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Wareing, Robert
R Wareing
Description
An account of the resource
258 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Robert Wareing DFC* (86325 Royal Air Force) and contains his flying logbooks, prisoner of war log book, memoirs, photographs, extensive personal and official correspondence, official documents, pilots/handling notes, decorations, mementos, uniform badges and buttons. He flew operations as a pilot with 106 Squadron. After a period of instructing he returned to operations on 582 Squadron but was shot down and became a prisoner of war.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Andrew Wareing and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-10-05
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Wareing, R
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SATURDAY, APRIL 26th, 1941.
D.F.C. FOR LOCAL AIRMAN
[photograph]
Daring Bomb Attack On Brest Harbour
For his part in a bombing raid on Brest Harbour, Pilot Officer Robert Wareing, 24-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Wareing of “Centralia,” Cemetery Road, New Brumby, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
The award was officially announced by the Air Ministry on Thursday, after a week’s delay in confirmation of the news which was received in Scunthorpe eight days ago.
The story told by members of his family is of a daring “dive” through the inner defences of the harbour, in which Wareing, whose crew was one of four to volunteer for the attack, dropped a heavy bomb on or near a ship in the dock.
Persisted In Attack
It will be remembered that the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau, the important German battleships, were in the harbour, but it does not appear certain which of them suffered from Wareing’s bomb. Wareing’s ‘plane was caught in a cluster of searchlights and met heavy anti-aircraft fire from the inner defences, but he persisted in the attack, while the rear gunner machine gunned the searchlights.
Pilot Officer Wareing, who is engaged [missing word] Miss Joan Walker, of West [missing word] Gardens, was a former pupil of the Scunthorpe Doncaster Road School, and later attended the Evening Technical School. He was employed by Messrs. Stephenson and Smart, accountants, when he joined the R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve a year before war broke out.
His brother, Sgt-Pilot Stanley Wareing, joined up at the same time.
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DFC for local airman
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Pilot Officer Robert Wareing awarded DFC for his part in attack on Brest harbour. His was one of four crews who volunteered. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were in the harbour but was not known if they were damaged.
Date
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1941-04-26
Format
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One newspaper cutting
Language
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eng
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Text
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NWareingR161005-04
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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France
France--Brest
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Scunthorpe
Temporal Coverage
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1941-04-26
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IBCC Digital Archive
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David Bloomfield
Steve Baldwin
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Workflow A completed
bombing
Distinguished Flying Cross
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
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Wareing, Robert
R Wareing
Description
An account of the resource
258 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Robert Wareing DFC* (86325 Royal Air Force) and contains his flying logbooks, prisoner of war log book, memoirs, photographs, extensive personal and official correspondence, official documents, pilots/handling notes, decorations, mementos, uniform badges and buttons. He flew operations as a pilot with 106 Squadron. After a period of instructing he returned to operations on 582 Squadron but was shot down and became a prisoner of war.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Andrew Wareing and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-10-05
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Wareing, R
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eng
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LWareingR86325v1
Description
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Pilots flying log book one for R Wareing, covering the period from 26 February 1939 to 16 February 1942. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Waltham (aka RAF Grimsby), RAF Bexhill, RAF Prestwick, RAF Sealand, RAF Finningley, RAF Coningsby, RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Cottesmore and RAF Upavon. Aircraft flown in were Magister, Tiger Moth, Oxford, Anson, Hampden, Hereford, Blenheim and Whitley. He flew a total of 29 night operations with 106 squadron. Targets were Brest, Elbe, Lorient, Hamburg, Bremen, Kiel, Berlin, Cologne, Mannheim, Hannover, Dusseldorf, Duisburg, Soest and Vegesack.
Format
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One booklet
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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France
Germany
Great Britain
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
England--Sussex
England--Lincolnshire
England--Oxfordshire
England--Rutland
England--Wiltshire
England--Yorkshire
France--Brest
France--Lorient
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Cuxhaven
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Soest
Scotland--South Ayrshire
Wales--Flintshire
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1939
1940
1941
1942
1940-12-08
1940-12-10
1940-12-15
1940-12-16
1940-12-19
1940-12-22
1940-12-23
1940-12-29
1941-01-03
1941-01-05
1941-01-09
1941-01-10
1941-01-12
1941-01-13
1941-02-04
1941-02-05
1941-03-12
1941-03-13
1941-03-17
1941-03-18
1941-03-20
1941-03-21
1941-03-29
1941-04-04
1941-04-05
1941-04-07
1941-04-08
1941-04-17
1941-04-18
1941-04-20
1941-04-21
1941-04-23
1941-04-24
1941-04-26
1941-04-27
1941-04-29
1941-04-30
1941-05-04
1941-05-05
1941-05-15
1941-05-18
1941-05-19
1941-05-23
1941-05-24
1941-05-26
1941-05-27
1941-06-02
1941-06-03
1941-06-11
1941-06-12
1941-06-13
1941-06-15
1941-06-16
1941-06-19
1941-06-20
1941-06-21
1941-06-22
1941-06-27
1941-06-28
1941-07-24
1941-08-07
1941-08-08
1941-08-16
1941-08-17
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IBCC Digital Archive
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Contributor
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Mike Connock
Title
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Robert Wareing pilot's flying log book. One
106 Squadron
14 OTU
16 OTU
aircrew
Anson
Blenheim
bombing
Flying Training School
Hampden
Initial Training Wing
Magister
mine laying
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
pilot
RAF Coningsby
RAF Cottesmore
RAF Finningley
RAF Grimsby
RAF Prestwick
RAF Sealand
RAF Upavon
RAF Upper Heyford
Tiger Moth
training
Whitley
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Valentine, John
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
J R M Valentine
Description
An account of the resource
674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945.
He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2018-09-06
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Valentine, JRM
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Regards to Jack, Trefilan, Penparke, Aberystwyth April 26th
My darling Johnnie, In a way it's almost easier now that you've gone. At least I know its no use hoping for anything except a letter - & that not before Monday at the earliest - & I can concentrate on Frances. Perhaps it was better too that everything was rather a rush yesterday, it kept us occupied. I shan't be at all surprised it you say in your letter, when it comes, that you hung about & did nothing much all evening after all, tho' I hope for your sake that you got under weigh (or way?) fairly early. Also that you didn't have to stop in Manchester, or, if you did, that you enjoyed yourself & weren't blitzed.
Frances' behaviour hasn't been entirely perfect so far, but after stoically sleeping thro' so much admiration & jerking about in the car yesterday afternoon, I suppose a slight fall from grace was natural. She made loud & frequent protests while
[page break]
the Sandfords & I were having tea in front of the fire – in short, she bellowed; & then after her 6pm feed she wouldn't settle down, after I'd put her to sleep upstairs (needless to say Mr Sandford carried the cot & baby up for me). She howled till nearly 8 pm, & then overslept her 10 pm feed & was too sleepy to take much. I was dead tired myself then, so I put her to bed, & when she woke at 1.30 am. I considered that a little of the natural lactic fluid might perhaps – in short, I fed her. For one thing, Mr Sandford was out with the Home Guard from 10.30 – 12.30, & it seemed a bit hard on him to let her howl, & anyway she hadn't had enough at 10 pm. Anyway, she slept then alright till 5 & I endured her till 5.20 & then gave in again. After that she slept solidly till 10, which was lucky because I didn't wake till 8.30, & after washing (in cold water) appeared downstairs about 9 am. to find Mrs S feeding Michael & when that was over she got me my breakfast (lovely bacon) & when
[page break]
[underlined] that [/underlined] was over it was nearly 10, then Frances was bathed, so that it was 1.20 nearly before she got her feed. Now its a quarter to one & she's still sound asleep, so I suppose I can consider myself lucky. The bath passed off without any untoward occurrence, in front of the kitchen fire, & I suppose in time I shall get quite a dab hand at it. 3 p.m. Both the Sandfords are very friendly & cheerful, & it really does seem an ideal household for me to spend these first weeks in. Mrs Sandford insists on washing out my nappies for the first day or two for me, & of course there is always some washing being done for Michael, baby-clothes always blowing on the line & others airing by the fire, so that Frances causes less upset here than she would almost anywhere. Mrs Sandford is a very cheery soul, & we get on well together – we seem to find plenty to talk about. She has gone into town this afternoon with Michael & her sister-in-law & her 16 month baby Keith, & Mr Sandford is engaged in painting the walls round
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the hall & stairs, performing aerobatic feats with a plank & ladder. Frances is snoozing in her Karrikot in the window of the front room, with the sun on her – it's too windy to risk putting her out today - & here am I sitting snug by the fire writing to my darling. All very peaceful. I feel slightly weak about the legs today, so I'm taking things very easily, according to instructions. I haven't yet come to financial terms with the Sandfords. I've started off on the subject once or twice to Mrs Sandford but she's inclined to wave it aside. I'll broach it when they are both together & get it fixed. That's about all that's happened so far, so I'll leave this for further instalments. Promise me you'll look after yourself & be a good boy. All my love darling one.
[underlined] Monday [/underlined] am. Your letter has just arrived – I'm so glad you've dropped into such good billets, you certainly deserve a bit of home comfort after all these months of miserable digs. Pity Olga & I & our offspring can't join you & complete the family party!
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2.
I haven't long before the post goes, so I must be brief. My first good impression of the Sandfords holds good still – we get on very well together. Yesterday I found myself giving her instruction on making white-sauce for lunch, next it's to be soup-making, & I'm also to help her with her dress-making & teach her smocking. In return she looks after me well, does a lot of my washing – whichever of us does the washing naturally washes any nappies that are dirty, yet Frances uses nearly 3 times the number Michael does! I give her a hand with washing up & so on, but whenever I feel weary I promptly retire & sit it out, so you needn't worry that I do too much. Yesterday afternoon I went up to bed & slept from 3 – 6! Frances is pretty well a model baby all day, sleeps solidly from feed to feed, but her weakness
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is the night, she simply cannot last through from 10 pm to 6 am, with the result that I don't get much sleep in the early hours, So I take it in the afternoon. I shall have to compromise over the night feeding hours, giving it to her at 11pm or so & at 5 or even earlier if she wakes, I'm sure it can't be right for her to howl for 3 or 4 hours on end which she does if I'm strong-minded & leave her. I'll gradually get the hours back to normal little by little – I'm convinced they must have fed her on more than glucose & water in the middle of the night at the maternity Home. She really is a darling thing!
The RAF have sent the form for me to collect an extra book for 7/6 a week for Frances. Ba writes today that Mrs Willett may not be able to have me after all. A bombed out cousin from London has descended on her & she can't
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turn her out till she has somewhere else to go. Very annoying for me, but I shall write & tell Ba that the Sandfords are quite willing to keep me till Whitsun, & maybe I could transfer to Mrs Williams then, or to Barnet, so that this unwanted cousin may be gone by then. Margery Gunn is looking out for something else, or the Babies' Home is of course always open. Anyway there's no violent hurry & I'm very well off here, & quite happy. Jane may become a problem if the Royles do move, but we'll worry about that later on.
I have compounded with Mrs S. for £2 a week all in, & I think that's the best arrangement. She seemed very pleased. She will cook & provide all food, & I eat with them in the kitchen,
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tho' why they don't use that nice light dining room I can't imagine! Yesterday Mrs Jones & Betty called – they were driving out to the country in the same car with driver that we had, & they brought me one or two letters, the RAF one, receipt from maternity Home & the one to you I am forwarding with this. Ba writes that the Northwest (Gas C.) have tried to get in to read the metre at Lido but of course haven't been able & suggest making an average charge & refunding later. Ba has asked Mrs Neal to let the man in if she see him or by appointment.
That's all for the moment. I hope this isn't quite illegible. I'll pop it off to post now (only next door) I promise I will look after myself, so you needn't worry. So glad you're enjoying life up there, be careful in those nasty aeroplanes. Churchill's speech yesterday was good, wasn't it.
With all my love, Ursula XX from Frances (neigh Pumpkin)
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Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Description
An account of the resource
Writes that life is easier now that he has been posted and she can concentrate on baby. Writes of baby activities (feeding sleeping behaviour) as well as her own doings. Mentions family she is staying with are very friendly and helpful but still has not raised matter of payment. Adds in addendum that his letter has arrived and continues to describe her activities and catches up with family/acquaintances news.
Date
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1941-04-26
Format
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Eight page handwritten letter
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
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EValentineUMValentineJRM410426
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Great Britain
Wales--Dyfed
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1941-04-26
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Ursula Valentine
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Smith, Ernest William
Smith, E W
John Albert Smith
Description
An account of the resource
12 items. The collection concerns Flying Officer Ernest William Smith DFC (174520, Royal Air Force). It contains three log books and service materials, photographs of aircrew, a letter of appreciation regarding the return to England of a battle damaged aircraft and material associated with the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. He completed a tour of operations as a pilot with 12 Squadron from RAF Wickenby and also served with 144 Squadron, 16 Operational Training Unit, and Flying Training School.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Lorraine Smith and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Smith, JA
Date
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2015-08-13
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Ernest Smith's pilot’s flying log book. One
Description
An account of the resource
Pilot’s flying log book for Flight Sergeant Ernest Smith from 11 February 1939 to 31 March 1943, detailing his pilot training and 20 operations with 144 Squadron on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany: Aachen, Antwerp, Brest, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frisian Islands (Nectarine), Hamburg, Kiel, and Mannheim. He served at RAF Rochester, RAF Ternhill, RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Hemswell, RAF North Luffenham, RAF Babdown and RAF Hixon. Aircraft flown were Tutor, Magister, Anson, Hampden, Hereford, Oxford and Wellington. Includes annotations including 'baled out' and 'crashed' (twice). Another note reads: 'SEP 3rd 1939 WAR DECLARED ON GERMANY'. He was assessed as a pilot 'above the average' several times, and later served as a flying instructor. He records his participation in the first 1000 bomber operation to Cologne whilst serving with 16 Operational Training Unit.
Format
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One booklet
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LSmithEW174520v1
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
France
Germany
Great Britain
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
England--Shropshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Rutland
England--Staffordshire
England--Yorkshire
Belgium--Antwerp
Europe--Frisian Islands
France--Brest
Germany--Aachen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Mannheim
Belgium
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1940-09-20
1940-09-21
1941-03-20
1941-03-21
1941-03-23
1941-03-24
1941-03-27
1941-03-28
1941-04-03
1941-04-04
1941-04-07
1941-04-08
1941-04-09
1941-04-17
1941-04-18
1941-04-19
1941-04-20
1941-04-23
1941-04-24
1941-04-25
1941-04-26
1941-05-03
1941-05-04
1941-05-05
1941-05-06
1941-05-08
1941-05-09
1941-06-23
1941-06-24
1941-06-26
1941-06-27
1941-06-28
1941-06-29
1941-07-07
1941-07-08
1941-07-09
1941-07-10
1941-07-12
1941-07-13
1942-05-30
1942-05-31
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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David Leitch
14 OTU
144 Squadron
16 OTU
30 OTU
aircrew
Anson
bale out
bombing
bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942)
crash
Flying Training School
Hampden
Magister
mine laying
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
pilot
RAF Finningley
RAF Hemswell
RAF Hixon
RAF North Luffenham
RAF Ternhill
RAF Upper Heyford
training
Wellington
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
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529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson.
Hotel d’Orient,
Médéa.
Algerie.
26-4-41
My Dear Mother & Dad.
I don’t know whether you will have been advised by telegram by the American Consul in Tunis of my new address, but I hope you have. Any way it doesn’t really matter because letters addressed to Le Kef will be sent on here. We were all moved here during this week. I arrived on Thursday morning at 12 oclock, [sic] after a 28 hours journey mostly by train, a distance of about 450 miles. You will no doubt be very surprised. I am myself because it all happened very quickly.
It appears that we now come under an entirely new scheme arranged through the American & British Government with the cooperation of the French. Our conditions of living here are by no means comparable with those at Kef which were more than rough, even primitive. We live at the above place which is an ordinary hotel & our meals & bed are provided. Above this I expect we shall receive an allowance to cover small expenses – an allowance probably about 15/- weekly, paid through the Consul. We are quite free to wander about the place & after living locked in our rooms at Kef for 12 hours out of 24, & surrounded by guards & barbed wire, you will realise what all this means. Médéa is a very pleasant small town – more or less a small garden
[page break]
city, situated over 3000 feet above sea level, with neighbouring mountains, neatly wooded, up to 5000 ft, harbouring jackals & wild boar. The place abounds in vine-yards, the grapes of course are not ready until July or August. The whole country is vastly different from Tunisia which is far more “foreign”. Here is rather like North Wales – the Horse Shoe Pass district. I expect you will be able to read about it in books from the library. I am sending this letter quite independently by Air Mail. For the time being I intend to do this weekly & also I intend writing to you through the medium of the American Consul in Algiers, probably weekly, perhaps that will have to be fortnightly. I cannot afford to write many letters because I have to keep myself on 15/- (very possibly buy clothes, although at present I am quite well supplied.) & we only get two meals issued per day, any additional food has to be bought. To-night we spend 10 francs in the local cinema which shows two nights per week. It will be my first visit to the pictures for 8 1/2 months – that is a long time in a prison camp.
I am afraid this letter has been mostly about myself but I do not forget you at home. I do most sincerely hope that you are keeping safe & well & that things will be much better for you in the future. Shall write again tomorrow via the Consul. Will you write to my [sic] VIA AIR MAIL & mark the envelopes accordingly? Perhaps you would drop a short wire to me on receipt of this. All my love
[underlined] Douglas [/underlined]
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Letter from Douglas Hudson in Médéa to parents
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Writes about moving from El Kef to Médéa in Algeria. New arrangements organised for internees by American and British governments with cooperation of French. Explains that conditions are much better that at El Kef where they were very rough. They have beds and meals provided and freedom to walk around town. Expect to get allowance of 15 shillings for extra food and clothes. Describes Medea and surrounding area. Explains letters posting arrangements and mentions first visit to pictures for over eight months.
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D Husdson
Date
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1941-04-26
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410426-010001, EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410426-010002
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Médéa (Province)
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1941-04-26
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Tricia Marshall
David Bloomfield
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IBCC Digital Archive
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prisoner of war
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Stevens, Peter
Peter Stevens
P Stevens
Georg Franz Hein
Description
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Eleven items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Peter Stevens, Military Cross, (1919 - 1979, Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, letters and photographs. Originally called Georg Franz Hein, a German Jew, he was sent to Great Britain by his mother in 1934. He attended school in England and when war was declared he assumed the name of Peter Stevens, a deceased school friend. He joined the Air Force and flew operations as a pilot with 144 Squadron before crash landing his Hampden at Amsterdam in September 1941 and becoming a prisoner of war. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Marc Stevens and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. This collection was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Ivor Fraser. Additional information on Ivor Fraser is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/108075/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-07-09
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Stevens, MH
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Peter Stevens' pilot's flying log book
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Pending review
Description
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Pilots flying log book for Peter Stevens, covering the period from 6 June 1940 to 7 September 1941 when he was taken prisoner of war and then from 26 July 1945 to 22 January 1947 and from 28 September 1952 to 19 September 1953. Detailing his flying training, operations flown, instructor duties and post war flying. He was stationed at RAF Hamble, RAF Watchfield, RAF Ansty, RAF Shawbury, RAF Cranage, RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Hemswell, RAF Cottesmore, RAF North Luffenham. RAF Gatow, RCAF St Hubert. Aircraft flown were, Avro Cadet, Tiger Moth, Oxford, Anson, Hampden and Harvard. He flew a total of 24 night time operations with 144 squadron, until his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and he crash landed near Amsterdam. One of the crew was killed and the other three taken prisoner of war. Targets were Wangeroog, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Duisberg, Osnabruck, Hannover, Frankfurt, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Brest and Berlin. <span>He flew as a second pilot on operations with</span> Pilot Officer Roake, Flight Lieutenant Rawlins and Sergeant Gibson. Following repatriation he joined Station Flight at RAF Gatow and then joined 401 Auxiliary squadron RCAF. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LStevensP[Ser#-DoB]v1
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Contributor
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Mike Connock
Spatial Coverage
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Canada
France
Germany
Great Britain
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
England--Cheshire
England--Hampshire
England--Leicestershire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Oxfordshire
England--Rutland
England--Shropshire
England--Wiltshire
France--Brest
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--East Frisian Islands
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Karlsruhe
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Osnabrück
Québec--Saint-Hubert (Chambly)
Germany--Duisburg
Québec
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
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1940
1941
1945
1947
1952
1953
1941-04-03
1941-04-04
1941-04-07
1941-04-08
1941-04-09
1941-04-10
1941-04-11
1941-04-23
1941-04-24
1941-04-25
1941-04-26
1941-05-03
1941-05-04
1941-05-05
1941-05-06
1941-06-17
1941-06-18
1941-06-20
1941-06-23
1941-06-24
1941-07-02
1941-07-03
1941-07-05
1941-07-06
1941-07-14
1941-07-15
1941-07-19
1941-07-20
1941-07-22
1941-07-23
1941-07-30
1941-07-31
1941-08-06
1941-08-07
1941-08-25
1941-08-26
1941-08-27
1941-08-28
1941-08-29
1941-08-30
1941-09-01
1941-09-02
1941-09-03
1941-09-04
1941-09-07
1941-09-08
14 OTU
144 Squadron
16 OTU
aircrew
Anson
anti-aircraft fire
bombing
Flying Training School
forced landing
Hampden
Harvard
mine laying
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
pilot
prisoner of war
RAF Ansty
RAF Cottesmore
RAF Cranage
RAF Hemswell
RAF North Luffenham
RAF Shawbury
RAF Upper Heyford
RAF Watchfield
shot down
Tiger Moth
training
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/474/8361/LClydeSmithD39856v2.2.pdf
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Clyde-Smith, Denis
Clyde-Smith, D
Description
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Collection contains 26 items and concerns Squadron Leader Denis Clyde-Smith Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross, who joined the Royal Air Force and trained as a pilot in 1937. He flew in the anti aircraft cooperation role including remotely piloted Queen Bee aircraft before serving on Battle aircraft on 32 Squadron. He completed operational tours on Wellington with 115 and 218 Squadrons and Wellington and Lancaster with 9 Squadron after which he went to the aircraft and armament experimental establishment at Boscombe Down. The collection consists of two logbooks, aircraft histories of some of the aircraft he flew, photographs of people and aircraft, newspaper articles and gallantry award certificate.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by John Clyde-Smith and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-09-19
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Clyde-Smith, D
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LClydeSmithD39856v2
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Pending review
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Description
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Pilot's flying log book for Denis Clyde-Smith covering the period from 10 May 1937 to 31 May 1942. Detailing his flying training, Operations and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Sywell, RAF Sealand, RAF Henlow, RAF Calshot, RAF Watchet, RAF Biggin Hill, RAF Farnborough, RAF Weston Zoyland, RAF Benson, RAF Ringway, RAF Wing, RAF Harwell, RAF Marham, RAF Lichfield, RAF Fradley and RAF Tatten Hill. Aircraft flown in were, Tiger Moth, Hawker Hart, Audax and Fury, Queen Bee, Avro Prefect and Tutor, Moth, Swordfish, Wallace, Magister, Henley, Battle, Gauntlet, Hurricane, Scion, Monospar, Percival 96, Leopard, Vega Gull, Proctor, Walrus, Gladiator, Lysander, Anson and Wellington. He flew a total of 30 operations with 115 Squadron and 218 Squadron. Targets attacked were, Boulogne, Hannover, Dusseldorf, Brest, Berlin, Hamburg, Lorient, Keil, Cologne, Bremen, Munster and Osnabrück.
Contributor
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Mike Connock
Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command
Royal Air Force. Fighter Command
Spatial Coverage
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France
Great Britain
Germany
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
England--Bedfordshire
England--Berkshire
England--Buckinghamshire
England--Cheshire
England--Hampshire
England--Kent
England--Norfolk
England--Northamptonshire
England--Oxfordshire
England--Somerset
England--Staffordshire
France--Brest
France--Lorient
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Osnabrück
Wales--Flintshire
France--Boulogne-sur-Mer
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Münster in Westfalen
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
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1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1941-02-07
1941-02-10
1941-02-11
1941-02-12
1941-02-15
1941-02-25
1941-03-02
1941-03-03
1941-03-12
1941-03-13
1941-03-14
1941-03-15
1941-03-16
1941-03-30
1941-03-31
1941-04-03
1941-04-04
1941-04-07
1941-04-08
1941-04-09
1941-04-10
1941-04-11
1941-04-12
1941-04-13
1941-04-14
1941-04-15
1941-04-16
1941-04-17
1941-04-22
1941-04-23
1941-04-25
1941-04-26
1941-05-16
1941-05-17
1941-06-13
1941-06-14
1941-06-15
1941-06-16
1941-06-20
1941-06-21
1941-06-23
1941-06-24
1941-06-26
1941-06-27
1941-06-29
1941-06-30
1941-07-04
1941-07-05
1941-07-06
1941-07-07
1941-07-08
1941-07-09
1941-07-10
1942-05-30
1942-05-31
Title
A name given to the resource
Denis Clyde-Smith's pilot's flying log book. One
115 Squadron
15 OTU
218 Squadron
27 OTU
aircrew
Anson
Battle
bombing
bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942)
Flying Training School
Hurricane
Lysander
Magister
Operational Training Unit
pilot
Proctor
RAF Benson
RAF Biggin Hill
RAF Calshot
RAF Farnborough
RAF Harwell
RAF Henlow
RAF Lichfield
RAF Marham
RAF Ringway
RAF Sealand
RAF Sywell
RAF Weston Zoyland
RAF Wing
Swordfish
Tiger Moth
training
Walrus
Wellington