IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Lanarkshire]]> 1944-06]]> The nose art is a cartoon of a man with a hammer, named 'X Terminator' and crossed bones indicating operations.
On the reverse 'E.G. "Ted" Lewis and ground crew member, painting on another op 1 op 2 ops June 1944'.
1 op is a single bone, 2 ops a crossed pair of bones.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB17030032]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-06]]>
On the reverse -
'This is the only photo of our crew with Ground Crew standing, 2nd from left
Doug Moe Mid-upper
Barry Ashbee F/E
Ray Irwin B.A.
Bill Lynn W.A.G.
Russ McKay Pilot
Gerry Pelletier R.G.
Harry "Andy" Anderson Nav
E. G. "Ted" Lewis Mid under
PT-X MZ505
June 1944
Tholthorpe'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB17030034]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-06]]>
On the reverse 'E.G. "Ted" Lewis Spare Gunner June 1944'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB17030036]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> 1944-06]]> On the reverse 'E.G. "Ted" Lewis with .5 showing free standing mount on bottom of gun. To escape the .5 must be thrown out. June 1944'.
A second image shows the gun in position. On the reverse 'E.G. "Ted" Lewis mid under with .5 in position June 1944'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB17030038,
PCothliffKB17030039,
PCothliffKB17030040]]>
Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> 1944-06]]>
Great Britain. College of Arms]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> lat]]> Artwork]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> 1944-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1944-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Rendsburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> France--Laon]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Norway--Kjeller]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Argentan]]> France--Poitiers]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Oise]]> France--Donges]]> France--Joigny]]> France--Paris]]> France--Givors]]> France--Brest]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> France--Étampes (Essonne)]]> France--Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes)]]> France]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> Norway]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> Within a compass rose is a key to the symbols used on the map.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Cara Walmsley]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> France--Abbeville Region]]> France--Bayeux Region]]> France--Caen Region]]> France--Calais (Arrondissement)]]> France--Dieppe (Arrondissement)]]> France--Dreux]]> France--Fougères (Ille-et-Vilaine)]]> France--Laval (Mayenne)]]> France--Lens]]> France--Lille Region]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> France--Longues-sur-Mer]]> France--Montdidier (Hauts-de-France)]]> France--Nancy Region]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Oisemont (Canton)]]> France--Somain]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Saint-Philibert (Morbihan)]]> France--Forêt du Croc]]> France--Coquereaux]]> 1944]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-09-14]]> 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]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1944-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-06-13]]> 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]]> Flashback 1. Mentions first operation on 300 Squadron at RAF Faldingworth. Continues with account of training in England at Hucknall, Montrose and Western Zoyland. He then trained as an instructor and was posted as a flying instructor. He volunteered for operational duties and eventually was allocated to a bomber squadron at RAF Finningley training on Wellington where he crewed up before posting to RAF Faldingworth, Continues with description of first operation to Wiesbaden and mistakenly landing at RAF Fiskerton on return. Concludes with a 10 year old schoolboy's wish to be a pilot.
Flashback 2. Account of Tadeusz joining the Polish Air Force including the reasons for his ambition, early experience of gliding, labour camp and military training. Continues with account of flying training with various incidents. Describes events during German invasion and escape to Romania.
Flashback 3. Continues with events after arriving in Romania and then travelling onwards by boat to Beirut then onwards to Marseille, Lyon. Gives account of German invasion of France in May 1940 and his escape via Toulouse, Bayonne and St Jean de Luz and then by British ship to Liverpool.
Flashback 4. Writes of changing his name and of his career in the RAF after the war including continuing flying with 300 Squadron and his final operation to Berchtesgaden as well as prisoner of war repatriation flights and food drops in Holland. Continues with account of flying troops back from Italy and a visit to Berlin. He was posted to ferry aircraft of many different types.]]>
T Wier]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Poland]]> Poland--Zgierz]]> Poland--Dęblin (Warsaw)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Hucknall]]> Scotland--Angus]]> Scotland--Montrose]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Rugby]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wiesbaden]]> Romania]]> Lebanon]]> Lebanon--Beirut]]> France]]> France--Marseille]]> France--Lyon]]> France--Toulouse]]> France--Bayonne]]> France--Saint-Jean-de-Luz]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Liverpool]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> Belgium]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Germany--Berlin]]> England--Bridgwater]]> Romania]]> Romania--Tulcea]]> 1941]]> 1944-12]]> 1941-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-10]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1939]]> 1939-09-17]]> 1940-05-10]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> Alabama--Montgomery]]> Alabama--Selma]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Ottignies]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> Belgium--Mechelen]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Florida--Lakeland]]> France--Amiens Region]]> France--Arras]]> France--Avesnes (Nord)]]> France--Caen Region]]> France--Cherbourg Region]]> France--Dieppe (Arrondissement)]]> France--Laval (Mayenne)]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Oisemont (Canton)]]> France--Paris Region]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Saint-Germain-en-Laye]]> France--Saint-Omer Region (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines]]> France--Tergnier (Canton)]]> France--Versailles]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Scotland--Moray Firth]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Florida]]> Alabama]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Châteaudun]]> France--Domléger-Longvillers]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-30]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Merville (Nord)]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Wesseling]]> France--Limoges]]> France]]> Germany]]> 1944-06]]> E W Scott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--London]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Stratford-upon-Avon]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Manchester]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> United States]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Florida--Arcadia]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> North Africa]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Blida]]> Tunisia]]> Tunisia--Qayrawān]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> West Bank--Bethlehem]]> Israel--Tel Aviv]]> Israel--Haifa]]> Italy]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Romania]]> Romania--Ploiești]]> Slovenia]]> Slovenia--Maribor]]> Poland]]> Poland--Opole (Voivodeship)]]> Germany]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> England--Shropshire]]> Florida]]> Georgia]]> New Brunswick]]> Israel]]> West Bank]]> England--Lancashire]]> Danube River]]> 1941-02]]> 1941-10]]> 1941-11-03]]> 1941-12]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-01]]> 1942-02-09]]> 1942-03-24]]> 1942-05]]> 1942-06]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-11]]> 1943-04-19]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-06-09]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-10-21]]> 1945-03]]> 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]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> Belgium--Louvain]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Florida--Miami]]> France--Audinghen]]> France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]> France--Caen]]> France--Châlons-en-Champagne]]> France--Cherbourg Region]]> France--Dieppe (Arrondissement)]]> France--Hesdin]]> France--Laon]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--L'Haÿ-les-Roses]]> France--Merville-Franceville-Plage]]> France--Montdidier (Hauts-de-France)]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Plaisir]]> France--Pontoise]]> France--Saint-Omer Region (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Saint-Riquier]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> France--Valenciennes]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Florida]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Ouistreham]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1943-12-22]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-18]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-09]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-17]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-21]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-08-01]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Pending temporal coverage. Allocated]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Denmark]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Denmark--Copenhagen]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Aulnoye-Aymeries]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--Creil]]> France--Falaise]]> France--La Rochelle]]> France--Lille]]> France--Nieppe]]> France--Paris]]> France--Soligny-la-Trappe]]> France--Villeneuve-lès-Avignon]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-11-27]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-02-03]]> 1944-02-04]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-22]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-03]]> 1944-03-04]]> 1944-03-06]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-07-01]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1945-06-05]]> 1945-06-08]]> 1945-06-23]]> 1945-06-29]]> 1945-08-17]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Poland]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Tyne and Wear]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dijon]]> France--Evreux]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Paris]]> France--Siracourt]]> France--Tours]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Netherlands--Uden]]> Netherlands--Westkapelle]]> Poland--Szczecin (Voivodeship)]]> France--Pauillac (Gironde)]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-15]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jayne L Bailey]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> France]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Sainte-Mère-Eglise]]> 1943-11]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1945-06-24]]> 1945-06-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 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]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Staffordshire]]> France--Flers-de-l'Orne]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Maintenon]]> France--Manche]]> France--Nord (Department)]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Oise]]> France--Oisemont (Canton)]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Saintes]]> France--Versailles]]> France--Wimereux]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Bermesnil]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-07-30]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> 1944-06]]>