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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-08"
The Best Photographs for the Month of August
Sgt Bird, Sgt Boulton, Sgt Bentley, Sgt Dean, Sgt Beckett.
Testimony of resistance fighters
They had been warned by an English airman that the SS were going to carry out shootings and found refuge on 25th August. They were liberated on 29th August. The SS shot eight Resistance fighters and…
Tags: final resting place; Lancaster; lynching; Resistance
Letters to Frank Claydon's Widow from G B Thorneycroft
The second letter expresses sadness at the loss of Frank.
Tags: killed in action; V-1; V-weapon
Henry Sturrock's, air and ground crew
Henry Sturrock's crew and six ground crew in front of a Halifax. The pilot is holding a small dog.
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Four Airmen
Tags: 100 Group; 214 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; RAF Oulton; wireless operator
Interview with Colin Cole
Frank Dennis' memoir
Tags: 1659 HCU; 419 Squadron; 427 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; C-47; crash; crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; evading; firefighting; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Me 163; military discipline; military living conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Leeming; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Manston; RAF Middleton St George; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; recruitment; Stirling; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window; wireless operator