Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Suffolk]]> India--Kolkata]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Bromley]]> England--London]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> England--Essex]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Rod Pickles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Bahrain]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> United States]]> California]]> California--Vandenberg Air Force Base]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1940]]> 1943-04]]> 1944-12]]> 1945]]> Harrogate and refresher training in Perth followed. Tom was posted to No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School at RAF Feltwell where two B-17 crashed. He went to RAF Kidlington and, after finishing at the Advanced Flying Unit, Tom was posted to 26 Operational Training Unit at RAF Wing to fly Wellingtons where he crewed up. In March 1945 he was posted to RAF North Luffenham flying Lancasters. Tom then had to report to 90 Squadron at RAF RAF Tuddenham and joined a different crew. He undertook a few Cooks’ tours for ground crew to the Ruhr, and went to 15 Squadron at RAF Mildenhall where he became flying officer. He brought back some British troops from Italy and did Operation Post Mortem, including a German radar at Kiel. With a few hundred aircraft, there was a significant danger of collision.
Tom finished at an instructors’ flying course at RAF Lulsgate Bottom and was demobilised at the end of 1946.
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Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Merseyside]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Anglesey]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Germany]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Iraq]]> 1943-11]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 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]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Abbeville Region]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Gironde]]> France--Laon]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Netherlands--West Frisian Islands]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-04]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-15]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-25]]> 1944-01-26]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-11]]> 1944-02-12]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-22]]> 1944-02-23]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-04]]> 1944-03-05]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-17]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-20]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-01]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-06]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-04-13]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1945]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Joy Reynard ]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. 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Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1943]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany]]> Germany--Remscheid]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Rheine]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-06-27]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Kettering]]> England--Leicester]]> England--Sileby]]> Egypt]]> England--Ashbourne]]> England--Coventry]]> England--Redcar]]> Wales--Llandudno]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Lithuania]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Dresden]]> England--Thurmaston]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> Germany]]> 1943]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1945]]> The second cutting is captioned 'They don't all reach England!' There is a series of photographs indicating V-1s having exploded just after launch and one that crashed but did not explode.
The sixth is part of an official report of the raid showing the aircraft and their squadrons and a summary of the raid. There is also a newspaper cutting reporting a raid on Nucourt.]]>
Edward King]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Physical object]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Nucourt]]> 1944-07-10]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig Region]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hattingen]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Regensburg]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-29]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-15]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1945-04-20]]> 1945-05-02]]> 1945-05-08]]> 1945-05-09]]> 1945-05-11]]> 1945-05-12]]> 1945-05-13]]> 1945-05-14]]> 1945-05-19]]> 1945-05-23]]> 1945-06-08]]> 1945-06-12]]> 1945-07-24]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Wales--Sealand]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-11]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-01-23]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-02-26]]> 1945-02-28]]> Photo 2 is the nose of a Stirling showing the outline of a seated naked lady, captioned 'Q for Queenie'.
Photo 3 is two Stirlings having collided on the ground.
Photo 4 is Reg Poynton standing in uniform, leaning against a rock.
Photo 5 is Reg Poynton DFC and Kay standing in a garden.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Coventry]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Audinghen]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Calvados]]> France--Cézembre Island]]> France--Dieppe (Arrondissement)]]> France--La Pallice]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Oise]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Netherlands--North Brabant]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> France--Œuf-en-Ternois]]> France--Chantilly Forest]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-07-01]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-08-28]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-03]]> 1944-09-09]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-09-30]]> 1944-10-06]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Ely]]> England--Essex]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Scotland--Inverness-shire]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Le Creusot]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Trier]]> France--Nevers]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Osterfeld]]> Germany--Kamen]]> France]]> Italy]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Heinsberg (Heinsberg)]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-06-03]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-19]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-16]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-08]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-11-15]]> 1944-11-20]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-23]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-23]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-16]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-02-26]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-17]]> Samuel Guyan flew an operational tour with 90 Squadron and a second tour with 115 Squadron where he manned a .5 calibre gun beneath the aircraft. In all he flew fifty one operations. Including one where his crew thought he was just going for his breakfast but found himself flying that night with another crew as a spare gunner.
He sings several songs including 'Ops on a Stirling' to the tune of Waltzing Matilda, 'The old red flannels drawers that Maggie wore' and 'No more ops for me'.]]>
Samuel Guyan]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Farnborough (Hampshire)]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Hampshire]]> 1943]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1945]]>
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'BK784'. Forward part of aircraft on dispersal with hangars in the background.
'BK784. Incendries (sic), Appleby (?) sitting on bomb trolley - note Groundcrew (working) on engine'. Forward section of the aircraft with hangars in the background, two individuals sitting on the loaded bomb trolley.
'Stirling BK784 bomb bay with trolley of incendiaries, Appleby and ground crew'. Standing underneath open bomb bay, loaded bomb trolley with five individuals standing.
'WP-P and groundcrew at door'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1943]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1943]]> Ten airmen standing on the tail of a Stirling.
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'WP-P BK784, Mission Talley, Pilot - Gordon Appleby with groundcrew', and' BK784 Appleby & Groundcrew on Tail'.]]>
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]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> England]]> Great Britain]]> Great Britain]]> From information kindly provided by the donor. 'S. Guyan maintaining his guns, on top of BK784 cleaning gun muzzle'.
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