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Roll of honour for Path Finder Force RAF Little Staughton
Lists casualties for 109 Squadron and 582 Squadron in 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946. Has squadron badges for both squadrons an 8 Group and two Victoria Crosses (Squadron Leader Robert A.M.Palmer V.C, D.F.C & Bar 109 Sqn and Captain Edwin E Swales V.C.,…
Interview with Frank Mouritz
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He discusses his training and life on operations with 61 Squadron.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.
Wesel Cooks tour
Oblique aerial photograph of a city with much bomb damage. Submitted with caption 'Wesel Cooks tour'. Willibrordi Cathedral is to far left centre.
Operation Exodus
A group of men mostly wearing Mae Wests standing by the rear fuselage of a Lancaster. Submitted with caption 'pow 2'.
Operation Exodus
Prisoners of war lined up to rear fuselage of a Lancaster. Submitted with caption 'pow 1'.
Two airmen in front of a RAF Mitchell
Two airmen standing side by side in front of a Mitchell. Submitted with caption 'Melsbroek 2a Exodus'.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Essen (Krupps Works) Cooks tour
Oblique aerial photograph of an industrial area with much bomb damage. Submitted with caption 'Essen (Krupps Works) Cooks tour'.
Cook's tour Cologne
Oblique aerial photograph of a city with river running left to right with destroyed bridge. Cathedral and railway station on near bank. Submitted with caption 'Cologne Cooks tour'. River is river Rhine, destroyed and collapsed railway bridge is the…
Therese Del Sole
A young girl standing in front of an aircraft engine. On the reverse 'Therese Del Sole devant le moteur d'avion env? 1945 a Notre Dame de Bliquetuit'.
Bielefeld Viaduct
Oblique aerial photograph of a railway with damaged viaduct and many bomb craters. Caption submitted by donor 'Bielefeld Viaduct Cooks tour'.
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Memoir
Chapter 8 - Overture and Beginners. Gives account of time on OTU at RAF Lossiemouth. Includes ground instruction, crewing up and description of station and training on Wellington. Writes about a fatal crash he sees and about some of his sorties.…
No 2 Squadron mobile servicing squadron
Two photographs,first one, formal pose in four rows in front of an aircraft, captioned Odiham 1944. Second again formal pose in five rows, many more tradesmen, posed in front of a Spitfire captioned 'Holland 1945'. A handwritten note indicates that…
Locations and dates of the bases occupied by No 2 Squadron, 35 Wing - 84 Group - 2nd TAF
A table showing the unit that Arthur Standivan served with, one of the Mobile Servicing teams, from when they landed in Normandy, until the end of the war in Europe.
The approach to Belsen camp
Three photographs, one showing sign attached to a tree pointing the way to Belsen. The other two show the sign erected at the entrance, one at distance the other a close up. This sign gives a short description of the purpose of the camp.
Belsen
Three photographs and a newspaper cutting. The first two show the graves at Belsen, one of them still open. The third shows a group of German servicemen. The newspaper cutting reports that allied servicemen have contributed some of their rations to…
Belsen and Celle
Four photographs, two of Belsen, one shows two allied servicemen with rifles standing in front of a gravesite, captioned 'Belsen'.
The second shows a large amount of discarded shoes.
The other two show a large two storey building. There are…
The second shows a large amount of discarded shoes.
The other two show a large two storey building. There are…
Belsen camp
Four photographs, one shows what could be the remains of one of the ovens that they used to cremate some of the dead internees. One shows the interior of one of the accommodation huts and has the caption 'Intended to house 60 people, 600 were crammed…
German female guards from Belsen
A group of guards are sitting on the ground, another group are walking round a space, watched by a crowd of allied servicemen, one of them in the foreground is taking a photograph. Accommodation block in the background. Caption is 'Celle'.
Belsen survivors
Three photographs, two showing three females sitting on window sills looking out, the second two on the grass, all dressed in striped uniforms. The third photograph is of a wide street, lined with three storey buildings and trees. A wire fence runs…
Belsen Beast trials
Three photographs, the first page has two photographs of a line of male guards, walking on a path around a space watched by a crowd of British servicemen, building in the background. Captioned 'Kramer The Beast of Belsen' added later…
Five female individuals from Belsen
Three women are sitting on window sills looking out, two outside, behind the wire. On the reverse handwritten 'Belsen'.
Two individuals from Belsen
To male individuals one wearing a beret, standing behind the barbed wire, a rough sign Typhus attached to fence post, buildings in the background. On the reverse, handwritten 'Belsen'.
18 children from Belsen
15 young chidren, three older boys, some of the young ones have bunches of flowers. Two adults one RAF the other a female in uniform. They are standing in a playground buildings in the background.
On the reverse, handwritten 'Belsen'.
On the reverse, handwritten 'Belsen'.
Two women at Belsen
Two individuals dressed in Belsen prisoners uniform of stripes behind wire, buildings in background. On reverse handwritten 'Belson'.
Irma Grese and other female Belsen guards
Two pages, the first has two photographs, one with three individuals, one with four show some of the female Belsen guards and supervisors. One is marked with a cross, captioned 'Irma Grese, (hanged)'.
The second page has three other female guards…
The second page has three other female guards…