Bottom left shows a group of men and women outside a building with an indecipherable sign, which reads "HURST" on the bottom. The men are in military uniforms.
Bottom right shows a group of men and women. The front row are sitting while the back row behind them are standing. The group is in front of hedge and a building.
The pages of the album read "Blackpool -May 1941" and "Blackpool".
The reverse of the top photograph shows "Rapide, 38. Central Blackpool". Also written on the photograph is the date "7 Jul 1941".
The bottom right image shows "Blackpool July 1941" and "Best Wishes from" and some indecipherable handwriting. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> 1941-05]]> 1941-07]]> 1941-07-07]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Benjamin Turner ]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Navy]]> Malta]]> 1940-06-11]]> 1940-06-20]]> 1940-09-07]]> 1941-01-16]]> 1941-01-30]]> 1941-03-23]]> 1941-04]]> 1941-04-29]]> 1941-04-30]]> 1941-05-03]]> 1941-05-06]]> 1941-07-21]]> 1941-08-20]]> 1942-01-20]]> 1942-03-25]]> 1942-03-26]]> 1942-04-04]]> 1942-04-05]]> 1942-04-11]]> 1942-09-12]]> 1943-01-14]]> 1943-01-21]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1943-04-06]]> 1943-04-11]]> 1943-07-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Navy]]> Malta]]> 1940]]> 1940-06]]> 1940-09]]> 1941-01]]> 1941-03]]> 1941-04]]> 1941-05]]> 1941-07]]> 1941-08]]> 1941-10]]> 1941-11]]> 1941-12]]> 1942-01]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-03]]> 1942-04]]> 1942-05]]> 1942-06]]> 1942-07]]> 1942-10]]> The first flight is recorded at No 7 EFTS , Desford flying in the Tiger Moth, he remained there until 28 September when he moved to No 12 SFTS flying in the Anson. In January 1941 Harold moved to No 10 OTU Abingdon, flying the Whitley. On 15th April Harold was posted to 51 Squadron, Dishforth initially flying the Whitley but almost immediately converting to the Wellington. His first operation was to Kiel on the 18 May 1941 in a Whitley, his remaining operations were in the Wellington. Harold and his crew were posted to 405 Squadron, Driffield on 27 May 1941 and moved to Pocklington on the 26 June 1941 and then undertook operations to Swartze, Cologne, Brest, Dunkirk, Le Havre, Berlin and Dortmund. Harold attended a BAT course at 1502 BAT Flight Abingdon, in February 1942 flying Whitley's. They carried out operations to Heligoland, Essen, and Lubeck. Harold converted to the Halifax April/May 1942. He carried out 19 operations, was injured after a crash on 12 October 1942 and was posted to No 10 OTU on 17 November 1942. Harold acquired a Red endorsement to his Log Book, 'Whitley V BD 377 23 October 1942, Gross carelessness (Non flying) letter ref 916/1405/1595/P1 14 Nov 1942.
He was posted to No 12 OTU on 20 November. The aircraft he flew there on the Gunnery flight included the Whitley, Defiant, Lysander, Wellington and Martinet, he remained there until 10 March 1944 when his Log Book records that he was posted to No 100 Group for Special duties. The second pilot on operations were Pilot Officer Mattey, Sergeant Craig, and Sergeant Farnborough. ]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Trevor Hardcastle]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> England--Leicester]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> France]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Brest]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> 1940-08-18]]> 1940-09-28]]> 1941-01-25]]> 1941-02-01]]> 1941-04-14]]> 1941-04-15]]> 1941-05-27]]> 1941-05-18]]> 1941-06-26]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-02-18]]> 1942-03-23]]> 1942-03-28]]> 1942-04-08]]> 1942-04-14]]> 1942-10-12]]> 1942-10-12]]> 1944-03-10]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> Libya]]> Sudan]]> Egypt--Ismailia (Province)]]> Egypt--Natrun Valley]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Libya--Cyrenaica]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Scotland--Orkney]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Sudan--Port Sudan]]> North Africa]]> 1939]]> 1940-12-04]]> 1941-02-04]]> 1941-02-12]]> 1941-02-18]]> 1941-02-22]]> 1941-02-27]]> 1941-03-03]]> 1941-03-05]]> 1941-03-09]]> 1941-03-10]]> 1941-03-15]]> 1941-03-16]]> 1941-03-18]]> 1941-03-24]]> 1941-03-28]]> 1941-04-01]]> 1941-04-02]]> 1941-04-04]]> 1941-04-06]]> 1941-04-07]]> 1941-04-08]]> 1941-04-09]]> 1941-04-11]]> 1941-04-12]]> 1941-04-13]]> 1941-05-03]]> 1941-05-08]]> 1941-05-12]]> 1941-05-13]]> 1941-05-16]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Peter Thirsk]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1941-05]]> Peter Thirsk]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-05-14]]> 1941-05-29]]> Peter Thirsk]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-05-06]]> 1941-05-07]]> J V Hay]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Preston (Lancashire)]]> 1941-05]]> Followed by list with information on crew from RAF Museum Hendon.
Final page is last lines in "Power to the Hunter" poem by Wilfred Wilson Gibson.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Scotland--Rothes]]> 1941-03-25]]> 1941-05]]> 1940-09-24]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Scotland--Rothes]]> 1941-05]]> 1940-09-24]]> L V Rosser]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text. Diary]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Schleswig-Holstein]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> France]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France--Brest]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Salzbergen]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Recklinghausen (Münster)]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Salzgitter]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Bad Oldesloe]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-05-11]]> 1941-05-16]]> 1941-05-28]]> 1941-06-11]]> 1941-06-15]]> 1941-06-17]]> 1941-06-20]]> 1941-06-25]]> 1941-06-27]]> 1941-06-29]]> 1941-08-14]]> 1941-08-18]]> 1941-08-22]]> 1941-08-27]]> 1941-08-29]]> 1941-09-07]]> 1941-09-13]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-10-01]]> 1941-10-12]]> 1941-10-20]]> 1941-10-22]]> 1941-10-24]]> 1941-11-15]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-29]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-04-24]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Brest]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Schleswig-Holstein]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Scotland--Moray Firth]]> England--Kidlington]]> England--Woodley (Wokingham)]]> England--Grantham]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1941-05-11]]> 1941-05-12]]> 1941-05-16]]> 1941-05-17]]> 1941-05-19]]> 1941-05-20]]> 1941-06-11]]> 1941-06-12]]> 1941-06-15]]> 1941-06-16]]> 1941-06-17]]> 1941-06-18]]> 1941-06-20]]> 1941-06-21]]> 1941-06-25]]> 1941-06-26]]> 1941-06-27]]> 1941-06-28]]> 1941-06-29]]> 1941-06-30]]> 1941-08-14]]> 1941-08-22]]> 1941-08-23]]> 1941-08-27]]> 1941-08-28]]> 1941-08-29]]> 1941-08-30]]> 1941-09-07]]> 1941-09-08]]> 1941-09-13]]> 1941-09-14]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-10-01]]> 1941-10-02]]> 1941-10-12]]> 1941-10-13]]> 1941-10-20]]> 1941-10-21]]> 1941-10-22]]> 1941-10-23]]> 1941-10-24]]> 1941-10-25]]> 1941-11-15]]> 1941-11-16]]> 1942]]> 1943]]>
Article about Princess Hohenlohe, formerly Stephany Richter, of Hungarian Jewish origin. She had associations with Hitler and his entourage. Arrested in May and sentenced to deportation, she has been assisting the American government. As a result, Dr. Kurt Rieths, former German ambassador in Vienna, was arrested. The German-American federation, financed by the National Socialist Party, has also been dissolved and its leader sent to prison for embezzlement.

Because of the RAF actions on ships, the article questions how many reinforcements are reaching General Rommel in North Africa.

Favourably compares British and American steel and oil production to the Axis countries, suggesting they will, therefore, produce a higher number of bombs.

Cartoon called “The Final Victory 1941”.

Calorie consumption comparisons show a reduction between early months of 1940 and 1941. Although Germany and Denmark are still above the recommended 2500 calories per day, the Norwegians, Dutch, Belgians and French have insufficient. It suggests Germany is plundering them for its own needs.

List of German targets in Britain.

Eight facts and eight questions are listed on the subject of Rudolf Hess, who landed in Scotland on 10th May.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> deu]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> 1941-06-07]]> 1941-05-10]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Air Council]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxford]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1941-05-08]]> The second letter advises that their has been no news about her husband.]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxford]]> Norway]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1941-05-08]]> 1941-05-23]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Air Council]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxford]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1941-05-08]]> Squadron Leader J Dunlevie]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1941-05-08]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-05-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1941-05-10]]> Group Captain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1941-05-08]]> A note attached to the letter states that he was lost in action 48 hours later.]]> Arnold Christian]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Moray]]> 1941-05-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> England--London]]> England--Grantham]]> England--Birkenhead]]> England--Oxford]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Norway--Stavanger]]> Sudan]]> France]]> North Africa]]> Norway]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1939-09]]> 1939-10]]> 1940]]> 1941-05-08]]> Pilot's Flying log book for Wing Commander A.L. Christian, covering the period from 1 December 1936 to 8 May 1941. Detailing his flying training, instructional duties and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Upavon, RAF Netheravon, RAF Sealand, RAF Debden, RAF Bicester and RAF Swanton Morley. Aircraft flown in were Hind, Tiger Moth, Audax, Tutor, Hart, Fury, Magister, Anson, Wallace, Oxford, Vildebeest, Gladiator, Hurricane, Demon, Walrus, Blenheim, Battle, Halifax, Harvard, Leopard Moth, Proctor, Hornet Moth and Master. He served with 218 Squadron, Central Flying School, 108 Squadron, 104 Squadron and 13 Operational Training Unit before being posted to 105 Squadron for operations. He flew 11 night operations before failing to return. His log book is stamped 'Death presumed'. The only targets identified are Boulogne, 'aerodromes' and Hamburg. The rest are simply marked 'operations'. The book contains the maiden flight of L7244, the prototype Halifax with test pilot Major Cordes on 25 October 1939. 

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Essex]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Wales--Flintshire]]> 1940-11-28]]> 1940-12-06]]> 1940-12-10]]> 1941-02-04]]> 1941-02-15]]> 1941-03-10]]> 1941-03-14]]> 1941-03-21]]> 1941-03-30]]> 1941-04-11]]> 1941-05-08]]> 1939-10-25]]>

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available. ]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> Pending temporal coverage. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Kenya]]> Sudan]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Kenya--Mombasa]]> Kenya--Nanyuki]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Staffordshire]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Bremerhaven]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Plauen]]> Germany--Stade (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Steinfurt (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Egypt]]> North Africa]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1940-08-13]]> 1940-08-14]]> 1940-09-15]]> 1940-09-16]]> 1940-09-20]]> 1940-09-21]]> 1940-09-22]]> 1940-09-23]]> 1940-10-01]]> 1940-10-02]]> 1940-10-07]]> 1940-10-08]]> 1940-10-14]]> 1940-10-15]]> 1940-11-12]]> 1940-11-13]]> 1940-11-15]]> 1940-11-16]]> 1940-11-17]]> 1940-11-18]]> 1940-11-26]]> 1940-11-27]]> 1940-12-02]]> 1940-12-03]]> 1940-12-18]]> 1940-12-19]]> 1940-12-20]]> 1940-12-21]]> 1940-12-23]]> 1940-12-24]]> 1940-12-29]]> 1940-12-30]]> 1941-01-03]]> 1941-01-04]]> 1941-01-05]]> 1941-01-10]]> 1941-01-11]]> 1941-01-16]]> 1941-01-17]]> 1941-02-03]]> 1941-02-04]]> 1941-02-11]]> 1941-02-12]]> 1941-02-23]]> 1941-02-24]]> 1941-02-26]]> 1941-02-27]]> 1941-03-01]]> 1941-03-02]]> 1941-03-03]]> 1941-03-04]]> 1941-04-08]]> 1941-04-09]]> 1941-04-10]]> 1941-04-14]]> 1941-04-15]]> 1941-05-07]]> 1941-05-08]]> 1941-05-09]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-06]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-15]]> 1945-04-16]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-04-23]]>