#1 is Johnnie Holden as a trainee. It is signed on the front 'Lots of Love, Green Eyes, Johnnie x'.
#2 is a full length portrait of Johnnie Holden in flying kit.
#3 is a grave in the woods.
#4 is a head and shoulder of Hemmens with his name annotated on the front.
#5 is a half length portrait of MacFadyen with his name annotated on the front.
#6 is a head and shoulders of Pilot Bell with his name annotated on the front.
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Leslie Hay]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France--Amiens]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Wimereux]]> France--La Pernelle]]> France--Caen]]> France--Manche]]> France--Bayeux]]> Great Britain]]> England--Runnymede]]> Germany]]> France--Morigny-Champigny]]> France--Lyons-la-Forêt]]> France--Eure]]> France--Rouen]]> France--Etrépagny]]> France--Étampes (Essonne)]]> France--Beauvais]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> They had been warned by an English airman that the SS were going to carry out shootings and found refuge on 25th August. They were liberated on 29th August. The SS shot eight Resistance fighters and arrested three (out of 18-20). They had two airmen with them when they attacked the Sainte Catherine road. They had been ordered only to attack isolated Germans to avoid civilian reprisals. The American officer’s machine gun jammed and they were told to leave. They volunteered the following day and although the German command car was at the head of the convoy, they could not do anything.

Second witness statement from a Resistance fighter
The SS managed to shoot down their own aircraft instead of the British aircraft. The pilot bailed out.

Third witness statement (Pierre Madry)
Pierre describes former buildings including where George M. Mikels was imprisoned, the German Staff Headquarters and the prisoner camp. M. Le Monnier testified that the English were shot after being forced to dig their own graves. Against German wishes, the priest, Abbé Vard, came to bless them before burial. Five prisoners were shot. Gordon Brian Lafayette was not in the cemetery. Some bodies had allegedly been repatriated. Five soldiers remained.

Fourth witness statement (Pierre Madry)
An officer from the Wehrmacht was billeted at Pierre’s house and told him he was lucky to be alive after an encounter with some inebriated SS soldiers. The regular German army generally treated people well. They had given concerts and he had played darts with young German soldiers who were afraid of the SS. The camp held around 100 prisoners and George Mikels hid from the SS behind the dairy door.

A copy of a map showing where the Lancaster ND 533 crashed and the cemetery where the pilots were buried.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> fra]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> France]]> France--Lyons-la-Forêt]]> 1944-08]]>
#1 is a general view of the cemetery where he rests.
#2 is a close up of his grave.
#3 is his cross with a woman tending to flowers.]]>
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Mrs C Huttjes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Venlo]]> 1948-11-09]]> 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]]> J Usher]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Arnstein (Main-Spessart)]]> Poland]]> Poland--Opole (Voivodeship)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1945-01-19]]> 1945-02-05]]> D R Burns]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Sheffield]]> England--London]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Manchester]]> Canada]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Nova Scotia]]> England--Harrogate]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Arnstein (Main-Spessart)]]> Poland]]> Poland--Opole (Voivodeship)]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> Manitoba]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1946-01-19]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Schweinfurt Region]]> Pope (1578663) and Theodore Ian Mardon Edwards (R/97583) were killed. Their burial details are recorded.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Rheinberg]]> Germany--Bad Dürkheim Region]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany]]> 1942-12]]> In the second part he describes damage to the cemetery during a bombardment from the other side of the Elbe.
There is a handwritten annotation '18 April 1945 NB The writer of this was probably Paster Stuwe whose drawings of the occasion are no longer at Gresse. Now the border is open D.Uwe Wieben, I 3 the Heimatmuseum, Boizenburg (Elbe) might be worth a try.']]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Germany]]> Germany--Boizenburg]]> Germany--Ludwigslust (Landkreis)]]> 1945-04-18]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association. Charlie Warner]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Lingen (Lower Saxony)]]> Donald Flett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association. Charlie Warner]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Italy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridge]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Lingen (Lower Saxony)]]> Poland]]> Germany]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> Pat Jackson (nee Hancock)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Poland]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Netherlands--Friesland]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Netherlands--Dokkum]]> Germany--Fallingbostel (Landkreis)]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Netherlands]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Germany]]> ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Pending review]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> France]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Aube]]> France--Aubigny-sur-Nère]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Poitiers]]> France--Saint-Cyr-l'École]]> France--Saint-Dizier (Haute-Marne)]]> France--Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines]]> France--Thoiry (Yvelines)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Essex]]> England--Maldon]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Barnetby le Wold]]> England--Barton-upon-Humber]]> England--Brigg]]> England--Caistor (Rural District)]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Market Rasen]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Diepholz]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Geilenkirchen]]> Germany--Gerolstein]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Hennef-Sieg]]> Germany--Lehnin (Kloster Lehnin)]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Nordstemmen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Steinheim (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Treuenbrietzen]]> Germany--Welver]]> Germany--Westerburg]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Apeldoorn]]> Netherlands--Nijmegen]]> Netherlands--Oisterwijk]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-09]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-12]]> He describes their capture, mistreatment and interrogations at various locations. After interrogations at Dulag Luft they were sent to a transit camp in Frankfurt then on by train to Heydekrug, Stalag Luft VI. Although their camp section was new it was cramped and basic. He describes camp life in detail. As the Russians got closer they were sent by train to an Army camp at Thorn. He read a copy of NCO education in the camp. These courses were extremely popular and supported by text books sent from the UK. Exams were sat and papers sent to the UK for marking. At Thorn they marched to Stammlager 357 but not for long. They then marched back to the railway and were sent to Fallingbostel. He describes the rail journey in detail, then in greater detail he describes camp life.
Later he was moved to an officer's camp at Eichstadt. This turned out to be an Army camp which refused them and they were sent to Sagan. He stayed there for a short time then was moved to Stalag Luft 3, then 111A. As the Russians neared they moved again. After a couple of days waiting in trucks they returned to their camp. The railway system was breaking down as the end of the war neared.
After the Russians reached them they were allowed out of the camp but still remained billeted there. He writes about his impressions of the Russians.
His journey home was delayed by rain that did not allow aircraft to fly.
His story ends with his retelling of the night his aircraft was shot down, his night in Brussels and his return to England.]]>
Alan McInnes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lichfield]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Stendal]]> Switzerland]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Poland]]> Italy]]> Canada]]> United States]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland--Toruń]]> Greece]]> Greece--Crete]]> Poland--Vistula River]]> England--Staverton (Northamptonshire)]]> Germany--Bad Fallingbostel]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland--Bydgoszcz]]> Poland--Poznań]]> Germany--Pasewalk]]> Germany--Neubrandenburg]]> Germany--Stavenhagen]]> Germany--Malchin (Landkreis)]]> Germany--Güstrow]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Eichstätt]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Eisenach]]> Germany--Fürth (Bavaria)]]> Germany--Treuchtlingen]]> Germany--Ingolstadt]]> Germany--Regensburg]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Plauen]]> Poland--Wrocław]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> New South Wales]]> India--Jammu and Kashmir]]> China]]> England--London]]> Germany--Elbe]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> Germany--Jüterbog]]> Ukraine--Odesa]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Brighton]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Ukraine]]> Germany--Luckenwalde]]> Poland--Poznań]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hof (Hof)]]> 1944-01-21]]>
Book includes:
Handwritten note on front 'In memory of Fred Dunn, killed Nov 22/23 1943'.
Telegram to Mr A C Dunn regretting to inform him that his son Sgt Dunn F T lost his life as a result of air operations on 22/23 Nov 1943.
B/W photograph of an airman wearing tunic and side cap. Handwritten note that he had many flying hours to his name in Halifax.
Title page with handwritten note by Alfred Dunn that his brother had been on this raid (page 40). Goes on to describe that Fred was killed in mid-air collision with another Halifax at Pocklington.
Next page - handwritten note about Fred Dunn's last operation on 1000 bomber raid to Berlin and his death in a mid-air collision on return. mentioned that although he was a bomb aimer for 13 operations, he had his wings and was probably considered a pilot.
Page with list of crews participating including from 4 Group, 102 Squadron with Dunn's crew highlighted.
Page with other crews and b/w photograph of five aircrew, four wearing tunics, one holding dog and a fifth aircrew squatting down with tunic off.
Page - extract from operational night raid report 388 27/28.7.43 and night raid report 387 28/29.7.43
Page - Appendix 1 Peenemunde entry in flight log.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1943-11-22]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zimbabwe--Rhodes Matopos National Park]]> Castleford and Glasshoughton Joint Committee]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Wakefield]]> 1907-06-29]]> 1907-06-29]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> British Army]]> France]]> France--Albert]]> #1 two men dressed as farm workers, with shotguns, sitting on garden chairs.
#2 is a man and a women. The women is trying to enter a small door to an enclosed well.
#3 is two women with shovels working in a garden.
#4 is a soldier and a man, both with rifles.
#5 is two women operating a well.
#6 is two men and two women.
#7 and 9 are graves with fresh flowers.
#8 is the entrance to the cemetery.]]>
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#1 is a view of graves. In the background a French tricolour is flying. The reverse is blank.
#2 is the grave of Jack's six crew members. Their names are recorded as is the date of their demise. On the reverse 'Cimetiere des Allies'.
#3 is a view of commonwealth war graves. The reverse is blank.
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#1 and #3 are his plot marked with a star of David.
#2 is a woman standing behind his star of David grave stone.
#4 is his plot with a pot of flowers and a flag over his grave stone.
#5 is a his grave stone after he was reinterred.
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George Thom]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> MGorfunckleN1260360-170801-030002,
MGorfunckleN1260360-170801-030003]]>
Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Belgium--Ostend]]> France--Reims]]> France--Chaumont (Haute-Marne)]]> France--Aube]]> Switzerland]]> France--Perpignan]]> France--Paris]]> France--Vosges Mountains]]> 1942-11-07]]>