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Navigation logs and a plotting map for an operation to Homberg
This is the crews 16th operation. Three navigation log sheets and a plotting map.
Navigation logs and a plotting map for an operation to La Pourchinte
This was the crews 17th operation. Three navigation logs a plotting map and its reverse.
Navigation logs for an operation to Soesterberg
This was the crews 18th operation. Three navigation log sheets.
Navigation logs and a plotting map for an operation to Le Havre
This is the 19th operation for the crew. Three navigation log sheets and a plotting map.
Contains a note 'Suggest you keep awake long enough to take fixes at least once every ten minutes coming home A'.
Contains a note 'Suggest you keep awake long enough to take fixes at least once every ten minutes coming home A'.
Navigation log and plotting map for operation to Le Havre
This was the 20th operation for the crew. Three log sheets a plotting map and its reverse.
Gelsenkirchen (Buer) and Le Havre
Information for two operations. The first has navigation logs and a plotting map for the operation to Le Havre on the 11th September, this is the crews 21st operation. The second has navigation logs, a plotting map and a target photograph for an…
Nordstern
The three navigation sheets give details of the planned routes out and back as well as observations and events during the operation. The map plots the routes to be flown.
Note from the Navigation Officer 'Satisfactory. Why not use 40[degree] method…
Note from the Navigation Officer 'Satisfactory. Why not use 40[degree] method…
Kiel
Operation 24 for the crew. Three navigation log sheets showing the route to be flown and the observations taken. A plotting map showing the route to the target. A target photograph in which a large area of bright light obscures everything on the…
Navigation logs and a plotting map for operation to Boulogne
Operation 25 for the crew, Thee navigation logs a plotting map and its reverse.
Airmen Celebrating
A large number of airmen celebrating the 100th Operation of 'Y' for Yorker, ND578 KM-Y. Several are holding beer glasses. The room has been hung with union flags. On the reverse 'Celebrations of the 100th trip over Germany of 'Y' York'.
Seven Ground Crew
Seven ground crew standing in front of a Lancaster. On the reverse is a typed comment about a Rhodesian squadron bombing marshalling yards. Three of the ground crew are named.
Saint-Étienne Church, Beauvais
Ruins of the Saint-Étienne Church surrounded by damaged buildings. A second image shows the church in the distance viewed through twisted metal.
Identification kindly provided by Ed Strohmaier and Frank Kujat of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2…
Identification kindly provided by Ed Strohmaier and Frank Kujat of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2…
Sterkade
Operation 26 for the crew. Three navigation log sheets showing the route to be taken and the observations made throughout the operation. The plotting map shows the coasts of England and Holland and the route to Sterkrade.
The target photograph…
The target photograph…
Navigation log sheets and plotting map for operation to Kieve
Operation 27 for the crew, Three navigation log sheets and part of a plotting map.
Navigation logs and a plotting map for an operation to Duisberg
Operation 29 for the crew, three navigation log sheets and part of a plotting map.
Navigation logs and plotting map for operation to Wilemshaven
Operation 30 for the crew, three navigation log sheets and part of a plotting map.
Domburg/Westkapelle, Walcheren Island
Operation 31 for the crew. Three sheets of a Navigation Log showing the route to be taken to and from the target and the Observations made along the way. Part of a Plotting Map showing the route to and from Domburg on Walcheren Island. On the reverse…
Navigation logs and plotting map for operation to Cologne
Operation 32 to Cologne for the crew. Three navigation log sheets and a plotting map .
Dusseldorf
Operation 33. Three Navigation log sheets recording the routes and observations. A plotting map showing the routes out to Dusseldorf and back.
A target photograph in which everything is obscured, mainly by illuminated smoke or cloud. Caption for…
A target photograph in which everything is obscured, mainly by illuminated smoke or cloud. Caption for…
Squads I and II No 47 AB1 Course
17 airmen in two groups. The image is annotated 'Squads I and II No 47 AB1 Course EAAS 4.ILT4C Feb 1945'. On the reverse many have signed their names plus Jack has annotated the results of his exams'.
Berlin Again a Mass of Fire after RAF Raid
A newspaper report on the bombing of Berlin.
Bochum
A target photograph taken on an operation to Bochum. Most of the image shows puffs of smoke and light trails but some ground detail can be seen through the haze. The photograph is annotated '5B and captioned:'2956 DRF. 4/5-11-44//NT(C) 7" 18000.…
1st Allied Airplane Crashed in Haute-Marne, Bomber Halifax Mk II DT515
An account of the crash written by the pilot, George Thom. The report includes part of a police report.
Ivor Edwards observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book.
L J Edwards Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book covering the period from 03 July 1942 to 02 February 1943. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as air gunner/wireless operator. He was stationed at RAF Oakington (7 Squadron). Aircraft flown…
Report of Stirling Aircraft No W7546T which crash landed 11th September 1942
Ivor describes the events on the night they crashed. They successfully force landed back in the UK after losing an engine on the way back from Dusseldorf.