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Sergeant George B Thomson - Lancaster shot down
Tags: 15 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; killed in action; Lancaster; Me 110; prisoner of war; shot down
Shot down and taken prisoner
John Louis Goldby Biography
Tags: 10 OTU; 38 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Dulag Luft; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Ford; RAF Henlow; RAF Jurby; RAF Kenley; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Manby; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Odiham; RAF Riccall; RAF Rufforth; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Topcliffe; Shackleton; Stalag Luft 1; training; Wellington; Whitley
For Gallantry - John Goldby DFC
Heroes of the Air War (No. 39) Captain Swales
VC's smile made men brave
Obituary - Flight Lieutenant Fred Weston DFC
Rose turret 344
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'S Rose Lancaster turret 344'.
Last Flight of Stirling BK604
The Journey in Normandy of Mr Ronald H. Riding
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bale out; evading; killed in action; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; prisoner of war; Resistance
I Owe my Life to You
Tags: bale out; evading; killed in action; Lancaster; Resistance
Interview with Frank Mouritz
An Arial Drama
Tags: aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; crash; killed in action; Lancaster; V-1; V-weapon
Axe Retrieved from Field at Thin-le Moutier, France
Newspaper cuttings award of Victoria Cross
Tags: aircrew; bale out; bombing; crash; Grand Slam; killed in action; Master Bomber; pilot; shot down; Victoria Cross
Ted Thornhill's Lancaster
Ted Thornhill
#1 Ted as a trainee
#2 Ted as a trainee. On the reverse 'Ted Thornhill'.
#3 Ted smoking a pipe. On the reverse 'WOP-AG POW Germany 1943 to 1945' and on a post-it 'EB Thornhill with Dunhill pipe. Pipe…
16/17th June - Target Essen
Lancasters issued to No. 166 squadron between September 1943 and April 1945
Tags: 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 1667 HCU; 300 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bomb struck; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crash; final resting place; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; mid-air collision; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bradwell Bay; RAF Coningsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leeming; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manston; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodbridge; shot down; tactical support for Normandy troops; take-off crash; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
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,…
Memories of Past Times
Tags: 90 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Caterpillar Club; flight engineer; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 110; military service conditions; mine laying; missing in action; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Oakington; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; sport; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 6; Stirling; the long march; Tiger Moth; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Whitley