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SStrattonM1673355v10023.pdf
Details: 51 Squadron, captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski date 18/19/3/45. Includes orders, times, navigation data and observations. Signed M Sabloski.

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SStrattonM1673355v10018.pdf
Details: 51 Squadron, aircraft 'MH-X', captain W/O Johnson, navigator F/Sgt Sabloski, date 25.4.45. Includes orders, times, navigation data and observations. Signed M Sabloski.

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SStrattonM1673355v10017.pdf
Details: 51 Squadron, captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski, date 19.3.45. Includes orders for window, time on target and bombing course. Contains times, navigation data, observations and comments.

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SStrattonM1673355v10013.pdf
Details: 51 Squadron, captain W/O Johnson, navigator F/Sgt Sabloski, target Heligoland. Includes orders for window and marking as well as times, navigation data and observations. General column includes comment 'aircraft crashed on target' as well as…

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SStrattonM1673355v10011.pdf
Details: 51 Squadron, captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski, date 24.3.45. Includes orders, times, navigation data and observations.

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SStrattonM1673355v10007-0001.jpg
Records times and navigational observations. Notes was 51 Squadron, captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski date 24.3.45.

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SKeelingRV82689v10027.jpg
Left page: top, notice of the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Pilot Officer R.V.Keeling.
Middle and bottom, congratulations to Bob on his award.
Right page; top, title of the Vauxhall Mirror.
Middle, report of Bob's operational career…

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SKeelingRV82689v10023.jpg
Left page:
top, a group comprising bride and groom, seven bridesmaids and two couples, annotated 'Kay Tomlinson's wedding'.
Bottom, four men walking abreast, three wearing top hat and tails and one a vicar.
Right page:
Top left, a copy of…

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SKeelingRV82689v10021.jpg
Left page: top, left and right, Whitley NI352 in flight above fields.
Bottom left, a view of Whitley NI352 in flight from below.
Bottom right, Whitley H MH on a runway with chocks under the front wheels, annotated 'Bob's Whitley MH H'.

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SKeelingRV82689v10020.jpg
Left page: top left, a report of a gorse fire on Harpenden Common. Centre, seagull in flight, annotated 'original photograph taken by Bob'.Top right, weather report; middle, attendees at a police dance, annotated 'Geoff Shaw was in the same squadron…

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SKeelingRV82689v10018.jpg
Left page: from top, descriptions of the Magister, Anson and Whitley aircraft, annotated 'RAF aircraft in which Bob did his training'.
Whitley aircraft, B-DY, C-DY and E-DY, flying in formation; bottom, crashed Whitley MH-H, annotated 'Usworth 17 11…

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MKeelingRV82689-230601-01.jpg
Top, report of the death of Douglas Jeffries in aircraft MH-M. Bottom, report and picture of Whitley T4218 MH-H, following a failed landing attempt on its return from an operation to Gelsenkirchen in an electrical storm. The image is stamped 'R Moore…

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LKeelingRV82689v1.pdf
Pilot's flying log book for Robert 'Bob' Victor Keeling covering the period 15 June 1939 to 30 June 1943. Details his training and operational duties. Bob flew 27 night operations, 15 as second pilot to Pilot Officer Deacon, Sergeant Prior and…

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MHomewoodWR1577093-190724-03.jpg
A list of William and crew with the date, aircraft and 37 operations.

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SHomewoodWR1577093v1.pdf
A detailed account of William's service in 51 Squadron including copies of the squadron's operational record books.

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LHomewoodWR1577093v1.pdf
W R Homewood’s Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book covering the period from 2 May 1944 to 12 March 1945, detailing his flying training and operations flown as Air Bomber. He was stationed at SAAF East London (41 Air…

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SIvesonD19171121v10041.jpg
A summary of Group Captain Douglas 'Hank' Iveson D.S.O, D.F.C service career, following his retirement. Annotated 'Aug 1961 Chief Intelligence Officer of the Far East. Changi. Singapore. Returned to England. March 1964' and 'Medmenham. June 1964.…

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NIvesonD181213-01.jpg
Details the service career of Douglas 'Hank' Iveson including operations to prevent the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau leaving port, damage sustained to his Halifax aircraft, low level attacks on Tirpitz, participation in the 1,000 aircraft raids, the…

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LIvesonD19171121v1.pdf
Pilot's flying log book for Squadron Leader Douglas 'Hank' Iveson covering the period 3 June 1939 to 10 June 1947 and 13 June 1947 to 15 June 1958. Served with 76 Squadron, 77 Squadron and 462 Squadron in Europe and North Africa. Aircraft flown were…

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LSharlandRG138832v10001.jpg
Four pages with dates recorded from 2nd August 1943 to 27th April 1944. In this excerpt, Robert George Sharland is recorded to have undertaken 27 flights, 18 being in the day and 9 being at night. The first page details Sharland’s training and…

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LWigleyH945058v1.pdf
The Log Book runs from 20 August 1940 until 10 March 1944. The first flight is recorded at No 7 EFTS, RAF 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…

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SCookeJRA1336866v10009.jpg
Two photographs from an album.
#1 is an oblique aerial photograph of Snaith taken during the war.
#2 is a group of men arranged in three rows in front of a Halifax. Bob's position is indicated in the caption.

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SCookeJRA1336866v10008.jpg
Two pages from Bob's log book showing some of his training flights and operations whilst with 51 Squadron.

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SCookeJRA1336866v10007.jpg
Details of the events leading to the loss of Bob Cooke and crew, 30 June 1944.

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SCookeJRA1336866v10006.jpg
A brief biography of Charlie written by his niece, Anne. Charlie was an air gunner on Bob's crew.

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