The first two chapters used Bill's words but the third is written by an anonymous friend.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Foskett, William. Biography]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shellingford]]> United States]]> Georgia--Atlanta]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Florida--Arcadia]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]> France]]> France--Biarritz]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> France--Gennevilliers]]> Germany--Kiel]]> France--Saumur]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Goes]]> Netherlands--Hoek van Holland]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Ostfriesland]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> France--Wissembourg]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Netherlands--Heerenveen]]> Germany--Traben-Trarbach]]> Germany--Fischbach]]> France--Bischwiller]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Gladbeck]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Italy]]> Italy--Udine]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Great Yarmouth]]> Slovenia--Log pod Mangartom]]> Slovenia]]> Germany]]> Richard Yates]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France--Boulogne-Billancourt]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Lorient]]> 1940-10-01]]> 1941-02]]> 1941-04]]> 1941-06]]> 1941-08]]> 1941-08-16]]> 1941-11]]> 1941-11-24]]> 1941-11-30]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-03-09]]> 1942-03-13]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-06-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Rhineland]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Cologne]]> France--Gennevilliers]]> 1942-11-16]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> There is also a copy of the Operational Order for Operation Chastise by 617 Squadron. There are also crew lists, and a copy of the squadron 540 for the operation.
It also has the pages from Flight Sergeant Stalley's Log book for the period July to October 1944. He was the rear gunner on Flight Lieutenant Melrose's crew on No 9 Squadron at Bardney. During this period the squadron attacked the Tirpitz twice, once from Archangel.
There is also the Memories and Reflections of the German civil engineer that was in charge of the rebuilding of the dams damaged in the Dams Operation.
There are two newspaper cuttings from 2005 regarding the military burial of a 640 Squadron crew that had been shot down on the 24 March 1944. One was from The Daily Telegraph from 2 September 2005. There is also a letter George wrote to the Times giving some background to the story.]]>
George Keeling]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-01-07]]> 1945-04-07]]> 1944-03-24]]> 2005-09-02]]>
Records 27 operations (26 night, one day, several abandoned for various reasons) on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany (some targets not named when duties not carried out): Boulogne, Bremen, Brest, Cherbourg, Cologne, Duisberg, Essen, Hamburg (abandoned), Hamburg, Nantes, Ostend, Paris, Rostock, St. Nazaire, Stettin, Vichy, and Warnemunde. His first pilot on first four operations were Pilot Officer Godfrey, Sergeant Robertson and Pilot Officer Joyce. Also includes technical notes, several personal notes (including a poem), and two endorsements, one in green.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Belgium--Ostend]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Paris]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> France--Vichy]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-09-11]]> 1941-09-12]]> 1941-09-20]]> 1941-09-21]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-10-01]]> 1941-10-16]]> 1941-10-17]]> 1941-10-28]]> 1941-10-29]]> 1941-10-31]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-12-27]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-01-07]]> 1942-01-08]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-05]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-27]]> 1942-06-28]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-08]]> 1942-07-09]]> 1942-07-13]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-21]]> 1942-07-22]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-01]]> 1942-08-03]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> France]]> North Africa]]> Egypt]]> Greece--Crete]]> 1942]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Lynn Corrigan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> 1942-05-03]]> 1942-05-04]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-05]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-08]]> 1942-06-09]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-21]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]>
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> 1942-05-31]]>

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
Great Britain. Ministry of Defence]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Retie]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> 1942-05-31]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Lynn Corrigan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Scotland--Moray]]> France]]> France--La Rochelle]]> France--Paris]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Brest]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> 1941-12-14]]> 1942-01-02]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-01-07]]> 1942-01-10]]> 1942-01-11]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-10]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-07]]> 1942-06-08]]> 1942-06-09]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-15]]> 1942-07-16]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-08-04]]> 1942-08-05]]> 1942-08-06]]> 1942-08-07]]> 1942-08-15]]> 1942-08-16]]> 1942-08-17]]> 1942-08-18]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-08-29]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-15]]> 1943-01-21]]> 1943-01-22]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-05]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-13]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-03-28]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-10-01]]> 1944-10-04]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-16]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-07]]> 1944-11-10]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-19]]> 1944-11-25]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-18]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-30]]> 1945-03-31]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 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]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Krefeld Region]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940]]> 1941-07-20]]> 1941-07-21]]> 1941-07-25]]> 1941-07-26]]> 1941-08-03]]> 1941-08-04]]> 1941-08-05]]> 1941-08-06]]> 1941-08-07]]> 1941-08-08]]> 1941-08-28]]> 1941-08-29]]> 1941-08-31]]> 1941-09-01]]> 1941-09-02]]> 1941-09-03]]> 1941-09-06]]> 1941-09-07]]> 1941-09-08]]> 1941-09-12]]> 1941-09-13]]> 1941-09-20]]> 1941-09-21]]> 1941-09-26]]> 1941-09-27]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-10-12]]> 1941-10-13]]> 1941-10-16]]> 1941-10-17]]> 1941-10-21]]> 1941-10-22]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-11-30]]> 1941-12-01]]> 1942-04-29]]> 1942-04-30]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Mary Gardner]]> Roger Manuel]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Torquay]]> Wales--Aberystwyth]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cambridge]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Cirencester]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Ostend]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> France]]> France--Calais]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Essen]]> Libya]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Germany--Wangerooge Island]]> Wales--Treforest]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Czech Republic]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940-10-17]]> 1940-09-20]]> 1940-11-05]]> 1940-10-28]]> 1941-04-27]]> 1942-04-22]]> 1943-05-15]]> 1943-06]]> 1943-08]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-12]]> 1944]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-09]]> 1945-03-18]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-10]]> 1954-10]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942-03]]> 1942-04]]> 1942-05]]> 1942-06]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-09]]> 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]]> 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]]> 1945-12-18]]> 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]]> 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]]> 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]]> 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]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1944-12-23]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1945-03-30]]> 1944-12-23]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Aube]]> France--Auberive]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Brest]]> France--Condé-sur-Noireau]]> France--Eure]]> France--Evreux]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> France--Loir-et-Cher]]> France--Mourmelon-le-Grand]]> France--Saint-Jean-de-Luz]]> France--Vernon (Eure)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Neustadt an der Weinstrasse]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Wismar]]> Italy--Turin]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> 1937]]> 1938]]> 1939-11-30]]> 1940-01-09]]> 1940-06-06]]> 1940-06-08]]> 1940-06-10]]> 1940-06-11]]> 1940-06-14]]> 1941]]> 1942-01-09]]> 1942-01-10]]> 1942-04-11]]> 1942-04-27]]> 1942-04-28]]> 1942-04-29]]> 1942-05-02]]> 1942-05-03]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-06-24]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-27]]> 1942-06-28]]> 1942-06-29]]> 1942-06-30]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-13]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-27]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-24]]> 1942-08-25]]> 1942-08-27]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-09-10]]> 1942-09-11]]> 1942-09-13]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-15]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-09-17]]> 1942-09-18]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-10-01]]> 1942-10-02]]> 1942-10-06]]> 1942-12-04]]> 1942-09-05]]> 1942-12-06]]> 1942-12-07]]> 1942-12-08]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-10]]> 1942-12-17]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1942-12-31]]> 1943-01-01]]> Sergeant C G Barry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Worcester]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Kent]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Huntingdon]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> 1940]]> 1940-08]]> 1941-11]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1944]]>