Whitley aircraft, B-DY, C-DY and E-DY, flying in formation; bottom, crashed Whitley MH-H, annotated 'Usworth 17 11 40' and 'Sketch by Bob of the end of a bombing trip over Germany. It was an emergency landing at a fighter station and the Whitley overran the runway and broke its back on a bomb dump. Bob was 'Second Joe' (pilot)'.
Right page: top, targets in Mannheim.
Bottom, a group of 60 uniformed men standing in front of a Whitley aircraft annotated '51 Sqd 16.12.40. Bob is 6th from the left'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> 1940-11-17]]> 1940-12-16]]>
N G Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Moving image]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> United States]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> France]]> Japan]]> New South Wales]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1947]]> 1943]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]>

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>

Identification kindly provided by Gianluca Mazzanti of the Archeologi dell’Aria research group.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]>
A Leedham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Kingston upon Thames]]> England--Surrey]]> 1942-06]]> 1942-09-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]>
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of Lincoln.


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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Caen]]> France--Étampes (Essonne)]]> France--La Pernelle]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Limoges]]> France--Paris]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes)]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Vitry-le-François]]> Germany--Wesseling]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-20]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]>
Julian Maslin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Merseyside]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--London]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1941]]> 1945-05-08]]> 1946]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Aircrew, people, decorations and bomb damage]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Bombs and aircraft (1944)]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1944]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Bombs and aircraft (1944)]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1944]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Bombs and aircraft (1944)]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1944]]> Denise Boneham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Oman]]> Mediterranean Region]]> Egypt--Alexandria]]> Egypt--Suez]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Italy--Naples]]> Oman--Masirah Island]]> North Africa]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> Sheila Bibb]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Second generation]]> Cyprus]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Singapore]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> South China Sea]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--Crail]]> Germany]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Poland]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> John had his commissioning interview on the same day as his wedding and joined 170 Squadron at RAF Hemswell in December 1944 where he carried out eight operations. He describes one of the eight operations to Bottrop when they were hit by anti-aircraft fire but managed to return safely.
John volunteered for the Pathfinders and was posted to 582 Squadron at RAF Little Staughton, flying Lancasters. He explains how they initially acted in a supporter role before progressing to dropping flares and markers.
John took part in Operation Manna in Rotterdam and fetched some prisoners of war from Juvincourt in France. He then went to RAF Dunkeswell where he test flew some Lancasters before returning to RAF Little Staughton from where he was demobbed. He describes the Cook’s tours he did for groundcrew and WAAFs.]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Canada]]> United States]]> New Brunswick]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]>
Anna Hoyles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Brazil]]> Chile]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Peru]]> Chile--Santiago]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Heather Hughes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]>