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- Tags: 617 Squadron
Ernie Twells’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bramcote; RAF Swinderby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
617 Squadron memorial tie
Tags: 617 Squadron; memorial
Rupert the bear mascot
Ernie Twells' decorations
Bomb aimers briefing 12 June 1944 - Caen
Album title page
Ernie Twells' recommendation for D.F.C.
Airmen and Lancasters at at Archangel Yagodnik USSR
The two starboard engines of a Lancaster viewed from inside the aircraft. In the background…
Flight Lieutenant Bob Knights and crew
Tags: 617 Squadron; aircrew; flight engineer; Lancaster; pilot
Starboard engines, Lancaster
Tags: 617 Squadron; Lancaster; Tirpitz
Ernie Twells on a Lancaster engine
Tags: 617 Squadron; aircrew; flight engineer; Lancaster; Tirpitz
Engine change on Lancaster PB415
Tags: 617 Squadron; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster; Tirpitz
Lancasters at Yagodnik
Tags: 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Lancaster; Tirpitz
Gnome Rhone works
Ernie Twells and airmen
Bob Knights and seven crew wearing flying gear standing in front of…
Munich and of the Tirpitz
A target photograph of the…
Bob Knights' target photograph of the Tirpitz
The Tirpitz firing its guns, taken from onboard the vessel.
617 Squadron veteran reunion
Ernie Twell's Lancaster DV385
Tags: 617 Squadron; Lancaster; nose art
Leonard Cheshire and officer
A civilian and two airmen under a Lancaster with a mocked up bouncing bomb during the filming of The Dam Busters. Standing with…
Ernie Twells' Obituary and letter from the King
A letter from the King awarding Ernie Twells his Distinguished Flying Cross.
Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; aircrew; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Distinguished Flying Cross; fitter engine; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; Lancaster; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); RAF Swinderby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tirpitz; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
Bill Howarth and four veterans
A Lancaster flying over the nose of another Lancaster 'C'.
Tags: 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bouncing bomb; Lancaster
617 Squadron veterans
Veterans on way to reunion
Tags: 617 Squadron; aircrew
Bob Knights' Obituary
Tags: 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); pilot; submarine; Tallboy; Tirpitz; V-1; V-weapon