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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-09-12"
Account of being shot down and prisoner of war
Tags: Dulag Luft; evading; prisoner of war; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7
Brief history of George Thomson's RAF career
Tags: 11 OTU; 15 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; Dulag Luft; evading; flight engineer; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Westcott; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
Incident over Mannheim
Three aircrew and George Thomson's crew
Bottom photograph show seven airmen…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; crash; killed in action; Lancaster; navigator; observer; pilot; Stirling; wireless operator
Letter from the air historical branch (RAF) to Mr R E Kendall
Route from where shot down to prisoner of war camp and evacuation on long march
Sergeant Norman Overend and his crew
Record for Lancaster 'LS-M' NF958
Tags: 115 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; pilot
Record of Flight Sergeant Robert Kendal and Pilot Officer William Kendall
My Bomber Command experience - George Thomson
Tags: 15 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; crewing up; evading; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; Red Cross; shot down; Stirling; the long march; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Shot down and escape - George Thomson
Tags: bale out; evading; searchlight; shot down
Facts are chiels ye canna ding
Letter from Wing Commander Watkins to George Thomson's father
George Thomson prisoner of war document
Tags: Dulag Luft; prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 7
Caught napping
Telegram to George Thomson's father
Tags: 15 Squadron; missing in action
Bomber Command loss
Operation details - loss of aircraft
Brief account of being shot down and as prisoner of war
Tags: Dulag Luft; evading; prisoner of war; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7
George Thomson's Royal Air Force service and release book
Tags: prisoner of war; RAF Hednesford
Account of events during final operation and capture
Tags: aircrew; bale out; evading; navigator; prisoner of war; shot down; Stalag Luft 7
George Thomson's prisoner of war diary
Describes being shot down and includes a day-by-day account of his life as a prisoner of war from 11 November 1944 to 25 May 1945. Includes descriptions of sports and…
Leslie Turner's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 19 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Forres; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
K B Wears’ RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 17 OTU; 205 Group; 38 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 8 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Dishforth; RAF Jurby; RAF Khormaksar; RAF Upwood; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner