Middle and bottom, congratulations to Bob on his award.
Right page; top, title of the Vauxhall Mirror.
Middle, report of Bob's operational career and being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Sergeant A J Spires being awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
Bottom, a group of 32 men, 30 wearing half caps and two in officer's hats, with a dog in front of a Whitley aircraft, annotated 'Bob 2nd left' and '51 Sqn April 1941'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Czech Republic]]> Italy]]> Italy--Naples]]> Italy--Taranto]]> France]]> FrAnce--Dunkerque]]> Middle East]]> 1941-04]]> 1941-06-07]]> 1941-07]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1941-07-01]]> 1970-01-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941-07]]> ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> 1941-07]]> The centre image on the left page is a portrait head and shoulders photograph with a caption "RON".
The bottom right photograph shows a men in shorts with the caption "ANDY".
The top left photograph on the right page shows three men in military uniform.
The top right photograph on the right page also shows three men in military uniform.
The bottom left photograph on the right page shows five men in military uniforms standing perpendicular to the camera, looking to their left facing the camera. The caption reads "BOB, ALAN, ME, GORDON, DUNCAN".
The bottom right photograph on the right page shows five men in military uniform standing in front of a building, with the caption "ALAN-BOB-GORDON-SCRUFF-JOE".
the right page is captioned "Moncton, New Brunswick".
On the reverse, the centre photograph is captioned with an indecipherable name and a postal stamp which is dated "7 JUL 1941".
Also on the reverse of the bottom right photograph on the left page is some indecipherable handwriting.]]>
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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. ]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> William Cragg]]> Paul Baguley]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1941-07]]> 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]]> 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]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Krefeld Region]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940]]> 1941-07-20]]> 1941-07-21]]> 1941-07-25]]> 1941-07-26]]> 1941-08-03]]> 1941-08-04]]> 1941-08-05]]> 1941-08-06]]> 1941-08-07]]> 1941-08-08]]> 1941-08-28]]> 1941-08-29]]> 1941-08-31]]> 1941-09-01]]> 1941-09-02]]> 1941-09-03]]> 1941-09-06]]> 1941-09-07]]> 1941-09-08]]> 1941-09-12]]> 1941-09-13]]> 1941-09-20]]> 1941-09-21]]> 1941-09-26]]> 1941-09-27]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-10-12]]> 1941-10-13]]> 1941-10-16]]> 1941-10-17]]> 1941-10-21]]> 1941-10-22]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-11-30]]> 1941-12-01]]> 1942-04-29]]> 1942-04-30]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Princes Risborough]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Bushey]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Doncaster]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> 1939-01-26]]> 1941-07-05]]> 1941-08-02]]> 1942-10-01]]> 1942-12-28]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1952]]> 1965]]> Despite earlier army reports being reliable, it is claimed that there is now German disinformation concerning the Russian campaign and the high number of casualties and prisoners.

After spotting a battle cruiser on 22nd July, an RAF operation was carried out on 24th July with damage to the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst battle cruisers and Prinz Eugen cruiser. 34 Messerschmitts were shot down. It claims German ships are now effectively confined to ports.

In a London radio broadcast, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s adviser, Harry Hopkins, outlines American assistance to Britain, including joint patrols by warships, significant numbers of aircraft, food, and military equipment already en route.

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Ten Serbs are hanged in Pancevo, on the orders of Bandelow after posters appeared stating that ten Serbs would be hanged for every German soldier killed or wounded. There are photographs of the hangings and of the notice.

Several occupied cities were fined for using the V-sign (for victory) as an act of defiance. To counter this, the propaganda ministry has stolen the sign for its own use.

Claims public is being deceived about share dividends being reduced (regulation to limit the distribution of profits on 21st June 1941).

Page 3
The RAF flight range will increase as nights draw in, with heavier bombs at their disposal. Advice is dispensed to German urban populations on preparations to take for the autumn and winter.

Lord Woolton, Minister of Food, on 15 July denigrates German media propaganda on the state of British nutrition; he claims German prisoners are amazed at how abundant it is and points to American supplies in the coming year with a higher nutritional value than the last fifteen years.

America and Britain and its allies have frozen all Japanese assets as a result of it taking French-Indochina.

Page 4
By taking over protection of Iceland, the United States has reduced the danger zone for British ships crossing the Atlantic, fulfilling the United States’ Secretary of State, Cordell Hull’s promise that weapons and foodstuff would safely reach their destination.
With the news that Dr Robert Ley had visited some bombed cities in West Germany, the correspondent makes some comparisons between the good things England is doing for its people compared to Germany’s leaders.

In addition to all the steelworks, armaments works and mines acquired in a number of territories, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring has acquired Omnipol A.G. as an import export company to buy and sell as it wants.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> deu]]> Text]]> Wehrmacht]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany]]> Atlantic Ocean]]> Great Britain]]> Serbia]]> Serbia--Pančevo]]> United States]]> 1941-06]]> 1941-07]]> 1941-06-21]]> 1941-07-15]]> 1941-07-22]]> 1941-07-24]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-07]]> P Field]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-07-17]]> P Field]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Cirencester]]> England--Cheltenham]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> Germany]]> Germany--Detmold]]> 1931]]> 1937]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1941-07]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945-12]]> 1983-08-13]]> 1946-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-07-19]]> Mary Hitchcock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> 1941-07-26]]> Detailing his flying training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at RAF Tollerton (27 E&RFTS), RAF Hanworth (5 EFTS), RAF Yatesbury (10 EFTS), RAF Brize Norton (2 SFTS), RAF St Athan (SoAN), RAF Cottesmore RAF Saltby (14 OTU), RAF Scampton (49 Squadron), (RAF Finningley (7 BATF) and RAF Bruntingthorpe and Bitteswell (29 OTU). Aircraft flown in were Magister, Tiger Moth, Oxford, Anson, Hampden and Wellington. He flew seventeen night operations with 49 Squadron. Targets not specified. His first or second pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Bowden and Pilot Officer Kerridge. ]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Pending temporal coverage. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1941-02-25]]> 1941-02-26]]> 1941-03-01]]> 1941-03-02]]> 1941-03-03]]> 1941-03-04]]> 1941-03-21]]> 1941-03-22]]> 1941-03-30]]> 1941-03-31]]> 1941-04-03]]> 1941-04-06]]> 1941-04-07]]> 1941-04-08]]> 1941-04-09]]> 1941-04-10]]> 1941-04-12]]> 1941-04-13]]> 1941-05-08]]> 1941-05-09]]> 1941-05-10]]> 1941-05-11]]> 1941-05-12]]> 1941-05-13]]> 1941-05-16]]> 1941-05-17]]> 1941-05-25]]> 1941-05-26]]> 1941-05-27]]> 1941-05-28]]> 1941-06-22]]> 1941-06-23]]> 1941-06-25]]> 1941-06-26]]> 1941-06-28]]> 1941-06-29]]> 1941-07-05]]> 1941-07-06]]> 1941-08-11]]> 1941-08-12]]> 1941-08-14]]> 1941-08-15]]> 1941-08-17]]> 1941-08-18]]> 1941-08-26]]> 1941-08-27]]> 1941-08-29]]> 1941-08-30]]> 1941-08-31]]> 1941-09-01]]> 1941-09-02]]> 1941-09-03]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-21]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]>
This recording was made around 1990, as Leslie recounts the story to his grandson, Matt Phillips.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Scotland--Fife]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1941-07-07]]> 1941-07-26]]> 1941-10-03]]> 1941-10-12]]> 1941-10-17]]> 1941-11-22]]> 1941-12-13]]> 1941-12-16]]> 1941-12-27]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> Pending review]]> 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--Cumbria]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-07-24]]> 1941-07-25]]> 1941-08-02]]> 1941-08-03]]> 1941-08-14]]> 1941-08-15]]> 1941-08-16]]> 1941-08-17]]> 1941-08-18]]> 1941-08-19]]> 1941-09-26]]> 1941-09-27]]> 1941-10-12]]> 1941-10-13]]> 1941-10-16]]> 1941-10-17]]> 1941-10-20]]> 1941-10-21]]> 1941-12-08]]> 1941-12-09]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-01-07]]> 1942-01-09]]> 1942-01-10]]> 1942-01-11]]> 1942-01-14]]> 1942-01-15]]> 1942-01-28]]> 1942-01-29]]> 1942-02-14]]> 1942-02-15]]> 1942-02-26]]> 1942-02-27]]> 1942-03-13]]> 1942-03-14]]> 1942-03-25]]> 1942-03-26]]> 1942-04-08]]> 1942-04-09]]> 1942-04-19]]> 1942-04-20]]>
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
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A missing photograph was captioned 'Myself 1938'.
Bottom left - a man and a woman wearing civilian dress standing in a garden. Captioned 'July 1941'.
Bottom right - and airman wearing tunic standing in a garden. Captioned '1941 July'.]]>
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