L L Irvin, Caterpillar Club]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1944-03]]> Officer Commanding 97 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> 1943-09-25]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]>
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Officer Commanding 97 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1943-10-17]]>
Officer Commanding 97 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> 1943-09-25]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 97 Squadron adjutant]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Grantham]]> 1943-11-16]]> 1943-09-13]]> Williams]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Grantham]]> 1943-12-08]]> Fl/Lt Hindle Adj 97 Sqdn]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1944]]> Squadron Leader 97 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Y Felinheli]]> 1944-06-10]]>
Accompanied by a head and shoulders portrait of Squadron Leader John Nettleton VC who led the operation.]]>
Winston Churchill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Germany]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Great Britain]]> 1942-04-17]]>
]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Pending review]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> France]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Aube]]> France--Aubigny-sur-Nère]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Poitiers]]> France--Saint-Cyr-l'École]]> France--Saint-Dizier (Haute-Marne)]]> France--Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines]]> France--Thoiry (Yvelines)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Essex]]> England--Maldon]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Barnetby le Wold]]> England--Barton-upon-Humber]]> England--Brigg]]> England--Caistor (Rural District)]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Market Rasen]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Diepholz]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Geilenkirchen]]> Germany--Gerolstein]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Hennef-Sieg]]> Germany--Lehnin (Kloster Lehnin)]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Nordstemmen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Steinheim (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Treuenbrietzen]]> Germany--Welver]]> Germany--Westerburg]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Apeldoorn]]> Netherlands--Nijmegen]]> Netherlands--Oisterwijk]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-09]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Stow-on-the-Wold]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1940]]>
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> France]]> France--Lorient]]> 1943-02-12]]> 1943-02-13]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Aylesbury]]> 1939-01-26]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1941-10-13]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> South Africa--Nongoma]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> Great Britain]]> England--Reading]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> England--London]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> England--Paignton]]> England--Lincoln]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France--Lorient]]> Italy--Turin]]> Italy--Milan]]> France--Brest]]> England--Runnymede]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Germany--Mering]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Grantham]]> Italy]]> France]]> California]]> New York (State)]]> Germany]]> South Africa]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Selsey (West Sussex)]]> California--Los Angeles--Hollywood]]> France--Folleville (Somme)]]> 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]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Pilot Officer Munro DFM and Squadron Leader Riches DFC. ]]> 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]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Singapore]]> Sri Lanka]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Ottignies]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Lens]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Milan]]> Scotland--Grampian]]> Sri Lanka--Western Province]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> North Africa]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-03]]> 1943-08-08]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-13]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-20]]> 1943-10-21]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-17]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-25]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-11-27]]> 1943-12-02]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> OWrigleyJ1029740-170709-020002,
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Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Jim Penny]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> United States]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> France--Modane]]> France--Montluçon]]> Georgia--Americus]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Milan]]> Saskatchewan--North Battleford]]> France]]> Georgia]]> Saskatchewan]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-08-14]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-24]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-15]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-09-17]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-07]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-19]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-10-23]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-11-17]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-24]]>
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
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]]> Canada]]> Czech Republic]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Czech Republic--Chomutov]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Leipzig Region]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Merseburg Region]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Rheine]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--Bari]]> Italy--La Spezia]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> Italy--Turin]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Québec--Québec Region]]> Québec]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-04-26]]> 1943-04-27]]> 1943-05-12]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-05-14]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-05-28]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-05-30]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-20]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-04]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-10]]> 1943-07-12]]> 1943-07-13]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-24]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-09-29]]> 1943-10-01]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-06]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-09]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-01-18]]> 1945-01-19]]> 1945-05-04]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-11]]> 1945-09-09]]> 1945-09-12]]> 1945-11-10]]> 1945-11-12]]> 1945-11-18]]> 1945-11-26]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christine Kavanagh]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1947]]> Jennifer Barraclough]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> He tells of his two brothers who served in the forces and then goes on to talk about his crew and some of the experiences he saw whilst flying in a Bomber Stream.
After his missions, he was then posted as an instructor on Operational Training Units, before flying with 97 Pathfinder Squadron.
Percy flew in Bleinheims, Halifaxes and Lancasters and recalls his life in the Royal Air Force, and his crews and training, also meeting up with the relatives of his former crew, and meeting people from Holland after the war.
Percy also tells of his experiences flying in a Catalina after visiting his brother, who flew in Coastal Command.
Percy completed two tours of duty in Bomber Command and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal in September 1944.
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Adam Sutch]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1941-12-18]]> 1942]]> 1943-08]]> Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> South Africa]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Torquay]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Harrogate]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> England--Eastbourne (East Sussex)]]>