Browse Items (157 total)
- Tags: escaping
John Leadbetter's Evasion Photographs
Tags: escaping; evading; Resistance
Reg Miles
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.
Tags: 420 Squadron; 432 Squadron; aircrew; escaping; evading; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3
Wartime Halifax operations
Letter to all prisoners of war
Tags: escaping; prisoner of war; propaganda
Peter Potter
Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.
Tags: escaping
Peter Potter
Bottom left - head and shoulders portrait of a man wearing civilian clothes. Captioned 'escape photo'.
Bottom right -…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; escaping; training
Eric Hookings's life story book 2
List of some of Frank Manion's operations
An Airmans Tale
Chapter 1. Under Training.
Having been assessed in Birmingham Geoff sets off to London in August 1942 for training, at Lords. Initial training was at Bridlington then gunnery school at…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1651 HCU; 1678 HCU; 514 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; escaping; evading; flight engineer; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Me 109; Me 110; Me 410; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Andreas; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cosford; RAF Downham Market; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Jurby; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Mepal; RAF Newmarket; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Ternhill; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; the long march; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The Log
General Memories
He describes training in London, Bridlington, Morpeth and Wymeswold. Later training as a crew was at Castle Donington, Lindholme and Hemswell. He describes in detail his crew, aircraft and operations.…
Tags: 12 Squadron; 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; escaping; flight engineer; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Me 262; military ethos; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridlington; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirkham; RAF Lindholme; RAF Morpeth; RAF Tilstock; RAF Wickenby; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wymeswold; searchlight; superstition; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
My Prisoner of War Days
Tags: 102 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Dulag Luft; entertainment; escaping; evading; H2S; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); P-51; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Odiham; Red Cross; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); sport; Stalag Luft 3; strafing; the long march; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
My POW Days - Postscript
Tags: 102 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; Caterpillar Club; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Distinguished Flying Cross; Dulag Luft; escaping; final resting place; Goebbels, Joseph (1897-1945); Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Lancaster; memorial; mine laying; navigator; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Elvington; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Pocklington; Red Cross; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); Stalag 8B; Stalag Luft 3; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); the long march
Declaration of Parole
It includes two UK addresses.
Tags: escaping; prisoner of war
Bring 'Em Back Alive
Comete
Jozef Nogal's Autobiography
Tags: 305 Squadron; aircrew; escaping; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Benson; RAF Syerston
1st Allied Airplane Crashed in Haute-Marne, Bomber Halifax Mk II DT515
Tags: 207 Squadron; 4 Group; 76 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; escaping; evading; final resting place; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; RAF Linton on Ouse; Resistance; wireless operator