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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/1027/26179/LMcVickersCG1042135v1.1.pdf
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McVickers, Christopher George
C G McVickers
Description
An account of the resource
Five items. An oral history interview with Flight Sergeant Christopher George McVickers (1922 - 2018, 1042135 Royal Air Force), his log book identity card and disks and his decorations. He completed a tour of operations as a wireless operator with 218 Squadron.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christopher McVickers and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-10-06
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McVickers, CG
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Title
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Christopher George McVickers' flying log book
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Mike Connock
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Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LMcVickersCG1042135v1
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Egypt
France
Germany
Great Britain
Oman
Singapore
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--English Channel
North Africa
England--Cornwall (County)
England--Cumbria
England--Lincolnshire
England--Norfolk
England--Nottinghamshire
England--Rutland
England--Suffolk
England--Yorkshire
England--Wiltshire
France--Calais
France--Le Havre
France--Saint-Omer Region (Pas-de-Calais)
Germany--Borken (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Braunschweig Region
Germany--Castrop-Rauxel
Germany--Chemnitz
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Dresden
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Hattingen
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Krefeld
Germany--Merseburg
Germany--Mönchengladbach
Germany--Neuss
Germany--Recklinghausen (Münster)
Germany--Saarbrücken
Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Gibraltar
Northern Ireland--Ballykelly
Oman--Masirah Island
Scotland--Kinloss
Wales--Bridgend
Germany--Wuppertal
Egypt--Suez Canal
Great Britain
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1944-07-08
1944-09-05
1944-09-06
1944-09-08
1944-09-12
1944-09-13
1944-09-28
1944-10-05
1944-10-07
1944-10-15
1944-12-31
1945-01-01
1945-01-03
1945-01-06
1945-01-13
1945-01-15
1945-01-29
1945-02-01
1945-02-03
1945-02-13
1945-02-14
1945-02-15
1945-02-18
1945-02-19
1945-02-23
1945-02-27
1945-03-09
1945-03-12
1945-03-18
1945-03-22
1945-03-29
1945-04-04
1945-04-05
1945-04-09
1945-04-10
Description
An account of the resource
Flying log book for C G McVickers, Wireless operator, covering the period from 6 April 1943 to 16 August 1965. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and post war flying duties with 90, 97, 12, 100, 101, 199, 192, 220, 210, 224 and 205 squadrons. He was stationed at RAF Compton Bassett, RAF Stormy Down, RAF Topcliffe, RAF Millom, RAF Ossington, RAF Bircotes, RAF Gamston, RAF Chedburgh, RAF Wratting Common, RAF Stradishall, RAF Woolfox Lodge, RAF Methwold, RAF Feltwell, RAF Tuddenham, RAF Full Sutton, RAF Binbrook, RAF Scampton, RAF Hemswell, RAF Shallufah, RAF Watton, RAF St Mawgan, RAF St Eval, RAF Kinloss, RAF Ballykelly, RAF Gibraltar, RAF North Front, RAF Masirah Island and RAF Changi. Aircraft flown in were Dominie, Proctor, Anson, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster, Lancastrian, Lincoln, Mosquito, Washington, Canberra, Shackleton, Prentice, Neptune, Varsity, Viking and Comet. He flew a total of 31 operations with 218 squadron, 21 Daylight and 10 night. Targets were Wemars/Capel, Le Havre, Frankfurt, Calais, Saarbrucken, Kleve, Wilhelmshaven, Vohwinkel, Castrop Rauxel, Neuss, Gelsenkirchen, Krefeld, Mönchengladbach, Dortmund, Dresden, Chemnitz, Wesel, Datteln, Hattingen, Bocholt, Hallendorf, Merseburg and Keil. His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Lloyld, Flying Officer Hill and Flying Officer Boome.
100 Squadron
101 Squadron
12 Squadron
1651 HCU
1653 HCU
1657 HCU
192 Squadron
199 Squadron
205 Squadron
210 Squadron
218 Squadron
220 Squadron
82 OTU
90 Squadron
97 Squadron
Advanced Flying Unit
Air Gunnery School
aircrew
Anson
B-29
bombing
bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945)
Dominie
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
Lancaster Finishing School
Lancaster Mk 1
Lancaster Mk 3
Lancastrian
Lincoln
Mosquito
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
Operational Training Unit
Proctor
RAF Binbrook
RAF Chedburgh
RAF Compton Bassett
RAF Feltwell
RAF Full Sutton
RAF Gamston
RAF Hemswell
RAF Kinloss
RAF Methwold
RAF Millom
RAF Ossington
RAF Scampton
RAF Shallufa
RAF St Eval
RAF St Mawgan
RAF Stormy Down
RAF Stradishall
RAF Topcliffe
RAF Tuddenham
RAF Watton
RAF Woolfox Lodge
RAF Wratting Common
Shackleton
Stirling
training
Wellington
wireless operator
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Title
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Saunders, Roy and Honor. Thorpe Family
Description
An account of the resource
16 family photographs
Date
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2017-10-03
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Saunders, R-H
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Roy, Ruby and Archie Saunders
Description
An account of the resource
The three are leaning against a railings with a lake and mountains behind. Information supplied with the collection indicates the location was Vaduz in Lichtenstein in 1948.
Date
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1948
Format
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One b/w photograph
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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PSaundersRA-HE17070002
Coverage
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein--Vaduz
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IBCC Digital Archive
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1948
-
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Peadon, Alec Henry
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Peadon, AH
Description
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21 items. An oral history interview with Sybil Green (b. 1929), photographs and documents. Her Brother, Sergeant Alec Henry Peadon was killed 31 August 1943 when his 78 Squadron Halifax was shot down over Belgium. <br /><br /><span>The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Sybil Green and catalogued</span> by Barry Hunter. <br /><br />Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/221937/">Alec Henry Peadon</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
Date
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2016-05-04
2016-06-22
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Title
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Wandkalender 1948
Description
An account of the resource
The front page of a Flemish calendar. There is a colour drawing of an old woman.
Date
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1948
Format
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On printed sheet
Type
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Text
Identifier
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MPeadonAH1578531-160504-10
Coverage
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Civilian
Rights
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IBCC Digital Archive
Temporal Coverage
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1948
arts and crafts
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Title
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Shaw, Stanley R. Album 1
Description
An account of the resource
65 items. An album containing photographs of Stan Shaw and his time in a cycle club.
The collection has been licenced to the IBCC Digital Archive by Stanley Shaw and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Creator
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Shaw, SR
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2016-01-14
2016-02-11
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Shaw, SR
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Stan Shaw on his bicycle
Description
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Stan on his bike, holding on to a wall for support. On the reverse 'S 1948'.
Date
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1948
Format
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One b/w photograph
Language
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eng
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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PShawSR16010111, PShawSR16010112
Coverage
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Civilian
Rights
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IBCC Digital Archive
Temporal Coverage
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1948
sport
-
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Title
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Shaw, Stanley R. Album 1
Description
An account of the resource
65 items. An album containing photographs of Stan Shaw and his time in a cycle club.
The collection has been licenced to the IBCC Digital Archive by Stanley Shaw and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Creator
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Shaw, SR
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2016-01-14
2016-02-11
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Shaw, SR
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Title
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Single Cyclist
Description
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A cyclist at a velodrome. On the reverse 'Sprint at Municipal track 1948'.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1948
Format
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One b/w photograph
Language
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eng
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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PShawSR16010106, PShawSR16010107
Coverage
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Civilian
Rights
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Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1948
sport
-
https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/1320/25674/LHarrisonEW2204970v1.2.pdf
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Title
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Harrison, Eric William
E W Harrison
Description
An account of the resource
Seven items. An oral history interview with Eric Harrison (b. 1925, 2204970 Royal Air Force), his log book, photographs and documents. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 195 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Eric Harrison and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2019-09-14
Rights
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Harrison, EW
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Eric Harrison’s RAF flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Description
An account of the resource
E W Harrison’s RAF Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers, from 2nd October 1944 to 12th January 1950, detailing training and operations (1944-45), and instructional duties (1948-50), as a flight engineer. He was stationed at RAF Chedburgh (1653 HCU), RAF Feltwell (3 Lancaster Finishing School), RAF Wratting Common (195 Squadron), RAF Little Rissington (Central Flying School), RAF Hullavington (Empire Flying School) and RAF Manby (RAF Flying College). Aircraft in which flown: Stirling, Lancaster I, Lancaster III, Lancaster VII, Harvard, Tiger Moth, Lancastrian, Prentice, Auster, Anson, Hastings and Lincoln II. He flew a total of 31 operations (11 night, 20 day). Targets in Belgium and Germany were: Altenbogge, Bocholt, Cologne, Dortmund, Dresden, Duisburg, Erkenschwick, Gelsenkirchen, Gneisenau, Homberg, Kamen, Kiel, Krefeld, Merseburg, Neuss, Oberhausen, Rheydt, Scholven (Buer), St Vith, Vohwinkle, Wanne Eikel, Wesel and Witten. His pilot on operations was Flight Sergeant Fitton.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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David Leitch
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Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LHarrisonEW2204970v1
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Belgium
Germany
Great Britain
Poland
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Gloucestershire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Norfolk
England--Suffolk
England--Wiltshire
Belgium--Saint-Vith
Germany--Altenberge (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Bocholt
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Dresden
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Homberg (Kassel)
Germany--Kamen
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Krefeld
Germany--Merseburg
Germany--Neuss
Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)
Germany--Oer-Erkenschwick
Germany--Rheydt
Germany--Wanne-Eickel
Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Witten
Poland--Gdynia
Germany--Wuppertal
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1944
1945
1948
1949
1950
1944-11-20
1944-11-21
1944-12-06
1944-12-07
1944-12-08
1944-12-11
1944-12-12
1944-12-26
1944-12-27
1944-12-28
1944-12-31
1945-01-01
1945-01-06
1945-01-11
1945-01-15
1945-01-16
1945-01-17
1945-01-22
1945-02-03
1945-02-09
1945-02-18
1945-02-19
1945-02-22
1945-03-08
1945-03-10
1945-03-12
1945-03-17
1945-03-22
1945-03-27
1945-04-09
1945-04-13
1653 HCU
195 Squadron
aircrew
Anson
bombing
bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945)
flight engineer
Gneisenau
Harvard
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
Lancaster Finishing School
Lancaster Mk 1
Lancaster Mk 3
Lancastrian
Lincoln
RAF Chedburgh
RAF Feltwell
RAF Hullavington
RAF Little Rissington
RAF Manby
RAF Wratting Common
Stirling
Tiger Moth
training
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/623/25625/LPayneTP1398674v1.2.pdf
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Payne, Thomas Peter
T P Payne
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Payne, TP
Description
An account of the resource
Six items. Two oral history interviews with Flying Officer Peter Payne (b. 1925, 1398674, 199071 Royal Air Force)auto biographies and his log book. He flew as a pilot with 90 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Peter Payne and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Date
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2016-02-04
2016-07-06
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Thomas Payne's Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Description
An account of the resource
T P Payne’s pilot’s flying log book covering the period from 9 November 1942 to 19 April 1953. Detailing his flying training as a pilot. He was stationed at RAF Brough (4 EFTS), RCAF Neepawa (35 EFTS), RCAF Swift Current (39 SFTS), RAF Perth (11 EFTS), RAF Feltwell (3 LFS), RAF Cambridge (22 EFTS), RAF Kidlington (20 PAFU), RAF Feltwell (1519 BAT Flt), RAF Wing (26 OTU), RAF Little Horwood (26 OTU), RAF North Luffenham (1653 HCU), RAF Tuddenham (90 Squadron), RAF Mildenhall (15 Squadron), RAF Lulsgate Bottom (7 FIS), RAF Panshangar (1 Reserve FS), RAF Lichfield (104 FRS), RAF Waddington. Aircraft flown in were Tiger Moth, Oxford, Wellington, Lancaster, Chipmunk and Lincoln. He joined operational squadron just after hostilities ceased and flew a number of Cook's Tours flights.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Terry Hancock
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Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LPayneTP1398674v1
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Canada
Great Britain
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Hertfordshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Norfolk
England--Suffolk
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1945-06-23
1945-07-18
1945-08-18
1945-08-27
1945-09-02
1945-10-01
15 Squadron
1653 HCU
26 OTU
90 Squadron
Advanced Flying Unit
aircrew
Cook’s tour
Flying Training School
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
Lancaster Finishing School
Lincoln
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
pilot
RAF Brough
RAF Feltwell
RAF Lichfield
RAF Little Horwood
RAF Mildenhall
RAF North Luffenham
RAF Tuddenham
RAF Waddington
RAF Wing
Tiger Moth
training
Wellington
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/619/25514/LPageTJ183427v1.1.pdf
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Page, Thomas James
T J Page
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Page, TJ
Description
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Fifteen items. An oral history interview with Squadron Leader Thomas Page DFM (1922 - 2017, 922297, 183427 Royal Air Force), his log book, two autobiographies and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 49 Squadron.
The collection was The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Thomas Page and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2016-07-02
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Thomas Page's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s log book
Description
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Thomas Page’s flight engineer’s flying log book covering the period from 4 January 1943 to 12 December 1951. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as flight engineer and glider pilot. He was stationed at RAF St Athan (4 SoTT), RAF Winthorpe (1661 HCU) RAF Fiskerton (49 Squadron), RAF Wyton (44 Squadron), RAF Shallufa (44 Squadron), RAF Booker (126 Gliding School) RAF Detling (Home Command Gliding Instructor’s School. Aircraft flown in were Manchester, Lancaster, Stirling, Lincoln, Dominie, Cadet, Sedbergh, Tutor, Grunau Baby, Falcon III, EoN Baby, Anson, Proctor, Magister, Tiger Moth and Oxford. He flew a total of 32 operations with 49 Squadron, targets were La Spezia, Duisburg, mining, Pilsen, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Essen, Wuppertal, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Turin, Hamburg, Mannheim, Nurnberg, Milan, Berlin, Hanover, Leipzig, Munster, and Stuttgart. His pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Morrison, Pilot Officer Roantree, Pilot Officer Dickinson, Wing Commander Adams and Pilot Officer Lett.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Terry Hancock
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Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LPageTJ183427v1
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Czech Republic
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Czech Republic--Plzeň
England--Lincolnshire
England--Nottinghamshire
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Essen
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Leipzig
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Münster in Westfalen
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Wuppertal
Italy--La Spezia
Italy--Milan
Italy--Turin
Wales--Vale of Glamorgan
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1943-04-13
1943-04-14
1943-04-26
1943-04-28
1943-04-29
1943-05-13
1943-05-14
1943-05-23
1943-05-24
1943-05-25
1943-05-26
1943-05-27
1943-05-28
1943-05-29
1943-05-30
1943-06-11
1943-06-12
1943-06-25
1943-06-26
1943-06-28
1943-06-29
1943-07-03
1943-07-04
1943-07-08
1943-07-09
1943-07-10
1943-07-12
1943-07-13
1943-07-24
1943-07-25
1943-07-26
1943-07-29
1943-07-30
1943-08-09
1943-08-10
1943-08-11
1943-08-12
1943-08-13
1943-08-23
1943-08-24
1943-08-31
1943-09-01
1943-09-03
1943-09-04
1943-09-23
1943-09-24
1943-09-27
1943-09-28
1943-10-20
1943-10-21
1943-10-29
1943-10-30
1944-01-27
1944-01-28
1944-02-19
1944-02-20
1944-03-01
1944-03-02
1944-03-15
1944-03-16
1661 HCU
44 Squadron
49 Squadron
aircrew
Anson
bombing
bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943)
Dominie
flight engineer
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 3
Lincoln
Magister
Manchester
mine laying
Oxford
pilot
Proctor
RAF Fiskerton
RAF Shallufa
RAF St Athan
RAF Winthorpe
RAF Wyton
Stirling
Tiger Moth
training
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/923/25437/LLeeJR575842v1.2.pdf
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Lee, James Roy
J R Lee
Description
An account of the resource
23 items. Concerns James Roy Lee (b. 1923, 575842 Royal Air Force). He flew operations as a flight engineer with 467 Squadron until he became a prisoner of war. Collection contains his flying log book, personal and official documents, correspondence, a history of 467 Squadron operations and photographs.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Marilyn Palmer and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2018-03-20
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Lee, JR
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James Lee’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Description
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Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for J R Lee, flight engineer, covering the period from 15 November 1942 to 15 August 1943 where he was listed as missing and was the only survivor of his crew that crashed in France and became a prisoner of war. Following his repatriation, he returned to flying on 25 February 1946 until 22 November 1949. Detailing his flying training, operations flown, and post war flying duties with 511 Squadron and he carried out 321 flights in the Berlin airlift with 99 Squadron. He was stationed at RAF Scampton, RAF Bottesford, RAF Ossington, RAF Dishforth and RAF Lyneham. Aircraft flown in were Manchester, Lancaster, Oxford, York, Dakota, Anson and Hastings. He flew a total of 24 operations with 467 squadron. Targets were Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Lorient, Cologne, Berlin, Essen, Nurnberg, Duisberg, Pilsen, Dortmund, Friedrichshaven, Spezia, Gelsenkirchen, Genoa and Milan. His pilots on operations were Wing Commander Cosme Lockwood Gomm DSO DFC, Flight Sergeant Warder and Flight sergeant Dixon.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Mike Connock
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LLeeJR575842v1
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Transport Command
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Czech Republic--Plzeň
England--Lincolnshire
England--Nottinghamshire
England--Wiltshire
England--Yorkshire
France--Lorient
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Essen
Germany--Friedrichshafen
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Nuremberg
Italy--Genoa
Italy--La Spezia
Italy--Milan
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1942
1943
1946
1947
1948
1949
1943-01-23
1943-01-31
1943-02-13
1943-02-14
1943-02-26
1943-02-27
1943-03-01
1943-03-02
1943-03-03
1943-03-04
1943-03-05
1943-03-06
1943-03-08
1943-03-09
1943-03-12
1943-03-13
1943-04-03
1943-04-04
1943-04-08
1943-04-09
1943-04-16
1943-04-17
1943-05-05
1943-05-06
1943-05-12
1943-05-13
1943-05-14
1943-05-23
1943-05-24
1943-06-20
1943-06-21
1943-06-23
1943-06-24
1943-06-25
1943-06-26
1943-06-28
1943-06-29
1943-07-24
1943-07-25
1943-07-27
1943-07-28
1943-08-07
1943-08-08
1943-08-15
1943-08-16
467 Squadron
99 Squadron
aircrew
Anson
arts and crafts
bombing
bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943)
C-47
flight engineer
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
Manchester
missing in action
Oxford
prisoner of war
RAF Bottesford
RAF Dishforth
RAF Lyneham
RAF Ossington
RAF Scampton
training
York
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/596/25236/LLathamPA[Ser -DoB]v1.pdf
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Latham, Peter
Peter Anthony Latham
P A Latham
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Latham, P
Description
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Two items. An oral history interview with Air Vice Marshall Peter Latham (b. 1925) and his log book. He flew operations as a pilot with 26 Squadron.
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Peter Anthony Latham’s pilots flying log book
Description
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Pilots flying log book for Peter Anthony Latham, covering the period from 22 February 1945 to 24 January 1948. Detailing his post war flying training and flying duties with 26 squadron. He was stationed at RAF Perth, RAF Cranwell, RAF Keevil, RAF Fassburg, RAF Chivenor, RAF Sylt, RAF Ahlorn, RAF Zeltweg, RAF Gutersloh and RAF Gatow. Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Harvard, Spitfire, Tempest and Auster. His log book also lists him as having flown Dominie, Oxford, Vampire, Meteor and Sea Fury. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
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Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Mike Connock
Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LLathamPA[Ser#-DoB]v1
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Fighter Command
Spatial Coverage
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Austria
Germany
Great Britain
Germany--Celle Region
Austria--Zeltweg
England--Devon
England--Lincolnshire
England--Wiltshire
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Gütersloh
Germany--Lower Saxony
Germany--Sylt
Scotland--Perth
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1945
1946
1947
1948
aircrew
Dominie
Flying Training School
Harvard
Meteor
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
pilot
RAF Chivenor
RAF Cranwell
RAF Keevil
Spitfire
Tiger Moth
training
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/900/24850/LJarmyJFD134695v1.1.pdf
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Jarmy, Jack
Jack Francis David Jarmy
J F D Jarmy
Description
An account of the resource
23 items. And oral history interview with Jack Francis David Jarmy DFC (b. 1922, 134695 Royal Air Force) his log books and photographs. He flew operations as a navigator with 75 and 218 Squadrons.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Jack Jarmy and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-09-21
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Jarmy, JFD
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Jack Jarmy’s Royal Canadian Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. One
Description
An account of the resource
Navigators log book for J Jarmy covering the period from 7th August 1942 to 12th November 1957. Detailing his flying training in Canada and England and operations flown, including various certificates and a list of his operational crew. He was stationed at RCAF Portage La Prairie (7 AOS), RAF Carlisle (15 EFTS), RAF Westcott (11 OTU), RAF Waterbeach (1651 HCU), RAF Mepal (75 Squadron), RAF Feltwell (3 LFS) and RAF Chedburgh (218 Squadron). Aircraft flown in were Anson, DH82 Tiger Moth, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster, Oxford, Meteor, Harvard, Hastings, Beaufighter, Pembroke, Valetta, Dakota, Shackleton. He did two tours of operations, flew 21 night operations with 75 Squadron and a further 20 operations (7 night and 13 daylight) with 218 Squadron. His pilots on operations were Flight Sergeant Mayfield and Flight Lieutenant Guinane. Targets were the Freisians, Hamburg, Bordeaux, Nuremburg, Turin, Peenemunde, Gladbach, Berlin, Mannheim, Boulogne, Montlucon, Modane, Hanover, Kassel, Frankfurt, Bremen, Warne-Eikel, Hohenbudburg, Dresden, Chemnitz, Wesel, Dortmund, Kamen, Cologne, Gelsenkirchen, Dessau, Datteln, Hattingen, Bocholt, Hallendorf, Kiel, Heligoland and Bad Oldesloe. The log book also lists his post war RAF Flights.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Mike French
Cara Walmsley
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Format
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One booklet
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
LJarmyJFD134695
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1943-07-30
1943-07-31
1943-08-03
1943-08-04
1943-08-06
1943-08-07
1943-08-10
1943-08-11
1943-08-12
1943-08-13
1943-08-16
1943-08-17
1943-08-18
1943-08-27
1943-08-28
1943-08-30
1943-08-31
1943-09-01
1943-09-05
1943-09-06
1943-09-08
1943-09-09
1943-09-15
1943-09-16
1943-09-17
1943-09-22
1943-09-23
1943-09-24
1943-10-03
1943-10-04
1943-10-05
1943-10-08
1943-10-09
1943-10-10
1943-11-18
1943-11-19
1943-11-20
1945-02-07
1945-02-08
1945-02-09
1945-02-13
1945-02-14
1945-02-15
1945-02-18
1945-02-20
1945-02-21
1945-03-01
1945-03-02
1945-03-04
1945-03-05
1945-03-07
1945-03-08
1945-03-09
1945-03-14
1945-03-18
1945-03-22
1945-03-29
1945-04-13
1945-04-14
1945-04-15
1945-04-18
1945-04-24
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Canada
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Manitoba--Portage la Prairie
England--Buckinghamshire
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Cumbria
England--Norfolk
England--Suffolk
France--Modane
Germany--Bad Oldesloe
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bocholt
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Chemnitz
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Dresden
Germany--East Frisian Islands
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Mönchengladbach
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Hattingen
Germany--Helgoland
Germany--Kamen
Germany--Kassel
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Italy--Turin
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
France--Boulogne-sur-Mer
France--Montluçon
Germany--Mönchengladbach
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Peenemünde
Germany--Hannover
Manitoba
Germany--Dessau (Dessau)
France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
11 OTU
1651 HCU
218 Squadron
75 Squadron
Air Observers School
aircrew
Anson
Beaufighter
bombing
bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945)
bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943)
bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945)
Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943)
C-47
Flying Training School
Harvard
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
Lancaster Finishing School
Meteor
mine laying
navigator
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
RAF Abingdon
RAF Carlisle
RAF Chedburgh
RAF Chivenor
RAF Dishforth
RAF Feltwell
RAF Kinloss
RAF Mepal
RAF Middleton St George
RAF North Luffenham
RAF Shallufa
RAF Swinderby
RAF Topcliffe
RAF Waterbeach
RAF Westcott
Shackleton
Stirling
Tiger Moth
training
Wellington
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/455/24507/LLaneRJJ5795v10001.2.pdf
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Cothliff, Ken
Ken Cothliff
K Cothliff
Description
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486 items in 12 sub-collections. The collection concerns Ken Cothliff's research on 6 Group Bomber Command and contains an interview with Adolf Galland, documents and photographs. Sub-collections include information on 427 Squadron, 429 Squadrons, Gerry Philbin, Jim Moffat, Reg Lane, Robert Mitchell, Steve Puskas and logs from RAF Tholthorpe.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Ken Cothliff and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-10-20
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Cothliff, K
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Reg Lane’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book
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IBCC Digital Archive
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R J Lane’s RCAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 10th February 1941 to 2nd September 1956, detailing his training, operations and post war duties as a pilot. No flying is recorded in 1945, 1946, 1947, 1953, 1954 or 1955.
He was stationed at RCAF Station Sea Island (No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School), RCAF Station Dauphin (No. 10 Service Flying Training School), RAF Abingdon (No. 10 OTU), RAF Linton on Ouse (35 Squadron), RAF Driffield (1502 Beam Approach Training Flight), RAF Gransden Lodge (Path Finder Force Navigation Training Unit, 405 Squadron), RCAF Station Rockliffe (Air Force HQ) and RCAF Station Edmonton.
Aircraft in which flown: Tiger Moth, Harvard, Whitley III, Whitley IV, Halifax I, Halifax II, Oxford, Lancaster I, Lancaster III, Lancaster VI, Mosquito IV, Liberator I. Expeditor, Beechcraft, B-29, Goose, North Star, Dakota III, Dakota IV and Mitchell.
Records a total of 64 operations (63 night, one day). Targets in Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy and Norway were: Berlin, Bonn, Bremen, Brest, Caen, Cologne, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Emden, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kiel, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Milan, Munich, Nuremberg, Nurnberg, Osnabruck, Paris, Pilsen, Saarbruck, Schweinfurt, Stuttgart, Trondheim, Turin, Vegesack and Warnemunde. His first or second pilots on operations were Sergeant Williams, Sergeant Hammond, Pilot Officer Field, Pilot Officer Dobson, Sergeant Murray and Sergeant John. Records four flights with Flight Lieutenant G. L. Cheshire in October 1941. Post war flights include “FIRST RCAF ROUND - THE - WORLD FLIGHT” January and February 1950.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Contributor
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David Leitch
Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LLaneRJJ5795v10001
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Canadian Air Force
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Canada
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Norway
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Italy--Po River Valley
Alberta--Edmonton
British Columbia--Vancouver
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Oxfordshire
England--Yorkshire
Manitoba--Dauphin
Ontario--Ottawa
Czech Republic--Plzeň
France--Brest
France--Caen
France--Paris
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bonn
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)
Germany--Essen
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Magdeburg
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Munich
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Osnabrück
Germany--Saarbrücken
Germany--Schweinfurt
Germany--Stuttgart
Italy--Milan
Italy--Turin
Norway--Trondheim
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Rostock
Ontario
Alberta
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Manitoba
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1941
1942
1943
1944
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1956
1941-11-07
1941-11-08
1941-11-09
1941-11-10
1941-12-11
1941-12-12
1941-12-18
1941-12-30
1942-03-03
1942-03-04
1942-03-08
1942-03-09
1942-03-13
1942-03-14
1942-03-30
1942-03-31
1942-04-27
1942-04-28
1942-05-04
1942-05-05
1942-05-08
1942-05-09
1942-05-19
1942-05-20
1942-05-30
1942-05-31
1942-06-01
1942-06-02
1942-06-03
1942-06-16
1942-06-17
1942-06-19
1942-06-20
1942-06-21
1942-06-22
1942-06-23
1942-06-25
1942-06-26
1942-06-29
1942-06-30
1942-07-02
1942-07-03
1942-07-19
1942-07-20
1942-07-21
1942-07-22
1942-07-23
1942-07-24
1942-07-25
1942-07-26
1942-07-27
1942-07-30
1942-07-31
1942-08-01
1942-10-13
1942-10-14
1942-10-15
1942-10-16
1942-10-24
1942-10-25
1942-11-09
1942-11-10
1942-11-22
1942-11-23
1942-12-31
1943-01-01
1943-02-03
1943-02-04
1943-02-05
1943-02-14
1943-02-15
1943-02-25
1943-02-26
1943-02-27
1943-03-01
1943-03-02
1943-03-03
1943-03-04
1943-03-08
1943-03-09
1943-03-10
1943-03-11
1943-03-12
1943-03-27
1943-03-28
1943-03-29
1943-03-30
1943-04-04
1943-04-05
1943-04-14
1943-04-15
1943-04-16
1943-04-17
1943-11-17
1943-11-18
1943-12-16
1943-12-17
1943-12-20
1943-12-21
1944-01-21
1944-01-22
1944-02-15
1944-02-16
1944-02-24
1944-02-25
1944-03-24
1944-03-15
1944-04-18
1944-04-19
1944-04-20
1944-04-21
1944-04-26
1944-04-27
1944-07-18
10 OTU
35 Squadron
405 Squadron
aircrew
B-24
B-25
B-29
bombing
bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942)
bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944)
C-47
Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992)
Flying Training School
Halifax
Halifax Mk 1
Halifax Mk 2
Harvard
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
Lancaster Mk 3
Master Bomber
Mosquito
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
Pathfinders
pilot
RAF Abingdon
RAF Driffield
RAF Gransden Lodge
RAF Linton on Ouse
tactical support for Normandy troops
Tiger Moth
training
Whitley
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Title
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Watson, Joan. Watson, K. Album
Date
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2015-08-25
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Watson, JR
Description
An account of the resource
28 items.
Covering K Watson’s service from training onwards and in Bomber Command and then Coastal Command. Includes sketch maps and mementos.
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Title
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RAF Stations visited by K Watson
Description
An account of the resource
A list of the RAF Stations on an album page that K Watson visited with dates. Included is a photo of a flying Stirling LS-J captioned 'The "Gen" Kite'.
Creator
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K Watson
Format
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One handwritten list and one b/w photograph on an album page.
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Memoir
Photograph
Identifier
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PWatsonJB15010024
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Temporal Coverage
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1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
RAF Brize Norton
RAF Castle Donington
RAF Chedburgh
RAF Dunsfold
RAF Earls Colne
RAF Lindholme
RAF Marham
RAF Netheravon
RAF Sleap
RAF South Cerney
RAF St Athan
RAF St Eval
RAF Stanton Harcourt
RAF Swinderby
RAF Tarrant Rushton
RAF Tilstock
RAF West Freugh
RAF Westcott
RAF Wing
RAF Wyton
Stirling
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Watson, Joan. Watson, K. Album
Date
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2015-08-25
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Watson, JR
Description
An account of the resource
28 items.
Covering K Watson’s service from training onwards and in Bomber Command and then Coastal Command. Includes sketch maps and mementos.
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K Watson's RAF Service
Description
An account of the resource
A hand-drawn graphic on an album page with K Watson's RAF Service detailed. It includes the dates and where he served.
Creator
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K Watson
Format
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One hand-drawn graphic on an album page.
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Memoir
Identifier
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PWatsonJB15010023
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Great Britain
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Cornwall (County)
England--Devon
England--Gloucestershire
England--Lancashire
England--Yorkshire
Wales--Glamorgan
44 Squadron
620 Squadron
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
RAF Chivenor
RAF Fairford
RAF Lindholme
RAF Padgate
RAF South Cerney
RAF St Athan
RAF St Eval
RAF Witchford
RAF Wyton
training
-
https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/1376/23936/LFordTA1585520v1.1.pdf
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Ford, Terry
Ford, T
Description
An account of the resource
135 items. The collection concerns Terry Ford. He flew operations as a pilot with 75 Squadron. It contains photographs, his log book, operational maps, letters home during training, and documents including emergency drills. There are two albums of photographs, one of navigation logs, and another of target photographs.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Julia Burke and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-03-13
Rights
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Ford, T
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Permission granted for commercial projects
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Title
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Terry Ford’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book. One
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Description
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Flying Officer T.A. Ford’s RCAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book, from 11th July 1942 to 27th August 1950, detailing his training in Great Britain and Canada and operations as a pilot and flying instructor. Also includes post-war duties with Transport Command. He was stationed at RAF Desford (7 EFTS), RCAF Neepawa (35 EFTS), RCAF Weyburn (41 SFTS), RCAF Charlottetown (31 GRS), RAF Dalcross (19(P) AFU), RAF Perton (21(P) AFU), RAF Desborugh (84 OTU), RAF Chedburgh (1653 Heavy Conversion Unit), RAF Feltwell (3 LFS), RAF Mepal (75(NZ)) Squadron, RAF Lossiemouth (20 OTU), RAF Lulsgate Bottom (No 3 FIS), RAF Lyneham (246 and 511 Squadrons), RAF Holmsley (246 Squadron) and RAF Filton (12 Reserve Flying School). Aircraft in which flown: Tiger Moth, DH82C, Harvard, Anson I, Oxford, Wellington III, Wellington X, Stirling III, Lancaster Mk I, Lancaster Mk 3, Lancaster X, York C1. He flew a total of 35 operations (12 night, 23 day) with 75(NZ) Squadron Bomber Command RAF on the following targets in France, Germany and the Netherlands: Bonn, Calais, Cologne, Dortmund, Duisburg, Eindhoven, Emmerich, Essen, Flushing, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamm, Homberg, Kattegat, Koblenz, Le Havre, Leuna (Merseberg), Oberhausen, Osterfeld, Pont-Remy, Saarbrucken, Solingen, Stettin, Stuttgart and Westkapelle Dyke. <span>He flew as a second pilot on operations with </span>Flight Lieutenant Washer.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Contributor
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David Leitch
Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LFordTA1585520v1
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Air Force. Transport Command
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Canada
France
Germany
Great Britain
Netherlands
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--English Channel
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Hampshire
England--Leicestershire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Norfolk
England--Northamptonshire
England--Somerset
England--Gloucestershire
England--Staffordshire
England--Suffolk
England--Wiltshire
Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)
France--Calais
France--Le Havre
France--Pont-Remy
Germany--Bonn
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Emmerich
Germany--Essen
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Homberg (Kassel)
Germany--Koblenz
Germany--Leuna
Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)
Germany--Osterfeld
Germany--Saarbrücken
Germany--Solingen
Germany--Stuttgart
Manitoba--Neepawa
Netherlands--Eindhoven
Netherlands--Walcheren
Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown
Saskatchewan--Weyburn
Scotland--Inverness
Poland--Szczecin
Netherlands--Vlissingen
Poland
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
England--Gloucestershire
Manitoba
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1944-08-08
1944-08-09
1944-08-31
1944-09-03
1944-09-05
1944-09-06
1944-09-08
1944-09-10
1944-09-11
1944-09-12
1944-09-13
1944-09-24
1944-09-27
1944-09-28
1944-09-29
1944-09-30
1944-10-03
1944-10-05
1944-10-06
1944-10-07
1944-10-14
1944-10-15
1944-10-18
1944-10-19
1944-10-20
1944-10-21
1944-10-23
1944-10-24
1944-10-25
1944-11-05
1944-11-06
1944-11-07
1944-11-14
1944-11-15
1944-11-20
1944-11-21
1944-11-23
1944-11-27
1944-11-30
1944-12-02
1944-12-03
1944-12-06
1944-12-07
1653 HCU
20 OTU
75 Squadron
84 OTU
Advanced Flying Unit
aircrew
Anson
bombing
Flying Training School
Harvard
Heavy Conversion Unit
Initial Training Wing
Lancaster
Lancaster Finishing School
Lancaster Mk 1
Lancaster Mk 3
mine laying
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
pilot
RAF Chedburgh
RAF Dalcross
RAF Desford
RAF Feltwell
RAF Filton
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Lyneham
RAF Mepal
Stirling
Tiger Moth
training
Wellington
York
-
https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/812/23596/OEllamsG49286-161006-07.2.pdf
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Ellams, George
G Ellams
Description
An account of the resource
60 items. An oral history interview with George Ellams the son of Wing Commander George Ellams OBE (b. 1921), and documents and photographs concerning his fathers service. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 223 and 199 Squadrons.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Stephen Ellams and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-10-06
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Ellams, G
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George Ellams, Aircrew Categorisation Card
Description
An account of the resource
Card was issued when George joined the Transport Command V.I.P. flight in 1945.
Format
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Printed booklet with handwritten annotations
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
OEllamsG49286-161006-07
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force. Transport Command
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1946
1947
1948
aircrew
wireless operator
-
https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/540/23324/LGilbertAC186764v1.1.pdf
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Gilbert, Alexander Charles
A C Gilbert
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Gilbert, AC
Description
An account of the resource
21 items. An oral history interview with Squadron Leader Alexander Charles Gilbert DFC (b. 1921, 1336682, 186764 Royal Air Force) his log book, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 9, 514 and 159 Squadrons. He was Awarded the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 2020.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Alexander Gilbert and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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2016-01-13
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Alexander Gilbert’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Description
An account of the resource
Navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book for A C Gilbert, flight engineer, covering the period from 16 June 1943 to 3 July 1956. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Winthorpe, RAF Bardney, RAF Foulsham, RAF Waterbeach, RAF Feltwell, RAF Woolfox Lodge, RAF Methwold, RAF Tuddenham, RAF Stradishall and RAF Watton. Aircraft flown in were Manchester, Lancaster, Oxford, Flying Fortress, York, Dakota and Anson. He flew a total of 33 operations, 10 night operations with 9 Squadron, 14 night operations with 514 Squadron, 5 daylight and 4 night operations with 149 Squadron plus two Operation Manna. Targets were Hamburg, Mannheim, Nurnberg, Leverkusen, Monchen Gladbach, Berlin, Munich, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Laon, Rouen, Wiesbaden, Hohenbudberg, Dresden, Bocholt, Hallendorf, Kiel, Rotterdam, and The Hague. His pilot on operations was<span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}"> Squadron Leader Payne. </span>The book also records flights on Operation Exodus, Cook's Tours and one Operation Dodge flight.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Mike Connock
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Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LGilbertAC186764v1
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
France
Germany
Great Britain
Netherlands
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Norfolk
England--Nottinghamshire
England--Rutland
England--Suffolk
France--Laon
France--Rouen
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bocholt
Germany--Dresden
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Krefeld
Germany--Leverkusen
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Mönchengladbach
Germany--Munich
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Salzgitter
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Wiesbaden
Netherlands--Hague
Netherlands--Rotterdam
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1950
1955
1956
1943-07-27
1943-07-28
1943-07-29
1943-07-30
1943-08-02
1943-08-09
1943-08-10
1943-08-11
1943-08-22
1943-08-23
1943-08-27
1943-08-28
1943-08-30
1943-08-31
1943-09-03
1943-09-04
1943-09-06
1943-09-07
1943-11-03
1943-11-06
1943-11-18
1943-11-19
1943-11-22
1943-11-23
1943-11-26
1943-11-27
1943-12-16
1943-12-20
1943-12-23
1943-12-29
1943-12-30
1944-01-01
1944-01-02
1944-02-15
1944-02-16
1944-02-20
1944-04-10
1944-04-18
1944-04-19
1945-01-28
1945-02-01
1945-02-02
1945-02-03
1945-02-09
1945-02-13
1945-02-14
1945-03-11
1945-03-22
1945-03-29
1945-04-09
1945-04-10
1945-04-30
1945-05-04
1945-05-23
149 Squadron
1661 HCU
514 Squadron
9 Squadron
aircrew
Anson
B-17
bombing
bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945)
bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943)
C-47
Cook’s tour
flight engineer
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
Lancaster Finishing School
Lancaster Mk 1
Lancaster Mk 2
Lancaster Mk 3
Manchester
Operation Dodge (1945)
Operation Exodus (1945)
Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945)
Oxford
RAF Bardney
RAF Feltwell
RAF Foulsham
RAF Methwold
RAF Stradishall
RAF Tuddenham
RAF Waterbeach
RAF Watton
RAF Winthorpe
RAF Woolfox Lodge
training
York
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Lancaster, Jo
John Oliver Lancaster
J O Lancaster
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Lancaster, JO
Description
An account of the resource
17 items. Two oral history interviews with John Oliver 'Jo' Lancaster DFC (1919 - 2019, 948392, 103509 Royal Air Force), photographs and six of his log books. Jo Lancaster completed 54 operations as a pilot with in Wellingtons with 40 Squadron, and after a period of instructing, in Lancasters with 12 Squadron from RAF Wickenby. He became test pilot after the war and was the first person to use a Martin-Baker ejection seat in an emergency.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Jo Lancaster and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Date
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2015-08-18
2017-03-08
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Jo Lancaster’s pilots flying log book. Two
Description
An account of the resource
Pilots flying log book for J O Lancaster, covering the period from 17 September 1943 to 31 May1950. Detailing his duties as a flying instructor, Test pilot with Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Empire Test pilots School, discharged on 13 March 1946 he flew as test pilot with Bolton Paul Aircraft Ltd, Saunders-Roe Ltd and Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd. He was stationed at RAF Binbrook, MOD Boscombe Down, Wolverhampton, Isle of Wight, RAF Pembroke Dock and Coventry. Aircraft flown were Wellington, Martinet, Tiger Moth, Lancaster, Spitfire, Skua, Mitchell, Hampden, Defiant, Anson, Beaufort, Avenger, Ventura, Barracuda, Boston, Liberator, Halifax, Marauder, Hurricane, Typhoon, Vengeance, Sea Otter, Buckingham, Blenheim, Mosquito, Firefly, Black Widow, Beaufighter, Swordfish, Warwick, Stirling, Albacore, York, Auster, Fortress, Lincoln, Harvard, Tempest, Oxford, Hudson, Meteor, Albemarle, Traveller, Siebel, ME410, Sunderland, Aerovan, Mercury, Dakota.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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MIke Connock
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Format
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LLancasterJO103509v2
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Great Britain
England--Coventry
England--Isle of Wight
England--Lincolnshire
England--West Midlands
England--Wiltshire
Wales--Pembrokeshire
England--Hampshire
England--Warwickshire
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
aircrew
Albemarle
Anson
B-17
B-24
B-25
B-26
Beaufighter
Blenheim
Boston
C-47
Defiant
Halifax
Hampden
Harvard
Hudson
Hurricane
Lancaster
Lincoln
Martinet
Me 410
Meteor
Mosquito
Oxford
pilot
RAF Binbrook
RAF Boscombe Down
Spitfire
Stirling
Sunderland
Swordfish
Tiger Moth
Typhoon
Ventura
Wellington
York
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Title
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Thomas, Arthur Froude. Album 2
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Thomas, AF
Date
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2020-02-11
Description
An account of the resource
33 items. An album containing photographs and postcards from Thomas Arthur's wedding, honeymoon and holidays.
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Arthur Thomas' Family and Friends
Description
An account of the resource
Photo 1 is Carol Thomas, Arthur Thomas' wife, taken in 1948.
Photo 2 is Mr Haytor on Banwell Hill.
Photo 3 is Banwell from the hill.
Photo 4 is Carol holding Paddy, the dog.
Photo 5 is Mr Haytor and Arthur's father with Paddy.
Photo 6 is Arthur's parents, Carol and Ted standing in the garden.
Photo 7 is Arthur's parents standing in the garden.
Photo 8 is Tommy holding nephew Peter and Carol standing in the garden.
Photo 9 is Arthur's father leaning on agate, with Paddy.
Photo 10 is Ted, Carol and Paddy in the garden.
Photo 11 is Arthur and Carol on Banwell Hill.
Date
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1948
1949
Format
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11 b/w photographs on two album pages
Language
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eng
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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PThomasAF20020022,
PThomasAF20020023
Coverage
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Great Britain
England--Gloucester
England--Banwell
England--Gloucestershire
England--Somerset
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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1948
1949
-
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Title
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Macklin, Joan Rosemary
J R Macklin
Joan Fellows
Description
An account of the resource
19 items. An oral history interview with Joan Macklin (b. 1918), two documents and 16 photographs. She worked in London during the war and was bombed out.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Joan Macklin and catalogued by Jessica M J Neilson.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2018-01-27
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Macklin, JR
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Joan Macklin's identity card
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MMacklinJR19181003-180127-02
Description
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Identity card for Joan Macklin.
This item was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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One photocopy
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Coverage
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Great Britain
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1948
-
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Title
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Tyrie, Jim
Tyrie, JSB
Description
An account of the resource
34 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Jim Tyrie (1919 - 1993, 87636 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs, correspondence and prisoner of war log as well as a photograph album. He flew operations as a pilot with 77 Squadron before being shot down in April 1941.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Brian Taylor and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2019-06-01
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Tyrie, JSB
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Jim Tyrie's Flight Clearance Permit
Description
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A card issued to Jim Tyrie certifying that he is authorised to obtain Flight Clearance under Instrument Flight Rules.
Creator
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RAF Wyton
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1948-03-30
Format
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One double sided printed card with handwritten annotations
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Service material
Identifier
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MTyrieJSB87636-190601-040001,
MTyrieJSB87636-190601-040002
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Cambridgeshire
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1948
RAF Wyton
-
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Tyrie, Jim
Tyrie, JSB
Description
An account of the resource
34 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Jim Tyrie (1919 - 1993, 87636 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs, correspondence and prisoner of war log as well as a photograph album. He flew operations as a pilot with 77 Squadron before being shot down in April 1941.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Brian Taylor and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2019-06-01
Rights
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Tyrie, JSB
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Jim Tyrie's flying log book
Description
An account of the resource
Flying log book for J S B Tyrie covering the period from 1 July 1939 to 9 August 1959. Detailing his flying training and operations flown Following which he was shot down 9 April 1941 and became a prisoner of war. Returning to flying duties 25 May 1945 to 27 October 1964 detailing his duties as instructor and with 90 squadron. Also included his flying in various aircraft including his airline flying. He was stationed at RAF Perth, RAF Hatfield, RAF Cranwell, RAF Abingdon, RAF Stanton Harcourt, RAF Topcliffe, RAF Wheaton Aston, RAF Seighford, RAF Perton, RAF Moreton, RAF Finningly, RAF Lindholme, RAF Wyton, RAF Shallufa, RAF Khormakser, RAF Hendon, RAF Gatow, RAF Shawbury, RAF Worksop, RAF Wunstorf, RAF Bruugen, RAF Chivenor, RAF Akrotiri, RAF Nicosia, RAF Sopley, RAF Watton and RAF Bishops Court. Aircraft flown in were, Tiger Moth, Oxford, Whitley, Wellington, Dakota, Lancaster, Vengeance, Anson, Lincoln, Proctor, York, Viking, Valetta, Auster, Meteor, Varsity, Prentice, Canberra, Vampire, Whirlwind, Hunter, Shackleton, Viscount, Brittania and Hastings. He flew 7 operations with 77 squadron. Targets were St Nazaire, Hamburg, Berlin, Brest and Kiel. His first or second pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Bagnall and Sergeant Lee.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Mike Connock
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Format
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One booklet
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
LTyrieJSB87636v1
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Cyprus
Cyprus--Nicosia
Egypt
Egypt--Suez Canal
France
France--Brest
France--Saint-Nazaire
Germany
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Niederkrüchten
Germany--Wunstorf
Great Britain
England--Berkshire
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Devon
England--Gloucestershire
England--Hampshire
England--Hertfordshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--London
England--Norfolk
England--Nottinghamshire
England--Oxfordshire
England--Shropshire
England--Staffordshire
England--West Midlands
England--Yorkshire
Northern Ireland--Down (County)
Scotland--Perth
Yemen (Republic)
Yemen (Republic)--Aden
North Africa
Great Britain
Cyprus--Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1939
1940
1941
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1941-03-10
1941-03-11
1941-03-12
1941-03-13
1941-03-14
1941-03-23
1941-03-24
1941-04-03
1941-04-04
1941-04-07
1941-04-08
1941-04-09
10 OTU
21 OTU
77 Squadron
90 Squadron
Advanced Flying Unit
aircrew
Anson
bombing
C-47
Flying Training School
Initial Training Wing
Lancaster
Lincoln
Meteor
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
pilot
prisoner of war
Proctor
RAF Abingdon
RAF Bishops Court
RAF Chivenor
RAF Cranwell
RAF Finningley
RAF Hatfield
RAF Hendon
RAF Khormakser
RAF Lindholme
RAF Moreton in the Marsh
RAF Seighford
RAF Shallufa
RAF Shawbury
RAF Stanton Harcourt
RAF Topcliffe
RAF Watton
RAF Worksop
RAF Wyton
Shackleton
shot down
Tiger Moth
training
Wellington
Whitley
York
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Barnes, J
Description
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Two items. Two log books belonging to Flight Lieutenant J Barnes. He served as a pilot instructor and flew operations with 630 and 106 squadrons.
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J Barnes’ pilots flying log book. One
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Pilots flying log book for J Barnes, covering the period from 10 December 1940 to 6 march 1946 and 24 September 1948 to 2 march 1951. Detailing his flying training, Instructor duties, operations flown and post war flying duties. He was stationed at RAF Staverton, RAF Ternhill, RAF Upavon, RAF Netheravon, RAF Watton, RCAF Kingston, RAF Tatenhill, RAF Wheaton Aston, RAF Market Harborough, RAF Swinderby, RAF East Kirkby, RAF Metheringham, RAF Lindholme and RAF Rochester. Aircraft flown were, Tiger Moth, Master, Avro Tutor, Hurricane, Battle, Harvard, Anson, Lysander, Oxford, Wellington Lancaster and Chipmunk. He flew one daylight and one night operation with 630 squadron, Targets were Pilsen and Flensburgh. His pilot for his first 'second dickie' operation was Wing Commander Grindon. He flew 8 operation Firebrand and one Operation Dodge to Bari with 106 squadron.
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eng
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Canada
Czech Republic
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
England--Gloucestershire
England--Kent
England--Leicestershire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Norfolk
England--Shropshire
England--Staffordshire
England--Wiltshire
England--Yorkshire
Germany--Flensburg
Italy--Bari
Ontario--Kingston
Czech Republic--Plzeň
Ontario
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1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1948
1949
1950
1951
1945-04-16
1945-04-17
1945-04-23
1945-08-28
1945-09-29
1945-10-01
106 Squadron
14 OTU
1660 HCU
630 Squadron
Advanced Flying Unit
aircrew
Anson
Battle
bombing
Cook’s tour
Flying Training School
Harvard
Heavy Conversion Unit
Hurricane
Lancaster
Lysander
Operation Dodge (1945)
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
pilot
RAF East Kirkby
RAF Lindholme
RAF Market Harborough
RAF Metheringham
RAF Netheravon
RAF Staverton
RAF Swinderby
RAF Ternhill
RAF Upavon
RAF Watton
Tiger Moth
training
Wellington
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Clegg, Peter Vernon
P V Clegg
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Eight items and five sub-collections. Main collection contains a log of Pathfinder operations from RAF Wyton 1943 -1944, histories of the Avro repair facility at Bracebridge Heath, and Langar, a biography of Squadron Leader David James Baikie Wilson, biography of Squadron Leader Lighton Verdon-Roe, a book - Test Pilots of A.V. Roe & Co Ltd - S.A. 'Bill' Thorn, and two volumes of book - Roy Chadwick - no finer aircraft designer, Sub-collections contain a total of 29 items concerning the Aldborough Dairy and Cafe as well as biographical material, including log books for Alan Gibson, Peter Isaacson, Alistair Lang and Charles Martin. <br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1772">Aldborough Dairy and Cafe</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1768">Gibson, Alan</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1769">Isaacson, Peter</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1770">Lang, Alastair</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1771">Martin, Charles</a><br /><br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Peter Clegg and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2015-07-02
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[Underlined] THE AVRO
REPAIR
ORGANISATION [/underlined]
II) LANGAR
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[Underlined] Peter. V. Clegg [/underlined]
PART II
THE LANGAR-CUM-BAR [/deleted] I [/deleted] NSTONE WORKS
The first sheds of A V Roe and Co Ltd’s new Repair Works at Langar airfield were constructed through the summer of 1942, as the bomber airfield itself was finished off and made ready for occupation.
The Avro works (see diagram attached drawn by Ken Allen) was constructed on the west side of the narrow Langar to Harby country road, effectively outside the security fence around the airfield (which lay on the East side of this lane).
The No. 1 Hangar (or ‘Shed’ – as it was called by the factory workers) was the first to be completed and No. 2 and No. 4 (with the office accommodation) were being finished off in August 1942 when the first employees started work under Mr Ingrid, the Works Superintendent.
(Ingrid was later succeeded by ‘Phil’ Lightfoot, C Oatway, and last of all before Langar closed in 1968, Johnny Smallwood.)
Nos. 3, 5 and 6 Hangars were finished off during the next few months, and No. 7 Hangar – extra large in size, to take the new Avro Lincoln bomber – was finished in 1944.
The large Dispersal Area (No. 17 on the diagram) was also complete and as all the Avro site at this time was across the road from the airfield (with its heavily guarded perimeter fencing) special gates had to be opened and closed when aircraft taxied between the dispersal and the airfield – or, vice versa. Sentries would be in attendance and the Langar road traffic would be held up while this was in progress.
Stripping down and rebuilding
William Arthur Hubbard, who joined Avros at Langar as one of the first apprentices when it opened in August 1942, remembers the various Category ‘B’ sections of Lancasters all used to arrive on RAF ‘Queen Mary’ trailers from the crash site.
(All the Lancasters rebuilt at Langar had been declared Category ‘B’ wrecks in the first instance. Category ‘B’ was defined as: “Repair on site not possible. Aircraft must be dismantled and sent to a repair facility”.)
His first job was to record all the serial numbers from the rear fuselage assemblies, collect the aircraft log books, and hold them in the office, while the various aircraft sections were repaired and put together again. If some sections were too badly damaged to use again, replacement sections from the Manchester factories, other repair depots, or from subsequent crashed Lancasters – would be used on the earliest arrivals, to put them back in the air again. Sometimes Squadrons would insist that their particular Lancaster must be rebuilt from all its own broken down assembles, for sentiment’s sake (usually when
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[Underlined] Location of Langar. [/underlined]
[Hand drawn map indicating the position of Langar in relation to Nottingham, Newark and Grantham]
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[Aerial photograph of Langar repair facility] AVRO’S REPAIR DEPOT AT LANGAR AIRFIELD IN WWII, SHOWING THE CAMOUFLAGED HANGARS, WITH A YORK AND LANCASTER BEING REPAIRED.
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[Map of Langar airfield showing the AVRO hangars]
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that particular Lancaster had a high total of bombing raids to its credit, bore a charmed life, or had been crewed by a famous pilot, etc.
Arthur Hubbard remembers that as the number of Lancasters being repaired increased dramatically, repaired sections started to arrive from Bracebridge Heath, Brush Electrical at Loughborough (wings) and the LMS Railway works in Derby (fuselages), in addition to all the various assemblies of Lancasters being re-worked at Langar itself. At an early stage, he remembers working on the two Rolls-Royce Vulture engines on the one and only Manchester bomber that Langar dealt with (R5777 in May 1943).
Test-flying the repaired Lancasters
For the period October 1st 1942 to November 23rd 1943, whilst 207 Squadron was based at Langar and equipped with Lancasters, any newly repaired Lancasters out of the Avro works were test-flown by pilots from the bomber squadron.
The repaired aircraft needed at least one test-flight apiece to clear them, so that pilots from the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) could then deliver them to the necessary Maintenance Unit (MU) – or occasionally direct to a Squadron – where the armament could be re-fitted again. More often than not, two or three test-flights were needed and in exceptional cases six or seven might be flown. One Lancaster B Mk I W4899, which had had an action-packed operational career with 61 Squadron up to its final trip, needed eight flights to clear it after being repaired, and after having all the latest modifications to bring it up to the latest state of readiness. Another Lancaster B Mk I R5734, had to have 12 test-flights in all. This came from a Conversion Unit and was then issued to 61 Squadron when cleared by Avros.
Altogether, during this period of a year while 207 Squadron was at Langar, 32 of their pilots helped at various times to clear a total of 51 newly repaired Lancasters from the Avro works, making a total of 129 test-flights altogether. Amongst these pilots were ‘regulars’ like Flt. Lt. Huntly-Wood (who became a Squadron Leader whilst still testing), Sgt. Baker, Warrant Officer King (who was promoted to Pilot Officer whilst still test-flying), Flying Officer Sambridge (to Flt. Lt.), Sgt Cosens (to Pilot Officer), Sq [inserted] d [/inserted]. Ldr. Balme and Sqd. Ldr. Bamber. The promotions in rank illustrate how quickly the pilots were being lost on operations, and their replacements had to be moved up into their shoes all the time. In fact, during this year of Avro’s output from Langar, of the 32 pilots who test-flew their Lancasters, no less than six of these perished while still based at Langar, including Sqd Ldr Huntly-Wood, who died on one of 207’s last operations from Langar, a raid on Berlin on September 3rd 1943, with the Station Commander, Gp. Capt. Austin McKenna on board as Second Pilot that night.
Permanent Avro test-pilot appointed
When 207 Squadron moved out of Langar in November 1943, and across to Spilsby for the rest of the war, A V Roe & Co Ltd needed somebody to carry on test-flying the repaired Lancasters.
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It was to satisfy this requirement that Sqd. Ldr. Peter Field-Richards was now posted to Avros, from the RAF’s 41 Group Production Test-Pilots Emergency Pool. Peter had spent a lot of the war flying all the bombers taken onto RAF strength (USA types included) and helping to write up the Pilot’s Flying Notes for all of them in turn. Thus, his experience now more than qualified him for test-flying the repaired Lancasters at Langar.
Avro’s output of Lancasters now slowly increased from six a month when Peter first arrived in November 1943, to a peak of 14 monthly in June 1944, and after a bit of a dip, up again to 16 a month by March 1945. When the war in Europe ended in May 1945, Peter had cleared some 162 Lancasters in all (which, with 207 Squadron’s 51 plus one Manchester, totalled 214 for the war months at Avro’s Langar works).
Arthur Hubbard remembers three incidents to the Lancasters during his time at Langar. Two were identical – the ‘Jury Strut’ that was placed in the undercarriage when the Lancaster was parked in order to prevent it being inadvertently retracted, was left in on two occasions on take-off. The ground drill should have included the ‘Jury Strut’ being taken out and held up to show the pilot in the cockpit, before ‘chocks away’. The first time it happened, a Rolls-Royce representative was on board together with Peter Field-Richards and the Flight Engineer. Once airborne, when Peter realised what was happening and feared that the undercarriage had jammed irrevocably, the control tower suggested they fly over the sea and bale out! Peter said that was no good, as they hadn’t any parachutes on board So they flew over Scampton to have the undercarriage checked by their tower and as it looked as though it was properly down, Peter went ahead and Landed at Langar without incident, luckily. He did the same the second time it happened.
The third incident involved Peter becoming airborne in a Lancaster one day, and on turning slowly to port, when he came to level up and turn the opposite way, he found the ailerons had jammed! It turned out that some screws had been put into the wrong linkages – but Peter again managed to land safely. In fact during the whole time that Avro’s Langar works was in existence, there were no flying accidents or crash-landings to any of the 1,185 aircraft repaired there in total -a superlative achievement! And Peter Field-Richards skill saved a number of these from occurring.
First Flight Engineer
George Arthur Norman joined Avros at Langar in 1943 and from January 1944 he became Peter Field-Richards permanent Flight Test Engineer, flying with Peter on most of his test flights over the next three and a quarter years. Arthur (as he liked to be called) had his first flight with Peter in Lancaster Mk. I R5625 on January 21st 1944 a veteran of many raids over Germany with 83 Squadron, which would have become a very ‘high-time’ aircraft had it not gone missing in July 1944, after delivery from Langar to 622 Squadron.
Arthur remembered how Peter often brought his little bull-terrier to work with him, and on these occasions if there was any test-flying to do, would take the dog up in the
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[Photograph of two men underneath an aircraft] Sqd. Ldr Peter Field-Richards (right), talking to his Flt. Engineer, ‘Paddy’ Armstrong.
[Photograph of a row of aircraft] Lincolns for Argentina.
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Lancaster with him! The dog would sit obediently behind the Flight Engineer’s position in eager anticipation of the roar of the four Merlins and the ‘G’ forces Peter used to impose on them all, when he beat up the airfield on his return to Langar!
Arthur also recalled how Peter was a ‘larger than life’ figure, always full of fun and a real gentleman, who later in life acquired a taxi and drove this around, more as a hobby than a business.
Occasionally Arthur would go by car with Peter to an RAF airfield, when an Avro Outworking Party from Bracebridge Heath had repaired a Lancaster which needed a factory pilot to clear it for service again. On May 23rd 1944 for instance, they went to Waddington to clear the Lancaster Mk. I W4884 of 61 Squadron and on June 3rd to Fiskerton to clear Lancaster Mk.III ME781 of 460 (Australian) Squadron.
Peacetime and site layout
At the end of WWII the activities conducted in each of the Avro Hangars (or ‘Sheds’) are noted below, against the legend to the site diagram drawn by Ken Allen:
Item on Diagram Description of activity
1. Shed 1. Cleaning, inspection of components, metal repairs and mods to wings, control surfaces and systems. Wheels and tyres, engine subframes, etc.
2. Shed 2. Instrument section, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Blind Flying panels, Auto Pilot, Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems, etc.
1. & 2. Sheds 1 and 2. Inspectors reports (from which replacement and u/s items are ordered and marshalled for assembly ‘down the line’).
3. Shed 3. Inspection and rectification of Fuselages (completed here for transfer to Shed 5).
4.A Main Stores
4.B Office Block. Upper floor – Superintendents office, General Office, Accounts and Drawing Office.
Lower floor – Chief Inspector’s Office., Tool Stores, Time Office and Drawing Stores.
5. Shed 5. Assembly of complete aircraft (fitting of wings, control surfaces, all systems, function of hydraulics). Internal fittings section (fitting of seating, soundproofing, installation and function of electrical equipment and wiring).
6.A Shed 6A. As for Shed 5.
6B. Shed 6B. Spray Bay. Complete preparation and respray of aircraft. Finishing of items (internal and external). Part-sprayed down line. All exterior markings, roundels, safety warnings, taping of joints, cleaning of windows.
7. Shed 7. Erected for large aircraft (Tudor, etc). Used mainly for work on complete aircraft, this shed could hold three Yorks or Lincoln’s or a Vulcan plus one York. Long term contracts and or major inspections.
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8. Canteen.
9. Boiler House.
10. Site Maintenance.
11. Tank Shop. (Aircraft tank repairs and testing. Fuel Oil, Methanol, Hydraulic tanks.)
12. Underground fuel installation and pump house.
13. Security Gate House (Main Entrance)
14. Ambulance room
15. Aeronautical Inspection Dept ([deleted] MO [/deleted] AID)
16. Auxiliary Sections. Battery stores, charging starter trolley maintenance.
17. Original dispersal hardstanding (later transferred to Flight Shed).
18. Memorial to No. 207 Squadron (recently dedicated).
19. Flight Shed. Dismantling and labelling of sections, piping and components for transfer to main factory.
Preparation of aircraft for initial ground test of engines ie fuel filling, flow testing, calibration of fuel gauges, leak testing and correct function of fuel system.
Installation of engines and airframe electrics, instruments and radio.
Swinging and adjustment of compasses for test flight.
Rectification of test flight ‘Snags’.
On completion passed to Hangar 6B, for:
i) Final Inspection for ‘Delivery’.
II. Submitting to AID for inspection and clearance for dispatch.
20. Control Tower (under Avro control after WWII when the airfield was leased to them).
21. Harby Hangar. Rolls-Royce Outworking Party, engine inspections and modifications. Power plants stored and ready for line installation. Also used for strip down of aircraft on major work contracts.
22. Compass swinging area.
23. Aircraft crossing.
24. Aircraft crossing.
25. Originally Avro VLR site. Aircraft from service arrived by ‘Queen Mary’ road transport for long term repair and rebuild.
(This section became a Staging Post Store for the RCAF, receiving stores from Canada by Argonaut, and shipping on to BAOR by Bristol Freighters.)
During the War, the labour force at Langar at its peak reached around 584 on day-shift and 250 on nightshift – or a total of some 834, not including those manning the stores there.
Unlike the workforce at Bracebridge Heath, however, where it declined steeply after the War was over, at Langar the amount of work remained fairly constant up to 1956. Although the numbers of aircraft then declined to some 20 Shackletons annually through the late 1950’s and 60’s, these large aircraft needed a great deal of work on them, and the
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[Hand drawn diagram of the Langar works] AVRO WORKS SITE (Not to Scale) Ken Allen
AVRO Factory Units at RAF Langar (above road until end of WWII; and below as well after WWII).
[Avro Logo]
AVRO & CO LTD
REPAIR DEPOT
LANGAR-CUM-BARNSTONE
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
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[Photograph of Langar from the air] Flight Shed (after WWII) Aerial photograph taken after Avro closed down.
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labour force was held fairly constant at some third of the WWII level, right up to the closure in 1968.
The names of the principal heads of the various Departments at Langar just after WWII and later in the 60’s are shown [deleted] in Appendix 1 [/deleted] overleaf. Langar was completely controlled by Bracebridge Heath and the latter in turn reported to A V Roe’s Chadderton works in Manchester. Ken Allen and Neil Cunningham have provided these names from memory. Ken joined Langar in 1947 after being demobbed from the RAF. He had spent the War firstly as an airframe and engine fitter in a Whitley bomber squadron, then trained to become an aircrew member and finished up as a Flight Lieutenant flying as a Flight Engineer on Halifax bombers from bases in North Yorkshire (Wing Cmdr, later Gp Capt Leonard Cheshire VC. OM. DSO and two Bars, DFC & Bar, was CO of one of the units he served in).
Ken served as a Senior Inspector at Langar between 1947 and 1961, and remembers the very stringent regulations in force in those days at Avros and the tight budgets each Dept worked under. If they needed even the most mundane of items – such as pencils and stationery – they had to be requested from Bracebridge (and in turn from Chadderton), and if they used up their allocation before the end of the month there was nothing else until the next month (even if they ran out of toilet paper!). By such tight budgeting did Roy Dobson, the Managing Director of Avros, ensure the company was always one of the most profitable in the business!
Peacetime Contracts: total aircraft repaired
The kind of contracts undertaken after the war at the Avro works at Langar are summarised by Ken Allen thus:
1. Ministry of Aircraft Production/Ministry of Defence Contracts:
Awarded annually (post Budget) covering all RAF aircraft on active service and periodic servicing and modification of aircraft held on ‘Alert storage’ at RAF and Civilian Maintenance Units. Aircraft flown in for servicing. Crashed and damaged aircraft sent in by road.
These RAF aircraft included all production Marks of Lancaster, York, Lancastrian, Lincoln, Meteor, Vulcan and Shackleton.
2. Civilian Contracts:
State airlines, Skyways, etc. for major inspection and Certificate of Airworthiness. Ex-Ministry aircraft were purchased by the company, re-registered by the Air Registration Board, flown in to Langar and re-built to the contract requirements of the customer authority. Sold to:-
Argentina – Lancastrians, Yorks, Lincolns (bombers), Lancasters (Bombers), Lincolnian.
Egypt – Lancasters (bombers)
France – Lancasters (Maritime/Air Sea Rescue, with life-boat dropping facility, etc)
(All aircraft exported as ‘Civilian Aircraft’.)
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[Tree representing A V Roe personnel hierarchy]
[Underlined] A. V. ROE REPAIR ORGANIZATION [/underlined]
Manager
Mr Charles Hatton
Under Manager
Mr T C Langton
LANGAR
Works Superindendent
Mr Robert Ingrid
HANGAR 1 AND 2
Mr Christopher Oatway
Senior Foreman
HANGAR 3
Mr Robert Brown
Senior Foreman
ENGINES
Mr Douglas Fletcher
Foreman
HYDRAULICS
Mr Harry Houghton
Senior Foreman
AIRFRAME
Mr Victor Ramsdale
Foreman
Mr Harold Walker
Foreman
ELECTRICAL
Mr William Brumby
Foreman
MODIFICATIONS
Mr Ernest Brumby
Foreman
FLIGHT
Mr George Norman
Foreman
PAINTSHOP
Mr Ernest Cook
Foreman
INTERNAL FITTINGS
Mr William Brewer
Foreman
WORKS INSPECTION
Mr Yarwood
Chief Inspector
STORES
Mr Fed Spur
Foreman
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[Photograph of buildings and hangars] Modern day picture of old Avro hangars.
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Note:
‘Servicing’ is a very loose term and covers whatever requirements are laid down by MAP/MoD at the time of contracting. In wartime, contractors worked on a ‘Costs Plus’ basis. In the post-war years and when the RAF was on ‘Standby’, payments were based on Man Hours and hardware used, to fulfil the terms of the contract. As world tensions eased, contracts started to ease down and ‘Planned Inspections’ were introduced to both the RAF and civilian contractors.
‘Planned Inspections’ covered a long period in Langar’s operation. Monies for this type of work were strictly controlled. After all trades had completed their inspection to a fixed check list and time table, the Aeronautical Inspection Dept, who were permanently staffed on site, reviewed the inspection results and gave the Ministry’s approval for repairs and rectifications to be carried out. This could and did mean in the case of costly, over-budget repairs or replacements, the aircraft could be scrapped.
The individual totals of each type of aircraft repaired at Langar are shown in Appendix 2, and these show that after the 320 Lancasters in all, next in descending numerical order came 284 Gloster Meteors [deleted] I [/deleted] of all Marks, 236 Avro Lincolns, and 230 Avro Shackletons. Of course, some aircraft re-appeared at Langar several times, for different modifications (or ‘Phase’ refits). The annual output of aircraft types at Langar between 1942 and 1968 is shown in Appendix 3 in detail.
Getting to work
Ernest Dolby joined Avros at the end of the War, when he was demobilised in 1945. He was an engine fitter and had spent 3 1/2 years in the Middle East with an RAF Transport Squadron before the war, then the war years in the UK with bomber squadrons.
He lived in Melton Mowbray and had to use a motor cycle to get to work at Langar – a distance of some 16 miles from home. The winter of 1947/8 was a terribly cold one and the roads were so badly frozen over between January and April, he remembers he had to use the local buses that ran past Langar from all the major surrounding towns (to bring the workers not just to Avros, but the aerodrome in general). In fact many of Avro’s workers began to use motor cycles, bicycles and small cars, to get to Langar after the War finished, and the narrow country roads past the airfield began to get quite crowded at clocking-on and clocking-off times. As the years went by, there were a number of nasty traffic accidents outside the works, and a few fatalities too.
The road outside the works had to be blocked off whenever an aircraft from the Avro Hangars was being towed – or taxied to their dispersal ‘pan’, to let the aircraft across from the factory side, to the aerodrome (or vice versa).
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Avro York Transports
These aircraft were from RAF Transport Command or Civil Airlines, and included VIP Specials, Troop carriers and freighters off the Berlin Airlift. Work done included major engine and airframe inspections, rebuilds and conversions to VIP aircraft. (Some Yorks were used by the RAF VIP and the King’s Flights, and by Commonwealth Governor-Generals etc.) Most conversions were done at Langar.
The first Yorks did not arrive until after the war was over, and MWIII was repaired as a ‘Cat A(c)’ case, and delivered from Langar again on July 25th 1945. It was followed by MW110 and 120, and then the Prime Minister (Sir Winston Churchill’s) LV633 ’Ascalon’, and MW101 (all ‘Cat B’ cases) before the end of the year.
After this, there was a steady trickle of Yorks through Langar up to the beginning of 1951, when it finally ran out, with the exception of two ‘special’ Yorks. (MW132 and 179) that were modified by Langar in March-April 1953 and fitted with ‘Parachute Pylons’ for testing at Abingdon and Boscombe Down.
The annual number of Yorks repaired at Langar was as follows:-
1945 – 6
1946 – 15
1847 [sic] – 13
1948 – 22
1949 – 24
1950 – 17
1951 – 3
1953 – 2
Total [underlined] 102 [/underlined]
The higher annual totals in 1948 and 1949 were for Yorks off the Berlin Airlift operations, at the conclusion of the world’s greatest-ever air supply operation.
Avro Lincoln bombers
The Lincoln bomber was a development of the famous Lancaster and built to a specification with more powerful Rolls-Royce Merlin 68a engines, semi automatic fuel system, greater payload and range. The Lincoln came into service too late for the European War, but went into RAF service in the UK and overseas. It also became the main standby aircraft of the RAF and remained in storage readiness for several years until the ‘V’ bomber was established. The Handley Page Halifax Mk. III was also manufactured to the same specification. During this period Avro Langar had contracts for the repair and periodic servicing of many Lincolns.
The Lincolns started to arrive at Langar for repair at the end of 1945 and the first, a B.Mk 2, RE404, of a final total of 236 was cleared by Avros for delivery back to RAF Marham in February 1946. After this they arrived in a steady trickle for modifications to be made
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and later on, for those that had been in storage since the War to be refurbished and prepared for storage again at Maintenance Units. Special storage oils and lubricants were applied and most of the instruments taken out and stored separately.
Lincoln RE364 was ‘cleared’ out of Langar on February 20 1947,, names ‘Aries II’ to be used by the Empire Air Navigation School at Shawbury in place of their older Aries I (a Lancaster Mk I). Like Aries I the Lincoln had been fitted with a streamlined Lancastrian nose and tail and much special radio/radar equipment.
Another Lincoln B.Mk. 2, RE414 was also given special equipment for use by the Empire Radio School, and called Mercury II (to replace Mercury I, a Halifax Mk VI).
Argentine Lincolns
Then came the renovation of ex-RAF Lincolns at Langar for the Argentine Air Force. A total of 12 B.Mk 2s were prepared at Langar, numbered B-001 to B-012. B-001 was ready to hand over on September 17th 1947 and the last of the dozen (B-003) was handed over on February 24th 1949.
This was because the AAF decided to have B-003 (which had been cleared for acceptance at Langar on May 19th 1948 by Peter Field-Richards) converted to a ‘very long range’ version for trans-South Polar flying. Thus it went back into the works for fitting extra fuel tanks (to take a total of 5,010 gallons) and Peter cleared it again on July 16th 1948. Then it was also decided to fit a good deal of extra radio equipment and it was finally handed over in February 1949 to the AAF.
Later, B-003 was returned to Langar in 1953 to be fitted with streamlined nose and tail cones. It was delivered back to the AAF again on May 2nd 1953 as LV-ZEI.
Thus, this Lincoln, B-003, became the first true ‘Lincolnian’ to be sold.
More special Lincolns
A great deal of crew training was involved during the intervening months at Langar, some of the Argentine Lincolns being kept back for this purpose. Lincolns continued to arrive from the RAF and storage at MUs, up to the end of 1957. Following the Argentine Air Force contract, another order arrived from Paraguay for the conversion of 3 Lincolns into meat-carrying freighters to ply between Paraguay and Peru and Chile, over the Andes mountain chain.
Neil Cunningham remembers some of these contracts.
“I started my apprenticeship with A V Roe in late 1954 and worked on Lincolns, Meteors, Shackletons and Vulcans. I also worked at Bracebridge Heath, RAF Waddington, Scampton and Finningley on Vulcans. I then went back to Langar and finished my apprenticeship as a Millwright in the maintenance department. After that I worked on maintenance, becoming the Works Engineer, until closure in 1968.
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[Photograph of two Lincoln aircraft] Lincolns for Argentina.
[Photograph of large group of men beneath a Lincoln aircraft with a number of signatures at the bottom of the page]
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When I started at Langar the Lincolns were being disarmed and a few prepared to be used on air-to-ground missile ranges in Australia. They were parked on the dispersal points round the airfield ready for collection, but the contract was cancelled and they remained parked for some considerable time before being scrapped. I can remember twenty or more of these Lincolns parked around the airfield and having to be turned according to the wind direction. Three of these were bought in 1956/57 by a South American air charter firm that was awarded a contract by the Peruvian government to fly 84 tons of fresh meat a week from Asuncion, Paraguay, to Lima in Peru, a distance of 1350 miles over mountainous central America, because of a shortage of meat in Peru (whose people were unwilling to accept frozen meat). Field Aircraft at Tollerton was awarded the contract to convert these three Lincolns to meat freighters, therefore it was necessary to fly them from Langar to Tollerton, approximately five miles. As these aircraft had been static and open to the elements for so long, their condition was questionable. Fortunately the engines were found to be in good condition due to being inhibited. Eventually an air-worthy certificate was granted only for that distance and they were flown to Tollerton by Cliff Rogers and Cliff Holehouse, Rolls-Royce Hucknall test pilots, and Freddie Cook, Field’s test pilot, and they were paid £5 each! These three aircraft were locally called ‘Faith, Hope and Charity’. The number of the first aircraft to be converted was RE376. It had been flown by 61, 617, 57 and 100 Squadrons and the cost of conversion was £12,000. A V Roe would not grant a stress certificate for this aircraft and the other two were never converted. Eventually, on the 14th September 1959 these aircraft were sold for scrap to International Alloys of Aylesbury, the scrap value being £1,950 for the unconverted aircraft, and £1,025 for the converted.”
Another small batch of Lincolns was to be sent to Langar for a very secret conversion – to unmanned flight, controlled by radio (for use at Woomera). A test Lincoln had already been converted by Flight Refuelling Ltd, but had run into difficulties. Avros at Langar had to fit special pods to the wing-tips, encasing cameras and recording devices, but it was found that the flexing of the wingtips in flight upset the telemetry and Langar was told to cancel the project after some work had been carried out on RF395 and RE366.
Ken Allen remembers:
“This was a very ‘hush hush’ contract. I was allocated to the project and can recall being summoned to the Chief Inspector’s office, where the three inspectors (engine, airframe and electrical) were read the ‘Riot Act’ on strict secrecy, and no person not involved with the project was to be allowed to look at the drawings.”
The annual number of Lincolns repaired at Langar after the war totalled:
1946 – 56
1947 – 24
1948 – 34
1949 – 13
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1950 – 9
1951 – 42 (Korean War preparation)
1952 – 28
1953 – 18 (including 1 Lincolnian)
1954 – 6
1955 – 3
1956 – 2
1957 – 1
Total [underlined] 236 [/underlined]
Argentine Lancasters
Argentina had already taken delivery of 5 Yorks and 3 Lancastrians (three of these Yorks and one Lancastrian were reconditioned at Waddington/Bracebridge Heath Langar refurbished the other two Lancastrians and the two remaining Yorks were overhauled at Woodford). Argentina also now bought the 12 ex-RAF Lincolns from Langar (plus a further 18 newly-built- ones by Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft). But this was not the end of its orders – a total of 15 ex-RAF Lancasters were now ordered and Langar was to refurbish them. They were numbered B-031 to B-045 following on from the Lincolns (numbered B-001 to B-030).
Now all these Lancasters were Mk Is and had been standing outside in open storage at RAF MUs since the end of WWII, so picking out the best preserved ones was tricky. One particular Argentine Air Force officer was designated to make a check, one day, on the external and internal condition of the Lancasters before overhaul began at Langar, and Ken Allen (a Senior Inspector) and Phil Lightfoot (the overall Works Superintendent) took him over to the latest Lancaster to arrive there. They removed the engine cowlings and were horrified at the dirt and oil over the Rolls-Royce Merlins.
The Argentine officer refused to accept the Lancaster and became a little over-excited exclaiming “Zese aircraft must be NEW ones – not dirt old ones…!”
Ken looked at Phil who put on his best Yorkshire man act, rubbed his chin slowly and eventually said: “Leave it to me, Lad – we’ll sort it out!”
Out of earshot of the Argentine officer, Phil whispered urgently to Ken: “What do you suggest…?” and Ken said he’d have a go at cleaning one Merlin up – if he could get a tin of black gloss paint, a tin of silver dope, masking tape and lots of brown paper. He got what he wanted, worked all day and by evening had cleaned and resprayed the R-R engine completely.
Phil was so impressed that he told Ken to borrow some more Inspectors and do the other three. A few days later the Argentine Air Force man was invited back to see: “Ze four NEW engines” and was duly impressed, authorising the complete Lancaster to be refurbished there. (He never did know the real truth!)
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The first of these 15 Lancasters (B-031) was delivered from Langar on May 11th 1948 and the last one (B-041) was delivered on January 4th 1949,
French and other Lancasters
Following this, Langar refitted another Lancaster Mk I for the Swedish Air Force (80001) which was delivered to AST at Hamble on June 22nd 1950, to be fitted out for testing a single Swedish jet engine under its bomb bay. Then came nine Lancasters for the Egyptian Air Force (1801-1809) and a contract for 54 Lancasters for the French Aéronavale Squadrons, 16 of which were refitted at Langar and the balance at Woodford. The last Egyptian Lancaster was delivered on November 20th 1950, and the first and last of the French Aéronavale Lancasters on March 12th, and October 28th 1952 respectively.
A further five Lancaster MkVIIs were then supplied to the French Air Force (FCL-01 to -05), the last leaving Langar on April 30th 1954, and the next Lancaster, RF322 for the RAF’s School of Maritime Reconnaissance was the last of all the 320 Lancasters to be overhauled at Langar in the 12 year period 1942-1954.
The Lancaster totals refitted at Langar per annum were:
1942 – 4
1943 – 48
1944 – 89
1945 – 99
1946 – 12
1947 - -
1948 – 14
1949 – 14
1950 – 11
1951 – 2
1952 – 16
1953 – 4
1954 – 7
Total [underlined] 320 [/underlined]
One additional Lancaster to the above was supplied to the French Aéronavale for ground training for the crews who were to maintain the 54 Lancasters for their Western Union contract.
Ken Allen remembers being asked at short notice to go to Cosford, where Avros had purchased a Lancaster being stored there but about to be scrapped (believed to be NX743). Ken was told to inspect the aircraft and make a ‘Shortage List’ of all the items necessary to enable the Lancaster to make one last flight direct to France. This was quite a task, as all kinds of items had [inserted] already [/inserted] been carefully [inserted] and clandestinely [/inserted] removed from the Lancaster to enable certain people to complete their DIY tasks at home (eg cables – to repair motor cycle brakes, etc!).
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[Photograph of Lancaster RE222] RAF Coastal Command Lancaster about to be converted for French Aeronavale.
[Photograph of a Lancaster] Lancaster converted for French Aeronavale use.
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When the items had been restored to the Lancaster (temporarily registered F-YBCA), Ken crewed it as Flight Engineer with Peter Field-Richards and saw everyone at Cosford turn out to line the runway on June 6th 1951 – quite convinced the Lancaster would never leave the ground! However, it did, but they only flew it to Langar, where it was renovated but afterwards sent by ground transport to France!
Ken remembers one other unique flight in a Lancaster. This was on July 17th 1951, when he went with Peter Field-Richards to the MU at Llandow in South Wales, to fly TW655 into Hendon for the special Daily Express ’50 Years of Flight’ exhibition and display that year. Hendon only had a short runway and after being invited to send in a Lancaster for the 7-day event Avros was suddenly told at the last minute that permission for the Lancaster had been withdrawn for safety reasons. There was a last minute flurry of telephone calls between Sir Roy Dobson of Avros, the Air Ministry, even Government departments – then it was ‘on’ again, and Peter and Ken flew it in. Ken remembers handing some charts to Peter during the flight – but Peter just flung them over his shoulder, saying “I don’t need them – I know every aerodrome in this country by heart…!” Ken looked down as they flew over London, descending over the buildings of Harrow School, then as they crossed over the roof of the last hut on the edge of Hendon, Peter told him to ‘cut’ the throttles – and they actually stopped before the intersection of the runways!
At the end of the week, Peter flew TW655 out again on July 24th, straight to Langar where it became WU-17 eventually for the French Aéonavale contract.
Flight Engineer from the ‘Dambusters’
When Arthur Norman retired from being Peter Field-Richard’s Flight Test Engineer in 1946, a certain Edward Wilson Armstrong – recently demobbed from the RAF as a Warrant Officer Flight Engineer in 617 (The Dambusters) Squadron – promptly applied for and was given the job as his successor.
‘Paddy’ – so called because his family came from Donaghadee in Northern Ireland – had joined the RAF in 1940 on his 18th birthday, after serving as an apprentice at Shorts in Belfast. He eventually qualified as a Flight Engineer and completed a tour of 30 operations with 90 Squadron on Short Stirlings. Then, after the customary rest from operations as an instructor in 1661 Conversion Unit, he managed (after a great deal of trying) to get posted back on ‘ops’, this time as a Warrant Officer in the famous 617 Squadron at Woodhall Spa.
Paddy flew another 14 operations with 617 up to the end of the War in Europe, and stayed with the squadron until December 20th 1945. His job with Avros at Langar began on August 14th 1946 and he remained there until June 1st 1968, three months before the works finally closed down.
He flew as Peter Field-Richards ‘crew’ (there were normally only the two of them
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concerned with test-flying the aircraft at Langar) from September 5th 1946 up to Peter’s retirement from flying on August 11th 1954, and continued to act as Flight Test Engineer for the Avro pilots from Woodford after that – notably Sqd Ldr Jack Wales. After Wales was killed in the first production Shackleton MR3 in December 1956, Paddy handed over most of the flying to his assistant in Flight Testing, Roy Browne. But Paddy went on flying when necessary – if Roy was ill, or on holiday, etc and Paddy’s last test flight at Langar was actually on November 26th 1965, with Peter Varley in the Shackleton MR”, WR960.
Between leaving the RAF and joining Avros, Paddy had first gone along to Trent Bridge Power Station for an engineer’s job. But he could not stand heights and was turned down for the job. Then he tried a local coal mine, seeking to become one of the new ‘Bevan Boys’. He went for this interview in his best suit collar and tie, and this was probably not very conducive to getting a job down the pits!
He was turned away from this, too and so he had ended up as a Junior Foreman in the Langar Flight Test Department, with a flying job again.
Paddy had a lot of happy hours flying in his beloved Lancasters at Langar – and he was particularly commended by Sir Roy Dobson – Avro’s Managing Director – for his work in training the Argentine flight crews (including their pilots). Sir Roy awarded Paddy an ex gratia payment of £25!
A number of incidents
The flights Paddy made were not without incident but Peter Field-Richards was such a superlative pilot that they all ended favourably. Thus, on November 19th 1946 Paddy was in the York ME 300 on a local test flight when Peter discovered suddenly that their aileron control had jammed solid. With great expertise, Peter managed to fly slowly across to Waddington, and by dint of some very precise flying with rudder and engine controls alone they landed safely on the long runway there. The York stayed there for six days while the controls were checked and the fault rectified, then they flew it back to Langar and one engine failed on take-off!
On July 5th 1948, while heavily engaged in training the Argentine crews on their Lancasters, Paddy was flying with Peter in the Lancaster B-040 when a hydraulic pipe burst in the cockpit. Both of them and the cockpit were covered in oil, and again they had to make an emergency landing at Waddington – “well-oiled…” as Paddy said! In fact it took no less than 10 test-flights to clear it for the Argentine crew.
On May 13th 1949, Paddy was up with Peter in the Lincoln test-bed for the new Bristol Theseus engines, RE418. (This was the second such Lincoln and was to be used by RAF Transport shortly on regular runs between Lyneham and the Middle East.) But on this test flight they couldn’t lower the undercarriage on returning to Langar. Paddy used the emergency compressed air and the control tower told them the wheels seemed to be locked down, when they flew very low, over it. The flaps didn’t work, however, and
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[Photograph of an aircraft] The Lancastrian conversion “Aries II” for the RAF.
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so Peter made a low, flapless approach and landing on the long North/South runway, fortunately without incident.
By 1951, a lot of Lincoln B.2s had been delivered to Langar for various inspections/modification/updates/overhauls to be carried out, and a not inconsiderable number were parked around the airfield on various dispersal areas. On April 10th, Paddy helped Peter conduct what must have been rather risky 10-minute test flights on a pair of these that had already become ’time-expired’. These were RF532 and RE294 and immediately after, they were flown away to MUs at Hullavington and Kemble respectively.
Paddy also helped fly the Lancaster F-YBCA from Cosford to Langar on June 6th 1951 – the one-time trip (again on a time-expired aircraft) to have the Lancaster made into a ground instruction machine at Langar for the French Aéronavale.
On July 19th 1954, Paddy flew as a ‘passenger’ with Peter Field-Richards on the latter’s one and only test flight in a Meteor T.7, and after Peter retired that August, Paddy accompanied Sqd Ldr Jack Wales as an ‘observer’ on several further flights in Meteor T.7s.
The Shackletons had started to appear now and Paddy found himself flying at Langar with Jack Wales until the latter was tragically killed when the first Shackleton MR3 crashed in Derbyshire in December 1956. Johnny Baker then took over Shackleton, Meteor and Lincoln tests at Langar and he was succeeded by the New Zealand wartime fighter pilot ‘Ossie’ Hawkins in 1958, when Johnny left Woodford for Australia.
Paddy had handed over most of his test-flying duties at Langar to Roy Browne from January 1957 but he did fly quite regularly after that – on all the different models of Shackleton. The other Woodford pilots he flew with included Tony Blackman, Dickie Martin and finally Peter Varley.
After Avro Langar closed down in 1968, Paddy found a job at Schipol Airport at Amsterdam for a time, then managed to find a position with Rolls-Royce back at Hucknall, Derby. By now he had a large family – seven sons (the last two being twins) and one daughter – and the R-R job gave him a chance to keep them all together in Nottingham. Later he took a contract with BAC (later BAe) to live in Saudi Arabia for 7-8 years working on the English Electric Lightning project with the Saudi Air Force, and his wife and family (such as were still at home) moved out there for the last 4 1/2 years.
When Paddy finally retired, he did so back to Rivergreen near Nottingham, and to keep busy at something, he even opened a ‘take-away’ sandwich bar at Hockley! When he finally passed away in 1995, Paddy’s wish was to be cremated and his ashes scattered over Langar airfield. Not only was his wish carried out by the BN Islander aircraft of the Sky-Diving Club there, but when his ashes had been scattered, the Battle of Britain Flight
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DATE 1956
FLIGHTSHED
LINCOLNS
BILL WILLIAMS
METEOR FUEL TANKS
HERBERT CHADDERTON
SHED 3 TANK SHOP
SHED 1
DON HERROD
LEN NEEDHAM FOREMAN
MMY LEVERLAN
TANK SHOP NOSEWHEEL SECTION.
T.I. MK SHACKLETON CONVERSION TO MK 4 FLYING CLASSROOM
METEOR NOSEWHEELS
SHED 5 P.I. SECTION
[Underlined] Persons in pictures overleaf: [/underlined]
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[Photographs of various parts of hangars] Langar scenes.
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flew across the airfield, the Lancaster flanked by the Spitfire and Hurricane – a fitting tribute to one of Avro’s greatest.
The Meteor Contracts
With the end of major servicing on Avro Yorks not long after the Berlin Airlift ceased in 1949, and the rundown in refurbishing Lincolns once the Korean War began to subside at the start of the 1950s, it was obvious to the Hawker Siddeley Aviation Management that some urgent contracts were needed to sustain Langar in business. Thus it was decided to send Meteor night-fighters direct to Langar from Armstrong Whitworth at Coventry for final fitment of various items in the radio and radar field.
The first Meteor NF.14 to be produced at Baginton (WS722) had its first flight there on October 23rd 1953. ‘Bill’ Else initialled it, flying it across to Bitteswell aerodrome, where all Armstrong Whitworth’s test-flying operations had been located since October 5th. Then another pilot flew it across to Langar for fitment of the necessary equipment, and on November 19th it was rolled out again and given its clearance flight back to Bitteswell.
Meanwhile one of the last batches of Meteor NF.12s (WS718) was also sent to Langar for equipment to be installed, and this was cleared back to Bitteswell eight days later on November 27th 1953. Armstrong Whitworth approved the Langar installations, and after this, the first batch (39) of Meteor NF.14s and the initial aircraft of the second batch all went through Langar in quick succession – a total of 40 NF.14s altogether. Interspersed with these came a total on 99 of the 100 Meteor NF.12s produced (the exception being WS635).
As these Meteors were test-flown and cleared at Langar, the NF.14s were mostly delivered to 15 MU at Wroughton and the NF.12s to 8MU at Little Rissington or 38 MU at Llandow.
Further contracts now followed for refurbishing Meteor F.8s (the RAF’s latest fighter version) straight from RAF Auxiliary Squadrons. Eventually 58 F.8s were treated at Langar and re-delivered to RAF bases.
The Meteor T.7 trainer version was also refurbished at Langar, where 85 were treated the same way as the F.8s, and the whole of the Meteor programme finished with two FR.9s also being overhauled.
Ken Allen remembers:
“All Meteors came to Langar from RAF Squadrons when their engine and airframe hours expired, for major inspection, repairs and modifications and updating any outstanding tech instructions. Meteors were stripped of their matt paint and given a High Gloss finish and new markings. This was a new technique for Avro’s spray shop, as all bomber aircraft were matt finished. However, several squadron commanders later
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wrote saying they were impressed by the increase in top speed achieved with this new finish!”
Altogether between November 1953 and January 1957 Langar received a total of 284 Meteors to refit, which helped keep their employment intact before the next – and last- major contract to arrive, overhauling the Avro Shackleton fleet.
Peter Field-Richards retired from test-flying at Langar in July 1955, at the height of the Meteor programme and a few months after the first Shackleton – a Mk IA, WB826 – was given some modification after suffering a wheels-up landing at a Conversion Unit and cleared at Langar on February 16th.
From here on, Avro test-pilots based at Woodford would drive or fly down to Langar to clear each Shackleton or Vulcan as it became ready for test-flying again after its repair/modification/servicing work was complete.
The Meteors were all test-flown by Avro or Armstrong Whitworth pilots (Sqd Ldr Jack Wales alone flying some 129).
Avro Shackleton T4 Trainers
The first few Shackletons appeared at Langar for regular servicing or modifying up to current manufacturer’s standards – usually after a major incident at the Squadron rendered repairs imperative. Thus, after WB826 (see above) came a string of MR2s from Squadrons – WL785, WL796, WL798, etc – with the first production Shackleton MR1, VP254, to have IFF Mk10 and SARAH fitted at Langar early in 1956, prior to flight trials at Boscombe Down in May 1956. Another early Shackleton, VP258, also appeared at Langar at the end of 1956 for the trial installation of the new ASV Mk21 Blue Silk search radar.
Then they came in ‘thick and fast’ to Langar. WB819, an MR1A was cleared at Langar on June 13th 1957 after being converted there to a T4 standard. The T4 was a trainer version, replacing the Lancasters equipping the School of Maritime Reconnaissance. After VP258 was converted at Woodford to be the prototype of this new version, a total of 10 MR1 or 1A aircraft were sent to Langar for the refit. This involved removing the dorsal turret and rest bunks and installing ASV Mk13 training equipment, and extra Sonobouy Mk1 equipment, for instructors and pupils to sit side by side, as well as the necessary additional power pack.
These 10 Shackleton MRIs or IAs were converted at Langar and delivered back to units between May 27th 1957 and March 17th 1958 (see Appendix No…). Later, a further six Shackleton IAs were sent to Langar and converted and delivered back between September 7th and December 28th 1961.
The last Flight Engineer
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Now that Langar’s resident Flight Test Engineer Paddy Armstrong had retired from flying, he left the test-flying at Langar to his successor Roy Browne. Roy had joined Avros at Langar in 1946 and when Paddy signed the front of Roy’s new log book: “Happy Landings. E.W. Armstrong. 14th January 1957”, he turned over the test-flying engineer’s job to him until Langar finally closed in 1968.
Roy henceforth made almost all the test-flights on Avro’s aircraft at Langar, with whichever pilot flew down from Woodford for the purpose. But in addition, he also made many test-flights on Shackletons and Vulcans from Bitteswell (which gradually took over the tasks of the Langar works). [Deleted] Hawarden (the old De Havilland which gradually took over the tasks of the Langar works), [/deleted] Hawarden (the old De Havilland works at Chester), and even Woodford (Avro’s home base), as well as accompanying Woodford crews on tests at Boscombe Down, etc. In all Roy notched up 1,209 hours 35 minutes test-flying with Avros – a very respectable total and one that put him in the forefront of Shackleton testing for A V Roe & Co Ltd.
When Roy finished at Langar, he was great friends with Bill Else, Dickie Martin and Peter Varley (the ex-Armstrong Whitworth and Gloster aircraft test-pilots taken on by Woodford after their own companies closed down) and he left Avros to join Court Line Aviation when they did too, starting another career in civil aviation.
Roy lived at Harby when he worked at Langar and knew Peter Field-Richards very well – though not flying with him officially before he retired. Peter was then ‘Mine Host’ of the Nags Head and Star in Harby. But Roy knew enough of Peter to call him “One hell of a pilot”.
In his early days of test-flying at Langar, Roy went up to Woodford one day to the Flight Test Dept there, while the Chief Test-Pilot (Jimmy Harrison) was away somewhere. Jimmy – Roy notes – had a ‘beautiful secretary’ and Roy was holding the post for her temporarily in her office when the ‘phone rang. Roy decided to be a little flippant with his answer and as he lifted the receiver he said “Hallo. It’s the Kremlin here…!”
The resultant response at the other end indicated the caller was certainly not amused … it was Jimmy Harrison himself!
Roy remembers two occasions involving slow rolls during test-flying at Langar. On one occasion Langar had just installed new, more powerful Bristol Olympus engines in a Vulcan. Tony Blackman came down to test-fly it when it was ready, and just after take off was so impressed by the increase in thrust that he promptly barrel-rolled it while still climbing out in sight of all the workers and spectators!
The other occasion could have been more dangerou8s – it had claimed the life of Jack Wales and his crew in the prototype Shackleton MR3 in December 1956. On this flight from Langar, Roy was flying with Ossie Hawkins in a Shackleton and they were making still turns at 4-5,000 ft or so. Roy was not strapped in the Flt. Engineer’s seat and the
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stall turns were getting tighter. Suddenly the Shackleton dropped a wing and went into a vicious roll onto its back. Roy flew between the two pilots seats, and Ossie somehow got the aircraft out of the roll by completing it down at 1,000 ft! That was a close shave.
Phase I and II modifications to Avro Shackletons
After the T4 refits, came the ‘Phase I’ conversions to Shackleton MR2s, and then Phase II conversions to MR2s, MR3s and T4s.
The Shackletons concerned in these refits at Langar can be seen in Appendix … (showing the dates of delivery back to their units after clearance at Langar). A Summary Table in Appendix … is also shown.
Basically, the Phase I refit at Langar (1958-60) on MR2s consisted of fitting:
- ASV Mk21 radar
- Blue Silk doppler
- A Tactical Table
Soon after the programme had started at Langar (Woodford, and Avro Outworking Parties at 49 MU were also involved), the MR2s had been grounded on June 19, 1959 due to fatigue in the centre section wing spars being discovered. Thus, additional modifications were then added to the Phase I refits, as parts of a crash programme on MR2s.
Phase II refits at Langar (1961-3) to both MR2s and MR3s involved new radio and radar equipment:
- Sonobuoy MkIC (replacing Mk I)
- Violet Picture UHF (replacing Green Salad VHF)
- New Intercom system
- UHF/RT
- Tacan
- Sonobuoy Homer
- Orange Harvest ECM
- Improved Radio Compass (with recessed aerial behind cockpit roof and ‘sensing’ aerial on starboard bomb – door.
- HF Radio aerial support posts moved back in front of ECM Plinth
- Long MR3 Type engine tail-pipe exhausts
- Bomb carriage modification to allow carriage of 2xMk30, and 3 x Mk36 or Mk44 Homing Torpedoes.
Phase III, Viper and T2 modifications to Shackletons
The Phase III modifications made later in 1964-5 (to MR3s), and in 1965-7 (to MR2s), involved fitting:
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- Strengthened spars and re-skinned wings
- Increased fuel capacity
- Redesigned Heater system
- New navigation and compass systems
- Revised Tactical Station
- Four tube flare discharger
- New toilet/washing facilities
- Thicker soundproofing
- Rewiring to carry Mk 10 Lulu Nuclear depth bombs) [sic]
- R-R Griffon 58 engines (with strengthened gear boxes for higher electrical generation outputs), larger generators and inverters.
- Stronger undercarriage
- Positions to carry 11 passengers (or troops) in addition to crew of 10.
Once the Shackleton MR2s had been converted to Phase III standard, they were known as the MR2A version.
The MR3s had not seen the last of Langar with the Phase III additions, as it was decided to fit most MR3s with Bristol Siddeley Viper Mk11 gas turbines in the rear of the outer engine nacelles, to boost the max weight take off performance at 105,000 lbs. This was called the ‘Viper Fit’ and carried out at Langar and Woodford.
The last version seen at Langar was the T2 Trainer. This was the MR2A given two ASV trainee positions (in place of the rest bunks), extra consoles and an instructor (Navigator) position.
Altogether, Langar handled a total of:
15 T4 conversions from Shackleton MR1As
2 T4 conversions to Phase II standard
38 Phase I conversions of Shackleton MR2s
36 Phase II conversions of Shackleton MR2s
30 Phase III conversions of Shackleton MR2s
10 T2 conversions of Shackleton MR2As
11 Phase III conversions of Shackleton MR3s
19 Viper fits to Shackleton MR3s
[Underlined] 181 [/underlined] Total
All this amounted to a vast number of man-hours worked at Langar on the Shackleton aircraft, the only major version not dealt with there being the last one – the AEW2 version that was carried out at Bitteswell in the 1972-3 period after Langar had closed.
In fact. Langar closed down because it was decided within the Hawker-Siddeley Aviation Group that Bitteswell (originally an Armstrong Whitworth company airfield near
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Coventry was more suited to taking the Vulcan aircraft for refits, as it had better runways, engine test facilities and general Hangar accommodation. It was all part of the inevitable rationalisation process still affecting British Aviation even today.
The Foreman’s mistake
Neil Cunnin [inserted] g [/inserted] ton worked on the aircraft at Langar in the 1950s, then with Outworking Parties at Scampton, Waddington and Finningley on Vulcans, before returning to Langar to work on the factory maintenance side up to its closure in 1968. He remembers several amusing incidents, [deleted] the first [/deleted] one being the arrival at Langar of the first Avro Vulcan to be sent there for an upgraded engine fitment.
The Vulcan (VX770, the first prototype) flew around the works and airfield several times, to the delight of the watching workers, and then made its approach and landing, streaming its braking parachute in the process, and then leaving it on the runway. As it taxied in to the Hangar, one of the senior foremen watching it remarked to all and sundry: “I’ll go out on my bike and bring in the parachute!”
He duly cycled out, and a long time later returned very red-faced. He hadn’t appreciated the fact that the Vulcan’s tail-chute weighs some two tons, with its massive nylon cords, etc! It was quite impossible for him to lift it, let alone tow it on his bike!
The ‘Jonah’
Neil also remembers a particular Shackleton MR3 – or ‘Jonah’ as they referred to it at Langar (for all its constant problems). This MR3, WR971, first appeared at Langar to have a very large aerial fitted to its fuselage top, as a Trial Installation of some special radio equipment. While it was on test later, it returned to Langar after one flight, minus its aerial – which was later found in a field in the Vale of Belvoir!
On another occasion it was in the large Hangar No 7 at Langar, for some work to be done on it. Now in the centre of the floor, there was a large 10ft deep access pit for the Shackleton MR2s to be able to extend their telescopic ventral radomes for checking the mechanism, etc. The pit was covered with heavy baulks of timber to withstand the weight of the nose-wheels, but on this occasion, someone managed to manoeuvre ‘Jonah’ so that one of its main gear passed over the pit. The timber collapsed, the main gear disappeared into the well and the wing and engines dropped right onto the top of the workmen’s benches. Luckily it was the lunch break, and so no one was killed or injured!
Finally ‘Jonah’ was the Shackleton in which Harry Fisher and Roy Browne were to have the undercarriage collapse on take-off, on February 7th 1967. Neil Cunnington remembers just going home past the Harby end of the runway, and watching it preparing to take-off, when the starboard undercarriage gracefully folded up and the next minute, chunks of concrete were flying past Neil’s head as the propellers struck the runway and bent backwards like split banana skins.
The Hangar 7 fire
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On the night of December 22nd 1955 – a Saturday – there were three Shackleton MR2s in Hangar 7 undergoing fuel tank filling tests. Suddenly there was a spark caused by static electricity, and the aircraft were engulfed in flames! The Senior Foreman there, Harry Houghton and the men on duty tried desperately to limit the fire by pulling drums of fuel away from the Shackletons, and using fire extinguishers, but to no avail!
The Royal Canadian Air Force scrambled its Fire Tenders from their site on the North side of the airfield, and they were soon on the scene – albeit by now the Hangar itself was on fire, and a pillar of flame and smoke rose high into the sky from the Hangar roof. As Neil Cunnington remembers: “It was the only time in my life when I have ever seen concrete actually melt!”
One Shackleton (WL799) was totally destroyed, as was the hangar, and two others damaged, but with all the work on hand, Hangar 7 was hurriedly rebuilt in more modern post-war style, and was in use again by mid-1956!
Vulcan contracts
Langar only hosted four different Vulcan aircraft – all arriving and departing in 1957-8.
Ken Allen remembers:
“The first prototype (VX770) which had completed its evaluation and test flying was placed on embodiment loan to Rolls-Royce Experimental Establishment, Hucknall, Nottingham, as a flying test bed for the first of the family of ‘By-pass’ engines – ie the Conway. The airframe had extensive modification at Langar to comply with current regulations. This work took some twelve months to complete. I had the privilege of being Senior Inspector throughout the whole of this project and co-signed the daily inspection for the first flight. The whole of Langar came out to view the take off on August 9th 1957. It was a very memorable sight, deafening, but quite unforgettable! I was also relived Vulcan VX770 never returned to Langar and was delivered direct to Hucknall. I did later meet up with the Vulcan at Rolls-Royce Hucknall, to advise on repairs to the airframe.
Next came XA903, an early B.Mk1 version, to be fitted at Langar with a special bomb release, and tracking telemetry for the airborne release of the Blue Steel ‘stand-off’ bomb. This was completed and flew on January 27th 1958.
Then came XA901 and lastly XA891, to be fitted with the more powerful uprated Bristol Olympus engines of 16,000 lb st each. These Mk200 Olympus engines were fitted in time for the SBAC show in 1958, and the Vulcans were completed on May 22nd and June 10th 1958, respectively”.
More hangars acquired
Neil Cunnington remembers the RCAF’s occupation of Langar:
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[Underlined] Peter Norman [/underlined]
[Photograph of an aircraft flying past a control tower] The last Shackleton modified at Langar flies around the Control Tower (now the HQ building of the Brit. Para chute School)
[Underlined] SEPT 1968 [/underlined]
Sep 4th WL798 Shack II last at Langer (next ones at Bitteswell) Harry Fisher is the Pilot.
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[Photograph of three men outside a NAAFI hut] Retirement: Sqd Ldr Peter Field-Richards (Centre), and Ken Cook (right) meet again at Langar. Both great Test-Pilots.
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“The Royal Canadian Air Force occupied the airfield and the North side from 1951 to 1963. When they eventually vacated the site, A V Roe/Hawker Siddeley Aviation took over part of it, which included two T2 Type Hangars and other buildings. One of the hangars became a Flight Shed, and the other became the Trials Installation (TI) Section. As this site was some distance from the factory, there was a bus service between the two, which consisted of an ex-City of Coventry double decker bus and a mini-bus.”
The Flight Shed provided much needed extra space for the Shackletons and the TI hangar enabled the relevant Shackletons sent over from Woodford to be fitted out with the new equipment to be tested from Langar or Boscombe Down, and proved, before adopting it as standard in the future Phase refits given to all the Shackletons.
The closure of Langar
With the refitting of all the necessary RAF Shackletons now accomplished, and the emphasis on Vulcan refits now appearing, Hawker Siddeley Aviation decided to close Langar at the end of 1968, and transfer all refitting facilities to Bitteswell – a little further south, close to Coventry.
It was a sad day when the closure approached for the team of workers who had, over a period of 26 years, carried out such excellent refitting and modification to over 1,185 aircraft in all (see Appendix 2).
The last aircraft to be refurbished at Langar was the Shackleton WL798, and this was rolled out for engine runs, at the end of August 1968. The date for its final handover to the RAF again was set for September 4th, and on that day the workers at Langar turned out to see the test-pilot from Woodford, Harry Fisher, with Roy Browne from Langar as his Flight Engineer and Dave Pearson from Woodford as his other crew.
As well as the Avro employees, Peter Field-Richards, the previous (and only) locally employed Avro test-pilot, and Arthur Norman, the company’s first Flight Engineer, were also on hand to witness the last flyby. Ken Cook also flew over from Woodford for the occasion – he had helped Peter Field-Richards out on occasions with flight-testing at Langar and Waddington, and after retiring at Woodford as one of Avro’s greatest test-pilots, had become Air Traffic Control Officer there, with responsibility for the operation of Langar’s Control tower too.
They all waved to the crew, and the ‘Mighty Hunter’ (the Shackleton) as it majestically gathered speed down the runway and then flew round the works and control tower several times before ‘beating-up’ the airfield for the last time, and landing. An RAF crew took it over on September 16th, and then flew it back to its base (205 Squadron, at Changi, Singapore).
And so, as the workers were now gradually paid off (some had already gone in the last few months) the works gradually emptied of jigs and tools, spare parts and anything that
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[Photograph of a group of people underneath the nose of a Shackleton] FIRST ON RIGHT
GEORGE ARTHUR NORMAN (ex Flt. Engineer)
PICTURE TAKEN SEPT 1968
The last Shackleton about to be flown away from Langar Sep 4th 1968.
Harry Fisher Pearson From Woodford Peter F-R Norman
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could be used elsewhere in HSA, and the Hangar doors closed in turn, never to re-open for some time.
Some of the workers were re-deployed to HSA airfields like Bitteswell, Woodford, etc, or to Outworking Parties at Bracebridge Heath. But many looked for jobs at Rolls-Royce at Derby and Hucknall, or in engineering concerns in Nottingham, Derby, Leicester and Loughborough.
When British Aerospace was formed in 1977, some gravitated to their other plants at Warton, Bristol, etc, and a few managed to be employed later on the Saudi Arabian contracts for operating the Lightning fighters, etc.
They disappeared from Langar and were diffused across the aviation spectrum as years went by. But they never lost their pride in what they had done for Avros at Langar and to this day, the dwindling band of experts meet in little groups in Lincoln every month and less regularly around Nottingham. They remember the ‘good old days’, the times when the ‘boss’ – Charlie Hatton, who used to rule them all with a rod of iron – would suddenly appear in the works on his constant inspections – and they would all ‘dive for cover’ as his entourage approached! They remember the accolades that Sir Roy Dobson occasionally paid them, with feeling, for their immense efforts. And above all, they can still dwell on their superb achievements over the 26 years of Langar’s existence.
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[Photograph of a public house] Sqd Ldr Peter Field-Richards became “Mine Host” here for some years.
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[Underlined] Appendix 1 [/underlined]
[Underlined] Summary
Aircraft repaired/rebuilt/converted at Langar [/underlined]
Avro Manchester 1
Avro Lancaster 320
Avro Anson 5
Avro York 102
Avro Lincoln 235
Avro Lincolnian 1
Avro Shackleton 230
Avro Lancastrian 3
Avro Vulcan 4
Gloster Meteor 284
[Underlined] 1,185 [/underlined]
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[Underlined] Date: Serial: Aircraft: Delivered to/at: [/underlined]
1 5.10.42 R5667 LANCASTER MK.I 1665 CON. UNIT HOLME.
2. 9.11.42 R5447 LANCASTER MK.I 1654 CON. UNIT WIGSLEY
3. 9.12.42 R5686 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
4. 30.12.42. R5672 LANCASTER MK.I 39 M.U. COLERNE
5. 20.1.43 W4140 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
6 11.2.45 R5688 LANCASTER MK.I 46 MU LOSSIEMOUTH
7 25.2.43 W4766 LANCASTER MK.I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
8 6.3.43 W4778 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
9 12.3.43 R5901 LANCASTER MK.I 39 M.U. COLERNE.
10 24.3.43 R5634 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U LLANDOW
11 6.4.43 W4762 LANCASTER MK.I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
12 12.4.43 R5745 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
13 23.4.43 ED412 LANCASTER MK.I 39 M.U. COLERNE.
14 30.4.43. W4301 LANCASTER MK.I 39 M.U. COLERNE
15 15.5.43 ED392 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
16 16.5.43 R5700 LANCASTER MK.I 5 M.U. KEMBLE
17 19.5.43 [deleted] “MANCHESTER” [/deleted] R5777 MANCHESTER MK.I. 39 M.U. COLERNE.
18 20.5.43. W4193 LANCASTER MK.I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
19 29.5.43 W4119 LANCASTER MK.I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
20 2.6.48. W4248 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH.
21 16.8.43 ED442 LANCASTER MK.III 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
22 20.6.43 R5756 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
23 22.6.43 W4132 LANCASTER MK.I 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
24 27.6.43 W4197 LANCASTER MK.I 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
25 1.7.43 R5504 (FLOWN TRAINER) LANCASTER MK.I (Became3881M) 4 S.T.T. ST. ATHAN.
26 2.7.43 L7577 (STATIC TRAINER) LANCASTER MK.I 9Became 3610M) 11 S.T.T. ST. ATHAN.
27 3.7.43. W4128 STATIC TRAINER LANCASTER MK.I (Became 3699M) 10 S.T.T.ST. ATHAN.
28. 9.7.43. W4376 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
29 9.7.43 L7574 LANCASTER MK.I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
30 14.7.43 L7576 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH.
31 17.7.43 W4158 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
32 3.8.43 ED348 LANCASTER MK.I 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
33 9.8.43 R5895 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
34 10.8.43 ED763 LANCASTER MK.I 4 S.T.T. ST. ATHAN
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35 26.8.43 W4276 LANCASTER MK-I. 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
36 24.8.43 ED658 LANCASTER MK-III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
37 29.8.43 R5865 LANCASTER MK-I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
38 31 8.43 ED 310 LANCASTER MK-I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
39 5.9.43 ED 366 LANCASTER MK-I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
40 11.9.43 W4852 LANCASTER MK-I 28 M.U. LLANDOW
41 17.9.43 ED445 LANCASTER MK III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
42 21.9.43 LM310 LANCASTER MK-I 5 M.U. KEMBLE
43 18.10.43 R5552 LANCASTER MK-I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
44 18.10.43 W4899 LANCASTER MK-I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
45 21.10.43 ED623 LANCASTER MK-III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
46 30.10.43 W4941 LANCASTER MK-I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
47 15.11.43 L7579 LANCASTER MK-I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
48 22.11.43 W5006 LANCASTER MK-III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
49 23.11.43 ED411 LANCASTER MK-I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
50 26.11.43 R5734 LANCASTER MK-I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
51 30.11.43 R5862 LANCASTER MK-I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
52 30.11.43 W4380 LANCASTER MK-I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
53 20.12.43 W4127 LANCASTER MK-I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
54 14.1.44 ED430 LANCASTER MK-I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
55 21.1.44 L7541 LANCASTER MK0I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH.
56 27.1.44 EE148 LANCASTER MK III 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
57 30.1.44 L7527 LANCASTER MK.I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN.
58 7.2.44 EE174 LANCASTER MK.III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
59 5.2.44 ED395 LANCASTER MK.III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
60 15.9.44 JA695 LANCASTER MK.III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
61 20.2.44 W4158 LANCASTER MK.I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
62 2.3.44 R5625 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
63 15.3.44 R5845 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
64 17.3.44 ED802 LANCASTER MK.III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
65 25.3.44 JB125 LANCASTER MK.III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
66 26.3.44 DV175 MK.III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
67 3.4.44. W4891 LANCASTER MK-I 5 M.U. KEMBLE
68 5.4.44 W 4249 LANCASTER MK-I 38 M.U. LLANDOW.
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69 9.4.44 R 5733 LANCASTER MK-I 5 M.U. KEMBLE
70 15.4.44 R 5609 LANCASTER MK-I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
71 22.4.44 LM368 LANCASTER MK-III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
72 26.4.44 EE 124 LANCASTER MK-III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
73 27.4.44 ED 382 LANCASTER MK I 5 MU.U. KEMBLE
74 30.4.44 DV286 LANCASTER MK III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
75 9.5.44 DV 310 LANCASTER MK I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
76 9.5.44 W4900 LANCASTER MK I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
77 16.5.44 R5693 LANCASTER MK I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
78 17.5.44 JB 351 LANCASTER MK III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
79 19.5.44 ED 324 LANCASTER MK I 5 M.U. KEMBLE
80 20.5.44 DV200 LANCASTER MK III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
81 27.5.44 W4883 LANCASTER MK I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
82 27.5.44 ED 602 LANCASTER MK III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
83 27.5.44 DV161 LANCASTER MK III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
84 31.5.44 JB116 LANCASTER MK III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
85 7.6.44 R5505 LANCASTER MK-I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
86 8.6.44 LM375 LANCASTER MK III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
87 12.6.44 JB561 LANCASTER MK III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
88 13.6.44 JB475 LANCASTER MK III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
89 16.6.44 DV335 LANCASTER MK I 46 M.U LOSSIEMOUTH
90 18.6.44 W4993 LANCASTER MK III 38 M.U LLANDOW
91 27.6.44 JA684 LANCASTER MK III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
92 29.6.44 DV171 LANCASTER MK III 46 M.U LOSSIEMOUTH
93 29.6.44 ME584 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
94 5.7.44 DS 792 LANCASTER MK.II 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
95 7.7.44 LM391 LANCASTER MK III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
96 9.7.44 LL 786 LANCASTER MK I 5 M.U. KEMBLE
97 12.7.44 DS605 LANCASTER MK.II 38 M.U. LLANDOW
98 14.7.44 DV176 LANCASTER MK III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
99 23.7.44 JB374 LANCASTER MK III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
100 23.4.44 DS 714 LANCASTER MK.II 5 M.U. KEMBLE
101 26.7.44 ED 940 LANCASTER MK III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
102 27.7.44 JA 876 LANCASTER MK III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
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103 31.7.44 LM [deleted 348 [/deleted] 438 LANCASTER MK-III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
104 31.7.44 JA908 LANCASTER MK-III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
105 3.8.44 JB718 LANCASTER MK-III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
106 5.8.44 LL742 LANCASTER MK-I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
107 6.8.44 R5658 LANCASTER MK-I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
108 8.8.44 LL 626 LANCASTER MK.II. 5 M.U. KEMBLE
109 14.8.44 W 4197 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U LOSSIEMOUTH
110 17.8.44 R 5508 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
111 18.8.44 ED631 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
112 24.8.44 R 5503 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
113 27.8.44 JB410 LANCASTER MK-III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
114 31.8.44 DS783 LANCASTER MK-II 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
115 31.8.44 ND623 LANCASTER MK-III FLIGHT REFUELLING STAVERTON.
116 8.9.44 ND572 LANCASTER MK-III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
117 9.9.44 JB 185 LANCASTER MK-III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
118 16.9.44 ND 793 LANCASTER MK-III FLIGHT REFUELLING STAVERTON
119 21.9.44 JB 699 LANCASTER MK-III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
120 24.9.44 LL 865 LANCASTER MK-III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
121 12.9.44 JB613 LANCASTER MK-III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
122 14.9.44 ND385 LANCASTER MK-III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
123 27.9.44 ME 644 LANCASTER MK-I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
124 7.10.44 PB 118 LANCASTER MK III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
125 7.10.44 LM 639 LANCASTER MK III FLIGHT REFUELLING - STAVERTON
126 14.10.44 ND 442 LANCASTER MK III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
127 14.10.44 ND 656 LANCASTER MK III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
128 17.10.44 LL 646 LANCASTER MK-II 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
129 27.10.44 ME 719 LANCASTER MK I 5 M.U. KEMBLE
130 27.10.44 LL907 LANCASTER MK I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
131 2.11.44 LM460 LANCASTER MK.III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
132 2.11.44 R5733 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
133 6.11.44 LM 192 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
134 6.11.44 ND 909 LANCASTER MK III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
135 10.11.44 ND965 LANCASTER MK III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
136 15.11.44 W 4821 LANCASTER MK I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
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137 20.11.44 ME759 LANCASTER MK-I. 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
138 17.12.44 DS 711 LANCASTER MK-II. 38 M.U. LLANDOW
139 3.12.44 R5868 (S FOR “SUGAR”) LANCASTER MK I. 467 SQDN WADDINGTON.
140 8.12.44 LM590 LANCASTER MK-III 1669 CON. UNIT. LANGAR
141 17.12.44 LM 680 LANCASTER MK-III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
142 20.12.44 DV 246 LANCASTER MK-III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
143 3.1.45 PD 218 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
144 7.1.45 ME 847 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
145 7.1.45 PD 209 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
146 14.1.45 LM 591 LANCASTER MK-III E.C.D. UNIT. WESTCOTT.
147 14.1.45 R5507 LANCASTER MK-I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
148 27.1.45 HK 607 LANCASTER MK-I 1654 CON. UNIT. WIGSLEY.
149 27.1.45 JB 319 LANCASTER MK-III 1654 CON. UNIT. WIGSLEY
150 28.1.45 PD 219 LANCASTER MK-I 1654 CON. UNIT. WIGSLEY
151 28.1.45 PD 291 LANCASTER MK-I 1660 CON. UNIT. SWINDERBY.
152 1.2.45 LL 795 LANCASTER MK-I 1660 CON. UNIT. SWINDERBY
153 1.2.45 NN 713 LANCASTER MK-I 1660 CON. UNIT. SWINDERBY
154 1.2.45 ND 991 LANCASTER MK-III FLIGHT REFUELLING STAVERTON
155 10.2.45 PB 481 LANCASTER MK-III 5 L.F.S. SYERSTON
156 12.2.45 PB 420 LANCASTER MK-III 1660 CON. UNIT. SWINDERBY
157 19.2.45 PB 248 LANCASTER MK-III 5 L.F.S. SYERSTON.
158 19.2.45 LM 748 LANCASTER MK-III 1654 CON. UNIT. WIGSLEY
159 20.2.45 LM 681 LANCASTER MK-III FLIGHT REFUELLING. STAVERTON
160 20.2.45 L 7580 LANCASTER MK I 1668 CON. UNIT. BOTTESFORD.
161 22.2.45 PB 307 LANCASTER MK III 1667 CON. UNIT. SANDTOFT
162 28.2.45 ME 848 LANCASTER MK.I 103 SQDN ELSHAM WOLDS.
163 28.2.45 PB 424 LANCASTER MK III 15 SQDN. MILDENHALL.
164 2.3.45 LM 160 LANCASTER MK.I 300 SQDN. FALDINGWORTH
165 8.3.45 W4231 LANCASTER MK.I 1651 CON. UNIT. WOOLFOX LODGE
166 9.3.45 L 7582 LANCASTER MK.I 1651 CON. UNIT. WOOLFOX LODGE
167 10.3.45 LM288 LANCASTER MK.I B.C.I.S. FINNINGLEY
168 16.3.45 ND 992 LANCASTER MK III 227 SQDN BALDERTON
169 19.3.45 ND 509 LANCASTER MK III 61 SQDN SKELLINGTHORPE
170 18.3.45 PD 285 LANCASTER MK.I. 50 SQDN SKELLINGTHORPE.
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171 22.3.45 PD343 LANCASTER MK I. 166 SQDN KIRMINGTON
172 26.3.45 LM 689 LANCASTER MK.III 166 SQDN KIRMINGTON
173 27.3.45 ND 521 LANCASTER MK.III 460 SQDN BINBROOK
174 27.3.45 LM 678 LANCASTER MK.III 227 SQDN BALDERTON.
175 27.3.45 LM 721 LANCASTER MK.III 150 SQDN HEMSWELL
176 28.3.45 PB 360 LANCASTER MK.III 57 SQDN EAST KIRKBY
177 30.3.45 PB 532 LANCASTER MK.III 550 SQDN NORTH KILLINGHOLME
178 7.4.45 NN 748 LANCASTER MK.I 625 SQDN KELSTERN
179 7.4.45 PD 198 LANCASTER MK.I 103 SQDN ELSHAM WOLDS
180 9.4.45 LM 651 LANCASTER MK.III 427 SQDN LEEMING BAR.
181 11.4.45 W4154 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
182 11.4.45 LM727 LANCASTER MK.III 550 SQDN NORTH KILLINGHOLME.
183 15.4.45 PD 324 LANCASTER MK.I 427 SQDN LEEMING BAR
184 19.4.45 PB 615 LANCASTER MK.III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
185 20.4.45 HK 657 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
186 21.4.45 PB 454 LANCASTER MK.III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
187 25.4.45 ED 767 LANCASTER MK.III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
188 30.4.45 HK 614 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
189 1.5.45 JB646 LANCASTER MK.III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
190 3.5.45 NG 366 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH.
191 4.5.45 PD 281 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
192 10.5.45 PD 348 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
193 10.5.45 W4263 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
194 11.5.45 ND 855 MK.III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
195 12.5.45 JA 868 LANCASTER MK.III 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
196 16.5.45 NG 124 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
197 24.5.45 NG 195 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
198 29.5.45 NG 288 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
199 29.5.45 NG 490 LANCASTER MK.I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
200 29.5.45 PB 847 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
201 31.5.45 PD 362 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
202 1.6.45 HK 709 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
203 4.6.45 PD 384 LANCASTER MK.I 5 M.U. KEMBLE
204 7.6.45 PB 464 LANCASTER MK III 5 M.U. KEMBLE
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205 13.6.45 JB 718 LANCASTER MK.III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
206 15.6.45 ME 378 LANCASTER MK.III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
207 15.6.45 PB 679 LANCASTER MK.III 10 M.U. HULLAVINGTON
208 19.6.45 R 5730 LANCASTER MK-I 10 M.U. HULLAVINGTON.
209 23.6.45 NG 359 LANCASTER MK-I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN.
210 26.6.45 NF 910 LANCASTER MK.I 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
211 26.6.45 PD 323 LANCASTER MK-I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
212 2.7.45 LM224 LANCASTER MK-I EANS. SHAWBURY
213 3.7.45 PB 760 LANCASTER MK-I 10 M.U. HULLAVINGTON
214 9.7.45 W 4980 LANCASTER MK-I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
215 12.7.45 PB 758 LANCASTER MK-III C.R.D. WEST FREUGH.
216 13.7.45 NG 278 LANCASTER MK-I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
217 13.7.45 ED 611 LANCASTER MK-III CRD WEST FREUGH.
218 20.7.45 JA 962 LANCASTER MK-III 10 M.U. HULLAVINGTON.
219 23.7.45 HK 755 LANCASTER MK I. 10 M.U. HULLAVINGTON.
220 25.7.45 MW111 YORK C.MK.I. 511 SQDN LYNEHAM
221 27.7.45 PB420 LANCASTER MK.III C.R.D. WEST FREUGH.
222 8.8.45 RA 507 LANCASTER MK.I 10 M.U. HULLAVINGTON
223 14.8.45 PD 349 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
224 14.8.45 SW 243 LANCASTER MK.I 38 M.U. LLANDOW
225 27.8.45 PP 692 LANCASTER MK.I 5 M.U. KEMBLE
226 27.8.45 NX 548 LANCASTER MK.I 5 M.U. KEMBLE
227 21.8.45 PD401 LANCASTER MK.I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN.
228 31.8.45 NN769 LANCASTER MK.I 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
229 6.9.45 NG 245 LANCASTER MK.I 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
230 9.9.45 MW 110 YORK C.MK.I 511 SQDN. LYNEHAM.
231 13.9.45 NG 293 LANCASTER MK I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
232 17.9.45 W 4995 LANCASTER MK I 5 M.U. KEMBLE
233 25.9.45 HK702 LANCASTER MK I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
234 3.10.45 LM266 LANCASTER MK I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
235 13.10.45 NG 196 LANCASTER MK I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
236 18.10.45 MW 120 YORK C.MK.I. 511 SQDN. LYNEHAM.
237 19.10.45 W4115 LANCASTER MK-I 46 M.U. LOSSIEMOUTH
238 19.10.45 RF210 LANCASTER MK III 38 M.U. LLANDOW.
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239 22.10.45 LV 633 YORK. 3rd [circled] P [/circled] “Ascalon” 511 SQDN LYNEHAM
240 13.11.45 JA 922 LANCASTER MK.III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
241 13.11.45 NG 397 LANCASTER MK I 39 M.U. COLERNE.
242 16.11.45 PA 288 LANCASTER MK I 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
243 13.12.45 ED 623 LANCASTER MK III 39 M.U. COLERNE
244 13.12.45 W 4950 LANCASTER MK I. 5 M.U. KEMBLE
245 13.12.45 PB752 LANCASTER MK I C.R.D. BRACEBRIDGE HEATH
246 17.12.45 MW101 YORK C.MK.I. 511 SQDN LYNEHAM.
247 27.12.45 MW128 YORK C.MK.I. 511 SQDN LYNEHAM
248 4.1.46 ME537 LANCASTER MK-III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
249 8.1.46 PA232 LANCASTER MK-I R.W.E. WATTON
250 10.1.46 ME760 LANCASTER MK-I 39 M.U. COLERNE
251 17.1.46 ND 929 LANCASTER MK-III 39 M.U. COLERNE.
252 28.1.46 MW100 YORK C.MK.I. (1st Prod) 511 SQDN LYNEHAM
253 29.1.46 PD381 LANCASTER MK I R.W.E. WATTON
254 7.2.46 ED 607 LANCASTER MK III R.W.E. WATTON
255 7.2.45 ND979 LANCASTER MK III 22 M.U. SILLOTH
256 9.2.46 MW 125 YORK C.MK.I 218 M.U. COLERNE
257 9.2.46 RE 137 LANCASTER MK.III C.R.D.-A.S.T. HAMBLE
258 21.2.46 PB 596 LANCASTER MK.III C.R.D. WEST FREUGH.
259 28.2.46 ME429 LANCASTER MK.III 22 M.U. SILLOTH
260 25.2.46 RE404 LINCOLN B.MK.2 RAF MARHAM
261 7.3.46 ME 374 LANCASTER MK I R.I.V.E. WATTON
262 20.3.46 RE378 LINCOLN B.MK.2. R.A.F. DEFFORD
263 20.3.46 RE 380 LINCOLN B.MK.2 ENGLISH ELECTRIC PRESTON
264 26.3.46 RE 379 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
265 26.3.46 MW 127 YORK C.MK.I. 218 MU COLERNE.
266 26.3.46 LM681 LANCASTER MK III CRD STAVERTON
267 11.4.46 RE 377 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
268 18.4.46 MW139 YORK C.MK.I 218 M.U. COLERNE
269 23.4.46 RE375 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U KEMBLE
270 23.4.46 RE376 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE
271 1.5.46 MW123 WORK C.MK.I 218 M.U. COLERNE
272 2.5.46 RE374 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
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273 10.5.46 RE 373 LINCOLN B.MK.2 ENGLISH ELECTRIC.
274 16.5.46 RE 289 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
275 22.5.46 RE 307 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
276 23.5.46 RE 372 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
277 23.5.46 MW 104 YORK C.MK.I 218 M.U. COLERNE
278 28.5.46 RE 370 LINCOLN B.MK2. E.E.
279 31.5.46 RE 371 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
280 5.6.46 RE 369 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
281 5.6.46 RE 302 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
282 6.6.46 RE 312 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
283 12.6.46 MW 138 YORK C.MK I 218 M.U. COLERNE
284 14.6.46 RE 305 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
285 21.6.46 MW 122 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
286 24.6.46 RE 317 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
287 26.6.46 RE 313 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
288 1.7.46 RE 315 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
289 12.7.46 RE 417 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
290 15.7.46 RE 394 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
291 16.7.46 RE 338 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
292 16.7.46 RE 393 LINCIOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
293 19.7.46 RE 395 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
294 19.7.46 RE 396 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
295 23.7.46 RE 339 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
296 25.7.46 RE 415 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
297 25.7.46 RE 416 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
298 25.7.46 RE 418 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
299 25.7.46 MW 167 YORK.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
300 26.7.46 RE 340 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
301 26.7.46 RE 341 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
302 8.8.46 RE 419 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
303 20.8.46 RE 420 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
304 20.8.46 RE 421 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
305 23.8.46 RE 367 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
306 26.8.46 RE 368 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
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307 28.8.46 RE 365 LINCOLN B.MK.2 ENGLISH ELECTRIC
308 30.8.46 RE 294 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
309 9.9.46 RE 366 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
310 12.9.46 RE 364 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
311 16.9.46 RE 414 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
312 17.9.46 MW 142 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH.
313 19.9.46 RE 422 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
314 19.9.46 RE 295 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
315 23.9.46 RE423 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
316 2.10.46 RE 296 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
317 4.10.46 RE 360 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
318 11.10.46 MW102 YORK C.MK I R.A.F. BASSINGBOURNE.
319 16.10.46 RE 424 LINCOLN B.MK.2 37 M.U. BURTONWOOD
320 18.10.46 RE 297 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
321 22.10.46 MW137 YORK C.MK-1 C.R.D. WOODFORD
322 23.10.46 MW106 YORK C.MK-1 22 M.U. SILLOTH
323 23.10.46 RE 299 LINCOLN B.MK.2 37 M.U. BURTONWOOD
324 25.10.46 RE 301 LINCOLN B.MK.2 37 M.U. BURTONWOOD
325 8.11.46 RE 361 LINCOLN B.MK.2 37 M.U. BURTONWOOD
326 8.11.46 RE 399 LINCOLN B.MK.2 37 M.U. BURTONWOOD
327 8.11.46 RE 397 LINCOLN B.MK.2 37 M.U. BURTONWOOD
328 8.11.46 MW181 YORK C.MK-I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
329 4.12.46 RE 300 LINCOLN B.MK.2 37 M.U. BURTONWOOD
330 18.12.46 MW 325 YORK C.MK.I RAF BASSINGBOURNE.
331 16.1.47 RE 359 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
332 16.1.47 RE 413 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
333 23.1.47 MW 130 YORK C.MK.I. 22 M.U. SILLOTH
334 23.1.47 RE 400 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
335 20.2.47 RE 364 LINCOLN B.MK.2 (Aries II) E.A.N.S. SHAWBURY
336 20.3.47 RE 362 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U. WROUGHTON.
337 20.3.47 RE 363 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
338 10.4.47 RE 398 LINCOLN B.MK.2 37 M.U. BURTONWOOD
339 11.4.47 RE 411 LINCOLN B.MK.2 37 M.U. BURTONWOOD
340 11.4.47 MW135 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
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341 15.4.47 RE345 LINCOLN B.MK.2 ENGLISH ELECTRIC.
342 18.4.47 LV-ACV. LANCASTRIAN C.MK.4 F.A.M.A. ARGENTINE.
343 23.4.47 LV-ACU LANCASTRIAN C.MK.4 F.A.M.A. ARGENTINE.
344 26.4.47 MW 169 YORK C.MK.I. ORLY (DE-GAULLE)
345 29.4.47 RE 358 LINCON B.MK.2 EE.
346 29.4.47 RE 412 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
347 6.5.47 RE414 LINCOLN B.MK.2 (Mercury II) E.R.S. DEBDEN.
348 19.5.47 MW173 YORK C.MK.I AST HAMBLE
349 28.5.47 RE 342 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
350 28.5.47 RE 344 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
351 28.5.47 RE 357 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
352 3.6.47 MW 105 YORK C.MK.I A.S.T. HAMBLE
353 3.6.47 MW 200 YORK C.MK.I A.S.T. HAMBLE
354 19.6.47 G-AHEI YORK C.MK.I SKYWAYS DUNSFOLD.
355 20.6.47 MW 144 YORK C.MK.I. A.S.T. HAMBLE
356 21.7.47 MW 146 YORK C.MK.I. A.S.T. HAMBLE
357 15.8.47 G-AHLV YORK C.MK.I. SKYWAYS DUNSFOLD.
358 8.9.47 MW 171 YORK C.MK.I A.S.T. HAMBLE
359 17.9.47 B-001 (RE 343) LINCOLN B.MK.2 ARGENTINE.
360 9.10.47 RE 348 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
361 15.10.47 MW109 YORK C.MK.I. 22 M.U. SILLOTH.
362 23.10.47 RE 347 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
363 31.10.47 MW174 YORK C.MK.I 511 SQDN LYNEHAM.
364 24.11.47 B-004 (RE351) LINCOLN B.MK.2 ARGENTINE.
365 24.11.47 B-009 (RE 356) LINCOLN B.MK.2 ARGENTINE.
366 25.11.47 B-010 (RE408) LINCOLN B.MK.2 ARGENTINE.
367 25.11.47 B-012 (RE410) LINCOLN B.MK.2 ARGENTINE
368 9.12.47 B-002 (RE349) LINCOLN B.MK.2 ARGENTINE.
369 14.12.47 B-011 (RE409) LINCOLN B.MK.2 ARGENTINE.
370 5.1.48 MW 145 YORK C.MK.I. RAF HONINGTON.
371 5.1.48 MW 165 YORK C.MK.I. RAF HONINGTON
372 6.1.48 MW 140 YORK C.MK.I. 24 SQDN. BASSINGBOURN
373 8.1.48 RE407 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
374 20.1.48 RE406 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
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375 4.2.48 RE 322 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
376 4.2.48 RE 325 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
377 5.2.48 RE 346 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
378 12.2.48 MW 141 YORK C.MK.I AST HAMBLE
379 12.2.48 MW 186 YORK C.MK.I R.A.F. HONINGTON
380 13.2.48 B-007 (RE354) LINCOLN B.MK.2 ARGENTINE.
381 13.2.48 B-005 (RE352) LINCOLN B.MK.2 ARGENTINE
382 13.2.48 B-008 (RE355) LINCOLN B.MK.2 ARGENTINE
383 25.2.48 RE 324 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
384 27.2.48 B-006 (RE353) LINCOLN B.MK.2 ARGENTINE
385 8.3.48 RE405 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
386 8.3.48 RE298 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
387 9.3.48 MW185 YORK C.MK.1 R.A.F. HONINGTON
388 10.3.48 RE 323 LINCOLN B.MK2 E.E.
389 22.3.48 RE402 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
390 30.3.48 RE401 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
391 1.4.48 RE 403 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
392 1.4.48 RE 321 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
393 5.4.48 RE 319 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
394 9.4.48 MW183 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
395 14.4.48 MW 112 YORK C.MK.1 ROLLS ROYCE HUCKNALL.
396 23.4.48 RE 320 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
397 4.5.48 RE 316 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
398 5.5.48 MW 246 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH.
399 6.5.48 RE 318 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
400 11.5.48 RE 311 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
401 11.5.48 B-031 (PA 375) LANCASTER MK.I. ARGENTINE
402 28.5.48 RE314 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
403 3.6.48 RE 309 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
404 4.6.48 RE 306 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
405 7.6.48 MW 177 YORK C.MK.I. 22 M.U. SILLOTH
406 11.6.48 MW100 YORK C.MK.I (1st Prod) R.A.F. BASSINGBOURNE.
407 1.7.48 RE308 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
408 2.7.48 MW163 YORK C.MK.I. 22 M.U. SILLOTH
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409 15.7.48 RE303 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
410 12.8.48 MW101 YORK C.MK.I 24 SQDN. BASSINGBOURNE
411 7.9.48 MW195 YORK C.MK.I RAF ABINGDON
412 22.9.48 RE292 LINCOLN B.MK.2. E.E.
413 24.9.48 MW 132 YORK C.MK.I. R.A.F. ABINGDON
414 29.9.48 RE 310 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
415 29.9.48 RE 293 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
416 1.10.48 MW 187 YORK C.MK.I R.A.F LYNEHAM.
417 1.10.48 RE 367 LINCOLN B.MK.2 32 M.U. ST. ATHAN
418 12.10.48 RE 304 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
419 13.10.48 MW 128 YORK C.MK.I R.A.F. LYNEHAM.
420 13.10.48 MW 110 YORK C.MK.I R.A.F. ABINGDON.
421 5.11.48 B-033 LANCASTER MK.I ARGENTINE.
422 5.11.48 B-044 LANCASTER MK.I. ARGENTINE.
423 12.11.48 B-043 LANCASTER MK.I ARGENTINE.
424 12.11.48 B-032 LANCASTER MK.I. ARGENTINE
425 18..11.48 RE 291 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
426 18.11.48 SS 715 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
427 19.11.48 B-038 LANCASTER MK.I ARGENTINE
428 20.11.48 B-035 LANCASTER MK.I ARGENTINE
429 2.11.48 B-045 LANCASTER MK.I ARGENTINE
430 4.12.48 B-042 LANCASTER MK.I ARGENTINE.
431 11.12.48 B-039 LANCASTER MK.I ARGENTINE
432 3.12.48 MW 178 YORK C.MK.I. R.A.F. LYNEHAM
433 3.12.48 MW 188 YORK C.MK.I RAF LYNEHAM
434 12.12.48 B-040 LANCASTER MK.I ARGENTINE
435 13.12.48 MW140 YORK MK.I R.A.F. BASSINGBOURNE
436 16.12.48 B-036 LANCASTER MK.I ARGENTINE.
437 17.12.48 B-034 LANCASTER MK.I ARGENTINE.
438 20.12.48 MW 143 YORK C.MK.I. R.A.F. ABINGDON
439 23.12.48 B-037 LANCASTER MK.I ARGENTINE.
440 4.1.49 B-041 LANCASTER MK.I ARGENTINE.
441 6.1.49 SS717 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
442 2.2.49 MW 193 YORK C.MK.I. R.A.F. ABINGDON
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443 24.2.49 B-003 LINCOLN B.MK.2 ARGENTINE.
444 25.2.49 MW 194 YORK C.MK.I. R.A.F. DISHFORTH
445 28.2.49 SS716 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
446 8.3.49 NX781 LANCASTER MK.I RAF SHAWBURY
447 9.3.49 LV 633 YORK MK I (3rd Proto) ”Ascalon” 22 M.U. SILLOTH
448 10.3.49 MW 239 YORK C.MK.I RA.F. DISHFORTH
449 24.3.49 MW 149 YORK C.MK.I R.A.F. LYNEHAM
450 24.3.49 MW 287 YORK C.MK.I RAF LYNEHAM
451 1.4.49 RT 684 LANCASTER MK.VII. RAF SHAWBURY
452 4.4.49 NX737 LANCASTER MK.I RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
453 5.4.49 MW 255 YORK C.MK.1 RAF ABINGDON
454 14.4.49 MW 139 YORK C.MK.I R.A.F. BOSCOMBE DOWN
455 20.4.49 SS718 LINCOLN B.MK.2 E.E.
456 20.4.49 MW 206 YORK C.MK.I RAF ABINGDON
457 22.4.49 RF 318 LANCASTER MK.III 45 M.U. KINLOSS.
458 3.5.49 RT 689 LANCASTER MK VII R.A.F. (E.A.N.S) SHAWBURY
459 9.5.49 MW 164 YORK C.MK.I RAF DISHFORTH.
460 19.5.49 RE418 LINCOLN B.MK.2 (Theseus test-bed) RAF. LYNEHAM
461 31.5.49 MW226 YORK C.MK.I RAF ABINGDON
462 1.6.49 MW 196 YORK C.MK.I RAF ABINGDON
463 14.6.49 MW 227 YORK C.MK.I RAF LYNEHAM
464 8.7.49 MW 243 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
465 22.7.49 NX 715 LANCASTER MK.VII RAF (E.A.N.S) SHAWBURY.
466 5.8.49 MW 291 YORK C.MK.I 22 MU SILLOTH
467 19.8.49 NX 749 LANCASTER MK.VII RAF SHAWBURY
468 19.8.49 RF503 LINCOLN B.MK.2 R.A.F. (PATHFINDERS) WYTON
469 30.8.49 MW294 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
470 2.9.49 RF370 LINCOLN B.MK.2 R.A.F. (PATHFINDERS) WYTON.
471 5.9.49 MW 237 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH.
472 6.9.49 RF 504 LINCOLN B.MK.2 R.A.F. HEMSWELL.
473 1.9.49 RT693 LANCASTER MK VII RAF SHAWBURY
474 7.9.49 RF 398 LINCOLN B.MK.2 RA.F. WADDINGTON.
475 9.9.49 RF 396 LINCOLN B.MK.2 RAF WADDINGTON
476 13.9.49 RF506 LINCOLN B.MK.2 RAF SCAMPTON.
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477 13.9.49 RT681 LANCASTER MK VII RAF SHAWBURY
478 20.9.49 G-AHFE YORK C.MK.I. BSAA LANGLEY
479 3.10.49 NX716 LANCASTER MK.VII RAF SHAWBURY
480 10.10.49 MW236 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
481 12.10.49 MW 167 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH.
482 12.10.49 SW 373 LANCASTER MK.I RAF (CC) ST. EVAL.
483 26.10.49 RF 307 LANCASTER MK.III RAF (CC) ST. EVAL.
484 28.10.49 MW321 YORK C.MK.I. 22 M.U- SILLOTH
485 1.11.49 RF 416 LINCOLN B.MK.2. WOODFORD
486 10.11.49 MW102 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
487 28.11.49 RE 211 LANCASTER MK.III 45 MU. KINLOSS
488 8.12.49 MW 265 YORK C.MKI 22 M.U. SILLOTH
489 15.12.49 RF401 LINCOLN B.MK.2. 38 M.U. LLANDOW
490 15.12.49 MW 199 YORK C.MK.I R.AF. WATERBEACH.
491 22.12..49 VM701 LANCASTRIAN C.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
492 12.1.50 RF399 LINCOLN B.MK.2 WOODFORD
493 24.1.50 NX754 LANCASTER MK VII RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
494 24.1.50 MW135 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
495 10.2.50 RE 339 LINCOLN B.MK.2 B.A.C. FILTON
496 14.2.50 MW181 YORK C.MK.I 12 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
497 14.2.50 MW254 YORK C.MK.I 12 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
498 17.2.50 RE375 LINCOLN B.MK.2 RAF WADDINGTON
499 21.2.50 MW253 YORK C.MK.I 12 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
500 31.3.50 RE281 LINCOLN B.MK.2 RAF GOSPORT.
501 3.4.50 MW233 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH.
502 5.4.50 MW 162 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH.
503 31.5.50 MW 147 YORK C.MK.I 12 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
504 31.5.50 MW 232 YORK C.MK.I 15 M.U. WROUGHTON.
505 1.6.50 RF405 LINCOLN B.MK.2 R.A.F. MANBY.
506 1.6.50 RF 358 LINCOLN B.MK.2 R.A.F. MANBY.
507 6.6.50 MW203 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH.
508 15.6.50 1801 LANCASTER MK I EGYPT. VIA DUNSFOLD
509 22.6.50 80001 (G-11-29) LANCASTER MK.I SWEDEN VIA A.S.T. HAMBLE
510 30.6.50 MW144 YORK C.MK.I. 22 M.U. SILLOTH.
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511 6.7.50 1802 LANCASTER MK.I EGYPT Via DUNSFOLD
512 24.7.50 1803 LANCASTER MK.I EGYPT Via DUNSFOLD
513 24.7.50 MW286 YORK C.MK.I RAF BASSINGBOURNE
514 28.7.50 RE 380 LINCOLN B.MK 2 RAF MANBY.
515 16.8.50 1804 LANCASTER MK.I EGYPT.
516 29.8.50 1805 LANCASTER MK.I EGYPT.
517 7.9.50 MW 133 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
518 19.9.50 1806 LANCASTER MK.I EGYPT
519 26.9.50 MW234 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
520 3.10.50 MW136 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
521 5.10.50 1807 LANCASTER MK.I EGYPT
522 13.10.50 RF384 LINCOLN B.MK.2 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE.
523 30.10.50 1808 LANCASTER MK.I EGYPT
524 8.11.50 MW327 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH.
525 20.11.50 1809 LANCASTER MK.I EGYPT
526 28.12.50 MW210 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
527 28.12.50 RF411 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE
528 29.12.50 MW179 YORK C.MK.I 22 M.U. SILLOTH
529 12.1.51 NX689 LANCASTER MK VII 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
530 18.1.51 MW295 YORK C.MK.I. 22 M.U. SILLOTH
531 20.2.51 MW258 YORK C.MK.I. 12 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
532 15.3.51 MW231 YORK C.MK.I. 12 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
533 13.4.51 RE294 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
534 13.4.51 RE417 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
535 13.4.51 RF532 LINCOLN B.MK.2 10 MU HULLAVINGTON
536 24.4.51 RF503 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
537 7.5.51 RF 392 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
538 8.5.51 RF481 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
539 8.5.51 RE 365 LINCOLN B.MK.2 10 M.U. HULLAVINGTON
540 29.5.51 RE419 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE
541 31.5.51 RF 422 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE
542 31.5.51 RF322 LINCOLN B.MK.2 RAF ST. EVAL
543 4.6.51 RF410 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
544 25.6.51 RF 395 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN.
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545 27.6.51 RF 516 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE
546 27.6.51 RF423 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
547 4.7.51 RF 458 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
548 10.7.51 RE 341 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
549 23.7.51 RE 222 LANCASTER A.S.R. III R.A.F. ST. MAWGAN
550 23.7.51 RF 418 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE
551 25.7.51 RF 400 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
552 27.7.51 RF 514 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
553 27.7.51 RF 427 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
554 27.7.51 RF 529 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
555 15.8.51 RE 366 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
556 20.8.51 RE 369 LINCOLN B.MK.2 39 M.U. COLERNE.
557 23.8.51 RE 396 LINCOLN B.MK.2 45 M.U. KINLOSS
558 3.9.51 RF520 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
559 19.9.51 RF 515 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
560 19.9.51 RF 394 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
561 27.9.51 RF 570 LINCOLN B.MK.2 45 M.U. KINLOSS.
562 3.10.51 RF456 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
563 3.10.51 RF406 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
564 10.10.51 RF464 LINCILN B.MK.2 39 M.U. COLERNE.
565 12.10.51 RF 506 LINCOLN B.MK.2 39 M.U. COLERNE.
566 18.10.51 RF 413 LINCOLN B.MK.2 10 M.U. HULLAVINGTON
567 19.11.51 RE 379 LINCOLN B.MK.2 10 M.U. HULLAVINGTON.
568 26.11.51 RF478 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. COLERNE.
569 26.11.51 RF361 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
570 26.11.51 RE 368 LINCOLN B.MK.2 10 M.U. HULLAVINGTON
571 27.11 51 RE 376 LINCOLN B.MK.2 58 M.U. HONINGTON
572 6.12.51 RF499 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
573 20.12.51 RF404 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
574 20.12.51 RF507 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
575 28.12.51 RF473 LINCOLN B.MK.2 10 M.U. HULLAVINGTON
576 2.1.52 RF498 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE
577 8.1.52 RF370 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
578 14.1.52 RE 305 LINCOLN B.MK.2 39 M.U. COLERNE
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579 31.1.52 RF524 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE
580 11.1.52 RE289 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE
581 18.1.52 RF513 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
582 18.2.52 RF502 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
583 22.2.52 RF 367 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
584 22.2.52 RF357 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
585 3.3.52 RF480 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
586 4.3.52 RE 393 LINCOLN B.MK.2 10 M.U. HULLAVINGTON
587 12.3.52 W.U.17 (TW655) LANCASTER MK.I VILLA COUBLAY
588 19.3.52 RF477 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
589 5.4.52 W.U.24 (PA389) LANCASTER MK.I VILLA COUBLAY
590 9.4.52 RF5405 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
591 9.4.52 RF390 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
592 18.4.52 RF358 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
593 29.4.52 RA721 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
594 29.4.52 RE 380 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
595 2.5.52 W.U.25 (P.A.387) LANCASTER MK.I VILLA COUBLAY
596 15.5.52 RF482 LINCOLN B.MK.2 39 M.U. COLERNE
597 19.5.52 RF 362 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
598 28.5.52 W.U.32 (PA395) LANCASTER MK.I LAN BIHOUE
599 6.6.52 W.U.40 (PA432) LANCASTER MK.I VILLA COUBLAY
600 18.6.52 W.U.33 (PA477) LANCASTER MK.I LAN BIHOUE
601 2.7.52 RE315 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE
602 2.7.52 W.U.34 (PA426) LANCASTER MK.I VILLA COUBLAY
603 8.7.52 WU52 (RA800) LANCASTER MK.I VILLA COUBLAY
604 10.7.52 RF397 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
605 18.7.52 W.U.42 (TW815) LANCASTER MK.I VILLA COUBLAY
606 24.7.52 RE 307 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE
607 25.7.52 W.U.41 (TW928) LANCASTER MK.I VILLA COUBLAY
608 27.8.52 RE421 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
609 4.9.52 W.U.49 (RA627) LANCASTER MK.I VILLA COUBLAY.
610 4.9.52 W.U.53 (TW927) LANCASTER MK.I VILLA COUBLAY
611 17.9.52 W.U.43 (PA431) LANCASTER MK.I VILLA COUBLAY
612 3.10.52 W.U.51 (RA796) LANCASTER MK.I VILLA COUBLAY
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613 8.10.52 W.U. (RA [missing number] ) LANCASTER MK.I VILLA COUBLAY
614 9.10.52 SX935 LINCOLN B.MK.2 RAF MANBY
615 23.10.52 SX946 LINCOLN B.MK.2 RAF MANBY
616 28.10.52 WU.54 (NX668) LANCASTER MK,I VILLA COUBLAY.
617 25.11.52 RF463 LINCOLN B.MK.2 45 M.U. KINLOSS
618 18.12.52 WD 132 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
619 31.12.52 SX955 LINCOLN B.MK.2 RAF MANBY
620 16.1.53 RE221 LANCASTER G.R.III 22 M.U. SILLOTH.
621 22.1.53 RF426 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
622 22.1.53 RE 395 LINCOLN B.MK.2. 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
623 27.1.53 RF364 LINCOLN B.MK.2 10 M.U. HULLAVINGTON
624 24.2.53 RF523 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
625 25.2.53 RF 525 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
626 7.3.53 SX938 LINCON B.MK.2 R.A.F. MANBY.
627 9.4.53 RE 115 LANCASTER G.R.III 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
628 10.4.53 RF 483 LINCOLN B.MK.2 5 M.U. KEMBLE.
629 13.4.53 MW179* YORK C.MK.I. RAF BOSCOMBE DOWN
630 16.4.53 RF 517 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 MU ASTON DOWN
631 28.4.53 MW132* YORK C.MK.I RAF ABINGDON
632 2.5.53 (LV-ZEI) (RE350) B-003 2. LINCOLNIAN Cruz del Sud ARGENTINE
633 8.5.53 RF505 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
634 18.5.53 RF521 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 .M.U. ASTON DOWN
635 6.7.53 RF476 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U WROUGHTON
636 9.7.53 SW 365 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
637 23.7.53 SW 283 LANCASTER G.R.III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
638 23.7.53 RF 396 LINCOLN B.MK.2 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
639 25.8.53 RE 371 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
640 23.9.53 RF465 LINCOLN B.MK.2 45 M.U. KINLOSS
641 8.10.53 RF501 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
642 6.11.53 RF 558 LINCOLN B.MK.2 45 M.U. KINLOSS
643 19.11.53 WS 722 METEOR N.F.14. RAF. BITTESWELL.
644 27.11.53 WS718 METEOR N.F.12. RAF BITTESWELL.
645 12.11.53 FCL-01 (RT693) LANCASTER MK VII ORLY PARIS
646 29.12.53 WS717 METEOR N.F.12. 8 M.U. LITTLE RISSINGTON
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647 29.12.53 WS718 METEOR N.F.12 RAF. LITTLE RISSINGTON
648 29.12.53 WS721 METEOR N.F.12 RAF. LITTLE RISSINGTON
649 29.12.53 WS 720 METEOR N.F.12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
650 8.1.54 FCL-02 (NX738) LANCASTER MK.VII ORLY PARIS
651 11.1.54 RF290 LANCASTER G.R.III 38 M.U. LLANDOW
652 11.1.54 WS723 METEOR N.F.14 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
653 11.1.54 WS730 METEOR N.F.14 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
654 11.1.54 WS 694 METEOR N.F.12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
655 11.1.54 WS 698 METEOR N.F.12 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
656 11.1.54 WS 613 METEOR N.F.12 15 MU WROUGHTON
657 11.1.54 WS 716 METEOR N.F.12 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
658 11.1.54 WS 695 METEOR N.F.12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
659 11.1.54 WS 697 METEOR N.F.12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
660 14.1.54 WS 612 METEOR M.F.12 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
661 14.1.54 WS 736 METEOR NF.14 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
662 19.1.54 WS 622 METEOR NF 12 R.A.F. LITTLE RISSINGTON.
663 19.1.54 WS 728 METEOR NF.14 15 M.U. WROUGHTON.
664 19.1.54 WS 728 METEOR NF.14 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
665 19.1.54 WS 733 METEOR NF.14 15 M.U. WROUGHTON.
666 19.1.54 WS 734 METEOR NF.14 15 M.U. WROUGHTON.
667 19.1.54 WD 123 LINCOLN B.MK.2 RAF BOSCOME DOWN
668 27.1.54 WS 724 METEOR NF.14. RAF MANBY
669 27.1.54 RE 186 LANCASTER G.R.III RAF ST. MAWGAN
670 26.1.54 FCL-03 (RT 689) LANCASTER MK.VII ORLY PARIS
671 5.2.54 WS 727 METEOR NF.14 15 M.U, WROUGHTON
672 5.2.54 WS 725 METEOR NF.14 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
673 5.2.54 WS 602 METEOR NF.12 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
674 22.2.54 WS 696 METEOR NF.12. RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
675 22.2.54 WS 729 METEOR NF 14 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
676 22.2.54 WS 732 METEOR NF 14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
677 22.2.54 WS 737 METEOR NF 14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
678 22.2.54 WS 741 METEOR NF 14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
679 22.2.54 WS 746 METEOR NF 14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
680 22.2.54 WS 738 METEOR NF 14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
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681 22.2.54 WS 740 METEOR N.F.14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
682 22.2.54 WS 743 METEOR N.F.14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
683 22.2.54 WS 739 METEOR N.F.14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
684 22.2.54 WS 744 METEOR N.F.14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
685 22.2.54 WS 752 METEOR N.F.14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
686 22.2.54 WS 699 METEOR N.F.12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
687 22.2.54 WS 608 METEOR N.F.12 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
688 22.2.54 WS 678 METEOR N.F.12 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
689 22.2.54 WS 600 METEOR N.F.12 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
690 22.2.54 WS 748 METEOR NF.14 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
691 22.2.54 WS 750 METEOR N.F.14 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
692 24.2.54 WS 680 METEOR NF-12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
693 5.3.54 WS 591 METEOR NF-12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON.
694 5.3.54 WS 598 METEOR NF-12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON.
695 5.3.54 WS 700 METEOR NF-12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON.
696 5.3.54 WS 604 METEOR NF-12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON.
697 5.3.54 WS 753 METEOR NF 14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON.
698 5.3.54 WS 751 METEOR NF 14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON.
699 5.3.54 WS 795 METEOR NF 14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON.
700 5.3.54 WS 749 METEOR NF 14 15 MU WROUGHTON
701 8.3.54 WS 603 METEOR NF.12 15 MU WROUGHTON
702 8.3.54 WS 758 METEOR NF.14 15 MU WROUGHTON
703 8.3.54 WS 754 METEOR NF.14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
704 8.3.54 WS 755 METEOR NF.14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
705 17.3.54 RF 568 LINCOLN B.MK.2. 38 MU LLANDOW
706 17.3.54 FCL-04 (RT673) LANCASTER MK.VII ORLY PARIS
707 17.3.54 WS 735 METEOR NF.14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
708 17.3.54 WS 774 METEOR NF.14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
709 23.3.54 WS 756 METEOR NF.14 15 MU WROUGHTON
710 23.3.54 WS 760 METEOR NF.14 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
711 25.3.54 WS 747 METEOR NF.14 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
712 25.3.54 WS 742 METEOR NF.14 R.A.F LITTLE RISSINGTON
713 26.3.54 WS 610 METEOR NF 12 15 MU WROUGHTON
714 26.3.54 WS 759 METEOR NF 14 15 MU WROUGHTON
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715 26.3.54 WS 593 METEOR NF.12 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
716 30.3.54 WS 757 METEOR NF 14 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
717 31.3.54 WS 605 METEOR NF 12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON.
718 31.3.54 WS 592 METEOR NF 12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON.
719 31.3.54 WS 636 METEOR NF 12 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
720 31.3.54 WS 667 METEOR NF 12 15 MU WROUGHTON
721 31.3.54 WS 688 METEOR NF 12 12 M.U. WROUGHTON
722 6.4.54 WS 627 METEOR NF 12 15 R.A.F. LITTLE RISSINGTON
723 6.4.54 WS 639 METEOR NF 12 M.U. WROUGHTON
724 6.4.54 WS 688 METEOR NF 12 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
725 9.4.54 WS 675 METEOR NF 12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
726 8.4.54 WS 674 METEOR NF 12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
727 9.4.54 WS 662 METEOR NF 12 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
728 21.4.54 WS 629 METEOR NF 12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
729 21.4.54 WS 665 METEOR NF 12 15 MU WROUGHTON
730 21.4.54 WS 681 METEOR NF 12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
731 29.4.54 WS 686 METEOR NF.12 15 MU WROUGHTON
732 29.4.54 WS 673 METEOR NF 12 15 M.U. WROUGHTON
733 29.4.54 WS 672 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
734 30.4.54 WS 599 METEOR NF 12 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
735 30.4.54 FCL-05 LANCASTER MK,VII ORLY PARIS
736 6.5.54 WS 690 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
737 10.5.54 RA 675 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
738 6.5.54 WS 691 METEOR NF.12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
739 11.5.54 WD 143 LINCOLN B.MK.2 38 M.U. LLANDOW
740 6.5.54 WS 601 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
741 11.5.54 WS 609 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
742 11.5.54 WS 607 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
743 11.5.54 WS 670 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
744 11.5.54 WS 679 METEOR NF 12 38 MU. LLANDOW
745 18.5.54 WS 684 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
746 18.5.54 WS 623 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
747 18.5.54 WS 625 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
748 18.5.54 WS 611 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
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749 18.5.54 WS 676 METEOR NF.12. 38 MU. LLANDOW
750 21.5.54 WS 692 METEOR NF.12. 38 MU LLANDOW
751 27.5.54 WS 685 METEOR NF.12. 38 MU LLANDOW
752 27.5.54 WS 606 METEOR NF.12. 38 M.U. LLANDOW
753 27.5.54 WS 666 METEOR NF.12. 38 MU LLANDOW
754 27.5.54 WS 633 METEOR NF.12. 38 MU LLANDOW
755 27.5.54 WS 615 METEOR NF.12. 38 MU. LLANDOW
756 28.5.54 WS 632 METEOR NF.12. 38 M.U. LLANDOW
757 1.6.54 WS 637 METEOR NF.12. 38 M.U. LLANDOW
758 4.6.54 WD 148 LINCOLN B.MK.2 45 M.U. KINLOSS
759 4.6.54 WS 596 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
760 4.6.54 WS 682 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
761 4.6.54 WS 597 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
762 4.6.54 WS 619 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
763 17.6.54 WS 683 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
764 17.6.54 WS 614 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
765 23.6.54 WS 616 METEOR NF 12 38 MU. LLANDOW
766 25.6.54 WS 621 METEOR NF 12 38 MU. LLANDOW
767 25.6.54 WS 628 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
768 25.6.54 WS 687 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
769 29.6.54 WS 638 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
770 29.6.54 WS 590 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
771 29.6.54 WS 617 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
772 29.6.54 WS 624 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
773 2.7.54 WS 630 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
774 2.7.54 WS 620 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
775 2.7.54 WS 626 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
776 2.7.54 WS 663 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
777 2.7.54 WS 693 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
778 2.7.54 WS 631 METOER NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
779 5.7.54 WS 661 METOER NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
780 5.7.54 WE 857 METEOR F:8 RAF CHURCH FENTON
781 12.7.54 WF 689 METEOR F:8 RAF WATERBEACH
782 12.7.54 WS 671 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW.
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783 12.7.54 WS 689 METEOR NF.12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
784 12.7.54 WS 715 METEOR NF.12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
785 12.7.54 WS 595 METEOR NF.12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
786 21.7.54 WS 669 METEOR NF.12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
787 21.7.54 WS 618 METEOR NF.12 38 MU LLANDOW
788 21.7.54 WS 660 METEOR NF.12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
789 22.7.54 RF 322 LANCASTER G.R.III S. OF M.R. ST. MAWGAN
790 22.7.54 METEOR N.F.12 38 MU LLANDOW
791 22.7.54 WS 634 METEOR N.F. 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
792 22.7.54 WS 664 METEOR N.F. 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
793 22.7.54 WS 659 METEOR N.F 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
[Circled] 793A [circled] 23.7.54 RE417 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
←Re-number from here on.
794 23.7.54 WF 703 METEOR F.8. RAF NORTH WEALD.
795 13.8.54 WA 763 METEOR F.8. RAF NORTH WEALD
796 1.9.54 VZ 544 METEOR F.8. R.A.F. HORSHAM.
797 6.9.54 WS 677 METEOR NF 12 38 MU LLANDOW
798 6.9.54 WS 658 METEOR NF 12 38 M.U. LLANDOW
799 9.9.54 WA 727 METEOR T.7.RAF. LITTLE RISSINGTON
800 17.9.54 WH 192 METEOR T.7. RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
801 21.9.54 WF 651 METEOR F.8. R.A.F. HORSHAM
802 7.10.54 VZ 444 METEOR F.8. RAF BIGGIN HILL
803 11.10.54 WS 731 METEOR NF.14. 15 MU WROUGHTON
804 12.10.54 WH 118 METEOR T.7. R.A.F. DRIFFIELD
805 14.10.54 VZ 635 METEOR T.7. R.A.F. WESTON ZOYLAND
806 21.10.54 WF 649 METEOR F.8. RAF HOOTON PARK.
807 30.10.54 VW428 METEOR T.7. RAF BIGGIN HILL
808 3.11.54 WA906 METEOR F.8. RAF CHURCH FENTON
809 3.11.54 WG938 METEOR T.7 RAF NORTH WEALD
810 22.11.54 WA733 METEOR T.7 RAF WEST MALLING
811 24.11.54 VZ559 METEOR F.8. RAF HORSHAM
812 25.11.54 WA855 METEOR F.8. RAF BIGGIN HILL
813 3.12.54 WE 975 METEOR F.8. RAF BIGGIN HILL
814 3.12.54 WL460 METEOR T.7 RAF DRIFFIELD
815 6.12.54 WH453 METEOR F,8, RAF CHURCH FENTON
816 6.12.54 WH122 METEOR T.7. RAF WESTON ZOYLAND
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817 17.12 54 WB105 METEOR F.8 RAF CHURCH FENTON
818 23.12.54 WA698 METEOR F.8 RAF DRIFFIELD
819 31.12.54 WA844 METEOR F.8 RAF HOOTON PARK
820 3.1.55 WH121 METEOR T.7. RAF DRIFFIELD
821 3.1.55 WA766 METEOR F.8. RAF BIGGIN HILL
822 11.1.55 VW459 METEOR T.7. RAF DRIFFIELD
823 1.2.55 VZ524 METEOR F.8. RAF. HORSHAM
824 1.2.55 WH170 T.7. RAF. DRIFFIELD
825 9.2.55 WA986 METEOR F.8. RAF LECONFIELD
826 11.2.55 WA 670 METEOR T.7. RAF NORTH WEALD
827 16.2.55 WB 826 SHACKLETON M.R.1A. 38 M.U. LLANDOW
828 16.2.55 WF794 METEOR T.7 RAF WORKSOP
829 28.2.55 VZ545 METEOR F.8. RAF WEST MALLING
830 1.3.55 WL 339 METEOR T.7. RAF WORKSOP
831 9.3.55 WL453 METOER T.7 RAF WORKSOP
832 10.3.55 RF395 LINCOLN B.MK.2. FLIGHT REFUELLING-TARRANT RUSHTON
833 25.3.55 WE 863 METEOR F.8. RAF. TANGMERE
834 18.3.55 WE878 METEOR F.8. RAF. WATERBEACH
835 4.3.55 WE853 METEOR F.8. RAF BIGGIN HILL
836 28.3.55 WH112 METEOR T.7 RAF WESTON ZOYLAND
837 28.3.55 WH164 METEOR T.7 RAF WESTON ZOYLAND
838 31.3.55 VZ452 METEOR F.8. RAF TANGMERE
839 31.3.55 VZ514 METEOR F.8. RAF TANGMERE
840 6.4.55 WG 999 METEOR T.7. RAF DRIFFIELD
841 6.4.55 WF881 METEOR T.7. RAF DRIFFIELD
842 7.4.55 WK911 METEOR F.8. RAF TANGMERE
843 13.4.55 WA794 METEOR F.8. RAF CHURCH FENTON
844 21.4.55 WA 625 METEOR T.7. RAF WORKSOP
845 25.4.55 WL 344 METOER T.7. RAF WORKSOP
846 4.5.55 WE921 METEOR F.8. RAF BOVINGDON
847 9.5.55 WA737 METEOR T.7. RAF MANBY
848 18.5.55 VZ458 METEOR F.8. RAF TANGMERE
849 27.5.55 WK736 METEOR F.8. RAF CHURCH FENTON
850 27.5.55 RE366 LINCOLN B.MK.2. F.R. TARRANT RUSHTON
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851 Renumbers from here:
[Deleted] 850 [/deleted] 3.6.55 WG946 METEOR T.7 RAF. NORTH LUFFENHAM
85 [deleted] 1 [/deleted] 2 10.6.55 WK 985 METEOR F.8. RAF. ACKLINGTON
852 13.6.55 WH 315 METEOR F.8. RAF. ACKLINGTON
853 21.6.55 WA 991 METEOR F.8. RAF NEWTON
854 23.6.55 WF 768 METEOR T-7 RAF. NORTH LUFFENHAM
855 30.6.55 WK 799 METEOR F.8. RAF NORTH LUFFENHAM
856 5.7.55 WA 664 METEOR T.7 RAF. WORKSOP
857 6.7.55 WA 969 METEOR F.8 RAF. CHURCH FENTON
858 7.7.55 WA 903 METEOR F.8 RAF. WATERBEACH
859 7.7.55 WE 743 METEOR F.8 RAF. CHURCH FENTON
860 11.7.55 VZ 521 METEOR F.8 RAF WEST MALLING
861 19.7.55 WL 785 SJACKLETON M.R.2 LUQA MALTA
862 21.7.55 WH 542 METEOR F.R.9 WAHN GERMANY
863 11.8.55 WH 129 METWOR T-7 RAF WORKSOP
864 16.8.55 WL 481 METEOR T-7 RAF MANBY.
865 19.8.55 WK 921 METEOR F.8 RAF NORTH LUFFENHAM
866 22.8.55 WA929 METEOR F.8 RAF HONILY.
867 24.8.55 WA837 METEOR F.8 RAF HONILY.
868 26.8.55 WK 663 METEOR F.8 RAF LECONFIELD.
869 1.9.55 WK 664 MEETEOR F.8 RAF LECONFIELD
870 9.9.55 W [deleted E [/deleted] A 852 METEOR F.8 RAF LECONFIELD
871 20.9.55 WH 119 METEOR T.7. RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
872 22.9.55 WA 931 METEOR F.8 RAF STRADISHALL
873 22.9.55 WH 273 METEOR F.8 RAF STRADISHALL
874 23.9.55 WH 402 METEOR F.8. RAF STRADISHALL.
875 27.9.55 WK666 METEOR F.8. RAF STRADISHALL.
876 4.10.55 WH305 METEOR F.8 RAF STRADISHALL.
877 8.10.55 WH500 METEOR F.8. RAF WYMESWOLD.
878 11.10.55 VZ 606 METEOR F.R.9 RAF HIGH ERCAL.
[sic] 880 17.10.55 RF564 LINCOLN B.MK.2. C.S.A. BOSCOMBE DOWN
881 17.10.55 WL 796 SHACKLETON M.R.2. LUQA MALTA.
882 21.10.55 WH421 METEOR F.8 RAF HOOTON PARK.
883 28.10.55 WK892 METEOR F.8 RAF STRADISHALL
884 2.11.55 VZ 496 METEOR F.8. RAF DRIFFIELD
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885 14.11.55 VZ467 METEOR F.8 RAF CHIVENER
886 14.11.55 WE925 METEOR F.8 RAF CHIVENER
887 18.11.55 WK753 METEOR F.8 RAF ACKLINGTON
888 12.12.55 WA741 METEOR T.7. RAF MANBY
889 13.12.55 WG968 METEOR T.7. RAF MANBY.
890 15.12.55 VW 482 METEOR T.7. NICOSIA CYPRUS.
891 16.12.55 VZ 505 METEOR F.8. RAF BIGGIN HILL
892 16.12.55 WA815 METEOR F.8. RAF CHURCH FENTON
893 3.1.56 WF 851 METEOR T.7 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
894 12.1.56 WF 769 METEOR T.7 RAF LINTON-ON-OUSE
895 12.1.56 WF 778 METEOR T.7 RAF RINGWAY
896 17.1.56 WG 979 METEOR T.7 RAF DUXFORD
897 19.1.56 WL 371 METEOR T.7 RAF MANBY
898 19.1.56 WG 981 METEOR T.7 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
899 6.2.56 VP254 SHACKLETON M.R.1. (1st Prod) CSA. BOSCOMBE DOWN
900 6.2.56 WA 663 METEOR T.7 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
901 6.2.56 WH172 METEOR T.7. RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
902 6.2.56 WA658 METEOR T.7. RAF LECONFIELD
903 13.2.56 WN 316 METEOR T.7. RAF MANBY
904 13.2.56 WH 201 METOER T.7. RAF MANBY
905 13.2.56 WL 361 METEOR T.7 RAF MANBY
906 24.2.56 VZ 640 METEOR T.7. RAF LECONFIELD
907 28.2.56 WA 671 METEOR T.7. RAF LINTON-ON-OUSE.
908 1.3.56 VW477 METEOR T.7. RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON.
909 2.3.56 WH 178 METEOR T.7. RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON.
910 8.3.56 WA 688 METEOR T.7 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON.
911 8.3.56 WA 742 METEOR T.7. RAF WATTISHAM
912 15.3.56 WH 187 METEOR T.7 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
913 21.3.56 WG 993 METEOR T.7 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
914 26.3.56 WH 219 METEOR T.7 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
915 28.3.56 WL 798 SHACKLETON M.R.2 LUQA MALTA
916 4.4.56 WA 740 METEOR T.7. RAF WEST RAYNHAM.
917 5.4.56 WH 184 METEOR T.7 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
918 16.4.56 VW 421 METEOR T.7 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON.
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919 24.4.56 RF505 LINCOLN B.MK.2 RAF DEFFORD
920 26.4.56 VW426 METEOR T-7 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
921 26.4.56 WL413 METEOR T-7 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
922 1.5.56 VP254 SHACKLETON M.R.1 (1st Prod) CRD WOODFORD
923 2.5.56 SX930 LINCOLN B.MK.2. CRD WEST FREUGH
924 3.5.56 WL 345 METEOR T-7 RAF WEST RAYNHAM
925 10.5.56 WF 791 METEOR T-7 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
926 10.5.56 WA 601 METEOR T-7 RAF CHURCH FENTON
927 14.5.56 VW 457 METEOR T-7 RAF FILTON
928 16.5.56 WL 460 METEOR T-7 RAF LITTLE RISSINGTON
929 8.6.56 VW 415 METEOR T-7 38 M.U LLANDOW
930 12.6.56 WA602 METEOR T-7 RAF PEMBREY.
931 12.6.56 WF795 METEOR T-7 12 M.U. KIRKBRIDE.
932 4.7.56 WA669 METEOR T-7 12 MU KIRKBRIDE
933 4.7.56 WA 597 METEOR T-7 12 MU KIRKBRIDE
934 4.7.56 WF 847 METEOR T-7 38 M.U. LLANDOW
935 19.7.56 WA 672 METEOR T-7 RAF CHURCH FENTON
936 6.7.56 VW 451 METEOR T-7 38 M.U. LLANDOW
937 25.7.56 WG 949 METEOR T-7 12 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
938 26.7.56 WA 591 METEOR T-7 12 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
939 30.8.56 WL 403 METEOR T-7 12 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
940 4.9.56 WH 182 METEOR T-7 12 MU KIRKBRIDE
941 13.9.56 VW 480 METEOR T-7 20 MU ASTON DOWN
942 13.9.56 WH 175 METEOR T-7 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
943 26.9.56 WL 358 METEOR T-7 12 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
944 3.10.56 WH 191 METEOR T-7 12 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
945 8.10.56 WH 166 METEOR T-7 12 MU. KIRKBRIDE
946 6.11.56 WL 800 SHACKLETON M.R.2 LUQA MALTA
947 14.11.56 WG985 METEOR T.7. 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN
948 14.11.56 WA 657 METEOR T.7. 12 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
949 13.12.56 WA 598 METEOR T.7. 15 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
950 3.1.57 WA 661 METEOR T.7. 15 M.U. KIRKBRIDE
951 3.1.57 WF 853 METEOR T.7. 15 MU KIRKBRIDE.
952 10.1.57 VP258 SHACKLETON M.R.1. CSA BOSCOMBE DOWN
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953 18.2.57 WR954 SHACKLETON M.R.2 RAF LUQA MALTA
954 13.6.57 WB819 SHACKLETON [deleted] MR.1A [/deleted] T.4 Conversion 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE.
955 20.6.57 VP 259 SHACKLETON M.R.1. 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE.
956 5.7.57 WR973 SHACKLETON M.R.3. C.S.A. BOSCOMBE DOWN
957 1.8.57 WB837 SHACKLETON [deleted] M.R.1A [/deleted] T.4. Conversion 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE.
958 9.8.57 VX770 AVRO VULCAN (1st Proto) ROLLS ROYCE HUCKNALL.
959 9.8.57 WL 787 SHACKLETON M.R.2. RAF LUQA MALTA
960 7.8.57 WG511 SHACKLETON [deleted] M.R.1A [/deleted] T.4. Conversion 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE
961 28.10.57 WB831 SHACKLETON T.4. Conversion 23 MU ALDERGROVE
962 4.11.57 RF564 LINCOLN B.MK.2. 10 MU HULLAVINGTON
963 19.11.57 WL787 SHACKLETON M.R.2 RAF LUQA MALTA
964 26.11.57 WG527 SHACKLETON [deleted] M.R.1A [/deleted] T.4. Conversion 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE
965 3.12.57 WB 844 SHACKLETON T.4 Conversion 23 MU ALDERGROVE
966 27.1.58 XA903 VULCAN B.MK 1. CRD WOODFORD
967 13.2.58 SHACKLETON [deleted] M.R.1A [/deleted] T.4. Conversion 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE
968 21.2.58 WB 833 SHACKLETON MR2 (Prototype) CSA BOSCOMBE DOWN
969 6.3.58 VP254 SHACKLETON M.R.1. (1st Prod) 23 MU ALDERGROVE
970 11.3.58 WB 832 SHACKLETON [deleted] M.R.1A [/deleted] T.4. Conversion 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE
971 3.4.58 VP293 SHACKLETON [deleted] M.R.1A [/deleted] T.4. Conversion 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE
972 8.5.58 WB827 SHACKLETON M.R.1A. 23 MU ALDERGROVE
973 22.5.58 XA901 VILCAN B.MK.1. RAF WADDINGTON
974 9.6.58 WB854 SHACKLETON M.R.1A 23 MU ALDERGROVE.
975 20.6.58 XA 891 VULCAN B.MK.1. CRD WOODFORD
976 18.7.58 WB836 SHACKELTON MR.1A. 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE
977 30.7.58 WG525 SHACKLETON T.4 Conversion 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE
978 1.9.58 WR972 SHCACKLETON M.R.3. CSA BOSCOMBE DOWN
979 8.9.58 VP291 SHACKLETON MR.1. 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE
980 12.9.58 VP258 SHACKLETON M.R.1. CSA BOSCOMBE DOWN
[Deleted] 981 23.7.54 SEE 793A RE417 LINCOLN B.MK.2 20 M.U. ASTON DOWN [/deleted] Re-number from here
982 3.10.58 WB825 SHACKLETON M.R.1A. 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE
983 7.11.58 WB818 SHACKLETON M.R.1A. 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE
984 20.10.58 WB829 SHACKLETON M.R.1A. 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE
985 21.11.58 VP288 SHACKLETON MR.1. 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE
986 22.12.58 VP 292 SHACKLETON MR.1. 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE
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987 28.1.59 WB834 SHACKLETON M.R.1A. 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE.
988 10.2.59 WL755 SHACKLETON MR.2. MALTA * 1ST 1 RECON
989 11.2.59 WB821 SHACKLETON MR.1A. 23 M.U. ALDERGROVE.
990 11.3.59 WG554 SHACKLETON M.R.2 GIBRALTAR.
991 17.3.59 WG 526 SHACKLETON M.R.1A ALDERGROVE.
992 6.4.59 WG555 SHACKLETON M.R.2 RAF BALLYKELLY.
993 24.4.59 WL 786 SHACKLETON M.R.2 MALTA.
994 5.5.59 WR 952 SHACKLETON M.R.2 ST. MAWGAN.
995 28.5.59 WL 801 SHACKLETON M.R.2 MALTA.
996 5.6.59 WL785 SHACKLETON M.R.2 ST. MAWGAN.
987 21.7.59 WL 793 SHACKLETON M.R.2 BALLYKELLY.
998 22.7.59 VP293 SHACKLETON [deleted] M.R.1A [/deleted] T.4. Conversion BOSCOMBE DOWN
999 23.7.59 WL745 SHACKLETON MR.2. BALLYKELLY.
1000 28.8.59 WG558 SHACKLETON M R.2. ST. MAWGAN.
1001 8.9.59 WL800 SHACKLETON M R.2. ST. MAWGAN.
1002 22.9.59 WB833 SHACKLETON MR2 BOSCOMBE DOWN. C.S.A.
1003 2.10.59 WL 747 SHACKLETON M.R.2 BALLYKELLY.
1004 9.10.59 WL 788 SHACKLETON M.R.2 MALTA (VIA ST MAWGAN)
1005 10.11.59 WL 758 SHACKLETON M.R.2 MALTA VIA ST. MAWGAN
1006 29.10.59 WL 757 SHACKLETON M.R.2 BALLYKELLY
1007 4.12.59 WL 741 SHACKLETON M.R.2 ST MAWGAN
1008 15.12.59 WR 951 SHACKLETON M.R.2 BALLYKELLY
1009 15.1.60 WL751 SHACKLETON M.R.2 BALLYKELLY.
1010 20.1.60 WR957 SHACKLETON M.R.2 BALLYKELLY.
1011 22.2.60 WR 963 SHACKLETON M.R.2 BALLYKELLY.
1012 29.2.60 WG 533 SHACKLETON M.R.2 MALTA (VIA ST MAWGAN)
1013 22.3.60 WL 738 SHACKLETON M.R.2 ADEN (VIA ST. MAWGAN)
1014 23.3.60 WR 972 SHACKLETON M.R.3. BOSCOMBE C.S.R.
1015 31.3.60 WR 965 SHACKLETON MR. 2 GIBRALTAR
1016 14.4.60 WL 750 SHACKLETON MR.2 GIBRALTAR.
1017 29.4.60 WL 742 SHACKLETON MR.2 GIBRALTAR
1018 23.5.60 WL 752 SHACKLETON MR.2 ADEN H.Q.B.F.A.P.
1019 31.5.60 WL 753 SHACKLETON MR.2 ADEN
1020 23.6.60 WR 954 SHACKLETON MR.2 BALLYKELLY.
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1021 12.7.60 WG 556 SHACKLETON M.R.2 GIBRALTAR
1022 29.7.60 WR 959 SHACKLETON M.R.2 ADEN. VIA ST. MAWGAN.
1023 4.8.60 WR 960 SHACKLETON M.R.2 COLERNE.
1024 15.9.60 WR 754 SHACKLETON M.R.2 ST. MAWGAN.
1025 27.9.60 WB 854 SHACKLETON MR. 1A. SINGAPORE VIA ST. MAWGAN
1026 7.10.60 WL 737 SHACKLETON M.R.2 ST. MAWGAN. (42 SQN)
1027 27.10.60 WR 958 SHACKLETON M.R.2 ST. MAWGAN. (42 SQN)
1028 15.11.60 WR955 SHACKLETON M.R.2 ST. MAWGAN.
1029 10.12.60 VP 291 SHACKLETON MR 1. SINGAPORE.
1030 12.12.60 WL 795 SHACKLETON MR. 2. MALTA.
1031 19.12.60 WG525 SHACKLETON MR 1A. SINGAPORE.
1032 10.1.61 WL748 SHACKLETON MR.2. BALLYKELLY.
1033 31.1.61 WR972 SHACKLETON MR.3. BOSCOMBE DOWN.
1034 3.2.61 WL787 SHACKLETON MR 1 BALLYKELLY (210 SQN)
1035 22.2.61 WL 791 SHACKLETON MR 2 BALLYKELLY.
1036 2.3.61 NG 554 SHACKLETON MR 2 BALLYKELLY.
1037 10.2.61 WL 740 SHACKLETON MR 2 MALTA.
1038 6.4.61 WR 956 SHACKLETON MR 2 MALTA.
1039 18.4.61 WL 739 SHACKLETON MR 2 BALLYKELLY.
1040 3.5.61 WL 798 SHACKLETON MR 2 MALTA.
1041 24.5.61 WR 961 SHACKLETON MR 2 MALTA.
1042 2.6.61 WR969 SHACKLETON MR 2 BALLYKELLY.
1043 27.6.61 WR967 SHACKLETON MR 2 MALTA.
1044 1.8.61 WG532 SHACKLETON MR 2 GIBRALTAR.
1045 30.8.61 WL 755 SHACKLETON MR 2 GIBRALTAR.
1046 4.8.61 WG558 SHACKLETON MR 2 BOSCOMBE DOWN.
1047 14.9.61 VP 255 SHACKLETON MR 1. BOSCOMBE DOWN.
1048 20.9.61 WB826. SHACKLETON [deleted] M.R.1A [/deleted] T.4. Conversion KINLOSS.
1049 29.9.61 WB 849 SHACKLETON T.4. Conversion KINLOSS
*1049A 18.10.61 WR953 SHACKLETON MR.2 BOSCOMBE. MOD 988. ← Renum from h
1050 27.10.61 WL 747 SHACKLETON MR.2. ADEN.
1051 3.11.61 WB 820 SHACKLETON [deleted] M.R.1A [/deleted] T.4. Conversion KINLOSS.
1052 27.11.61 WB822 SHACKLETON T.4 Conversion KINLOSS
1053 28.12.61 WL758 SHACKLETON MR.2. MALTA.
1054 30.1.62 WB 845 SHACKLETON [deleted] M.R.1A [/deleted] T.4. Conversion KINLOSS
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1055 1-2-62 WL789 SHACKLETON MR.2. GIBRALTAR.
1056 1-2-62 WL 744 SHACKLETON MR.2. ADEN.
1057 27.2.62 WL 793 SHACKLETON MR.2. BALLYKELLY.
1058 7.3.62. WR 962 SHACKLETON MR.2. ADEN
1059 8.3.62 [deleted] [underlined] ANSON [/underlined] [/deleted] VM 394 ANSON C.MK 19. Sr2. BOVINGDON.
1060 21.3.62. WL 786 SHACKLETON M.R.2. CHANGI (FEAF.)
1061 28.3.62. WL 751 SHACKLETON M.R.2. BALLYKELLY.
1062 17.4.62 [deleted] [underlined] ANSON [/underlined] [/deleted] TX 229 ANSON C.MK 19. Sr1. BOVINGDON
1063 4.5.62 WL756 SHACKLETON MR.2. CHANGI F.E.A.F.
1064 8.5.62 WG 553 SHACKLETON MR.2. CHANGI F.E.A.F.
1065 11.5.62 [deleted] [underlined] ANSON [/underlined] [/deleted] VP519 ANSON C.MK 19. Sr2. BOVINGDON.
1066 18.5.62 XF701 SHACKLETON MR.3. BOSCOMBE DOWN SHACK 3. C.S.A.
1067 23.5.62 [deleted] [underlined] ANSON [/underlined] [/deleted] VM 394 ANSON C.MK 19. Sr2. BOVINGDON.
1068 29.5.62 WL 790 SHACKLETON MR 2 H.Q. F.E.A.F.
1069 29.5.62. WL 762 SHACKLETON MR 2 BALLYKELLY.
1070 14.6.62 [deleted] [underlined] ANSON [/underlined] [/deleted] VM 324 ANSON C.MK 19. Sr2. WYTON.
1071 22.6.62 WL 750 SHACKLETON MR.2. BALLYKELLY.
1072 27.6.62 WR954 SHACKLETON MR.2. CHANGI F.E.A.F.
1073 24.7.62 WB858 [deleted] M.R.1A [/deleted] T.4. Conversion BOSCOMBE A.R.A.E.E.
1074 1.8.62 WG 530 SHACKLETON MR.2. CHANGI F.E.A.F.
1075 17.8.62 WG 558 SHACKELTON MR.2. BALLYKELLY.
1076 29.8.62 XF 701 SHACKLETON MK.3 BOSCOMBE DOWN
1077 3.10.62 WB 819 [deleted] M.R.1A [/deleted] T.4. Phase II Conversion KINLOSS.
1078 19.9.62 [deleted] C.S.A. [/deleted] WG556 SHACKLETON MR.2 LANGAR C.S.A. PHASE 3
1079 17.10.62 [deleted] C.S.A. [/deleted] WR 960 SHACKLETON MR.2. LANGAR C.S.A. PHASE 3
1080 18.10.61 WR953 SHACKELTON MR.2. BOSCOMBE C.S.A.
1081 28.1.63 [deleted] MK3 [/deleted] WR 979 SHACKLETON MR.3. ST. MAWGAN.
1082 30.1.63 WL 759 SHACKLETON M.R.2. LANGAR C.S.A.
1083 8.2.63 [deleted] C.S.A. [/deleted] WL 737 SHACKLETON M.R.2. WOODFORD C.S.A.
1084 18.2.63 VP 293 SHACKLETON [deleted] M.R.1A [/deleted] T.4. ALDERGROVE.
1085 12.3.63 WR 980 SHACKLETON MR.3. ST. MAWGAN.
1086 8.4.63 WR 953 SHACKLETON MR.2 GIBRALTAR 224 SQDN.
1087 9.4.63 WR 977 SHACKLETON MR.3. ST. MAWGAN
1088 3.5.63 VP258 SHCAKLETON MR 1. ALDERGROVE 23 M.U.
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1089 13.5.63. WR983 SHACKLETON MR.3. ST. MAWGAN
[Deleted] √ +2 [/deleted]
1090 22.5.63 WL 759 SHACKLETON MR.2 BOSCOMBE DOWN
1091 17.6.63 WR 978 SHACKLETON MR.3 ST. MAWGAN.
1092 2.7.63 XF 707 SHACKLETON MR.3 ST. MAWGAN
1093 9.7.63 WR 976 SHACKLETON MR.3 BOSCOMBE PROP T.I. CSA
1094 8.8.63 XF 708 SHACKLETON MR.3 KINLOSS
1095 18.9.63 WR 986 SHACKLETON MR.3 KINLOSS
1096 11.10.63 WR 959 SHACKLETON MR.2. BALLYKELLY
1097 16.10.63 XF 709 SHACKLETON MR.3. KINLOSS
1098 6.11.63 XF 710 SHACKLETON MR.3 KINLOSS.
1099 13.12.63 XF 730 SHACKLETON MR.2. KINLOSS
1100 19.2.64 WR953 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN.
1101 20.2.64 WL797 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST MAWGAN.
Renumber from → here
110 [deleted] 3 [/deleted] 2 14.4.64 WR982 SHACKLETON MR.3 BOSCOMBE C.S.A.
110 [deleted] 4 [/deleted]3 6.7.64 XF 702 SHACKLETON MR.3 FARNBOROUGH. C.S.A.
1105 7.9.64 WR 974 SHACKLETON MR.3. BOSCOMBE DOWN C.S.A.
1106 23.11.64 [deleted] PHASE 3 [/deleted] XF 702 SHACKLETON MR.3. ST.MAWGAN (Phase 3)
1107 3.12.64 [deleted] PHASE 3 [/deleted] XF 703 SHACKLETON MR.3. ST.MAWGAN (Phase 3)
1108 26.1.65 [deleted] PHASE 3 [/deleted] XF 702 SHACKLETON MR.3. ST.MAWGAN (Phase 3)
1109 29.1.65. WR 973 [deleted] PHASE 3 & VIP [/deleted] XF 702 SHACKLETON MR.3. WOODFORD (Phase 3 & V.I.P.)
1110 2.2.65 WR 985 [deleted] PHASE 3 [/deleted] XF 702 SHACKLETON MR.3. ST.MAWGAN (Phase 3)
1111 2.2.65 XF 703 SHACKLETON MR.3. RE-DELIVERED – ST MAWGAN
1112 16.3.65 XF 700 SHACKLETON MR.3. ST. MAWGAN.
1113 1-4-65 WR 976 SHACKLETON MR.3. ST MAWGAN.
1114 23.4.65 WR971 SHACKLETON MR.3. ST. MAWGAN.
1115 7.5.65 XF 704 SHACKLETON MR.3. ST MAWGAN.
1116 28.5.65 WR990 SHACKLETON MR.3. KINLOSS
1117 21.6.65 WR974 SHACKLETON MR.3. BOSCOMBE (TROPICAL TRIALS)
1118 24.6.65 WR989 SHCAKLETON MR.3. KINLOSS
1119 13.7.65 WR981 SHACKLETON MR.3. KINLOSS.
1120 23.7.65 WB 831 SHACKLETON MR.1A. T.4. ST. MAWGAN.
1121 6.9.65 WR984 SHACKLETON MR.3. KINLOSS.
1122 14.9.65 WG556 SHACKLETON MR 2 BOSCOMBE DOWN.
1122 [deleted] 5 [/deleted] 2 24.9.65 WB847 SHACKLETON MR 1A ST MAWGAN
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1124 5.10.65 WR979 SHACKLETON MR.3. KINLOSS.
1125 29.10.65 WR983 SHACKELTON MR.3. KINLOSS.
1126 12.11.65 WR982 SHACKLETON MR.3. KINLOSS
1127 26.11.65 WR978 SHACKLETON MR.3. ST. MAWGAN.
1128 23.12.65 XF 706 SHACKELTON MR.3. ST. MAWGAN.
1129 15.12.65 WR 960 SHACKLETON MR.2. BOSCOMBE. D.
1130 3.1.66 XF 707 SHACKLETON MR.3 ST. MAWGAN.
1131 9.3.66 XF 705 SHACKLETON MR.3 KINLOSS.
1132 30.3.66 WR980 SHACKLETON MR.3 KINLOSS
1133 26.4.66 XF 701 SHACKLETON MR.3 KINLOSS
1134 3.5.66 WR977 SHACKLETON MR.3 ST. MAWGAN.
1135 12.5.66 WG556 SHACKLETON MR.2. FARNBOROUGH.
1136 25.5.66 WR793 SHACKLETON MR.3 KINLOSS
1137 27.5.66 XF730 SHACKLETON MR.3 ST. MAWGAN.
1138 27.6.66 WR988 SHACKLETON MR.3 BALLYKELLY
1139 29.7.66 WL801 SHACKLETON MR.2. BALLYKELLY. MK2.P
1140 1.8.66. XF 709 SHACKLETON MR.3 BALLYKELLY.
1141 1.8.66. WR982 SHACKLETON MR.3 KINLOSS.
1142 8.9.66 WL747 SHACKLETON MR.2. BALLYKELLY MK.2.P.
1143 30.9.66 WR990 SHACKLETON MR 3 KINLOSS
1144 30.9.66 WR 986 SHACKLETON MR 3 BALLYKELLY
1145 24.10.66 WR976 SHACKLETON MR 3 KINLOSS.
1146 -/10/66 WB833 SHACKLETON MR 1A. LANGAR T.I.
1147 -/10/66 XF708 SHACKLETON MR.3. LANGAR T.I.
1148 30.11.66 WL738 SHACKLETON MR.2. BALLYKELLY.
1149 16.12.66 WB833 SHACKLETON MR.1A. BALLYKELLY.
1150 20.12.66 WR987 SHACKLETON MR.3. BALLYKELLY.
1151 11.1.67 WL 793 SHACKLETON MR 2 BALLYKELLY.
1152 26.1.67 WL 785 SHACKLETON MR 2 BALLYKELLY.
1153 [deleted] XF 708 [/deleted] 6.2.67 XF 708 SHACKLETON MR 3. BALLYKELLY.
1154 28.2.67 WG555 SHACKLETON MR 2. BALLYKELLY.
1155 10.2.67 WL745 SHACKLETON MR 2. BALLYKELLY.
1156 26.3.67 WR955 SHACKLETON MR 2. BALLYKELLY
1157 5.4.67 WL800 SHACKLETON MR 2. BALLYKELLY
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115 [deleted] 8 [/deleted] 7 6.4.67 WL755 SHACKLETON MR.2 BALLYKELLY.
1159 25.5.67 WL751 SHACKLETON MR.2 BALLYKELLY.
1160 26.5.67 WR965 SHACKLETON MR.2 BALLYKELLY.
1161 2.6.67 WL787 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN.
1162 15.6.67 WR954 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN.
1163 3.7.67 WL748 SHACKLETON MR.2 R.R.E. PERSHORE
1164 17.7.67 WL795 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN.
1165 30.7.67 WR963 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN.
1166 24.8.67 WL786 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN
1167 4.9.67 WL790 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN
1168 26.9.67 WL741 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN
1169 4.10.67 WR961 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST MAWGAN
1170 30.10.67 WL756 SHACKLETON MR.2 BALLYKELLY
1171 17.11.67 WL758 SHACKLETON MR.2 BALLYKELLY.
1172 [deleted] WL739 [/deleted] 4.1.68 WL739 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN (1ST. TRAINER.)
1173 12.1.68 WR956 SHACKLETON MR.2 BALLYKELLY
1174 7.2.68 WR960 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN
1175 16.2.68 WR952 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN
1176 26.2.68 WG558 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN
1177 7.3.68 WL787 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN
1178 5.4.68 WL750 SHACKLETON MR.2 ST. MAWGAN.
1179 24.4.68 WG554 SHACKLETON MR.2 BITTESWELL
1180 26.4.68 WR966 SHACKLETON MR.2
1181 15.5.68 WR964 SHACKLETON MR.2
1182 26.6.68 WR969 SHACKLETON MR.2
1183 15.7.68 WG533 SHACKLETON MR.2
1184 30.8.68 WR967 SHACKLETON MR.2
118 [deleted] 5 [/deleted] 4 4.9.68 WL798 SHACKLETON MR.2
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Four items. An oral history interview with Warrant Officer Jim Latimer (1923 - 2020, 1551478 Royal Air Force) his log book, and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 102 and 462 Squadrons.
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BW: Here we go. Right.
GBD: Ok, Jim.
JL: Yeah.
BW: This Is Brian Wright interviewing Warrant Officer Jim Latimer.
JL: Jim’s Ferguson Latimer.
BW: Jim Ferguson Latimer.
JL: Thank you.
BW: On Saturday 28th September 2019 at approximately 4.45 at his home in Salford.
GBD: Prestwich, Manchester.
BW: Prestwich.
GBD: Yeah.
BW: Manchester. Also with me are his friend Gary Bridson-Daley, and World War Two author, and Jim’s wife Joan. And Gary, you wanted to introduce, introduce Jim as well.
GBD: Yeah. Just for a little minute. I’m very privileged to know Jim Latimer and Jean Latimer and they are from the same church as myself. They’re the longest parishioners there. Over seventy years they’ve been there which is quite astounding. I’m Gary Bridson-Daley author of, “A Debt of Gratitude to the Last Heroes.” And as part of my Debt of Gratitude Project going throughout the UK interviewing some of the last World War Two veterans I’ve been blessed to have interviewed over one hundred veterans from all services and backgrounds now of which Jim is one of them and is in that first book.
JFL: A fair amount isn’t it?
GBD: It’s not bad is it, Jim. Eh? Yeah.
JFL: Yeah.
GBD: It’s great.
JFL: You’ve interviewed a lot of guys.
GBD: And ladies too. Yes.
JFL: Yeah.
GBD: And it’s been an absolute honour and privilege to do so. It’s also a great thing to be able to help the IBCC with, with introducing veterans such as I have done today and Jim now, to help with their fantastic work. And anything we can always do to help people that are doing things for our veterans and to capture these precious stories for posterity and for the future and for the country and generations yet to come is a great thing, and I’m very honoured to be a part of it in my project and in helping others with theirs. So I’m going to hand over to Jim Latimer who was Halifax bombers, forty six missions. Bomb aimer. And now handing over for the interview to be done with Brian. And I just wanted to have a little, little part of that. Just —
JFL: Yeah.
GBD: Because it’s so special and they’re such good friends. That’s it. Well, thank you. Brian, over to you. Jim, enjoy the interview.
JFL: Yeah. Ok, Brian.
BW: Ok, Jim. Just to start off for us could you give us your full name, date of birth and service number please?
JFL: Yeah. It’s James Ferguson Latimer. What’s the next one?
BW: Date of birth.
JFL: Oh yeah. 21 12 ’23.
BW: And do you recall your service number at all?
JFL: Yeah. 1551478.
BW: Great. Thank you. And where were you born Jim?
JFL: I was actually born in Scotland.
JL: Edinburgh.
BW: And how many people were in your family? I mean obviously mum and dad?
JFL: Yeah.
BW: But any brothers and sisters?
JFL: There was two brothers. One came, another brother came later but one.
JL: Who are you talking about?
JFL: We emigrated. Well, I was only a tot of four or five years old and my parents emigrated to Toronto in Canada. Ontario. My dad had a good job over there.
BW: What did he do?
JFL: He worked on tall buildings. I don’t know what, exactly what was, I don’t know what his trade or profession was or anything like that.
JL: Sheet metal.
JFL: It was what?
JL: Sheet metal worker.
JFL: Yeah. That’s what he was originally. Sheet metal worker but there was a lot of building. Skyscrapers going up in Toronto at the time which was way back in the 20s. And he had a good job out there. That was the reason for emigration. There wasn’t much in Scotland where they originally came from. So they wanted to emigrate which is what they did.
BW: So there was you and two brothers.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: Any sisters? Or did they come later?
JFL: No sisters. No.
BW: And where did you go to school out there?
JFL: In the York township which is just north of Toronto.
BW: And when did you leave school? It was common in the UK for people to leave school at fourteen but what happened with you?
JFL: I think I was fifteen when I left High School and when the [pause] when the war started, or it was just before the war started it was obvious there was going to be a war with, with what was going on with Hitler and our Prime Minister here. My parents decided to come back to, well they came back to England. So the war had just started I think when we came back to Great Britain.
BW: And did you look for work or were you working at that, at that time when you came back? Or did you continue in education or anything?
JFL: I was still at, still going to school then at that time. I can’t remember how old I was.
BW: Do you recall whereabout you moved to?
JFL: I was —
BW: Did you, did you come to the north west of the UK at all or were you elsewhere in the country? Where did your dad and the family settle?
JFL: Came from Edinburgh because my parents originally came from Edinburgh, and then went over to Canada and my dad had a job at Toronto. I was at school. My brothers were at school, and I was, I went to High School. I did five years in high school which is like, I don’t know the equivalent in England. Grammar School. Something like that. And then the war, the war with Hitler you can, it was on the cards there was going to be a war. So for some reason or other, I don’t know why, my parents wanted to come back to Scotland and I wasn’t, I wasn’t very old then, and I had to had two brothers at the time. And the war started and we came back with the war being on. German subs were having a ball out there. Torpedoed a lot, an awful lot of merchant, merchant ships. I always remember I was only, I can’t remember, nine or ten on the ship on my way back to the British Isles, and I went up on the deck with my brother just looking at the Atlantic Ocean if you like and this, this ship passed on its way to either the States or Canada and they only got as far as the horizon. We were stood watching it. It was torpedoed. It just blew up. So all the poor guys on it they never had a chance. A U-boat obviously torpedoed it. And then —
BW: Was it a civilian ship?
JFL: I don’t really know at the time. It was, it could have been a passenger ship that passed us but it might just have been a merchant ship. Difficult to know. But it just got to the sky line. The next thing the sun, the sun had gone down and it just lit up the sky with being torpedoed. Poor guys.
BW: And from living in Edinburgh what prompted you to join the RAF? Were you minded to join any other service or was it specifically the RAF you wanted?
JFL: I’m just trying to think now. Yeah. I joined, I joined the Air Force here in Manchester. I was at Heaton Park. That’s where [pause] young guys from all over the world came to Heaton Park. If they were in bomber, if they were going to be in Bomber Command, you know. They came from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand. They all came to Heaton Park. So I was at Heaton Park there for a while waiting to be sent out to whatever flying base was available. And —
BW: And was that for your basic training?
JFL: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I did quite a bit of basic training.
BW: And when did you move to your sort of trade training to become a bomb aimer?
JFL: A bit vague. A bit vague on it. I was aircrew for a start so I don’t know why or, why or how I became an air bomber but that’s what I did.
BW: I believe you trained initially on Wellington bombers.
JFL: Yeah. Originally. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We went even, the Germans had occupied France so we were, we flew. Started off with Wellingtons. We used to fly over France. And when we were bombing armament factories in France because the Germans had taken over. That’s how I started with flying. And then later on went on to Halifaxes. Big planes. And —
BW: What do you recall of the Wellingtons? What were they, what were they like?
JFL: Well, they were alright. Two engines. They were a bit, eventually a bit obsolete. It was all four engines. So that’s where, where we got to. So the, it was four engined going over Germany.
BW: And your first mission. Your first operation was as you say over occupied France but —
JFL: Yeah.
BW: I wanted to ask a bit about your time while you were at the base in Yorkshire. At Pocklington.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: Because you joined 102 Squadron.
JFL: That’s right. Yeah.
BW: Now, there’s, you said you were starting on Halifaxes at this time.
JFL: That’s right yeah because of the —
BW: Can you recall the names of the other members of the crew? The pilot and —
JFL: I can’t remember them now offhand.
BW: Your pilot was Flight Sergeant Mitchell.
JFL: Yeah. I remember that. Yeah. Yeah. But the, the two gunners. The two gunners I can’t remember. One was Scottish. The other guy was, I think he was from South Africa. A lot of them came over from different parts of the world to join up.
BW: If I read some of the names of the crew would you recognise or know anything about them? William McCorkindale.
JFL: Yeah. He was the engineer I think. Little Scottish guy.
BW: And RW Scott.
JFL: I’m sorry?
BW: RW Scott. Flight Sergeant Scott.
JFL: No. I can’t.
BW: No.
JFL: Oh, Scott. I vaguely remember him but I’m not sure. No.
BW: Mitchell was your pilot.
JFL: That’s right. Yeah.
BW: Maguire.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: Who, where was Maguire in the aircraft?
JFL: Sorry?
BW: Where was Maguire in the aircraft?
JFL: I think he was the rear gunner I think.
BW: And Flight Sergeant Thornton?
JFL: What was that again?
BW: Flight Sergeant Thornton. AF Thornton.
JFL: I’m not quite sure now.
BW: And the other was Kellard. Sergeant Kellard.
JFL: Yeah. I can’t remember the names now.
BW: Ok. Do you recall how you met each other? Normally you’d be left alone to sort of crew up they called it. Do you remember how you met your other crewmates?
JFL: I’m a bit vague on it. [pause] We were stationed at Heaton Park. That’s where, from the British Empire they all, they all came to Heaton Park from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand. This is where they ended up. And from, from there then they were sent to different airfields eventually. And the airfield I was sent to was, I can’t remember the name of it now. It was in the Midlands. England. And we were on Wellingtons. The two engine Wellingtons. And we did quite a few ops there. Mainly over France. Germany had occupied France then and there was a lot of munitions workers in the south east of France and that, that was our target. So that’s what I was on to start off with. And then from there we graduated to [pause] that was, those were Wellingtons. Yeah. Then I was on Halifaxes then. Four engine bomber.
BW: What were they like to fly in as crew? How did you find it? Was it, was it pretty cramped?
JFL: Cramped? No. No. No, there was plenty of room. It was alright. Yeah. Yeah.
BW: I’m going to show you a couple of pictures. One is of a Halifax, and the other is of crew positions inside.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: And just see if these prompt any recollections for you.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: The one you’ve got in your left hand of the crew position. That’s the flight engineer.
JFL: Oh.
BW: And then underneath that will be the bomb aimer’s position in the front of the aircraft.
JFL: Yeah. Which is —
BW: Does that —
JFL: Which is the front? I can’t make it out [pause] Well, when we, when we got to within a mile of the target I had to go down to the nose of the aircraft, lie down flat and the bombsight had a few figures in it. We had to adjust the bomb sight and then when we got within a mile going near into the city we had to fly straight and level and it would probably sorry [noise] very slow. The speed, the speed was slowed right down in order to get to the target to make sure the bombs were in the right position. So when we got to within so many, a mile perhaps from the target the bomb, the bomb aimer or the air bomber he was called, the bomb aimer he took over. Guiding. He was guiding the plane then so he was telling the pilot, ‘Left. Left. Right. Right.’ whatever, to get, get the bomb, the bombsight so that it was directly in front of the target. And then when you got the bombsight steady at all you could visualise it. You could see that from the nose of the plane and once you got just before, just before the target you dropped your bombs. So as they were going down they were going that way as well and they hit the target hopefully. And then I always said, ‘Bombs gone. Let’s go.’ The pilot turned around and off we went back.
BW: You had to keep the aircraft straight and level.
JFL: Oh, very straight. Yeah. For a mile or so.
BW: Yeah. After you’d dropped the bombs.
JFL: Going on to the target. Yeah. Yeah. A Lot of anti-aircraft coming up as well. An awful lot. We were peppered with anti-aircraft. And I saw two or three of our own bombers, Fokke Wolf 190s, you know the German fighter planes, they were swarming around and I saw, I always remember two or three of our bombers were shot down. I saw them going down, and in one of them I think, a guy, a guy I was very friendly with and I saw him going down to be killed. Crashed. I always remember that. I knew it was. I could see which plane it was. It was a Halifax and he was in it. That was the end of him.
BW: Did you see any parachutes at all?
JFL: Oh yeah. The odd one or two. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
BW: That particular raid would have been detailed. That particular raid was to Braunschweig and that was in August.
JFL: Where was it?
BW: Braunschweig [pause] It was in August 1944.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: And it was a night raid.
JFL: Yeah. Well, most, most of them were night raids. Yeah. Of course —
BW: The, there were two sergeants in the aircraft you described who were killed. One whose name was Craig and the other Curphey. Do you know which of those two might have been your mate?
JFL: I’m not sure now. Very vague about it.
BW: Ok. I’m going to show you a diagram of the bomb aimer’s position in a Halifax. Does that bring back any memories?
[pause]
BW: It shows the position that you would have been in in the aircraft.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: You say laid down and looking out the Perspex nose.
JFL: Is the Perspex still here?
BW: Yes.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: And your control panel was on the left.
JFL: That’s right. Yeah. Yeah. So you used to lie down there actually ‘til a mile or so from the target. The air bomber more or less took over the plane. Guiding, guiding the pilot with, ‘Left. Left. Right. Left.’ Whatever. To make sure he was right on the target.
BW: Did you ever feel particularly vulnerable in that sort of position because you’re laid down, head practically out of the aircraft apart from the Perspex canopy in front? How, how did it feel to be in that position over a target?
JFL: Yeah. It did. Actually, it never, it never bothered me. I don’t know why. Used to be, you were busy guiding. Guiding the plane in to make sure you’re getting it right. ‘Left. Right.’ You just tell, tell the pilot move over to the left a bit or move over to the right a bit until you’re right over the target. And then just before you hit the target it’s bombs away, and you used to follow them right down. And nine times out of ten they hit the target. Mostly coastal targets. There was a lot of coastal targets. And then eventually it became routine.
BW: Did you ever have to tell the pilot to go around again to make a second run? Perhaps because there was smoke over the target or obscuring it. Did you have to make a second run at all?
JFL: No. I don’t think I ever had to do that. No. No. No. By then there was a lot of German fighters trying to get at us. They were all hovering all around. They did get quite a few but some of us were lucky.
BW: And could you see [pause] could you see the fighters around you? Could you make them out?
JFL: The German fighters?
BW: Yeah.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: Or were you just able to see the gunfire?
JFL: No, I could see. Could see the fighters.
BW: And —
JFL: And once we’d dropped the bombs it was a case of turn around, put the nose down and get away. Get as much speed as you could to get away. Then we had, the rear gunner was very good. The mid-upper gunner was also very good. And you could see the German fighters trying to get a bead on us but our own, our own bombers, the machine gunners they kept them, kept the German planes off as much as they could. I did see one or two of our own boys going down. One, one bomber plane that went down, one of the guys in it was a friend. A good friend of mine. And I could see him, I couldn’t see him but he was in it and that was the end of him.
BW: Could you see the searchlights at all? Were you, were you ever actually what they called coned in searchlights? Were you picked out at all and locked on?
JFL: Yeah, you could. There were, there were plenty of searchlights from the Germans. They had encampments with machine guns and bomber guns and anti-aircraft guns and they were usually lit up. They didn’t do a lot of damage but they sent up enough to catch, used to be a lot of holes in the plane. Fortunately, didn’t get to the right place for them.
BW: And the searchlights were coloured differently. Did you see any blue searchlights at all?
JFL: Any — ?
BW: Blue searchlights.
JFL: Blue?
BW: Yeah.
JFL: I can’t remember to tell you the truth. I remember lots of searchlights but I don’t know about blue searchlights.
BW: The gunners would occasionally if they saw a light coming towards them or a fighter coming towards them would instruct the pilot to take evasive action or corkscrew. Did that ever happen with you?
JFL: I’ve no recollection of that. No. Not really.
BW: So you were quite lucky that you never got properly bounced by fighters.
JFL: Yeah. I could see fighters. Not, most, most of the, it was mostly night flying. We did go on to daylight flying again when the invasion took place with the Yanks invading the French coast to get the, to make a start on getting the Germans out. And we did a lot of, we used to go low flying over the, over the Channel but then zoom up and bomb the German army. It was all daylight because the Yanks, the Yanks and the Canadians and the British were all on their way over the English Channel to get rid of the Germans. They suffered. They suffered a lot of damage then too. Our job was to bomb the German guns. The big guns up on the cliffs which is what we did.
BW: And when you were low flying over France on the way in to the target during the daylight. Do you recall much of what you could see? Whether there were any vehicles or movements on the ground or anything like that?
JFL: On the Channel?
BW: On the French mainland.
JFL: Oh, the French coast.
BW: On the French mainland when you approached the target what kind of things could you see?
JFL: Well, the Germans were, they were retreating. You could see that, and you could see the, the Yanks and the Canadians coming over on small, small boats to attack the Germans on, on the beaches. We could see all that. Then of course we had to, we got so far we used to climb right up because they had a lot of big heavy guns at the top of the hills and they were causing damage so we went up quite high. Came down to bomb them to knock their guns out. And that’s how it was.
BW: You were also as a air bomber or bomb aimer as they called them.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: To and from the target you’d also be manning the front guns wouldn’t you?
JFL: I’m sorry?
BW: You would also be manning the front gun wouldn’t you? The nose gun.
JFL: Yeah. I could. Yeah, they did that too. Yeah. Used to use that. Yeah.
BW: And did you ever have cause to use it on the way in? Keep a fighter away or anything like that?
JFL: Not, not so much because we had a mid-upper gunner and a rear gunner of course so they did most of the shooting against the enemy.
BW: So most of your ops were over occupied France, and there were a number into Germany.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: Would you say there was a noticeable difference between your targets in France and those in Germany?
[pause]
JFL: Well, the ones in France they were very, very military but when we went, when we flew to Germany there was a different sections of cities we had to bomb. A lot along the North Sea and mainly military targets. But that’s how it was.
BW: And were they quite long missions for you?
JFL: The night missions were very long. They were very long. And of course then it all changed when the Yanks came over. We did all daylight missions. And we, as the Germans were retreating we were flying during the day, bombing the Germans as, as they tried to get back to their own country. And there was pockets of British soldiers and Yankee soldiers that, they got cut off by the Germans. They were in big trouble and we were, had to go out to help them. I remember that. So —
BW: And were you bombing enemy troops?
JFL: Yeah.
BW: Fairly close to where the Allied lines were or —
JFL: That’s right. Yeah. Not far off. Yeah.
BW: And did, were you able to see the bombs land accurately?
JFL: Oh yes. We were quite low. Yeah.
BW: What sort of height would you think you were at?
JFL: Oh dear [pause] A thousand feet [pause] Over. Quite, quite low we were because we were. Yeah.
BW: And were there a lot of aircraft on those sorts of raids or was it just like a small number of aircraft from the squadron?
JFL: Yeah. There wasn’t a lot of raids. Not a lot of raids flying in it but as the Germans retreated we kept going in and, to try and stop them from getting back to their own Maginot, not the Maginot, that’s a French line, getting back to their own line. So we had to keep intercepting them and they had heavy guns all the way around everywhere they were and they did a bit of damage with those. But we got rid of a lot of the guns that the Germans were using, because the Yanks and the British Army and Canadian Army they were all coming in now to fight their way to the Maginot Line. And we helped out on that.
BW: So, on those sorts of raids I believe you flew on a couple of times in larger raids with Americans. A combined sort of RAF and American type raid. Did you see any difference in the way the Americans flew?
JFL: Oh, definitely. Yeah. Yeah. Sitting ducks. That’s how you can describe them. Sitting ducks. They flew in a straight line and they didn’t, they didn’t do any manoeuvring. Just kept flying straight. And the German fighters they had a, took a lot of, took a lot of the Americans down with the [pause] We flew individually. We didn’t fly as a squadron. We flew in between different heights. But the Americans came in perfect they were but they never, never altered their position and the German fighters really tore in to them. An awful lot of Yanks shot down.
BW: So the looser formation that the RAF used allowed them greater manoeuvrability if you were attacked, whereas the Americans —
JFL: Yeah.
BW: Didn’t do that.
JFL: They didn’t have that. Yeah. Of course when we flew at night we didn’t fly as, we flew individually in the dark. The British Air Force. The Americans when they, when they started night flying they flew as a squadron and they were easy targets for the German fighters.
BW: And when you got back to base what kind of things happened then? What sort of things would happen on the way back from the targets and then landing?
JFL: Well, you got, you’ve still got the German fighters chasing you, trying to get a bead on to you. I remember the very first op we were on. We were up and down all the way back so this particular German fighter he chased us all the way back to the Channel, the English Channel. And we had to manoeuvre up and down just to keep him, so that he couldn’t get a sight on us and as we got within half a mile of the Channel he gave up on it and turned around and went back to Germany, thank goodness. But —
BW: So you were chased all the way home.
JFL: Yeah. I was. Yeah. Yeah. We were quite, this was what we were doing all the way back so he couldn’t get a sight on us.
BW: And when you eventually did land what kind of things would happen then?
JFL: When we landed, when we got out the plane and came over to, the CO was there and there would be, we were interviewed for, they wanted to know what happened and the medical officer was on site in case anybody was, anybody was hurt. And the —
BW: And what were the debriefings like? Did they give you a good interrogation about what you’d seen?
JFL: Yeah. A debriefing. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. They wanted to know various things. How it went and what happened. And the man with a collar. He was always there for, we had to, we had to have a prayer for safe landing. He gave us a prayer. We were very, very lucky I think. Very lucky.
BW: When you got back to your billets were you accommodated as crews altogether, or were you kept as say bomb aimers in one hut and flight engineers in another hut or did you all stay together as a crew?
JFL: We were more or less as a crew. Yeah. Yeah. Well, most, most of the, most of the flights up until the invasion when the Yanks came it was all night flying and we used to get back about 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning. And by then of course we were very tired. So after being interviewed by [pause] whoever we went to bed.
BW: Did you ever get a chance to socialise much as a crew? Were there events on at the base and dances and things?
JFL: Yeah. There was the odd one or two dances. Yeah. But unfortunately I had two left feet. At the time. My wife was a very good dancer so eventually when I became a civilian I picked up on the dancing and I did alright but during the war we used to, there was always dances going on and we used to go and mainly just stood there looking at them and watching it. That’s all.
BW: And you flew a few raids with 102 Squadron, and then you were transferred to 462 Squadron.
JFL: Yeah. That sounds about, yeah 462.
BW: And there was one of those where, one of those sorties or ops where you came back and the aircraft went off the runway.
JFL: Yes. It left. It left the runway [laughs]
BW: Was this on, was this on landing?
JFL: The brakes. I think the brakes must have gone. The brakes went on it so we left the runway at, we were doing almost a hundred miles an hour when we left the runway and we went over quite a few fields bumpety bumpety bumpety. And eventually when the pilot, he was, he’d given up. It was too much for him. So I was sat beside him. I just kept the plane straight and then —
BW: So the pilot bottled it and you took over the controls.
JFL: Yeah. Well, just I was steering it. Yeah. Yeah. And then when we got to, over two or three fields I turned the plane around and it stopped dead because we didn’t know what was going to happen otherwise because it was still moving at a good pace. Anyway, I pulled the wheel around and it stopped. And that was it. And then the fire, the fire people came over to make sure the plane wasn’t on fire.
BW: I mean if it’s gone over two or three fields.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: Off the end of the runway. That’s some fair distance.
JFL: Yeah. It was a fair distance. Yeah. Yeah.
BW: Did you still have any bombs on board or anything like that?
JFL: No. We had, I don’t think we had anything on board. I think we got rid of everything. Yeah.
BW: Because there was an instance in your logbook where you noted that you were loaded with the bombs on board. Landed with the bomb load. But obviously not on that occasion.
JFL: Yeah. I’m trying to remember. I know [pause] One. We were over Germany but we’d bombed the target, but one of the bombs was, was hung up. It hadn’t dropped and it was on the plane with us and of course you daren’t land with it. It would have blown us all up. So Joe, I climbed, I climbed down and got outside the plane, turned the trap door and I was outside. I managed to release the bomb and it went down and it landed. I could see where it landed. I was outside the plane and I could see where the bomb landed. Right in a German village. That wasn’t very nice. We couldn’t have landed with the bomb because it would have exploded, exploded on landing. We had to get rid of it. And the engineer, our engineer he wouldn’t go and do it. He should have done it really. It was his job. But he wasn’t going outside the plane to do it. I was at a high field so I never gave it a thought. I said, ‘I’ll go down.’ I went down, got through the trap door, I was outside and —
BW: This was in the bomb bay though wasn’t it with the bomb bay open?
JFL: Yeah. Yeah.
BW: Yeah.
JFL: Yeah. I managed to release the bomb. I can’t remember the details now and I followed it down and it, there was like a German village. It must have blown an awful lot of houses up. It was quite a big bomb. So I climbed back up again.
BW: And that’s, that must have been, I’m assuming that, that was after the target and this particular bomb had not released. So you’re still over Germany heading on the way home.
JFL: That’s right.
BW: That’s when you had to go down into the bomb bay.
JFL: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
BW: To sort this out.
JFL: Yeah. There was just this one bomb. I can’t remember how we knew. But we all knew we had to get rid of it. We couldn’t, we couldn’t land.
BW: And from moving from 462 Squadron you then went up to Leuchars in Scotland.
JFL: That’s right. Yeah.
BW: To join [pause] the Air Sea Rescue Unit there. Is that right?
JFL: That’s right. Just for a short period. Yeah. Yeah.
BW: And what do you, what do you recall of that? That period.
JFL: Not a lot really because it was very peaceful.
BW: It would be quite a change from where you had been before.
JFL: We went, there was two or three of us. We went out with the Air Sea Rescue Teams, and we were flying around, not flying, moving around the North Sea. And we didn’t have any incidents that I can recall.
BW: So how did you then come to leave the RAF?
JFL: Leave?
BW: Yeah. You left in 1946.
JFL: Yeah. That’s right.
BW: Were you just demobbed or were you offered the chance to stay in?
JFL: I think we may have been but there was also demobbing, so I think I’d had enough for four or five years. I can’t remember how. So I was very fortunate.
BW: So when, do you recall how you met Jean? Your wife. Was that during the war or was it after?
JFL: No. It was during the war. All aircrew from all over the world — Australia, everywhere, south, South Africa. They all came to Heaton, Heaton Park. Aircrew. Potential aircrew. And that’s where of course I was. Heaton Park. And this friend I had made, he was, he was just walking down to what they called Sedgley Park. That’s not far from here. He was billeted in this particular house. They’d taken over a lot of houses and they had to let [pause] let them, give them up, they had to give them a bedroom. They’d no choice. The house keeper. I just said I’d walk, walk down with him for a walk and the, when we got to the house which wasn’t, not that far, there’s the daughter of the person from the house she came out. She was speaking. She had already met him because he was, he was billeted in their house. And the next thing I know this other girl came along and she was a friend of this first girl. And it was Jean. Do you remember Jean?
BW: And so —
JFL: She doesn’t remember.
BW: You married I believe in, I believe you married in 1948.
JFL: I think so. Yeah.
BW: And what, what other occupations did you have after, after the war?
JFL: Well, I wasn’t, I wasn’t trained for anything. I bought the, there was a [pause] it was a shop and it sold magazines, books, cigarettes, that type of shop it was.
JL: Yeah. Like [unclear]
JFL: Sorry
JL: Do you remember?
JFL: What?
JL: The newspaper. The wholesaler.
JFL: Jean. Jean’s father, who was a business man he, he bought the good will of the shop for me. Which was very very nice. He was a [pause] he had a biscuit factory.
BW: And he had a biscuit factory in —
JFL: He did. Yeah. In Manchester.
BW: Yeah.
JFL: He was a very clever guy. Yeah. He built all his own machinery for making biscuits. He did. He did it all. And he did, he was quite wealthy. And he got me started on the retail shop and I had that type of business ever since.
BW: And how long were you in the retail trade for?
JFL: I’ve got a, it must have been, I was in my seventies when I gave it up. I never had a trade.
BW: And now that we’re looking at commemorations for aircrew of Bomber Command how do you think that’s been. Is it something you welcome?
JFL: What was that?
BW: Now that we’re having the commemorations for Bomber Command and such like and there are now Memorials and such like being built to them how do you, how do you feel about that?
JFL: Yeah. I think I quite like that. Yeah. Yeah.
BW: I suppose it’s about time really isn’t it?
JFL: Sorry?
BW: I suppose it’s about time.
JFL: It’s —?
BW: It’s about time.
JFL: Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That’s my logbook over there is it?
BW: Yeah.
JFL: Yeah. I thought I’d brought it in for you.
BW: Well, what I’ll do is I’ll end the interview there and I’ll look to photograph your logbook as well.
JFL: Right.
BW: But I just want to say that, you know on behalf of the Bomber Command Centre to thank you very much for your time and for your recollections. It’s been great to interview you.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: And very helpful for the Centre so thank you.
JFL: Oh, you’re welcome. Yeah.
[recording paused]
JFL: Ontario. About fifty miles from Toronto. That’s right. I come from Toronto.
GBD: Ok. Yeah.
JFL: And that’s where we did the flying.
JL: You went to Jasper Park.
JFL: Sorry?
JL: That’s where you trained. That’s where you trained [unclear] carry on.
GBD: You trained at Jasper Park.
JFL: Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
GBD: You won a special award for accurate bomb aiming. You were given an award for accurate bomb aiming.
JFL: Yeah. I got something for bombing. Yeah. I tried, I tried to go solo to be a pilot but yeah, they were very fussy about it.
BW: So you originally wanted to be a pilot.
JFL: Yeah. That’s what I asked for. So what I’d be, while I was being trained I didn’t quite make the grade for being a pilot. I went solo once. That was very brave of me [laughs] going solo. I managed to land a Tiger Moth.
GBD: Right. That’s good.
JFL: Yeah.
GBD: Which places do you remember on your bombing missions over Europe by name? Which, off the top of your head which bases can you remember flying to on operations?
JFL: Oh. The German city on the [pause] it’s, it was a coastal town.
BW: Kiel.
JFL: Kiel. You got it in one. Yeah. I think so. Did a lot of bombs there. A lot of bombing.
GBD: And I remember you told me as well that you were bombing in the Villers-Bocage in France.
JFL: Pardon?
GBD: The Villers-Bocage in France.
JFL: Yeah.
GBD: When the, when the allied troops were pinned down by the Germans in the battle of the hedgerows around there.
JFL: Oh yeah. That’s right.
GBD: You guys were sent to bomb Villers-Bocage as well.
JFL: Yeah. Yeah. Then we had to stop the, when the German army was in retreat, when the allies, the Yanks and the Canadians invaded across the Channel they eventually pushed the Germans back so it was our job to stop them. Stop the German army from getting to the bridge before they could all go over. Then they would have blown the bridge up and we couldn’t have got at them so we had to stop them doing that. Which we did do.
GBD: Because you were active around Falaise as well I think I remember you saying. Around Falaise Gap as the German armies are trying to escape out there.
JFL: Yeah.
GBD: You hit them very heavily there as well.
JFL: Yeah. A bit vague.
BW: Can you remember any other places at all where you saw action? Anywhere by name that might be of interest to anyone listening.
JFL: Well, I did a lot of night bombing of course. That’s what I did that for two or three years. Night bombing.
JL: Do you know, Guy —
GBD: Hmmn?
JL: We ended up with five shops.
BW: I’m going to show you this picture of a bomb aimer. Does that look like the sort of position and place in the aircraft you’d be? Does anything about that jog your memory?
JFL: Is it, is it the nose of the aircraft and he’s lying down?
GBD: Do you want to borrow these?
JFL: No [laughs] it’s alright.
GBD: Are you sure?
JFL: Yeah. Yeah.
BW: You’ve got your instrument panel, your control panel to one side, and the bomb release button in the other.
JFL: Yeah. Well, the release button was there. When we got, when I got in the nose of the plane and it was all set up. It was quite sophisticated as well. Very accurate. I remember something about this. I’m not sure what it was now.
GBD: Does that look like the position you were in though when you were — does that look similar to the position you were in?
JFL: Yeah. It was lying flat.
GBD: Right.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: Because it was said that the bombing was often inaccurate. But from your recollections and what you’re saying is that the equipment you had and from what you could see the bombing was accurate.
JFL: Oh, I think so. Yeah. Yeah. Because just had to, well once you got down you got down a mile or so from the target. You got on to your stomach and you were lying flat and you were just telling, telling the pilot to go, ‘Left. Right.’ Whatever. Port. Starboard. Steady. And you’d just got to go steady until you got the what do you call it?
BW: The cross hairs?
JFL: They bombsight. Yeah. God. It was the very latest one and it was very accurate and you were looking through the bombsight and telling the pilot to do what he has to do. Left. Right. Whatever. And then when you get to the target the right position you pressed the button, the bombs go down and theoretically you should hit the target straight on which most of them did. But —
BW: Did you get any feedback or instructions say from a Master Bomber who might have been a Pathfinder aircraft or were they instructing you to bomb say on flares?
JFL: Daylight flying there was a Pathfinder. There was a, one in charge and you followed him but we didn’t do that. That’s what the Yanks did. Most of my bombing was night bombing and it was individual. The planes were all individuals. We were going to the same target but there was no formation or anything. But then we did some, went on to daylight flying with the, as it got well into the war we used to fly, fly with the Yanks. They —
[pause]
GBD: Did you not use any Pathfinders for your night time bombing? Was there not any kind of help from them on certain targets?
JFL: Yeah. There was, the Pathfinders. They went in first. They dropped their bombs which lit up the target and as you got close to it you could see the target then because there was a lot of fire going on. And the Pathfinders did a good job because they were, they had to circle around the city you know and the German fighters were there waiting for them and they still had to sit, circle round. They couldn’t do much else. So it was dangerous. A very dangerous job they had. The Pathfinders.
GBD: Absolutely.
JFL: Yeah. They lit up the towns or city for us so we had a target to see.
GBD: Got you.
JFL: Yeah.
GBD: And do you have any other specific recollections of anything quite significant that happened? Certain incidents or certain strong memories about a particular thing that happened during any of your missions that you can share with us?
JFL: I can’t. I’d have to think about it now. It’s long ago.
GBD: Does anything stand out? Any particular memory of anything that happened?
JFL: Well, each, each bombing trip was much the same as the previous one. You were still very alert all the time. Couldn’t relax. You were watching for German fighters. There was always German fighters about.
GBD: Right. And you were saying your aircraft was peppered with holes. A lot of it.
JFL: Yeah.
GBD: So you must have come under direct attack.
JFL: Yeah. Yeah. They came in sideways and underneath you, and over the top of you.
GBD: So that must have been very frightening.
JFL: Yeah.
GBD: For someone young. Of your age. All aircrews obviously. To experience that.
JFL: Yeah.
GBD: What was that like when you were under attack from German aircraft?
JFL: The two, two machine gunners in our plane, Halifax they, they did their best to keep them off. So the Germans fighters couldn’t get too close because we had two [pause] two gunners on the plane, the tail end and the mid-upper gunner. And they did good work keeping the German fighters at a distance. They couldn’t come too close. They’d get machine gunned.
GBD: They must have done a very good job because you’re still sat with us here all these years later.
JFL: Yeah. Yeah.
GBD: How do you feel to have actually survived forty six missions because that’s quite something? Forty six ops.
JFL: Well —
GBD: Some didn’t survive more than five. Many didn’t survive more than ten.
JFL: I think when you’re a youngster it doesn’t bother you too much.
GBD: But looking back now.
JFL: Sorry?
GBD: Looking back now how does that, any thoughts about that? How do you feel of all those operations and you saw your friends going down?
JFL: Yeah.
GBD: But you were very lucky.
JFL: Yeah.
GBD: Because I know Remembrance means a lot to you.
JFL: Yeah. I saw a good friend of mine. He was, he went down. That was, that was very upsetting but you seemed to take it in your stride. I don’t know. There were some, a lot of, a lot of aircrew refused to fly. Quite a lot of aircrew.
BW: Why did they, why did they refuse to fly?
JFL: When they saw the targets they wouldn’t go. And they were, they were put in the, in the station prison if they didn’t fly. I don’t remember what happened to them but they were locked up in the prison if they, if they, if they refused to fly. When they’d seen where the target was they wouldn’t go.
BW: So if you’re in the briefing room and the popular view of the briefing room is a large hall with a lot of young aircrew.
JFL: Yeah.
BW: Sat there waiting for the CO to brief for the target for tonight, if you like. And the curtain goes back. How did the guys make it known that they didn’t want to fly? I’m assuming they didn’t just get up and walk out but what?
JFL: Well, they probably waited until, until it was finished with. Then instead of going back to their bedroom or whatever you’d like to call it they went to the guardroom and gave themselves up to be locked up. And that took some doing as well. There was always three or four of them, but they just wouldn’t fly. So —
BW: So not necessarily the whole crew. Just maybe three or four from a crew.
JFL: Oh yeah. It could be, not necessarily the same crew.
BW: Ok.
JFL: Just very nervous. It was unfortunate.
BW: And was anything ever said about what would happen? Did for example the CO make any, or give any orders about guys who didn’t want to fly.
JFL: Do you know I’m a bit vague on that now. I always remember two or three guys which I knew they, they gave themselves up. They went to the guardhouse and asked to be locked up there. They wouldn’t fly. That took, that took some doing.
BW: But none of your guys. None of the guys in your crew.
JFL: No.
BW: Ever did that.
JFL: Not in our lot. No. No. I got in the line up to volunteer to go over to India.
GBD: Oh yeah.
JFL: To fly over there to bomb the Japs.
GBD: Ok.
BW: I think that was called Tiger Force wasn’t it?
JFL: That sounds familiar. Yeah. But I was, there must have been about ten or twelve of us in a line up just waiting to give our name and whatever and halfway, halfway through the line-up it came over the radio. The Japs had surrendered.
GBD: Ah yes.
JFL: So —
GBD: That was that.
JFL: No point. Didn’t have to go.
GBD: Right. Lucky you.
JFL: Yeah. Well, I volunteered to go because I was still in the Air Force but it, it never happened. Fortunately the Japs surrendered. Singapore.
GBD: And you ended up as a warrant officer.
JFL: Sorry?
GBD: You ended up as a warrant officer.
JFL: Yeah. Yeah.
GBD: So that’s good. You did quite well there. Yeah.
JFL: Yeah. I was certainly glad they surrendered.
GBD: So you didn’t have to —
[recording paused]
JFL: We were still in Germany. The next thing I know the nose of the plane, a shell had come right through it and I was stood halfway down the plane on the right hand starboard side. This German shell came through and just caught my ear and then hit the, hit the side of the plane. I’ve still got, I’ve got the marks here.
GBD: Wow. You were very lucky then.
JFL: Yeah. It just cut my ear off a little on one side. Yeah. It’s still, it’s still there to remind me.
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Interview with James Ferguson Latimer
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James Ferguson Latimer was born in Edinburgh. His family emigrated to Canada when he was young but moved back to Scotland in 1939. He recalls witnessing a German U-boat torpedo a ship as they sailed back home. Latimer joined the air force and completed basic training at RAF Heaton Park, initially hoping to be a pilot, but qualified as a bomb aimer. He trained on Wellingtons, before converting to Halifax. Latimer was stationed with 102 squadron, based at RAF Pocklington, and 462 squadron, completing 46 operations in total. He details his duty as the bomb aimer during operations, the differing flying tactics of British and American forces, and recollects a night-time operation in August 1944, where he observed a close friend’s plane crash over Braunschweig. He also describes low flying over the English Channel and bombing the German army to support D-Day. Latimer recollects a number of eventful operations including, taking control of the steering when the aircraft left the runway and the pilot lost his nerve, and volunteering to climb out of the aircraft while flying over Germany to release a bomb that had not dropped properly. After completing his operations, he recalls a posting at an Air Sea Rescue Unit in Scotland. Latimer left the RAF in 1946 as a warrant officer, married his wife in 1948, and opened a shop.
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Tilly Foster
Julie Williams
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1939
1944-08
1946
1948
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Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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102 Squadron
462 Squadron
air sea rescue
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
Fw 190
Halifax
military service conditions
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
RAF Pocklington
shot down
submarine
training
Wellington