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9 Squadron Battle Order 22nd March 1944
A battle order prepared for the squadron listing aircraft, code, crew, and operations,
Letter to Charles Warner's mother from officer commanding 101 Squadron
Sorry to have to advise her that her son was missing from air operations 3-4 September 1943. Holds out hope for forced landing or bale out and offers comments on his character.
Crew list
List of crew in which Charlie Warner flew as flight engineer, that was shot down on 3/4 September 1943. All were killed except the front gunner who was a prisoner of war.
Flight engineers
Five airmen wearing tunic with half brevet and side caps sitting and standing in two rows. On the reverse 'Sgt Ken Wallace, Sgt Charles Warner, Sgt Stan Woods, July 1st 1943. Sgt Horace Watkiss, Sgt Dennis Schofield'.
Norm George Smith video interview
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Norman George Smith completed his Australian training as a pilot before being posted to the UK. He was posted to 463 Squadron where he completed ten trips before the war ended. Although he was an officer Norman would borrow his navigator’s jacket…
Victor Stapley
Head and shoulders. portrait of a flying officer wearing battledress with flight engineer half brevet and distinguished flying cross ribbon. Signed 'Norman Colebourne 1945'. Accompanying card captioned 'Victor Stapely DFC, painting on card, RAF…
Victor Stapely's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Flying log book for navigator’s air bomber air gunner’s flight engineers for Victor Stapley, flight engineer. Covers two periods; training and operations 18 January 1944 to 2 July 1944 and post-war service in Flying Control from 19 September 1945…
Service record John Henry (Jack) Thomas
Covers enlistment and early training in the Royal Australian Air Force. Continues with description of journey to England via the United States and training in England. Lists his crew formed during training. Joined 102 Squadron with Halifax Mk 3 on 12…
Near miss
Describes a very near collision at night between an Halifax and a German Fw 190. Lists crew of Halifax. Notes it was their 31st operation of 34 total.
Newspaper cutting - Scot's fourth award in two months
Crew brought crippled bomber home from operation to Cologne. Brief description of damage to aircraft and recovery to base. Three members of crew received awards including DFC for pilot Thomas Mahaddie DSO AFC who was awarded his fourth decoration the…
Shot down and taken prisoner
Gives brief details of operation to Frankfurt. Describes being attacked and being hit in bomb bay and subsequent fire. Continues with description of bale out and meeting up with flight engineer on the ground. Gives detailed description of evading for…
Life as a prisoner of war
After baling out on 12 September 1944 and evading with the flight engineer for 8 days was captured. Describes move to Dulag Luft and journey to Stalag Luft VII. Gives detailed description of camp and activities. At the end quotes some extracts from…
467 Squadron RAAF
Some information about 467 Squadron's history and about Lancaster R5863 'S Sugar' which is currently in the RAF museum at Hendon. Mentions operations on 6 June 1944. Includes colour photograph showing front quarter of a Lancaster inside a museum. In…
Maurice Stimpson's Crew
Five airmen sitting on the rear of a Lancaster. On the reverse:-
' Left to Right
Harold -Navigator
Johny - Bomb-aimer
Joe - Engineer
Bill - Mid-upper gunner
Roy - Rear Gunner
Oct 1943'.
' Left to Right
Harold -Navigator
Johny - Bomb-aimer
Joe - Engineer
Bill - Mid-upper gunner
Roy - Rear Gunner
Oct 1943'.
Maurice Stimpson and Crew
Maurice and crew arranged in two rows. On the reverse
'From L back, Harold, Robinson, Maurice, Johny
front Bill, Roy, Joe.'
'From L back, Harold, Robinson, Maurice, Johny
front Bill, Roy, Joe.'
Gordon Topham and bomb aimer
Two airmen standing one wearing tunic the other battledress, both with half brevet standing in front of a Nissen hut. Annotated 'GT' under left hand man. Submitted with caption 'Gordon and his Bomb Aimer (Gordon on the left)'.
Four episodes
Episode 1: story of bomb aimer with hypoxia on operation to Hamburg on 30 January 1943. Episode 2: account of operations to Friedrichshafen on 20 June 1943 and Spezia on 23 June 1943. On first operation, Pathfinders from 97 Squadron suffered in…
Details from log book of Henry Townsley DFM
While on 97 Squadron, lists 55 operations over two tours from January 1943 to September 1944, with date, pilot, aircraft and target. Goes on to mention award of DFM and lists aircraft flown with their history. His pilots on operations were Pilot…
Three airmen
Three aircrew, two wearing battledress and the other a tunic, all with side caps, standing arm in arm in front of a wooden hut. On the reverse 'P L Webb, R'.
Two aircrew
Three-quarter length image of two airmen wearing tunics with half brevet standing in front of a low fence. On the reverse 'P L Webb, R'.
Peter Webb's service career, aircraft, and aircrews
Top left - an account of Peter Webb's service career. A flight engineer's brevet with photograph of seven crew underneath.
Top right - seven aircrew wearing uniform tunics with brevet standing in line.
Left middle - a drawing of a winter scene…
Top right - seven aircrew wearing uniform tunics with brevet standing in line.
Left middle - a drawing of a winter scene…
Account Dictated by Flight Engineer A Christison
He and his crew members baled out after running out of fuel in cloud and with navigational equipment failure. He had landed near Montigny, in France and after help from a farmer met up with his crew at Donnemarle. They were flown back to Croydon the…
Letter to Sandy Christison's Mother
The letter reports her son as missing but advising he may have escaped.
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Reported Missing --- Safe
A newspaper cutting from the Berwick Journal announcing that Sandy is safe. Sandy had been a policeman in Berwick before serving in the RAF.
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Sandy Christison and Crew
Sandy and his seven crew members. On the reverse 'After Nov 1944 Scanlan photo'.
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