Bottom left - document giving details and history of 431 (Iroquois) Squadron RCAF, included bases and aircraft flown.
Bottom right - document with brief history of 431 Squadron giving operational performance, sorties and losses and point of interest.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sparkes, Ned. Album]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Durham]]> England--Durham (County)]]> 1944-03]]> 1942-11]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
Great Britain. College of Arms]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1944-03]]> Bottom - six aircrew, four standing and two crouching in front with parachute packs. All are wearing parachute harnesses and side caps and are in front of the rear turret of a Lancaster. Submitted with description 'Duplicate of MAVCP:2019/M08/18. W/Cdr R E Baxter's crew behind unidentified Lancaster. Rear row, left to right: Sgt Jackson; Sgt Coulton; P/O Moore; Sgt Thursby. Front row: P/O Horobin and Sgt "Bill" Berry.'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-03]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Essen]]> France--Laon]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> France--Chambley Air Base]]> France--Le Mans]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> France--Soligny-la-Trappe]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> France--Valenciennes]]> France--Montdidier (Hauts-de-France)]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Caen]]> France--Nord (Department)]]> Netherlands--Overflakkee]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> He describes individual operations in detail. He and his crew were transferred to Faldingworth where the condition of their aircraft was poor. These were quickly replaced with new aircraft. His crew were successful and survived their 30 operations never to meet up again.
He concludes his memoir with seven tailender tales.]]>
Bill Freeman]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Dewsbury]]> Canada]]> England--Stafford]]> Wales--Tredegar]]> England--Northampton]]> England--Grimsby]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Denmark--Frederikshavn]]> France--Maintenon]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Orléans]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Aachen]]> France--Paris]]> England--Lincoln]]> France--Le Havre]]> Poland]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Caen]]> France--Vierzon]]> France]]> Germany]]> Denmark]]> France--Reims]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Sussex]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04-10]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1943-07]]> 1943-08]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> Bottom - front quarter view of a Lancaster on hardstanding. Titled 'Waterbeach 514 Squadron March 1944'. Captioned 'Lancaster Mk II LL684 A2"B" after having completed 3 operations. Shortly afterwards the photo was taken this aircraft was reported missing --- Frankfurt 22/23 March 1944'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Peterborough]]> 1944-03]]> 'Mid-Upper Gunner Jim Finney Hull
Flight Engineer Eric Horsham Wolwich SE London
Navigator Owen Shirley Carshalton Surrey
Pilot F/Lt Edgar Francis Seke St Michael
Bomadier B/A John Norris Finchley London
Wop/AG Alan Shepherd Ringwod Hants.
Rear Guns Ronald Alderton Hampstead London'.
On the reverse '
Pocklington 1944
Halifax III
(Eshersham Instructor 346/347 F French) Loraine (1946)
Sqdn - Elvington.
March 1944-1947'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PHorshamES18010002,
PHorshamES18010003]]>
Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Free French Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hull]]> England--Carshalton]]> England--London]]> England--Ringwood]]> England--London]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--London]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Surrey]]> 1944-03]]>
'March 1944 X for Xray
Dunholme Lodge
Bomber Command
Left to right
Isot Pratt. (mid upper) F/lt Mercer D.F.C. (pilot) Sgt Fallan (fit. Rig)
Molly (M/T WAAF) Sgt. Caps (engineer) F/Sgt Barker (bomb aimer)
E (rigger) P/O Wilke (rear gunner) P/O Baker (Wop/AG)
Taffy
(fitter)'.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-03]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Alan Pinchbeck]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-03]]> Top right - an airman in shirt sleeves standing outside a building. Submitted with description 'Photo of RAF serviceman - LAC Willis - batman to W/Cdr Baxter, RAF Skellingthorpe 1943'.
Bottom left - a man in civilian clothes standing
in a street with other people and buildings in the background. Submitted with description 'R E Baxter (later W/Cdr) in civilian clothing, Cambridge. Annotated as "about 1933 or 34"'.
Bottom right - an RAF officer wearing battledress with pilot's brevet, medal ribbon and side cap standing outside the door of a building. Submitted with description 'W/Cdr R E Baxter standing outside Commanding Officer & Adjutant's Office. RAF Metheringham, March 1944'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cambridge]]> 1943]]> 1933]]> 1934]]> 1944-03]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Poland]]> Germany]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1939-10]]> 1944-03]]> Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> Tasmania--Launceston]]> United States]]> Massachusetts--Taunton]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Victoria--Port Phillip Bay Region]]> Victoria]]> Massachusetts]]> Tasmania]]> 1944-03]]> Brian Wright]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Paris]]> France--Creil]]> France--Givors]]> France--Joigny]]> France--Limoges]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Vitry-le-François]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-20]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-06]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> J E F Mitchell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel Canal]]> Norway]]> Norway--Stavanger]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Netherlands]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Blida]]> Italy]]> Italy--La Spezia]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> North Africa]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1939-09-03]]> 1940]]> 1940-04]]> 1940-05]]> 1940-06]]> 1943-04]]> 1943-06]]> 1943-08]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1945-06]]> ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Pending review]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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