Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Sussex]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> 1942]]> 1944-06]]> On his return, Geoff was posted to RAF Stormy Down on Whitleys and RAF Brize Norton where he trained army pilots to fly Horsa gliders. He was also posted to fly Wellingtons at the RAF Sutton Bridge experimental unit.
Geoff was eventually posted to Bomber Command and trained on Wellingtons at RAF Finningley. They did dummy raids, and dropped leaflets and Window. Geoff went to 550 Squadron at RAF North Killingholme in May 1944. He completed seven operations within 11 days and was shot down on the seventh. The first four operations were over the Normandy coast, starting on 5 June 1944 around D-Day.
Geoff describes how his plane was shot on its way to Sterkrade in the Ruhr. They baled out just over the Dutch border. Geoff landed in a wheat field whilst the aircraft hit a farm, killing seven people. Geoff found the church and was given clothing and a false identity card. He went down the escape line with his mid-upper gunner to Antwerp. They were betrayed by the Flemish collaborator, René van Muylem, who had set up a false escape line.
Geoff was interrogated and taken to Frankfurt. He was then sent to Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp in Barth for nine months. There was little food but it was otherwise acceptable. His parents learnt he was a prisoner when his letter to them was read out by Lord Haw-Haw. The Germans left before the Russians arrived. Geoff was returned on a B-17.
Geoff was posted to Ely as Assistant Air Traffic Controller and stayed in the RAF volunteer reserve until his commercial pilot licence was granted.]]>
Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Alberta--Medicine Hat]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Alberta]]> Alberta]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1945]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1944-06]]> 1945]]>
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of Lincoln.]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Second generation]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1944-06]]>

J W Farrow, 622 squadron, is standing next to Princess Elizabeth. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by J W Farrow's son Peter Farrow.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1944-06]]>
G N Donaldson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Hamble-le-Rice]]> England--Eastleigh]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Scotland--Evanton]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Bristol]]> England--Essex]]> England--Clacton-on-Sea]]> Italy]]> Italy--Venice]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> England--Berkshire]]> France]]> France--Bordeaux Region (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1934]]> 1939]]> 1940-04]]> 1940-09-20]]> 1940-10]]> 1940-12]]> 1941-10-22]]> 1941]]> 1941-04]]> 1942]]> 1942-07]]> 1942-08]]> 1943]]> 1943-01]]> 1943-04]]> 1943-06]]> 1944]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945]]> 1945-07]]> Allied troops arrived and repatriation to the United Kingdom was carried out by C-47 aircraft. On arrival in England, he and other returning men were taken to RAF Cosford where they were given baths, clean beds and new uniforms. Rehabilitation courses were provided, and John served at RAF Cranwell until he was demobbed.]]> Gary Clarke]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Tilly Foster]]> Jean Massie]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Poland]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Diepholz]]> 1943-06]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-06]]> Rupert Harwood]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> EHarwoodRTW[Recipient]B-A-B440604-0002,
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Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-06]]>
Jim Allen]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--London]]> England--York]]> France--Paris]]> Scotland--Elgin]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> 1944]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-15]]>
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of Lincoln.


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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Caen]]> France--Étampes (Essonne)]]> France--La Pernelle]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Limoges]]> France--Paris]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes)]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Vitry-le-François]]> Germany--Wesseling]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-20]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]>

This item was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive.]]>
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]]>
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Sgt W D E West, 21 years, Mid Upper Gunner, from Barking, Essex
Sgt H Gordge, 21 years, Bomb Aimer, from Itchen, Southampton
Flt Lt R T Clarke, DFM, 21 years, Flight Engineer, from Teddington, Middlesex
Sgt E D Anderson, 19 years, Rear Gunner, from Kirkstall, Leeds
P/O N E Hughes-Games ('Hughie'), 21 years, Navigator, member of RCAF from Kelowna, British Columbia.
He gives descriptions of 'Tuesday' Spencer, and 'Hughie' Hughes-Games.
Peter carried out 25 operations since he had already completed a first tour of 30 operations. While he was on leave, his aircraft crashed and his crew died, including one who survived the crash but later died of meningitis in prison.
Peter then commenced a third tour but the war ended before it was completed.]]>
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Item 1 is a newspaper cutting about Germans giving an aircrew champagne, then surrendering.
Item 2 is a handwritten list of three operations and their dates.
Item 3 is a photograph of a number of Stirlings captioned 'Fairford "D"-day Line Up'.
Item 4 is a photograph of a building across a street with two cars, captioned 'The "Old Robin Hood".
Item 5 is a photograph of a man and women at a doorway captioned 'Mr and Mrs Fisher of the "Old Robin Hood", Leics.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Leicester]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-09]]> 1945-02]]>

Black and white landscape photograph of 620 squadron at Fairford taken in front of a Short Stirling Mk4, K Watson is in the front row 8th from the left.

Submitted with caption; “620 Sqdn Fairford June 1944. KW front, 8 from left”]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1944-06]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Paul Ross]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> France]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Vegesack]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France--Lorient]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Cologne]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Bochum]]> France--Montchanin]]> Germany--Kassel]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> France--Maubeuge Region]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> France--Bourg-en-Bresse]]> France--Saint-Médard-en-Jalles]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Sablé-sur-Sarthe]]> France--Lille]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> France--Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes)]]> France--Argentan]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Poitiers]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> France--Abbeville Region]]> France--Vitry-en-Artois]]> France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]> France--Creil]]> France--Caen]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--IJmuiden]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Pilsen Basin]]> Czech Republic--Chomutov]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1942-07]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-09]]> 1942-10]]> 1942-11]]> 1942-12]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-02]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-07-18]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Lanarkshire]]> 1944-06]]>