Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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]]> Bottom - four members of Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirtsleeves out side a Nissen hut with a Union flag above and behind. Submitted with description 'Four WAAF Sgt's at RAF Metheringham, May 1945. Left to right: Sgt Molly Lilley (Stores), Sgt Grace Bayley (Ops), Sgt Anne Walker (Admin), Sgt Peggy Haining (Ops). Taken Sunday after VE Day just before leaving Metheringham for Victory Parade to Lincoln Cathedral. Note the name of their Nissen hut: "The Sarjery"'.

Submitted with description 'Unidentified 1668 HCU Lancaster J9-L at RAF Metheringham May or June 1944. This aircraft may be either PB437 or PB487, both of which were known to have been operated by this Heavy Conversion Unit']]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Matt Lunn]]> Roger Brindley]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1945-05]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-06]]> ]]> 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. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> France]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Aube]]> France--Aubigny-sur-Nère]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Poitiers]]> France--Saint-Cyr-l'École]]> France--Saint-Dizier (Haute-Marne)]]> France--Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines]]> France--Thoiry (Yvelines)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Essex]]> England--Maldon]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Barnetby le Wold]]> England--Barton-upon-Humber]]> England--Brigg]]> England--Caistor (Rural District)]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Market Rasen]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Diepholz]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Geilenkirchen]]> Germany--Gerolstein]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Hennef-Sieg]]> Germany--Lehnin (Kloster Lehnin)]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Nordstemmen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Steinheim (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Treuenbrietzen]]> Germany--Welver]]> Germany--Westerburg]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Apeldoorn]]> Netherlands--Nijmegen]]> Netherlands--Oisterwijk]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-09]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-12]]> Harold Gorton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> Harold Gorton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1944-06]]> Harold Gorton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1944-06]]> Harold Gorton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> EGortonHGortonLCM440607-020002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1944-06]]> Harold Gorton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Newark (Nottinghamshire)]]> 1944-06]]> Harold Gorton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Newark (Nottinghamshire)]]> 1944-06]]> Harold Gorton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Birmingham]]> England--Warwickshire]]> 1944-06]]> Harold Gorton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1944-06]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1944-06]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> 1944-06]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1944-06]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1944-06]]> K Hobbs]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Essex]]> England--Burnham-on-Crouch]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> Bertie Gray]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Hamilton]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> France--Le Havre]]> France]]> 1944-06]]> Leslie Hay]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France--Amiens]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Wimereux]]> France--La Pernelle]]> France--Caen]]> France--Manche]]> France--Bayeux]]> Great Britain]]> England--Runnymede]]> Germany]]> France--Morigny-Champigny]]> France--Lyons-la-Forêt]]> France--Eure]]> France--Rouen]]> France--Etrépagny]]> France--Étampes (Essonne)]]> France--Beauvais]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry. Casualty Branch]]> C Evans]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> Germany]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-06]]>
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Australia]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> France--Argentan]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes)]]> Victoria--Ballarat]]> Victoria--Sale]]> Victoria]]> France--Saint-Martin-de-Varreville]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-01-25]]> 1944-01-26]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-29]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]>
The Canadian Prisoners of War Relatives Association]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Portugal--Lisbon]]> Japan]]> China--Hong Kong]]> Switzerland--Geneva]]> Sweden]]> United States]]> Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Manitoba]]> France--Belfort]]> France--Marseille]]> Poland]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Switzerland--Bern]]> France]]> Ontario]]> China]]> Switzerland]]> Portugal]]> 1944-06]]> Below is a cartoon of a Lancaster 'JO-Y' and annotated 'to treat everyone the same I shall now proceed to sketch out a Christmas card picture whether you like it or not.
So a Merry Christmas Sis and loads of best wishes and a very Happy New Year. Cheers for now See you soon Your loving Brother Ron']]>
Ron Mathers]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Somerset]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1944-06]]> Top left - newspaper cutting providing account of plan for attack on Merville battery including saturation bombing by Lancasters and ground attack. Goes on with account of actual event including fact that air attack was a complete failure.
Middle right - extract from Ned Sparkes's log book from 2 June 1944 to 28 Juune 1944 with operations to Calais, Meurville, Conde-sur-Moreau, Le Mans, Arras, Boulogne and Wizernes.
Below - seven short documents with accounts of seven operations including types of aircraft used, target, details, results, losses and civilian casualties.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Sparkes, Ned. Album]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> France]]> France--Calais]]> France--Merville-Franceville-Plage]]> France--Condé-sur-Noireau]]> France--Arras]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-28]]>