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  • Collection: Coling, Eric

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Eric Coling’s father died when Eric was a child which left his mother to cope on her own economically. Eric and his sister were sent to live in an orphanage but their mother was able to visit monthly. When Eric left the orphanage he began working…

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Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for Bomb Aimer Eric Frederick Coling from June 1942 to February 1953. Detailing his training schedule, operations flown and post war duties. Served at 44 Air School, South Africa; 16 Operational Training…

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Photograph of the wedding of Eric Coling, dressed in his RAF uniform, and Winifred Scott at St. Peter's Church. Winifred is wearing a tailored knee length, short sleeved dress, gloves, a netted hat and a double string of pearls and is holding a…

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A letter signed by Charles Evans of the Air Ministry advising Mrs W Coling that her son, Sergeant Eric Coling, is missing following a mine laying operation. Enquiries are being made, through the International Red Cross Committee, to trace Eric.

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RAF Form 3813 issued to temporary Warrant Officer Eric Coling by reason of his 'enlistment into the reconstituted Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve'.

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A letter signed by Wing Commander R McFarlane DFC, of 50 Squadron, to Eric Coling's mother, confirming that her son is missing. It further confirms that the Red Cross Committee is working on behalf of the RAF to find Eric's whereabouts.

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A one page letter signed by Flight Lieutenant W R Francis, on behalf of the Wing Commander of 50 Squadron, to congratulate Mrs Coling on the news that her son, Sergeant Eric Coling, is safe and a prisoner of war.

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Made out for Warrant Officer Eric Coling and signed by Charles A Robinson.

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Time in the RAF including selection as an observer, enrolment at Lord's Cricket Ground, navigational dead reckoning and meteorology training in Eastbourne and Paignton. Time spent on navigational sorties in Grahamstown, South Africa in Ansons and…

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Diary of 50 Squadron based at RAF Skellingthorpe including night bombing of Bochum, Germany; laying mines in the Baltic Sea off Gdynia, Poland with the loss of one aircraft; ditching in the North Sea off Denmark, having been attacked by the night…
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