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  • Tags: 44 Squadron
  • Type is exactly "Text. Personal research"

BCarterDACarterRv1.pdf
Biography of Warrant Officer Ronald Carter (1620578 Royal Air Force).

At the age of 17, Ronald volunteered to join the Royal Air Force in November 1942. After basic training, Ronald was selected for gunnery and wireless operator training, becoming…

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MParryWE1172401-220531-06.pdf
A lecture given to Andover's Archaeology and Local History Society on 23 February 1996.

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MTatleyHT1310893-150908-03.jpg
Lists the previous nine operations of Lancaster W4182 and recording that on an operation to Duisburg on the 20 December 1942 just after take off the aircraft collided with Lancaster W4259 from 44 Squadron. There were no survivors. The crews are…

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BSaundersCSGSaundersJWGv10001.jpg
Recollections of John's service career, by his son Clive, including a letter from 44 Squadron Association. It describes John taking fellow RAF volunteers' compulsary swimming tests in their stead and his initial training in Rhodesia. He flew in…

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SCarterR1620578v10004-0004.jpg
Events leading to the shooting down of Ron's aircraft over Caen.

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SCarterR1620578v10004-0001.jpg
25 operations completed by Ron Carter.

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SCarterR1620578v10003-0001.jpg
A list of the seven regular crew, Lancaster KM-L

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SCarterR1620578v10002-00020001.jpg
A Squadron crest and Introduction

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SCarterR1620578v10002-0001.jpg
A brief biography of Ronald Carter.

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BTunaleyJNettletonJDv1.pdf
A biography of John from his attempts to join the South African navy to his time in the RAF.

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SWarnerC1801861v10021.jpg
Describes location, construction and layout. Opened in September 1943 with 207 Squadron Lancaster and later 44 Squadron. Last operation was in April 1945 to Berchtesgaden. Covers post-war squadron moves, locations and disbandment, including arrival…

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MCleggPV[DoB]-150819-04.pdf
Listing by page of visitors' book of personnel who had signed and were subsequently killed with details.

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PBubbGJ16010131.jpg
Six page document courtesy of the late Allen White - 44 Squadron Historian. Reproduces narratives from three 44 Squadron crews involved in the operation. Overall the operation lost 37 crews from 120 launched against Wesserling oil refinery near…

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PBubbGJ16010130.jpg
Notes on 44 Squadron badge, motto, aircraft, stations and operations from 1939 to 1945.

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