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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> It is annotated 'PL40185'.
Information supplied with the collection identifies the aircraft as 'KW-U' and 'KW-S' and states 'Evocative photograph of 425 "Alouette" Sqn. Halifax LL596 KW-U running up its engines. Taken in November 1944, after LL594 was lost, it is typical of daily activities on a wartime bomber airfield'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> 1944-11]]>
On the reverse 'F/O Jacques Cote (pilot) DFC
Rene Jutgas ? (Nav)
Sgt Ken Jenkins
Aircraft 'U' Uncle
KE Jenkins 425 Sq'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB17030010]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB17030014]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> On the reverse 'KW-V 425 Sqdn Sept 1944 Tholthorpe Man in photo is F/E Eddie Collyer' and 'MZ538 KW-V'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB17030016]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-09]]> On the reverse 'KW-B of 425 Halifax III
KW-B
NR252
425 Sqn
Tholthorpe
Feb/Mar 1944'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB17030018]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944]]>
On the reverse -
'Tholthorpe
Nov 44
MZ454 KW-S in background
LL596 KW-U in foreground
425 Sqn'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB17030020]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-11]]>
On the reverse LW412 KE-Q Citie de Quebec'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> fra]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB17030022]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB17030024]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> On the reverse '425 Sq Halifax III Tholthorpe'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB17030026]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> On the reverse 'MZ454 KW-S of 425 Sqn Tholthorpe Taken Nov 44.
This aircraft crashed after take off on ops 5/3/44 [sic incorrect date, should be 5/3/45] due to severe icing, 4 of crew died including US pilot F/L AR Lowe RCAF'.]]>
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Training continued on Whitleys before a transfer to Acaster Malbis for yet more training, followed by the heavy conversion unit at Marston Moor, on Halifaxes.
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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