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- Collection: Holden, John
Johnnie Holden
On the reverse 'My little Yatesbury WOP June 42- June 44. Missing June 9/10 over Lyon-la-Foret.
There is also a handwritten poem.
Johnnie Holden
On the reverse 'Johnnie, my Yatesbury WOP/AG. July 1942. ACC/ No. TCC!
Missing June 9/10 neat Lyon-la-Foret. Later reported killed. Buried at…
List of Lost Aircrew
The Hemmens Story
Tags: 102 Squadron; aircrew; crash; Halifax; Lancaster; Resistance; shot down; Stalag Luft 3
Crash and Crew of Lancaster ND533
Forest Grave
On the reverse 'Lyon la Foret. Photo taken by local people & given to British Army/smuggled film.
Flight Lieutenant White
On the reverse 'Chalkie - died in crash'.
[Holden's pilot was Flying Officer Bryan Esmond Bell.]
Tags: aircrew; crash; killed in action; pilot
Flying Officer Bryan Esmond Bell
On the reverse 'Skipper F/O Tim Bell. Died in crash'.
Tags: aircrew; crash; killed in action; pilot
Flying Officer Philip Derek Hemmens
On the reverse 'Survived crash -died in Buchenwald. 152583. Bomb aimer. Willie. F/O Phil Hemmens'.
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; crash; evading; killed in action
Flying Officer Duncan MacFadyen
On the reverse 'Nav. Mac. (F/O) Died in crash'.
Tags: aircrew; killed in action; navigator
Johnnie Holden and Crew
#1 is Johnnie Holden as a trainee. It is signed on the front 'Lots of Love, Green Eyes, Johnnie x'.
#2 is a full length portrait of Johnnie Holden in flying kit.
#3 is a grave in the woods.
#4 is a head and…
Tags: aircrew; final resting place; pilot; training
Poem by WB Yates
Tags: aircrew; arts and crafts; killed in action; mess; RAF Winthorpe
Pierre Madry raises his Hat to the Crew of a British Bomber
Finally there is an address by Abbe Plante, parish priest of Lyons-la-Foret,…
A W/OP's Lament
Tags: aircrew; crash; gremlin; wireless operator
Christmas Card to Leading Aircraftwoman Hayhurst from Johnnie Holden
Testimony of resistance fighters
They had been warned by an English airman that the SS were going to carry out shootings and found refuge on 25th August. They were liberated on 29th August. The SS shot eight Resistance fighters and…
Tags: final resting place; Lancaster; lynching; Resistance
Letter to Jose from Leslie Hay
Tags: 49 Squadron; 5 Group; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crash; final resting place; flight engineer; killed in action; Lancaster; memorial; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Woodbridge; Stalag Luft 3; target indicator