Calgary chimney sweeps are licensed at a cost of $5 per year. After sweeping each flue they give a certificate showing the date it was swept, and this certificate has to be produced in case of fire.
CALGARY’S public library, built in 1912, cost $100,000, $80,000 of which was given by Andrew Carnegie, and $20,000 provided by the City Council. It was the first in Alberta. On 12th Ave. and 2nd St. West (Memorial Park), it is open from 9 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays. Airmen pay nothing to join and can borrow five books at once.
Population of Calgary was 506 in 1884; 55,000 in 1911; 81,636 in 1931, and 85,726 in 1937. In 1942 it will be ….
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FRANKLY SENTIMENTAL
EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS FROM HOME
“Today she came to us carrying an attache case and wanted to kiss us good bye. N. said “Where are you going?” and she replied “To Canada to see my Dad”. We had to laugh it came out so pat. Anyhow she trotted to the gate with case and handbag. When she came back N. asked her what her daddy had said. She answered “Very well and just safe.” We do have some laughs over her.”
“Thanks for your long letter describing the scenery of Canada. I’m not at all interested in the scenery. I want to know what you’ve been doing, what you’ve been up to.”
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A monthly magazine produced by personnel of No 37 Service Flying Training School, Royal Air Force Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Contains message officer commanding and articles on retreat from Greece, religion and local area, a fighter pilot in combat, armistice day, sport, American democracy, model aircraft, photographic competition, the work of the YMCA, being bombed in Larissa and the meaning of Calgary in Gaelic.
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No 37 Service Flying Training School
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1941-11
Format
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32 page magazine with cover.
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eng
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Text
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MMadgettHR147519-190610-01
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Canada
Great Britain
Greece
Alberta--Calgary
Greece--Larisa
Alberta
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1941-11
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Pending review
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Anne-Marie Watson
arts and crafts
displaced person
entertainment
faith
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/81/7914/LGodfreyCR1281391v10001.2.pdf
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Godfrey, Charles Randall
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World War (1939-1945)
Description
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64 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Charles Randall Godfrey DFC (b. 1921, 146099, Royal Air Force) and consists of his logbook and operational notes, items of memorabilia, association memberships, personnel documentation, medals and photographs. He completed 37 operations with 37 Squadron in North Africa and the Mediterranean and 59 operations with 635 Squadron. He flew as a wireless operator in the crew of Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette VC.
The collection has has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by David Charles Godfrey and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Godfrey, CR
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2015-11-18
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Charles Godfey's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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LGodfreyCR1281391v10001
Spatial Coverage
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Belgium
Egypt
France
Libya
Greece
Germany
Gibraltar
Great Britain
Netherlands
Scotland
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Belgium--Haine-Saint-Pierre
Egypt--Alexandria
Egypt--Cairo
Egypt--Ismailia (Province)
Egypt--Marsá Maṭrūḥ
Egypt--Tall al-Ḍabʻah
England--Berkshire
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Cumbria
England--Devon
England--Gloucestershire
England--Hampshire
England--Kent
England--Leicestershire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Norfolk
England--Northumberland
England--Oxfordshire
England--Rutland
England--Shropshire
England--Suffolk
England--Wiltshire
England--Worcestershire
England--Yorkshire
France--Angers
France--Caen
France--Creil
France--Mantes-la-Jolie
France--Nucourt
France--Rennes
Germany--Wiesbaden
Germany--Berchtesgaden
Germany--Bottrop
Germany--Chemnitz
Germany--Dorsten
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düren (Cologne)
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Essen
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Karlsruhe
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Germany--Merseburg
Germany--Mönchengladbach
Germany--Munich
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Osnabrück
Germany--Osterfeld
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Troisdorf
Germany--Wanne-Eickel
Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Wesseling
Greece--Ērakleion
Greece--Piraeus
Libya--Darnah
Libya--Tobruk
Netherlands--Hasselt
Netherlands--Rotterdam
Scotland--Moray
Germany--Münster in Westfalen
England--Cornwall (County)
North Africa
Libya--Banghāzī
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Libya--Gazala
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1942-03-23
1942-06-10
1942-06-11
1942-06-12
1942-06-13
1942-06-14
1942-06-15
1942-06-16
1942-06-17
1942-06-18
1942-06-19
1942-06-20
1942-06-22
1942-06-23
1942-06-24
1942-06-25
1942-06-26
1942-06-28
1942-06-29
1942-07-02
1942-07-03
1942-07-05
1942-07-08
1942-07-09
1942-07-10
1942-07-12
1942-07-13
1942-07-15
1942-07-16
1942-07-17
1942-07-19
1942-07-20
1942-07-25
1942-07-26
1942-07-28
1942-07-29
1942-07-31
1942-08-01
1942-08-06
1942-08-07
1942-08-08
1942-08-09
1942-08-14
1942-08-15
1942-08-16
1942-08-17
1942-08-18
1942-08-19
1942-08-21
1942-08-22
1942-08-23
1942-08-24
1942-08-25
1942-08-26
1942-08-27
1942-08-28
1942-08-29
1942-08-30
1942-08-31
1942-09-01
1942-09-03
1942-09-05
1942-09-06
1942-09-08
1942-09-09
1944-05-06
1944-05-08
1944-05-12
1944-05-13
1944-05-27
1944-05-28
1944-05-29
1944-06-05
1944-06-07
1944-06-08
1944-06-09
1944-06-12
1944-06-13
1944-06-15
1944-06-16
1944-06-23
1944-06-24
1944-07-07
1944-07-09
1944-07-10
1944-07-14
1944-07-15
1944-07-16
1944-07-18
1944-07-19
1944-07-20
1944-07-23
1944-07-24
1944-07-25
1944-07-26
1944-07-28
1944-07-29
1944-07-30
1944-08-01
1944-08-04
1944-11-17
1944-11-18
1944-12-04
1944-12-06
1944-12-07
1944-12-12
1944-12-15
1944-12-18
1944-12-24
1944-12-28
1944-12-29
1945-01-01
1945-01-02
1945-01-05
1945-01-07
1945-01-08
1945-01-23
1945-02-01
1945-02-02
1945-02-03
1945-02-04
1945-02-07
1945-02-08
1945-02-09
1945-02-14
1945-02-15
1945-02-18
1945-02-20
1945-02-21
1945-03-07
1945-03-08
1945-03-22
1945-03-24
1945-03-25
1945-03-31
1945-04-11
1945-04-13
1945-04-14
1945-04-25
1945-04-30
1945-05-05
1945-05-07
1945-05-15
1945-05-22
1945-06-08
1945-06-18
1945-08-03
1945-08-05
1944-06-06
1944-08-03
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IBCC Digital Archive
Description
An account of the resource
Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for Pilot Officer Godfrey from 3 of February 1941 to 25 of September 1945 detailing training schedule, instructional duties and operations flown. Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Wellington, Hampden, Anson, Defiant, Martinet, Stirling, Lancaster, C-47 and Oxford. He was stationed at RAF Manby, RAF Bassingbourn, RAF Harwell, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Downham Market, RAF Hemswell, RAF Wittering, RAF Abingdon, RAF Upper- Heyford, RAF Upwood, RAF Gillingham, RAF Cranwell, RAF Melton Mowbray, RAF Church Fenton, RAF Market Drayton, RAF Waddington, RAF Upavon, RAF Sywell, RAF Carlisle, RAF Linton-On-Ouse, RAF Newbury, RAF Cottesmore, RAF Brize Norton, RAF Exeter, RAF Andover, RAF Hampstead Norris, RAF Hythe, RAF Gibraltar, RAF St Eval, RAF El Dabba, RAF Shaluffa, RAF Abu Sueir, RAF Almaza, RAF Blyton, RAF Ingham, RAF Marston Moor, RAF Leeming, RAF Acklington, RAF Middleton St. George, RAF Newmarket, RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, RAF Leconfield, RAF Skipton-on-Swale, RAF Wyton, RAF Warboys, RAF Westcott, RAF Gravely and RAF Worcester. He completed 37 operations with 37 Squadron in North Africa and the Mediterranean and 59 operations with 635 Squadron to targets in Belgium, France and Germany. Targets included: Heraklion, Piraeus, Derna, Tamimi, Benghazi Harbour, Gazala, Mersa Matruh, Ras El Shaqiq, El Daba, Tobruk, Fuqa, Quatafiya, Düren, Munster, Mantes- Gassicourt rail yards, Haine St. Pierre rail yards, Hasselt rail yards, Rennes, Angers rail yards, Caen, Ravigny rail yards, Nucourt, Wesseling oil refineries, L’Hey, Kiel, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Notre Dame, Trossy St. Maximin, Karlsruhe, Merseburg, Essen, Ludwigshafen, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Mönchengladbach, Troisdorf, Dortmund, Nuremberg, Hannover, Munich, Gelsenkirchen, Mainz, Wiesbaden, Osterfeld, Kleve, Wanne- Eickel, Chemnitz, Wesel, Worms, Hemmingstedt, Dorsten, Bottrop, Osnabruck, Berchtesgaden, Ypenburg and Rotterdam. Notable events are that Charles Godfrey undertook a search and rescue operation in a Defiant and during the operation to Trossy St Maximin 4 August 1944 his aircraft, Lancaster ND811, was brought down by anti-aircraft fire. Whilst he survived and evaded, his pilot, Ian Willoughby Bazalgette was awarded the Posthumous Victoria Cross. The hand written notes added to the end of the log book give a description to the crash, and his attempts to evade capture. Pilot Officer Godfrey also took part in Operation Manna, Operation Exodus and Operation Dodge.
11 OTU
15 OTU
20 OTU
37 Squadron
635 Squadron
air gunner
Air Gunnery School
aircrew
Anson
anti-aircraft fire
bombing
bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944)
Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944)
C-47
Cook’s tour
Defiant
Dominie
evading
Hampden
killed in action
Lancaster
Martinet
missing in action
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
Operation Dodge (1945)
Operation Exodus (1945)
Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945)
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
Pathfinders
Proctor
RAF Abingdon
RAF Andover
RAF Bassingbourn
RAF Blyton
RAF Brize Norton
RAF Carlisle
RAF Church Fenton
RAF Cottesmore
RAF Cranwell
RAF Downham Market
RAF Graveley
RAF Hampstead Norris
RAF Harwell
RAF Hemswell
RAF Ingham
RAF Leconfield
RAF Leeming
RAF Linton on Ouse
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Manby
RAF Marston Moor
RAF Melton Mowbray
RAF Middleton St George
RAF Moreton in the Marsh
RAF Newmarket
RAF Skipton on Swale
RAF St Eval
RAF Sywell
RAF Upavon
RAF Upper Heyford
RAF Upwood
RAF Waddington
RAF Warboys
RAF Westcott
RAF Wittering
RAF Wyton
shot down
Stirling
tactical support for Normandy troops
training
Victoria Cross
Wellington
wireless operator
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/1213/15125/MDonaldsonDW70185-150610-05.2.pdf
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Donaldson, David
David Donaldson
D Donaldson
Description
An account of the resource
309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-02
2022-10-17
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Donaldson, D
Grundy, AF
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David Donaldson passport
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Issued in may 1933 to David Donaldson as government official. Stamps for Germany 1934, France 1933, Visas for Romania 1935, Yugoslavia 1935, Bulgaria 1935, Greece 1935, USA 1941.
Creator
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UK Passport Office
Date
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1933-05-08
Format
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Nine double page printed booklet with cover
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Identifier
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MDonaldsonDW70185-150610-05
Coverage
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
France
Germany
Romania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
United States
Temporal Coverage
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1933-05-08
1933
1934
1935
1941
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IBCC Digital Archive
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/1826/33144/LScottEW188329v1.1.pdf
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Title
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Scott, Eric William
E W Scott
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-04-06
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Scott, EW
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139 items. The collection concerns Flying Officer Eric Scott (1425952, 188329 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, a memoir, correspondence, documents, newspaper cuttings, a flying course handbook and photographs. He flew operations in North Africa as a bomb aimer with 142 Squadron and then after an instructional tour in Palestine started a second tour on 37 Squadron in Italy where he was shot down and finished the war as a prisoner. <br /><br />The collection includes three albums.<br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2040"><span>Album 1</span></a> <span>Photographs of Jerusalem, Bethlehem. Tel Aviv, Haifa and friends.</span><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2041">Album 2</a> <span>Photographs taken during training in the United States and England and during his service in North Africa and Italy.<br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2046">Album 3</a> Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, documents and the last issue of the Prisoner of war Journal.<br /></span><br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Jacqui Holman and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Eric Scott's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
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LScottEW188329v1
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Royal Air Force
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Pending temporal coverage. Allocated
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Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for Eric Scott, bomb aimer, covering the period from 1 September 1942 to 4 January 1946. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as Air Bomber. He was stationed at RCAF Picton (31 Bombing & Gunnery School), RCAF Mount Hope (33 Air Navigation School), RAF Moreton-in-Marsh (21 OTU and 311 FTU), RAF Kairouan (142 Squadron), RAF El Ballah (Advanced Bombing & Gunnery School), RAF Qastina (77 OTU), RAF Torterella (37 Squadron) and RAF Pershore (23 OTU). Aircraft flown in were Anson, Battle Wellington, Dominie and DC3. Targets were - first tour – Messina (6), Olbia, Cagliari, Catania (2), Palermo, Syracuse, Marsala, Battipaglia (2), Reggio, Aquino, Pratica di Mare, Capodichino, Naples, Lamezia, Paolo-Sapri, Salerno, Bagnoli, Torre Annunziata, Leghorn, Grosseto, Formia, 'Grass Roads' [sic], Viterbo, Pesaro, Leghorn, Grazzanise and Civitavecchia. Second tour – Valence , Ploesti, Szőny, Miskolc, Bologna (2), Ravenna (3), Pesaro, Yugoslavia (Nickel), Danube (mining), Eleusis (2), Rimini, Salonika, Verona, Székesfehérvár, Opicina, Vinkovci, and Maribor. Shot down on this raid. He flew 35 night operations with 142 Squadron and 21 night with 37 Squadron making a total of 56. His pilots on operations were Sergeant Pearce, Flying Officer Kirley and Pilot Officer Jeffares.
Contributor
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Terry Hancock
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Danube River
Great Britain
England--Gloucestershire
France
France--Valence (Drôme)
Greece
Greece--Eleusis
Greece--Thessalonikē
Hungary
Hungary--Miskolc
Hungary--Székesfehérvár
Hungary--Szőny
Italy
Italy--Aquino
Italy--Battipaglia
Italy--Bologna
Italy--Cagliari
Italy--Catania
Italy--Civitavecchia
Italy--Formia
Italy--Grosseto
Italy--Livorno
Italy--Marsala
Italy--Messina
Italy--Naples
Italy--Palermo
Italy--Paola
Italy--Pesaro
Italy--Pisa
Italy--Pratica di Mare
Italy--Ravenna
Italy--Reggio di Calabria
Italy--Rimini
Italy--Salerno
Italy--Sapri
Italy--Syracuse
Italy--Torre Annunziata
Italy--Trieste
Italy--Verona
Italy--Viterbo
Romania
Romania--Ploiești
Slovenia
Slovenia--Maribor
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1943-06-09
1943-06-19
1943-06-20
1943-06-22
1943-06-23
1943-06-28
1943-06-29
1943-06-30
1943-07-01
1943-07-04
1943-07-05
1943-07-06
1943-07-07
1943-07-08
1943-07-09
1943-07-10
1943-07-11
1943-07-12
1943-07-13
1943-07-14
1943-07-15
1943-07-16
1943-07-19
1943-07-20
1943-07-21
1943-07-22
1943-07-23
1943-07-26
1943-07-27
1943-08-02
1943-08-03
1943-08-04
1943-08-05
1943-08-07
1943-08-11
1943-08-12
1943-08-13
1943-08-14
1943-08-15
1943-08-19
1943-08-20
1943-08-22
1943-08-23
1943-08-26
1943-08-27
1943-08-29
1943-08-30
1943-08-31
1943-09-01
1943-09-06
1943-09-07
1943-09-09
1943-09-10
1943-09-11
1943-09-12
1943-09-13
1943-09-14
1943-09-15
1943-09-16
1943-09-18
1943-09-19
1943-09-23
1943-09-24
1943-09-25
1943-09-30
1943-10-01
1943-10-02
1943-10-03
1943-10-04
1944-08-15
1944-08-16
1944-08-17
1944-08-18
1944-08-21
1944-08-22
1944-08-23
1944-08-24
1944-08-25
1944-08-27
1944-09-01
1944-09-02
1944-09-04
1944-09-06
1944-09-07
1944-09-09
1944-09-10
1944-09-11
1944-09-13
1944-09-14
1944-09-15
1944-09-18
1944-09-21
1944-10-11
1944-10-13
1944-10-15
1944-10-17
1944-10-21
142 Squadron
21 OTU
23 OTU
37 Squadron
Air Observers School
aircrew
Anson
Battle
bomb aimer
bombing
Bombing and Gunnery School
C-47
Dominie
mine laying
Operational Training Unit
RAF Moreton in the Marsh
RAF Pershore
shot down
training
Wellington
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/1350/28421/LJenkins138520v1.2.pdf
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Jenkins, F C
Description
An account of the resource
Five items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant F C Jenkins (1920 - 2000) and contains his log book, biography and three photographs. He flew a total of 56 operations as a navigator with 149, 148 and 271 Squadrons.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Kevin Jenkins and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-05-14
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Jenkins, FC
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F C Jenkins’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Description
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Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for F C Jenkins, navigator, covering the period from 3 January 1940 to 10 May 1953. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and post war flying duties with 575 Squadron, 46 Squadron and 14 Reserve Flying School. He was stationed at RAF Calne, RAF West Freugh, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Stradishall, RAF Luqa, RAF Kabrit, RAF Cranage, RAF Penrhos, RAF Llandwrog, RAF Down Ampney, RAF Blakehill Farm, RAF Broadwell, RAF Welford, RAF Stoney Cross, RAF Manston, RAF Abingdon and RAF Hamble. Aircraft flow in were Anson, Battle, Wellington, Blenheim, Lancaster, Dakota, Oxford, Stirling, Ventura, Viking and Tiger Moth. He flew a total of 56 operations, 27 with 149 Squadron, 25 with 148 Squadron and 4 with 271 Squadron. His pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Fisher, Squadron Leader Heather, Warrant Officer Powell, Sergeant Pascoe and Flying Officer Anderson. Targets were Boulogne, Flushing, Kiel, Gelsenkirchen, Berlin, Bremen, Mannheim, Turin, Bordeaux, Milan, Venice, Wilhelmshaven, Brest, Cologne, Duisburg, Tripoli, Benghazi, Rhodes, Menidi, Maleme, Derna, Naples, Messina, Arnhem and Rhine.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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One booklet
Language
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eng
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Text
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LJenkins138520v1
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Egypt
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Italy
Libya
Malta
Netherlands
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Atlantic Ocean--English Channel
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
England--Berkshire
England--Cheshire
England--Hampshire
England--Kent
England--Oxfordshire
England--Suffolk
England--Wiltshire
France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
France--Boulogne-sur-Mer
France--Brest
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Rhineland
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Greece--Aitōlia kai Akarnania
Greece--Maleme
Greece--Rhodes
Italy--Milan
Italy--Messina
Italy--Naples
Italy--Turin
Italy--Venice
Libya--Darnah
Libya--Tripoli
Netherlands--Arnhem
Netherlands--Vlissingen
Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland--Morar
Wales--Gwynedd
Egypt--Suez Canal
Libya--Banghāzī
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
North Africa
Egypt
Egypt--Kibrit
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Mike Connock
Cara Walmsley
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1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1940-10-07
1940-10-08
1940-10-09
1940-10-10
1940-10-13
1940-10-15
1940-10-16
1940-10-20
1940-10-23
1940-10-24
1940-10-26
1940-10-29
1940-11-01
1940-11-02
1940-11-13
1940-11-17
1940-11-25
1940-11-29
1940-12-04
1940-12-05
1940-12-08
1940-12-09
1940-12-16
1940-12-18
1940-12-19
1941-01-09
1941-01-12
1941-01-13
1941-01-29
1941-02-04
1941-02-14
1941-02-24
1941-02-26
1941-03-01
1941-03-02
1941-03-11
1941-03-12
1941-04-16
1941-04-18
1941-04-21
1941-04-23
1941-04-24
1941-05-02
1941-05-03
1941-05-12
1941-05-16
1941-05-17
1941-05-24
1941-05-25
1941-06-01
1941-06-13
1941-06-14
1941-06-15
1941-06-17
1941-06-18
1941-06-21
1941-06-22
1941-06-27
1941-06-29
1941-07-01
1941-07-02
1941-07-03
1941-07-06
1941-07-07
1941-07-09
1941-07-10
1941-07-11
1941-07-14
1941-07-20
1941-07-21
1944-09-10
1944-09-11
1944-09-17
1944-09-19
1944-09-23
1945-03-24
148 Squadron
149 Squadron
20 OTU
Advanced Flying Unit
air gunner
Air Observers School
aircrew
Anson
Battle
Blenheim
Bombing and Gunnery School
C-47
Lancaster
navigator
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
RAF Abingdon
RAF Cranage
RAF Llandwrog
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Manston
RAF Mildenhall
RAF Penrhos
RAF Stoney Cross
RAF Stradishall
RAF West Freugh
Stirling
Tiger Moth
training
Ventura
Wellington
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/1395/26925/LHoneyFWG915946v2.2.pdf
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Honey, Fred
F W G Honey
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-04-27
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Honey, FWG
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15 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Fred Honey (915946 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, documents, decorations and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 104 and 101 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Christopher Honey and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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F W Honey’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. Two
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Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book one, for F W Honey, wireless operator, covering the period from 14 October 1941 to 26 June 1945. Detailing his operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Malta, RAF Kabrit, RAF Luffenham, RAF Woolfox, RAF Bitteswell, RAF Ludford Magna, RAF Westcott, RAF Oakley and RAF Silverstone. Aircraft flown in were Wellington, Anson, Lysander and Lancaster. He flew a total of 45 operations, 25 night operations with 104 squadron and 20 night operations with 101 squadron as special duties operator. Targets were Tripoli, Naples, Castel Benito, Brindisi, Messina, Benghazi, Misurata, Heraklion, Dusseldorf, Modane, Berlin, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Braunschweig, Magdeburg, Stuttgart and Schweinfurt. His pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Benitz DFC, Flight Lieutenant Brown, Pilot Officer Syme, Pilot Officer McConnell, Flight Lieutenant Collins, Flight Sergeant Bennett, Flight Lieutenant Robertson and Pilot Officer Adamson.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Mike Connock
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
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LHoneyFWG915946v2
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Italy
Libya
Malta
England--Buckinghamshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Leicestershire
England--Rutland
France--Modane
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Braunschweig
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Leipzig
Germany--Magdeburg
Germany--Schweinfurt
Germany--Stuttgart
Greece--Ērakleion
Italy--Brindisi
Italy--Messina
Italy--Naples
Libya--Miṣrātah
Libya--Tripoli
Libya--Banghāzī
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
North Africa
Egypt
Egypt--Kibrit
Temporal Coverage
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1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1941-10-15
1941-10-16
1941-10-19
1941-10-20
1941-10-21
1941-10-22
1941-10-25
1941-10-29
1941-10-30
1941-10-31
1941-11-01
1941-11-02
1941-11-03
1941-11-07
1941-11-08
1941-11-09
1941-11-10
1941-11-11
1941-11-12
1941-11-17
1941-11-18
1941-11-19
1941-11-20
1941-11-22
1941-11-25
1941-12-07
1941-12-11
1941-12-14
1941-12-18
1941-12-19
1941-12-28
1941-12-29
1942-02-22
1942-02-23
1942-03-06
1942-03-09
1942-03-10
1942-03-30
1942-03-31
1942-04-11
1942-04-12
1943-11-03
1943-11-10
1943-11-11
1943-11-18
1943-11-19
1943-11-22
1943-11-23
1943-12-02
1943-12-03
1943-12-16
1943-12-17
1943-12-20
1944-01-14
1944-01-20
1944-01-21
1944-01-22
1944-01-27
1944-01-28
1944-01-30
1944-01-31
1944-02-19
1944-02-20
1944-02-21
1944-02-24
1944-02-25
101 Squadron
104 Squadron
11 OTU
17 OTU
29 OTU
aircrew
Anson
bombing
Lancaster
Lysander
Operational Training Unit
RAF Bitteswell
RAF Ludford Magna
RAF North Luffenham
RAF Oakley
RAF Silverstone
RAF Westcott
RAF Woolfox Lodge
training
Wellington
wireless operator
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/1350/28422/MJenkinsFC59301-150515-01.2.pdf
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Jenkins, F C
Description
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Five items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant F C Jenkins (1920 - 2000) and contains his log book, biography and three photographs. He flew a total of 56 operations as a navigator with 149, 148 and 271 Squadrons.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Kevin Jenkins and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-05-14
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Jenkins, FC
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Flight Lieutenant FC Jenkins
Born Eastney, Hampshire March 1920. The only son of a Royal Marine Gunner who had been put forward for a Victoria Cross after the raid on Zeebrugge in 1918.
Married Sheelagh Newman at the age of 20. Had one son at the age of 23. Died on the Isle of Wight at the age of 80 years.
Flew in Wellingtons as Bomb Aimer/ Navigator and after his proscribed tour of duty (which he extended even in the face of a devastating rate of mortality for flight crew) he transferred to Transport Command flying in Dakotas including being the Navigator in one of the Dakotas towing gliders to the Arnhem battle.
Signed up to serve in the RAF (not ‘called up’) at the age of 19 years. Left the RAF with the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Won the DFM For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations. As an airman of 148 Squadron he participated in 57 operational missions, of which 28 were carried out over Germany and enemy-occupied territory. Sergeant Jenkins was specially chosen for the first raids on Italy from England. In one raid on Milan, he scored a direct hit on the Pirelli factory. On another occasion, with the oil refinery at Port Marghere, Venice as the objective, he displayed superb navigation as, owing to adverse weather conditions, he was compelled to rely entirely on astro-navigation. On his last operational flight from England, he scored a great success when attacking the Focke Wulf factory at Bremen. He dropped two sticks of bombs, scoring a direct hit with every bomb. In addition, he secured two photographs which recorded each stick bursting on the target. As a result of this raid, intelligence information stated that one third of the factory output ceased. In the Middle East scene of operations, he performed excellent work, including successful raids on targets in Libya, Greece, Rhodes and Crete. On one occasion, during an attack on Tripoli harbour, he obtained a direct hit on a ship which was set on fire, while in another attack at Messina he obtained a hit on the power station and assisted in the attack on the marshalling yard whereby the entire objective was set on fire. Throughout, he was said to have shown great courage, skill and determination.
Anecdotes: On one raid over Germany his Wellington was ‘held’ by German searchlights for many minutes. Amazingly this was not followed up by anti aircraft fire as presumably the German ‘Ack Ack’ guns were too busy firing at other targets! After another raid his Pilot misjudged the landing back in England and overshot the runway but fortunately all escaped with bruises and the plane was largely undamaged. On one raid as the Wellington finished its bombing ‘run’ the bomb bay doors jammed and as the plane banked Freddie Jenkins began to fall through the open doors, but was able to grab the edge of the bomb bay opening in time to prevent his disappearance into the dark night below!
[page break]
He and his fellow crew men never seemed to bother overmuch with parachutes and also they got rid of the machine guns in the beam of their aircraft to reduce weight. They were proud of the plane’s manoeuvrability, strength and speed and overall felt that to ‘stay with the plane’ come what may was the preferred option.
I’m almost 100% certain that 149 Squadron was the one that my Dad was serving with. The Log Book sent you does make reference to my Dad having dropped food ‘packages’ (towards the end of his active service and after he had finished his bombing sorties plus the extra ones he tacked on).
At the end of the war no. 149 squadron participated in Operation Manna, to drop food to the starved Dutch population still under German occupation, and Operation 'Exodus', to return former prisoners of war back to the UK.
The other interesting thing regards ‘his’ Squadron is that the famous war time movie called “Target for Tonight” being commanded by Group Captain Pickard (who was later killed when bombing the Amiens prison camp) was based on 149 Squadron and features a Wellington bomber called “F” for Freddie. A bit of a coincidence I guess as my Dad was always known to his chums as “Freddie” and all of his active sorties were in Wellingtons.
One other anecdote was that he would never fly without his ‘lucky charm’ - ie. a rabbits foot. On one occasion he forgot to have it in his pocket with all his fellow aircrew in the Wellington getting ready to take off. His ‘skipper’ (ie. the first pilot) waited on the tarmac whilst Freddie ran back to the billet hut to get his ‘charm’.
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Flight Lieutenant FC Jenkins
Description
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A biography of FC Jenkins. It covers his birth and marriage but concentrates on his RAF years. He took part in 58 operations and survived the war to continue in RAF service.
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K Jenkins
Format
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Two printed sheets
Language
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eng
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Text
Text. Memoir
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MJenkinsFC59301-150515-01
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Air Force. Transport Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Hampshire
Netherlands--Arnhem
Italy--Milan
Italy--Venice
Germany--Bremen
Libya
Greece
Greece--Rhodes
Greece--Crete
Libya--Tripoli
Italy--Messina
Belgium--Zeebrugge
Italy
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Waller
149 Squadron
aircrew
anti-aircraft fire
bomb aimer
C-47
Distinguished Flying Medal
navigator
Operation Exodus (1945)
Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945)
pilot
superstition
Victoria Cross
Wellington
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/19/23385/LBonneyA651126v1.1.pdf
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Auton, Jim
J Auton
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26 items. The collection relates to Sergeant Jim Auton MBE (1924 - 2020). He was badly injured when his 178 Squadron B-24 was hit by anti-aircraft fire during an operation from Italy. The collection contains an oral history interview and ten photographs.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Jim Auton and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.
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2015-07-30
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Auton, J
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Title
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Flying Officer A. Bonney’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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Flying Officer A. Bonney’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot, from 13th October 1942 to August 1944. Recording his training as an air gunner in Canada and England, two completed tours with 142 Squadron RAF based in North Africa, subsequent instructor duties, and operations with 31 Squadron South African Air Force (205 Heavy Bomber Group RAF) based in Italy. He was stationed at RCAF Mont-Joli Quebec (No 9 Bombing & Gunnery School), RAF Edgehill/Shenington (21 Operational Training Unit), RAF Blida (142 Squadron RAF), RAF Castle Kennedy (No 3 Air Gunnery School) and Celone Airfield (Foggia #1, 31 Squadron SAAF). Aircraft in which flown: Battle, Wellington, Dakota, Hudson, Anson, Martinet and Liberator. He flew 45 operations (all night-time) with 142 Squadron RAF on the following targets in Italy: Alghero, Angitola, Battipaglia, Borgo Rizzo, Cagliari, Caltanissetta, Castelventrano, Catania, Civitavecchia, Eboli, Elmas Decimomannu, Sesto Fiorentino, Formia, Marsala, Messina, Montecorvino airfield, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Pantelleria, Pizzo, Rome (‘Nickels’), Salerno, Taranto, Villacidro and Viterbo. He also flew 12 night-time operations with 31 squadron SAAF on the following targets in Greece, Italy, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, France and Poland: Heraklion, Trieste, Bucharest, Fiume, Fanto oil refinery (Pardubice), Valence airfield, River Danube (‘Gardening’), Szombathely and Warsaw (dropping supplies). <span>His pilots on operations were</span> Sergeant Walkden and Captain Lawrie. He is recorded as missing from the last of these operations. Comments on operations include: 'Aircraft holed 24 times. 2 through my turret'.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Contributor
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David Leitch
Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
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LBonneyA651126v1
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Canada
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Poland
Romania
England--Oxfordshire
Greece--Crete
Italy--Sardinia
Italy--Sicily
Mediterranean Sea
Algeria--Blida
Croatia--Rijeka
Czech Republic--Pardubice
Danube River
France--Valence (Drôme)
Greece--Ērakleion
Hungary--Szombathely
Italy--Alghero
Italy--Angitola
Italy--Battipaglia
Italy--Borgo Rizzo
Italy--Cagliari
Italy--Caltanissetta
Italy--Castelvetrano
Italy--Catania
Italy--Civitavecchia
Italy--Decimomannu
Italy--Eboli
Italy--Elmas
Italy--Foggia
Italy--Formia
Italy--Marsala
Italy--Messina
Italy--Naples
Italy--Olbia
Italy--Palermo
Italy--Pantelleria Island
Italy--Pizzo
Italy--Rome
Italy--Salerno
Italy--Sesto Fiorentino
Italy--Taranto
Italy--Trieste
Italy--Villacidro
Italy--Viterbo
Poland--Warsaw
Québec--Mont-Joli
Romania--Bucharest
Scotland--Castle Kennedy
North Africa
Québec
Québec--Mont-Joli
Danube River
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1942
1943
1944
1943-05-08
1943-05-09
1943-05-11
1943-05-12
1943-05-13
1943-05-14
1943-05-15
1943-05-17
1943-05-18
1943-05-21
1943-05-22
1943-05-23
1943-05-24
1943-05-27
1943-05-28
1943-05-29
1943-05-30
1943-05-31
1943-06-01
1943-06-02
1943-06-06
1943-06-07
1943-06-09
1943-06-19
1943-06-20
1943-06-21
1943-06-22
1943-06-23
1943-06-24
1943-06-25
1943-06-28
1943-06-29
1943-07-02
1943-07-03
1943-07-04
1943-07-05
1943-07-08
1943-07-11
1943-07-12
1943-07-13
1943-07-14
1943-07-15
1943-08-02
1943-08-05
1943-08-06
1943-08-09
1943-08-10
1943-08-11
1943-08-12
1943-08-13
1943-08-14
1943-08-15
1943-08-16
1943-08-18
1943-08-19
1943-08-21
1943-08-22
1943-08-25
1943-08-26
1943-08-27
1943-08-28
1943-08-30
1943-08-31
1943-09-01
1943-09-04
1943-09-05
1943-09-06
1943-09-07
1943-09-08
1943-09-09
1943-09-10
1943-09-11
1944-06-04
1944-06-05
1944-06-26
1944-06-27
1944-07-02
1944-07-03
1944-07-19
1944-07-20
1944-07-21
1944-07-22
1944-07-24
1944-07-25
1944-07-26
1944-07-27
1944-07-30
1944-08-01
1944-08-07
1944-08-08
1944-08-10
1944-08-11
1944-08-13
1944-08-14
1944-08-16
1944-08-17
142 Squadron
21 OTU
31 Squadron
air gunner
Air Gunnery School
aircrew
Anson
anti-aircraft fire
B-24
Battle
bombing
Bombing and Gunnery School
C-47
Hudson
Martinet
mine laying
missing in action
Operational Training Unit
RAF Castle Kennedy
RAF Shenington
training
Warsaw airlift (4 August - 28 September 1944)
Wellington
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Neale, Ted. Album
Description
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30 items. An album of photographs taken during Ted Neale's service in the Mediterranean theatre.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-07-31
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Neale, ETH
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Title
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Football match
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A group of eleven men playing football, watched by a referee in full uniform and flat cap and man in football kit. On the reverse 'Football in the shadow of Mt."Imetos" '
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One b/w photograph
Language
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eng
Type
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Photograph
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PNealeETH15010034
PNealeETH15010035
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Royal Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Greece
Greece--Mount Hymettus
sport
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Bubb, George
G J Bubb
Description
An account of the resource
13 items. Collection covers the wartime service of Leading Aircraftsman George Joseph Bubb (b. 1911, 1477909 Royal Air Force), an instrument fitter on 44 Squadron. the collection contains notebooks from training courses, a service bible and 1946 diary as well as the contents of a scrapbook which include personal documents and photographs of people and bombing operations.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dave Pilsworth and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-03-22
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Bubb, GJ
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Greek Banknote
Description
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500 drachmai note. Front depicts a Byzantine coin. On the reverse a church.
Coverage
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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Greece
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MBubbGJ1477939-160322-04
Format
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Banknote
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Physical object
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Wickham, Harry William
Wickham, HW
Description
An account of the resource
23 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Harry William Wickham (b. 1919, 124631 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, a biography, service records and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 102 Squadron.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Lynne Parry and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Date
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2019-06-29
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Wickham, HW
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Title
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Harry Wickham's pilot's flying log book. Two
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Format
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One booklet
Conforms To
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Pending review
Identifier
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LWickhamHW124631v2
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
Description
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H W Wickham’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book covering the period 10 July 1942 to 23 May 1943. Detailing his operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at RAF Fayid and RAF Aqir (462 Squadron) and RAF Castle Coombe (3 Flying Instructor’s School).
Aircraft flown in were Halifax, Wellington, Bombay, DC-3, B-24 and Oxford. He flew 17 night operations with 462 Squadron. Targets were Tobruk, Maleme, Fuka, Halfaya Pass, Dernia and Heraklion.
Contributor
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Terry Hancock
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Egypt
Great Britain
Greece
Libya
North Africa
Egypt--Halfaya Pass
England--Wiltshire
Greece--Ērakleion
Greece--Maleme
Libya--Tobruk
Libya--Darnah
Egypt--Fukah
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1942-07-15
1942-07-19
1942-07-25
1942-07-27
1942-07-31
1942-08-19
1942-08-21
1942-09-03
1942-10-05
1942-10-19
1942-10-26
1942-11-02
1942-11-05
1942-11-07
1942-11-08
1942-11-12
1942-12-12
462 Squadron
76 Squadron
aircrew
B-24
bombing
C-47
forced landing
Halifax
Halifax Mk 2
Oxford
pilot
RAF Aqir
RAF Castle Combe
Wellington
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Title
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Lovatt, Peter
Dr Peter Lovatt
P Lovatt
Description
An account of the resource
117 items. An oral history interview with Peter Lovatt (b.1924, 1821369 Royal Air Force), his log book, documents, and photographs. The collection also contains two photograph albums. He flew 42 operations as an air gunner on 223 Squadron flying B-24s. <br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1338">Album One</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2135">Album Two</a><br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Nina and Peter Lovatt and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-09-27
2019-09-03
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Lovatt, P
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Title
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Hastie DFC: The Life and Times of a Wartime Pilot
Description
An account of the resource
A biography of Roy Hastie.
Creator
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Peter Lovatt
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2003-10
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
United States
Rhode Island--Quonset Point Naval Air Station
Bahamas--Nassau
New York (State)--New York
Bahamas--New Providence Island
Great Britain
England--Harrogate
Scotland--Perth
Scotland--Glasgow
England--Warrington
England--Blackpool
Luxembourg
France
Belgium
Netherlands
France--Dunkerque
England--Dover
England--Grantham
England--Torquay
Wales--Aberystwyth
Iceland
Greenland
Sierra Leone
Russia (Federation)--Murmansk
Singapore
France--Saint-Malo
Denmark
Sweden
Germany--Lübeck
Netherlands--Ameland Island
England--Grimsby
Germany--Helgoland
Netherlands--Rotterdam
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
England--Lundy Island
Germany--Cologne
North Carolina
North Carolina--Cape Hatteras
Aruba
Curaçao
Iceland--Reykjavík
Greenland--Narsarssuak
Canada
Québec--Montréal
Rhode Island
New York (State)--Buffalo
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Virginia
Florida--Miami
Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base
Puerto Rico--San Juan
Cuba
Florida--West Palm Beach
Cuba--Caimanera
India
Sierra Leone--Freetown
Jamaica
Jamaica--Kingston
Jamaica--Montego Bay
Virginia--Norfolk
Washington (D.C.)
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northern Ireland--Limavady
England--Chatham (Kent)
Newfoundland and Labrador--Gander
Gibraltar
England--Leicester
Massachusetts--Boston
Egypt--Alamayn
Algeria--Algiers
Algeria--Oran
Algeria--Bejaïa
Algeria--Annaba
Italy--Sicily
England--Milton Keynes
Germany--Essen
England--Dunwich
Europe--Scheldt River
England--Sizewell
Germany--Hamburg
England--Kent
Germany--Stuttgart
England--Crowborough
Netherlands--Hague
England--Peterborough
England--Bristol
Germany--Homburg (Saarland)
Belgium--Brussels
Germany--Bochum
Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal
Germany--Wanne-Eickel
Belgium--Liège
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Aschaffenburg
Germany--Castrop-Rauxel
Germany--Mittelland Canal
Germany--Aachen
Germany--Karlsruhe
Germany--Neuss
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)
Germany--Leuna
Germany--Osnabrück
Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Germany--Ulm
Germany--Munich
Poland--Szczecin
France--Ardennes
Germany--Bonn
Belgium--Houffalize
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Grevenbroich
Germany--Dülmen
France--Metz
Germany--Magdeburg
Germany--Zeitz
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
England--Dungeness
Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Germany--Wiesbaden
Germany--Dresden
Germany--Leipzig
Germany--Koblenz
Germany--Chemnitz
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Münster in Westfalen
Germany--Worms
Germany--Pforzheim
Germany--Darmstadt
Europe--Lake Constance
Germany--Bergkamen
Germany--Dessau (Dessau)
Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)
France--Aube
Germany--Augsburg
England--Feltwell
England--Croydon
Norway--Oslo
Sweden--Stockholm
Czech Republic--Prague
Italy--Florence
Portugal--Lisbon
Monaco--Monte-Carlo
France--Boulogne-sur-Mer
Netherlands--Venlo
Netherlands--Amsterdam
France--Paris
France--Lyon
France--Digne
France--Nevers
France--Lille
Norway--Ålesund
France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)
France--Bailleul (Nord)
Belgium--Ieper
Belgium--Mesen
France--Cambrai
France--Somme
France--Arras
France--Lens
France--Calais
Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)
Netherlands--Vlissingen
France--Brest
France--Lorient
France--La Pallice
Egypt--Suez
Germany--Berlin
Yemen (Republic)--Aden
Cyprus
Turkey--Gallipoli
Black Sea--Dardanelles Strait
Turkey--İmroz Island
Turkey--İzmir
Greece--Lesbos (Municipality)
Greece--Thasos Island
Greece--Chios (Municipality)
Greece--Thasos
Bulgaria
Turkey--Istanbul
Europe--Macedonia
Greece--Kavala
Kenya--Nairobi
Africa--Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Tanzania
Sudan
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan--Kassalā
Eritrea--Asmara
Yemen (Republic)--Perim Island
Ethiopia--Addis Ababa
Sudan--Khartoum
Ghana--Takoradi
Libya--Cyrenaica
Libya--Tobruk
Egypt--Cairo
Iraq
Greece--Crete
Libya--Tripolitania
Tunisia--Mareth Line
Libya--Tripoli
Tunisia--Qaṣrayn
Tunisia--Medenine
Italy--Pantelleria Island
Malta
Italy--Licata
Italy--Brindisi
Italy--Foggia
Italy--Cassino
Italy--Sangro River
Italy--Termoli
Yugoslavia
Croatia--Split
Croatia--Vis Island
Italy--Loreto
Italy--Pescara
Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad
North America--Saint Lawrence River
Newfoundland and Labrador--Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Bahamas
Florida
Italy
Poland
Massachusetts
New York (State)
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
Egypt
North Africa
Ontario
Québec
Germany
Croatia
Czech Republic
Ghana
Greece
Kenya
Norway
Russia (Federation)
Turkey
Yemen (Republic)
Portugal
Trinidad and Tobago
North America--Niagara Falls
France--Reims
Europe--Frisian Islands
Germany--Monheim (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
England--Norfolk
England--Suffolk
England--Gloucestershire
England--Lancashire
England--Leicestershire
England--Lincolnshire
Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)
Greece--Thessalonikē
Germany--Herne (Arnsberg)
Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)
Libya--Banghāzī
Russia (Federation)--Arkhangelʹskai︠a︡ oblastʹ
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Jersey
Virginia--Hampton Roads (Region)
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Royal Air Force
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Memoir
Format
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142 printed sheets
Identifier
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BLovattPHastieRv2
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Pending text-based transcription
1 Group
100 Group
101 Squadron
157 Squadron
2 Group
214 Squadron
223 Squadron
3 Group
4 Group
6 Group
8 Group
85 Squadron
88 Squadron
air gunner
aircrew
anti-aircraft fire
B-17
B-24
B-25
bale out
Beaufighter
Bismarck
Botha
C-47
Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940)
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
crash
crewing up
Distinguished Flying Cross
entertainment
evacuation
Flying Training School
Gee
Gneisenau
Goldfish Club
ground personnel
H2S
Halifax
Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984)
Harvard
He 111
Heavy Conversion Unit
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
Hudson
Hurricane
Initial Training Wing
Ju 88
Lancaster
love and romance
Martinet
Me 109
Me 110
mine laying
Mosquito
Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945)
navigator
Nissen hut
Oboe
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
Pathfinders
pilot
Proctor
radar
RAF Banff
RAF Catfoss
RAF Catterick
RAF Chedburgh
RAF Cranwell
RAF Dishforth
RAF Farnborough
RAF Horsham St Faith
RAF Kinloss
RAF Leuchars
RAF Lichfield
RAF Lyneham
RAF Manston
RAF North Coates
RAF Oulton
RAF Padgate
RAF Prestwick
RAF Riccall
RAF Silloth
RAF South Cerney
RAF St Eval
RAF Thornaby
RAF Thorney Island
RAF Windrush
RAF Woodbridge
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945)
Scharnhorst
Spitfire
sport
Stirling
Swordfish
Tiger Moth
Tirpitz
training
V-1
V-2
V-weapon
Whitley
Window
wireless operator
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/2330/43393/LClarkHA532059v2.1.pdf
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Clark, Herbert Ashton
Description
An account of the resource
Two items. The collection concerns Wing Commander Herbert Ashton Clark (b. 1911, 532059, 43414 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books. He flew operations as a pilot with 37 Squadron from the UK and North Africa.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Wayne Clark and catalogued by Nick Cornwell-Smith.
Date
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2021-12-02
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Clark, HA
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LClarkHA532059v2
Language
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eng
Title
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Herbert Ashton Clark's pilots flying log book. Two
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Pilot’s flying log book for Flight Sergeant Herbert Ashton Clark from 8 March 1937 to 20 August 1956. Detailing operational posting in Iraq with 70 Squadron. On return to England further training with 215 Squadron. Conversion to the Wellington at 11 OTU followed by posting to 37 Squadron in August 1940. Posted to the Middle East in November 1940. Promoted to Squadron Leader and then Wing Commander during this posting. Awarded DSO and DFC.
Stationed at RAF Hinaidi, RAF Driffield, RAF Manston, RAF Honington, RAF Bramcote, RAF Bassingbourn, RAF Feltwell, RAF Shallufa. Returned to England post-war staying in the RAF. Aircraft flown were Valentia, Harrow, Wellington, Magister, Lysander, Maryland, Fiat CR42, B26, Harvard, Auster, Proctor, Anson, and Prentice.
He flew 1 propaganda leaflet drop with 11 OTU, 1 day and 21 night operations with 37 Squadron in Europe. Targets were St Omer, Eindhoven, Soest, Osnabruck, Frankfurt, Stockum, Bottrop, Hannover, the Black Forest, Gelsenkirchen, Hamm, Flushing, Bitterfeld, Rotterdam, Mannheim, Leipzig, Kiel, Hamburg, Berlin.
12 day and 18 night operations with 37 Squadron and 257 Wing in the Middle East. Targets were Benina, El Adem, Derna, Berca, Bardia, Tobruk, Benghazi, Rhodes, Brindisi, Halfaya, Marble Arch landing ground, Heraklion, Misurata, Homs, Palermo, Gabes, the Mareth Line, El Hamma, Kourba, Pantelleria, Villa San Giovanni, Vibo Valentia, Adrano, Cape Peloro. Posted to HQ RAF Middle East where carried out 28 day supply dropping operations.
Post war career included postings to Air Division Control Commission Germany, Flying Training Command, 41 Group, 22 Maintenance Unit and RAF Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Log book also contains Form 3921 – Aircrew Qualification Record, a 1949 calendar and Form 2745 Record of Service, Educational and Professional Qualifications.
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TO: So, what year were you born?
AC: 1916.
TO: And —
AC: I’ll be a hundred and two next month.
TO: And where did you grow up?
AC: In London. I was, I was born in London, and I stayed there until the war.
TO: And was your father in the First World War?
AC: Yes. He was killed when I was one. My brother wasn’t even born. In Flanders. Passchendaele.
TO: And —
AC: He was second lieutenant, Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
TO: And when did you learn what had happened to him?
AC: When did I?
TO: When did you find out what had happened to him?
AC: I never found out until, well, I never really found out. He was shot in a place called Harelbeke, near Ypres. It was all part of the Ypres battle. He was obviously shot. More to it, I think two of his men were with him and managed to, after the war they came and saw the family. My mother and me and my brother.
TO: And did you have other, know other children who’d lost their fathers?
AC: No.
TO: And did your, do you remember when your mother first told you about him?
AC: No. I don’t because she never really mentioned it. I was too young to understand. I just accepted that we went to live with my grandmother after he was killed.
TO: And what impact would you say this had on you?
AC: Well, my grandmother was an Orthodox Jew and my mother wasn’t but we were brought up in an Orthodox Jewish family and that had an impact except that I went to school. I went to a prep school in London and then Rugby and I went to, I didn’t live a Jewish life at all except in the holidays. And then I didn’t really appreciate what was happening because I didn’t know any Hebrew. I just conformed to school. I went to chapel every day at Rugby. Twice a day on Sunday, I think.
TO: Was your father Jewish?
AC: No. Well, yes. But it was what was called Liberal Jewish as opposed to Orthodox. He didn’t really, he didn’t have any influence because as I say I was one when he was killed. My mother was also Liberal Jewish. They were married in a Liberal Jewish Synagogue. She died when I was sixteen. Cancer. They didn’t know as much then in 1932 as I, as the people know now.
TO: Did any of your friends have parents who they’d lost in the war?
AC: I don’t remember. I don’t think so. Not close friends.
TO: And how did your siblings manage?
AC: How did my —
TO: Your brother manage?
AC: My brother. He was alright. He, he was much cleverer than I was. He got a scholarship to Rugby. Got a double first at Oxford. I managed to get a degree but not, it was third class honours in history.
TO: Were you interested in aircraft as a child?
AC: Sorry?
TO: Were you interested in aircraft?
AC: No. Not really. I mean only in so far as I wanted to be a pilot. When the war broke out I volunteered for the RAF. They turned me down as a pilot but eventually they said you could be an observer. A navigator, and I started off on that line but I never completed the course because I got sick in aeroplanes. And eventually I was transferred to the RAF Regiment [pause] and on to OCTU, Officer Cadet Training Unit. First of all pre-OCTU, and then OCTU in the Isle of Man and I passed out and was commissioned in I think it was about May or June ’42. And I volunteered to go overseas, and I was sent to the Middle East. We went on the troop ship. One of the Union Castle Line and around to Durban. And then transferred after about three weeks in a transit camp, and then went up to Suez and another ship. Are you alright so far?
TO: Yes. Perfect, thank you.
AC: And in the, in Cairo the headquarters posted us to different units and I was posted to what had been a fighter squadron in the Alamein battle which was now in the Reserve and I spent some time in, a little time in Egypt. Not long. And then went out to Iraq, Habbaniya, which was the main British base. And that was out of the war really. I mean there was no war in which they were concerned. I think it was, it was the main base in the Middle East apart from Cairo. Anyway, I was there for a while and then was posted to Arabia. The [highlight of] the war was that I was RAF Regiment officer for Arabia because there were two or three bases. One of them was Sharjah which was still in operation, I think. And then the others, there was one, a little camp called Ras Al Hadd on the Arabian Peninsula. And then the third one was Masirah Island just off the coast of Arabia, which was a staging post for the Americans on the way to reinforce Burma. This was 1942. I had three or four months in Masirah. Very very hot and humid. You couldn’t get cool unless you poured water over yourself, and even then it only lasted about a quarter of an hour. The water was so salt that you couldn’t really get relief. It lasted a short time. We saw American films because they showed them on, there was a wall. They put a white [pause] I don’t know what you’d call it. Anyway, they showed this on this. The film. I remember only one. “Stage Door Canteen,” which had an awful lot of American film stars in. And then I was posted back to Palestine and to a squadron called 2908, and I spent the rest of the war with that squadron, and we were in Syria, Aleppo for some considerable time. And then we were supposed to go to Kos as part of the occupying force but luckily for me we never got there because we were too late at getting to the port. Haifa. The Navy wouldn’t wait, and I was very lucky though because all the people that did go were captured by the Germans and spent the rest of the war in prison camp. Anyway, after that we stayed in, in Palestine and Syria until 1944. Then we were eventually transported to Italy. I’m not sure if it was Bari or Brindisi. Anyway, we were taken there and then became part of the first people to re-enter Greece. We landed at a place called Katakolon which was only a village. We were greeted with flowers and kisses. It was near the first airfield, we were there, the RAF Regiment squadron was there to take. Luckily the Germans were gone and we had no resistance. So, we went. We captured this airfield. Patras and the Corinth Canal, and the proudest moment of my life I think was in Patras. I was on the balcony and it was surrounded by balconies. Everyone cheering and waving. I was a symbol of liberation. And as I say it was the proudest moment of my life.
Other: I bet it was.
AC: Because it was real liberation. Instead of having, you know the knock at the door in the middle of the night which was the Gestapo they were all, they knew that they were safe. It lasted. I actually had jaundice, and then later on tonsilitis in Greece. Jaundice I was moved luckily because all they would give me to eat was [pause] I can’t remember what it was. Anyway, it had put me off. Bully or something.
[pause]
TO: In the 1930s —
AC: Yes.
TO: Had you heard about what was happening in, to the Jews in Germany?
AC: Oh yes. Well, we had when I was living in Hampstead we had two Jewish ladies, refugees for a time in the late ’30s. I can’t remember what happened to them but they certainly came and lived with us from Germany. And so I knew something but of course I was, I was at Oxford then and I didn’t know much about it.
TO: And what was your first job?
AC: Well, my grandfather had been a director or a partner in an insurance company. Insurance broking firm called Halford Henry Montefiore and I, they had promised because my father had been killed, they promised to keep a place for me and so I went in there and started as a filing clerk in 1937. And I was there ‘til the war learning the business of insurance broking but I had decided, they took me to Lloyds, and I told [unclear] to sell to the underwriters. The clients, depending what they were. And there was Egyptian cotton, that sort of thing being taken from Egypt to Britain or wherever and my job was to go to Lloyds and get the underwriters to agree insurance. Unfortunately, I wasn’t very good at it. At least I didn’t think I was and I was quite happy to volunteer for the RAF as opposed to the Army because my memory of the Army was at school. The OTC, the Officer Training Corps, you had puttees to put on. I never got them right. I didn’t really want to go in to the Army. Anyway, I volunteered for the RAF and originally, I wanted to be a pilot but they turned me down for that and then they altered the criteria which was for entering aircrew. They said I could be an observer navigator and so I started on that and I did the first part. Actually, they sent me first of all to Yatesbury. I had six months there training as a wireless op, and that was Morse all the time. I had, you had to pass certain tests. You had, I think it was eighteen words a minute to pass out. And then you had to take interference. So if there was interference I think it was thirteen words a minute. You had to be able to distinguish one from the other. Anyway, I passed out eventually. It was a six month course. I was posted to the north of Scotland where just north of Aberdeen was a lighthouse. Torry. T O R R Y. You spent the first week at the lighthouse, and then the powers that be decided it wasn’t a good idea and we were billeted in Aberdeen. We were acting as liaison between the control room and the pilots on duty in the north of Scotland and if there was a raid, we were the people who put, put the plug in more or less and, but of course all the speech that went on between the pilots and the air control. I did that for two or three months including some night shifts. Then I was eventually called up to go on the first part of my aircrew course which was in Devonshire. Torquay. And I —
[recording paused]
I went. I took the car. I still had my car. I took it to London. I drove to London in a day which was not bad going in those days. It’s five hundred plus miles. And anyway, I left the car in London for the rest of the war, and then went to Torquay. After I think it was three weeks or maybe more I was, we were moved to Gloucestershire to start off my actual aircrew training. But unfortunately, I didn’t like it. I got sick in the aeroplane and eventually asked if I could stop. I was interviewed and they agreed. So I spent the next few months, maybe even a year, I can’t remember, in London at Lords Cricket Ground where people were being mustered to different jobs. I was eventually sent for. I was given a commission in the RAF Regiment which was newly formed then, and I was sent to a place in Northumberland I think it was for a pre-OCTU, and then to the Isle of Man for the OCTU, Officer Cadet Training Unit and did a three month course there in the Isle of Man. And then was posted back to the Isle of Man funnily enough, and I volunteered. I wasn’t there for very long. I volunteered for overseas, and I was sent actually to [unclear] for the transit camp before embarkation and eventually embarked on a, I think it was the Union Castle Line boat, ship. And we went around the Cape and we were very lucky that it was in convoy. It could easily have been detected by the U-boats but it wasn’t. Anyway, we went to Durban. I had three weeks there in transit camp and then transferred to some other boats going up to Suez. Which we did. And in Suez, I was eventually posted to a squadron which had been in the Alamein battle and was now in rest. And then eventually I was sent to Habbaniya in Iraq which was the big base for RAF in that part of the war and mind you there was no fighting there. Eventually I was posted to Arabia, [unclear] of the war I was RAF officer for Arabia. The RAF Regiment was newly formed and I had three Flights they were called relative to platoons. I was the only officer. I used to, from Sharjah to a point on the Arabian Peninsula called Ras Al Hadd. I spent, and there was a flight at each and then and then there was another one at Masirah Island. And the Masirah Island was a staging post for the Americans and they were taking troops through, and supplies to Burma to strengthen the resistance to the Japanese. Masirah was very hot and humid, and we were lucky because we were able to see American films. I remember one, “Stage Door Canteen,” which had a lot of film stars in it. I wasn’t, as I say I was in Masirah for about three months and then was posted back to Palestine and Syria. Joined a company called 2908 Squadron. As I say that was about 1943 and I was there. We went Syria, Aleppo and Palestine and we were supposed to go to Kos. The Greek islands. But luckily for me we was not very efficient. We arrived after the Navy had gone, so I never got to Kos. Which was just as well because those who did were all captured by the Germans. I was very lucky.
Other: You had a lucky escape there didn’t you, Alan?
AC: Yeah. Anyway, after several months or even more in Syria and Palestine we were brought by sea to Italy to be the, we didn’t know what it turned out to be the first [unclear] back in Europe, in Greece and were greeted with flowers and kisses and as I say the proudest moments in my life was on the balcony waving to everybody. I was the symbol of the liberation and I knew it. Well, I couldn’t do anything more. I just stood there and everybody cheering and clapping and waving and I waved back. I got myself, I had jaundice because of the food. Really there was nothing but dry bread and [pause] I was in sort of a camp for ill people. Then they transferred me luckily to Athens. There was better food there. Better conditions all around. Later on, I was in the north of Greece, Macedon, Macedonia and I got jaundice. No. Sorry, I had jaundice in Patras. I caught tonsilitis in the north of Greece and was in the hospital again. It wasn’t that bad. I can’t remember much about it really.
Other: Just that it was bad.
AC: Well, it wasn’t. I was lucky. And after that I went to re-join my squadron and we spent the best part of a year in Greece. Near Athens. Then the Civil War was on and we took part. There was a nice story about Churchill who came out on Christmas Eve. This was December ’44 and he was driven in one of our armoured cars from our aerodrome to the centre of Athens where he was going to negotiate with what was then the Greek government. And his story about, he was accompanied by Anthony Eden and Churchill said to Anthony Eden, and the man he was going to negotiate with was an archbishop of some sort representing the Greek government as it was then, and the Greek Civil War was on at the time. Anyway, Churchill drove in one of our armoured cars to Athens and said to Anthony Eden about the man he was going to meet, ‘Is he a scheming medieval prelate?’ To which Eden said, ‘Well, yes Winston. I’m afraid he is.’ Good,’ said Winston, ‘I’ll be able to deal with him.’ And he did. And we were there, as I said, I was at least a year posted in a camp nearby the sea far from the civil war. There was no fighting. But my boss who was the finest man I ever met he negotiated with, between the two. Greek rebels and the, the communist ELAS, and the [unclear] Greeks and eventually, we didn’t, we didn’t take any part really, apart from as I said carrying Churchill into Athens. But we stayed there by the sea. I can’t remember why I went to Northern Greece but I did. That’s where I got tonsilitis and I was in hospital again. But it didn’t last that long. I went back to my unit and stayed there until we left Greece.
Other: Yeah.
AC: Which was about after the German war finished. We went to Austria as part of the occupying force. We had, I had weeks leave in Rome and [unclear] I think it might have been “Le Boheme.” Anyway, I went, and then went off to Austria. A place called Linz. A quite a big town, and I was there three or four months. I finished with a fortnight learning to ski which was very good for me. I was lucky. I just about learned how to stop, which was rather necessary. Anyway, I came home in March or the beginning of March ’46. I was demobbed almost immediately. I had three months leave to come home after I was, I had one night in a camp and then three months leave. And then another night in the camp and then issued with belt, trousers. You know. New clothes. And I spent Christmas in London because I was still living in London. So that was the end of my RAF service. Six years.
Other: You got about a bit.
AC: I did. I crossed the world. I was very lucky. My brother was a conscientious objector, and drove an ambulance from El Alamein right through North Africa and in the south of France. And he was good at languages as well so he acted as interpreter with the French and Germans. And he must have seen lots of dead people but I was very lucky. I never saw a dead person. I saw one man who had been wounded being carried through. That was as far as I met anyone.
Other: I think Thomas might have some questions for you.
AC: Ok.
TO: What was your rank in the RAF Regiment?
AC: Flying officer. I started as pilot officer but you automatically unless you did something scandalous became flying officer. I became adjutant of 2908 Squadron which was the right place for me because I couldn’t do the, I went on an admin course in Oman, Jordan to learn what I was supposed to do when I went back to the squadron. I did that for a couple of years I suppose. Anyway, from ‘44 to ‘45.
TO: What were your everyday duties as an adjutant?
AC: Oh dear. I don’t really remember. Administrative work with, people had to be, every year had to be named or at least given a rank. I used to give them [unclear] authorise it. What’s the word? Anyway, that’s me. Posted. The discipline was either good or bad depending on, had to be very bad to be called bad. In fact, I had to correct some of my predecessor’s work because he’d put bad on something and he hadn’t really been bad. At least not in RAF terms. Anyway, that was one part of my work. And putting up the commanding officer’s orders and generally see people got sent home or not. Things like that because the war was over.
TO: What rations did you have in the Middle East?
AC: Rations? Well, I think it was corned beef and it wasn’t very, what shall I say? They weren’t very good rations but they were better than people were getting otherwise. So, also I had jaundice. Of course, they wouldn’t give me anything except bread and I think a few corned beef. Eventually, when I was moved to Athens it was quite different. In hospital there you got chicken and things like that but [unclear] I can’t remember much.
TO: Do you remember what medicine you were given to avoid disease?
AC: Sorry?
TO: Do you remember what medicine you were given to avoid disease?
AC: No. Not really.
TO: And when you were in Britain were you ever involved in any raid raids?
AC: I was on leave in 1940 when the Germans were bombing London. I was there for a week I think and so I remember being there when there were raids going on. I was lucky it didn’t hit me because I could hear bombs dropping not too far away but I don’t really remember anything else. I wasn’t a hero.
TO: What did you think of Churchill?
AC: I thought he was great. Really when he took over I just accepted that he was the man who would bring us through. I was abroad most of the time of course from ’42 to ’46. Three and a half years and Churchill was a long way away but I had faith in him in so far as I favoured anyone. I was just doing a job.
TO: And what do you think of Chamberlain?
AC: Well, not an awful lot. I didn’t really have much [pause] Chamberlain resigned on May the 10th, 1940 and he died I think about six months later. So I, what I knew about Chamberlain was I didn’t that think he was very warlike.
TO: And what did you think of the Munich Agreement?
AC: Well, I was one of those who thought it meant peace and so I welcomed it but of course I was quite wrong. It was just the opposite. At the time I rejoiced but not afterwards.
TO: And do you remember the day the war started?
AC: Vaguely. I was still in London. I remember there was an air raid warning I think and nobody knew what was happening really. That’s about all I remember. This was in London but it was a false alarm I think anyway.
TO: And did you remember hearing when America joined the war?
AC: Did I remember what?
TO: Can you remember when America joined the war?
AC: Oh yes. Well, I do but I was, this was America joined in July, sorry December ’41 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour and I was, in July ’41, sorry, in December ’41 I think I was still in England. I don’t remember I obviously welcomed it but I don’t remember much more about it.
TO: And do you remember when you joined the RAF?
AC: In May 1940. Six years including demob leave brought it to May 1946.
TO: And can you tell me a bit more about what you were doing in the lighthouse in Scotland?
AC: Well, cooking for ourselves for a week and then as I say we transferred to billets in Aberdeen. The lighthouse was alright but I think the lighthouse keeper, well allowed us to do more or less as we liked. Cooking for ourselves. I think the RAF eventually decided that that wasn’t a good idea. Anyway, I was only in the lighthouse a week, I think. Torry. T O R R Y.
TO: And what kind of entertainment did you have in the RAF?
AC: Entertainment?
Other: You had the films, didn’t you?
AC: I think we didn’t get any.
Other: Didn’t you have the films?
AC: Oh, the films.
Other: Yeah.
AC: No. That wasn’t in, I was in Masirah.
Other: Right.
TO: It was alright. We didn’t see any touring parties. I think it might have when I first went to the Middle East I was posted to Cairo and I think we went to a nightclub or something like that in Alexandria but that was about all.
TO: Did you ever listen to songs on the radio?
AC: No. Not really. I can’t remember. I don’t think so.
TO: Can you tell me about the conditions on the troop ships?
AC: Well, as I was an officer they were very good. I don’t know what, what the men thought. I was the only Jewish officer on the ship so, there were about a dozen Jews among the soldiers. I was the only RAF person there really. I gave a lecture on the RAF to the soldiers. I do remember that. Explaining the ranks and the different parts of the Air Force.
TO: Right.
AC: I think it went down all right. Anyway, passed an hour by the time I’d finished.
TO: And how was morale in the RAF?
AC: It was pretty good but being in the squadron I remember one man was, a pilot was killed and somebody rang me up from another part of the, where the squadron was and asked about it and I said he was dead which wasn’t the right thing to say. I should have just said, ‘I’m sorry. I’m afraid he’s bought it.’ Anyway, the morale otherwise it was very good. I think that was just accepted as part of the job. You would do it.
TO: And were you worried that the Germans would take over North Africa?
AC: No. I wasn’t anywhere near there really but I was in Palestine and Syria at that time. North Africa. My brother was. He went through Alemein to Tunis and then to the south of France. He was driving an ambulance and of course he saw a lot of dead and wounded men and I never saw one. Well, I saw one wounded man being carried past but that was near as I got. I was very lucky.
TO: And what were your living conditions like in the Middle East?
AC: Well, as best most of the time as I say here in Greece at a place called Vouliagmeni near Athens. By the sea. They were, of course very lucky but the war was over then. The first year or two, well I didn’t get out there until, until the end of ’42 so I had about two years which conditions weren’t very good. But they weren’t that bad at least apart from getting tonsilitis and jaundice.
TO: How did the, did you ever interact with the local population where you were stationed?
AC: No. I missed the opportunity I’m afraid. Specifically Syria. Aleppo. And Palestine I didn’t really get in touch with the local population at all. I should have done.
TO: What did you think of British commanders of the war?
AC: Command?
TO: Yes.
AC: I didn’t really think about it. I was just there doing what I was told to do. The squadron was one of the few field squadrons of the RAF Regiment that were anti-aircraft and field. I was lucky because the anti-aircraft people didn’t do anything except cover an anti-aircraft guns. But the field squadrons were there to invade or take airfields and camps. I was very lucky that I was with the squadron because the CO, whose name was John or Jock Wynne, W Y N N E was a marvellous man. And in fact, I owe, I got a mention in despatches entirely through him because I didn’t do anything special. He put names up and we received [unclear] but I didn’t deserve anything. Anyhow, I just did the job I was trying to do.
TO: And what aircraft were stationed nearby?
AC: Aircraft? Well, I wasn’t in that part of the war where the aircraft came in to it. It was the RAF regiment were infantry really and we weren’t involved with [pause] with aircraft.
TO: And what buildings did you tend to have where you were stationed?
AC: What building? Sorry?
TO: What kind of buildings did you have in the places where you were stationed?
AC: I’m trying to think [pause] You know, I’m afraid I can’t tell you.
TO: That’s fine.
AC: There were buildings but I can’t, I just don’t remember.
TO: And can you tell me a little bit more about your time in Italy?
AC: About my —?
TO: Time in Italy.
AC: Sorry?
TO: Your time in Rome in Italy.
AC: Oh, Rome in Italy.
TO: Yeah
AC: Well, we weren’t there very long. We were transferred by sea from Egypt to Bari or Brindisi, I can’t remember which and we were, I suppose we were there a few weeks but we went, we were due to go to Greece as soon as they were ready. And so I didn’t really see much of Italy and as I say I had a week’s leave in Rome where I heard [unclear] and one opera but apart from that I don’t remember anything about it.
TO: Do you remember much about Austria?
AC: About what?
TO: Austria.
AC: Oxford?
TO: Austria. Linz.
AC: Austria. Well, it was peaceful. There was no, we were an occupying force but we never did anything, had to do anything. Didn’t have to do anything because the Austrians were quite realistic and I think they just accepted us as occupying power.
TO: Did you ever get to talk to the civilians there?
AC: Did I ever get what?
TO: Did you ever get to talk to the Austrian civilians?
AC: Not really. A little bit but not very much. We were at, in a place, I think it was called Graz and it was quite a big town and as I say there was no fighting or there was very little [unclear] at all. It was just living day to day. And it wasn’t exciting. Eventually I was demobbed in 19, February 1946. I spent a couple of weeks learning to ski which was fine for me but I just about learned how to stop which was very necessary.
Other: You need to be able to stop don’t you? When you’re skiing?
AC: Well, after the war in Swanage on holiday with my wife and children. Some of the children I tried to water ski. At least I knew the positions.
TO: And what were you doing on the day the war ended?
AC: The German war I was in hospital. I think with tonsilitis. The Japanese war I was somewhere in Austria. I can’t remember anything else.
TO: And do you remember much more about your time in Greece?
AC: About my —
TO: Time in Greece.
AC: Sorry?
TO: What else do you remember about Greece?
AC: The Greeks.
Other: Yes.
AC: Well, there was, they were all very hospitable. We were lucky because the war was over and they were all ready to help. Do anything we wanted. One or two songs I remember but that’s I can’t sing them. Popular.
TO: So, did you talk with the Greek civilians much?
AC: No. Not really. I suppose I should have done but I can’t remember.
TO: That’s fine.
AC: It’s seventy years ago now.
TO: Were you surprised that a civil war broke out?
AC: Not altogether. I knew enough that the Greek communists were very strong in one part and my CO went and negotiated between the two different Greek [unclear] One communists, the other was a man called [unclear] who was right wing and they fought each other more than the Germans. The Greek communists eventually lost the war or at least they didn’t win.
TO: And when did you hear about the Holocaust?
AC: I didn’t know anything about it really until after the war. I mean, I knew things were terrible but I had no idea. I was lucky. I didn’t go to Belsen or Auschwitz or Dachau. I didn’t really know anything.
TO: Do you remember much about your time in Iraq?
AC: About my family?
TO: Your time in Iraq. In Syria.
AC: No. Not really. I should have done.
TO: Can you tell me a bit about your trip to France and Belgium last year?
AC: Oh, that’s easy because my father was killed in a place called Harelbeke near Ypres in 1917, the 31st of July and I determined that if I was ok I would go and salute his memory which I did. The family, my family and I have three children. Andrew, James and Louise. James was on holiday and couldn’t come but his son Marcello, my only grandson he came and so did the two granddaughters and my daughter and then my granddaughter’s children. They came and then we drove. I went down by the train to London with Louise. She came up and we went and met, went by train to Lisle and at Lisle we were met by Louise’s husband, Colin and her two girls, Joanne and Isabel. And we stayed the night in Lisle and then went over the next day to Belgium. There was no delay. Lisle is very close to the Belgium border anyway and so we went from the Lisle hotel to the Menin Gate where my father’s name is. And luckily his name was at the bottom of the column so I was able to [unclear] it though I couldn’t see and we stayed for a service. It was the day after I think the main service there. Anyway, there were quite a lot of people still there and we stayed for the service and I was able to think of his name because it was at the bottom of the list. The bottom of the wall where they were all named. One of my friends was, who’s dead now was a Belgian. He was an agent for the Belgium textile machinery Picanol and he took a photograph of the Menin Gate which showed that they’d got my father’s name right but the initial wrong. They’d put G instead of C. So, I wrote to the War Office. This is going back ten or more years and asked, sent them a copy of the photograph and asked if they could put it right and to give the War Office its due they said yes they could do that but it would take some time. And they did. They changed, just took off bits from the G so that it was C for Charles which was my father’s name.
TO: I hope you don’t mind me asking but was it very difficult growing up without your father?
AC: No. I had to. It wasn’t, because my mother was very good and never, I just accepted the situation because I was too young to understand what had happened. I was very lucky that I was born in an affluent family and they sent me to Rugby and Oxford and I had really as I say, I was very lucky.
TO: And did you ever feel any animosity towards Germany or Japan or Italy?
AC: No. I don’t think so. I mean, obviously when Jewish refugees came I felt sorry for them but I never felt hatred for Germany. I wasn’t really in contact.
TO: And have you ever been back to anywhere that you went during the war?
AC: Have I ever been?
TO: Even been back to anywhere you were stationed during the war?
AC: No. Not really. No. I mean no is the answer.
TO: Is there anything you want to add at all to finish off?
AC: I think I’ve told you as much as I can.
TO: Thank you very much. It was a pleasure to hear from you.
AC: You’re welcome. I’m sorry I can’t remember quite a lot.
TO: No. That’s fine.
Other: No. You do very well, Alan.
TO: You did brilliantly. Thank you.
Other: You did very well. It’s very interesting.
AC: I know the places but I don’t know much about them
Other: Yeah. But it’s still interesting.
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Interview with Alan Coburn
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ACoburnA180509
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01:15:54 audio recording
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Alan Coburn’s father was killed in the First World War when he was one year old and his brother was not yet born. He attended a prep school in London and then Rugby before gaining a degree at Oxford University. The insurance brokerage associated with his family had agreed to keep a place open for him in memory of his father but Alan didn’t really enjoy the job. He volunteered for the RAF and was accepted for aircrew training. However, he was repeatedly airsick and transferred to the RAF Regiment. He was posted to the Middle East. From there he was posted to Greece and then post-war Austria.
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1940
1942
1943
1944
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Great Britain
Greece
Syria
Middle East
Middle East--Palestine
England--London
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Royal Air Force
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Julie Williams
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training