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  • Collection: Tansley, Ernest Henry

PTansleyEH16070001.jpg
Airman wearing Sidcot flying suit, gloves, boots and parachute harness. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

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PTansleyEH16070002.jpg
Head and shoulders portrait of an airman wearing uniform tunic and side cap. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

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PTansleyEH16070003.jpg
Ernest Patrick (l), Roy Lewis (r). Two aircrew both wearing uniform tunic with half brevet and sergeant rank. Both standing on a path with a family group in the background. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

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PTansleyEH16070004.jpg
Head and shoulders portrait of an airman wearing tunic with navigator brevet and side cap. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

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PTansleyEH16070005.jpg
Head and shoulder portrait of a airman wearing uniform tunic looking to his right. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

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PTansleyEH16070006.jpg
Two men wearing uniform tunic with half brevet and three woman wearing wedding gowns and holding bouquets. In front of steps to doorway of a stone building. Douglas Park is on the right. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by…

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PTansleyEH16070007.jpg
Head and shoulders portrait of an airman wearing uniform tunic and side cap. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

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PTansleyEH16070008.jpg
Full face portrait of an airman wearing side cap. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

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PTansleyEH16070009.jpg
Seven aircrew wearing flying suits or battledress standing in line behind the rear turret of a Lancaster. Leonard Brown is on the right. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

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PTansleyEH16070010.jpg
Head and shoulders image of an airman wearing flying suit and parachute harness. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

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BDowardATansleyEHv1.pdf
Unreadable PDF biography and service history of Ernest Tansley.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

BDowardATansleyEHv3.pdf
Covers background, marriage, civilian occupation and family. Followed by service history including basic and flying training in England and the United States and then advanced flying training and operational conversion back home. Posted to 57…

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BDowardATansleyEHv2.pdf
Biography of Ernest Tansley's daughter Anne. Writes of background and family. Gives service history of her father including joining, training in England and the United States and eventual posting to 57 Squadron at RAF Scampton. Writes of her memories…

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BDowardAWildenheinSv1.pdf
Lived in Trebbin and was at home on 2 December 1943 and in a shelter during the attack on which her father was shot down.. When Anne Doward was researching her father, Siegfried found eye witnesses and a vast amount of other information about the…

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EAmpthillMTansleyI431210.jpg
Regrets that there is no news of her son Pilot Officer E H Tansley. If they received any information they would pass it on. Mentions they hope she has had confirmation that her son was promoted and had been awarded received a DFC.

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EAmpthillMTansleyI440510.jpg
Writes that her son had now been reported missing believed killed in action. Action had been taken as consequence of official German report sent to the international red cross, Geneva. The Air Ministry should have already reported where her son and…

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EFiedlerMDowardA940920.pdf
Handwritten translation of original Germany reporting her request for information about the shooting down and death of her father. Writes that crew were buried on 6 December 1943 is St Anne's (?) Cemetery. They were shot down by a night fighter on 3…

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EScruttonF[Recipient]341130.jpg
Notifies recipient of an 8 shilling a month pay rise.

ETansleyEHTansleyA-[Mo]4212XX.pdf
Written from RAF Windrush No 6 PAFU. Writes about mail and that not much is happening but has done a little more flying. Says he would not be able to get leave or get home for Christmas. Catches up with family news.

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ETansleyEHTansleyAE411114.pdf
Writes thanking him for letters and discusses money jointly spent on sons uniform. Talks about his current location and lack of progress and thinks they are wasting their time. Speculates on the near future, Catches up with other family matters.

ETansleyEHTansleyAE411211.pdf
Settling into new location after arriving safely in Canada. Catches up with family news and talks a little of his activities. Comments on lack of blackout compared to home and writes of hospitable local people. Mentions arrival of snow and how well…

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ETansleyEHTansleyAE420526.pdf
Writes of worrying about correspondence when one is so far away from home and continues with philosophical chat. Catches up with family news. Writes that he is in hospital with septic arm and measles. He would be out the next day but had been put…

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ETansleyEHTansleyAE-D421014.pdf
Writes about leave and catches up with family matters and travel arrangements.

ETansleyEHTansleyD420823.pdf
Thanks her for letter and comments on how lucky she is to have his brother as husband. Mentions he would be leaving current location soon and has only a little night flying to finish. Writes he will be happy to get home as he has been away so long.…

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LTansleyEH149542v1.pdf
Extract from flying log book for bomb aimer’s for Ernest Harold Patrick, detailing his operations flown until failing to return from operations. He was stationed at RAF Scampton and RAF East Kirkby. Aircraft flown in was Lancaster. He flew a total…

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