IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Andover]]> Germany]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Italy]]> Italy--La Spezia]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Poland]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> England--Great Yarmouth]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942-12-20]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> William Cragg]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> United States]]> Georgia--Moody Air Force Base]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Berlin]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> France]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Essen]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Wesseling]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Lanvéoc]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Caen]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Givors]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Kaiserslautern]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> Belgium]]> Poland]]> 1943-07-21]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-11-02]]> 1943-11-10]]> 1943-12-23]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-02-03]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1946-04-01]]> There is also a copy of the Operational Order for Operation Chastise by 617 Squadron. There are also crew lists, and a copy of the squadron 540 for the operation.
It also has the pages from Flight Sergeant Stalley's Log book for the period July to October 1944. He was the rear gunner on Flight Lieutenant Melrose's crew on No 9 Squadron at Bardney. During this period the squadron attacked the Tirpitz twice, once from Archangel.
There is also the Memories and Reflections of the German civil engineer that was in charge of the rebuilding of the dams damaged in the Dams Operation.
There are two newspaper cuttings from 2005 regarding the military burial of a 640 Squadron crew that had been shot down on the 24 March 1944. One was from The Daily Telegraph from 2 September 2005. There is also a letter George wrote to the Times giving some background to the story.]]>
George Keeling]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-01-07]]> 1945-04-07]]> 1944-03-24]]> 2005-09-02]]>
The report contains information about the crew, the operation to Essen and their loss as well as maps and photographs.
The crew were:
Pilot Officer G A Nunez, pilot (1464436 Royal Air Force)
Sergeant D R Barber, air gunner (1354869 Royal Air Force)
Sergeant J Bayliss, air gunner (1300620 Royal Air Force)
Sergeant A Beard, navigator (1535181 Royal Air Force)
Sergeant C H Collins, flight engineer (1200432 Royal Air Force)
Sergeant E F Doolittle, bomb aimer (1505512 Royal Air Force)
Sergeant R A Knapman. Wireless operator / air gunner (1312487 Royal Air Force).]]>
John Baker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-05-01]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France]]> France--Clermont-Ferrand]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Italy]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Norway]]> Norway--Tromsø]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Germany--Euskirchen Region]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--IJmuiden]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> Netherlands--Maassluis]]> Germany--Bielefeld]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Poland]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-02-25]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-04-18]]> 1943-04-19]]> 1943-05-04]]> 1943-05-05]]> 1943-05-11]]> 1943-05-12]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-05-28]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-05-30]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-14]]> 1943-06-15]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-06-26]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-26]]> 1943-08-07]]> 1943-08-08]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-07]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-20]]> 1943-10-21]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-12-08]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-06]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-21]]> At the end there is a biography of the officer in charge of Arnhem, Lt-Gen Sir Frederick Browning and his wife Daphne du Maurier.]]> Roger Millington]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. 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This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Munich]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-07]]>