Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> Pending review]]> Pending temporal coverage. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1944]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-06]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-09-09]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-03]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-05]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-23]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-19]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 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]]> Flt Lt J B P 'Tuesday' Spencer, 20 years, Pilot from Greenside, Co Durham
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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Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Spalding]]> France]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Caen]]> France--Joigny]]> Poland]]> Poland--Poznań]]> 1943-10]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]>
Henry Wagner]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> France]]> France--Bas-Rhin]]> 1944-07]]> Italia. Regia Prefettura di Pistoia]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> ita]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Italy]]> Italy--Pistoia]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--London]]> 1944-07]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1944-07]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1944-07]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Denmark]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> 1944-07]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1944-07]]> 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]]>
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John Allnutt]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-07]]>
John Heaton-Armstrong]]> Great Britain. College of Arms]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1944-07]]> John Horsburgh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Australia]]> Denmark]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> Germany--Kiel]]> New South Wales]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-07]]> 1945]]> 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]]> P J Hogan]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Lichfield]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> England--Selby]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-11]]> 1980-10-12]]> 1980-11-02]]> 1944-07]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-04]]> Bill joined 138 Squadron at RAF Tempsford. He carried out 32 operations in Belgium, France, Germany, Holland and Norway. Flying low, they dropped agents and supplies. He describes the clandestine liaison with resistance groups. On long flights to southern France, they would refuel at RAF Blida in North Africa. He also discusses carrying pigeons for intelligence gathering. Bill recounts how their aircraft was shot down on one occasion, returning from RAF Blida. On his return, Bill changed to Stirling aircraft which he very much liked. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal in July 1944.
Finishing the Second World War as a flight lieutenant, he was sent to RAF Yatesbury working on codes and ciphers. He went to Belgium, Cyprus, Germany and Singapore. He worked at the Missing Research and Enquiry Unit in Belgium and finished at RAF St Mawgan having been served for 37 years.]]>
Rod Pickles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> Belgium]]> Cyprus]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> North Africa]]> Norway]]> Singapore]]> 1944-07]]>
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]]>
]]> Ron Merrideth]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hugh Donnelly]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Revigny-sur-Ornain]]> Germany--Luckenwalde]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> 1944-07]]> 1945-02]]> Rupert Harwood]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> EHarwoodRTWHarwoodJ440702-0002]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-07]]> Rupert Harwood]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> EHarwoodRTWHarwoodJ440709-0002]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-07]]> Susan Carter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> France]]> France--Caen]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> 1944-07]]> T Wier]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Poland]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottingham]]> Scotland--Angus]]> Scotland--Montrose]]> England--Hucknall]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Bridgwater]]> Poland--Dęblin (Warsaw)]]> Wales--Flintshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Northern Ireland--Antrim (County)]]> 1940-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1946-06-07]]> 1948-10]]> 1951-03-27]]> 1953-09]]> 1956-07]]> The Daily Star]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Caen]]> France]]> 1944-07]]> The prisoners of Stalag Luft 6]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Alan Pinchbeck]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Training material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Lithuania]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> 1944-07]]>