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Arthur Hollis
Tags: aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; pilot
Arthur Hollis
Tags: aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; pilot
Arthur Hollis
Tags: aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; pilot
Arthur Hollis
Tags: aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; pilot
Arthur Hollis' award of the Distinguished Flying Cross
Arthur Hollis' decorations
Order of the British Empire (civil),
Distinguished Flying Cross,
1939-1945 Star with Bomber Command clasp,
Air Crew Europe Star,
Defence Medal and
War Medal 1939-1945.
Front and back views.
Arthur Tindall's service and operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Witchford; target indicator; V-weapon; wireless operator
Arthur, Douglas and Robert Palmer
Captioned 1 - '(left) Arthur Robert Farley Palmer, Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps during world war…
At work
AVM Ekanayake Edward (Rohan) Amerasekera DFC & Bar, R.Cy.A.F.
Tags: 158 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; navigator; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Graveley; RAF Lissett; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Award of DFC and bar to Harold Southgate
Award of DFC to James Foulsham and John Swarbrick
Award of Distinguished Flying Cross
Also…
Award of Distinguished Flying Cross news paper cuttings
Top right - Bar to D.F.C award for Gravesend officer. To Flight Lieutenant Robert Palmer. Gives some background and states…
Tags: aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; pilot
Award of the Distinguished Service Order
Award of Victoria Cross newspaper cuttings
Bottom left - full face b/w portrait photograph and announcement of award of V.C, reported missing.
Bottom…
Award promulgated in the London Gazette dated 7th December 1945
Award to James Inward
Awarded the D.F.C
Awarded the DFC
Awards of DFC to Wing-Commander BV Robinson and DSO to Wing-Commander GA Walker
On the reverse are news stories.
B Flight 149 Squadron RAF Methwold
Battle damaged Wellington
Photo 2 is two airmen inspecting the damaged fabric at the tail of a Wellington.
Before I was in the RAF by Reg Payne
Tags: 14 OTU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; bomb struck; bombing; civil defence; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; ground personnel; heirloom; Home Guard; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lincoln; love and romance; lynching; Master Bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; radar; RAF Bardney; RAF Cottesmore; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Melbourne; RAF Pocklington; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Eval; RAF Waddington; RAF Wittering; sanitation; superstition; training; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Behind Enemy Lines
Tags: 218 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Dulag Luft; entertainment; escaping; Gneisenau; Hurricane; Me 110; memorial; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Marham; RAF Tangmere; Scharnhorst; shot down; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington