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Jones, Thomas John
Tom Jones
T Jones
Description
An account of the resource
62 items. An oral history interview with Peter William Arthur Jones (b. 1954) about his father Thomas John Jones DFC (b. 1921, 1640434 and 184141 Royal Air Force), his log book, photographs, correspondence, service documents, aircraft recognition manuals, medals and a memoir. He flew operations as a flight engineer on 622 Squadron Stirling and 7 Squadron on Lancaster. <br /><br />The collection also contains an <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2566">Album</a> of 129 types of aircraft. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Peter Jones and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2014-12-04
2017-12-07
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Jones, PW
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622 Squadron arranged in front of Stirling
Description
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A large group of airmen arranged in five rows in front of a Stirling aircraft. On the reverse 'Nov 1943 3 Group 622 Squadron. Bomber Command. R.A.F. Mildenhall Short Stirling Mk III'.
Date
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1943-11
Format
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One b/w photograph
Language
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eng
Type
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Photograph
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PJonesPW1603, PJonesPW1604
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Temporal Coverage
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1943-11
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Great Britain
England--Suffolk
3 Group
622 Squadron
aircrew
animal
RAF Mildenhall
Stirling
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Thomas, Ken
William Kenneth Thomas
William K Thomas
William Thomas
W K Thomas
W Thomas
Description
An account of the resource
Four items. An oral history interview with William Kenneth 'Ken' Thomas DFC (1022415 and 186493 Royal Air Force), two photographs and a memoir. Flight Lieutenant Ken Thomas flew operations as a pilot with 622 Squadron.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Ken Thomas and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-04-01
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Thomas, WK
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Aircrew with the Queen and Princess Elizabeth
Description
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Large number of individuals in uniform, many of them aircrew standing with the then Queen and Princess Elizabeth. Large camouflaged building in the background. Submitted with the caption 'A visit to Mildenhall by Princess Elizabeth and the Queen - his Navigator (marked at the time) is on the photo, but Ken is at the back and can't be seen'.
J W Farrow, 622 squadron, is standing next to Princess Elizabeth. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by J W Farrow's son Peter Farrow.
Date
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1944-06
Format
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One b/w photograph
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eng
Type
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Photograph
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PThomasWK1605
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Suffolk
Temporal Coverage
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1944-06
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IBCC Digital Archive
622 Squadron
aircrew
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022)
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
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Jones, Thomas John
Tom Jones
T Jones
Description
An account of the resource
62 items. An oral history interview with Peter William Arthur Jones (b. 1954) about his father Thomas John Jones DFC (b. 1921, 1640434 and 184141 Royal Air Force), his log book, photographs, correspondence, service documents, aircraft recognition manuals, medals and a memoir. He flew operations as a flight engineer on 622 Squadron Stirling and 7 Squadron on Lancaster. <br /><br />The collection also contains an <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2566">Album</a> of 129 types of aircraft. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Peter Jones and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2014-12-04
2017-12-07
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Jones, PW
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622 Squadron
Description
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A large group of airmen sitting and standing in five rows in front of a Stirling. On the reverse 'Nov 1943, 622 Squadron 3 Group, Bomber Command, RSAF Mildenhall, Short Stirling'.
Date
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1943-11
Format
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One b/w photograph
Type
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Photograph
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PJonesPW1603, PJonesPW1604
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Suffolk
Temporal Coverage
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1943-11
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IBCC Digital Archive
3 Group
622 Squadron
RAF Mildenhall
Stirling
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Jones, Thomas John
Tom Jones
T Jones
Description
An account of the resource
62 items. An oral history interview with Peter William Arthur Jones (b. 1954) about his father Thomas John Jones DFC (b. 1921, 1640434 and 184141 Royal Air Force), his log book, photographs, correspondence, service documents, aircraft recognition manuals, medals and a memoir. He flew operations as a flight engineer on 622 Squadron Stirling and 7 Squadron on Lancaster. <br /><br />The collection also contains an <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2566">Album</a> of 129 types of aircraft. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Peter Jones and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2014-12-04
2017-12-07
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Jones, PW
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Airman being dangled out of a window
Description
An account of the resource
An airman half way head first out of an upper floor window of a house with three other airmen behind him, Below another window. Submitted with caption 'Photograph of an airman being dangled out of a window by Clive Thurston (left) and Thomas John Jones (right), submitted with caption; “High spirits between operations. 622 Squadron, RAF Oakington. 1943'.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Date
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1943
Format
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One b/w photograph
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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PJonesPW1605
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Cambridgeshire
Temporal Coverage
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1943
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IBCC Digital Archive
622 Squadron
aircrew
RAF Oakington
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Title
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Pyle, Alec
J E A Pyle
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-03-12
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Pyle, JEA
Description
An account of the resource
Seven items. The collection concerns Flying Officer John Edgar Alexander "Alec" Pyle (1922 - 1944, 175907, Royal Air Force) and contains a report on the crash of Lancaster LM595 at Oude Tonge, Netherlands, photographs and an emergency axe. He flew operations as a pilot with 622 and was killed 21 July 1944. <br /><br /><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" class="TextRun SCXW220174550 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220174550 BCX0">Additional information on Alec Pyle </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220174550 BCX0">is available via the</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW220174550 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}"> <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/223037/">IBCC Losses Database.</a></span><br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by P Deaton and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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Alec Pyle and Crew
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Five photographs of Alec and his crew. <br />#1 is of six airmen under the starboard wing of a Stirling, captioned 'Photograph of the crew of LM595'. #2 is a slightly enlarged version of #1 , captioned 'It is difficult to identify the crew exactly but L to R Flying Officer Alec Pyle..Sgt Spaven..Sgt Hall..Flt Sgt Crowther..Pilot Officer Pool..Flt Sgt Tomlinson'. <br />#3 Four crew members, captioned 'L to R Flying Officer Alec Pyle.....Pilot Officer Pool....Flight Sgt Crowther....Flight Sgt Tomlinson'. <br />#4 622 Squadron Group photograph under a Lancaster captioned 'The whole of 622 Squadron taken in front of Lancaster LM595, on the day prior to the fatal crash. Somewhere in there is Alec and his crew'. <br />#5 is five airmen, captioned 'This photograph was taken during training. Left to right:- Flt,Sgt P.AMacGovern, Sgt A. Hall. Flt Sgt. L.Tomlinson. Pilot Officer J.E.A. (Alec) Pyle. Flt Sgt E. Crowther'.
Format
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Four b/w photocopied sheets
Language
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eng
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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SPyleJEA175907v10010-0001, SPyleJEA175907v10010-0002, SPyleJEA175907v10010-0003, SPyleJEA175907v10010-0004
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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IBCC Digital Archive
622 Squadron
aircrew
crash
Lancaster
Stirling
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King, Edward James
E J King
Description
An account of the resource
46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] WIZERNES [/underlined]
[underlined] V2 Base [/underlined] [underlined] 5th July, 1944 [/underlined]
Airborne 2250
Landed 0130
Concrete construction for launching of V2 rockets completely destroyed.
[page break]
[map]
[inserted][underlined] WIZERNES. [/underlined][inserted]
[page break]
[map]
[page break]
[photograph]
THE RESULT OF BOMBER COMMANDS 12,000 lb. BOMB ATTACKS ON ONE OF THE ENEMY'S V.2 ROCKET SITES
These remarkable low level oblique photographs were taken by two R.A.F. Mosquito reconnaissance aircraft of the large concrete structures at WIZERNES. The construction, built on the edge of a quarry is mainly underground and is believed to be connected with the enemy's threatened long range rocket, V.2 weapon. The above photograph shows the site after an attack which disrupted the communications in the quarry and damaged the 100ft. high crane. The two photographs opposite were taken after R.A.F. aircraft attacked the installation with 12,000 lb. bombs and by comparison with the above photograph it will be seen that the quarry face has subsided away from the massive concrete dome, revealing the buttresses; the crane has been destroyed and all the tunnel entrances blocked. The whole area now presents a scene of considerable chaos.
26
[page break]
[photograph]
[photograph]
27
[page break]
Flying Bombs
Sites Hit
During the night R.A.F bombers attacked the flying bomb installations and other military objectives in Northern France in strength.
Squadrons of Mosquitoes attacked a synthetic air plant at Buer-Scnolven, near Gelsenkirchen. Germany, and other targets in the Ruhr Mines were laid and six aircraft[missing letter] were lost.
R.A.F. Lancasters made a deep night penetration through fighter defended areas in France to attack the railway marshalling yards at Dijon.
Supporting the American advance down the Cherbourg Peninsula, Mosquitoes went out last night to attack railways, road junctions and encampments in woods behind the German lines. Targets were at Villedieu. Hyenville and Granville.
WIZERNES
15 SQUADRON 15 DETAILED 1 WITHDRWN [sic], 13 PRIMARY 1 MISSING [indecipherable word] CONSTRUCTION 90 SQDN 10 DETAILED 10 PRIMARY SITE 622 SQDN 15 DETAILED 15 PRIMARY
THIS ATTACK FELL GENERALLY 750 YARDS TO 1000 YARDS WEST OF THE A.P., BUT MANY BOMB[deleted]S[/deleted] BURSTS ARE ACTUALLY ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.
WIZERNES
THE WHOLE TARGET AREA NOW APPEARS ONE MASS OF CRATERS. REPAIRS ARE POSSIBLY IN PROGRESS ON THE W. SIDE OF THE "DOME" SHAPED UNIT. THE RAILWAY LINES AND OTHER ROAD APPROACHES HAVE BEEN SEVERED IN MANY PLACES. THE WHOLE AREA IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS APPEARS TO LACK ANY SIGNS OF ACTIVITY.
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Description
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Six items, Edward's very brief description of the operation, his navigation plot, the expected H2S return over the target. Two press clipping, captioned 'The result of Bomber Commands 12,000 lb bomb attacks on one of the Enemy's V.2 rocket sites'. The first photograph is an oblique low level reconnaissance showing the quarry construction site and concrete 'dome' after the operation described by Edward.
The second clipping shows the same area a few days later after the 'Tallboys' had been used.
The last item is part of an official report on the operation that Edward took part in, it gives details of the aircraft and their squadrons that took part, a summary of the raid, 'not very accurate but the surrounding infrastructure had been damaged'. There is also a small press cutting referring to operations over northern Europe in general.
Creator
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Edward King
Temporal Coverage
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1944-07-05
Spatial Coverage
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Photograph
Physical object
Text
Format
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Two typed documents, a navigation plot, an H2S plot, three press cuttings
Identifier
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SKingEJ182986v10093, SKingEJ182986v10094, SKingEJ182986v10095, SKingEJ182986v10096, SKingEJ182986v10098, SKingEJ182986v10100
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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1944-07-05
Contributor
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Sue Smith
Title
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Wizernes, Edward King's 21st operation of his tour
15 Squadron
622 Squadron
90 Squadron
aerial photograph
aircrew
bombing
H2S
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
Mosquito
navigator
RAF Mildenhall
reconnaissance photograph
Tallboy
V-2
V-weapon
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King, Edward James
E J King
Description
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46 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Edward James King (b. 1920, 1377691, 182986 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and an album of charts and newspaper cuttings. He flew operations as a navigator with 96 and 15 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Patricia Joan Potter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2020-11-22
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King, EJ
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[underlined] VILLERS BOCAGE [/underlined] [underlined] 30th June, 1944 [/underlined]
[underlined] Panzer Concentrations in Woods. [/underlined]
Daylight operation at request of Field Marshall Montgomery. Formation flight with very heavy fighter escort. Very good visability [sic] & weather. Many ships seen in [deleted word] Channel and at the beachheads with many wrecked landing craft. H.M.S. "Rodney" observed near to the beaches with convoys everywhere. Landing strips in Normandy see in operation with Liberators, Spitfires and Lightnings. Cherbourg seen[deleted] i [/deleted] in distance. Bayeaux very peaceful. Only light flak seen but it was very accura[missing letters] Fighter escort mainly Spitfires with a few Tempests.
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[map]
[inserted] VILLERS BOCAGE [/inserted]
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[map]
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DAY 30TH JUNE 1944.
3 GROUP ADOPTED A NEW ROLE YESTERDAY WHEN THEY MADE A DAYLIGHT ATTACK ON VILLERS BO[deleted]S[/deleted]CAGE. APART FROM THE DAWN ATTACK ON 'D' DAY THIS WAS THE FIRST FULLSCALE OPERATION CARRIED OUT BY THIS GROUP OVER ENEMY TERRITORY BY DAY, SINCE THE BREST DAYS OF 1941.
127 LANCASTERS TOOK OFF FROM.
15 SQUADRON. – 17 DETAILED. – 16 PRIMARY. – 1 ABORTIVE.
622 SQUADRON. – 14 DETAILED. – 13 PRIMARY. – 1 CANCELLED.
90 SQUADRON. – 19 DETAILED. – 19 PRIMARY.
115 SQUADRON. – 27 DETAILED. – 27 PRIMARY.
514 SQUADRON. – 29 DETAILED. – 27 PRIMARY. – 1 ABORTIVE. – 1 MISSING.
THESE IN COMPANY WITH 105 HALIFAXES OF 4 GROUP SET OUT IN IT IS HOPED, GOOD FORMATION WITH FIGHTER COVER. THERE WAS 3.5/10 CLOUD AND MOST OF THE CREWS WERE ABLE TO SEE THE TARGET AREA QUITE CLEARLY THROUGH GAPS IN THE CLOUD. HOWEVER, OWING TO THE TERRIFIC CLOUD OF SMOKE AND DUST CAUSED BY THE HALIFAXES WHO WENT IN FIRST, THE AIMING POINT WAS COMPLETELY OBSCURED AND VERY FEW SAW THE MARKERS. THIS DID NOT PREVENT A GOOD ATTACK AND BOMBING WAS CARRIED OUT ON INSTRUCTIONS OF MASTER BOMBER ON CONCENTRATION OF SMOKE, THE MAJORITY FROM 10/12,000 FT. BUT A NUMBER CAME DOWN BELOW CLOUD AND BOMBED FROM 3,600 TO 4,000 FT.
SOME EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHS WERE OBTAINED BY ALL SQUADRONS AND ABOUT 90% SHOW THE AIMING POINT OR WHAT WAS THE VILLAGE COVERED BY CLOUDS OF SMOKE AND VERY LITTLE BOMBING APPEARS TO BE OFF THE TARGET. THE VILLAGE AND RODS [sic] SEEM TO BE OBLITERRATED [sic], AND IT IS HOPED MANY 'PANZERS' WITH IT.
THERE WERE SOME SCATTERED ACCURATE LIGHT AND HEAVY FLAK IN TARGET AREA, SEVERAL AIRCRAFT BEING HIT. THIS IS BELIEVED TO ACOUND [sic] FOR THE ONE LANCASTER AND ONE HALIFAX CASUALTIES.
NO ENEMY FIGHTERS WERE SEEN
ONE OF 75 SQDN WAS HIT BY FLAK OVER TARGET AND FORCED DOWN, BUT MANAGED TO LAND ON ONE OF THE LANDING STRIPS BEHIND OUR LINES, THE ONLY CASUALTY BEING ONE MEMBER OF CREW SLIGHTLY WOUNDED BY FLAK.
VILLERS BOCAGE
THE WHOLE AREA IS A MASS OF CRATERS. ALL THE AREAS ARE STILL BLOCKED.
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[photograph]
What Monty ordered
THE bombs going down in bottom centre of picture were part of the 1,000 tons dropped by the R.A.F. on a special target in answer to a call from the battle-line in Normandy
The target was a forest in the Villers Bocage area which held concentrations of German tanks. More than 250 Lancaster and Halifax night bombers, with fighter cover, made the daylight attack
The picture was taken at the height of the attack when the target was a sea of smoke and fire. In 12 minutes Rommel's armour was obliterated
"Your action will not be forgotten by the enemy," said Gen. Montgomery in his message of thanks to Bomber Command
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Description
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Five items, Edward's description of the operation to bomb Panzer concentrations in woods, requested by Field Marshall Montgomery. As the operation was in daylight Edward was able to describe the scene not too long after D Day. There is also Edwards navigation plot, a map showing the target area with their track and the target. Part of an official report on the operation, it details the aircraft from 3 Group that took part and their squadrons, together with 4 Group Halifax aircraft with a heavy fighter escort. It makes the point that this is the first full scale operation by 3 Group in daylight since D Day. The visibility was good until obscured by dust created by the bombs exploding, the operation was judged a success. There is also a press cutting captioned 'What Monty ordered' describing the operation.
Creator
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Edward King
Temporal Coverage
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1944-06-30
Spatial Coverage
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France
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Map
Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
Photograph
Format
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Two typewritten documents, a nav plot, a map, a press cutting
Identifier
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SKingEJ182986v10084, SKingEJ182986v10085, SKingEJ182986v10086, SKingEJ182986v10087, SKingEJ182986v10088
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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1944-06-30
Contributor
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Sue Smith
Title
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Villers Bocage, Edward King's 19th operation of his tour
115 Squadron
15 Squadron
3 Group
4 Group
514 Squadron
622 Squadron
90 Squadron
aircrew
B-24
bombing
Halifax
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
navigator
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
P-38
RAF Mildenhall
Spitfire
tactical support for Normandy troops