IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Caen]]> Miles, R]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> Northern Ireland]]> Northern Ireland--Antrim (County)]]> England--Broadstairs]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Kent]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Merseyside]]> England--Shropshire]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Bloemfontein]]> F T Jones]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> England--York]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-31]]> Œuf-en-Ternois, Foret de Nieppe, Bois de Cassan, St Leu D’Esserent and La Hague. Four post-war Cook's Tour flights are recorded. His pilots on operations were Flight Sergeant Keegan and Flying Officer Ward.]]> 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]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Belgium--Ghent]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> Belgium--Louvain]]> Belgium--Mons]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Avesnes Region (Nord)]]> France--Beauvais Region]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Caen]]> France--Cambrai]]> France--Cape La Hague]]> France--Coutances]]> France--Creil Region]]> France--Houlgate]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> France--Merville-Franceville-Plage]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Paris]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Somain]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> France--Œuf-en-Ternois]]> 1943]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 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]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-18]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 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]]> 1945]]> Top middle - RAF colour parties in uniform gathered round a memorial stone on village green with spectators front and in the background.
Top left - note 'Dedication of a memorial to those who failed to return to RCAF Tholthorpe'.
Bottom left - montage of photographs of dedication ceremony, titled 'Royal Canadian Air Force Tholthorpe Memorial June 7 1986'.
Bottom right - notice for the unveiling and dedication on June 7th 1986'.]]>
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Below left - descriptions of the four operations giving numbers and types of aircraft used, aims, results and techniques, equipment used, losses, casualties and comments.
Bottom right - an outline map of east England and Europe showing route to just west of Berlin.]]>
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Bottom left - document giving details and history of 431 (Iroquois) Squadron RCAF, included bases and aircraft flown.
Bottom right - document with brief history of 431 Squadron giving operational performance, sorties and losses and point of interest.]]>
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Transport Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> Belgium--Saint-Ghislain]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Amiens Region]]> France--Arras]]> France--Brest]]> France--Calais]]> France--Condé-sur-Noireau]]> France--Creil]]> France--Dieppe (Arrondissement)]]> France--Donges]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Merville-Franceville-Plage]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> France--Paris Region]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Somain]]> France--Saint-Valery-en-Caux]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Schleswig-Holstein]]> Scotland--Angus]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-04]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-12-30]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-03-06]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944-03-08]]> 1944-03-11]]> 1944-03-12]]> 1944-03-13]]> 1944-03-14]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-17]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-29]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-07-01]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-06]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1945]]> B J May]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Somerset]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Germany]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> 1942]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-03-25]]> 1945-04-08]]> PV Clegg]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kassel]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Essen]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> France]]> France--Metz]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Munich]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Haine-Saint-Pierre]]> Germany--Worms]]> Belgium--Louvain]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Netherlands--Zutphen]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Mussey-sur-Marne]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-01-15]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-09-30]]> 1942-03-08]]> 1943-05-08]]> 1943-05-09]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1942-08-12]]> 1942-07-12]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1942-08-12]]> 1942-01-21]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1942-04-10]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-02]]> 1943-08-14]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-01-18]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1943-04-14]]> 1943-04-15]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-05-14]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1944-01-01]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1943-12-11]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1944-12-26]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-12-27]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> Reg Miles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Navy]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Free French Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Margate]]> England--Wendover]]> England--Aylesbury]]> England--High Wycombe]]> England--Dover]]> England--Shrewsbury]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Penzance]]> England--Devon]]> South Africa--Bloemfontein]]> England--Taunton]]> England--Blackpool]]> Sierra Leone--Freetown]]> South Africa--Durban]]> South Africa--Muizenberg]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> South Africa--Krugersdorp]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Belgium--Ghent]]> England--Folkestone]]> France--Paris]]> France--Lens]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Essen]]> Belgium--Liège]]> France--Somain]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France--Creil Region]]> France--Saint-Vaast-La Hougue]]> France--Montrichard]]> France--Mimoyecques]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Kiel]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Norway--Bergen]]> England--Harrogate]]> Malta]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Australia]]> Queensland--Mackay]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Israel--Tel Aviv]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> West Bank--Bethlehem]]> Iraq--Baṣrah]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India--Kolkata]]> Sri Lanka--Ratmalana]]> Sri Lanka--Negombo]]> Israel--Lod]]> India--New Delhi]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> France]]> Queensland]]> Libya]]> Egypt]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> India]]> Iraq]]> Israel]]> Norway]]> South Africa]]> Pakistan]]> Sri Lanka]]> Sierra Leone]]> West Bank]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Kent]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Lancashire]]> Egypt--Jīzah]]> France--Chantilly Forest]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> It is captioned '2363 TLP 27-8-44//8" 16500' -->142° 2016.2 Marquis/Mimoques (B) E(2x1000) (13x500) c 32 sec F/S Tease E 420'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Mimoyecques]]> 1944-08-27]]> The nose art is a cartoon of a woman, painted 'Tak Yer Time I'm Easy'. 56 bombs are painted on. Under the cockpit is 'Beryle'.
There is a long caption with the history of the aircraft written by Reg Miles in 6 August 2003.
There are three copies without the annotations.
A third copy is cropped and has slightly different annotations.
Included is a note with each man's name.]]>
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It is captioned '2693 TLP 25-9-44// 8" 4000' --> 157° 1111.30 Calais (4) E (9x1000) (4x500) C 22 ½ F/S Teace [sic] "E" 420'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Calais]]> 1944-09-25]]> It is captioned '2762 TLP 27.9.44 8" 6000 -->265° 0934.7 Bottrop E (16x500) c 33 F/S Tease E 420'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-09-27]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Norway]]> Norway--Bergen]]> 1944-10-04]]> It is captioned '2536 TLP 11/9/44//8" 16500' -->1330 1845 .7 Castrop-Rauxel E (16x500) c32secs F/S Tease "E" 420'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-09-11]]>
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]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Béthune Region]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Creil Region]]> France--Falaise Region]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> France--Marquise]]> France--Montrichard]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Paris Region]]> France--Saint-Omer Region (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise]]> France--Troyes Region]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> France]]> France--Creil]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Chantilly Forest]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-17]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 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]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-19]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-15]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-30]]> 1944-10-04]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-10]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-07-18]]>
Œuf-en-Ternois, Foret de Nieppe, Bois de Cassan, St Leu D’Esserent, La Hougue, Foret de Chantilly, Foret de Montrichard, Bons Tassilly, Brussels, Connantre, Marquise-Mimoyecques, Le Havre, Castrop-Rauxel, Osnabruck, Keil, Boulogne, Calais, Bottrop, Sterkrade, Bergen, Dortmund. It also lists his post war flights. His pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Lauzon and Pilot Officer Tease.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike French]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Belgium--Ghent]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--North Yorkshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Coutances]]> France--Houlgate]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Lens]]> France--Mayenne]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> France--Paris Region]]> France--Saint-Vaast-La Hougue]]> France--Somain]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Norway--Bergen]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Northern Ireland--Antrim (County)]]> France--Œuf-en-Ternois]]> France--Chantilly Forest]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-02]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 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]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-19]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-15]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-30]]> 1944-10-04]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Jim Tease]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bournemouth]]> Ontario--Windsor]]> British Columbia--Vernon]]> Ontario--Sarnia]]> Ontario--Hanover]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> England--Kent]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Ontario]]> Alberta]]> Germany]]> Nova Scotia]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Hampshire]]> Manitoba]]> 1944]]> Training continued on Whitleys before a transfer to Acaster Malbis for yet more training, followed by the heavy conversion unit at Marston Moor, on Halifaxes.
His first operational posting was 51 Squadron at Snaith. He covers each operation in detail. Interspersed with the details are explanations of electronic systems and tactics used.
During one operation he was shot down and parachuted behind the German lines. Eventually he was taken prisoner, interrogated then transferred to Stalag Luft 7. As the Russians got nearer they were forced to walk west. Later they were transferred by train to Stalag IIIA.
The account then jumps to reunions in the 1980s, then returns to the last few days at the camp as the war ends.
He reached home on 15th May.

This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln. ]]>
Henry Wagner]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Henley-on-Thames]]> England--Reading]]> England--London]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Hull]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Liverpool]]> South Africa--Durban]]> South Africa--East London]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Italy--Sicily]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> England--Harrogate]]> England--Whitley Bay]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Falmouth]]> England--York]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Essen]]> England--Beachy Head]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> England--Derby]]> Germany--Soest]]> England--Nottingham]]> Germany--Hildesheim]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Alps]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Italy]]> Algeria]]> Libya]]> Egypt]]> North Africa]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> South Africa]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Schönebeck (Schönebeck)]]>
On the reverse -
'This is the only photo of our crew with Ground Crew standing, 2nd from left
Doug Moe Mid-upper
Barry Ashbee F/E
Ray Irwin B.A.
Bill Lynn W.A.G.
Russ McKay Pilot
Gerry Pelletier R.G.
Harry "Andy" Anderson Nav
E. G. "Ted" Lewis Mid under
PT-X MZ505
June 1944
Tholthorpe'.]]>
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On the reverse 'MZ454 KW-S of 425 Sqn Tholthorpe Taken Nov 44.
This aircraft crashed after take off on ops 5/3/44 [sic incorrect date, should be 5/3/45] due to severe icing, 4 of crew died including US pilot F/L AR Lowe RCAF'.]]>
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