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Maddock-Lyon, Roy. Scrap book
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Maddock-Lyon, R
Date
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2016-03-21
Description
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20 pages. The scrap book contains items about Roy Maddock-Lyon's aircraft being shot down over Holbæk in Denmark 14 February 1945 and his subsequent evasion. It contains correspondence, photographs of the wreckage of his aircraft ZA-X, and what happened to his crew.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning John Grayshan and Albert Berry. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/211033/">John Grayshan</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202051/">Albert Berry</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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[map]
Places where the crew landed
1. Site of crash
1 “Red” Berry’s body here
2 Jimmy landed here
4 Roy landed here
4 Johnny’s body here
6 Stan landed here
6 Andy landed here
10 Jim landed here
Map of the site of the crash:
0. Hjortholmsgaarden, the site of the air dual.
1. Old people’s home ‘Sogaard’, the site of the crash.
2. The blacksmithy belonging to Karl Petersen, Sonder Asmindrup.
3. The vicarage of Rev. Paul With Johannesen, Sonder Asmindrup.
4. Smallholder Ejner Næsholt Sorensen, Soby.
5. Smallholder Johannes Helms, Havremarken.
6. Doctor Vilhelm Schlippe, Sonder Jernlose.
7. The grocer’s shop, Vinstrup.
8. German antenna mast, Morkemosebjerg, and farm occupied by G[missing letters] man air defence warning service, Græsmarken.
9. The spot in Magleso, where the female informer was dumped on 2 Febr. ’45.
10. Marup Enge, where Jim landed in his parachute.
11. Smallholder Lars Peter Larsen, Skovager, Rye.
12. Count F.C.R. Scheel’s estate, Ryegaard.
Source: N.H.R. Scheel’s archive.
Where the crew and plane landed south of Holbaek.
[page break]
No. 10 Squadron,
Royal Air Force,
Melbourne,
E. Yorks.
15th February, 1945.
Ref: 10S/502/2004/P.2
Dear Maddock-Lyon
It is with the greatest regret that I have to confirm the sad news already contained in my telegram that your son Sergeant Roy Maddock-Lyon failed to return last night from an operational flight over enemy territory.
The aircraft in which he was the Flight Engineer left base last night, and no further messages were received from it after that time.
I do not wish to raise false hopes, but there is every possibility that the crew had to abandon their aircraft and land in enemy territory, and are prisoners of war. In this event, he will, in due course, be permitted to communicate with you.
It is desired to explain that the request in the telegram notifying you of the casualty to your son was included with the object of avoiding his chance of escape being prejudiced by undue publicity in case he was still at large. This is not to say that any information about him is available, but is a precaution adopted in the case of all personnel reported missing.
May I offer you my deepest sympathy during this time of anxious waiting, and express on behalf of all members of his Squadron the fervent hope that we may soon have good news of him.
Yours Sincerely
[signature]
Wing Commander, Commanding
[underlined] No. 10 Squadron. R.A.F. [/underlined]
Mr. S. Maddock-Lyon,
18, Victoria Road,
Runcorn,
Chester.
RAF letter notifying Roy’s parents of him being missing.
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Map of Holbaek and letter to Roy Maddock-Lyon's father reporting him missing
Description
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Item 1 is a map of Holbaek with the crash site and the location of two bodies and five survivors. It is captioned 'Where the crew and plane landed south of Holbaek.'
Item 2 is a letter to Roy Maddock-Lyon's father confirming that his son is missing. It is signed by the Wing Commander of 10 Squadron.
Date
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1945-02-15
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One printed map and one typewritten letter on an album page
Language
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eng
Type
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Map
Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
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SMaddockLyonR2205669v10007
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Denmark
Denmark--Holbæk
Temporal Coverage
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1945-02-14
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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.
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Steve Baldwin
10 Squadron
crash
evading
Halifax
Halifax Mk 3
missing in action
RAF Melbourne
shot down