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Letter to Leonard Cheshire from officer of 4 Group
Thanks him for the party
No 92 Group standard cockpit drills (Wellington III and X)
Includes; precautions before and after entering aircraft, left to right check over cockpit, starting up, action in the event of fire on start up, running up, taxying out, vital actions before take-off, take-off/circuit and landing, stopping engines,…
Operational notes
Lists 42 operations with dates, targets, aircraft, fuel, bomb loads, times and accounts of sortie for each one. Mentions Pathfinder marking, occasional air sickness, Master Bomber, number of aircraft lost on some operations, damage to aircraft on a…
Letter to Leonard Cheshire from Flying Officer A Hickman
An air gunner who has completed two tours. Requests advice on how to get back on operations.
Navigation chart Op No 1
Map of southern England and northern France showing pencilled route from just north-east of Lincoln to target near Rennes France. Annotated 'Op No 1, 7-5-44 Bruz, N Rennes'.
Navigation log Op No 1
Details of aircraft, captain, navigator, date, orders, route and page and half en-route navigation observations. Annotated in red pen with comments including 'Good effort for 1st trip'. Note at top on first page 'Op No 1, Bruz N Rennes'.
Navigation chart - operation to Hasselt
Navigation map showing east England and Western European mainland (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany. Pencilled route from near Lincoln to East Belgium. Annotated '11/5/44, Hasselt'.
Navigation log Op No 2
Details of aircraft, captain, navigator, date, orders, route and page and half en-route navigation observations. Annotated in red pen. Note at top of first page 'Op No 2'.
Navigation chart - operation number 3 to Aachen
Map of east England to Western European mainland (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany. Route in pencil from Lincolns area to West Germany, Aachen. Annotated top left 'Op No 3, 24/5/44, Aachen'.
Navigation log Op No 3
Details of aircraft, captain, navigator, date, orders, route and page and half en-route navigation observations. Annotated in red pen. Note at top of first page 'Op No 3, Aachen'.
Navigation chart - operation number 4
Map of east England to Western European mainland (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany. Route in pencil from Lincolns area to West Germany, Aachen. Annotated top left 'Op No 4, 27/5/44'.
Navigation log Op No 4
Details of aircraft, captain, navigator, date, orders, route and page and half en-route navigation observations. Annotated in red pen. Note top right 'Op No 4'.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes thanking his parents for their letters. He is finding the navigation course troubling. He is planning to visit the States and he has not heard from Barbara for a while.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes that he has not received any mail for over a month. Work has been busy. He complains about the food.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes thanking his parents for the newspapers and airgraph. He has been studying for his final exams.
Bombing of the Latisana bridges
Twelve aircraft are dropping bombs on two railway and road bridges, as well as on the nearby town. A figure in uniform is running away and has dropped a rifle.
Label reads “015”; signed by the author; caption reads “19 Maggio 1944.…
Label reads “015”; signed by the author; caption reads “19 Maggio 1944.…
SS Reprisal in the Carnia district following a partisan ambush
A mountain village following an attack. Large fires are burning everywhere and the remains of a building, machinery and a dead cow are visible. Corpses are lying on the ground. Civilians coming from the direction of the buildings are surrendering.…
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Prisoners are visible behind barbed wire, wearing blue and white striped clothes and black shoes. A German soldier is guarding them, armed with a rifle. There are two huts. The white building has a large chimney with black smoke billowing out of it.…
Interview with Geoff Packham
Geoff’s father had been in the Royal Flying Corps and Geoff joined the Royal Air Force at RAF Cardington. He was posted to various stations before going to Halifax in Canada to train as a pilot on Tiger Moths and then Oxfords.
On his return, Geoff…
On his return, Geoff…
Congratulations
On the awarding of the Distinguished Flying Cross to James.
Lettergram to Mrs C Clarke from Arthur Hope
The letter to Clara from Arthur is written from a prisoner of war camp. He writes emotionally about his regrets.
Telegram to Mrs Cahir from the RAAF
The message advises Mrs Cahir that her son's address is Stalag Luft 3 and his number is 267500.
Letter from Basil Harrington to Peter Jenner of 2nd TAF medium bomber association
Recounts four events in detail. First the attack on Martinvast from RAF Swanton Morley on 26 November 1943 where they encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire and had to divert on return to Hartford Bridge. On return they counted over 250 shrapnel…
Cherub on a Leaf
A cherub lying on a leaf with a dragonfly. Handwritten on it is '1944 4th May casting from aluminium alloy Lancaster crash ME749 Bernard Citeaux'.
On the reverse is stamped 'Depos 207'.
On the reverse is stamped 'Depos 207'.
