IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Israel]]> Israel--ʻEn Shemer]]> 1946]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Israel]]> Israel--ʻEn Shemer]]> 1946]]> 1946-12-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PMcClementsR15010010]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Great Britain]]> On the rear of the portrait is written '75 (NZ) Squadron Gunnery Section' ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Donald Fraser]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-25]]> 1944]]>
On the reverse 19 airmen have signed their names, some including addresses.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Shaw]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> North Africa]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--High Wycombe]]> England--Portsmouth]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> England--Hampshire]]> 1940]]> 1942]]> 1945]]> At the outbreak of war, he left the Post Office and was employed building naval vessels at a boat yard on the Thames in Chertsey. It was here that he first heard about RAF Air Sea Rescue, which he successfully enrolled into. Following training at various establishments he was posted to Newhaven on High Speed Launch 190 as a gunner.
Lawrence describes rescue operations: a Spitfire leading them to an airman in a dinghy; a Wellington aircrew rescued close to Le Havre on 17 July 1943; a German wireless operator who baled out from a downed Ju 88 and his parachute being divided amongst the crew, and finally rescuing the United States serviceman T G Giles who baled out of a P-38.
Occasionally they would come across mines that had broken free. These would be guarded until the Navy arrived and detonated them. This would result in the surface being covered in stunned fish which the crew would be able to scoop up.]]>
David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ian Whapplington]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> British Army]]> Royal Navy]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Chertsey]]> England--Great Yarmouth]]> England--Newhaven]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> France]]> France--Le Havre]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Surrey]]> 1943-07-17]]> 1944-03-16]]>
Denise Boneham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Kenya]]> Romania]]> South Africa]]> North Africa]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> England--London]]> France--Marseille]]> Kenya--Mombasa]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Brian Wright]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> South Africa]]> Arctic Ocean--North Pole]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Scotland--Montrose]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Julian Maslin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> France]]> Germany]]> Poland]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> 1942]]> 1942-10]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944-12]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Ian Locker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Christmas Island]]> Hawaii]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Surrey]]> Hawaii--Honolulu]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> David Kavanagh]]> 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--Lincolnshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1943]]> 1944-12]]> 1945]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> John Rees]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1945-03-03]]> Middle left - four aircrew standing in a line. two wearing battledress and two tunics. All have aircrew brevet. In the background are huts. Personnel identified as: Squadron Leader Roy Kendrick, David Donaldson, Flight Lieutenant Ken Churchill and unknown.
Middle right - three men standing in front of a Nissen hut. All wearing battledress. Personnel identified as Squadron Leader Roy Kendrick, Flight Lieutenant John Leonard Gibby 'Gibby the Beast', and David Donaldson on the right.
Bottom - group of aircrew in a room adjusting flying clothing clothing. Behind them on the wall are maps.

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> John Rees]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]>

Bottom, two men standing in a field. The man on the left is wearing civilian shirt and trousers, on the right is an airman wearing an unbuttoned tunic and drinking from a mug. In the background a line of seated spectators and behind them Nissen huts.

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> John Rees]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> 'Based at Burn' Introduction by Jim Allen
One More Chalked Up
A Trip to Remember
Sabotage on 578 Squadron at Burn by Joe Dudley
Memories of 578 Squadron at Burn 1944 by Joe Dudley]]>
Jim Allen]]> Joe Dudley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> France]]> France--Calais]]> Belgium]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1944-06-30]]>
Ted Neale]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frank Batten]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> BNealeETHNealeETHv070002,
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Royal Air Force]]> Czech Republic--Pardubice]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Port Elizabeth]]> Italy]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> Italy--Portici]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Israel]]> Czech Republic]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]>