IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1943]]> ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Photo 1 is a group of airmen arranged in five rows in front of a Stirling, captioned '199 Squadron Stirlings Lakenheath November 1943. Dad is third row up, fifth from left'.
Photo 2 is four airmen standing under the nose of an aircraft with a jester painted on it. It is captioned 'Achmer Germany 1945 Left to Right Chipy, Frank, Dad, Baron'.
Photo 3 is two airmen standing under the nose of an aircraft, captioned 'Achmer Germany 1945 Dad (mid upper gunner) and Frank (navigator).
Photo 4 is a pilot leaning out of the cockpit of his aircraft, captioned 'Achmer Germany May 1945 Chip the Skip (pilot)'.
Photo 5 is Chipy and Frank standing under an engine beside a propeller, captioned 'Achmer Germany 1945 Chipy (pilot) and Frank (navigator)
Photo 6 is Baron sitting on a propeller hub, captioned 'Acher Germany 1945 Baron "Shooting a line" . '
Photo 7 is of two airmen. One is on a ladder looking into the cockpit. The second is in flying kit, leaning on a propeller.
Photo 8 is two ground crew and Frank at the nose of a Mitchell, captioned 'Achmer Germany 1945 Two ground crew Alf and George with Frank (navigator)'.
Photo 9 and 13 are Chipy standing under the nose of his aircraft, captioned 'Achmer Germany 1945 Chipy again! (pilot).
Photo 10 is Baron and Frank standing at the nose of their Mitchell, captioned 'Achmer Germany 1945 Baron (bomb aimer) and Frank (navigator).
Photo 11 is an airman in the front of a bomber.
Photo 12 is an airman at the rear gunner's station, captioned 'Achmer Germany 1945 "The Baron of Leipzig" in office'.
Photo 14 is four airmen standing in a row, captioned 'Achmer Germany 1945 "The Boys" Hicky, Tommy, Baron, Nuts'.
Photo 15 is Baron standing amongst bombed buildings, captioned 'Achmer Germany May 31st 1945 "The Baron" "How I done it" Osnabruck'.
Photo 16 is a head and shoulders portrait of George.
Photo 17 is an almost full length portrait of George standing in a camp.
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Second is of ten individuals standing and kneeling in front of a Stirling, captioned "The Mechanics".]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-02]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04]]> Second is of small car, captioned "Crew - bus", my first car bought when on ops with 199 Sqdn.'
Third is of right-hand forward nose of a Stirling with bomb trolley beneath, another Stirling in background. Captioned 'bombing up.']]>
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Second is of a Stirling just getting airborne, captioned 'Dusk take off', ' Nan taken by ground staff as we left for Germany on our last trip April 1945'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1945-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Photograph of a destroyed bridge over a river, captioned, 'Last bridge over the Rhine-Remagen'.
copy of the authorisation of 199 Squadron badge showing the King's and the Chester Herald and Inspector of Royal Air force Badges signatures, captioned 'Collage of Arms July 1944'.
A newspaper cutting captioned 'R.A.F. lost half of all bomber crews'. 'Salisbury Rhodesia'. reports on a speech made by Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur Harris stating that 50,000 of 110,000 Bomber Command aircrew were killed during the war.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Remagen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--North Creake]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-04-22]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1945-08-03]]> Second and third pictures, same car, somewhat battered, parked on road, houses in distance, captioned 'Topcliffe, Thirsk, 1st Dec '44, after brush on A1 with half track truck'.
Photograph of marriage party, with newspaper clipping annotated Feb. 1945, captioned 'Marriage Corkill-Watson, on February 15th at St Barnabas Parish Church, Crosland Huddersfield'.
Photograph of Bride and Groom captioned 'Hilda & Ken 15 Feb '45 Huddersfield'.
Photograph of six aircrew posed in two rows in a field, buildings in the background, captioned 'Second tour crew No 199 Halifax Radio Counter Measures Sqn, 100 Group. Feb-July '45 [rear row] ."CIS" Bryant, Rear Gnr. Bob Brown Eng. "Young Bill" W.Op, "Tich" Read, M.U.Gunner, [front row] Joe Evans Bomb Aimer, Bill Sharples Pilot, Keith Nav'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-02-15]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Manchester]]> 1942-12-19]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Flying Officer Ronald Herman Downes Cook, wireless operator/ air gunner;
Sergeant Ronald Hughes, navigator;
Sergeant John Guyer Wilson, bomb aimer;
Sergeant Leonard Waldorf, pilot. The latter was born to a Jewish family and was killed in action on 12/13 May 1943 on Duisburg.]]>
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