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Baxter, Peter Dennis
P D Baxter
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2016-07-12
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Baxter, PD
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63 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Peter Baxter (b. 1922, 52604 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and documents. He was trained as an airframe apprentice at RAF Halton and served as ground crew before volunteering to become air crew. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 12 and 153 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Michael Baxter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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Peter Baxter’s Flying Log Book as Flight Engineer.
Description
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Extracts from Peter Baxter’s Flying Log Book as Flight Engineer from February 1938 until 16 June 1946. The extract only includes his flying record and is missing front and end covers, details of postings and aircraft flown.
After pre-aircrew flying, he was posted to 12 Squadron for operations in 1942. After completing his first tour of 30 operations posted to 1667 Conversion Unit, then No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. In November 1944 posted to 153 Squadron for 2nd tour. Post war posting to 50 Squadron and attachment to 57 Squadron.
Served at RAF Penrhos, RAF Wickenby, RAF Faldingworth, RAF Hemswell, RAF Scampton, RAF Sturgate, Raf Waddington.
Aircraft flown were Avro Tutor, Fairey Battle, Whitley, Anson, Lancaster, Halifax.
He flew 33 night bombing and mining operations with 12 Squadron as Flight Engineer to targets including La Rochelle, North Frisian Islands, Essen, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Turin, Lorient, Milan, Bremen, Nuremberg, Saint-Nazaire, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Spezia, Stuttgart, Gulf of Danzig, Bay of Biscay, Mulheim, Wuppertal and Cologne. His pilots in 12 Squadron were Wing Commander Villiers and Squadron Leader Slade.
With 153 Squadron he flew 3 night and 1 day bombing operations to Wanne-Eickel, Bonn, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and Paderborn. Also 3 Operation Manna, 2 Operation Dodge and one Cook’s Tour. In 153 Squadron his pilots were Flying Officers White, Bolton, Searle, Freeborn, Squadron Leader Rippingale, Flight Lieutenant Ramsden and Wing Commanders Rodney and Villiers.
Also two Operation Dodge with 50 Squadron. Flight Lieutenant Lundy was his pilot in 50 Squadron.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1943-01-03
1943-01-08
1943-01-09
1943-01-11
1943-01-13
1943-01-17
1943-01-18
1943-01-27
1943-02-04
1943-02-05
1943-02-13
1943-02-14
1943-02-15
1943-02-16
1943-02-21
1943-02-22
1943-02-25
1943-02-26
1943-02-28
1943-03-12
1943-03-22
1943-03-27
1943-03-28
1943-03-29
1943-04-03
1943-04-08
1943-04-09
1943-04-11
1943-04-13
1943-04-14
1943-04-15
1943-04-27
1943-04-28
1943-04-29
1943-05-20
1943-05-21
1943-05-25
1943-05-27
1943-05-28
1943-06-11
1943-06-12
1943-06-22
1943-06-23
1943-06-24
1943-06-25
1943-07-08
1943-07-09
1943-07-12
1943-07-13
1944-11-18
1944-11-28
1945-01-28
1945-01-29
1945-03-27
1945-04-30
1945-05-04
1945-05-07
1945-05-25
1945-07-24
1945-07-26
1945-11-26
1945-11-28
1946
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
Wales--Gwynedd
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
France
France--La Rochelle
France--Lorient
France--Saint-Nazaire
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bonn
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Essen
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Friesland
Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Paderborn
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Wanne-Eickel
Germany--Wuppertal
Italy
Italy--La Spezia
Italy--Milan
Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco
Italy--Turin
Netherlands
Netherlands--Rotterdam
Netherlands--Hague
Germany--Düsseldorf
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Format
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One booklet
Contributor
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Nick Cornwell-Smith
Identifier
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LBaxterPD52604v1
12 Squadron
153 Squadron
1667 HCU
50 Squadron
57 Squadron
aircrew
Anson
Battle
bombing
Cook’s tour
flight engineer
Halifax
Halifax Mk 3
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
Lancaster Finishing School
Lincoln
mine laying
Operation Dodge (1945)
Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945)
RAF Faldingworth
RAF Hemswell
RAF Lindholme
RAF Penrhos
RAF Scampton
RAF Sturgate
RAF Waddington
RAF Wickenby
sport
training
Whitley
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Travell, Ted
Arthur Edward Travell
A E Travell
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-12-11
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Travell, AE
Description
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Three items. The collection concerns Ted Travell (1460176 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 214 and 576 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Nicola Schweikhardt and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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A E Travell’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Description
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Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for A E Travell, air gunner, covering the period from 4 September 1942 to 28 May 1945. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Dalcross, RAF Marham, RAF Stradishall, RAF Chedburgh and RAF Fiskerton. Aircraft flown in were Defiant, Wellington, Stirling, Oxford, and Lancaster. He flew a total of 36 operations, 31 night operations with 214 Squadron and 2 daylight and 3 night operations with 576 Squadron. He also flew on 3 Operation Manna flights. Targets were Duisburg, Lorient, Fresian Isles, Cologne, St Jean de Luc, St Nazaire, Berlin, Hamburg, Kiel, Baltic Sea, Dortmund, Bochum, Wuppertal, Dusseldorf, Krefeld, Mullheim, Elberfeld, Gelsenkirchen, Aachen, Remscheid, Nurnberg, Nordhausen, Lutzkendorf, Plauen, Cuxhaven and Berchtesgaden. Operation Manna flights were to The Hague and Rotterdam. His pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Smith, Sergeant Forbes, Pilot Officer Johnson Flight Lieutenant Falconer, Flight Lieutenant Strachan and Flight Sergeant McDermott.<br /><br /><br /><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" class="TextRun SCXW227392149 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227392149 BCX0">This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No </span><span class="ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW227392149 BCX0">better quality</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227392149 BCX0"> copies are available.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW227392149 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}"> </span>
Temporal Coverage
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1942-12-10
1942-12-22
1943-01-18
1943-01-19
1943-01-21
1943-01-22
1943-02-07
1943-02-08
1943-02-13
1943-02-14
1943-02-15
1943-02-16
1943-02-17
1943-02-26
1943-02-27
1943-02-28
1943-02-29
1943-03-01
1943-03-03
1943-03-04
1943-03-29
1943-03-30
1943-04-04
1943-04-05
1943-04-08
1943-04-09
1943-04-26
1943-04-27
1943-04-28
1943-04-29
1943-05-04
1943-05-12
1943-05-13
1943-05-14
1943-05-29
1943-05-30
1943-06-11
1943-06-12
1943-06-17
1943-06-18
1943-06-21
Spatial Coverage
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France
Germany
Great Britain
Netherlands
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
England--Lincolnshire
England--Norfolk
England--Suffolk
France--Lorient
France--Saint-Nazaire
Germany--Aachen
Germany--Berchtesgaden
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bochum
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Cuxhaven
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Elberfeld
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Krefeld
Germany--Merseburg Region
Germany--Müllheim
Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Plauen
Germany--Remscheid
Germany--Wuppertal
Netherlands--Friesland
Netherlands--Hague
Netherlands--Rotterdam
Scotland--Highlands
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Format
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One booklet
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LTravellAE1460176v1
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Mike Connock
1657 HCU
1660 HCU
214 Squadron
576 Squadron
air gunner
Air Gunnery School
aircrew
bombing
bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943)
Defiant
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
mine laying
Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945)
Oxford
RAF Chedburgh
RAF Dalcross
RAF Fiskerton
RAF Marham
RAF Stradishall
Stirling
training
Wellington
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Baker, William Benjamin
Biff Baker
W B Baker
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An account of the resource
45 items. The collection concerns William Benjamin "Biff" Baker DFC (Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents art work and and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 115 and 626 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Pamela Baker and catalogued by Nigel Huckins and Peter Adams.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-11-28
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Baker, WB
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In reply to your request for service details, I trust the following will suffice. They are, to my knowledge as near correct as I can muster, although one or two items may appear to be a little vague. However, take your pick.
(Q's)
(1) Joined sometime during 1942 at the ripe old age of 29/30 years.
(2 St. John's Wood, London. Brighton. Blackpool. Bridlington.
33 Dec. 1942. No. 7. A.G.S., Stormy Downs. Whitleys & Defiants.
& Gunnery Instructor – Kent Walton, now B.B.C., wrestling commentator.
4) Feb' 1943. No. 1483, Gunnery Flight. ? Wellingtons.
Feb' 1943. No. 1651 Conversion Unit. Waterbeach. Sterling.
March 1943. No. 115 Squadron. East Wretham. Lancaster.
Remainder of crew completed tour. Screened for Gunnery Instructors' course.
July. 1943. One more trip with new crew whose rear gunner went absent just before take-off. Should have had my bumps read. This crew went missing the following night.
August 1943. No. 28 O.T.U., Screened for Gunnery Instruction. Joined new crew looking for a gunner. Considered this much safer than instructing, after trying to persuade trainees not to try leaving the turret whilst on the beam -- whilst still airborne. Wellington.
Oct' 1943. No. 1481 Gunnery Flight. Binbrook. Wellington.
Oct' 1943. No. 1662 Conversion Flight. Blyton. Halifax.
Nov' 1943. No. 626 Squadron. Wickenby. Linc's. Lancaster.
Dec' 1943. Crashed at Wittering, following trip to Berlin. No casualties.
Jan' 1944. Crashed at Docking, after being shot up by fighters over the Big City.
Aircraft flown in:- Whitley, Defiant, Sterling, Halifax, Wellington, Lancaster & Oxford.
July 1944. No. 28 O.T.U., Wymeswold instructing.
On completion of flying duties posted to Nairn, Scotland for rehabilitation. Other stations graced with my attendance:- R.A.F. School of Administration, Hereford. Melksham Admin. Hendon Admin. Finally 100 P.D.C.
(5) 14 Op's on first tour. 20 Op's on second tour.
(6) Commissioned January, 1944.
(7) & (8) On night of Jan' 30 1944, involved in a rather one sided argument with a fighter over Berlin. Wireless Operator killed and four other crew members injured. Immediate awards, C.G.M., to Jack Meek, Navigator and two D.F.C's to other crew members. (see continuation sheet).
(9) Left Service about May., 1946.
[page break]
Continued:- (2)
Records of incident of January 30th 1944.
February 22nd. 1944. London Gazette.
January 30/31. 1944. Station narrative report.
February 5 1944. Squadron report. Combat report No. 17. Ref: 626S/S/5/6/Air.
January 30 1944. Operations Records Book.
January 1944. Recommendations for Honours and Awards. Immediate. OB.
[underlined] Operations [/underlined]
First Tour.
29/3/ 43. Berlin. Aborted. Aircraft U/S.
2/4/ 43. La Rochelle. Gardening.
3/4/ 43. Essen.
4/4/ 43. Keil.
8/4/ 43. Duisburg.
11/4/ 43. Frankfurt.
16/4/ 43. Pilson. Skoda Arms Works. Czechoslavakia.
13/5/ 43. Duisburg. 1X8,000olb. [sic]. cookie.
14/5 43. Bochum.
24/5 43. Dortmund.
25/5 43. Dusseldorf.
27/5 43. Essen.
29/5 43. Elberfeld-Wuppertal & Barman.
25/7 43. Essen.
Operations. Second Tour.
16/12/43. Berlin. Crashed landed at Kelstern.
23/12/43. Berlin.
24/1/44. Brunswick.
21/1/44. Madeburg. Landed West Raynham.
27/1/44. Berlin. Landed Wittering.
30/1/44. Berlin. Attacked by fighter. Crash landed Docking.
18/4/44. Rouen.
20/4/44. Cologne.
22/4/44. Dusseldorfe.
26/4/44. Essen. Coned over target area.
27/4/44. Friedrichshafen.
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Service history
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Joined in 1942 and then details training and tour on 115 Squadron, gunnery course, tours as gunnery instructor. Further tour with 625 Squadron, crashed twice before another instructors tour. Mentions 14 ops on first tour and 20 on second. Comments on operation to Berlin when aircraft was attacked by fighter, wireless operator killed, four crew injured. Immediate award of Conspicuous Gallantry Medal to navigator Jack Meek and two Distinguished Flying Crosses to other crew members. Left service in 1946. Lists operations from March 1943 to 27 April 1944.
Temporal Coverage
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1942
1942-12
1943
1943-02
1943-03
1943-07
1943-08
1943-10
1943-11
1943-12
1944
1944-01
1944-07
1946
1944-01-30
1943-03-29
1943-04-02
1943-04-03
1943-04-04
1943-04-08
1943-04-11
1943-04-16
1943-05-13
1943-05-14
1943-05-24
1943-05-25
1943-05-27
1943-05-29
1943-07-25
1943-12-16
1943-12-23
1944-01-14
1944-01-21
1944-01-22
1944-01-30
1944-04-20
1944-04-22
1944-04-26
1944-04-27
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Great Britain
England--London
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Norfolk
England--Lincolnshire
England--Leicestershire
Germany
Germany--Berlin
England--Hampshire
France
France--La Rochelle
Germany--Essen
Germany--Kiel
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Czech Republic
Czech Republic--Plzeň
Germany--Bochum
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Wuppertal
Germany--Braunschweig
Germany--Magdeburg
France--Rouen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Friedrichshafen
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Format
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Two page printed document
Identifier
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MBakerWB1392752-161128-21
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Sue Smith
115 Squadron
1651 HCU
1662 HCU
28 OTU
626 Squadron
air gunner
Air Gunnery School
aircrew
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
crash
Defiant
Distinguished Flying Cross
Halifax
Heavy Conversion Unit
killed in action
Lancaster
mine laying
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
RAF Binbrook
RAF Blyton
RAF Bridlington
RAF East Wretham
RAF Stormy Down
RAF Waterbeach
RAF Wickenby
RAF Wittering
RAF Wymeswold
Stirling
training
Wellington
Whitley
wireless operator
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Richardson, Frederic James
F J Richardson
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Richardson, FJ
Description
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13 items. An oral history interview with Flight Lieutenant Frederic Richardson ( - 2020, 1234575, 146433 Royal Air Force), his log books and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 207 Squadron.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Frederic Richardson and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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2016-06-08
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Fred Richardson's log book. Two
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Format
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One booklet
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Pending review
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IBCC Digital Archive
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LRichardsonF146443v2
Description
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Pilots flying log book 2 for F J Richardson, covering the period from 3 March 1943 to 8 October 1945. Detailing his operations flown, flying training and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Langar, RAF Ossington, RAF Church Broughton, RAF Gamston, RAF Castle Combe and RAF Lulsgate Bottom. Aircraft flown were Lancaster, Oxford, Tiger Moth and Wellington. He flew a total of 25 operations with 207 Squadron. Targets were Hamburg, Saint Nazaire, Berlin, Kiel, Duisberg, Spezia, Stuttgart, Stettin, La Rochelle, Essen, Pilsen, Dortmund, Wuppertal, Dusseldorf, Bochum, Friedrichshaven, Cologne, Gelsenkirchen, Turin, Cislago and Leghorn. A second pilot on an operation was Flight Sergeant Kirkwood.
Temporal Coverage
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1943-03-03
1943-03-04
1943-03-22
1943-03-23
1943-03-27
1943-03-28
1943-03-29
1943-03-30
1943-04-03
1943-04-04
1943-04-05
1943-04-08
1943-04-09
1943-04-10
1943-04-13
1943-04-14
1943-04-15
1943-04-20
1943-04-21
1943-04-26
1943-04-27
1943-04-28
1943-04-30
1943-05-01
1943-05-13
1943-05-14
1943-05-23
1943-05-24
1943-05-29
1943-05-30
1943-06-11
1943-06-12
1943-06-13
1943-06-20
1943-06-21
1943-06-23
1943-06-24
1943-07-08
1943-07-09
1943-07-10
1943-07-12
1943-07-13
1943-07-16
1943-07-17
1943-07-24
1943-07-25
1943-07-29
1943-07-30
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Czech Republic
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Poland
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Czech Republic--Plzeň
England--Derbyshire
England--Somerset
England--Wiltshire
England--Nottinghamshire
France--La Rochelle
France--Saint-Nazaire
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bochum
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Essen
Germany--Friedrichshafen
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Wuppertal
Italy--La Spezia
Italy--Livorno
Italy--Turin
Italy--Varese
Poland--Szczecin
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1943
1944
1945
207 Squadron
82 OTU
aircrew
bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943)
Lancaster
mine laying
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
pilot
RAF Castle Combe
RAF Church Broughton
RAF Gamston
RAF Langar
RAF Ossington
Tiger Moth
training
Wellington
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Woolley, Andrew James. Scrapbook
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Fifty-three pages from a scrapbook containing, names and addresses, notes, photographs and newspaper cuttings mainly concerning Australian, New Zealand and Canadian servicemen.
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2017-10-16
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Wooley, AJ
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D F Walker
Name and address and photograph
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Name. AUST 409259 Sgt Walker D F, Heidelberg Golf Club, Lower Plenty, Victoria, Auatralia' Address of Mrs D Walker in NSW Australia. Note 'Don reported missing April 8 1943'. Bottom right - family group photograph showing four men, three in uniform with pilot's brevet three women and a baby.
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One b/w photograph mounted on a scrapbook page and handwritten notes
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eng
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Photograph
Text
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SWooleyAJ[Ser#-DoB]v10053
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Royal Australian Air Force
Civilian
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Australia
Victoria--Melbourne
New South Wales--Gundagai
New South Wales
Victoria
Temporal Coverage
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1943-04-08
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IBCC Digital Archive
aircrew
missing in action
pilot
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Wadeson, Thomas Edward
T E Wadeson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-11-11
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Wadeson, TE
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28 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Thomas Edward Wadeson (1921 - 1943, 1489406 Royal Air Force) and contains photographs, documents. official and family correspondence. He flew as an air gunner on 75(NZ) Squadron. He was killed along with his crew on their fourth operation 3 August 1943. <br /><br />Additional information on Thomas Edward Wadeson is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/229013/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.<br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by D A Elgar and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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[postmark AYLESBURY 8 April 1943]
[postage stamp]
MISS J. WADESON
SYCAMORE HOUSE
DUFTON
APPLEBY
WESTMORLAND
[page break]
Dear Jean
Thanks a lot for your welcome letter recieved [sic] today.
I had quite a few laughs out of it espetialy [sic] the H.G. route march to Hoff pub, that is just like Drummer he always did like his drink.
Could you find out where George Whiting is stationed in London for I go there practicaly [sic] each weekend, and could probably find him.
By the way Alfie Fisher’s girl used to be Parlour maid up at the Castle – I know her quite well –
[page break]
You seem to have a gang of little devels, [sic] but when you look back we were as bad if not worse – only we never got caught.
I wish I could get 14 days leave and get up to Ayr but it will be a while yet I suppose.
By the way you can have quite a laugh at my expense. Yesterday I went into a lecture on Meterology [sic] and myself and two more lads were so interested we imediately [sic] went to sleep and continued to do so
[page break]
[underlined] 3 [/underlined]
untill [sic] half an hour after the lecture was over half an hour before we awoke and so we missed tea and had to walk 3 miles before we could get anything to eat
So we have decided crime does not pay and have resolved to keep awake.
By the way I went to Aylesbury last Saturday and could not get a bed for the night so I had to go to London and only managed to get one at the station I used to be on, about a year ago – amongst the erks.
[page break]
who have only had their uniforms about 3 days and they were as happy as sand boys – poor devels [sic] they don’t know what they are in for. – Well life is very quiet down here and the weather is medium to bad.
We had one glorious celebration on friday [sic] night – beer and Dancing in the mess celebrating the 25th Birthday of the R.A.F. Well Jean I will have to close up. So, cheerio
Love as ever
[signature]
XXXX
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Letter from Tom Wadeson to Jean Wadeson
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Thanks her for letter and comments on news and asks her to trace a friend. Continues with gossip and says he wished he could get some leave but it would be a while. Continues with account of sleeping during a lecture and missing tea. Continues with account of going into Aylesbury and London and of celebrating the twenty-fifth birthday of the RAF.
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T E Wadeson
Date
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1943-04-08
Format
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Four page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EWadesonTEWadesonJ430408
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Westmorland
England--Appleby-in-Westmorland
England--Buckinghamshire
England--Aylesbury
Temporal Coverage
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1943-04-08
Contributor
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Tricia Marshall
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Layne, Wally
Walter Henry Layne
W H Layne
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-06-07
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Layne, WH
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100 items. The collection concerns Walter 'Wally' Layne (b. 1916, 963012, 40348 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, prisoner of war diary, personal and official correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 97 Squadron and became a prisoner of war after being shot down.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by D Layne and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Wally Layne's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
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One booklet
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eng
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LLayneWH963102v1
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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Mike Connock
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Atlantic Ocean--English Channel
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
Czech Republic--Plzeň
Denmark--Copenhagen
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Nottinghamshire
England--Rutland
England--Yorkshire
France--Brest
France--Dunkerque
France--Lorient
France--Saint-Nazaire
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Essen
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Helgoland
Germany--Karlsruhe
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Leverkusen
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Mönchengladbach
Germany--Munich
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Peenemünde
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Germany--Wuppertal
Italy--La Spezia
Italy--Milan
Italy--Turin
Netherlands--Amsterdam
Norway--Oslo
Wales--Gwynedd
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
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1940
1941
1942
1943
1941-07-06
1941-07-07
1941-07-08
1941-07-09
1941-07-12
1941-07-13
1941-07-17
1941-07-18
1941-07-20
1941-07-21
1941-07-24
1941-07-28
1941-07-29
1941-08-06
1941-08-07
1941-08-16
1941-08-17
1941-08-18
1941-09-02
1941-09-03
1941-09-06
1941-09-07
1941-09-20
1941-09-21
1941-09-29
1941-09-30
1941-10-10
1941-10-13
1941-10-20
1941-10-21
1941-10-23
1941-10-29
1941-10-30
1941-10-31
1941-11-08
1941-11-09
1942-01-02
1942-01-03
1942-01-10
1942-01-11
1942-01-14
1942-01-15
1942-02-06
1942-02-24
1942-02-25
1942-02-26
1942-02-27
1942-02-28
1942-03-09
1942-03-10
1942-03-11
1942-03-13
1942-03-23
1942-03-24
1943-04-02
1943-04-03
1943-04-04
1943-04-05
1943-04-08
1943-04-09
1943-04-10
1943-04-13
1943-04-14
1943-05-12
1943-05-13
1943-05-14
1943-05-23
1943-05-24
1943-05-25
1943-05-26
1943-05-29
1943-05-30
1943-06-28
1943-06-29
1943-07-08
1943-07-09
1943-07-12
1943-07-13
1943-07-24
1943-07-25
1943-07-26
1943-08-10
1943-08-11
1943-08-12
1943-08-13
1943-08-17
1943-08-18
1943-08-22
1943-08-23
1943-08-27
1943-08-28
1943-08-31
1943-09-01
1943-09-03
1943-09-04
1943-09-05
1943-09-06
1943-09-07
1943-09-22
1943-09-23
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IBCC Digital Archive
Description
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Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for Walter Henry lane, wireless operator/air gunner, covering the period from 19 October 1940 to 23 September 1943, when he was shot down and became a prisoner of war. He was stationed at RAF Penrhos, RAF Cottesmore, RAF Lindholme, RAF Swinderby, RAF Skellingthorpe, RAF Waddington, RAF Winthorpe, RAF Woodhall and RAF Bourn. Aircraft flown in were Dominie, Whitley, Battle, Anson, Hampden, Manchester, and Lancaster. He flew total of 63 operations 36 with 50 Squadron and 27 with 97 Squadron. Targets were Brest, Hamm, Bremen, Cologne, Keil, Karlsruhe, Copenhagen, Oslo, Berlin, Hamburg, Dunkirk, Amsterdam, Essen, St Nazaire, Wilhelmshaven, Heligoland, Lorient, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Spezia, Pilsen, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Wuppertal, Turin, Nuremberg, Milan, Peenemunde, Leverkusen, Mönchengladbach, Mannheim, Munich, and Hannover. His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Fox, Sergeant Mudd, Pilot Officer Carter, Squadron Leader Mulford, Pilot Officer Helmore, Pilot Officer Bartley, Sergeant Flight Sergeant Lord and Flying officer Fletcher DFM.
14 OTU
1661 HCU
50 Squadron
97 Squadron
air sea rescue
aircrew
Anson
Battle
bombing
Bombing and Gunnery School
bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943)
Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943)
crash
Dominie
Gneisenau
Hampden
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
Lancaster Mk 3
Manchester
mine laying
missing in action
Operational Training Unit
prisoner of war
RAF Bourn
RAF Cottesmore
RAF Lindholme
RAF Penrhos
RAF Skellingthorpe
RAF Swinderby
RAF Waddington
RAF Winthorpe
RAF Woodhall Spa
RAF Yatesbury
Scharnhorst
shot down
target indicator
training
Whitley
wireless operator
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Prickett, Thomas Other
T O Prickett
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-10-11
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Prickett, TO
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13 items. The collection concerns Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Prickett KCB, DSO, DFC (1913 -2010, 40427 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, documents and photographs. He served in the RAF from 1937 to 1970 and flew operations as a pilot with 148 and 103 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Lady Prickett and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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[underlined] RECOMMENDATION FOR HONOURS AND AWARDS [/underlined]
[underlined]NON-IMMEDIATE [/underlined]
Christian names THOMAS OTHER Surname PRICKETT D.F.C.
Rank SQUADRON LEADER Official Number 40427
Command or Group No. 1 GROUP Unit NO. 103 SQUADRON
Total hours flown on operations 329.34
Number of Sorties 52
Total hours flown on operations since receipt of previous award 142.04
Number of sorties since receipt of previous award 20
Recognition for which recommended D.S.O.
Appointment held FLIGHT COMMANDER
Particulars of meritorious service for which the recommendation is made:
Squadron Leader PRICKETT joined No.103 Squadron on the 8th April 1943 for his second tour, since when he has completed 20 operational sorties, comprising in all 329.34 operational flying hours. Almost all of his operational sorties have been against the most heavily defended German targets, in particular those in the RUHR.
During the whole time Squadron Leader PRICKETT has been with this Squadron he has shown the most unflinching determination and magnificent courage in the manner in which he has at all times pressed home his attacks in spite of heavy opposition and hazardous weather conditions. He has on no occasion whilst with this Squadron had an aborted sortie this successful achievement being very largely due to the superb co-operation and confidence which he has instilled in his crew together with his outstanding skill and airmanship. Throughout his second tour and particularly towards the end he has suffered from spinal arthritis, a serious handicap, especially long sorties, which he has endured uncomplainingly and with great fortitude.
As Officer Commanding “B” Flight he has displayed exceptional qualities of leadership and organizing ability and he has had a strong and valuable influence in the Squadron. By his constant cheerfulness and enthusiasm and his fine offensive spirit he has set a very high standard of morale not only in his own Flight but amongst the air and ground crews of the whole Squadron.
His keenness and cheerful devotion to duty have been of the very highest order, and in recognition of his fine record of service I have no hesitation in strongly recommending him for the immediate award of DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER.
[signature]
Wing Commander, Commanding,
No. 103 Squadron, R.A.F.,
[underlined] ELSHAM WOLDS, BARNETBY[sic], LINCS.[/underlined]
21.8.43.
[underlined]Remarks by Station Commander [/underlined]
Squadron Leader Prickett has now completed his 2nd Operational tour. During his stay with the Squadron, he has shown the highest qualities both as a Flight Commander and as captain of aircraft. he has carried out his attacks regardless of heavy opposition with undaunted courage and determination. He has been an outstanding example to the squadron and has done much to maintain morale at a high level. In the absence of the Squadron Commander at various times he has filled that post with distinction and ability. Strongly recommended for the award of Distinguished Service Order.
[signature]
Group Captain, Commanding,
Royal Air Force,
[underlined] ELSHAM WOLDS LINCS.[/underlined]
24th Aug 1943
[underlined] Remarks by Air or other Officer Commanding: [/underlined]
Strongly recommended for the Immediate Award of the D.S.O.
[signature]
Air Vice Marshall,
Air Officer Commanding,
[underlined]No, 1 Group, R.A.F.[/underlined]
31st August 1943.
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Recommendation for Honours and Awards
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A document recommending T O Prickett receives a DSO.
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Command Officer 103 Squadron
Date
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1943-08-31
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One typewritten sheet
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eng
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EAlbrechtCRCPrickettTO430801
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
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1943-04-08
1943-08-31
Contributor
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David Bloomfield
1 Group
103 Squadron
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Service Order
RAF Elsham Wolds
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Carpenter, Ronald
R B Carpenter
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-02-11
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Carpenter, RB
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27 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Ronald Carpenter DFM (149832 Royal Air Force). He flew a tour of operations as a bomb aimer with 10 Squadron and with 223 Squadron in 100 Group on electronic countermeasures. The collection contains his log book, documents and photographs.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Ronald Carpenter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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Ronald Carpenter’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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One booklet
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eng
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LCarpenterRB1291451v1
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command
Spatial Coverage
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France
Germany
Great Britain
India
Italy
Poland
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Atlantic Ocean--English Channel
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
England--Berkshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Norfolk
England--Surrey
England--Yorkshire
England--Wiltshire
France--Le Creusot
France--Le Havre
France--Lorient
France--Saint-Nazaire
Germany--Aachen
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Essen
Germany--Flensburg
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Koblenz
Germany--Krefeld
Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Mönchengladbach
Germany--Munich
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Saarbrücken
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Italy--Genoa
Poland--Szczecin
Scotland--Ross and Cromarty
India--New Delhi
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
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Pending review
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Mike Connock
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1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1942-06-25
1942-06-26
1942-08-11
1942-09-01
1942-09-02
1942-09-04
1942-09-05
1942-09-10
1942-09-11
1942-09-14
1942-09-15
1942-09-26
1942-09-27
1942-10-13
1942-10-14
1942-10-23
1942-10-24
1942-11-15
1942-11-16
1943-01-14
1943-01-15
1943-01-21
1943-02-19
1943-02-25
1943-02-26
1943-02-27
1943-03-08
1943-03-09
1943-03-10
1943-03-11
1943-03-12
1943-04-08
1943-04-09
1943-04-10
1943-04-11
1943-04-20
1943-04-21
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1943-05-28
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1943-06-20
1943-06-21
1943-06-22
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1943-08-11
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1944-10-14
1944-10-15
1944-10-24
1944-11-18
1944-11-19
1944-11-21
1944-11-25
1944-11-27
1944-11-29
1944-11-30
1944-12-01
1944-12-02
1944-12-04
1944-12-08
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An account of the resource
Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for R B Carpenter, bomb aimer, covering the period from 16 May 1941 to 30 April 1945 and from 13 November 1950 to 27 May 1953. Detailing his flying training, operations flown, instructor duties and post war flying with 15 Reserve Flying School. He was stationed at RAF Evanton, RAF Cranwell, RAF Yatesbury, RAF Topcliffe, RAF Pocklington, RAF Melbourne, RAF Abingdon, RAF Manby, RAF Blakehill Farm, RAF Oulton, RAF New Delhi and RAF Redhill. Aircraft flown in were Proctor, Dominie, Whitley, Botha, Anson, Wellington, Halifax, Oxford, Blenheim, Martinet, Liberator and Dakota. He flew one operation with 102 Squadron, 28 operations with 10 Squadron and 13 operations with 223 Squadron, 3 daylight and 10 night operations in a radio counter measures role. Targets were Bremen, Le Havre, Saarbrucken, Dusseldorf, Wilhelmshaven, Flensburg, Kiel, Genoa, Lorient, St Nazaire, Nuremburg, Cologne, Munich, Stuttgart, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Stettin, Essen, Le Creusot, Krefeld, Aachen, Coblenz, Mainz, Mannheim, and Mönchengladbach. His pilots on operations were Squadron Leader Debenham, Flight Sergeant Virgo and Pilot Officer Tompson.
10 OTU
10 Squadron
100 Group
102 Squadron
12 OTU
223 Squadron
Air Gunnery School
aircrew
Anson
B-24
Blenheim
bomb aimer
bombing
Botha
C-47
Dominie
Halifax
Halifax Mk 2
Martinet
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
Proctor
RAF Abingdon
RAF Cranwell
RAF Evanton
RAF Manby
RAF Melbourne
RAF Oulton
RAF Pocklington
RAF Topcliffe
RAF Yatesbury
training
Wellington
Whitley
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/1346/27116/SHughesCL1334982v10022.1.pdf
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Hughes, Clarence
Clarence Lindsay Hughes
C L Hughes
Description
An account of the resource
34 items and two sub-collections. Collection concerns Clarence Hughes' (1334982). He flew operations as a navigator with 427 Squadron. Collection contains his flying and navigators logbooks, photographs of people and aircraft, documents, correspondence, identity disks, decorations, mementos, and items of uniform. One sub-collection is photograph album covering his time training in the United States and Canada and family back in England, The other contains precis of subjects covered on the officer's advanced training school.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christina Jones and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-06-02
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Hughes, CL
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[crest]
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE PM (AR) 1a (RAF)
Royal Air Force Personnel Management Centre
Eastern Avenue Gloucester GL4 7PN
Telephone Gloucester 415181 Ext 337
(STD Code 0452)
RAF Trunk Barnwood
Flt Lt C L Hughes DFC
Your reference
Our reference D/OAR (RAF)/13/9/2
Date
25 April 1986
Dear Sir
[underlined] COMMISSION PARCHMENTS [/underlined]
1. Thank you for your letter dated 22 April 1986
2. Action is now being taken for the preparation of your parchment. This will be sent to you as soon as possible, but in view of the various stages necessary for the completion of parchments, it is anticipated that several months will elapse before it can be made available for issue.
Yours faithfully
[signature]
D G FLEMING
for Air Secretary
[page break]
ALAN W. COOPER
RAF HISTORIAN, RESEARCHER
AUTHOR
24/4/I986.
Dear Mr Hughes,
Thank you for your letter.
I can obtain a copy of the recommendation for your DFC, this is usually two pages and has all signatures of all the people who recommended you such as CO Station Commander Group Commander and in some cases the C in C Sir Arthur Harris, who up to the time he died was a very good friend of mine.
The fee would be £8-50p plus 52p for copying and postage.
I can also get copies for all your ops with 427 which if you completed a full tour of 30 or so which I am sure you did the fee would be £I8 plus the copies and postage the copying would be about £8.
Plus this there are combat reports if you were in conflict with a fighter etc and so on as per my ad.
Yours sincerely
[signature Alan Cooper]
[page break]
[underlined] PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE [/underlined]
Reference:- AIR 2/9153 93359
[underlined] CONFIDENTIAL
NON-IMMEDIATE
RECOMMENDATION FOR HONOURS AND AWARDS [/underlined]
[ink stamp 113]
[underlined] Christian Names [/underlined] Clarence Lindsay [underlined] Surname. [/underlined] HUGHES
[underlined] Rank [/underlined] Pilot Officer [underlined] Official Number [/underlined] 14644 [indecipherable number]
[underlined] Command or Group. [/underlined] No. 6 RCAF) Group [underlined] Unit [/underlined] No. 427 (RCAF) Squadron
[underlined] Total hours flown on operations [/underlined] 198.25 hours
[underlined] Number of Sorties [/underlined] 29 1/2
Total hours flown on operations [underlined] since receipt of previous award [/underlined] N/A
Number of sorties since [underlined] receipt of previous award [/underlined] N/A
Recognition for [underlined] which recommended. [/underlined] Distinguished Flying Cross
[underlined] Appointment held [/underlined] Navigator
Particulars of meritorious service for which the recommendation is made, including date and place:-
This officer has completed 29 1/2 operational sorties against the enemy. His work has always been of the highest standard and his skill and determination as a navigator has been instrumental in assuring that his aircraft bombed the target. His fine record is considered worthy of commendation.
Date: 19th November 1943
[signature]
Signature of Squadron Commander.
(R.S. Turnbull)
Rank: Wing Commander
- [underlined] Remarks of Station Commander:- [/underlined] Pilot Officer Hughes has proven himself to be a splendid navigation officer both in the air and on the ground. He has an excellent operational record which includes successful attacks against the most heavily defended targets.
I recommend that he be awarded the [underlined] D.F.C. [/underlined]
Date: 22 Nov. 43
[signature]
Signature of Station Commander.
Rank: Group Captain
[underlined] Remarks of Air or Other Officer Commanding: [/underlined]
This navigator has now completed his first tour. I concur in the above remarks and recommendations.
Recommend the Non-Immediate Award of the D.F.C.
Date: 24th November 1943.
[signature]
(G.E. BROOKES)
Rank: Air Vice Marshal
Air Officer Commanding,
No. 6 (R.C.A.F.) Group.
[page break]
[list of sorties undertaken by Pilot Officer C.L. Hughes between 21.1.43 and 18.11.43; including date, position in aircraft, target, duration of flight and remarks]
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Correspondence concerning commission, award of Distinguished flying cross and list of operations carried out
Description
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Letters from air secretary branch stating that commissioning parchment was being prepared. Letter from RAF Historian researcher stating that he would obtain and send on the recommendation for his Distinguished Flying Cross and also copies of all his operations Includes the cost of the material. Photocopy of recommendation for honours and awards for Distinguished Flying Cross for Pilot Officer C L Hughes on completing 29 1/2 operations signed by squadron commander, station commander and A.O.C,. Photocopy of file with list of operations.
Creator
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D C Fleming
A W Cooper
Date
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1986-04-25
1986-04-24
Format
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Four pages photocopied documents
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
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SHughesCL1334982v10022
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Canadian Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Gloucestershire
England--Gloucester
France
France--Lorient
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
Germany
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Kiel
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Mannheim
France--Saint-Nazaire
Germany--Wuppertal
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Bochum
Germany--Krefeld
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Aachen
Germany--Essen
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Munich
Germany--Kassel
France--Cannes
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1943-11-19
1943-11-24
1943-11-22
1943-01-22
1943-02-16
1943-02-24
1943-03-03
1943-03-26
1943-04-04
1943-04-08
1943-04-10
1943-04-10
1943-04-14
1943-04-16
1942-12-20
1943-03-28
1943-05-29
1943-06-11
1943-06-12
1943-06-21
1943-06-24
1943-07-09
1943-07-13
1943-07-24
1943-07-25
1943-07-27
1943-07-29
1943-08-10
1943-08-23
1943-09-05
1943-09-06
1943-09-22
1943-10-03
1943-11-03
1943-11-11
1943-11-18
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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Tricia Marshall
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Pending review
427 Squadron
6 Group
aircrew
bombing
Distinguished Flying Cross
navigator
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/1346/27054/LHughesCL133498v1.2.pdf
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Hughes, Clarence
Clarence Lindsay Hughes
C L Hughes
Description
An account of the resource
34 items and two sub-collections. Collection concerns Clarence Hughes' (1334982). He flew operations as a navigator with 427 Squadron. Collection contains his flying and navigators logbooks, photographs of people and aircraft, documents, correspondence, identity disks, decorations, mementos, and items of uniform. One sub-collection is photograph album covering his time training in the United States and Canada and family back in England, The other contains precis of subjects covered on the officer's advanced training school.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christina Jones and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-06-02
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Hughes, CL
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
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LHughesCL133498v1
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Pending review
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1942-12-20
1943-01-21
1943-02-16
1943-02-17
1943-02-24
1943-03-03
1943-03-26
1943-03-27
1943-03-28
1943-03-29
1943-04-04
1943-04-05
1943-04-08
1943-04-09
1943-04-10
1943-04-11
1943-04-14
1943-04-15
1943-04-16
1943-04-17
1943-05-29
1943-05-30
1943-06-11
1943-06-12
1943-06-13
1943-06-21
1943-06-22
1943-06-24
1943-06-25
1943-07-09
1943-07-10
1943-07-13
1943-07-14
1943-07-24
1943-07-25
1943-07-26
1943-07-27
1943-07-28
1943-07-29
1943-07-30
1943-08-10
1943-08-11
1943-08-23
1943-08-24
1943-09-05
1943-09-06
1943-09-07
1943-09-22
1943-09-23
1943-10-03
1943-10-04
1943-11-03
1943-11-11
1943-11-12
1943-11-18
1943-11-19
1943-11-20
1944-01-31
1944-02-07
1945-07-18
Title
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Clarence Hughes observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Description
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Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for Clarence Hughes, Navigator, covering the period from 8 January 1942 to 18 July 1945. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at 32 Air Navigation School RCAF Charlottetown, 2 (Observer’s) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Millom, 20 Operational Training Unit RAF Lossiemouth, 427 Squadron RAF Croft and RAF Leeming, 19 Operational Training Unit RAF Kinloss, Empire Air Navigation School RAF Shawbury, and 21 Operational Training Unit RAF Moreton-in-Marsh. Aircraft flown in were Anson, Wellington, Halifax, Whitley, and Stirling. He flew a total of 29 and a half operations with 427 squadron. Targets were Lorient, Wilhelmshaven, Hamburg, Duisburg, Saint Nazaire, Kiel, Stuttgart, Mannheim, Wuppertal, Dusseldorf, Bochum, Krefeld, Elberfeld, Essen, Nurnberg, Berlin, Munich, Hannover, Kassel, Cannes, Ludwigshafen, and Leverkusen. His pilots on operations were Wing Commander Burnside and Flight lieutenant Rodwell.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Canada
France
Germany
Great Britain
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
England--Cumbria
England--Durham (County)
England--Gloucestershire
England--Shropshire
England--Yorkshire
France--Cannes
France--Lorient
France--Saint-Nazaire
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bochum
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Elberfeld
Germany--Essen
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Kassel
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Krefeld
Germany--Leverkusen
Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Munich
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Germany--Wuppertal
Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown
Scotland--Moray
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Contributor
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Mike Connock
1659 HCU
19 OTU
20 OTU
21 OTU
427 Squadron
Advanced Flying Unit
Air Observers School
aircrew
Anson
bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943)
Halifax
Heavy Conversion Unit
navigator
Operational Training Unit
RAF Croft
RAF Kinloss
RAF Leeming
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Millom
RAF Moreton in the Marsh
RAF Shawbury
RAF Torquay
Stirling
training
Wellington
Whitley
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/1346/25759/LHughesCL133498v1.2.pdf
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Title
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Hughes, Clarence
Clarence Lindsay Hughes
C L Hughes
Description
An account of the resource
34 items and two sub-collections. Collection concerns Clarence Hughes' (1334982). He flew operations as a navigator with 427 Squadron. Collection contains his flying and navigators logbooks, photographs of people and aircraft, documents, correspondence, identity disks, decorations, mementos, and items of uniform. One sub-collection is photograph album covering his time training in the United States and Canada and family back in England, The other contains precis of subjects covered on the officer's advanced training school.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christina Jones and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-06-02
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Identifier
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Hughes, CL
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Title
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Clarence Hughes’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Description
An account of the resource
C. L. Hughes’ Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book, from 8th January 1942 to 8th July 1945, detailing his training, operations and instructional duties as a navigator. He was stationed at RCAF Charlottetown (32 Air Navigation School), RAF Millom (2 (O)AFU), RAF Lossiemouth (20 OTU), RAF Croft, RAF Leeming (427 Squadron), RAF Topcliffe (1659 CU), RAF Kinloss (19 OTU), RAF Shawbury (Empire Air Navigation School) and RAF Moreton In Marsh (21 OTU). Aircraft in which flown: Anson, Wellington IC, Wellington III, Wellington X, Halifax II, Halifax V, Halifax II Series IA, Whitley V, Stirling and Wellington XIII. He completed one tour of duties, a total 29½ night operations, plus three recorded as “Returned early” or “DNCO”. His pilot on operations was Pilot Officer Rodwell. Targets in France and Germany were: Berlin, Bochum, Cannes, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Elberfeld, Essen, Hamburg, Hannover, Kassel, Kiel, Krefeld, Krefeld, Leverkusen, Lorient, Ludwigshafen, Mannheim, Munich, Nurnberg, St Nazaire, Stuttgart, Wilhelmshaven, and Wuppertal.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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David Leitch
Cara Walmsley
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Format
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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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LHughesCL133498v1
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Canada
France
Germany
Great Britain
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
England--Cumbria
England--Durham (County)
England--Gloucestershire
England--Shropshire
England--Yorkshire
Scotland--Moray
France--Cannes
France--Lorient
France--Saint-Nazaire
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bochum
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Elberfeld
Germany--Essen
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Kassel
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Krefeld
Germany--Leverkusen
Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Munich
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Germany--Wuppertal
Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1942
1943
1944
1945
1942-12-20
1943-01-21
1943-02-16
1943-02-17
1943-02-24
1943-03-03
1943-03-26
1943-03-27
1943-03-28
1943-03-29
1943-04-04
1943-04-05
1943-04-08
1943-04-09
1943-04-10
1943-04-11
1943-04-14
1943-04-15
1943-04-16
1943-04-17
1943-05-29
1943-05-30
1943-06-11
1943-06-12
1943-06-13
1943-06-21
1943-06-22
1943-06-24
1943-06-25
1943-07-09
1943-07-10
1943-07-13
1943-07-14
1943-07-24
1943-07-25
1943-07-26
1943-07-27
1943-07-28
1943-07-29
1943-07-30
1943-08-10
1943-08-11
1943-08-23
1943-08-24
1943-09-05
1943-09-06
1943-09-07
1943-09-22
1943-09-23
1943-10-03
1943-10-04
1943-11-03
1943-11-11
1943-11-12
1943-11-18
1943-11-19
1943-11-20
1944-01-31
1944-02-07
1945-07-18
1659 HCU
19 OTU
20 OTU
21 OTU
427 Squadron
Advanced Flying Unit
Air Observers School
aircrew
Anson
bombing
bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943)
Halifax
Halifax Mk 2
Halifax Mk 5
Heavy Conversion Unit
navigator
Operational Training Unit
RAF Croft
RAF Kinloss
RAF Leeming
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Millom
RAF Moreton in the Marsh
RAF Shawbury
RAF Topcliffe
Stirling
training
Wellington
Whitley
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Lee, James Roy
J R Lee
Description
An account of the resource
23 items. Concerns James Roy Lee (b. 1923, 575842 Royal Air Force). He flew operations as a flight engineer with 467 Squadron until he became a prisoner of war. Collection contains his flying log book, personal and official documents, correspondence, a history of 467 Squadron operations and photographs.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Marilyn Palmer and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2018-03-20
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Lee, JR
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James Lee’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Description
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Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for J R Lee, flight engineer, covering the period from 15 November 1942 to 15 August 1943 where he was listed as missing and was the only survivor of his crew that crashed in France and became a prisoner of war. Following his repatriation, he returned to flying on 25 February 1946 until 22 November 1949. Detailing his flying training, operations flown, and post war flying duties with 511 Squadron and he carried out 321 flights in the Berlin airlift with 99 Squadron. He was stationed at RAF Scampton, RAF Bottesford, RAF Ossington, RAF Dishforth and RAF Lyneham. Aircraft flown in were Manchester, Lancaster, Oxford, York, Dakota, Anson and Hastings. He flew a total of 24 operations with 467 squadron. Targets were Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Lorient, Cologne, Berlin, Essen, Nurnberg, Duisberg, Pilsen, Dortmund, Friedrichshaven, Spezia, Gelsenkirchen, Genoa and Milan. His pilots on operations were Wing Commander Cosme Lockwood Gomm DSO DFC, Flight Sergeant Warder and Flight sergeant Dixon.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Mike Connock
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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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LLeeJR575842v1
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Transport Command
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Czech Republic--Plzeň
England--Lincolnshire
England--Nottinghamshire
England--Wiltshire
England--Yorkshire
France--Lorient
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Essen
Germany--Friedrichshafen
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Nuremberg
Italy--Genoa
Italy--La Spezia
Italy--Milan
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1942
1943
1946
1947
1948
1949
1943-01-23
1943-01-31
1943-02-13
1943-02-14
1943-02-26
1943-02-27
1943-03-01
1943-03-02
1943-03-03
1943-03-04
1943-03-05
1943-03-06
1943-03-08
1943-03-09
1943-03-12
1943-03-13
1943-04-03
1943-04-04
1943-04-08
1943-04-09
1943-04-16
1943-04-17
1943-05-05
1943-05-06
1943-05-12
1943-05-13
1943-05-14
1943-05-23
1943-05-24
1943-06-20
1943-06-21
1943-06-23
1943-06-24
1943-06-25
1943-06-26
1943-06-28
1943-06-29
1943-07-24
1943-07-25
1943-07-27
1943-07-28
1943-08-07
1943-08-08
1943-08-15
1943-08-16
467 Squadron
99 Squadron
aircrew
Anson
arts and crafts
bombing
bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943)
C-47
flight engineer
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
Manchester
missing in action
Oxford
prisoner of war
RAF Bottesford
RAF Dishforth
RAF Lyneham
RAF Ossington
RAF Scampton
training
York
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/809/22583/LEdmundsAE430709v1.2.pdf
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Title
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Edmunds, Eddie
Albert Ernest Edmunds
A E Edmunds
Description
An account of the resource
Three items. An oral history with Eddie Edmunds DFC (b. 1917, 430709 Royal Air Force), his log book and one photograph. He flew operations with 106 and 608 Squadrons. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Albert Edward Edmunds and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-09-13
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Edmunds, AE
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Albert Edward Edmunds’ pilots flying log book
Description
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Pilots flying log book for A E Edmunds, covering the period from 18 August 1941 to 4 October 1945. Detailing his flying training, Operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Penhold, RAF Hatfield, RAF Prestwick, RAF Dishforth, RAF Kirmington, RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Wigsley, RAF Syerston, RAF Peplow (also known as RAF Childs Ercall), RAF Church Broughton, RAF Hixon, RAF Barford St John, RAF Downham Market, RAF Warboys and RAF Gransden Lodge. Aircraft flown were, Tiger Moth, Oxford, Hudson, Ventura, Wellington, Manchester, Lancaster, Martinet, Mosquito and Mitchell. He flew a total of 44 night operations, 30 with 106 squadron and 14 with 608 sqaudron. Targets were, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne, Lorient, Milan, Bremen, Nuremburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Essen, St Nazaire, Kiel, Spezia, Dortmund, Pilsen, Bochum, Oberhausen, Krefeld, Berlin and Schleissheim. His pilot for his first 'second dickie' operation was Pilot Officer Lace. The log book also list his post war civilian flying.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Mike Connock
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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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LEdmundsAE430709v1
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Canada
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Alberta--Red Deer Region
Czech Republic--Plzeň
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Derbyshire
England--Hertfordshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Norfolk
England--Nottinghamshire
England--Oxfordshire
England--Shropshire
England--Staffordshire
England--Yorkshire
France--Lorient
France--Saint-Nazaire
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bochum
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Essen
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Krefeld
Germany--Munich
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)
Germany--Oberschleissheim
Germany--Stuttgart
Italy--La Spezia
Italy--Milan
Scotland--South Ayrshire
Alberta
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1942-12-20
1942-12-21
1943-01-27
1943-01-28
1943-01-30
1943-01-31
1943-02-02
1943-02-03
1943-02-04
1943-02-07
1943-02-08
1943-02-13
1943-02-14
1943-02-15
1943-02-16
1943-02-17
1943-02-21
1943-02-22
1943-03-08
1943-03-09
1943-03-10
1943-03-11
1943-03-12
1943-03-13
1943-03-22
1943-03-23
1943-04-04
1943-04-05
1943-04-08
1943-04-09
1943-04-10
1943-04-13
1943-04-14
1943-04-26
1943-04-27
1943-04-30
1943-05-01
1943-05-04
1943-05-05
1943-05-12
1943-05-13
1943-05-14
1943-05-23
1943-05-24
1943-05-25
1943-05-26
1943-06-11
1943-06-12
1943-06-13
1943-06-14
1943-06-15
1943-06-21
1943-06-22
1945-03-13
1945-03-14
1945-03-15
1945-03-16
1945-03-17
1945-03-18
1945-03-21
1945-03-22
1945-03-23
1945-03-26
1945-03-27
1945-03-28
1945-04-02
1945-04-03
1945-04-11
1945-04-12
1945-04-13
1945-04-14
1945-04-16
1945-04-17
1945-04-19
1945-04-20
1945-04-21
1945-04-22
1945-04-24
1945-04-25
1945-06-02
1945-06-07
1945-06-12
1945-06-19
1945-06-27
1945-07-09
1945-07-23
1945-08-03
106 Squadron
16 OTU
1654 HCU
27 OTU
30 OTU
608 Squadron
83 OTU
Advanced Flying Unit
aircrew
B-25
bombing
Cook’s tour
Flying Training School
Heavy Conversion Unit
Hudson
Initial Training Wing
Lancaster
Manchester
Martinet
Mosquito
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
pilot
RAF Barford St John
RAF Church Broughton
RAF Dishforth
RAF Downham Market
RAF Gransden Lodge
RAF Hatfield
RAF Hixon
RAF Kirmington
RAF Peplow
RAF Prestwick
RAF Syerston
RAF Upper Heyford
RAF Warboys
RAF Wigsley
Tiger Moth
training
Ventura
Wellington
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Title
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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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[underlined] NUMBER 19 [/underlined]
8-4-43
There is little or no fresh news. Large quantities of Red X food have arrived during recent weeks & our weekly parcel is assured for some time. In contrast to last month, the weather is most unpleasant – lots of sleet & cold winds. I seem to make negligible on the fiddle despite the hours I put in. Assuming your parents come home soon & after you have spent some months with them, what about your taking Frances to live on a farm till I get back & am demobbed. It would be grand for her & you could help with the farm work, learning a lot & also helping the war effort just as much as you do now, if not more. You could plough & sow, reap & mow, drive tractors milk cows & become quite a “land girl” or “land mother”. You would also find out if you really liked the life too, which would be a good thing. Let me know what you think. Love to both. John
[page break]
[reverse of postcard]
GEPRUFT 32
MRS U.M. VALENTINE
LIDO
TENTERDEN GROVE
HENDON
LONDON N.W.4
ENGLAND
[/reverse of postcard]
[page break]
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Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Description
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Number 19. Large quantities of Red Cross food were arriving at the camp. He suggested that Ursula and Frances could live, and help, on a farm until he gets home.
Date
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1943-04-08
Contributor
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Sue Smith
Format
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Two sided handwritten postcard
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
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EValentineJRMValentineUM430408
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Poland
Poland--Żagań
Great Britain
England--London
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1943-04-08
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
prisoner of war
Red Cross
Stalag Luft 3
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Whitehead, Tom
T Whitehead
Description
An account of the resource
31 items and an album sub collection. Collection concerns Warrant Officer Tom Whitehead (b. 1923) who served as a rear gunner with 428 Squadron operating from RAF Dalton in Yorkshire. He was shot down over Duisburg and became a prisoner of war. Collection includes his prisoner of war logbook, official correspondence to his mother, official documentation, letters from the Caterpillar Club, German prisoner of war propaganda, 14 editions of the Red Cross prisoner of war newspaper and photographs of Royal Air Force personnel including himself.
Album in sub collection consists of 47 pages of prisoner of war related photographs.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pamela Hyslop and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2018-03-07
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Whitehead, T
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RECORD OFFICE,
ROYA AIR FORCE,
GLOUCESTER,
DATE 12TH April 1943
Telephone No : SPRINGWALL (GLOUCESTER) 2204
Yours Ref: C7/1502391
[Customs and Excise Date Stamp 9 Aug 1945]
Dear Madam
I regret to inform you that our son, No.1502391 Sergeant Tom WHITEHEAD of No. 428 (Royal Canadian Air Force) Squadron, Royal Air Force, is missing, the aircraft of which he was the air gunner having failed to return to its base on the night of 8th/9th April 1943 from an operational flight.
This does not necessarily mean that he is killed or wounded. I will communicate with you again immediately I have any further news and would be obliged if you, on your part, would write to me should you hear anything of your son from unofficial sources.
May I assure you of the sympathy of the Royal Air Forde with your anxiety.
I am,
Dear Madam, Your obedient Servant,
R Williamson
For Air Commodore,
Air Officer i/c Records,
ROYAL AIR FORCE.
Mrs J. Whitehead.
Jaumfields Farm,
Littlemoss,
Ashton-under-Lyne,
Lancashire.
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Letter to Tom Whitehead's mother from Royal Air Force Records Office
Description
An account of the resource
Informs her that her son is missing, his aircraft failed to return on night 8/9 April 1943. States that he will write once they have any further information,
Creator
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E Williamson
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1943-04-12
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Identifier
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EWilliamsonAWhiteheadJ[Mo]430412
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Civilian
Royal Canadian Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
Temporal Coverage
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1943-04-08
1943-04-09
Format
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One-page typewritten letter
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Claire Monk
air gunner
aircrew
missing in action
-
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Whitehead, Tom
T Whitehead
Description
An account of the resource
31 items and an album sub collection. Collection concerns Warrant Officer Tom Whitehead (b. 1923) who served as a rear gunner with 428 Squadron operating from RAF Dalton in Yorkshire. He was shot down over Duisburg and became a prisoner of war. Collection includes his prisoner of war logbook, official correspondence to his mother, official documentation, letters from the Caterpillar Club, German prisoner of war propaganda, 14 editions of the Red Cross prisoner of war newspaper and photographs of Royal Air Force personnel including himself.
Album in sub collection consists of 47 pages of prisoner of war related photographs.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pamela Hyslop and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2018-03-07
Rights
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Whitehead, T
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R.C.A.F. Station,
Wilton,
Nr Thursk,
Yorks.,
April 11th 1943.
Dear Mrs Whitehead
You will have already received word that your son, Sgt.T. Whitehead has been reported missing from air operations. You will, I know wish to [inserted] know [/inserted] any details that are available. There are very few, I am afraid, and even these I must ask you to treat as confidential.
Your son took part in a raid on Duisburg on the night of 8/9th April. Unfortunately nothing has been heard from him since he took off. This was your son’s eighth operation and he and his pilot were very skilled.
There is always the possibility that your son may be a prisoner of war in which case you will either hear from him direct or through the Air Ministry who will receive advice from the International Red Cross Society. I share your hopes that this may in fact be the case.
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Your son’s belongings have been gathered together and forwarded to the Royal Air Force Central Depository where they will be held pending further instructions from the Air Ministry.
May I offer you my own deep sympathy and that of all members of the squadron in your quiet anxiety. Your sons quiet manner, his constant willingness, and his obvious ability endeared him [indecipherable] all and made him a most valuable member of the Squadron. We miss him badly and all are hoping for better news of him soon.
Yours sincerely
(D.W.A. SMITH W/C DA)
Mrs. J. Whitehead,
Jaumfields Farm,
Littlemoss,
Ashton-Under-Lyne
Lancs.
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Letter from Wing Commander D W M Smith: she would have heard her son was missing from air operations and the details he gives her should be treated as confidential. Raises possibility that he might be prisoner of war. Tom's belongings have been sent to the RAF Central Repository awaiting Air Ministry instructions. Offers sympathy.
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31 items and an album sub collection. Collection concerns Warrant Officer Tom Whitehead (b. 1923) who served as a rear gunner with 428 Squadron operating from RAF Dalton in Yorkshire. He was shot down over Duisburg and became a prisoner of war. Collection includes his prisoner of war logbook, official correspondence to his mother, official documentation, letters from the Caterpillar Club, German prisoner of war propaganda, 14 editions of the Red Cross prisoner of war newspaper and photographs of Royal Air Force personnel including himself.
Album in sub collection consists of 47 pages of prisoner of war related photographs.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pamela Hyslop and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2018-03-07
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A WARTIME
LOG
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Is Now Prisoner
Mr. and Mrs. J. Whitehead of Jaum Fields Farm, Littlemoss, who [missing words] after. He also states he is in good health. Sgt. Whitehead volunteered for the [missing words] received word some time ago that their son, Sergt. Air Gunr. Tom Whitehead R.A.F. was missing, received a letter from their son yesterday morning stating that he was a prisoner of war in Germany and being well looked [missing words] R.A.F. in October, 1941. On leaving school he was employed at Messrs. Baxendales Furnishing Co. but later he took up farm work with Mr. Thacker, of Ashton.
[Photograph of man in uniform] Sgt. T. Whitehead
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[Boxed] A WARTIME LOG
FOR
BRITISH PRISONERS
Gift from
THE WAR PRISONERS’ AID OF THE Y.M.C.A.
37, Quai Wilson
GENEVA – SWITZERLAND [/boxed]
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[Boxed] THIS BOOK BELONGS TO
SGT TOM WHITEHEAD
B.P.O.W. 1051
STALAG LUFT SIX
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[Boxed] CONTENTS Page
WHARE I went AND LAFT … 1
JOE 4
DIUT ON RETUNS – 9
DINNER – 11
WORDS BY Winston Churchill. 14
LAND OF MILK AND HONEY – 42
CAMP MONEY – 51
THE CAPTAIN UV THE BOAT WOT TAKES US HOME – 52
[Deleted] EXNG [/deleted] English lad Names – 55
CANADA - 59
NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA 63
DER JAG. MARCH 5. 70.
MARCH 6. 76
MARCH 7. 8. 9. 77, 78, 79
GOOD FRIDAY – 86.
APRIL 6th 90. [/boxed]
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SHOT DOWN DUISBURG ARIL 8th 1943,
ARRIVED DULAG LUFT FRANKFURT APRIL 11th 1943,
LEFT DULAG LUFT FRANKFURT APRIL 20th 1943
ARRIVED STALAG LUFT 1 BARTH APRIL 24th 1943.
LEFT STALAG LUFT 1 BARTH OCT 27th 1943.
ARRIVED STALAG LUFT 6 HEYDEKRUG NOV 1st 43
LEFT STALAG LUFT 6 HEYDEKRUG JULY 16th 1944
ARRIVED STALAG 357 THORN JULY 17th 1944
LEFT STALAG 357 THORN AUG 9th 1944
ARRIVED FALLINGBOSTEL AUG 11th 1944
MARCHED FROM STALAG 357 APRIL 6 1945
[Underlined] LIBERATED [/underlined] APRIL 18 1945
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“JOE” 5
On – on, the army rolled on,
Dawn – dawn, beautiful dawn,
Revealing – revealing, always revealing,
Healing – healing, deaths wounds healing.
Country – country, desolate country,
Torn – torn, conquerers crossing,
Gleefull – gleefull, yet ever manly,
Waves – waves, bodies are tossing.
Advance – advance, measured advance,
Close in – close in, give no chance.
Slash them – slash them, closer lash them,
Border – border, smashed in order.
The bug – the bug, the soil we hug,
Gunfire – gunfire, aircraft climbing higher,
Take & town – for the crown,
Red earth – red earth, once was brown.
Leningrad, Stalingrad, tremendous struggle,
Then swinging forward to german soil,
Millions of dead – in single – in mass,
Berlin in sight – so ends this toil.
On – on, Joe comes on,
This we build our hopes upon,
Freedom by soviet men,
To see our distant home again.
Thorn – Poland, 1944.
Butch
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[Cartoon of a bird in an aircraft]
E.J. MARTIN
STALAG 357.
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Diet on Return 9
Diet recommended by M.O.
This is not necessary to be adhered to, but is to act as a guide.
7 a.m.
Coffee and milk – no sugar. Toast white bread
[Underlined] Breakfast [/underlined]
Porridge or other cereals with milk and sugar. (1 pint.)
Eggs, boiled poached or scrambled. Brown bread and butter.
Marmalade, jam, beverage as prefd.
[Underlined] 10 to 11 AM. [/underlined]
Custard or milk pudding. Ovaltine – cake or biscuits.
[Underlined] Lunch [/underlined]
Fish boiled or stewed. or cold meat – veg salad. tomatoes if available – brown bread.
Custard or milk pudding – beverage as preferred.
[Underlined] 3 to 4 pm [/underlined]
Milk or Ovaltine etc. biscuits cake and fruit
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[Underlined] Dinner [/underlined]
2 to 3 Potatoes boiled. 2 to 3 ozs meat grilled [deleted] or [/deleted] boiled veg including onions
[Underlined] Dessert [/underlined] Coffee brown bread, butter
[Underlined] Supper [/underlined] Cocoa biscuits and cheese.
Also as much fruit and chocolate as can be obtained fried food is not recommended for the first fortnight. It should be understood that food should not be taken in undue quantities or gorged. The times stated should not be strictly adhered to but the time between food should be as long as possible
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It is a melancho compassion. You must obey his orders. Await his pleasure, possess your soul in patience. The days are very long the hours crawl by like paralyzed [sic] centipedes.
Moreover the whole atmosphere of prison, even the most easy and well run and regulated prison is odious.
Companions squabble over trifles, and get the least possible pleasures out of each others company, you feel a constant humiliation at being penned in by railings, and barbed wire, watched by armed men, and webbed about by a trough of regulations.
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THESE WORDS WERE WRITTEN BY
Winston Churchill
POW
British East Africa
1899.
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[Underlined] R.A.F. STATIONS [/underlined]
since 1941
R.A.F. PADGATE
10 S R.C BLACKPOOL
402 SQD WARMWELL DORSET
ACRC. LONDON
14 ITW BRIDLINGTON YORK
1 A.A.S MANBY. LINCS
11 OTU BASSINGBOURN
11 OTU WESCOTT OXON
428 SQDN DALTON YORKS
1 GRS DRIFFIELD YORKS
428 SQDN DALTON YORKS
[Underlined] GERMANY [/underlined]
SHOT DOWN 8-4-43
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[Underlined] LANDED BACK 24 APRIL 45 [/underlined]
WING BUCKS.
6 PRC COSFORD
109 PRC WITTERING NORTHANTS
24 MU STOKE HEATH SHROP.
8 S-TT WEETON LANCS
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[Map of North Island, New Zealand]
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[Map of South Island, New Zealand]
The Land of Milk and Honey.
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VALUE
15 MARKS – 1 POUND.
[Two examples of currency]
CAMP MONEY
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[Underlined] THE CAPTAIN UV THE BOAT WOT TAKES US HOME [/underlined]
By PTE JOHN BURKE POW
Though I’ve never been no scholar
With no luvly stiff white collar
I’ve made me mind up – ere I go
A po-em – Sum’ll like it – others hate it
But I’m going to dedicate it
To the captain uv the boat wot takes us home
Now I’ve dreamt about this bloke
Like you often dreams o’ folk
Perfect strangers yet yer feels you know em
An’ the moment that I eyes im
Then I bet I recognise im
As the captain uv the boat wot takes us ‘ome
P’raps ees andsome like an actor
P’raps is dial would stop a tractor
P’raps e ‘asn’t got a air upon is dome
But the moment that I meets im
That’s ow I’m gonna greet im
The captain uv the boat wot takes us ome
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E might be gay and full o cheer
I might say “Sonny now yer ere lets cruise around
Where would you like to roam”
If he does I’ll tell him straight
Yer the captain yer the mate
Don’t mess about this ship to take me ome
I’ll obey his slighted wishes
Scrub his deck and wash ‘is dishes
As long as e steers across the foam
An at last when we sight shore
Then I’ll shake the blooming pore
Uv the captain uv the boat wot takes us ome.
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[Photograph of mountain scenery]
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[Photograph of a bridge]
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Missing from Air Operations
Councillor and Mrs. G. L. Molyneux, of of 93, Newmarket – road, Waterloo, have been informed by the Air Ministry that their only son, Sergeant Keith Molyneux, is missing as a result of air operations. A keen sportsman, Sgt. Molyneux was well known for his interest in football which started when he was attending Christ Church School, Waterloo. There he played with the school team and was later chosen as a member of the Ashton Boys’ team on several occasions. He holds many cups and medals and had a trial with Bolton Wanderers. As a member of Christ Church Scouts, under (Mr. F. Leech as Scoutmaster) he attended many camps with the company. He was employed by Messrs. Stones, Ltd., Dukinfield, and in October, 1941, he joined the R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve. He has made many operational flights over Germany. He was also a keen attendant at Taunton Sunday School where he made many friends.
Councillor and Mrs. Molyneux have received many messages of sympathy and reassurance from their son’s friends and also from the chaplain of his station. The Rev. A. D. Johnson conducted a short prayer at their home for Sgt. Molyneux’s safety.
[Photograph of an airman] Sgt. K. Molyneux]
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[Vertically on page] England
C Price
The Homestead
College Lane
Woking Surrey
H. R Willis
42 Tedmarsh St
Reading Berks
T Darvill
28 Oxford Rd
Sidcup Kent
W. Frost
22B The Riddings
South Yardley
Birmingham 26.
G Semper
Midway
Ring Rd
Shadwell
Leeds
F Hocken
8 Agar Terrace
Bodmin
Cornwall
F Boyd
81 Bexley Lane
Sidcup
F Norris
3, Marathon Drive
Douglas,
Isle-of-Man
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E.J. MARTIN
57, SHREWSBURY RD
LONDON N.W. 10.
W A Leslie
58 Leadenhall St
Everton
Liverpool. 5
R Betteridge
101 Elsan Rd
Elsan Gosport
Hampshire
J D Palmer
15 Easter Hill Place
Tolcross
Glasgow
S. H Greaves
12 Carmelite Terrace
Kings Lynn
Norfolk
F DOWLMAN
1 PARK ST
WIGAN
D Baker
102 High St
Thame
Oxon
F Calvert
Lordsfield Cottages
Whittlebury
Towcester
Northants
[Deleted] R HOLLOWAY
47 CASSLAND RD
SOUTH HACKNEY
LONDON [deleted]
C Wayte
170 Portland Rd
Hucknall
Notts
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[Boxed] W NICHOLSON
2 MARBLE HILL PARK
TWICKENHAM
MIDDLESEX
[/boxed]
E Buckley
16 Birch Ave,
Hurstead
Rochdale
Lancs
Vernon (Taff) Gale
18 FREEMAN AVENUE
HAMPDEN PARK
NR EASTBORNE
SUSSEX.
G. S. Gold (Gaffer)
31, Murray Grove
London. N. 1.
Bob
30 Devonshire Rd
Palmers Green
London. N.
Jock Lee
30 Church St
Hemel Hempstead
Herts.
R Sluckey
83. Glens Road
Guildford
Surrey.
[Boxed] WAGSTAFF
BURNHAM RD
REDDISH
CHES [/boxed]
RG Saunders,
52 Boundary St,
Hulme,
Manchester.
[Boxed] 14503008
L/C Bootle K
MORTORS B SQD
15 Scottish [deleted] Div [/deleted] Recce Rgt
R.A.C.
B=L=A [/boxed]
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Bren Gallagher
C/o 81 Rosehill Terrace
Brighton (B 5051)
Phil Doherty
21 Fernside Ave
Winton
Bournemouth
M Megan
63 Burlington St
A-V-L
JOAN KNIGHT
63 LADBROOKE RD
ASHTON
[Boxed] J. R.
9 COY 7 Hut
THE DALE
CHESTER [/boxed]
[Boxed] J. INNES
15 SMITH. ST.
SPRATTON
NORTHAMPTON [/boxed]
[Boxed] M CLARKSON
BIRCH LANE
DUKINFIELD [/boxed]
Thelma Freeman
Highlands Rd
Lichfield
Fareham
Hants
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[Diagonally across page] [Underlined] Canada [/underlined]
S. H. Allison
90 Kolfrey Ave
Toronto
H. N. Richards,
49 Maple Ave,
Oakville,
Ontario.
R. M. Buckham
28 Glen Manor Drive
Toronto Ont
Mr I McPhee
Sautt St. Marie
Ont. Canada.
Zeke
AD. WHILE IN ENG.
Hyde Park.
A Whitteron
519 William David St
Maisonneuve
Montreal
J. D. Fraser
Suite 7. Stephenson Blk.
Saskatoon, Sask.
N. W. Radin
R.R.2#
Clovendale,
B.C.
Murray Pratt
937 North Drive
Ft Garry Wpg
Canada
Miss M Warburton
176 Wellesley Cres
Toronto
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V.C. Said “I Bomb – Whatever Happens”
BEFORE leaving for a daylight attack on Amsterdam power station in May, 1943, Sq-Ldr. Leonard Henry Trent, D.F.C., No. 487 (R.N.A.F.) Squadron Bomber Command told his deputy he was going over the target whatever happened.
Fifteen or 20 MEs dived incessantly on the Venturas – six of which were destroyed in four minutes. Two more soon went down in flames.
Finally Sq.-Ldr. Trent dropped his bombs on the target. The one remaining plane following him was shot down, his own plane was hit and broke up, and he and his navigator were made prisoners.
The V.C. is today awarded to Sq.-Ldr. Trent.
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[Diagonally across page] New Zealand & Australia
W. K Mawson
47 Albany St
Christchurch
N.Z
E. G. Brown
915 Albany Rd
Victoria Park
Perth Aust
JACK SMITH
C/O CHRIS BROWN
GLADSTONE RD
GISBORNE
NEW ZEALAND.
Dick McLaren
Auckland
North Island
NZ.
F Mandelson
26 Selwyn Ave
Napier
N.Z.
J. D. Sharp
81 Richmond St
Petone
Wellington N.Z.
Doug Shears
Timaru
N. Z.
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Der Tag March 5
Today March 5 1945 Starts the period of reduced german rations, and to commemorate this great day here is a summary of the past and a diary for the future. The camp is stalag 357 situated at Fallingbostel near Hannover in N.W. Germany. The district is heavily wooded and damp and the rain fall is ten times as bad as that ever experienced by the residents of Manchester. There are 8000 inmates at this so called holiday resort or “Morgue” whichever we call it approx 50% army and R.A.F. and the administration is rotten with disorganisation. The barracks are of brick each one containing 72 men in two-tier bunk. There has never been a [deleted] wood [/deleted] coal issue for the stoves, the only thing we get
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is a very small wood issue, the fires are inadequate, consequently the roof drips every minute of the day. The lighting system is that we call deadly oil lamps would do credit to these deutsch electricians, and during an air raid the lights go off at the main, and due to the fact that our comrades seem to have a rendezvous over here each evening we are invariably forced to retire to our beds in pitch darkness every evening about seven o’clock.
Now for a review of the main situation. There is very little mail coming into the camp, I have not seen any this year. The last cigarette parcel I received was on Christmas eve, when I recd. 200 Senior Service from Margaret, it was a very nice Christmas present.
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The last time I had a clothing parcel was the first week of February 1944 just 13 months ago, quite a while. Cigarettes are practically non-existent in the camp, and one never sees a dog end on the floor. Things in the smoke direction are grim, and make the camp unhappy on the whole.
The question of food in a very tricky one, until we came to this camp we always had a full Red Cross parcel per week, which was not too bad, a man could exist on it, plus the german rations, and feel fairly happy, play football occasionally, and keep fairly fit. Since we came here we have had approx 1/2 rations with a few gaps, but now the last
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month we have been without Red Cross parcels, living on our small reserves and “jerry” rations. These reserves being completely used up we are now “belting” on german rations. We were getting along on the most miserable existence when yesterday came the great blow out. Dr. Goebells [sic] announced the new cut in German rations. Our potatoes have been cut in half giving us about half a pound per day, our bread has been cut, as also every other commodity we are issued with. The prospects of us lasting the summer out on these rations looks very remote, nevertheless we shall see.
Now for the story of the beds the first sunday this year a german came into the biillet in
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the early morning saying that we all had to take our mattress’s outside where the german officer would inspect them and replace all the damaged and worn ones. This we knew to be a load of bullsh- as we say in the R.A.F. so he was promptly told what to do with his mattress check. On parade the truth became known, the German High Command had issued an order that we should lose all our tables, chairs and mattresses as a reprisal for the ill-treatment of german P.OW.s in camp 306 somewhere in Egypt. We were kept on the sports field all morning, by the usual business – like guards or “postens” as they say in german, whilst every other
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german took away our matress’es, tables, and forms. We were very annoyed at the time, and resolved to do the best we could we just put two mens bed boards on to one bed, and slept two in a pit from then to this day. I can assure my readers that since that day I have never lost a wink of sleep, and seeing that we have practically no food at all, why use a table, the only mistake we made was not burning the table before our hosts’ took them. Looking back on the whole thing we can laugh at their childishness.
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MARCH 6
Today the weather was not too bad – very damp and everyone was thoroughly cheesed off. I spent the whole day in bed, reading the finishing chapters of the “poisoned pen”.
Breakfast consisted of a cup of deutsch ersatz coffee, then a cup of Red & tea without sugar or milk at ten oclock, a pint of soup at dinner time consisting of swede and potatoes with another cup of tea, another cup of tea at 3 oclock and the soup and tea again at 4 oclock. All these were brought to my bed by Bobby who did the job admirably. At five oclock I was compelled to get up out of the pit so that we could be counted like a flock of sheep by our hosts. Supper at half past six consisted of still another cup of char with the days issue of bread, i.e. two slices of fairly thick toast
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and margarine, then to finish the day we climbed onto the bed, made it and at seven oclock, lo and behold the sirens went once again, compelling us to retire to our beds to imagine the great big meals we could be eating is only we were in blighty.
The highlight of the day came when it was announced that early this morning someone, nationality unknown, raided the cook house, pulling off a nice haul, which will entitle him to live comfortably for several days or perhaps weeks, good show we say so long as he doesn’t get caught.
March 7. Just the same as yesterday, only instead of spending the day in bed, I just wasted the whole miserable day while Bob hugged the blankets. I looked
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after the combines interests, and gave him his swede and potato soup. One sack of parcels arrived but our luck was out as usual.
[Underlined] March 8. [/underlined] Another damp day, so I stayed in the pit, had a read, and shivered in general all through the day. Roll call was in the billit [sic] at night so I was able to stay in bed until supper time, or half past six. Then I got up had my two slices of toast and tea, and just had time to shake the blankets when the sirens went, and out went the lights. Seem to be getting more accustomed to the rations now although our stomachs are yelling out for work all day long. By the way it is rumoured that there may be still a further cut in the
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rations, we ask what will they do next.
[Underlined] MARCH 9 [/underlined] A great day in the life of a kreigy, shower day. We had the first hot shower today since the 6th of January, it was very nice but not enough to get properly clean, only the top few layers of dirt came off. I guess it may be the last hot showers here. Todays German rations were two lots of potato and swede soup, a small piece of fresh cheese just enough for 1 slice of bread, about a 1/4 pound of Molasses (instead of jam) and we were able to get 2 1/2 slices of toast each which will be devoured for supper. No use trying to save any for breakfast. The spring sunshine came out for the first time and the birds could be heard singing, a very welcome sign. “Roll on Monty” is the wish of us all
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March 10. The weather is damp again and I stayed in bed all day. The menu was the same – two soups pretty weak ones at that, and 214 grammes of bread, issued with next weeks sugar ration, about 8 ounces, and next weeks meat that is just enough sausage for 1 meal, and a pretty small meal at that. I should say they’re fairly meagre.
Two prisoners have just arrived here, in a bad condition after having been marched all the way from Thorn in Poland without any food. They were on their way to Hamburg, but couldn’t just make the pace, so came into our hospital.
[Underlined] March 11 [/underlined] Sunday marks the end of the first week of the reduced rations, and with it came the news of still another cut. The lunch time soup was excellent, it could compare with a home made Pea
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soup. It was the only decent soup of the week, but it was worth waiting for! Evening we had the german [deleted] equal [/deleted] equivalent of rice pudding, it was just boiled barley, it is not such a bad substitute for rice, we just put sugar with it and it is very nice when one is hungry.
Here is the list of the weeks rations
14 pints of vegetable soup
1700 grammes of bread
1/4 lb sugar
160 grammes of margarine
1 meal of sausage meat
1/2 lb molasses.
A German officer has just left for Lubec to attempt to obtain Red Cross food for us. We have all got our fingers crossed.
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During the past few days six tents have been erected on the sports field, so it looks as if we can expect new “kriegies” in the near future. Yesterday bobby acquired two dog ends, and I caught him and “Goldie” rolling them in a sheet of the bible, it was the only paper available, and public opinion doesn’t matter here.
[Underlined] March 14 [/underlined] Today big things have happened, the weather is lovely, and the german officer has arrived back from Lubec brining with him 200 American food parcels, and enough cigarettes to issue each man with six each. I wish I could explain what it feels like to be without a smoke for two months any how the feeling towards one another has altered 100%
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The food was divided 20 to a parcel, it was only a small portion, but very acceptable, with a promise of more to come in the near future. It seems disgusting to think that food comes all the way from America to Lubec and then it is kept there through lack of transport, and here we are only 60 miles away living on rations that would not keep a decent sized dog alive. We are looking forward to the future now, a little more hopefull [sic]. Bobby had a letter yesterday, first one for four months, lucky devil. We changed 4 ozs of tea today for 3 lbs of bread, we no sooner had the bread, than the marg was on the table, and Bob, Zeke and Goldie and myself “killed it”
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The word kills is one of the most common expressions, when we get our rations, we very seldom allow anything to lay around, we just get them and bang its gone. It makes no difference what it is, it all goes the same way, we cannot even save a slice of bread for breakfast. Our motto is eat when you can and never mind the future, the same with cigarettes. Bobby has just been promoted to Warrant Officer, so I expect mine will be coming through shortly.
It is now MARCH 21 The first day of spring is lovely, the sun is quite strong, and with a bit of imagination it feels good to be in spring. There is no food in the camp and we are really getting weak, this food
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is good enough to keep us alive, and that is about all. We are hungry and its no joke, and without a smoke it is really grim. We are backing on Monty to do his stuff now. There is still no chance of getting food from Lubec, only 60 miles away our camp has got 22,000 food parcels there and its impossible to get transport the last few miles. The boys we left behind at Ledicrug have just arrived here after marching from a camp at Tichan near Danzig. They have had a terrible time which can only be told by the boys themselves. Most have suffered from bayonet wounds, some serious, others not so bad.
[Underlined] MARCH 27 [/underlined]
Our Camp Leader, yesterday
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managed to persuade the hosts to transport him to Lubec in a lorry and at night our popular “Dixie Deans” one of the most famous camp leaders in Germany drove back into the camp with enough cigarettes for 48 per man, a great deal. He always has been popular, and needless to say he has been in some very awkward positions. After all this time we can once again smoke. It seems funny to see a chap smoke a cigarette and go dizzy, but its true. The best bit of the day is that is will only be a couple of days and we shall have some food here, two waggons having already left Lubec.
GOOD FRIDAY.
Today has been the happiest day of our lives, firstly we are counting the days to the end, and then
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secondly the food has arrived this morning. We have got to a stage where, a slow stroll round the camp at night, a distance of less that a mile is as much as any man on the camp can manage, it is pitiful to see the chaps trying to drag their weary bodies round the camp.
The parcels are new Canadian Red Cross ones, and it makes us englishmen feel ashamed of our own British Red + when we compare the parcels, the english ones are a disgrace to send out to us. They are the same weight but the british stuff is such poor quality the meat roll being the worst I have ever been expected to eat.
Here is a list of the Contents of a canadian parcel
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1 – 16oz tin Klim milk powder
1 12 oz Bully
2 – 12 oz Spam meat roll
1 8 oz Best Butter
1 4 oz Cheese
2 tins dehydrated apples (4 pints sauce)
1/2 lb sugar
6 oz Coffee
5 oz best Milk Chocolate
8 oz Quick Quaker Oats
1 large pkt biscuits
1 lb raisins
1 lb best strawberry jam
Each man recd 1/2 each and we are looking forward to the end of the war quite happily, with a little more strength in our bodies. We give it three days now.
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Last night an aircraft kept up a regular patrol near the camp and then dropped a lovely cookie near the camp, and were we happy. A few of the boys had mail from home yesterday, lucky chaps, needless to say it was at least six months old.
The food has all gone now, the day is April 3 we got stuck in and everyone can feel the benefit even though it was only a good days food. The cigs have run out but as things are in the area these days we are happy, and looking forward to seeing the white cliffs of Dover very shortly.
We are all planning the great leave now, and what a time we are going to have.
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[Underlined] APRIL 6 [/underlined] Early this morning we got the news that we are to move at 8 PM however we are not too pleased to hear that we march to “some joint”, even the germans don’t know where it is. All the Red Cross invalid parcels are distributed and we all got stuck in, “none for the road” we all say. We made a lovely big porridge for the four of us, 1 tin condensed milk, 1/2 lb oats, 1 tin creamed rice, and a pint jelly, lots of sugar, and what a meal. The four of us each had 1 cup of Ovaltine out of a tin so you can guess the strength of that one. We ate up all our food which was a lot, and well, we know that the vitamins would do us well. The Red + food that we have had this last few days has already done us good and we feel stronger, by far now. By the time we got out of the camp we felt a bit cheesed. I left nearly all my kit behind taking with me, two good blankets and a small box 12” x 8”
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with my possessions in it. Our travelling rations were 1 loaf and 2 1/4 lb marg. Our guards seem to be all old men with all their kit so were happy. The camp was soon left behind and we headed east at a slow pace, dusk came and we were still marching, then darkness came. By this time the guards were getting tired some of them even couldn’t go any further, so they dropped out one by one, it can be imagined what things were like, we were going through very wooded country, and believe me the boys were really jumping out. We eventually reached a main road, a little scared cause there were lots of intruder aircraft knocking around bombing and machine gunning, when all of a sudden down came a Mosquito cannons and all, lucky for us it was late when we were spotted so he did a tight turn to come up the road at us and hit a tree and crashed about fifty yards from where we were on the ditch. It was a good job he did crash or we would have been killed
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by one of our own aircraft. Two bodies were pulled out the next day. All we said was, “Well, they shouldn’t have joined.” About a mile from the incident we were billetted for the night in a barn. This was what we were really in need of, so we just put straw on the floor and out with our blankets and slept. The next morning I was up early with Zeke, and we went after food, we got it how I shall not say here. By the way yesterday was bobs’ third wedding anniversary, all in the country. All the day we spent in eating and in one day we have eaten more than we would on camp rations in a fortnight, and for the first time in ages we felt full. So ends our second day.
[Underlined] APRIL 8 [/underlined] We left the barn at ten oclcok marking 7 Kilos’ to a wood where we were told we would sleep the night, we had another feed
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and got our bed ready, damp leaves for a mattress and the heavens for a ceiling. We had very little sleep. I might say, the aircraft were busy all night and we really welcomed the dawn. We had tea and roast potatoes and toast for breakfast then set out on the road once more.
[Underlined] APRIL 8 [/underlined]
As so it goes on we are kept on the march by day and all the food we get is a few potatoes at night, and if we get a chance to slip our guard we knock off eggs or anything handy.
This life went on until the 16 of April, a lot of the boys were ill about 50% escaped and on the 16 April along with five pals I stayed with a party of sick fellows.
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We were not really short of food ourselves, and for the last few days we had two unarmed guards for 150 prisoners. During the last two days we collected at least seven machine gun attacks from our own typhoons so you can imagine our feelings when the 11 th Armoured division came to the rescue on the 18 of April at five oclock in the afternoon on the outskirts of Luneburg. Just short of Hamburg.
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Tom Whitehead's Wartime log for British prisoners
Description
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Belonging to Sergeant Tom Whitehead, B.P.O.W. 1051, Stalag Luft 6. Contains newspaper cutting with news of Tom Whitehead as prisoner of war. Main dates of events and locations from shoot down to liberation. Includes a poem 'Joe', cartoon, diet sheet, words by Churchill as prisoner of war, list of his postings to RAF Stations, outline map of New Zealand, camp money, poem 'captain of the boat wot takes us home', photographs, newspaper cutting on Sergeant E Molyneux, addresses in England, newspaper cutting concerning Squadron Leader Leonard Trent Victoria Cross. Continues with diary of events from 6 March 1945 to 8 April 1945 gives details of camp and conditions with reduced rations at Stalag 357, Goes on to describe march to Hamburg including being strafed by own allied aircraft.
Creator
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T Whitehead
Format
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Cover and 35 double page handwritten booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Memoir
Text. Poetry
Text. Diary
Identifier
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BWhiteheadTWhiteheadTv1
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Poland
Poland--Toruń
Germany
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Barth
Lithuania
Lithuania--Šilutė
Germany--Fallingbostel (Landkreis)
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Lübeck
Temporal Coverage
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1943-04-08
1943-04-11
1943-04-20
1943-04-24
1943-10-27
1944-07-16
1944-07-17
1944-08-09
1944-08-11
1945-04-06
1945-04-18
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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1943
1944
1945
Contributor
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Anne-Marie Watson
428 Squadron
Dulag Luft
military living conditions
prisoner of war
RAF Dalton
Red Cross
shot down
Stalag Luft 1
Stalag Luft 6
the long march