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- Tags: Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944)
Saumur
Saumur
Crew list for Saumur tunnel operation
Interpretation report - Saumur tunnel - provisional statement of damage
Railway tunnel and bridge, Saumur, operation narrative
Note from Air Officer Command 5 Group
Royal Air Force file cover - Saumur 8/9 June
Interview with Mary Stopes-Roe
Tags: 617 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bouncing bomb; Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); childhood in wartime; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Grand Slam; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Tallboy; Tirpitz; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington
Ernie Twells' Operations
Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 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); Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944)
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
Interview with John Richard Bell
Tags: 617 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Grand Slam; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Tallboy; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979)