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Dublin Core
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Title
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Geleen [place]
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Netherlands--Geleen
Description
An account of the resource
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Palmer, Robert Anthony Maurice
R A M Palmer
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-10-30
Rights
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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.
Identifier
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Palmer, RAM
Description
An account of the resource
38 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Robert AM Palmer VC, DFC and Bar (115772, Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, photographs, fact sheets, newspaper cuttings, documents, correspondence and a substancial history of his last operation. <br /><br />He flew one hundred and eleven operations as a pilot with 75, 149 and 109 Squadrons and was killed 23 December 1944 when leading a daylight operation as an Oboe marker.<br /><br />The collection also contains 51 items in a <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2178">Photograph album</a>.<br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Penny Palmer and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Robert AM Palmer is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/221528/">IBCC Losses Database</a>
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Title
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109 Squadron Pathfinders fact sheet
Description
An account of the resource
Gives history of 109 Squadron from reformation on 10 December 1940 until last bombs dropped on 2/3 May 1945. Covers development of blind bombing and Oboe. Moved to RAF Wyton as independent unit of newly formed Pathfinder force. Mentions first Oboe operation 20/21 December 1942. Account of Robert Palmer's operation which resulted in award of Victoria Cross. Includes drawings of squadron badge, Victoria Cross, Mosquito, Robert Palmer, seven squadron commanders, 8 Group and Bomber Command badges. List decorations, total number of operations and casualties.
Temporal Coverage
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1940-12-10
1942-01
1944-12-23
1942-12-20
1942-12-21
1944-04-01
1945-04-21
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Wiltshire
England--Suffolk
England--Norfolk
England--Cambridgeshire
Germany
Germany--Cologne
Netherlands
Netherlands--Geleen
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Kiel
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Germany--Düsseldorf
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Format
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One page printed document
Identifier
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SPalmerRAM115772v10035
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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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.
105 Squadron
109 Squadron
582 Squadron
8 Group
air gunner
aircrew
Anson
bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944)
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Medal
Gneisenau
killed in action
Lancaster
Mosquito
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
Oboe
Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945)
Pathfinders
pilot
RAF Boscombe Down
RAF Little Staughton
RAF Marham
RAF Stradishall
RAF Tempsford
RAF Upper Heyford
RAF Wyton
Scharnhorst
shot down
Victoria Cross
Wellington