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- Collection: G C Shepherd - the war years
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
Postcards sent each time sent on operation
1946
Newspaper cutting - RAF pound Heligoland
Tags: 49 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; pilot; RAF Mepal; wireless operator
Operation sunbronze
Top right - seven airmen wearing khaki uniform standing in a row with the Temple of Jupiter (Tempio di Giove), Pompeii in the background.
Second row left - two men seated…
Newspaper cuttings DFM and wedding
Top right - photograph of an airmen wearing flying jacket, helmet…