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After the facts - a surmise
Ben Boothman Story
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer
The Last Flight
Tags: 3 Group; 460 Squadron; 5 Group; 576 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Dulag Luft; flight engineer; Fw 190; Halifax; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 110; missing in action; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; radar; RAF Elsham Wolds; Red Cross; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Stirling; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Notes Ben Boothman
Brunswick 14/15 January 1944
Further notes Ben Boothman
Tags: 576 Squadron; crash; Dulag Luft; escaping; flight engineer; Ju 88; prisoner of war; Red Cross; shot down; sport
Email from David Fell to Paul Handel
The document has handwritten annotations.
A second copy but with only pages 3 and 4…
Tags: 576 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; Dulag Luft; flight engineer; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; lynching; mess; mid-air collision; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Finningley; RAF St Athan; Red Cross; Schräge Musik; shot down; target indicator; target photograph; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Ben Boothman's story
Summary of the last flight of Lancaster LM381
My Surmise from all accounts
Greetings from Werner
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bale out; crash; flight engineer; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; shot down; wireless operator
Next of kin crew Lancaster LM381
Brian Clarke biography
Tags: 576 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; final resting place; flight engineer; Home Guard; killed in action; Lancaster; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Finningley; RAF Morpeth; target indicator; training; wireless operator
Sergeant Ben Boothman
Operation Brunswick Jan 14/15 1944
Tags: aircrew; bombing; crash; flight engineer; Lancaster; Me 110; pilot; prisoner of war; shot down
Detail of Kollerbeck area
On a second sheet is a sketch route of the Lancaster LM 381, annotated with final attack…
Letter to Brian Clarke's parents from Mr & Mrs Jackson
Included is a poem 'To any mother'.
Tags: aircrew; bale out; bombing; flight engineer
Letter to Brian Clarke's father from Commanding Officer at Elsham Wolds
The Last Flight
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 3 Group; 460 Squadron; 5 Group; 576 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; final resting place; flight engineer; Fw 190; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 109; Me 110; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Elsham Wolds; Red Cross; Schräge Musik; searchlight; shot down; target indicator; Wellington; wireless operator
Crew of Lancaster LM381 "E2"
#1, 2 and 3 Pilot, Flight Lieutenant Morren and family.
#4 Flight Engineer Sergeant Bootham, head and shoulders.
#5 Air Bomber Sergeant Jackson, head and shoulders.
#6 Navigator Sergeant Hickling 04 Oct 1943, head and…
Conversation with Les Giddings
Leslie Giddings memoir
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 207 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); final resting place; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Me 110; prisoner of war; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF St Athan; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag 357; Stalag Luft 6; training
Arthur Mace's diary 8th January 1942 to 15th March 1944
There is a second diary for 1943 only and its contents are identical to the first diary.
A third diary covers 1944.
Tags: 214 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bombing; Botha; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; flight engineer; Halifax; hangar; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; Lysander; medical officer; mess; mine laying; missing in action; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Driffield; RAF Evanton; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Lasham; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Yatesbury; searchlight; sport; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The First Crew
Tags: 1652 HCU; 19 OTU; 35 Squadron; 4 Group; 78 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Breighton; RAF Cardington; RAF Dalton; RAF Driffield; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Padgate; Stalag 357; training; Window; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The crew
(1) Eric - Mid upper gunner
(2) George - Rear gunner
(3) Grandad - Radio
(4) Stan - Skipper
(5) Ted - Navigator
(6) Geoff -…