Alastair Montgomery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Shaw]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> United States]]> Florida]]> Florida--Pensacola]]> England--Devon]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Harrogate]]> North Africa]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Italy]]> Italy--Brindisi]]> Ireland]]> Florida]]> Great Britain]]> Enlisting as a wireless operator/air gunner his Morse code speed was very fast and he was sent to Ireland to monitor German signals. He spotted a German U-boat entering a bay and an alerted Hudson aircraft captured it. After further wireless training he was sent to RAF Stormy Down for gunnery training. He then continued his flight training at RAF Yatesbury where his first flight in a Proctor ended in a crash landing as the Dutch pilot had run out of fuel. He was immediately sent back up so as to not lose his nerve. Colin describes in detail how to take radio bearings
He remembers one momentous operation when the replacement rear gunner ordered the pilot to take evasive action by diving, which was very fortuitous as they nearly collided with an enemy fighter, flying beneath them, which was lining up to attack them. After diving to a lower level, a shell passed through the fuselage without exploding, narrowly missing all the crew. With one engine stopped they struggled home and met a flight of United States Army Air Forces bombers who were lost and who followed the Halifax home to RAF Leconfield and landed there. The problem was attributed to the American system of pre-flight briefing.
Colin flew 38 operations and upon leaving the RAF took up a career in sales.
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Andrew Sadler]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Holmes]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> England--London]]> Germany]]> Ireland]]>
Anna Hoyles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> France]]> Germany]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Gibraltar]]> Great Britain]]> Ireland]]> Italy]]> Mediterranean Sea]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> North Africa]]> B Parrott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Dublin]]> 1944-02-02]]> Page 1 headline is: 'I SAW GENERAL SHOOT AT PRISONERS'.
Page 2 is given over to the forthcoming General Election in Britain.
Page 3 main articles is titled: 'Secret Nazi documents reveal how Hitler did a gigantic bluff'.
Page 4 main article is titled ' NAZI SHRINE MAY HOUSE WAR TRIAL'. The page also lists the day's entertainment in several Italian locations and on British Forces radio as well as some sports news.]]>
British Army Newspaper Unit]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States Army Air Force]]> British Army]]> Royal Navy]]> Wehrmacht]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Belgium]]> Burma]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Ireland]]> Italy]]> Japan]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Russia (Federation)--Moscow]]> United States]]> 1945]]>
Colleen Baines]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Ireland]]> England--Mousehole]]> Australia]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> New South Wales--Maroubra]]> New South Wales--Kingsford Smith]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bournemouth]]> England--Ealing]]> England--Whitley Bay]]> England--Reading]]> England--Birmingham]]> England--Winchester]]> England--Anstey (Leicestershire)]]> New South Wales--Guyra]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Italy]]> England--Sevenoaks]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> England--London]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> England--Runnymede]]> England--West Malling]]> England--Mutford]]> England--Blaby]]> England--Newark (Nottinghamshire)]]> New South Wales]]> Ontario]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Barnsley (South Yorkshire)]]> 1944-01-27]]> Committee of Adjustments officer RAF Stradishall]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Dublin]]> 1943-06-30]]> Ethel Mannin]]> Daily Sketch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Connemara]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Dublin]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-06-22]]> Great Britain. Ministry of Aircraft Production]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Air Publication 1480]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Free Norwegian forces]]> Free French Air Force]]> Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana]]> Great Britain]]> Ireland]]> Belgium]]> Bulgaria]]> Denmark]]> Finland]]> France]]> Germany]]> Greece]]> Netherlands]]> Hungary]]> Italy]]> Yugoslavia]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Portugal]]> Romania]]> Soviet Union]]> Spain]]> Sweden]]> Turkey]]> Switzerland]]> 1943-11]]> Great Britain. Red Cross and St John war organisation. Prisoners of war department]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Czech Republic--Prague]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Russia (Federation)--Moscow]]> Germany--Liebenau Site]]> France--Metz]]> Ireland--Sligo]]> Australia]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> Germany--Spangenberg]]> Italy--Mantua]]> Germany--Marienthal]]> Germany--Glauchau]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Coswig (Saxony)]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Poland]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Karlovy Vary]]> Germany--Moosburg an der Isar]]> Ukraine--Odesa]]> Czech Republic--Cheb]]> Sweden--Göteborg]]> Germany--Biberach an der Riss]]> Italy]]> France]]> New South Wales]]> Germany]]> Ireland]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Sweden]]> Ukraine]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1945-04]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Ireland]]> Wales]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland]]> Ireland]]> Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for David Charles Davies from November 1940 to 24 March 1948 detailing his training, operational and post conflict duties. Training was with No.5 Air Observer's School at RAF Jurby and Operational Training Units at RAF Finningley and RAF Bircotes. Aircraft flown in were, Dominie, Proctor, Blenhiem, Anson, Wellington, Manchester, Oxford, Lancaster, Halifax and Stirling, He flew a total of 59 operations all with 61 Squadron, 11 daylight and 48 night operations. Pilots flown with were Pilot Officer Clarke, Flight Sergeant Turner, Squadron Leader Deas, Flight Officer Foster and Squadron Leader Beard. David flew as bomb aimer in 52 operations, wireless operator/gunner in five and air gunner in two. The operations were to Paris, Lorient, Essen, Cologne, Lübeck, Hamburg, Saarbrücken, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Kassel, Nuremberg, Saarlouis, Karlsruhe, Bremen, Duisburg, Wismar, Aachen, Genoa, Milan, Berlin, Leipzig, Schweinfurt, Stuttgart, Châteauroux, Toulouse, Tours, Brunswick, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Saumur, Cherbourg, St. Pierre du Mont (Landes), Argentan, Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais), Caen, Donges, Creil, in the Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean and North Sea including anti sub patrols, convoy escort and dinghy search.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Toulouse]]> France--Tours]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Caen]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Saarlouis]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Wismar]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Milan]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France--Châteauroux]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> France--Saint-Médard-en-Jalles]]> France--Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes)]]> France--Argentan]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Donges]]> France--Creil]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Waterford]]> Scotland--Drem]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> 1942-02-24]]> 1942-02-25]]> 1942-03-09]]> 1942-03-10]]> 1942-03-11]]> 1942-03-13]]> 1942-03-14]]> 1942-04-28]]> 1942-04-29]]> 1942-04-08]]> 1942-04-09]]> 1942-07-23]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-01]]> 1942-08-13]]> 1942-08-15]]> 1942-08-18]]> 1942-08-19]]> 1942-08-21]]> 1942-08-24]]> 1942-08-25]]> 1942-08-27]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-08-29]]> 1942-09-01]]> 1942-09-02]]> 1942-09-03]]> 1942-09-04]]> 1942-09-05]]> 1942-09-06]]> 1942-09-07]]> 1942-09-08]]> 1942-09-09]]> 1942-09-10]]> 1942-09-11]]> 1942-09-13]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-09-17]]> 1942-10-01]]> 1942-10-02]]> 1942-10-05]]> 1942-10-06]]> 1942-10-12]]> 1942-10-13]]> 1942-10-22]]> 1942-10-23]]> 1942-10-24]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-08]]> 1942-11-17]]> 1942-11-18]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-21]]> 1943-05-22]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1943-12-23]]> 1943-12-24]]> 1944-01-02]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-10]]> 1944-03-11]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-20]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1943-12-23]]> 1943-12-24]]> 1944-01-02]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-10]]> 1944-03-11]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-20]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-08-03]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Casualty Branch]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Dublin]]> 1943-07-06]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> Heather Hughes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Second generation]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Ireland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Ireland--Kildare (County)]]> Ireland--Dublin]]> 1944-03-30]]>
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of Lincoln.]]>
Helen Durham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> Iraq]]> Ireland]]> Egypt--Suez]]> England--Suffolk]]> Iraq--Baṣrah]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> North Africa]]>
Ivan Ure]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> Royal Navy]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Isle of Wight]]> Norway]]> Scotland--Argyllshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Westbourne (West Sussex)]]> England--London]]> England--Hayling Island]]> England--Evenley]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Blackpool]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> Lithuania]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Lithuania--Klaipėda]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland--Białogard]]> Poland--Pyrzyce (Powiat)]]> Germany--Lauenburg]]> Germany--Lüneburg]]> Germany--Rheine]]> England--London]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Dublin]]> Ireland--Cork]]> Austria]]> Austria--Vienna]]> Libya]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Jīzah]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> Kuwait]]> Bahrain]]> Iran]]> Iran--Tehran]]> Scotland--Oban]]> Jean Macartney]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Great Britain]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Dublin]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> He joined the Local Defence Volunteers at first then realised he did not want to become infantry. He did mount road blocks and fire watches. He applied to join the RAF and was accepted. Training was at Blackpool, then Bicester, then Fairoaks.
At Heaton Park he was assessed as a future Navigator and was sent to Canada via New York on the Queen Elizabeth.
Then they were sent by train to Three Rivers, Manitoba via Moncton.
On completion of that stage of the training he came back via Liverpool. Further training was at Lossiemouth then operations at Leconfield. His aircraft engines started losing power on the way to Stuttgart and he bailed out. After some time they were captured by Germans.
They were sent by train to Frankfurt for interrogation then onwards to Stalag Luft VII. As the Russians advanced they were marched to Stalag III. They were eventually helped to escape by the Americans and he ended up in Brussels before being flown to the UK. This section ends with photographs taken during his training.
The Long March.
A document written by a Senior British Officer to the Russian authorities. Food supplies were inadequate and the Russians refused to allow the Americans to release the prisoners.
Report of a Forced March made by Occupants of Stalag Luft 7, Germany.
The report describes in detail the miseries endured by the POWs on a daily basis.]]>
JF Neilson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Blackpool]]> Scotland--Gourock]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Manitoba]]> England--Liverpool]]> Wales--Anglesey]]> Ireland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Firth of Clyde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> France]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Poland]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--London]]> Scotland--Airdrie]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Europe--Elbe River]]> Scotland--Stirling (Stirling)]]> Germany]]> New Brunswick]]>
First page: Jim in uniform, June, young woman with child, three children (one a young boy) sitting on car, young boy and girl.
Second page: Miss June Eve 1942; Marion and Chris 1952; Wedding photograph 15 July 1944, giving names of bridesmaids (Dorothy, Joyce, Joyce, Peggy, Molly); photograph of June in hospital bed, with boy playing electric organ captioned 'Christmas Day 1961, RAF Hospital Uxbridge'. ]]>
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Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Canada]]> England--Northumberland]]> Germany]]> Ireland]]> Zambia]]> Iran]]>
P J Hogan]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Dublin]]> Ireland--Waterford]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Bendigo]]> Victoria]]> 1945-02-18]]> P J Hogan]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Dublin]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Bendigo]]> Victoria]]> 1945-07-16]]> Photos 1, 2 and 3 are scenes from Cairo.
Photo 4 is a side head and shoulders profile of Sam.
Photo 5 is a Battle aircraft in flight.]]>
Penny Thicket]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Algeria--Blida]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)--Mbandaka]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Suez]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Poole (Dorset)]]> Gabon]]> Gabon--Libreville]]> Gambia]]> Gibraltar]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Limerick (County)]]> Libya]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Malta]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Casablanca]]> Morocco--Oujda]]> Nigeria]]> Nigeria--Lagos]]> Portugal]]> Portugal--Lisbon]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa]]> Sudan]]> Sudan--Khartoum]]> South Sudan]]> South Sudan--Malakal]]> Tunisia]]> Uganda]]> North Africa]]> Egypt--Alamayn]]> Gambia--Banjul]]> Sudan--Ḥalfāʼ al-Jadīdah]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)]]> England--Dorset]]> 1942-10]]> 1942-11]]> 1942-12]]> 1943-01]]>
RAF Director of Personal Services]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Dublin]]> 1944-02-05]]>