Incident 2. Describes watching another aircraft taking off when its flaps fell down and bomb doors opening as it reached take off speed on the runway. Manage take off but took airfield fences with it and subsequently landed wheels up. Problem ascribed to hydraulic problem due to flak damage. Goes on to describe an incident with his own aircraft where a piece of flak shrapnel ricocheted through aircraft causing several different things to happen to mid upper gunner, pilot and the aircraft. Concludes with description of a fire arms incident he was involved in at Moreton-in-the-Marsh where he was an instructor at a later date.]]> J H Thomas]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-10]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Château-Thierry]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> 1944-05]]> This is probable that this was Donald Seymour Spiers of 218 Squadron. He died 22 April 1945 when Lancaster NF994 crashed at Depden Green.
Photo 2 is of a crash site, captioned ' "Anote" prangs' and 'Did they die in vain'.
Photo 3 is a group of four, two airmen and two naval officers, captioned 'Winky & Cole get in with navel [sic] types taken in their more drunken moments'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robert Langham]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]>
A second image of the accident shows the damaged aircraft being examined by six airmen. On the reverse 'Dickie Reid tears them down 1,2,3. What a man! SFTS 1942'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PEdgarAG19010085,
PEdgarAG19010086,
PEdgarAG19010087]]>
Royal Air Force]]> 1942]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Immenstadt im Allgäu]]> 1993-09-17]]> 1943-09-07]]> Followed by list with information on crew from RAF Museum Hendon.
Final page is last lines in "Power to the Hunter" poem by Wilfred Wilson Gibson.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Scotland--Rothes]]> 1941-03-25]]> 1941-05]]> 1940-09-24]]>
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Poland]]> England--London]]> 1942-06-03]]> Alan Edgar]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Tours]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> 1944]]> Francois Bourotte]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> fra]]> Map]]> Text. Personal research]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Spa]]> 1944-11-02]]> Harry Redgrave]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400522-0002,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400522-0003,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400522-0004,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400522-0005,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400522-0006]]>
Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Carlisle]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> Scotland--Prestwick]]> England--Cumberland]]> 1940-05]]>
Bill Lanning]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Great Britain]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Kent]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> France]]> France--Morbecque]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Calais]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-12-23]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Saskatchewan--Swift Current]]> Saskatchewan]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zimbabwe--Harare]]> 1942]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royal Air Force]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zimbabwe--Harare]]> 1942]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941]]>
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
Kevin Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Australia]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Russia (Federation)--Stalingradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Brighton]]> Wales--Llandwrog]]> England--Filey]]> France]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Sussex]]>
Photograph 1 is a modern side view of a Halifax, captioned ' Halifax Mk III 'ZA-X''.
Photograph 2 is a Halifax on fire, captioned ' The plane coming down on fire.'
Photograph 3 is the rear of its fuselage, captioned 'Rear section of the Halifax fuselage'.
Photograph 4 is a section of the fuselage, captioned 'Fuselage of the plane'.
Photograph 5 is heavily damaged and captioned 'Remains of the pilot and engineers' area'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Denmark]]> 1945-02-14]]>
Photograph 1 is captioned 'Remains of Mid-Upper Gun Turret'.
Photograph 2 is captioned 'A Propeller'.
Photograph 3 is captioned 'Remains of Rear Gun Turret'.
Photograph 4 is captioned 'Engine, Propeller and shaft aft'.
Photograph 5 is captioned 'Fuselage seen from the end. Source: Holback Museum, photo by Christian Melgaard. Fuselage viewing towards the Pilots Engineers area. Mid Upper Turret was at the Top'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Denmark]]> 1945-02-14]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Debbie Record]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Spa]]> 1944-11-02]]> ]]> Peter Lovatt]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Navy]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> France--Brest]]> Russia (Federation)]]> England--Hartland]]> England--Beer Head]]> Europe--Elbe River]]> England--Dover]]> England--Folkestone]]> England--London]]> France--Bruneval]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Rostock]]> England--Norwich]]> England--Cheadle (Staffordshire)]]> England--Salcombe]]> England--Sidmouth]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Cassel]]> England--Salisbury]]> Russia (Federation)--Kola Peninsula]]> Russia (Federation)--Arkhangelʹskai︠a︡ oblastʹ]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> France--Desvres]]> France--Arcachon]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Chartres]]> France--Reims]]> England--Swanage]]> England--Malvern]]> England--Plymouth]]> France--Lorient]]> England--Lincoln]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> England--Hull]]> England--London]]> England--Bristol]]> France--Montdidier (Hauts-de-France)]]> England--Guildford]]> France--Poix-du-Nord]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Czech Republic--Pilsen Basin]]> England--Harpenden]]> France--Morlaix]]> Spain--Lugo]]> Spain--Seville]]> England--Radlett (Hertfordshire)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> France--Boulogne-Billancourt]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Schleswig-Holstein]]> Belgium--Liège]]> Germany--Bremen]]> England--High Wycombe]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> England--Sizewell]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> England--Crowborough]]> England--Huddersfield]]> Netherlands--Den Helder]]> England--Mundesley]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Europe--Baltic Sea Region]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Wolfenbüttel]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> France--Limoges]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Poland--Poznań]]> France--Dieppe]]> Turkey--Gallipoli]]> Egypt--Alamayn]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Morocco]]> Algeria]]> Italy--Sicily]]> England--Ventnor]]> England--Beachy Head]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Somme]]> France--Seine River]]> England--Southampton]]> England--Portsmouth]]> Scotland--Firth of Forth]]> Iceland]]> England--Brighton]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Cherbourg]]> England--Littlehampton]]> England--Portland Harbour]]> France--Amiens]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> France--Normandy]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Arromanches-les-Bains]]> France--Bayeux]]> Belgium--Wenduine]]> France--Beauvais]]> England--Ditchling]]> England--Henfield (West Sussex)]]> England--Canterbury]]> England--Crowborough]]> England--Dover]]> England--Chiswick]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Sweden]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Trier]]> Germany--Siegfried Line]]> Netherlands--New Maas River]]> Netherlands--Waal River]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Europe--Ardennes]]> Belgium--Bastogne]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Ulm]]> Rhine River Valley]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Grevenbroich]]> Germany--Dülmen]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kiel]]> England--Coventry]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Egypt]]> North Africa]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> Czech Republic]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Spain]]> Turkey]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> England--Milton Keynes]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Devon]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Russia (Federation)--Poli︠a︡rnyĭ (Murmanskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> Joe Dudley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--York]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-01-21]]> Derrck J Allen]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-03]]> The RAF ex-POW Association]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Poland--Żagań]]> New Zealand--Auckland]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Abbotsford]]> British Columbia--Victoria]]> England--Headcorn]]> Australia]]> New South Wales--Penrith]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> England--Stafford]]> England--Nottingham]]> Poland]]> New South Wales]]> Ontario]]> Germany]]> New Zealand]]> England--Kent]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> The RAF ex-POW Association]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> South African Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> Netherlands--Waddenzee]]> Germany--Barth]]> Great Britain]]> England--Headcorn]]> Malta]]> Gibraltar]]> England--Stafford]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> England--London]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> England--Dunsfold]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Germany--Bad Fallingbostel]]> Poland]]> Alberta]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> England--Kent]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Staffordshire]]>