Label reads “158”; signed by the author; caption reads “CARNIA OTTOBRE 1944. Cessata l’azione bellica tutti i paesi furono invasi, assistemmo per 3 settimane ad un vero insediamento migratorio, via via che l’enorme marea umana si rovesciava sulla regione. L’occupazione russa fu terribilmente dura, massiccia pesante prepotente. Dopo gli attacchi aerei su Tolmezzo, i cosacchi occuparono il sud della Carnia, i caucasici il nord vi facevano parte cosacchi del Don, del Kuban, circassi e grusini georgiani con al seguito le famiglie, a Verzegnis pur una ventina di cammelli.”

Caption translates as: “Carnia, October 1944. As the military operation ceased, all countries were invaded. For three weeks, we witnessed a real migratory settlement, as the human mass flowed into the region. The Russian occupation was terribly harsh, brutal, and aggressive. After the air raids to Tolmezzo, the Cossacks occupied the south of the Carnia region. The Caucasians from the north formed part of the Don River Cossacks, from the Kuban region; they were Circassians, North Macedonian, and Georgians, together with their families. In Verzegnis, even twenty camels were present.”]]>
Angiolino Filiputti]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Francesca Campani]]> Alessandro Pesaro]]> Helen Durham]]> Giulia Banti]]> Maureen Clarke]]> ita]]> Artwork]]> Alps]]> Italy--Friuli]]> Italy]]> 1944-10]]>

Label reads “161”; signed by the author; caption reads “CARNIA. Ottobre 1944. L’arresto della spedizione punitive avvenne per lo sganciamento dei patrioti, cosi la macchina da Guerra tesa per un’azione a fondo si scaricò in pieno contro i primi paesi oltre Tolmezzo. L’operazione di rastrellamento inesorabile cruda e pronta fu ingente nella somma delle devastazioni 14 uccisi, fra essi Don Giuseppe Treppo parroco di Imponza, assasinato mentre tentava di difendere le donne dagli attentati della soldataglia russa. Tutta la popolazione era stata presente al calvario dell’eroico sacerdote, costretto dalla soldataglia a procedere a braccia alzate, sotto feroci bastonature, fino all‘orto dove una fucilata pose fine al tormento.”

Caption translates as: “Carnia, October 1944. The withdrawal of the patriots stopped the reprisal. The war machine - set up for a devastating blow - unleash its fury on the first villages beyond Tolmezzo. The sweeping operation was so relentless, swift, and brutal that the death toll of the devastation was enormous: 14 people were killed. Amongst them, was Father Giuseppe Treppo, vicar of Imponzo. He was assassinated while defending some women from the aggressions of the Russian troops. The whole population of the village witnessed the suffering of the heroic priest. He was forced by the troops to walk holding his hands up – while they were beating him with a baton – up to the vegetable garden where a shot put an end to his sufferings.”]]>
Angiolino Filiputti]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Francesca Campani]]> Alessandro Pesaro]]> Helen Durham]]> Giulia Banti]]> Maureen Clarke]]> ita]]> Artwork]]> Alps]]> Italy--Friuli]]> Italy]]> 1944-10]]>

Label reads “177”, signed by the author, caption reads “[illegible] OTTOBRE 1944. SILVIO MARCUZZI “MONTES” veniva catturato assieme ad altri al mulino di Muzzana del Turgnana UD. Dal 1943 all’agosto 1944 opera del Marcuzzi, fu’ creata l‘intendenza “Montes” dalle Prealpi Giulie ai territori della Venezia Giulia, all’Emilia, ai reparti in Carnia e al IX Corpus Sloveno. Portato a Palmanoa UD nelle mani del tenente Borsatti, e torturato a sangue nella cella No 1. Il pavimento era lordo fi sangue, e un pezzo del suo cervello era attaccato al muro, mori’ il 2 novembre 1944, 4 ore prima della decretata impiccagione, urlava come i cani, chiamava nomi strani, e cantava, chi lo vide disse: era una larva di uomo sanguinante da ogni parte, specie dalla testa, lacero scalzo completamente assente, ira impazzito, poi la fine."

Caption translates as: “[illegible] October 1944. Silvio Marcuzzi (also known as “Montes”) and others were arrested at the watermill of Muzzana del Turgnano (Udine province). Between 1943 and August 1944, the “Montes” bureau was created at the behest of Marcuzzi. It operated from the Julian Pre-Alps to the Venezia Giulia region, the Emilia, the Carnia units, and the 9th Slovenian Corps. Silvio Marcuzzi was carried to Palmanova (Udine province) by lieutenant Borsatti. He was then brutally tortured in cell number 1. The floor was filthy and covered by blood. A piece of his brain was on the wall. He died on 2 November 1944. Four hours before the hanging sentence was carried out, he was screaming like a dog, calling strange names, singing. Those who saw him stated that, by that time, he was a wreck, bleeding everywhere, especially in the head. He was lacerated, barefoot, completely distant. He went insane, then died.”]]>
Angiolino Filiputti]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Francesca Campani]]> Alessandro Pesaro]]> Helen Durham]]> Giulia Banti]]> Maureen Clarke]]> ita]]> Artwork]]> Italy--Palmanova]]> Italy]]> 1944-10]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1944-09]]> 1944-10]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> deu]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Rastatt]]> 1944-09]]> 1944-10]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> deu]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Rastatt]]> 1944-10]]> Photograph 2 is of four airmen including Reginald George Cavalier at work outside their trailer. Captioned 'Sid Burton, Les Seymour, John Vassell.'
Photographs 3, 4, 5 and 6 are of groups of airmen working on the foundations, captioned 'Laying the foundations.'
They are captioned 'R.A.F. Vitroy [sic] en Artois, France. Construction of Photographic Section Hut by 137 Wing S.H.Q. Oct 1944.'
Photographs 7 to 24 are of groups of airmen working on the assembly of the wooden hut.
Photograph 16 is captioned 'Jock Sadler, John Vassell, Les Seymour, Hal Ashley, Chalky White, Sid Burton'. John Vassell is marked with a cross and is further captioned 'John Vassell working at the Foreign office as a junior clerk in Moscow Russia after the war, was convicted of spying for the Russians, sentenced to six years.'
Photograph 24 is captioned 'The final piece'.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> France--Vitry-en-Artois]]> 1944-10]]>

Bob Knights and seven crew wearing flying gear standing in front of Lancaster PB415. Captioned 'Ernie Twells 4th from right on return from Tripitz Op.'
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]>
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Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1944-10]]>
Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Gemma Clapton]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Greece]]> Italy]]> Italy]]> Danube River]]> South Africa]]> Greece--Zakynthos]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Greece--Corinth Canal]]> Danube River]]> 1944-10]]> Philip Hopgood lived in Liverpool and after matriculation he registered for the Royal Air force as he was a member of the Air Training Corps. Too young to be enlisted, he worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Supply.
Called up at the age of 18 in March 1943, he was given pilot aptitude testing and basic training in England before travelling to Canada as part of the Empire Training Scheme. There he completed his pilot training at 6 Elementary Flying School at Prince Albert and 4 Secondary Flying Training School in Saskatoon, flying Ansons. Leave was spent being entertained in the homes of local Canadians.
He became a pilot in October 1944 and returned to England. Phillip spent time in hospital and on discharge was sent to 4 School of Technical Training at RAF St Athans where he was trained on Lancaster aircraft as a flight engineer. Phillip was posted to various stations before being sent to 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Woolfox Lodge flying as a flight engineer on Lancasters.
The war ended and he spent time at various stations, then 29 Elementary Flying Training school at Cliff Pypard flying Tiger Moths. Here he made a forced landing after running out of fuel.
After various aircrew allocation centres, he spent time at 1 Gliding Training School at RAF Croughton before being sent to a number of maintenance units.
Finally in February 1947, he was discharged and worked for Dunlop at Speak Airport in the laboratories, and then as a salesman for Avery Scales.
Phillip Hopgood died in 1999.
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Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> T Holmes]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Second generation]]> Canada]]> Saskatchewan]]> Saskatchewan--Saskatoon]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1943-03-18]]> 1944-10]]> 1947-02]]>
In October 1944 Jack was posted to 189 Squadron at RAF Fulbeck. His first three trips were aborted. He carried out 24 operations and two semi-operational trips (leaflets dropping and a diversion to confuse German radar). Several operations were to railway marshalling yards in Germany. He also describes an operation to Gdynia in Poland and the Dresden operation and its rationale.
Jack discusses the main duties of the wireless operator, his experience of ‘scarecrows’ and the difficulty of flying at night in close proximity to other aircraft.
When the war ended, Jack became warrant officer and was stationed at RAF Woodbridge, working on flying control tower signals. He left the RAF in April 1946 and returned to his job as trainee chartered accountant.]]>
David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Iraq]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> 1944-10]]> 1945-02]]> 1940-09]]> 1943-12]]> 1946-03]]>
Harold Gorton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-10]]> Denise Boneham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--London]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-10]]> 1945]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> France--La Rochelle]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Altenburg (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Bremerhaven]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Norway--Horten]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-09]]> 1944-10]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-02]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04]]> ]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sam Harper-Coulson]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--London]]> 1941-08]]> 1943-04-28]]> 1944-02-05]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-10]]> 1945-01-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> 1944-10]]> United States. United States Army Air Force]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> deu]]> Text]]> MNealeETH1395951-150731-0380002]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Germany]]> 1944-10]]> C Mc C Vincent]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Bradley Froggatt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> 1944-10]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Staffordshire]]> 1944-10]]> ]]>
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of Lincoln.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Bremerhaven]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Königsberg in Bayern]]> Germany--Konstanz]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Sorpe Dam]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Norway--Bergen]]> 1944-10]]>

In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of Lincoln.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Creil]]> France--Juvisy-sur-Orge]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> France--Mimoyecques]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Soligny-la-Trappe]]> France--Watten]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Hörstel]]> Germany--Ladbergen]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Munich]]> Norway--Tromsø]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]>
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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 town, captioned 'The "Typhoon Town" Kamsack'.
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Photo 5 is fields from the air, captioned 'Fields and things'.
Photo 6 is a town from the air, captioned 'Dauphin and one of the Winnipeg Lakes'.
Photo 7 is a town from the air, captioned 'Yorkton'.
Photo 8 is a view of a lake from the air, captioned 'Quill Lakes'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PHopgoodPD16010035]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> Saskatchewan--Saskatoon]]> Manitoba--Dauphin]]> Saskatchewan--Yorkton]]> Saskatchewan--Big Quill Lake]]> Saskatchewan]]> Manitoba]]> 1944-10]]>
Photo 1 is a grain elevator, captioned 'Government Grain Elevator'.
Photo 2 is a bridge crossing a river, captioned 'Main rail bridge over S Sask R'.
Photo 3 is a railway and town, captioned 'Sutherland CPR Roundhouse and marshalling yards September 1944'.
Photo 4 is of two men standing outside a wooden building, captioned 'Senlac October 1944 Dave and self'.

Additional information kindly provided by Donald Klippert.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PHopgoodPD16010037]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Saskatchewan--Saskatoon]]> Canada--South Saskatchewan River]]> Saskatchewan]]> Canada]]> 1944-09]]> 1944-10]]>
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Photo 1 is a street scene, captioned 'Main Street'.
Photo 2 is of several grain elevators, captioned 'Grain Elevators'. Nearest one has 'Searle' on outside.
Photo 3 and 5 are of a woman and two different men captioned 'Mrs Trodd, Dave and I'.
Photo 4 is a hut two people and a car, captioned 'Evelyn, Dave and jalopy outside Bill Anderson's shack'.
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Photo 6 is a man and an old car captioned 'Lizzie and Me'.
Photo 7 is a woman sitting on a wooden walkway, captioned 'Shiela [sic] - the town's telephone operator'.
Photo 8 is a man sitting in an old car (reg: 90413), captioned 'Liz and Dave'.
Photo 9 is a man using a starting handle on the same car, captioned 'Winding'.
Photo 10 is a view of an empty gravel road taken out of a window, captioned 'Main Road'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PHopgoodPD16010039]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Saskatchewan]]> 1944-10]]>
Photos 1 and 2 are a sunset, captioned 'St Lawrence River at Levis November 1944' and 'Quebec Sunset'.
Photo 3 is a pilot in the cockpit of an aircraft, captioned 'Saskatoon to Dauphin October 1944, Charlie Warner driving'.
Photo 4 is a house with two people standing outside, captioned 'Brooklyn, NY November 1944. A few late arrivals. Mrs and Ritchie Boatke'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Québec--Lévis]]> Saskatchewan--Saskatoon]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> New York (State)]]> Québec]]> Saskatchewan]]> North America--Saint Lawrence River]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]>