Nine small b/w photographs, one showing three Tiger Moths with canopies on the airfield.
Three showing Keith Thompson in Sidcott suit outside a barrack block.
One annotated Dust storm, one annotated Prairy and three annotated 'River bow off edge of airfield'.
Page annotated 'Only rifle range, Guard room and concrete bases now left (1983)'. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--De Winton]]> Alberta]]> 1942]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> #1 is the Guard Room of 8(B) Squadron at Aden.
#2 is the "Sheba's" wells at "Crater" Aden.
#3 is three men preparing food on the Murbat trip (5 planes) 1935 with Vickers Vincent in the background.
#4 is four tribesmen with Vickers Vincent K4131 and another visible at Murbat 100 miles from Aden.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]>
From Canada, Freddie went to RAF Staverton where he became a bomb aimer. He transferred to a unit where he crewed up and was made a flight sergeant. Further courses were taken on twin engine and four engine aircraft. In December 1944, Freddie was assigned to 149 Squadron at RAF Methwold, a satellite of RAF Mildenhall, where they converted onto Lancasters.
Freddie describes operations to Krefeld, Saarbrücken, Dresden and Kiel. He also was involved in two food drops to The Hague. They became known as Gee-H Squadron for their greater navigation accuracy. They did classified work doing line overlaps: photographs in sequence of certain areas in Germany. Freddie also refers to Cook’s Tours at the end of the war. He was involved in flying back prisoners of war from Juvincourt in France and Pomigliano in Italy.
After the war, Freddie was appointed bomb aimer at the RAF Bomb Ballistics Unit at RAF Martlesham Heath whose operations were secret. They flew in Lancasters and Mosquitos through Orford Ness, a peacetime experimental station, which tested the accuracy of a wide number of bombs.
After Freddie’s career in the plastics industry, he became a local councillor and chairman of the council. His housing work continued with various governance roles for a housing association.
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Andrew Sadler]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Blackpool]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--St. Andrews]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> France]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Italy]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]>
Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Carron Moss]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Austria]]> Great Britain]]> Austria--Vienna]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Anglesey]]> 1939]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Suffolk]]> India--Kolkata]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Herbert O'Hara]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anita Raine]]> Trevor Hardcastle]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Training material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hereford]]> England--Herefordshire]]>
Photo 1 - an aerial photograph of Coningsby with arrows showing the location of the Main Guard Room and the arrival gate.

Item 2 - a location diagram showing RAF Coningsby and local roads from Lincoln, Boston, Grantham and Newark.

Photo 3 and 4 are of Denis and Flt. Lt. Jim Stokes at a coffee bar in the centre. Caption: 'Flt Lt Jim Stokes, who spent the day showing us around, in the squadron headquarters organising morning drinks with me.'

Photo 5 is Denis and Squadron Leader Duncan Mason at the same coffee bar. Caption: 'Talking to Squadron Leader Duncan Mason, Commanding Officer to RAF Coningsby who is a pilot and flew the Spitfire in the demonstration.'

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
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On the reverse 'G/Cpt Bradbury, Station Cdr, Wing Commander Willie Tait. Given by Edward Scott A.T. Mechanic & motor cycle Dispatch Rider'.

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Brian Lunn]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Aircrew, people, decorations and bomb damage]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1942-01-21]]>
A second article titled 'Norton Camp, Sheffield' is about a punishment camp where the writer was sent after cycling with a WAAF on his crossbar.]]> Bernard Dye]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sheffield]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany]]> England--Yorkshire]]>