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V Group News, October 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; H2S; Master Bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; pilot; radar; rivalry; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
V Group News, November 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; H2S; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); pilot; radar; rivalry; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
Poster for Tirpitz celebration dance
Wing Commander Tait
The Crew
'Vic' Prettejohns replaced original Flight engineer. Underneath is annotated the crew's names and positions.…
Day Operations 15th September 1944 Tirpitz
Tags: 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; Tirpitz
Tirpitz and armoured vehicles
Gumbley Crew
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Course photograph and newspaper cutting
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Tirpitz
Bottom target…
Drawings of attack on Tirpitz
Right - hand drawn map showing route along Norwegian coast to Tromso and…
Record of Flying Officer Kenneth Gill D.F.C (155097) RAFVR joined 1941
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; FIDO; Grand Slam; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; memorial; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-51; promotion; RAF Bardney; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Metheringham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Note concerning unidentified photograph of crew after returning from bombing Tirpitz
Map showing route to Tromsø
Map showing position of Tirpitz
Bottom - annotated diagram sketch of upside down ship.
V Group News No 27, Oct 1944
Tags: 5 Group; aircrew; Master Bomber; Tallboy; Tirpitz; wireless operator
Yorkshiremen in casualty list
Tea on Tirpitz
Tirpitz
Kenneth Gill crew
Kenneth Gill - service history
Tags: 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; crash; Grand Slam; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Operations against Tirpitz, Ijmuiden and Bielefeld: Vielesible Viaduct
Frank Howkins and his crew
On the reverse the six have signed their name and handwritten is 'Nov 44 On return from the "Tirpitz" raid'.
Wing Commander Willie Tait and Air Vice Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane
No 9 Squadron, B Flight pilots
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Tags: 9 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Bardney; Tirpitz