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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1941-07"
Pilot wins D.F.C
Middle and bottom, congratulations to Bob on his award.
Right page; top, title of the Vauxhall Mirror.
Middle, report of Bob's operational career…
Airmen standing in front of a Hampden
Tags: aircrew; Hampden; RAF Lindholme
Airmen
Tags: training
Airmen outside station headquarters
Tags: aircrew; pilot; station headquarters; training
Appendix VI- Table of Raids
Tags: bombing
Newspaper clippings announcing award of Patrick Geary's DFM
Luftpost, 11, 29 July 1941
Despite earlier army reports being reliable, it is claimed that there is now German disinformation concerning the Russian campaign and the high number of casualties and prisoners.
After spotting a battle cruiser on 22nd July, an RAF…
Two Wellington crews
Tags: 12 Squadron; aircrew; missing in action; nose art; Wellington
RCAF School Aero Engine Division Galt July 1941
Tags: training
No 4 Flight, No 4 Squadron, 10 Initial Training Wing Royal Air Force
Tags: Initial Training Wing; training
Wellington Bomber and its operations
Tags: 218 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; Wellington
Bombing note
Tags: bombing
Whitleys at Middleton St George 1941
Photograph 1 is of eight airmen under the nose of a Whitley. Captioned 'Pilot Sgt B. Jones with his Ground Crew, Whitley. A/C.'
Photograph 2 is of a sergeant pilot wearing a flying helmet and pointing to…
Letter from Wally Layne to his wife
Tags: RAF Lindholme
My life in the Royal Air Force Bomber Command
Tags: 1661 HCU; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Boston; briefing; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; fitter airframe; flight engineer; flight mechanic; ground crew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; Me 109; memorial; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Benson; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Burtonwood; RAF Cosford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fiskerton; RAF High Wycombe; RAF Manston; Raf Mauripur; RAF Padgate; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; recruitment; searchlight; shot down; Stirling; training
My life in the Royal Air Force Bomber Command
Tags: 1661 HCU; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Boston; briefing; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; fitter airframe; flight engineer; flight mechanic; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; intelligence officer; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; Me 109; memorial; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Benson; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Burtonwood; RAF Cosford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fiskerton; RAF High Wycombe; RAF Manston; Raf Mauripur; RAF Padgate; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; recruitment; searchlight; shot down; Stirling; training