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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1945-04"
Bomber Command No 223 Squadron, RAF Oulton, No 199 Squadron, RAF North Creake
Second is of ten individuals standing and kneeling in front of a…
Flying Officer Wannop DFC
Tags: aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; pilot
Operational history of Lancaster 1B R5868
Tags: 467 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Bottesford; RAF Scampton; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon
Sam Saunders Final Flights
There are three photographs of his wife.
Wartime log
463 & 467 Squadron Notes on Ops
Tags: 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 5 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Cook’s tour; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Grand Slam; H2S; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; RAF Waddington; searchlight; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy
NG358, H-Howe, XV Squadron 1945
A second copy is also included with a slightly different text format.
Operation Kassel
Wally Layne's YMCA prisoner of war log book
Joan Layne's diary covering the period her husband Wally was a prisoner of war
Clearing snow and Joigny-la-Roche
Card with Lancaster dropping food parcels
Barney Thompson's wartime log
Rotterdam Drop zone marker
Ron Rogers photographs
1 - Six aircrew wearing battledress with brevet and peaked or side caps standing and squatting in two rows in front of a Lancaster bomber. Captioned 'Lancaster at Skellingthorpe July 1945. Back row (L-R) Bruce…
Halifax parked
Tags: Halifax; Halifax Mk 2
Log book extract
The Last Days in Stalagluft 1 30 April - 13 May 1945
Registered numbers and squadron letters (& fate) of Manchester & Lancasters flown
Enschede 1945
The second showing an industrial steam engine, captioned '?'. 'Berlin, Burma, Blighty' and 'V4' are painted on the side.
The third has an Air Force lorry…
Seven aircrew
Tags: aircrew; pilot; RAF Balderton
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Stradishall
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Stradishall
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Stradishall