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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Lynn Corrigan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Belgium--Beauvechain]]> Belgium--Saint-Vith]]> France--Abbeville Region]]> France--Auxi-le-Château]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Creil]]> France--Falaise]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Bayreuth]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Gladbeck]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Heide (Schleswig-Holstein)]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Ulm]]> Germany--Urft Dam]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Netherlands--Westkapelle]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-06]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1944-09-06]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-16]]> 1944-10-22]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-11-01]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-28]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-23]]> 1944-12-26]]> 1944-12-27]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-03-25]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-15]]> 1945-04-08]]>
Richard Yates]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France--Boulogne-Billancourt]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Lorient]]> 1940-10-01]]> 1941-02]]> 1941-04]]> 1941-06]]> 1941-08]]> 1941-08-16]]> 1941-11]]> 1941-11-24]]> 1941-11-30]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-03-09]]> 1942-03-13]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-06-08]]> 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]]> #1 is a letter commanded by the Queen thanking him for his service.
#2 is a letter appointing him to General Duties.
#3 is a letter that can be used as a reference. It mentions his role in the filming of The Dam Busters.
#4 is a letter approving his premature retirement.]]>
Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> 1954-08-24]]> 1958-01-10]]> 1958-03-10]]>
G Newberry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1958]]> 1957]]> 1956]]> 1955]]> 1954]]> #2 is man in a garden, captioned 'W/Cdr D Warr King'.
#3 is Manor Farm, Collyweston 1946-7'.
#4 is a woman in a dress in a garden, captioned 'May 1947 at Manor Farm'.
#5 is a woman's legs, she is seated on a deck chair, captioned 'Nylons from 35 Sqn's American tour July 46'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> 1946]]> 1947]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1946]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> North Brother Island and Rikers Island can be seen in the top left of the photograph. The aircraft are in the post-war black and white colour scheme.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mathew Clare]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> 1946]]>
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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]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Montchanin]]> France--Montluçon]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Zweibrücken]]> Italy--Bari]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Turin]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> 1943-04-28]]> 1943-04-29]]> 1943-04-30]]> 1943-05-01]]> 1943-05-04]]> 1943-05-05]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-05-28]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-05-30]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-16]]> 1943-06-17]]> 1943-06-19]]> 1943-06-20]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-12]]> 1943-07-13]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-26]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-03]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-16]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-07]]> 1943-09-15]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-20]]> 1943-10-21]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-03-26]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-15]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-04-30]]> 1945-05-05]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-05-08]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-15]]> 1945-05-23]]> 1945-06-08]]> 1945-06-12]]> 1945-06-14]]> 1945-06-25]]> 1945-07-03]]> 1945-07-09]]> 1945-08-03]]> 1945-08-05]]> 1945-08-22]]> 1945-08-24]]>
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]]> Belgium]]> Czech Republic]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Haine-Saint-Pierre]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> Belgium--Tienen]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Angers]]> France--Aumale]]> France--Bayeux Region]]> France--Caen Region]]> France--Calais]]> France--Cambrai]]> France--Falaise]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Lens]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Saint-Omer Region (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Bari]]> Netherlands--Domburg]]> Netherlands--Soesterberg]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Scotland--Moray Firth]]> France--Coquereaux]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1943-04-17]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-13]]> 1944-03-14]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-29]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-21]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-09-03]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-06]]> 1944-09-08]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-09-30]]> 1944-10-04]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-24]]> 1945-07-05]]> 1945-08-11]]> 1945-08-13]]> 1945-08-28]]> 1945-08-30]]> 1945-09-18]]> 1945-09-21]]> 1945-11-08]]> 1945-11-10]]> 1945-11-27]]> 1945-11-29]]> 1946]]> A second has no annotation.
A third copy has ' F/Sgt Whittaker (Bombadier) (Charlie) on the reverse.
A fourth copy has 'Harry Whittaker (Charlie) Bomb Aimer on the reverse.
A fifth copy is his cropped head and shoulders.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> ]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> France]]> Manitoba--Brandon Region]]> Ontario--Ashfield Region]]> Scotland--Wigtownshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Germany--Celle]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Recklinghausen (Kreis)]]> Germany--Salzbergen]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Manitoba--Dauphin Area]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> Scotland--Wigtownshire]]> Netherlands]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> Manitoba]]> Manitoba--Rivers]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-21]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-05-01]]> 1945-05-04]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-11]]> 1945-05-16]]> 1945-05-29]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Charles M Ameresekere]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Sri Lanka]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Neuss]]> France--Calais]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-11-03]]> 1941-12-13]]> 1942-02-20]]> 1942-05-02]]> 1942-09-26]]> 1942-11-30]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-11]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1951]]> 1953]]> 1955]]> 1962]]> 1970]]> 1974-03-20]]> Charles M Ameresekera]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Sri Lanka]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Neuss]]> France--Calais]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-11-03]]> 1941-12-13]]> 1942-02-20]]> 1942-05-02]]> 1942-09-26]]> 1942-11-30]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-11]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1951]]> 1953]]> 1955]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Pforzheim]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Gillingham (Kent)]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Norfolk]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Germany--Essen]]> France]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-12-23]]> 1939-08-22]]> 1940-09-07]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1941-02]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-12-08]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-08]]> Wing Commander Alan Craig]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1946-07-06]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending temporal coverage. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Belgium]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> France--Aisne]]> Germany--Bad Oldesloe]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Recklinghausen (Kreis)]]> Germany--Salzbergen]]> Germany--Salzgitter Region]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Netherlands--Hulst (Zeeland)]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 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]]> 1945-04-30]]> 1945-05-01]]> 1945-05-03]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-05-09]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-12]]> 1945-05-15]]> 1945-05-16]]> 1945-05-18]]> 1945-06-05]]> 1945-06-10]]> 1945-06-25]]> 1945-07-29]]> 1945-08-04]]> 1945-08-06]]> 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]]> Top right - newspaper cutting - he gave up rank to bomb again, Cheshire: 3rd DSO. Reports that Wing Commander Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, awarded third DSO, youngest RAF group captain gave up rank to fly on operations again. Adds some other service history details.
Bottom left - half length image of an RAF officer wearing tunic and peaked cap standing on an airfield with hands on hips. Captioned ' Maurice Moon of 58 Squadron'.
Bottom middle - colour players cigarette card with 35 Squadron crest, winged horse head, moto - 'uno animo agimus'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Bottom left - newspaper cutting Mr Cyril Leonard. Announces his death and gives some biographic details.
Top middle left - news paper caption - with full face b/w portrait photograph announced death of Flight Sergt pilot James Thackham and gives some personal details. Captioned 'They don't come any better Jimmy'.
Bottom middle left - newspaper cutting - two in memoriam for James Thackham.
Top middle right - newspaper cutting - with b/w full face portrait photograph concerns passing out in Canada of Roland Harridence as a sergeant pilot. Captioned 'My workmate'.
Bottom middle right - colour player's cigarette card of 35 Squadron crest.
Top right - newspaper cutting - with full face portrait photograph - scoutmaster's commission - concerns Mr David Robins, Oxford had received a commission in the Royal Navy. Captioned 'Still he grows'.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Artwork]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> Canada]]> 1942-05]]>
Top right - newspaper cutting - long service with the RAF, concerning acting Squadron Gunnery Leader Sacks awarded DFM. Captioned 'Gunnery leader No 35 Sqdn'.
Bottom left - small newspaper cutting - in remembrance of Sergt-Pilot Reginald Keen killed September 11 1940. Captioned 'Reg was of the original Oxford VR and was killed during night flying training in Harvards, his engine failed on take off'.
Bottom middle left - newspaper cutting - bar to D.F,C. Concerns Flying Officer F E Rymills DFC, DFM, RAF and mentions award of DFC and DFM. Captioned 'Another of Oxford VR'.
Bottom middle right - newspaper cutting - Oxford airman buried in Holland. Concerns Flt-Sergt Peter John Withers reported missing has been buried in Holland. Captioned 'another of the VR killed whilst serving with 51 Squadron'.
Bottom right - small newspaper cutting - om active service - Flight Sergeant Petr John Withers previously reported missing now reported killed in action.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Dordrecht]]> 1940-09-11]]>