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Photo 1 is a villager inside the crater. On the reverse 'Film 19'.
Photo 2 is the scene around the crater the morning after the crash on 4th May 1944. On the reverse is 'Film 19'.
Photo 3 is the village of Courboin with the church and graveyard behind. The crash site is in the valley beyond the trees in the middle distance. On the reverse 'Film 21'.
Photo 4 is a copy of the seven airmen who lost their lives. Their names are annotated underneath. At the side the airmen have signed their names.
Photo 5 is the grave on the day of the funeral.
Photo 6 is a colour postcard, as in photo 3.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Aisne]]> 1944-05-04]]>

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
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E W Cropper’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from February 1944 to 6th October 1950, recording training, operations, instructional and staff duties as a navigator. Aircraft in which flown: Stirling, Lancaster III, Lancaster VII (FE), Halifax II and V, Wellington XIII, Oxford, Anson, Proctor, Mosquito B35, Lincoln 2B. Based at: RAF Jurby (No. 5 Air Observer School), RAF Wratting Common (1651 Conversion Unit), RAF Hemswell (1 Lancaster Finishing School), RAF Elsham Wolds (103 Squadron), RAF Blyton (1662 Heavy Conversion Unit), RAF Shawbury (Empire Central Navigation School/Empire Air Navigation School), RAF Lindholme (1656 Heavy Conversion Unit), RAF Oakington and RAF Mepal (7 Squadron), RAF High Wycombe and RAF Booker (Bomber Command Communications Flight), RAF Waddington (57 Squadron) and RAF Scampton (Bomber Command Instrument Rating and Examining Flight).

Records a total of 29 completed operations (26 night, 3 day)) on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany: Aulnoye, Caen, Calais, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, Flers, Friedrichshaven, Gelsenkirchen, Hasselt, Karlsruhe, Kiel Bay, Le Havre, Mailly-Le-Camp, Maintenon, Mardyck, Marquise-Mimoyecques, Orleans, Rennes (St Jacques airfield), Revigny, Saintes, Sanneville, Scholven, St Martins-de-Varreville, Sterkrade, Vire and Wimereux. He also flew 3 Cook's Tour flights and two Operation Dodge flights. Post-war he served with 7 and 57 Squadrons. His pilot on operations was Pilot Officer Moore.

Log Book Two.

E W Cropper’s RAF Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers from 17 May 1943 to 16th April 1945, recording training, operations, instructional and staff duties as a navigator. Entitled “PERSONAL LOGBOOK”, includes detailed personal notes about training courses, first operational tour (“29 sorties”), instructor and staff navigator training. Aircraft in which flown: Tiger Moth, Stirling, Lancaster III, Halifax II and V, Wellington XIII, Oxford, Anson. Based at: RAF Shellingford (No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School), RAF Jurby (No. 5 Air Observer School), RAF Wratting Common (1651 Conversion Unit), RAF Hemswell (1 Lancaster Finishing School), RAF Elsham Wolds (103 Squadron), RAF Blyton (1662 Heavy Conversion Unit) and RAF Shawbury (Empire Air Navigation School).

Records a total of 29 completed operations (26 night, 3 day) on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany: Aulnoye, Caen, Calais, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, Flers, Friedrichshaven, Gelsenkirchen, Hasselt, Karlsruhe, Kiel Bay, Le Havre, Mailly-Le-Camp, Maintenon, Mardyck, Marquise-Mimoyecques, Orleans, Rennes (St Jacques airfield), Revigny, Saintes, Sanneville, Scholven, St Martins-de-Varreville, Sterkrade, Vire and Wimereux. His pilot on operations was Pilot Officer Moore.

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His pilot on his first operation was Flight Sergeant Burnett. Pilot Officer Allen also flew on one operation with him. ]]>
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> France--Paris]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Aachen]]> France--Doullens]]> France--Oisemont (Canton)]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Versailles]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> France--le Havre]]> France--Bordeaux Region (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Somme]]> France--Jura]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1945-06-16]]> 1945-08-26]]> 1945-08-29]]> 1945-09-02]]> 1945-09-04]]> 1945-09-10]]> 1945-09-13]]> 1945-09-19]]> 1945-09-21]]> Great Britain. Royal Air force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> France--Deux-Sèvres]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Lyon]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Orléans]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-06-09]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> South African Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> France]]> Germany]]> Poland]]> Wales]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Nord-Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Lyon]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> South African Air Force]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> Bruce Blanche]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Fitter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France]]> Netherlands]]> India]]> France--Aunay-sur-Odon]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-02-23]]> 1944-03-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]>