IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Physical object]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Surrey]]> 1943-09-14]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Scunthorpe]]> 1942-06-07]]>
Nickels & Sons]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Physical object]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1944-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> #1 is a 10 Reichspfenning note used in the POW camps.
#2 is a Coventry badge with an elephant.
#3 is a metal plate
#4 is a metal badge with a leather strap. It is stamped with Stalag 4B
The four items are placed on a small scale map of Germany.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> deu]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Coventry]]> England--Warwickshire]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> T E Coleman]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Amsterdam]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Netherlands--Zeist]]> Netherlands--Scheveningen]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> A Woolf]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Physical object]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Meurthe-et-Moselle]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-24]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northumberland]]> 1942-09]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]>
S Ashton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Louth]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1922-02-20]]> 2011-05-08]]> A Doward]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Essex]]> United States]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Thundersley]]> Florida--Arcadia]]> Germany]]> Germany--Trebbin]]> Florida]]> 1940-05]]> 1941-03]]> 1943-07]]> 1943-12-02]]> 1951]]> 1942-01-22]]> 1956]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> 1941-04-24]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Civilian]]> J L Newton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Physical object. Clothing]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Her mother enlisted in the RAF in October 1941 and became a driver.
Included are some of her father's stories of his time as a prisoner.
There is his first postcard home as a prisoner, a photo of 'Your Finest Hour', photos of the Spitfire model given to her mother, a copy of a letter sent to prisoners of war held by the Japanese, from the King, a photo of Uncle Wally in Army uniform and photos of her father and mother at the start of the war.]]>
Annette Payne]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> British Army]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Croydon]]> Singapore]]> Burma]]> England--Bath]]> England--Colerne]]> Malaysia]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Wiltshire]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Physical object. Decoration]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Physical object. Decoration]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1941-11-05]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> France--Paris]]> 1944-07-04]]> Dick Curnock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> ECurnockRMIrvinLL470123]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicester]]> England--Leicestershire]]> 1945-11-26]]> 1947-01-23]]> Flt Lt J B P 'Tuesday' Spencer, 20 years, Pilot from Greenside, Co Durham
Sgt W D E West, 21 years, Mid Upper Gunner, from Barking, Essex
Sgt H Gordge, 21 years, Bomb Aimer, from Itchen, Southampton
Flt Lt R T Clarke, DFM, 21 years, Flight Engineer, from Teddington, Middlesex
Sgt E D Anderson, 19 years, Rear Gunner, from Kirkstall, Leeds
P/O N E Hughes-Games ('Hughie'), 21 years, Navigator, member of RCAF from Kelowna, British Columbia.
He gives descriptions of 'Tuesday' Spencer, and 'Hughie' Hughes-Games.
Peter carried out 25 operations since he had already completed a first tour of 30 operations. While he was on leave, his aircraft crashed and his crew died, including one who survived the crash but later died of meningitis in prison.
Peter then commenced a third tour but the war ended before it was completed.]]>
Hazeldene,P]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> BHazeldenePVHazeldenePVv10002,
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Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Spalding]]> France]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Caen]]> France--Joigny]]> Poland]]> Poland--Poznań]]> 1943-10]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]>