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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-12"
Christmas Card 1944
Tags: 220 Squadron
Christmas Card
Artwork inside card depicting Allied advance in western europe from D Day.
The prisoner of war, Vol 3, No. 32, December 1944
Marion Clarke Interview
Frank Dennis' memoir
Tags: 1659 HCU; 419 Squadron; 427 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; C-47; crash; crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; evading; firefighting; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Me 163; military discipline; military living conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Leeming; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Manston; RAF Middleton St George; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; recruitment; Stirling; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window; wireless operator
Interview with John Eric Hatherly Dean
Interview with Ray Parke. Two
Interview with Betty Repton
Biography of Kenneth Gill by son Derek
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Grand Slam; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 262; memorial; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Stalag Luft 7 Bankau Poland
Includes measurements, direction indicator,…
Tags: aircrew; prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 7
Letter from Donald Baker to his mother
Tags: prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3
AVM Ekanayake Edward (Rohan) Amerasekera DFC & Bar, R.Cy.A.F.
Tags: 158 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; navigator; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Graveley; RAF Lissett; training; Whitley; wireless operator
A dedication to AVM Ekanayake Edward (Rohan) Amerasekera DFC & Bar, R.Cy.A.F
Tags: 158 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; navigator; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Graveley; RAF Lissett; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Letter from C L Fackrell to his daughter Margaret
Tags: childhood in wartime
Flight Engineer, 420 Squadron RCF, Bomber Command, RAF WWII
Alfonso ‘Liviano’ Zamparo being tortured
Tags: arts and crafts; Resistance
Sparks in the air - Jack Smith's wartime story
Tags: 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 189 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; military living conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bramcote; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Milltown; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Sparks in the air - Jack Smith's wartime story
Tags: 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 189 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military living conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bramcote; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Milltown; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Scarecrow; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
2nd Tactical Air Force Christmas card
Inside is a colour drawing showing the…