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Seven photographs of the crew of ED908. Each man is captioned. A main caption reads 'Crew of Lancaster ED908 (60-Z) lost on 20 July 1944, attacking a V-1 site, Foret du Croc, France'.

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The grave of four airmen from Lancaster ED 908.

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SKnoxRW[Ser#-DoB]v20011.jpg
Seven photographs of the crew. Each man has his photograph and named captioned. A further caption refers to the loss of the Lancaster at Foret du Croc.

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A temporary grave in France with Tom's name and three of his crew.

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SKnoxRW[Ser#-DoB]v30011.jpg
Seven photographs of the crew of Lancaster ED908. Each man is captioned.

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SKnoxRW[Ser#-DoB]v30014.jpg
An extract from the London Gazette with the posthumous awards of DFCs to James and John.

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The letter advises James' father that James has lost his life.

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The letter advises that his son was killed and is buried in Neufchatel.

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A grave in France with the names of four crew members: J Foulsham, J Swarbrick, GB Aungiers and T Bower.

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SKnoxRW[Ser#-DoB]v40009.jpg
Seven photographs of the crew of Lancaster ED908. Each man and his trade are captioned.

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Three graves: James Gresty, JB Weightman and EWR Pratt.

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SKnoxRW[Ser#-DoB]v50010.jpg
The letter advises that his son is buried at Freulleville, France.

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An IBM punch card with Reg's medals. Also included is a memorandum with some details of where the crew were buried.

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SKnoxRW[Ser#-DoB]v60009.pdf
Edgar Pratt’s Flying Log as an Air Gunner from 19 March 1943 until 20 June 1944 when he was killed. Attended No 7 Air Gunnery School, 28 OTU, 1656 Conversion Unit, and the Pathfinders National Training Unit before being posted to 156 Squadron for…

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SKnoxRW[Ser#-DoB]v60011.jpg
The graves of Weightman, Pratt and Gresty.

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SKnoxRW[Ser#-DoB]v70008.jpg
Three crosses, the central one has the names of Foulsham, Swarbrick, Aungiers and Bower

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SKnoxRW[Ser#-DoB]v80011.jpg
The graves of John and two of his crew.

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LLoveAI1815027v1.pdf
Navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book for A Love, Flight Engineer, covering the period from 17 August 1943 to 22 March 1944, when he was shot down and became a prisoner of War. He was stationed at RAF Stradishall, RAF…

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Two cuttings with a photograph of J R Vogt and a second with HG Walters of Auckland, missing, believed killed in action. Both are photographed during training.

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The story of events the night Mrs Heckendorf's son was shot down and died.

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Head only portrait of Flight Sergeant William Spencer (1922 - 1943, 1265249). William was an air gunner in 102 (Ceylon) Squadron and was killed in an operation over Hannover on 22 October 1943, aged 21. He was the husband of Joyce Spencer, also known…

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A newspaper article about a stained glass window dedicated to Robert Turner.

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LBlackRT567249v1.pdf
RT Black's flying log book from 6 January 1938 to 18 December 1939. His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Allison and Flying Officer Bailey. He was killed in action 18 December 1939.

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MBlackRT567249-191218-01.pdf
RAF Form 280 issued to RT Black

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A list of the seven crew on the day they were shot down.

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