David Boldy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Janice Waller]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Atlantic Ocean]]> 1942-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Training Command]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Belleville]]> Ontario]]> 1942-01]]> 1942-02]]> Peter Lamprey]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Highlands]]> Scotland--Inverness]]> 1942-02]]> D W Raettig]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941]]> 1941-01]]> 1941-08]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1943]]> Eric’s first operation was in October 1941 to Hüls (Krefeld) and Bremen. He did twenty six operations on three different types of aircraft: Hampdens, Manchesters, and Lancasters. He preferred the Lancaster because he had much more space. He was stood down on the “Channel Dash” operation: the wireless operator borrowed his flying boots but never returned.
Eric became a senior signals leader and, after the tour, qualified as staff Pathfinder. He was mentioned in dispatches in 1944 and became a staff lecturer at No. 1 Bomber Command Instructors School at RAF Finningley. Eric was commissioned as a pilot officer and then flying officer.]]>
Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany]]> 1942-02]]> 1944]]>
Jennifer Barraclough]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Denmark]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> New Zealand]]> Singapore]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> 1941]]> 1942-02]]> 1945]]> Posted to 44 Squadron his first flight was a Second Dicky flight with another crew to Stettin in April 1943. Though their aircraft was not hit, one flying alongside was and caught fire - there were no survivors. The worst operation that Jim recounts is one to Peenemünde. After dropping their bombs, they were attacked and damaged by a night fighter. Their pilot managed to get them back on three engines. As they landed at RAF Dunholme Lodge, only one wheel was working, and they spun off the runway crashing with no casualties. The pilot and navigator were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Jim was mentioned in dispatches. After 30 operations Jim became an instructor based at RAF Silverstone. After the war he worked as a teacher.]]> Denise Boneham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--London]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Trenton]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> Ontario]]> 1941-06]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-11]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1942-02]]> Ted Neale]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frank Batten]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> South Africa]]> England--London]]> 1940-09-07]]> 1942-02]]> 1944-03]]> Top middle - the backs of men playing ice hockey. In the background a guard tower and a line of spectators. Captioned 'Officers v NCO's, Stalag Luft 1, Feb 42'.
Top right - Four ice hockey players with huts and spectators in the background. Captioned 'Officers v NCO's, Stalag Luft 1, Feb 42'.
Centre left - Twelve ice hockey players in line, nine standing and three kneeling. In the background are huts. Captioned 'B[..] Officers v NCO's, Stalag Luft 1, Feb'.
Centre right - A group of man playing ice hockey with short goal posts on the right. In the background huts. Captioned 'Officers v NCO's, Stalag Luft 1, Feb 42'.
Bottom left - A group of man playing ice hockey with short goal posts on the right with goal keeper on knees. In the background huts. Captioned 'Officers v NCO's, Stalag Luft 1, Feb'.
Bottom middle - an ice hockey goalkeeper stranding between short goal posts. In the background a line of spectators. Captioned 'B23 'Officers v NCO's, Stalag Luft 1'.
Bottom right - ice hockey team standing in line most wearing white pullovers and one with goal keeper pads. In the background spectators. Captioned 'B19 Officers v NCO's, Stalag Luft 1, Feb 42'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Germany]]> Germany--Barth]]> 1942-02]]>
Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Burma]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> South Africa]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942-02]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Theale (West Berkshire)]]> 1942-02]]> William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Theale (West Berkshire)]]> 1942-02]]>
Describes the various local friends he has made through a family and via the chapel. Also taking a walk suggested by some friends along the river Kennet to Reading.

Ends with PS that they have a new Cadet Commander who has been investigating the question of food and it seems to have improved. Suggestion that eggs which have gone missing probably not stolen by the men.
]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Theale (West Berkshire)]]> 1942-02]]>
]]> William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Brighton]]> 1942-02]]> William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Eastbourne (East Sussex)]]> England--Sussex]]> 1942-02]]>
Continues with news of training suspensions at Theale and describes how he felt when he fired a Vickers machine gun. Concludes with news that he has found a nice chapel and has made friends.]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Brighton]]> 1942-02]]>