Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending review]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Log book and record book]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Czech Republic]]>
France]]>
Germany]]>
Great Britain]]>
Italy]]>
Poland]]>
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]>
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]>
Czech Republic--Plzeň]]>
England--Derbyshire]]>
England--Somerset]]>
England--Wiltshire]]>
England--Nottinghamshire]]>
France--La Rochelle]]>
France--Saint-Nazaire]]>
Germany--Berlin]]>
Germany--Bochum]]>
Germany--Cologne]]>
Germany--Dortmund]]>
Germany--Duisburg]]>
Germany--Düsseldorf]]>
Germany--Essen]]>
Germany--Friedrichshafen]]>
Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]>
Germany--Hamburg]]>
Germany--Kiel]]>
Germany--Stuttgart]]>
Germany--Wuppertal]]>
Italy--La Spezia]]>
Italy--Livorno]]>
Italy--Turin]]>
Italy--Varese]]>
Poland--Szczecin]]>
Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
1943-03-03]]>
1943-03-04]]>
1943-03-22]]>
1943-03-23]]>
1943-03-27]]>
1943-03-28]]>
1943-03-29]]>
1943-03-30]]>
1943-04-03]]>
1943-04-04]]>
1943-04-05]]>
1943-04-08]]>
1943-04-09]]>
1943-04-10]]>
1943-04-13]]>
1943-04-14]]>
1943-04-15]]>
1943-04-20]]>
1943-04-21]]>
1943-04-26]]>
1943-04-27]]>
1943-04-28]]>
1943-04-30]]>
1943-05-01]]>
1943-05-13]]>
1943-05-14]]>
1943-05-23]]>
1943-05-24]]>
1943-05-29]]>
1943-05-30]]>
1943-06-11]]>
1943-06-12]]>
1943-06-13]]>
1943-06-20]]>
1943-06-21]]>
1943-06-23]]>
1943-06-24]]>
1943-07-08]]>
1943-07-09]]>
1943-07-10]]>
1943-07-12]]>
1943-07-13]]>
1943-07-16]]>
1943-07-17]]>
1943-07-24]]>
1943-07-25]]>
1943-07-29]]>
1943-07-30]]>
On the reverse most of the individuals have signed their names.
Information supplied with the collection identifies it as RAF Finningley in 1941, Aircrew receiving centre group.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Angela Gaffney]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
1941]]>
On the reverse 'F. Richardson (marked with a cross) Sutton Council School, Yorkshire Swimming Class'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Hall & Jiggers, Keighley]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Keighley]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
Polyfoto]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Sue Smith]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Gloucestershire]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Log book and record book]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
France]]>
Great Britain]]>
United States]]>
England--Wiltshire]]>
England--Nottinghamshire]]>
England--Rutland]]>
France--Lorient]]>
France--Paris]]>
1941]]>
1942-11-06]]>
1943-02-13]]>
1943-02-14]]>
1943-02-16]]>
1943-02-17]]>
Photo 1 is two young girls on trikes.
Photo 2 and 3 are three men in front of a house. They are annotated '1938 Just the three of us'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
1938]]>
Photo 1 is two boys walking along the pavement. Annotation indecipherable.
Photo 2 and 3 are a boy holding a model yacht and his dad, walking along a pavement. It is annotated Redcar 1939. Photo 2 annotations is indecipherable,
Photo 4 is a soldier in pith helmet beside an artillery piece. It is annotated '1918-19 India'. Information supplied with the collection identifies him as Fred's father.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
British Army]]>
Great Britain]]>
India]]>
England--Redcar]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
1918]]>
1930]]>
Fred was sent back to Bournemouth, then the Airspeed Oxford base at RAF Long Newnton. He was transferred to 29 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at North Luffenham before going to a conversion unit at RAF Wigsley, flying Manchesters and Lancasters. Fred contrasts the two aircraft. He moved to RAF Langar and carried out a total of 30 operations including one leaflet drop over Paris. Fred then went to two or three different stations flying Wellingtons. He transferred to RAF Wymeswold, which became a Transport Command Unit OTU rather than a Bomber Command OTU. Fred then flew C-47s before the war finished. He left the RAF and worked in in a number of different locations. Fred was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
]]>
David Meanwell]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Sally Coulter]]>
Pending review]]>
eng]]>
Sound]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
France]]>
France--Paris]]>