The second clipping shows the same area a few days later after the 'Tallboys' had been used.
The last item is part of an official report on the operation that Edward took part in, it gives details of the aircraft and their squadrons that took part, a summary of the raid, 'not very accurate but the surrounding infrastructure had been damaged'. There is also a small press cutting referring to operations over northern Europe in general.]]>
Edward King]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Photograph]]> Physical object]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> 1944-07-05]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> MFordTA1585520-170411-050002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> 1944-10-03]]> From information kindly provided by the donor. 'W/O Samuel Guyan DFC, Last Day 1946'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1946]]> Photo 2 is a Horsa being towed by a Halifax.
Photo 3 is a Horsa in D-day markings.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1944]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Audinghen]]> France--Caen Region]]> France--Dreux]]> France--Laon]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Lisieux]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Paris]]> France--Paris Region]]> France--Rouen]]> France--Valenciennes]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> France--Versailles Region]]> France--Watten]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> South Africa--Oudtshoorn]]> South Africa--Port Alfred]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Ouistreham]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1945]]> Edward King]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Map]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> 1944-06-30]]> Edward King]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Photograph]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> Tom joined the RAF at 15 after altering his birth certificate. He trained in Canada as a pilot.]]> Tom Payne]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Belfast International Airport]]> England--London]]> England--Ludlow]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> New Brunswick]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shropshire]]> 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]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1945-06-23]]> 1945-07-18]]> 1945-08-18]]> 1945-08-27]]> 1945-09-02]]> 1945-10-01]]> Arthur Harris]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1945-02-20]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1944]]> From information kindly provided by the donor. 'WP-P (Peter) BK784 with air and ground crew "Jock" Guyan centre with legs crossed'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1943]]> From information kindly provided by the donor. 'S. Guyan maintaining his guns, on top of BK784 cleaning gun muzzle'.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]>
]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> England]]> Great Britain]]> Great Britain]]> 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'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1943]]> 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]]>
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]]>
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]]> 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]]> 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]]> 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]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1943]]> 1945-04-21]]>
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]]> 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]]> 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]]>