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- Temporal Coverage starts with "1945-10"
John Allnutt's certificate of service
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; promotion
The Air Ministry regrets
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 540 Squadron; 627 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; Anson; arts and crafts; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; Dominie; evacuation; firefighting; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Abu Sueir; RAF Benson; RAF Bentley Priory; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Debden; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Glatton; RAF Ingham; RAF Kabrit; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Luqa; RAF Manby; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Weald; RAF Northolt; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Syerston; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; RAF Westcott; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Yatesbury; Spitfire; Swordfish; Tirpitz; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Flt Lt John Whymark DSO DFC
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 148 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; flight mechanic; ground crew; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); RAF Debden; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Kabrit; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Weald; RAF Old Sarum; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; searchlight; training; Wellington
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Letter to Arthur Hope from Samuel Day
Tags: faith; prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 4
Letter to Charles Turner from Officer Commanding RAF Wratting Common
Interview with Susanne Pescott
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1663 HCU; 19 OTU; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; Operational Training Unit; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Melbourne; RAF Rufforth; training
Letter from Terry Ford to his parents
Letter to John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Tags: ground personnel; medical officer
William Ray Peter Perry DFC - biography
George Bubb - leave travel passes
Tags: ground personnel
Reich Chancellery, Berlin
A separate note adds background information and the date of the photograph.
Sports stadium, Berlin
Tags: sport
George Holmes' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 50 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mid-air collision; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator