IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> Sri Lanka]]> England--Malvern]]> England--Devon]]> France]]> France--Cherbourg]]> Germany]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Denmark]]> Germany--Cologne]]> England--Caister-on-Sea]]> Scotland--Stevenston]]> Canada]]> North America--Niagara Falls]]> United States]]> Illinois--Chicago]]> England--London]]> New Brunswick--Fredericton]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> New Brunswick]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> France]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-03-23]]> ]]> The second page has Wing Commander Townsend, wearing dark glasses with a colleague and his mascot dog, Kim; a sketch of Wing Commander Townsend drawn by Capitan Cuthbert Orde and Wing Commander Guy Gibson and 18 fellow Dam Buster colleagues having collected their honours from the Queen Consort.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1941-09]]> 1943-05-16]]> 1943-05-17]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1943]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Germany]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Arnstein (Main-Spessart)]]> Poland]]> Poland--Opole (Voivodeship)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Canada]]> Manitoba--Brandon]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Bad Tölz]]> Manitoba]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1945-01-19]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-04-21]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> France]]> France--Rennes]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wangerooge Island]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Pforzheim]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1944-12-23]]> 1944-04-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Geleen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> 1940-12-10]]> 1942-01]]> 1944-12-23]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1942-12-21]]> 1944-04-01]]> 1945-04-21]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Pforzheim]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Gillingham (Kent)]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Norfolk]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Germany--Essen]]> France]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-12-23]]> 1939-08-22]]> 1940-09-07]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1941-02]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-12-08]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--London]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1945-12-18]]> Right - V.C. award to missing pilot, led day attack on Cologne. Short account of action leading to award of Victoria Cross.
Bottom - In blazing Lancaster, he scorned danger, flew on to target. heroism beyond praise of new air V.C. Account of service history and last operation from which he failed top return and was awarded the Victoria Cross.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> 1944-12-23]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1944-12-23]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1944-12-23]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1944-12-23]]> 1945-12-18]]> Bottom - mentions that Robert Palmers father flew in the first world war and it was no surprise he joined the RAF. Mentions award of DFCs and Victoria Cross with brief description of action leading to award.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-08-27]]> 1945-03-24]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Gillingham (Kent)]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1944-12-23]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1945-09-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Pforzheim]]> Germany--Cologne]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Durban]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1945-03-30]]> 1944-12-23]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1944-12-23]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1944-12-23]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Pforzheim]]> Germany--Cologne]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Durban]]> 1945-02-23]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1945-03]]> 1944-12-23]]>