Ivan Ure]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Royal Air Force]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Colwyn Bay]]> England--London]]> England--Lancing]]> England--Blackpool]]> Scotland--Edzell]]> Scotland--Arbroath]]> England--Whitley Bay]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> France--Le Tréport]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Lithuania--Klaipėda]]> Poland--Świnoujście]]> Poland--Białogard]]> Europe--Elbe River]]> Germany--Lüneburg]]> Germany--Rheine]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Lithuania--Klaipėda]]> Ivan Ure]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--York]]> John Taplin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1943-05-22]]> 1943-05-23]]> Records 27 operations (26 night, one day, several abandoned for various reasons) on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany (some targets not named when duties not carried out): Boulogne, Bremen, Brest, Cherbourg, Cologne, Duisberg, Essen, Hamburg (abandoned), Hamburg, Nantes, Ostend, Paris, Rostock, St. Nazaire, Stettin, Vichy, and Warnemunde. His first pilot on first four operations were Pilot Officer Godfrey, Sergeant Robertson and Pilot Officer Joyce. Also includes technical notes, several personal notes (including a poem), and two endorsements, one in green.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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His first operational posting was 51 Squadron at Snaith. He covers each operation in detail. Interspersed with the details are explanations of electronic systems and tactics used.
During one operation he was shot down and parachuted behind the German lines. Eventually he was taken prisoner, interrogated then transferred to Stalag Luft 7. As the Russians got nearer they were forced to walk west. Later they were transferred by train to Stalag IIIA.
The account then jumps to reunions in the 1980s, then returns to the last few days at the camp as the war ends.
He reached home on 15th May.

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944]]> RAF Melbourne]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-06-02]]> Suzanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> France]]> France--Poix-du-Nord]]> 1944-07-01]]> 2017-06]]> Item 1 is a Post Office Saving Bank book issued at RAF Melbourne, York.
Item 2 is a letter to Homer from the King. He regrets not being able to give him personally his DFC. It is annotated 'Original held with the DFC medal'.]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> MLawsonHA19210824-161128-010002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Forres]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Essen]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Normandy]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> England--Salford (Greater Manchester)]]> France--Mantes-la-Jolie]]> France]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> India]]> Pakistan]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Ottignies]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Abbeville Region]]> France--Bayeux]]> France--Berneval-le-Grand]]> France--Brest]]> France--Cherbourg Region]]> France--Coutances Region]]> France--Douai]]> France--La Rochelle]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Mantes-la-Jolie]]> France--Meulan]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Rambouillet]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Saint-Lô]]> France--Tergnier (Canton)]]> France--Trouville-sur-Mer]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kiel]]> India--Kota]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Scotland--Moray Firth]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Croixdalle]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-12-30]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-03]]> 1944-03-04]]> 1944-03-06]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944-03-08]]> 1944-03-11]]> 1944-04-04]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-02]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-07-01]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-17]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-20]]>