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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-10"
Saskatoon to Dauphin October 1944
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Photo 1 is an airman in the cockpit of an aircraft, captioned 'Self "driving" '.
Photo 2 is an air to air shot of a Cessna Crane, captioned 'Cessna Crane'.
Photo 3 and 4 are aerial views of a…
Tags: aerial photograph; aircrew; pilot; training
V Group News, November 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; H2S; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); pilot; radar; rivalry; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
V Group News, October 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; H2S; Master Bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; pilot; radar; rivalry; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
Staff Officers Royal Air Force Lichfield October 1944
Tags: aircrew; RAF Lichfield; training; Wellington
Bombs on Walcheren
George Holmes sortie record sheet 83 Squadron
Ernie Twells and airmen
Bob Knights and seven crew wearing flying gear standing in front of…
Construction of Photographic Section Hut, Vitry en Artois
Photograph 2 is of four airmen including Reginald George Cavalier at work outside their trailer. Captioned 'Sid Burton, Les Seymour, John…
Angas Hughes Dulag Luft personnel record
Tags: Dulag Luft; prisoner of war
Angas Hughes prisoner of war personnel card
Tags: Dulag Luft; prisoner of war
John Young and aircrew
Tags: aircrew
William Cross' Flights to and from Warsaw
Interview with Harry Irons. Two
Tags: 158 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); briefing; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); coping mechanism; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; final resting place; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Martinet; memorial; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Driffield; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lissett; RAF Waddington; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Stirling; strafing; superstition; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Flashbacks 0 to 4
Flashback 1. Mentions first operation on 300 Squadron at RAF Faldingworth. Continues…
Red Cross letter to William's sister
Tags: missing in action; Red Cross
Sam Saunders 128 Squadron
There is a photo of Arthur Harris giving the salute.
Letter to Mrs Brennan from Wing Commander commanding 626 Squadron
Interview with William George Briley
Tags: 40 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; mine laying; navigator; training; Wellington
Letter to Allan Smith from the Caterpillar Club
Newspaper cutting - Leicester and Loughborough officers awarded DFC
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Winthorpe; training
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Winthorpe; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Winthorpe; training; V-1; V-weapon
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; entertainment; RAF Winthorpe; training