Browse Items (211 total)
- Collection: Shepherd, George Charles
George Shepherd’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Andreas; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Shenington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Witchford; Stirling; training; Wellington
1945 calendar with dates on 7 Squadron
Tags: 7 Squadron; Lancaster
Notification of final payment of pay and allowances and amount due for war gratuity and post war credit
Biography - George Charles Shepherd
George Charles Shepherd biography
Tags: RAF Bridlington
Diary of events as member of air training corps -1
Tags: civil defence; firefighting; physical training; sport; training
Diary of events as member of air training corps -2
Poem - A.G.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew
Airman in flying jacket and equipment issue
Bottom - copy of page from clothing card with issue of flying clothing.
Tags: aircrew
Letter from Georg Shepherd to Barbara
Training 1943/44
Middle - image of a large group of airmen sitting and standing in eight rows all wearing tunics and side caps. Captioned 'ITW 1943, GCS…
1944
Tags: 12 OTU; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); flight engineer; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Shenington; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Wellington; wireless operator
1944 continued
George Shepherd decorations
Top right - Note of award of 1949/45 Star, France and Germany Star.
Bottom photographs of decorations front and rear. Captioned 'medals awarded to GCS from…
1945
1945 continued
Tags: 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Lancaster; Pathfinders; RAF Mepal
Air gunners of 7 PFF Squadron
Tags: 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Lancaster; Pathfinders