IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Dartford]]> 1944-02-15]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Bideford]]> 1944-02-15]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Kettering]]> 1944-02-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Kettering]]> 1944-02-15]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-02-15]]> Top right - seven aircrew wearing a variety of uniform or flying clothes standing in line under the nose of a Lancaster. Captioned 'Lancaster III, 1943, (self, Alfie, Doug, "Shorty", Dickie, "Mo", "Bloody"), Metheringham, 106 Squadron, Bomber Command, 1st tour'.
Bottom left - eleven airmen (air and ground crew) sitting and standing in two rows with one man in rear turret of a Lancaster ZN-Z. Captioned 'Lancaster III 1945, (Doug, "Bloody", self, "Shorty", Bill, Syd, Jack, Pete, "Sport", "Taff", "Dixie"), Metheringham 106 Squadron, 2nd tour'.
Bottom right - seven airmen all wearing battledress with brevet sitting and standing in two rows in front of a Nissen hut. Captioned 'Doug, "Sport", "Bloody", Pete, "Dixie", self, "Shorty", 106 Squadron Metheringham, 1945. 2nd tour, (F/O Cunnison, F/O Sandford DFC, F/O Blood DFM, F/O Lynch DFM, F/O Dean DFC, Self, F/O Groombridge DFM)'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943]]> 1945]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> W R P Perry]]> H J Verity]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Tunbridge Wells]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Canada]]> Alberta--De Winton]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta]]> 1941-03-26]]> 1943-06]]> 1944-02]]> 1945]]> 1945-10]]> 1947]]> 1982]]> 2007]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France]]> France--Clermont-Ferrand]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Italy]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Norway]]> Norway--Tromsø]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Germany--Euskirchen Region]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--IJmuiden]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> Netherlands--Maassluis]]> Germany--Bielefeld]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Poland]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-02-25]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-04-18]]> 1943-04-19]]> 1943-05-04]]> 1943-05-05]]> 1943-05-11]]> 1943-05-12]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-05-28]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-05-30]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-14]]> 1943-06-15]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-06-26]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-26]]> 1943-08-07]]> 1943-08-08]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-07]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-20]]> 1943-10-21]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-12-08]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-06]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-21]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> Pending review]]> Pending temporal coverage. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1944]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-06]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-09-09]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-03]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-05]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-23]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-19]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> #1 to 6 are of the RAF Memorial at Plymouth Hoe, also the final resting place for the ashes of Donald Bennett, Commander of the Pathfinders.
#7 is a memorial at RAF Silverstone.
#8 is a memorial at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh
#9 and 10 are the memorial at RAF Metheringham. #11 and 12 are of a Lightning tail fin at RAF Binbrook.
#13 and 14 are a memorial at RAF Fiskerton.
#15 is of a pub sign 'Black Swan' at RAF Skellingthorpe.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Plymouth]]> England--Devon]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Ken Kent]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Second is of four aircrew standing under a palm tree, captioned 'Bari Italy October 1945, Under the swaying palms'.
The third is missing, this was captioned 'The crew 106 Squadron and listed their names.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Italy--Bari]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Italy]]> Great Britain]]> 1944-02]]> 1945-10]]>
John Harrison was a crew member on this aircraft, the flight engineer was killed and the wireless operator injured.
Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1943-12-30]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> 1944-02-21]]> Bottom - target photograph showing explosions. Captioned 'METH 11/12.5.44//8" 6,200' 172 degrees 00.22, Bourg Rd. E. 1x4000. 6x1000 3x500. 27 sec. P/O THOMPSON (J.G.)V/106'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Geolocation impractical]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> France--Gennevilliers]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> Bottom - three Lancaster parked on dispersal with another two visible in the distance. Submitted with description 'A view of five 106 Sqn Lancasters dispersed on an airfield with their engines running. The aircraft in the centre background is ZN-E . Photo annotated "Lancaster Mk 3 leaving dispersals for runway. Destination Frankfurt 22/23 Mar 44." This date confirms location as RAF Metheringham. [IWM image CH 12543]'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> Bottom - four members of Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirtsleeves out side a Nissen hut with a Union flag above and behind. Submitted with description 'Four WAAF Sgt's at RAF Metheringham, May 1945. Left to right: Sgt Molly Lilley (Stores), Sgt Grace Bayley (Ops), Sgt Anne Walker (Admin), Sgt Peggy Haining (Ops). Taken Sunday after VE Day just before leaving Metheringham for Victory Parade to Lincoln Cathedral. Note the name of their Nissen hut: "The Sarjery"'.

Submitted with description 'Unidentified 1668 HCU Lancaster J9-L at RAF Metheringham May or June 1944. This aircraft may be either PB437 or PB487, both of which were known to have been operated by this Heavy Conversion Unit']]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Matt Lunn]]> Roger Brindley]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1945-05]]>
Bottom - seven aircrew, some wearing battledress and others parachute harnesses, all standing in line in front of the rear fuselage of a bomber aircraft with squadron letters 'ZN-R'. Submitted with description 'Unidentified aircrew standing next to 106 Sqn Lancaster ZN-R. Date and location unrecorded. The whole crew appear to be NCO's and the pilot is standing at the extreme right of the photgraph [sic]. Three of the crew are wearing chest-type parachute harnesses'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Bottom - seven aircrew, three sitting in front and four standing behind. All are wearing tunics with brevet and side or peaked caps. In the background are huts. Submitted with description 'Photograph of seven aircrew in uniform, seated and standing outdoors; date unknown but location is believed to be RAF Metheringham. The photo is annotated "F/Lt McIntyre's 'Hot Shots' ". The crew members have signed the photograph but although the majority of the signatures are not legible it appears that name of the pilot (seated centre) is Peter McIntyre, who joined 106 Sqn in January 1945, transferring away in May 1945']]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-05]]> Bottom - target photograph of Migennes within a series of roads running bottom left to top middle with a built up area on the right. There is an aircraft below - one third way down on right side. Captioned 'Meth 31.7.44/8/3000, 160, 20.26, JOIGNY_LA_ROCHE , 11x1000, 3x500, cv30secs, F/O Thompson JG, [..]'. Submitted with description 'Target photo of raid at Joigny La Rocher 31/7/1944. Pilot F/O J G Thompson. Note the lower-altitude Lancaster at the top right of the image']]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France]]> France--Migennes]]> 1944-09]]> 1945-04]]> 1944-07-31]]> Bottom - seven airmen all wearing tunics, some with half brevet sitting on steps with deck chairs in the background. Submitted with description 'Duplicate of MAVCP:2019/M08/05. Group of seven seated airmen, outside the officer's mess at RAF Syerston. Rear, left to right: F/Lt Beeson, F/Lt Browne, F/Lt Stephens, F/Lt Hartley. Front row: F/O Nicholson, F/Lt Martin (Adj), F/O Shadbolt'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> Bottom - six aircrew, four standing and two crouching in front with parachute packs. All are wearing parachute harnesses and side caps and are in front of the rear turret of a Lancaster. Submitted with description 'Duplicate of MAVCP:2019/M08/18. W/Cdr R E Baxter's crew behind unidentified Lancaster. Rear row, left to right: Sgt Jackson; Sgt Coulton; P/O Moore; Sgt Thursby. Front row: P/O Horobin and Sgt "Bill" Berry.'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-03]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1950-10-20]]>