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V Group News, July 1944

Five Group Newsletter, number 24, July 1944. Includes a foreword by the Air Officer Commanding, and features about second thoughts for pilots, gardening, war effort, signals, armament, war savings, navigation, radar navigation, navigation training,…

Cuttings reporting and commenting on last operational flight by a Lancaster

Cutting annotated 15 Oct 1956, reports last operational flight of a Coastal Command Lancaster.
A magazine cutting January 1957 reports the last operational Lancaster flight.
A cutting of a letter suggesting that the Lancaster should be preserved…

Tags: Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Lancaster; Operation Exodus (1945); RAF St Mawgan; Tirpitz; V-2; V-weapon

Letter to Hedley Madgett's parents from D Souter

Writes asking if they have had any further information. Writes that a friend whose son was posted missing on the same operation had been notified as prisoner. Notes change of address as 'I was unfortunate to have a direct hit with a flying bomb on my…

Tags: bombing; missing in action; shelter; V-1; V-weapon

Mr Churchills war memoirs

Extract covering German Secret weapons and their deployment and attack by allied air forces. Discusses possible effect on Overlord.

Tags: Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); V-1; V-weapon

Geoff Paine's time in the RAF

A five page document recording Geoff's time in the R.A.F. from August 1943 until August 1949, in addition to his flying career as a pilot he undertook many other tasks as the aircrew training machine wound down.

Interview with Pat Harrison

Pat Harrison was born in Lincoln and was the only girl of four children. Her father joined the Royal Air Force after serving as an air raid warden. Pat remembers the arrival of evacuees in Lincoln and also recalls occasions when bombing resulted in…

Tags: bombing; childhood in wartime; civil defence; crash; evacuation; Hampden; home front; love and romance; V-1; V-weapon

A bomber pilot’s journey through WWII

Biography of Squadron Leader David James Baikie Wilson, DSO, DFC and Bar (1917 - 1947). He flew operations as a pilot with 214, 196 and 617 Squadrons before becoming Head of Aerodynamic Development and Testing, and Test-Pilot at A V Roe & Co Ltd.…

Tags: 11 OTU; 1660 HCU; 1668 HCU; 196 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); 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 Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Boston; C-47; Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; final resting place; Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Grand Slam; grief; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranage; RAF Cranwell; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upavon; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire; Stirling; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington

Two articles

Article 1 headlines: 'Three Soviet columns nearing Pecs, 'Two bridgeheads'. Article 2 headline: 'Spitfires blew up V2 warheads'.

Tags: Spitfire; V-2; V-weapon

Statistics houses

Notes 4.5 million houses out of 13 million damaged by bombing including those recently destroyed by flying bombs and rockets.

Tags: bombing; home front; V-1; V-2; V-weapon

Philip Hopgood's Second World War Biography

The detailed biography begins with government measures at the start of National Service. Philip Hopgood volunteered and enlisted at Padgate, Warrington. He was classified as medically Grade 1. Initial training was at RAF Regent's Park (Lord's Cricket…

Visit to Poix-de-la-Somme War Cemetery, France

Suzanne Pescott is the daughter of Homer Lawson who took part in an operation to destroy a V-1 site. Although he survived a Halifax from his squadron was destroyed and six of the seven crew members were killed. Suzanne visited the site to lay a…

Tags: 10 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; killed in action; memorial; RAF Melbourne; V-1; V-weapon

Calais

Photo 1 is a vertical aerial photograph of the coast with bomb craters. A 1000lb bomb cab be seen falling in the right of the image.
Photo 2 is a vertical aerial photograph of the Calais area. The operation is to destroy a rocket launch site. Many…

Tags: 35 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing; RAF Graveley; target photograph; V-weapon

Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg V-1

A rear/ side view of a Fi 103 V1 Flying bomb.

Tags: V-1; V-weapon

V-2

A view of a V-2 mounted on a launching trolley. A caption describes the development of the rocket.

Tags: V-2; V-weapon

Alan Edgar's Operations

A list of 34 operations undertaken by Alan Edgar.

Tags: 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Woodbridge; V-1; V-weapon

Newspaper Cuttings after the attacks on Pont Remy, Le Havre and Frankfurt

Five cuttings from newspapers. Item 1 refers to an attack on Northern France on 31 August 1944 (annotation). Item 2 is a comment from Sir Arthur Harris praising the accurate bombing of the German garrison at Le Havre, September 1944. Item 3 is a…

Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); V-1; V-weapon

Diary of Operations Written Up in February 1945

Description of bombing and mine laying operations on targets around Le Havre, Calais, Stettin, Eindhoven, Frankfurt and Pont Rémy during September 1944.

Tags: 75 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; H2S; incendiary device; Lancaster; Master Bomber; mine laying; Pathfinders; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon

RCAF Nose Art of the "Allan Cup"

Gerry Philbin's talents in hockey whilst serving in the RCAF are described. He then transferred to the UK to fly Halifaxes. During an operation they were shot down and only he and Sergeant Millard survived. He was captured but escaped with the help…

St Leu d'Esserent

Three images of St Leu d'Esserent taken after the attack.
Photo 1 is a vertical image showing bomb craters. It is annotated with 'C' and 'D's.
Photo 2 shows an entrance to an underground store.
Photo 3 show an entrance to an underground store. It…

Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); reconnaissance photograph; V-1; V-weapon

Operational history of Lancaster 1B R5868

List of 135 operations flown by Lancaster R5868 from 8/9 June 1942 until 23 April 1945. List includes pilot, target, bomb load. hours flown and comments. Was with 83 Squadron at RAF Scampton and Wyton then 467 Squadron at RAF Bottesford and then RAF…

St Leu d'Esserent

Six aerial photographs of St Leu d'Esseent.
Photo 1 is a vertical target photograph with tunnels, railway and landing quay marked.
Photo 2 is a vertical aerial photograph taken during the operation. It is captioned '1962 TLP 5-8-44//8" 15000…

Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); reconnaissance photograph; target photograph; V-1; V-weapon

Siracourt

A vertical aerial photograph of Siracourt V-1 base. The entire image is filled with bomb craters. Above is a caption with details of the operation, aircraft taking part and bomb loads.
Under the image is a caption '2801 LMG 6.7.44//8" 13000' -->…

Tags: 429 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing; Halifax; Lancaster; Mosquito; RAF Leeming; target photograph; V-1; V-weapon

Siracourt Bunker

Two images of the concrete V-1 bunker at Siracourt.
Photo 1 is a side view and photo 2 is a view along the top.

Tags: bombing; V-1; V-weapon

Gorenflos

A vertical aerial photograph of an attack on Gorenflos V-1 base. Rows of bomb craters and explosions can be seen.
The image is annotated '26565. LMG. 25.6.44// 8" 12600 --135° 0900 Goenflos Raid .A. 13x500 c secs W/O Puskas .A.429'

Tags: 429 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; bombing; pilot; RAF Leeming; target photograph; V-1; V-weapon

Siracourt

A vertical aerial photograph of Siracourt V-1 site. Smoke is rising from bomb explosions and the fields are littered with craters.
It is annotated '2801 LMG 6.7.44 // 8" 13000' --098° 0258 Siracourt Raid A 3 x 1000 10 x500 c 28secs WO Puskas A…

Tags: 429 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing; RAF Leeming; target photograph; V-1; V-weapon

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