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95 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Keith Thompson DFC (1238603 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, photographs and training material as well as his navigation logs. He flew operations as a navigator with 101 and 199 Squadrons.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Mark S Thompson and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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ELIZABETHAN NEWS
Series 10. No. 3 SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1943 Two Cents
In the South-West Pacific
PAPUAN CAMPAIGN IN FINAL STAGES
Last Japs. Face Destruction
Messages from General MacArthur’s headquarters yesterday announced that the campaign in Papua is now in its final stages, with the remnants of the Japanese forces at Sananada facing almost certain destruction, and that Allied bombers are striking at an enemy convoy approaching Lae, the Japanese New Guinea base.
[map depicting the Allied Base in New Guinea/Papua and the proximity to the tip of Australia]
One of the main objects of the campaign in Papua was the elimination of 15,000 Japanese troops under General Horii. With the complete enveloping of Sananada this is practically accomplished and with their destruction Papua will be entirely cleared of the enemy.
In addition, several thousand enemy reinforcements have been drowned or killed in attempts to land.
(Sananada is as well fortified as Gona and Buna and more difficult to approach. At Gona and Buna the Japanese, although outnumbered and cut off from sea aid by Allied predominance in the air, and weakened by disease, defended these positions almost to the last man. That such tenacious troops holding such defensively strong positions should be worn down and overwhelmed, speaks highly not only of the courage and skill of the United States and Australian troops but also of the care and thoroughness with which General MacArthur’s lieutenants prepared and organised the counter-attack.
Bombers Pounding Convoy
Allied aircraft are reported to be repeatedly attacking Japanese transports and escorting warships, totalling ten vessels, attempting to reinforce Lae.
Two large transports laden with troops were sunk with all on board during a night attack, and a 500-pound bomb scored a direct hit on another troopship, which was left in a severely damaged condition. Another was disabled and later sank.
A large number of enemy planes are protecting the convoy, and so far 18 have been shot down and five badly damaged.
The attack is continuing.
[underlined] TUNISIA [/underlined]
ITALIANS ROUTED IN ATTACK
Bad weather has stopped operations on the main fronts.
A French camel corps attacked a position held by 500 Italians and killed or captured 250 of them. The rest fled.
Tunis and Sfax Raided
Tunis was raided by medium and heavy bombers and the electric power station and shipping in the harbour were hit. Three direct hits completely destroyed the power house in a raid on Sfax.
Bomber Command aircraft raided targets in the Ruhr during Thursday night. All planes returned safely.
[underlined] TRIPOLITANA [/underlined]
OUTPOST CAPTURED AFTER THREE DAYS’ BATTLE
Fighting French forces have captured an outpost 65 miles east of Mazouk after three days of land and air battles.
Large supplies and numbers of troops are moving into forward positions for the coming attack against the Axis forces.
AIR ATTACKS ON TRANSPORTS
R.A.F. fighters and bombers made heavy attacks on transports 40 miles from Tripoli. Fighter-bombers made low level attacks on enemy transports on the coastal road and machine-gunned lorries loaded with troops and stores. At least one Me.109 was destroyed and others damaged in air battles.
Palermo Raided
A force of United States bombers attacked Palermo harbour and scored hits on dock installations. In raids on Tunis and Sousse hits were scored on railways and large fires were started at Sousse, where a ship was hit.
DAY RAIDERS OVER BRITAIN
Seven German planes attacked towns on the south-west British coast yesterday afternoon. Bombs were dropped causing some damage and casualties.
The raiders were finally chased out to sea by four Spitfires.
Berlin claims that a new bomb-proof submarine base has been built near Brest.
TWIN DON THRUST CONTINUES
GERMANS IN RETREAT AT ALL POINTS
The Russians are continuing their two-pronged thrust down the lower Don with the Russian armies converging from 80 to 40 miles apart in one day.
Soviet forces are closely pursuing the Germans on the north bank, while on the north bank the Red Army has smashed all attempts to hold up their advance, with Russian tanks over-running German infantry positions and inflicting very heavy losses.
At Nikolyskaya, on the north bank, Soviet forces battered back the Germans with tanks and heavy artillery, and at another point south of the Don, said to be only 70 miles from Rostov, the enemy were completely routed. South-west of Velikie-Luki, the Germans made several fruitless attacks against the Russians.
40 Places Recaptured
Moscow later claimed that in the northern Caucasus the German are now in full retreat and that over 40 more places have been recaptured. The Germans are setting fire to villages and blowing up bridges as they retire.
One tank unit alone killed more than 500 officers and men, and a party of “tommy” gunners killed another 100.
Berlin Admits Reverses
Berlin admitted yesterday that the German armies in Russia were on the defensive on all fronts, and a German radio broadcast explained to the people that their troops were being slowly withdrawn from their present positions in order to shorten their line.
(London military observers note that the Russian offensive may soon, by effectively threatening Rostov, place the Germans in the Caucasus in a critical position.)
ROOSEVELT’S SPEECH PRAISED
President Roosevet’s [sic] address to Congress received endorsement from the entire national press yesterday, states a London message.
The Times describes the speech as one which “breathed a high sense of purpose without once losing the characteristic sense of realities.”
All the morning papers praised the President for a full and frank statement of the war on all fronts.
FAMOUS SUBMARINE RETURNS
A famous British submarine, the Thresher, has returned to a home port after completing thirteen patrols in 18 months. The vessel has two V.C.s and a D.S.O. among the crew.
During the long spell at sea the submarine journeyed near 40,000 miles and sank eleven Axis merchant ships and four supply ships.
RUSSIA-BOUND CONVOY ATTACK BEATEN OFF
The British Admiralty announced yesterday that on December 31 naval vessels escorting a large convoy to Russia were attacked by an enemy force off northern Norway. The British force, comprised a number of destroyers while the German units included one pocket battleship, a large cruiser and several destroyers.
Two Hours Fight
The fight lasted for more than two hours in semi-darkness and falling snow. The destroyers had frustrated four enemy attacks on the convoy when a large force of heavier British ships arrived and the enemy fled.
Two German vessels were sunk or badly damaged and two British ships suffered damage and casualties. The convoy arrived safely at a Russian port without loss or damage carrying large supplies of war material.
The German radio admitted that the U-boats are facing grave difficulties against Allied shipping and that the date was distant when ships sunk by U-boats could not be replaced.
ODDS AND ENDS
CLEARING THE AIR
Recently Stalin gave a banquet for the Red Army general staff and Communist party leaders.
When he arrived, he took his seat on the dais and, raising a glass of vodka, said, “Comrades, I now give a toast to the great Stalin . . . to the wonderful Stalin . . . to Stalin the leader of Russia’s warriors. And I sincerely hope that this is the last I will hear about him at this affair.”
[symbol] Suggested sign for Hitler’s Russia front: “Opened by Mistake.”
SHOCK
A patriotic lady who sent out the following invitation to an officer at a nearby army post: “Mr. and Mrs. Browne request the pleasure of Captain Green’s company at dinner,” was dismayed at the reply she received.
“With the exception of five men on leave and three on sick list,” the reply read, “Captain Green’s company accept with pleasure your invitation to dinner.”
[symbol] “Too bad. He was a window cleaner and stepped back to admire his work.”
TRUTHFUL
The Colonel had insisted to his Negro cook that the turkey be a domestic, corn-fed bird, no wild fowl. He cut into a beautiful done-to-perfection bird, frowned, cut again, then sent for Sam.
“Didn’t I tell you I wanted a domestic turkey?” he thundered. “Yah, suh, dat’s a domestic, corn-fed fowl.”
“What about this shot I’m finding?”
Sam shuffled from one foot to the other. “Dat shot, Colonel suh, were meant fo’ me.”
[symbol] “He was so lit up the air-raid warden had to take him home under an umbrella.”
PREPAREDNESS
“The Fall of a Woman” will be the subject for Sunday evening at the First Baptist Church. Real facts and truths will be revealed. The eleven fans have been reconditioned and will be used to cool the building. – From the COMMERCE (Texas) JOURNAL.
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'Elizabethan News' Saturday 9 January 1943
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Front page of a newsheet covering world wide military activity, Series 10 No 3, Two cents. Lead articles about Papuan campaign in the Pacific and Russian successes. Other reports cover North African campaign, German attacks on the south coast and operations at sea. There is also an Odds and Ends column.
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1943-01-09
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eng
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PThompsonKG15010056
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Royal Air Force
Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe
United States Army
United States Army
Royal Navy
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1943-01-09
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Germany
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Italy
North Africa
Papua New Guinea
Russia (Federation)
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Tricia Marshall
propaganda
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Thompson, Keith G
K G Thompson
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95 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Keith Thompson DFC (1238603 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, photographs and training material as well as his navigation logs. He flew operations as a navigator with 101 and 199 Squadrons.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Mark S Thompson and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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2015-09-07
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ELIZABETHAN NEWS
Series 10, No. 1 THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1943 Two Cents
[underlined] TUNISIA [/underlined]
ALLIED ADVANCE NEAR MATEUR
Picked German troops were thrown out of strong positions near Mateur by British infantry supported by tanks and aircraft, states a message from Allied headquarters in north Africa. They occupied several high points and
[map depicting the Axis defense [sic] line and the Allied attacks]
beat off a number of strong enemy counter-attacks.
German reinforcements rushed up to assist in the attacks were heavily bombed by Allied aircraft and fell back in disorder.
A brief later message states that in another outbreak of fighting a very important line of hills 15 miles west of Mateur and 20 miles south of Bizerte have been captured after a fierce battle.
Flying Fortresses bombed Sfax, where a big power station was left in flames. Sousse was also heavily attacked.
New Fifth U.S. Army
A new Fifth United States Army, commanded by Lieut.-General Mark Clark, is being formed in Tunisia to fight with the British First Army.
U.S. AND BRITISH PLANES IN SWEEPS OVER BURMA
American and British aircraft carried out attacks on many Japanese positions throughout Burma during the day.
American planes attacked enemy positions at Mandalay and shot up railway yards and timber warehouses, while R.A.F. machines raided river and coastal craft along the whole west coast of Burma, damaging over 60 of them.
Two direct hits were made on a large Japanese ship in the Irrawady river and it was left in flames.
CHILE TO BREAK WITH AXIS
The Chile Government is expected to break off diplomatic relations with the Axis Power next Friday. This will leave Argentina as the one remaining larger south American Republic friendly towards Germany, Italy and Japan.
In the Caucasus
GERMANS FLEEING BEFORE SMASHING RED ARMY BLOWS
Moscow announced in a midday message yesterday that the Germans are in full retreat in the Caucasus following the capture by the Russians of Nalchik and that six more towns were captured during the day’s advance.
Another arm of the great Russian Caucasus offensive struck in the vicinity of Mozdok, east of Nalchik, and it is reported that 500,000 crack German troops are fleeing before the fierce attacks of Russian tanks, artillery and Cossack regiments.
In their retreat the Germans are blowing up bridges and mining roads in efforts to check the Red Army advance. Pravda says the retreat is becoming disordered and that the Cossacks are causing very severe losses to German and Rumanian troops.
Narrow Bottle-Neck
The Russians are pursuing the enemy down a narrow bottle-neck and more than 150,000 Axis troops are believed to be in danger of isolation if the soviet forces can continue their westward drive. It is thought that a number of Germans have managed to escape the trap but this does not lessen the importance of the Soviet advance.
Large quantities of German artillery have fallen into Soviet hands and many prisoners have been taken. The enemy dead is placed at a very high figure and special Russian forces are remaining in the rear to bury them.
Surprise Attack
To the south and south-west of Stalingrad Soviet troops are still moving forward in spite of desperate German efforts to stem the advance.
To the west of the city Russian forces launched a surprise blow and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.
Forging Ahead
The Red Army is forging ahead in the middle Don area, and south-west of Velikie Luki the capture of several inhabited localities is claimed.
78TH U.S. CONGRESS OPENED
Senator Sam Raeburn of Texas was again elected Speaker of the House of Representatives by a majority of 11 votes over Senator Martin of Massachusetts, when the 78th Congress of the United States was opened in Washington yesterday.
Thousand of Bills will be dealt with during the session.
PRESIDENT LEBRUN MYSTERY
The Fighting French radio at Brazzaville stated yesterday that President Lebrun had arrived in north Africa.
Rallying Effect
This was denied in London although it was pointed out that if the President did reach north Africa it would have a great rallying effect on all Frenchmen everywhere.
12,000 TONS OF BOMBS ON MALTA DURING 1942
More than 12,000 tons of bombs were dropped on Malta during 1942 by Axis aircraft, it was revealed yesterday. In reply the island ground and air defences destroyed 955 enemy aircraft, and there were 300 “probables.” R.A.F. fighters destroyed 773 of the planes, while 182 were shot down by ground defences. R.A.F. losses were 195 planes, but the pilots of 89 were saved.
Convoy Attacks
In addition, island-based planes attacked 46 enemy convoys, 6 single ships and 5 naval vessels. More than 50 ships were definitely sunk and 40 probably sank after attacks. Eighty-three ships were set on fire and their cargoes destroyed.
BRITISH NEARING MISURATA
An unconfirmed report by Radio Morocco says that the British Eighth Army is on the outskirts of Misurata, 125 miles from Tripoli and less than 200 miles from the Tunisian border.
[underlined] SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC [/underlined]
JAPANESE SHIPS BLASTED IN RABAUL RAID
Allied aircraft made a very heavy raid on Japanese shipping concentrations at Rabaul on Tuesday, according to a south-west Pacific report. The planes attacked in two waves and bombed the targets from medium height, destroying nine and probably ten Japanese ships, totalling more than 50,000 tons. They were set on fire with direct hits and when last seen were in a sinking condition.
Seven Planes Destroyed
Munda, on New Georgia island, and Bougainville were also attacked by Allied planes. Seven Japanese planes were destroyed during the raids for the loss of two American fighters.
Japanese Fleet Massing
Messages from the south-west Pacific indicate that the Japanese are massing a large fleet in the Solomons – New Britain area for another attempt to land troops on Guadalcanal to try to seize Henderson airfield.
NEW EASTERN STATES’ PETROL AND OIL FUEL CUTS
The O.P.A. announced in Washington yesterday that all pleasure motoring will cease on the eastern seaboard from noon on Thursday.
Heating Cuts
Heating fuel cuts in the eastern States are expected shortly and it was stated yesterday that people would have to decide between running their cars or heating their houses.
Massachusetts Shortage
Oil fuel is reported to be so low in Massachusetts, says a Boston message, that many houses and apartments will be soon untenable.
United States shipyards are now launching four merchant ships daily and by May the figure will be raised to five a day.
ODDS AND ENDS
PETS
A column in a London newspaper headed “Unlovable Pets: No. 1, The Goat”, ended: “Goat’s milk is very rich, nutritious, unappetising and obnoxious. It turns red litmus paper blue. So do goats,”
At the foot of the column was added: “(Tomorrow – No. 2: Pierre Laval.)”
[symbol] “He made his bed, now he’s lying out of it.”
EMBARRASING
A man was troubled by an inability to remember names, at times even those of old friends. He was dining one day and looked up from his newspaper to see a familiar face. But the name escaped him.
He stood, shook hands warmly with the man, and said: “How are you, where have you been? Will you join me?” and other polite remarks while he was trying to recall the name.
“I’m the waiter, sir,” said the embarrassed fellow.
[symbol] Married life is like a bath – not so hot after you get used to it.
COULD BE
Golfing on links adjoining the Paramount studios, Bob Hope passed a set where a Western mob scene was being filmed. The crowd of extras, ugly, tough, unshaven, had little to do except shout and shake their fists.
“Paramount shareholders, I presume,” said Hope to his companions.
[symbol] “Her waist, like the Equator, is an imaginary line.”
BLOOD CURDLING
A practical joker stepped into a hotel elevator with a friend and began talking as though continuing a conversation: “So I turned on the light and there was this girl in the middle of the floor. Her throat was slit and there was a great puddle of blood. Beside the body was a knife. I was in a spot. If I called the police, there’d be a nasty row, and if I didn’t somebody’d find me there. So I took out my handkerchief and carefully . . .”
At this point the elevator stopped and the two men stepped out, leaving everybody in the car goggle-eyed with astonishment.
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'Elizabethan Times' Thursday 7 January 1943
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Front page of military newsheet, Series 10 Issue 1. Two cents. Covering world wide military activity. Leading articles cover advances by the allied forces in North Africa and Russian successes in the East. Shorter reports on attacks on the Japanese base at Rabaul and air attacks over Burma. Other notes mention the campaign based around Malta and the shortage of fuel in the eastern American states. There is also an Odds and Ends column.
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1943-01-07
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One page printed newsheet
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eng
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PThompsonKG15010057
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United States Army Air Force
Royal Air Force
British Army
United States Army
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1943-01-07
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Burma
North Africa
Malta
Morocco
Papua New Guinea
Russia (Federation)
Tunisia
Papua New Guinea--Rabaul
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Tricia Marshall
propaganda
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Williamson, Frank-249
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24 items. The collection concerns Frank Williamson (b. 1912, 1311249 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents and newspaper clippings. He flew operations as an air gunner with 106 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Lyn Williamson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Williamson, F
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2019-01-30
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1,500-ton raid on Kassel supply link
[inserted] No 16 22/10/43 [/inserted]
[italics] Sunday Express Air Reporter [/italics]
R.A.F. LANCASTER STATION, Saturday.
SELDOM, if ever, has a force composed solely of four-engined bombers been used against a single target in such strength as that which last night showered its [missing word] bombs on Kassel, capital of the twin German [missing word] of Hesse and Nassau.
In 35 minutes they dropped a load of more than 1,500 tons. To reach this important and heavily defended railway and industrial centre (population 216,000) the armada of Lancasters, Stirlings and Halifaxes made a round trip of 1,000 miles.
They flew most of the way through violent electrical storms, heavy rain and ice-laden cloud, but found clear skies within 50 miles of Kassel, and bright moon above their target.
Kassel as a railway centre ranks with Swindon. It links central and western Germany. War supplies for the Russian front have passed through it on a colossal scale.
There are vast marshalling yards at the western end of the city, and close to them, yet away from the residential area, are two enormous factory groups employing many thousands of war workers.
'Not heavy loss'
From preliminary reports there is good reason to believe the target was very successfully dealt with, and the loss of 44 bombers is not considered unduly high for results achieved.
Of the large force of Lancasters sent out from the station I am visiting all were safely back before dawn.
Many of the losses suffered by other squadrons were due to intense night-fighter activity.
Several crews at this station reported successful encounters with large forces of fast high-flying fighters.
Two terrific explosions, one giving an orange flash which rose to 4,000 feet above the target, were mentioned by nearly every crew.
Many large fires were started, and there are unanimous reports of a 12,000ft. column of thick black smoke as the raiders turned for home.
A description of fighter flare lanes and how they are laid was given me by Flying Officer Thomas Neison, former golf professional of North Berwick, who was mid-upper gunner last night in W. for William.
Clusters of flares
Fighters wait until our bombing has actually started. As soon as the target to be defended has been identified they can be seen streaking towards it.
They start by laying clusters of bright yellow flares over the target. Then they lay lanes and avenues of them criss-crossing its approaches and surroundings for a distance of perhaps 20 miles.
The flares are launched by parachute at intervals of about 400 yards. The flares are made almost stationary for about 20 minutes.
Bomber crews going in early see the lanes of flares forming up behind them.
Frankfurt was also attacked, while Mosquitos bombed targets at Cologne, and other formations laid mines.
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1,500 Ton Raid on Kassel Supply Link
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A newspaper article about the attack on Kassel. It is annotated 'No 16 22/10/43'.
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1943-10-23
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Germany
Great Britain
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Kassel
Scotland--North Berwick
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Text
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One newspaper cutting
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SWilliamsonF1311249v10003-0019
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1943-10-22
1943-10-23
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Sue Smith
air gunner
aircrew
bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943)
Halifax
Lancaster
mine laying
Mosquito
propaganda
Stirling
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Williamson, Frank-249
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An account of the resource
24 items. The collection concerns Frank Williamson (b. 1912, 1311249 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents and newspaper clippings. He flew operations as an air gunner with 106 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Lyn Williamson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2019-01-30
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1,700 Tons on Hanover - Emden is Hit Again
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A newspaper article about attacks on Hanover and Emden. It is annotated 'No 12 27-9-43'.
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England--Hove
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Germany--Hannover
Germany--Magdeburg
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Royal Air Force
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SWilliamsonF1311249v10003-0017
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1943-09-27
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Valentine, John. Ursula Valentine's newspaper cutting scrapbook
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131 items contained in a scrapbook. Mainly newspaper cuttings of events from May 1942 to 1945.
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THE TIMES THURSDAY JUNE 11 1942
1,000-BOMBER RAIDS
HOW GERMANY REACTS TO AIR ATTACK
OFFICIAL COUNTER-MEASURES
From a Correspondent
The strong wind which fanned the flames of burning Cologne after the R.A.F. raid of May 30 has blown away the pall of smoke which hung over the city for several days after the attack, and the cameras of reconnaissance aircraft have revealed the extent of the damage inflicted upon one of the centres of German war industry. The list of factories now known to have been either destroyed or heavily damaged gives an impressive picture of the extent of the material damage inflicted.
The psychological effect of the 1,000-bomber raids is much more difficult to assess. That if must have been considerable is clear from an article in the Cologne newspaper [italics] Westdeutscher Beobachter [/italics], in which the editor wrote of “the nightmare of Sunday” as weighing heavily on the population of the city.
It is abundantly clear, from the choice of objectives, that this psychological effect is at most a secondary consideration in the minds of those who planned the great mass attacks. If British raids were directed primarily at undermining German moral, as Dr. Goebbels would have his compatriots believe, the R.A.F. would certainly not seek out the most heavily defended areas of the Reich. It would, instead, follow the German practice of attacking small or medium-sized towns with relatively light defences.
It would be rash to assume that the resistance of the German people will collapse under the influence of a few more raids on the scale of those delivered against Cologne and the Ruhr. Yet, even if the effect of the mass raids on German moral is no more than a by-product, it remains true that their psychological results will be considerable.
ANXIOUS MEMORIES
Nevertheless during recent months a mass of reports from inside Germany and from neutral countries have testified to the strain to which Hitler’s unhappy subjects are being subjected. It is known that the older generation, with its memories of the first world war, is increasingly doubtful of ultimate victory. The appalling casualties sustained in the East have given a new currency to the ominous phrase heard in 1917 and 1918: “Wir siegen uns tot” – “We are killing ourselves by our victories.” Thus it is natural to inquire how a people, already so sorely tried, will react to the added ordeal of air attack on an exceedingly heavy, and steadily increasing, scale.
The moral effect of the air raids cannot be estimated except in relation to the other factors determining the attitude of the German people. The fear of the consequences of defeat is very great, and will stiffen the will to resist. That fear is due not only to the official propaganda but to a growing knowledge of what has been done in Germany’s name throughout the length and breadth of occupied Europe. Thus the fear of retribution is to-day the strongest support of the régime.
Yet it is clear from the recent pronouncements of the German leaders that they are far from happy about the moral of what are described as the “weaker natures.” Hitler, in his speech of April 26, spoke of the “psychological burden” to which the soldiers in the East are exposed, and expressed his fear that this burden might “paralyse the capacity for action of weaker natures.” And Göring, in his latest outburst, also referred to the heavy burden imposed on “weaker natures” by war conditions. “I speak,” he said “of two fronts”; and he called upon the home front for “the same hardihood” as was demanded of the fighting front. He even thought it necessary to exhort the ordinarily docile population to “obey the war decrees” which, he said, are not promulgated “in order to torment you, to annoy you, or to make your life more difficult.”
When Germany’s own rulers avow their concern over the moral both of soldiers and of civilians, it is natural for outside observers to draw optimistic conclusions about the effect of mass raids. Thus a neutral observer, with intimate knowledge of both Great Britain and Germany recently expressed in this country the opinion that the Germans would stand up to air attack much less well than the British, “not because they are necessarily less courageous than you are but because they have been subjected to an infinitely greater strain.” Long years of overwork, the progressive deterioration in the food situation, and, above all, the personal anxieties aroused by the fighting in the East have taken their toll. Indeed, Goebbels himself gave proof of the extent to which the Germans’ nerves are frayed when he ordained the observance of a “politeness week” in the Reich. Recent visitors to Germany have described the country as “strained almost to breaking-point,” and this verdict, applied to the German war economy as a whole, is equally valid for very large numbers of individual Germans.
JUGGLING WITH FIGURES
The tenor of official propaganda reveals the alarm of the authorities at the psychological effect of the Cologne raid on the population. Goebbels promptly transformed the raid into a major German success. “Not more than seventy” planes operated against the city – though, according to the [italics] Lokal-Anzeiger, [/italics] “innumerable high-explosive and incendiary bombs” were dropped. “Mr. Churchill,” the propaganda ministry explained, “seems to have ordered the number of planes taking part in this incursion to be multiplied by 10 or more.”
Meanwhile the fiction that Germany was “returning blow for blow” was maintained by representing the “reprisal raids” on Canterbury and Ipswich as major operations. The attack on Canterbury and its “Bolshevist archbishop” was announced on the front page of every German newspaper under banner headlines, while a war reporter describing the attack on Ipswich gave an impression of swarms of raiding aircraft and of a town “reduced to smouldering ruins.”
Thus those Germans who are credulous enough to accept the official reports at their face value, and who are unable to check them against their personal experience, receive the impression that the British mass raids are largely a figment of the wily Mr. Churchill’s imagination, that, in so far as they actually happened, they were a disastrous failure, and that they called forth reprisals on a scale not less great than that of the attacks themselves.
There is an obvious danger that this imaginative propaganda will recoil upon itself. The more gullible Germans are already persuading themselves that the R.A.F. cannot long sustain the loss of “50 per cent. of the attacking aircraft,” and the continuance of the mass attacks will, of itself, disprove the story that they are “crippling failures.”
STRENGTHENED CONTROL
Indeed, it is clear that the authorities do not, and cannot, rely solely on propaganda to combat the effects of British air attacks. The recent change in the status of the Sicherheits-und-Hilfsdienst – the German A.R.P. organization – is clearly inspired by the need for strengthened control. The significance of this change, whereby German A.R.P. is transferred from the competence of the Air Ministry to that of Heinrich Himmler, can be variously interpreted. It may be due to the need for placing A.R.P. personnel – older men less influenced by Nazi dogma than their juniors – under the direct authority of the dreaded S.S., or it may be attributed to a desire to strengthen the authority of A.R.P. officials by giving them something of the standing of Gestapo functionaries. In any case the whole apparatus of the Nazi state, with its armies of spies and [italics] agents provocateurs [/italics] and with its [italics] Blockwart [/italics]in every street and in every block of flats reporting on the behaviour and attitude of his neighbours, is designed to prevent public opinion from exercising any deleterious influence on the efficient conduct of the war. It is wise not to underestimate the capacity of this formidable instrument of terror.
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1000 bomber raids
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How Germany reacts to air attacks. Official counter-measure. Article discusses effect of operation against Cologne. Section on anxious memories mentions that effect casualties on eastern front and air attacks revives first world war saying "Wir siegen uns tot", "We are killing ourselves by our victories". Goes on to discuss German moral and leadership views. Section on juggling with figures discusses propaganda. Strengthening control mentions that German air raid organisation has been taken over by the SS.
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The Times
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1942-06-11
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One newspaper cutting mounted on a scrapbook page
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eng
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SValentineJRM1251404v10006
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Germany
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
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1942-05-30
1942-05-31
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bombing
bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942)
Goebbels, Joseph (1897-1945)
propaganda
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Cavalier, Reginald George. Album two
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35 items. The album contains service material, Christmas cards, and propaganda leaflets in German, French and English.
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2017-04-10
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Cavalier, RG
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1000 Bombern
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Propaganda leaflet aimed at the German-speaking population. Page 1 announces that the first two 1000 bomber attacks have taken place and promises more. Page 2 gives quotes from allied leaders outlining the rights a defeated Germany could expect from the Allies and calls on Germans themselves to defeat Hitler and end the war.
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deu
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SCavalierRG1264567v10008-0001, SCavalierRG1264567v10008-0002
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Civilian
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1942
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David Bloomfield
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Germany
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bombing
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
perception of bombing war
propaganda
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945)
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Williamson, Frank-249
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24 items. The collection concerns Frank Williamson (b. 1912, 1311249 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents and newspaper clippings. He flew operations as an air gunner with 106 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Lyn Williamson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Williamson, F
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2019-01-30
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[inserted] No 7 17/18 Aug 1943 [/inserted]
3,000 sorties smash Nazi defence plane plants
GREATEST ANGLO-U.S. MASS ATTACK IN 24 HOURS
By BASIL CARDEW
[indecipherable rubber stamp]
IN the first full-scale two way attack on Europe, aimed primarily at destroying Germany's fighters, their airfields, and factories producing the planes, the Allied air forces have just made between 2,500 and 3,000 sorties in the space of 24 hours.
[map]
This tremendous air offensive covers the day and night of August 17-18, and was mounted both from Britain and the Mediterranean.
Taken in conjunction with the American raid on the great Messerschmitt factory at Weiner Neustadt, 30 miles from Vienna, at the weekend, the latest Flying Fortress assault on the Regensburg factory in southern Germany is believed to have partially stopped production of the very types of aircraft the Germans will need to repulse a Second Front.
REGENSBURG BLAZES
Short-range fighters are the spearhead of defence.
Reconnaissance pictures taken four hours after the Regensburg attack show that the Fortress bombs were accurate and caused great havoc.
At least four large buildings were still on fire when the spy plane passed over. All the six main workshops were destroyed, five of them severely.
The main assembly shop, the gun-testing range, large new shops that had recently been erected, the boiler house, office buildings, and several other small unidentified buildings or the great plant have been damaged or burned out, in some cases completely destroyed.
The target at Regensburg was Germany's second largest aircraft factory, makers of the latest type of Messerschmitt single-engined fighter planes. It was to have been the main production unit left to the enemy for its fighters after the plant at Weiner Neustadt, which was producing a third of the Messerschmitt programme, had been partially knocked out.
MIGHTY BLOW
Bomber Command's contribution to this onslaught on Germany's first-line defences against an imminent Allied invasion followed a few hours after the Regensburg raid, when a mighty force of home-based, long-range aircraft heavily attacked in bright moonlight the armament and radio development establishment at Peenemunde, 60 miles north-west of Stettin, on Tuesday night, and dropped 1,500 tons of bombs.
This large, secret factory produces the equipment for the German fighters that are at the moment No. 1 target for the Allies.
The bombers had to fly on as long a route as that to Berlin to hammer the factory, and they encountered many of the night-fighter squadrons and ground defences that have been greatly strengthened recently for the protection of the German capital. But the raid was devastatingly successful, although it cost 41 aircraft.
The rest of the 2,500-3,000 sorties
[page break]
OUR Stirling dropped on its starboard side and began to lose height. Luckily the bomb-aimer had just come up from his position and was sitting by me, so that he was able to help me to drag on the control and pull the Stirling level.
"All the way back it was difficult to control the aircraft. The bomb-aimer and I would get the Stirling level on its course and then down would slip the starboard wing and we would swing off our course.
"The flight-engineer helped matters by running three engines off the starboard tank, so lightening the starboard side of the aircraft. When we were near base I lowered the under-carriage and flaps and tried out how I could handle her like that. She answered to the control perfectly, and I glided down to a safe landing on the runway."
The Lancasters which attacked transformer and switching stations in North Italy on the night of July 15-16 did not return to England immediately, but, as before, when a force of Lancasters bombed the radio-location factory at Friedrichshafen, they used airfields in North Africa as an advanced base.
On Saturday night they returned
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3,000 Sorties Smash Nazi Defence Plane Plants
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A newspaper article about bombing several aircraft factories. It is annotated 'No 7 17/18 Aug 1943'.
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Austria
Germany
Austria--Wiener Neustadt
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Friedrichshafen
Germany--Peenemünde
Germany--Regensburg
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Text
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Three newspaper cuttings
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SWilliamsonF1311249v10003-0011
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1943-08-17
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Sue Smith
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B-17
bomb aimer
bombing
Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943)
flight engineer
Lancaster
propaganda
Stirling
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Williamson, Frank-249
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An account of the resource
24 items. The collection concerns Frank Williamson (b. 1912, 1311249 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents and newspaper clippings. He flew operations as an air gunner with 106 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Lyn Williamson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Williamson, F
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2019-01-30
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[inserted] No 3 24-7-43 [/inserted]
46 tons a minute on Hamburg
HEAVIEST-EVER RAIDERS MEET NEW-TYPE FLAK
BOMBER COMMAND dropped more than 2,300 tons of bombs in 50 minutes – 46 tons a minute – on port of Hamburg in the heaviest raid of the war, it was announced last night.
The weight of high-explosives and incendiary bombs was greater than the cascade on Dusseldorf on the night of June 11, a raid which reduced the city to a shambles.
First reports from crews show that the results matched the effort.
There were vast fires in Germany's largest seaport, where more submarines are built yearly than in any other town in German Europe.
Dense black smoke rose four miles into the air, and there are many reports of violent explosions.
Yellow light
The navigator of a Lancaster, Flight-Lieutenant J. D. Henderson, of Auckland, New Zealand, described the effect of an explosive fire.
"From my table," he said, "I couldn't see what was happening below. I thought we were caught in a cone of searchlights.
"A yellow light lit up the whole aircraft. I looked up and saw the light reflected on the wing and then I left my position and looked down at the fire below. It was like a huge mushroom of flames.
Other crews engaged in a light attack on the Ruhr saw the flames of Hamburg 200 miles away.
The first aircraft reached Hamburg a minute or two before zero hour, one o'clock. Their first bombs went down to the second.
Over England the machinery of landing and flying control worked with smooth precision.
The bombers flew through thick cloud over the North Sea as they gained height for the attack, but once they reached land the cloud broke up.
Could see river
Over the target itself there was only haze, and visibility was excellent. Crews could easily see the River Elbe and the docks of Hamburg, except at the very end of the attack, when there was little to be seen except smoke and fires.
Saturday night's attack was a record for speed as well as for weight. In recent attacks on Dortmund and Dusseldorf 2,000 tons of bombs were dropped on each target in about an hour. A still greater weight in 50 minutes last night seems to have swamped and scattered the ground defences of Hamburg.
Sergeant A. E. Newman, of Redhill, a flight-engineer in a Halifax who took part in the last seven attacks on the Ruhr, thought there were even more searchlights over Hamburg than around the Ruhr targets.
"The gunners were using a type of flak I haven't seen before," he said. "It burst like a rocket, with a bright flash, and then scattered a fine spray of red fragments over 50 yards. It was different from the chandelier type, which sends out greenish-coloured starts.
Few fighters
The casualties were extra-ordinarily light in proportion to the great force which was sent to attack one of the most heavily defended places in Germany. Few encounters with night fighters are reported. But a Stirling collided with a German fighter over the target.
"We had bombed the target and were dodging round to avoid the searchlights," said the pilot, Flying-Officer G. Turner, of Winnipeg.
"Suddenly I saw the slim wing and fuselage of a fighter about 25 yards dead ahead of us. I had just time to warn the crew over the inter-com., 'Fighter ahead,' when it hit our starboard wing with a bump.
"It tore away four feet of the starboard wing and above five feet of the starboard aileron, the aileron controls being damaged. The
[missing word] BACK PAGE COL. FOUR
2,300 tons on Hamburg
[symbol] FROM PAGE ONE
fighter turned over on its back and went straight down.
"Our Stirling dropped on its starboard side and began to lose height. Luckily the bomb-aimer had just come up from his position and was sitting by me, so that he was able to help me to drag on the control and pull the Stirling level.
"All the way back it was difficult to control the aircraft. The bomb-aimer and I would get the Stirling level on its course, and then down would slip the starboard wing, and we would swing off our course.
"The flight-engineer helped matters by running three engines off the starboard tank, so lightening the starboard side of the aircraft.
"When we were near base I lowered the undercarriage and flaps and tried out how I could handle her like that. She answered to the control perfectly, and I glided down to a safe landing on the runway."
OF LITTLE USE
Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and the largest port. But its 22 miles of quays and 110 miles of docks are nowadays little used as Germany has lost her overseas trade.
Hamburg, however, remains a great centre of war industry, and especially of submarine-building yards. The great Blohm and Voss shipyards – which have also built warships, including the Bismarck and the Admiral Hipper – and many other yards, together turn out more submarines than are built in any other town or [missing letter]ort in Germany.
[missing letter]amburg also has a large and [missingletters]portant metal-refining industry. The Germans have made great efforts, not only by the provision of massed defences, but also by elaborate camouflage of the lakes [missing letter]n the centre of the town, to protect the large number of war [missing letter]actories.
Heavy terror raid,' the Germans say
The German News Agency yesterday described the Hamburg attack [missing letter]s a "heavy terror raid." It added that Altona and Barmbeck were also bombed.
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46 Tons a Minute on Hamburg
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A cutting referring to an attack on Hamburg. It is annotated 'No 3 24-7-43'.
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1943-07-24
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Germany
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Hamburg
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Text
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Four newspaper cuttings on an album page
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SWilliamsonF1311249v10003-0004
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1943-07-24
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Sue Smith
aircrew
anti-aircraft fire
bomb aimer
bombing
bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943)
flight engineer
Halifax
Lancaster
navigator
propaganda
Stirling
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Nicholls, Jill Ethel Kathleen. Album
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21 Items. Album with 12 double pages containing newspaper cuttings, photographs of aircraft and people and documents. Includes individual photographs of servicemen and women.
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2020-02-01
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Nicholls, JEK
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AIR MAD SINCE HE WAS TEN
5-NAZI ‘COBBER’ WAS ON[missing letters] TURNED DOWN BY RAF
[photograph]
“COBBER.”
Grew too fast for the R.A.F.
Came from New Zealand at 19 to Join
You’ve read of “Cobber,” the R.A.F. pilot, who has shot down five German ‘planes over the Western Front?
His name and the story of his career were revealed yesterday, the day after he had brought down two of his “bag” of five in a day of Western Front dog-fights.
He is Flying Officer E.J. Kain, 6ft. tall, aged 21, from Auckland, New Zealand, air-mad since he was ten.
Two years ago he came to London determined to join the R.A.F. But on the first attempt they turned him down. He was “outgrowing his strength.”
He persisted. Three months later he was accepted. To-day his name is cheered in every R.A.F. mess and repeated with grim significance by many Nazi flyers.
Twice he himself has been shot down. His “bag” includes two Dorniers and three Messerschmitts. Here Noel Monks, “Daily Mail” Correspondent with the British Air Forces in France, tells of six war months in “Cobber’s” career.
‘WATCH HIM, HE’S A SURE WINNER’
From NOEL MONKS, Daily Mail Special Correspondent
With the British Air Force in France,
Thursday.
WHEN I first visited “Cobber’s” squadron six months ago the commanding officer said to me, pointing to “Cobber’s” tent beside a Hurricane fighter, “There’s a young chap to keep an eye on. He’s a sure winner. You’ll be hearing and writing a lot about him.”
At that time the squadron hadn’t even been in action. Yet already this young giant of a New Zealander with the devil-may-care air and the bronzed face of the outposts of Empire was pointed out as a wizard.
To-day he is the first man in the R.A.F. to have shot down five planes in combat – two of them in one action.
[underlined] HE’S HARD AS NAILS ALL OVER [/underlined]
Five more and he’ll qualify technically, for the title “Ace,” though already they speak of him as Britain’s First Air Ace of the war.
I have kept my eye on “Cobber.” I have got to know him. I know him as a man hard as nails all over but with a heart of gold. His name is Australian slang out here for “pal.”
I stood beside “Cobber” the day he shot down his first Dornier bomber. It lay in a hundred pieces at our feet and the bodies of the three Nazi airmen who had been its crew were pulverised.
At the time the squadron hadn’t even been in action, yet this young giant of a New Zealander was pointed out to me as a wizard.
I kept my eye on “Cobber.” I got to know him. I stood beside him the day he shot down his first Dornier bomber. It lay in a hundred pieces at our feet, and the bodies of the three Nazi airmen who had been its crew were pulverised.
“Cobber’s” face was white, and his voice shook a little as he said: “Well, it was either them or me.” He went back to his billet and turned in.
Then “Cobber” got another Dornier, and I was out to see him again. He made no comment this time.
[underlined] HE JUST ESCAPED WITH HIS LIFE [/underlined]
Three weeks ago “Cobber” got his third ‘plane – a Messerschmitt. This time he was shot down himself and just escaped with his life.
But he was unmoved when I spoke with him only a few hours later. I wrote in my diary: “If ever there was a born air ace, it is ‘Cobber.’”
And then, on Tuesday, “Cobber” got two more Messerschmitts and was again shot down.
There was an anxious hour or two after his squadron left when he did not show up with the other six pilots who had fought it out with the Nazis with such success.
[underlined] WOULDN’T FLY WITHOUT CHARM [/underlined]
But a ‘phone call from a village miles away near where “Cobber” had landed by parachute put things right.
That morning he had got up from his sick bed to do his day’s patrol.
This giant New Zealander doesn’t like the publicity that his prowess against the Nazis has thrust upon him. But it hasn’t made any difference: he is still “Cobber” to everyone.
Round his neck he carries a charm, a Maori god given to him by his sister before he left New Zealand
Mother Says, ‘I Do Hope He Will Be Careful’
Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday.
“COBBER’S” mother is very proud of her “air-mad” son, but she “hopes he will be careful.”
When Mrs. Kain heard of Tuesday’s exploit, when he shot down two Messerschmitts before he parachuted to safety over the Maginot Line, when his own machine was shot down, she said:
“It’s great news, but it’s hard to forget the risks he is taking.
“Ever since he was ten he has been air-mad, and I know he is thoroughly enjoying himself. “Here in New Zealand he is nicknamed ‘Hurricane’ because of his dash and recklessness. As he flies Hawker ‘Hurricane’ fighters I suppose they changed it to ‘Cobber,’ the usual nickname for New Zealanders.”
Mrs. Kain gets a letter by every mail from her son.
“He never writes about the war, but his letters are always full of descriptions of Paris fashions which he knows I like.
“He seems impressed with Paris, and his letters are full of the beauties of that city when he has been there on leave.
“There is no sweetheart in New Zealand and he hasn’t mentioned a girl in any of his letters. Flying is his life.”
Flying Officer Kain was mentioned in despatches in February.
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5-Nazi 'Cobber' was only turned down by RAF
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Newspaper cutting account of Flying Officer E J Kain a New Zealander turned down on his first attempt to join the RAF. He had now been shot down twice but himself shot down two Dornier and three Messerschmitt. Includes photograph.
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Daily Mail
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One newspaper cutting mounted on an album page
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eng
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Photograph
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PNichollsJEK20010006
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Royal Air Force
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France
New Zealand
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David Bloomfield
Steve Baldwin
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propaganda
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Southgate, Harold
H Southgate
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2016-04-23
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Southgate, H
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11 items. The collection concerns Flying Officer Harold Southgate DFC (Royal Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 50 Squadron.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Hugh Thomas and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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50 Squadron over Kassel
Aiming Point Certificate
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Drawing shows 50 Squadron Lancaster flying over destroyed buildings, dropping candles on parachutes to illuminate the ruins below while an airman crawls on the wing to take a photograph. A sign points to Kassel and an officer is saying 'Hermann! you said impossible!' The character of Hermann is on hands and knees showing a medal pinned to his bottom. Harold Southgate's crew listed on drawing.
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Artwork
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One cartoon
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PSouthgateH1612
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Germany
Germany--Kassel
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50 Squadron
arts and crafts
Goering, Hermann (1893-1946)
propaganda
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Roberts, E J H
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-07-12
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Roberts, EJH
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50 items. The collection concerns E J H Roberts DFC (408451 Royal Air Force) and contains maps, documents, news clippings and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 61 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Carole Grant and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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DAILY SKETCH, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1944
500 Day Bombers Pound Vienna As Stuttgart Burns
From VICTOR LEWIS
‘Daily Sketch’ Air Correspondent
WHILE 500 American heavy bombers, flying from Italy, bombed military targets in Vienna in daylight yesterday, Stuttgart, the “Coventry of Germany,” still blazed from the impact of nearly 60,000 heavy fire-bombs dropped on the city by R.A.F. Bomber Command in two nights.
For the second night in succession Stuttgart, centre of precision engineering, was the target for Air Chief Marshal Harris’s renewed and mightier-than-ever onslaught on industrial Germany.
More than 27,000 heavy incendiaries were used, as well as a great load of high explosives, only 24 hours after a 2,000-ton attack.
So terrific was the raid that messages from Zurich last night said that it could be seen on the Swiss border 80 miles away, and that in Berne, 140 miles from Stuttgart, great detonations could be heard.
Fires were reported to be still burning in the city yesterday afternoon.
To carry out this raid the R.A.F. once again made an exceptionally deep penetration for this time of year. The flight was, I learn, even longer than the map suggests.
A direct route would have taken the bombers through too many heavily defended areas. To by-pass them the great armada began and ended its journey in daylight.
Though they were over enemy territory through almost all the hours of darkness losses were even lower than on the previous night.
Tank Works Smashed
From this huge attack, a Mosquito raid on Berlin with 4,000-pounders, more attacks on the flying-bomb launching sites in Northern France, minelaying and the bombing of a synthetic oil plant at Wanne-Eickel, in the Ruhr, 13 bombers are missing.
First reports on the previous day’s raid against the new Hermann Goering tank works at Linz, Austria, say that the works are out of commission.
Sixty five German planes were destroyed in fights over the target. Our losses were 26.
AMERICANS MAKE NEW BREAK-IN
Continued from Page 1, Col. 2
“On the Canadian and British sectors of the front there has been no more progress,” said Bill Downs in a C.B.S. broadcast.
“There is no secret that this attack has not progressed as fast as we would have liked, but there is no question of stopping the attack merely because enemy opposition is tough.”
The Second Army are hanging on to Verriers – where they threw back a strong counter-attack yesterday morning – and a position in the Tilly area, where the fighting is still confused.
The Germans continue to make sharp, small counter-thrusts, which are holding us up. Their main activity, however, is mortaring and shelling on an increasing scale.
The Luftwaffe are also showing more activity. Overnight the Caen area received one of the heaviest air attacks since the invasion.
[page break]
[reverse of above newspaper cutting, showing articles on Domestic goods to be released and the requirement of a Senior Minister to deal with all matters regarding Prisoners of War. There is also a cartoon]
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500 Day Bombers Pound Vienna as Stuttgart Burns
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A newspaper cutting with reports on USAAF and RAF operations. On the reverse is general news.
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Daily Sketch
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1944-07-27
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Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Berlin
Austria--Vienna
Austria--Linz
Switzerland--Zurich
Switzerland--Bern
Germany--Wanne-Eickel
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
United States Army Air Force
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eng
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Text
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One double sided newspaper cutting
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NRobertsEJH170712-020001, NRobertsEJH170712-020002
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Tricia Marshall
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1944-07
bombing
Goering, Hermann (1893-1946)
Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984)
incendiary device
Mosquito
propaganda
V-1
V-weapon
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Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association
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An account of the resource
97 items. The collection concerns Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association and contains items including drawings by the artist Ley Kenyon.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Robert Ankerson and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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2018-01-29
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IBCC Digital Archive
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RAF ex POW As Collection
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A 'Long March' of Discovery: Zagan to Spremberg, January 2010
Description
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Written by his daughter, the article details her research into her father's incarceration.
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Pat Jackson
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2010-01
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Great Britain
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Netherlands--Dokkum
Poland
Germany--Spremberg
Germany--Bad Fallingbostel
Europe--Oder River
Poland--Żagań
Netherlands
Lithuania--Šilutė
Germany
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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eng
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Text. Personal research
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Four printed sheets
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MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-610001,
MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-610002,
MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-610003,
MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-610004
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2010-01
77 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
Goering, Hermann (1893-1946)
navigator
prisoner of war
propaganda
RAF Hendon
RAF Leeming
shot down
Stalag Luft 3
Stalag Luft 6
the long march
Whitley
Window
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Neale, Ted
E T H Neale
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An account of the resource
123 items. The collection concerns Edward Thomas Henry Neale (b. 1922, 1395951 Royal Air Force) who served as a navigator with 37 Squadron in North Africa, the Middle East and Italy. The collection contains his training notebooks from South Africa as well as propaganda leaflets dropped by the allies in the Mediterranean theatre.
The collection also contains a photograph album, navigation logs and target photographs.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Alison Neale and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-07-31
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Neale, ETH
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A háború elveszett
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The war is lost and Hungarian people must rebel against the Germans and their allies. In order to save their country they have to sabotage transportation, damage industrial plants and factories, resort to strike, walkout and mass demonstration. The goal is to force the government to make peace. Includes a quote from Miklós Horthy, the regent of Hungary.
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One double-sided printed sheet
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MNealeETH1395951-150731-0040001,
MNealeETH1395951-150731-0040002
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Civilian
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Hungary
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Text
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IBCC Digital Archive
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hun
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Nikolett Kovács
propaganda
Resistance
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Neale, Ted
E T H Neale
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An account of the resource
123 items. The collection concerns Edward Thomas Henry Neale (b. 1922, 1395951 Royal Air Force) who served as a navigator with 37 Squadron in North Africa, the Middle East and Italy. The collection contains his training notebooks from South Africa as well as propaganda leaflets dropped by the allies in the Mediterranean theatre.
The collection also contains a photograph album, navigation logs and target photographs.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Alison Neale and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-07-31
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Neale, ETH
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A Kedesdelem Ara
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Hungary is one of the few countries still aligned with Germany despite widespread damage inflicted by Allied bombing: MAVAG works, Szolnok, Szob, Budapest East and South, Baja, Nyiregyhaza, Cegled, Miskolc, Szekesfehervar, Hatvan, Csap, Szatmar, Debrecen and Budapest. Quotes Hungarian Prime Minister Géza Lakatos who claims that capitulate quickly is the best course of action. Refers to bombings of Finland, Romania and Bulgaria, countries which were slow to make peace.
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One double-sided printed sheet
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Text
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MNealeETH1395951-150731-0070001,
MNealeETH1395951-150731-0070002
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Civilian
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Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
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IBCC Digital Archive
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hun
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David Bloomfield
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bombing
propaganda
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Smith, Bob
Robert Wylie Smith
R W Smith
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125 items. An oral history interview with Bob Smith (b. 1924, 425992 Royal Australian Air Force) photographs, documents and navigation logs and charts. He flew operations as a navigator with 15 Squadron at RAF Mildenhall.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Bob Smith and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2019-03-25
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Smith, RW
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A Tour of Operations with RAF Bomber Command No XV/15 Squadron Mildenhall
Description
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The third book of memoirs by Bob Smith.
Covers his operational tour and bombing operations.
Creator
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Bob Smith
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1944
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Germany
Germany--Heinsberg (Heinsberg)
France
France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
United States
Michigan--Detroit
Germany--Homberg (Kassel)
France--Châlons-en-Champagne
France--Caen
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Flensburg
Germany--Helgoland
Germany--Sylt
France--Somme
France--Aire-sur-la-Lys
France--Amiens
France--Gironde Estuary
Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal
France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
France--Brest
France--Saint-Nazaire
Germany--Braunschweig
France--Falaise Region
France--Royan
Poland--Szczecin
Great Britain
Scotland--Glasgow
Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)
Sweden
Denmark
Sweden--Malmö
Netherlands
Netherlands--Eindhoven
France--Le Havre
Germany--Neuss
Germany--Düsseldorf
France--Calais
France--Pas-de-Calais
France--Boulogne-sur-Mer
Europe--Kattegat Region
Norway
Norway--Oslo
Denmark--Frederikshavn
France--Strasbourg
Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Emmerich
Netherlands--Nijmegen
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Cologne
Belgium
Belgium--Antwerp
Germany--Essen
Netherlands--Vlissingen
Belgium--Charleroi
Germany--Leverkusen
Netherlands--Veere
Germany--Castrop-Rauxel
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Aachen Region
Germany--Düren (Cologne)
Germany--Jülich
Germany--Fulda
Germany--Bottrop
Germany--Osterfeld
Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)
Australia
Victoria--Melbourne
New South Wales--Sydney
Queensland--Brisbane
Scotland--Inverness
England--Blackpool
England--Colchester
Germany--Merseburg Region
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
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eng
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Text
Text. Memoir
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98 printed pages
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Pending text-based transcription
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SSmithRW425992v10003-0002 copy
1 Group
115 Squadron
149 Squadron
15 Squadron
186 Squadron
195 Squadron
218 Squadron
3 Group
5 Group
514 Squadron
6 Group
617 Squadron
622 Squadron
75 Squadron
8 Group
90 Squadron
aerial photograph
air gunner
aircrew
anti-aircraft fire
B-17
B-24
Battle
Blenheim
bomb aimer
bombing
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
Cook’s tour
crewing up
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Medal
Distinguished Service Order
escaping
flight engineer
Gee
George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952)
ground crew
ground personnel
H2S
Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984)
Ju 88
killed in action
lack of moral fibre
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 3
Master Bomber
Me 109
mess
mine laying
Mosquito
navigator
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
Oboe
Operational Training Unit
Pathfinders
pilot
prisoner of war
propaganda
radar
RAF Chedburgh
RAF Feltwell
RAF Honeybourne
RAF Husbands Bosworth
RAF Lakenheath
RAF Lindholme
RAF Mepal
RAF Methwold
RAF Mildenhall
RAF Sealand
RAF Stradishall
RAF Tuddenham
RAF Uxbridge
RAF Waterbeach
RAF Weston Zoyland
RAF Witchford
RAF Wratting Common
RAF Wyton
Spitfire
Stirling
tactical support for Normandy troops
target indicator
target photograph
V-1
V-2
V-weapon
Wellington
Window
wireless operator
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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Weston, Fred
F Weston
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-11-13
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Weston, F
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20 items. The collection concerns Fred Weston DFC (1916 - 2012, 126909 Royal Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 101 and 620 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Catherine Millington and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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Air Gunner
Based around the WWII service of Fred Weston DFC RAFVR
Description
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A biography of Fred. In addition it includes histories of aircraft and squadrons he served in, Details are included of airfields he served at. Additionally there are biographies of various servicemen associated with Fred's squadrons and service.
At the end there is a biography of the officer in charge of Arnhem, Lt-Gen Sir Frederick Browning and his wife Daphne du Maurier.
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Roger Millington
Date
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2005-01
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Cambridge
England--Letchworth
Wales--Bridgend
Wales--Penrhos
Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)
Singapore
France--Cherbourg
Netherlands--Eindhoven
France--Brest
France--Boulogne-sur-Mer
France--Dunkerque
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
France--Brest
Netherlands--Rotterdam
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Berlin
Italy--Turin
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
France--L'Isle-Adam
France--Quiberon
France--Boulogne-Billancourt
Germany--Essen
France--Le Creusot
Germany--Leverkusen
France--Caen
Netherlands--Arnhem
Norway
Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Belgium--Brussels
England--Rochester (Kent)
Northern Ireland--Belfast
England--Longbridge
France--Arras
England--Darlington
Italy--Genoa
England--Longbridge
Yemen (Republic)--Aden
Europe--Frisian Islands
Germany--Peenemünde
Germany--Nuremberg
Italy--Sicily
France--Normandy
Netherlands--Arnhem
Netherlands--Eindhoven
Netherlands--Nijmegen
Wales--Pwllheli
England--Yorkshire
England--Leicester
England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)
Scotland--Edinburgh
England--Rochford
England--London
England--Cornwall (County)
Scotland--Ayr
England--Friston (East Sussex)
England--Gravesend (Kent)
England--West Malling
England--Hailsham
England--Yelverton (Devon)
England--Bentwaters NATO Air Base
England--Great Dunmow
England--Heacham
England--Weybridge
Wales--Hawarden
England--Blackpool
England--Old Sarum (Extinct city)
England--Kent
England--Folkestone
England--Hambleton (North Yorkshire)
England--York
Scotland--Scottish Borders
England--Cambridge
England--Thurleigh
England--Darlington
England--Hitchin
England--Lancashire
Italy
France
Egypt
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Great Britain
Yemen (Republic)
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
England--Bedfordshire
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Devon
England--Durham (County)
England--Sussex
England--Essex
England--Herefordshire
England--Norfolk
England--Suffolk
England--Surrey
England--Wiltshire
England--Worcestershire
England--Leicestershire
England--Swindon (Wiltshire)
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command
Royal Air Force. Fighter Command
British Army
Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Free French Air Force
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Personal research
Format
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85 sheets
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IBCC Digital Archive
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BMillingtonRWestonFv1
1 Group
100 Group
101 Squadron
103 Squadron
105 Squadron
114 Squadron
139 Squadron
141 Squadron
148 Squadron
149 Squadron
162 Squadron
1657 HCU
1665 HCU
18 Squadron
180 Squadron
2 Group
208 Squadron
214 Squadron
239 Squadron
3 Group
301 Squadron
304 Squadron
342 Squadron
6 Group
6 Squadron
620 Squadron
7 Squadron
75 Squadron
8 Group
9 Squadron
90 Squadron
97 Squadron
99 Squadron
Advanced Flying Unit
air gunner
aircrew
B-17
B-24
B-25
bale out
Beaufighter
Blenheim
bombing
Bombing and Gunnery School
Boston
Caterpillar Club
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
crash
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Medal
ditching
evading
final resting place
Gee
Gneisenau
H2S
Halifax
Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984)
Harvard
Heavy Conversion Unit
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
Horsa
Hurricane
Ju 87
killed in action
Lancaster
Lysander
Manchester
Me 109
Meteor
mid-air collision
mine laying
Mosquito
navigator
Oboe
Operational Training Unit
P-51
Pathfinders
prisoner of war
propaganda
radar
RAF Bicester
RAF Biggin Hill
RAF Boscombe Down
RAF Bottesford
RAF Bourn
RAF Bradwell Bay
RAF Bramcote
RAF Chedburgh
RAF Chipping Warden
RAF Coltishall
RAF Drem
RAF Driffield
RAF Duxford
RAF Elsham Wolds
RAF Evanton
RAF Fairford
RAF Finningley
RAF Great Massingham
RAF Halfpenny Green
RAF Harwell
RAF Hendon
RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor
RAF Honington
RAF Hornchurch
RAF Horsham St Faith
RAF Kenley
RAF Lakenheath
RAF Leconfield
RAF Leuchars
RAF Linton on Ouse
RAF Little Snoring
RAF Ludford Magna
RAF Manston
RAF Marham
RAF Martlesham Heath
RAF Mildenhall
RAF Newmarket
RAF Newton
RAF North Luffenham
RAF Oakington
RAF Penrhos
RAF Pershore
RAF Ridgewell
RAF Shepherds Grove
RAF Sleap
RAF Stradishall
RAF Tangmere
RAF Tempsford
RAF Tilstock
RAF Tuddenham
RAF Waterbeach
RAF West Raynham
RAF Woodbridge
RAF Wratting Common
RAF Wyton
Resistance
Scharnhorst
Special Operations Executive
Spitfire
Stirling
target indicator
Tiger force
training
Typhoon
V-1
V-2
V-weapon
Wellington
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Cavalier, Reginald George. Album two
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35 items. The album contains service material, Christmas cards, and propaganda leaflets in German, French and English.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-04-10
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Cavalier, RG
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All aboard - Outward Bound
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German propaganda leaflet aimed at Americans fighting in Europe.
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Two sides of a printed sheet
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eng
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Text
Artwork
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SCavalierRG1264567v10021-0001, SCavalierRG1264567v10021-0002
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United States Army
United States Army Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
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propaganda
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Dorricott, Leonard William
Leonard Dorricott
Len Dorricott
L W Dorricott
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An account of the resource
72 items. An oral history interview with Rosemary Dorricott about her husband Flying Officer Leonard William Dorricott DFM (1923-2014, 1230753, 1230708 Royal Air Force). Leonard Dorricott was a navigator with 460 and 576 Squadrons. He flew 34 operations including Operation Manna, Dodge and Exodus. He was one of the crew who flew in Lancaster AR-G -George, now preserved in the Australian War Memorial. He was a keen amateur photographer and the collection contains his photographs, logbook and papers. It also contains A Dorricott’s First World War Diary, and photographs of Leonard Dorricott’s log book being reunited with the Lancaster at the Australian War Memorial.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Rosemary Dorricott and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-10-07
2015-11-05
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Dorricott, LW
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[underlined] THE DAILY SKETCH, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1944 Page 5 [/underlined]
HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IS THE …
Amazing Saga of “G for George”
Flight-Sergeant Harry Tickle, one of the ground maintenance experts whose tireless work behind the scenes keeps the R.A.F. flying, has his own special baby, “George.” For 18 months now, Harry has been a “father” to this bomber
[photograph of Sergeant Harry Tickle]
Flight Sergeant Tickle watches “G” for George take the air. He will be back to see George return – a duty he has done on every flight.
SERGEANT KEEPS IT FLYING
By HERBERT J. MUGGERIDGE
Since the outbreak of war I have visited aerodromes throughout the country, and photographed hundreds of pilots with their crews and mechanics. I have seen many examples of “perfect partnerships” – some of them between men who have been flying together till each seems to know instinctively what the other is thinking; some of them between pilot and ‘plane.
Now, on a North Country station, I have discovered a rather different kind of “perfect partnership,” which is, in some ways, the most remarkable of all – the partnership of Harry and George.
[photograph of Sergt. Martindale]
One of George’s stout defenders, Sergt. Martindale, mid-upper gunner, comes from Wigan.
Harry is a young Australian flight-sergeant from Adelaide, and George is a sleek, black Lancaster night bomber. Between them they have caused Hitler quite a few headaches.
The partnership started in October, 1942. George, a new boy, was drafted to an Australian squadron, and became a member of the select little army of bombers under the care of maintenance expert Flight-Sergeant Harry Tickle.
A few days, or rather nights ago, George set off for Berlin. This was his 83rd operational trip. Harry saw him away and welcomed him home – as he has never failed to do during George’s career.
When George has come back wounded – that has happened 18 times, night fighters being responsible on three occasions and flak on 15 – Harry has attended to his wounds with loving care.
Also, Harry has seen that George gets his petrol rations regularly. George, let me say, is a thirsty soul – he as swallowed over a hundred thousand gallons of petrol already.
In return for these little drinks, George has presented the enemy with 400 tons of bombs.
[photograph of flight log]
An extract from the log in which are entered details of every flight. Comments by the various pilots are also recorded in this unique log.
[photograph of flights on nose of the bomber]
On the nose of the bomber the 83 flights are recorded. Flight-Sergt. Saint Smith, know as “The Saint” was the first pilot, which explains the drawings.
[photographs of Flight Lieutenant A. F. McKinnon and Pilot-Officer R. Douglas]
One of the pilots who served in George - Flight-Lieutenant A. F. McKinnon (left), of Australia. Right: Pilot-Officer R. Douglas, who has taken George twice to Berlin and once to Leipzig.
[photograph of Lancaster night bomber]
And here is the Old War Horse itself
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Amazing saga of "G for George"
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Covers the men maintaining the Lancaster 'G for George' as well as some of the aircrew. here are photographs of various crew members and the aircraft. 'The Daily Sketch', 17 March 1944.
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Royal Air Force
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1944-03-17
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Sally Des Forges
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15 items. Two oral history interviews with Sergeant Henry Wolfe Wagner (1923 - 2020, 1604744 Royal Air Force), his memoirs, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a navigator with 51 Squadron from RAF Snaith and became a prisoner of war. He was demobbed in 1946 and returned to education where he remained until his retirement.
The collection was catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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33
[underlined] BRIEFING FOR ATTACK ON ESSEN, 28/29 NOVEMBER 1944 [/underlined]
Snaith, Yorkshire, base of 51 Squadron, flying Halifax Mk. III.
Crews listed on battle order are sitting in the briefing room waiting for the Station Commander (Wing Commander Holford) and other officers to unveil the target map. Thick cigarette smoke haze. As the officers enter, chatter stops and there is a scuffling of chairs as crews stand to attention.
”Sit down, please. Well, we have our old target again tonight, and its entirely a group effort. (Just 4 Group alone.) Some 340 aircraft are taking part. The target is Essen.”
The Intelligence Officer takes over. “Most of you have been to Essen before, and it doesn't need much introduction from me. I remind you that it has the Krupp's armament works in the northern part of the town and also [inserted] / [/inserted] the [inserted] // [/inserted] railway facilities which are very important now – they are supplying the front-line troops. Your point of aim in the morning is the south-eastern part of the built-up area, which is adjoining the residential part. The Germans will be asleep at that time, so you will be able to wake them up with a good fire. The attack will be carried out in 4 waves of 2 minutes each – make careful note of your time on target. Aircraft of this squadron are in the 4th wave, 0536 to 0538. There are too many decoys around Essen for me to give you a whole list of them, but there is one big one which will be just on your starboard side three miles before you get to your aiming point. Watch out for their imitation Pathfinder marker flares – they are always weaker in colour and don't burn as long as the genuine ones. The Pathfinder marking method is Newhaven (ground markers) with Musical Wanganui (sky marking in case ground is not visible). The attack opens at H minus six minutes. The Musical Mosquitos will drop red ground markers, red and yellow sky markers, and green and yellow sky markers. Aim your bombs at these in the following order of preference :- 1) at the red target indicators if you can see them, 2) at the red markers shooting yellow stars, 3) at the green markers shooting yellow stars. The skymarkers ignite at 17,000 feet. If you attack the skymarkers, you must do so on an exact heading of 084° true. Remember, the red ground markers are the ones to go for if you can see them. There will be no Master Bomber. At the same time you are on Essen, No. 3 Group are sending 150 Lancasters to Neuss, which is south of Dusseldorf. Their route joins yours here”, he says,
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pointing at the map. “With regard to the jettisoning of any bombs – If you get over Germany you must drop your bombs live there, but an aircraft making an early return must jettison them safe at least 80 miles out in the North Sea. All aircraft are carrying propaganda leaflets tonight; you will find 2 packets stacked in the rest position. The mid-upper gunners will put these into the bomb bays through the inspection hatches immediately after take-off. One final warning – you must empty your pockets before you leave the briefing room. Don't take any papers across with you that may be of assistance to the enemy, and remember, should you bale out over the other side, the only thing you are allowed to tell the enemy is your name, your rank and your number.”
The next speaker is the Meteorological Officer. “There is a front tonight lying about 6° East, that is some 50 miles west of the target area, and it is fairly stable. For take-off, it will be clear with only moderate amounts of cloud, and visibility about 3 miles. You'll have the same conditions all the way down England until about Reading, but from there on to the French coast, you'll have small amounts of cumulus, building up over the Channel to 3 to 6 tenths, well broken, with tops about 10,000ft. There may be one or two tops at 12,000ft. From there on until 6° East, the same conditions. The tops will level off at 8,000ft [inserted] / [/inserted], and cloud cover will become more or less continuous from the front to the target area. Freezing level is about 3,000ft, icing index moderate, but you shouldn't be flying in cloud anywhere and the temperature will be about minus 24 degrees at 20,000ft.”
The Station Commander speaks again. “I'll go over the flight plan now. We are taking off on runway 32; you will each do your appointed Radius of Action, and we set course over base at 6,000 feet for Reading at a speed of 175. We hold 6,000ft down to Reading and there we open up and start climbing to cross the English coast at Beachy Head at 10,000 feet, climbing at 160 knots. At the French coast, after crossing the Channel in level flight, we climb again, reaching 12,000ft at 3° East. We do the next leg at 170, and here we start climbing again to be at 19,000 feet by 0450 hrs. We hold 19,000 at 160 knots to the target area. Our bombing height tonight is 19,000 feet, and we are at the lowest height – the others are bombing at 20 and 21 thousand feet. After bombing, increase speed to 170 on the short leg out of the target area and maintain height right through the Ruhr defences until we reach just north of Cologne; here we turn starboard and have a gentle dive, losing 2,000ft, increasing our airspeed to 190 and crossing our own
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lines, where we have a very rapid loss of height down to 8,000ft. We are losing height at 220 knots on that leg. At 8,000ft, we shall be just above the cloud tops and we are holding 8,000 straight and level at 190 to 03°20' East. Here we turn starboard again and head up towards the French coast. There is one point that you want to watch – Dunkirk. Avoid going within 3 or 4 miles of the town. Here we have a gentle climb to cross the French coast again at 12,000ft just in case we are too close to the town. As you know, the Germans are still there. Once we leave the French coast behind, we lose height again at 190 and cross back over the English coast at Orfordness at 8,000ft. We are going to hold 8,000ft. right the way up to the Humber, where we break cloud and head for base.
You will probably have 10/10 cloud over the target. You may be lucky and get a break so that you can see the target indicators, but anyway, there is one thing about that – you won't be troubled by the searchlights.
I have some times here. I'll see the pilots and engineers at 0030. The buses for your aircraft will leave at 0045. The first aircraft will take off at 0205. Set course from base at 0310, the raid opens at 0530 and you should be back for breakfast at 0820.
You will see that your chief bother will be night fighters, as it is expected to be a full moon and it will be very very bright over there – I think visibility will be probably something like a mile. The Signals Officer will tell you about 100 Group's (Radio Counter Measures) work tonight and their efforts to jam the enemy's radar. After leaving a point here, near Cologne, we do have this rapid loss of height of 8 - 9,000ft and that is primarily to try and fox the fighters. The rest of the way back, I should think, will be fairly quiet. Just one or two more points: we have radar silence to 05°30' East, and there are to be no navigation lights on after we leave the English coast.”
The bombing leader is next to speak. “All aircraft tonight have the same load – one 2,000 lb. high capacity bomb and twelve SBC's (small bomb containers) each containing 90 4lb. incendiaries. All aircraft are carrying photo flares and cameras. Master bomber switch will be put on for take-off and switched off once you set course and do not put it on again until you reach 06°30' East, then it has to be entered in the navigator's log. [inserted] /// [/inserted] Put your camera heater switch on before you take off and leave it on right through the target and switch it off after you have cleared the camera. Select your bombs once you have left the English coast and switch on your bomb sight a good 20 minutes before you reach your
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target so you will be quite prepared for your run up.
If you have to bomb on Wanganui flares, apart from the heading 084° True, you have to have zero wind set at true height on the bomb sight. There is a delay of 10 seconds between the release of the 2000 lb. bomb and the SBC's, and this must be counted very carefully. After bombing, put the jettison bars across. After you have passed through the target area, press the bomb release once, clear the camera and put the camera heater off. I possible, do your visual check on the bomb bays over Germany because then if you have any hang up you can release it live on Germany; otherwise do it over the Channel on your way back, and remember that it has to be entered in the engineer's log this time. I'll see the bomb-aimers 15 minutes before transport time for a final check.
The Signals Officer takes over. “As you've already been told, there's both WT and radar silence up to 04°30'. Keep your H2S switched off up to that point and then use it throughout the trip. The mid-upper gunner should switch the modular off when you get into the aircraft and, navigators, switch your H2S on normally when you reach 04°30' and tell your mid-upper to switch the modular on for you to save you going back and forward. There's HF, (high frequency), AI (air interception) and VHF and Wurzburg plotting by the Germans, all of which are being jammed, and there's a special Windowing force out covering you. We're carrying our own Window as well; start that off at 05°30' to the target and back to 04°00'. You are carrying two types, the broad and the ordinary. The rates are – the broad type two minutes throughout the area, and the ordinary two minutes within 20 miles radius of the target. Your RT call sign is Beatem. Check watches with your navigator as you get into the aircraft. Check with the navigator what H-hour is. Z should be used; switch it on when taking off and switch it off at the English coast coming in. The usual rules for IFF apply (Identification – Friend or Foe).”
Final encouragement from the C.O. “It's a good target tonight. It's the largest armaments works in the world, so let's have a really steady bombing run and put an end to it. The job is also to complete the destruction of an already heavily-devastated town. There isn't much of Essen left, so it needs all the more accurate bombing. Best of Luck.”
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Debriefing report from W/O Bates' crew. “Arrived at target 2 minutes late. Attacked at 0539 from 19,000 feet heading 084°. Bombed on green/yellow Wanganui flares through 10/10 cloud. No ground markers visible, but glow of incendiary bombs through cloud indicated a good fire well concentrated. Flak on the heavy side in the target area; some fighters seen but no attacks made. Good navigational coverage by GEE. Weather turned out much as forecast, with cloud commencing inside the continental coast, increasing to mainly 10/10 at target, tops 8 - 10,000 feet. Visibility good above cloud.”
Result of raid compiled for squadron record. “Skymarkers were not plentiful. The green/yellow appeared to be 1/2 mile south of the red/yellow. The glow of red target indicators, or fires, could be seen below cloud together with a white glow of incendiaries. The raid appeared to be fairly concentrated but it is impossible to state whether on the target or not. Some fighters seen. Moderate heavy flak, rather on the low side. No searchlights.”
Report from group. “On the night of 28/29 November, 316 bombers were despatched; 308 attacked, dropping 1,199 tons of bombs comprising 1,024 tons of high explosive and 175 tons of incendiaries. Only 2 aircraft were lost, a very unusual and welcome occurrence; much of the credit for this can be given to 100 Group aircraft which swamped the Ruhr defences, so much so that the fighters were not able to take instructions from the ground. The photo-reconnaissance report said that the attack again spread destruction over the whole area of the city and works and it particularly noted new points of damage throughout the Krupp's armament works. Some of the points were clearly from new hits, others appeared to be the result of collapse or clearance of structures damaged in previous attacks. The identified buildings to which new or further damage was seen included power-houses, foundries, rolling-mills, furnace-shops, engineering shops and others concerned with armament and heavy steel production.”
After the Essen raid, aircrew of 51 Squadron had little sleep – those on battle-orders were out again the following night on another Ruhr target – Duisberg.
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38 [inserted] Equipment operated by 100 Group (Radio Counter Measures) (also German Knickebein.) Various other items of equipment carried by Main Force aircraft. [/inserted]
[underlined] Mandrel [/underlined]: a radio device which jammed the German early-warning radar. Aircraft flew a “race-course” pattern, jamming continuously. The Germans knew the main force was approaching behind the mandrel screen, but did not know exactly where it would emerge or on what course. GEE did not function when Mandrel transmitters were operating. Transmitters operated on fixed frequencies, except for Mandrel III which was designed for spot-jamming, and incorporated a receiver to allow the operator to identify an incoming signal and tune his transmitter accordingly.
[symbol] [underlined] Shiver: [/underlined]: a modified IFF set with an additional special setting: it produced a jamming signal aimed at German Wurzburgs and fire-control radar.
[symbol] [underlined] Monica [/underlined]: tail-warning radar, with indicator at W/operator's station.
[underlined] Knickebein [/underlined]: German blind-bombing system. One beam was aimed at the target and another crossed it at right angles indicating the bomb release point. It occurred to the Counter Measures Group that if they could locate the beams, they could equally well fly down them and attack the transmitting stations. This was done in Nov. 1940, but such attacks were hotly contested by the Germans.
[underlined] Oboe [/underlined] A similar system, radar not radio, operated by Mosquitoes for target-marking, and of very great accuracy.
[symbol] [underlined] Airborne Grocer [/underlined]: device for barrage-jamming of Wurzburgs. [inserted] Extremely vulnerable to being homed onto. [/inserted]
[underlined] Bagful [/underlined]: a device for making a permanent record on paper-tape, detailing wavelength, time and duration of incoming signals.
[underlined] Blonde [/underlined]: an automatic camera which provided a continuous record of signals within a specified band, as received by a Cathode Ray Tube.
[symbol] [underlined] Coalscuttle [/underlined]: modification to aircraft's existing H2S navigational radar to give a visual bearing once every 30 secs. on a signal under investigation.
[symbol] [underlined] Airborne Cigar [/underlined] (ABC): communications jammer on VHF, used to jam reception of a running commentary on position, course and altitude of Allied bomber formations.
[symbol] [underlined] Piperack [/underlined]: a jammer aimed at enemy Airborne Interception (A.I.) radars.
[symbol] [underlined] Carpet: [/underlined] a device aimed at enemy Ground Controlled Interception (C.G.I.) radars.
[symbol] [underlined] Boozer [/underlined]: tail-warning radar, with indicator within pilot's field of view.
[underlined] Z [/underlined]: infra-red identification equipment.
[symbol] [underlined] Jostle [/underlined]: VHF communications jammer.
[symbol] [underlined] Fishpond [/underlined]: tail-warning radar making use of H2S scanner.
[underlined] Village Inn [/underlined]: gun-laying radar for tail-turret.
[underlined] Flower [/underlined]: an intruder sortie, usually by Mosquitoes, against German night-fighter airfields during bomber operations.
[underlined] Mahmoud [/underlined]: a sortie flown by a single aircraft against German night-fighter assembly points in the hope of catching the interceptors before they were vectored onto the bombers.
[symbol] [underlined] Serrate [/underlined]: a homer aimed at German AI (Airborne Interception) radar (Lichtenstein).
[symbol] [underlined] Perfectos [/underlined]: a homer designed to trigger off and then take a bearing on German AI radar.
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[symbol] [underlined] Moonshine [/underlined]: a jammer designed to produce spuriously large returns on German Freya early-warning radar, by picking up its signals and re-transmitting a boosted signal.
[underlined] Rebecca [/underlined]: the airborne interrogator end of a two-part system using a ground-beacon called Eureka. Designed as a homing system for the identification of ground forces during supply drops.
[symbol] [underlined] Tinsel [/underlined]: a microphone fitted in the port inner engine nacelle; it transmitted engine noise via the wireless-operator's TR 1154 on the frequency of the German night-fighter control net, jamming radio instructions to the fighters.
[underlined] Corona [/underlined] Broadcast from England, using native German speakers, giving in plain language false instructions about the bomber-stream and the target. They were thus competing with the genuine fighter-controllers in Germany, so that crews did not know who to believe. Furthermore, the two sets of controllers started slanging each other, and confusion reigned. Then the Germans started using female controllers, but this had been foreseen, and German-speaking women were standing by in England, and took over immediately.
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An account of the briefing for an operation to Essen
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An extremely detailed account of the No 51 Squadron briefing for the operation to Essen on 28/29 November 1944 by Henry. It includes all the specialist officers as well as the Station Commander's brief. It also includes Henry's crew, Station and Group action reports. There is also a comprehensive list and description of the Electronic Counter Measure techniques used by No 100 Group.
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Henry Wagner
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1944-11-28
1944-11-29
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England--Yorkshire
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1944-11-28
1944-11-29
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11 items. An oral history interview with John Harrison (1924 - 2017), his log book, correspondence, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a mid-upper gunner with 106 Squadron from RAF Metheringham before being shot down and becoming a prisoner of war.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by John Harrison and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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[crest]
AN DIE ZIVILBEVÖLKERUNG DER DEUTSCHEN INDUSTRIEGEBIETE
Am 10. Mai 1942 hat Premierminister Churchill alle deutschen Städte, in denen sich die Rüstungsfabriken der deutschen Kriegsmaschine befinden, öffentlich zum Kriegsgebiet erklärt und die deutsche Zivilbevölkerung aufgefordert, diese Städte zu verlassen.
Diese Warnung ist der Bevölkerung der deutschen Industriegebiete von der deutschen Regierung verschwiegen worden. Die deutsche Regierung hat es auch über ein Jahr lang in verbrecherischer Weise unterlassen, hinlängliche Vorkehrungen zur Evakuirung der Bevölkerung aus diesen Gebieten zu treffen. Die Folgen fallen auf das Haupt der deutschen Regierung.
Der Verlauf unserer Luftoffensive in den Sommermonaten
G.69
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des Jahres 1943 hat gezeigt, dass die Luftwaffe nicht in der Lage ist, selbst das verhältnismässig kleine Gebiet Westund Nordwestdeutschlands zu schützen, das in den kurzen Sommernächten von England aus erreichbar ist. Jetzt erweitert sich mit dem Längerwerden der Nächte der Angriffsbereich der RAFallwöchentlich um 100 Kilometer. Binnen kurzem wird fast das ganze Reichsgebiet innerhalb dieses Bereichs liegen. Das bedeutet eine weitere Zersplitterung der bereits unzulänglichen Verteidigung. Sämtliche deutschen Industriegebiete sind wehrlos.
Es ist unser fester Entschluss, die Industrien der deutschen Kriegsmaschine zu vernichten, und wir besitzen die Mittel, diesen Entschluss durchzuführen. Wir werden unsere Angriffe solange fortsetzen und steigern, bis jede Kriegsproduktion in Deutschland aufgehört hat. Nur die bedingungslose Kapitulation der Regierung Hitler kann diesem Prozess ein Ende setzen.
Solange diese bedingungslose Kapitulation nicht erfolgt ist, stellen sämtliche deutschen Industriestädte einen Kriegsschauplatz dar. Jere Zivilperson, die sich auf diesem Kriegsschauplatz aufhält, läuft selbstverständlich ebenso Gefahr, ihr Leben zu verlieren, wie jede Zivilperson, die sich unbefugt auf ainem Schlachtfeld aufhält.
Was die Frauen und Kinder betrifft, so haben sie auf einem Schlachtfeld nichts zu suchen. Was die Belegschaften der Rüstungswerke selbst betrifft, so sind sie in der Lage von Soldaten einer Armee, deren Verteidigung zusammengebrochen und deren Vernichtung unvermeidlich ist. Soldaten in solcher Lage können ohne Schmälerung ihrer Ehre den Kampf einstellen.
[underlined] Wer diese Warnung missachtet, hat sich die Folgen selbst zuzuschreiben. [/underlined]
LONDON,
1. SEPTEMBER 1943
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An die Zivilbevölkerung der deutschen Industriegebiete
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Warning to civilian population of German industrial areas, outlining Churchill’s designation of cities with armaments factories as war zones (10th May 1942). Call to evacuate is said to have been kept from civilians by the German government.
Luftwaffe unable to protect because of RAF’s increasing reach into German territory. Resolve to destroy industries of German war machine until production ceases or Hitler’s government surrenders unconditionally. Civilians, who stay, are like soldiers on battlefield. Will bear consequences if disregard warning.
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1943-09-01
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deu
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MHarrisonJC1590954-180706-030001, MHarrisonJC1590954-180706-030002
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Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Germany
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1942-05-10
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Sally Coulter
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Williamson, Frank-249
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24 items. The collection concerns Frank Williamson (b. 1912, 1311249 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents and newspaper clippings. He flew operations as an air gunner with 106 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Lyn Williamson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Williamson, F
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[inserted] No 4 29-7-43 [/inserted]
[underlined] GERMAN CITY BLAZED FOR SIX DAYS [/underlined]
ANOTHER 2,000 TONS ON HAMBURG
The C.B.S. commentator, broadcasting from Moscow, said that Himmler’s visit to Hamburg was “prompted by peace demonstrations following recent air raids in Hamburg.” The report, quoting a Stockholm message, said: “Demonstrations demanded the immediate discontinuation of the war and called for an active struggle against Hitler.”
OUR bombers, by far the greater number of them four-engined, on Thursday night once again dropped more than 50 tons of bombs a minute on the port of Hamburg during an attack which lasted for threequarters of an hour, states the Air Ministry News Service.
Never before in the history of warfare has an attack of such weight and persistence been made against a single industrial concentration. No other target in Germany has hitherto had more than one 2,000-tons attack.
Fires have now been raging in Hamburg without intermission for six days, since the first 2,300-tons attack was made by Bomber Command on the night of July 24.
They were burning when the first of Thursday night’s great force, on its way to start huge fires in new districts of
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Another 2,000 Tons on Hamburg
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A newspaper cutting on another attack on Hamburg. It is annotated 'No 4 29-7-43'.
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Germany
Russia (Federation)
Sweden
Germany--Hamburg
Sweden--Stockholm
Russia (Federation)--Moscow
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Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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One newspaper cutting
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SWilliamsonF1311249v10003-0006
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1943-07-29
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Frances Grundy
bombing
bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943)
propaganda
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Williamson, Frank-249
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24 items. The collection concerns Frank Williamson (b. 1912, 1311249 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents and newspaper clippings. He flew operations as an air gunner with 106 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Lyn Williamson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Williamson, F
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2019-01-30
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[map]
[inserted] No 5 30/7/43 [/inserted]
Arms city wiped out in 18 minutes
By EDWARD J. HART
[italics] Sunday Express Air Reporter [/italics]
R.A.F. Bomber Station, Saturday.
REMSCHEID, medieval Rhineland city and centre of Germany's machine tool industry, had its first and probably last R.A.F. raid early today.
It was a thunder-and-lightning attack and lasted 18 minutes. By then Remscheid had been blasted by a load of bombs greater than fell on London during the heaviest 13-hour blitz of May 1941, and at least ten times greater than any raid on Britain this year.
The first waves of Lancasters, Stirlings and Halifaxes went in at 1.13 a.m., the last came out at 1.31.
As they recrossed the Dutch coast 200 miles from their target the homing air crews saw the glow of blazing Remscheid reflected against a thick pillar of black smoke.
No second time
"I do not think we shall have to pay it a second visit," a senior intelligence officer told me after interrogating the crews at this Halifax station in the North of England.
"Devastation seems to have been on the same scale as the Wuppertal raid on May 29. I put it well up in the higher class of bombing successes."
This view was shared by Group Captain H. H. Brookes, who accompanied our raiders as second pilot of Z for Zebra. Remscheid, he told me, is a city about the size of York.
"It was completely wiped up in one go," he added.
'Mushroom' fire
Captain of Z for Zebra was Squadron-Leader Peter Bunclark, D.F.C., D.F.M. His D.F.C. was awarded last Thursday.
Here are some descriptions of the Remscheid blasting from air crews who had bombed Hamburg three times in the previous six nights.
"The whole place was blazing like celluloid," "Fires like molten metal," "Just a bubbling sea of gold, silver, orange and red."
A navigator said that the outline of the blazing mass below exactly corresponded with the contour of his target map. He thought it uncanny. Remscheid measures 1.1/2 miles from east to west and 3 1/2 miles north to south.
Hitting the spot
Sergeant Reg Sloggett, former railway clerk from Manchester, was bomb-aimer in X for Xmas, last Halifax to leave the target area.
"It was a blazing mass when we went in and got bigger all the time," he told me. "I saw several terrific explosions and some of our bombs hitting the spot."
It was a clear night and, although night fighters were up in large numbers, there were no encounters by Halifaxes from this station, two of which are missing. Fifteen bombers in all were lost.
Remscheid's pre-war population of 107,000 is believed to have been greatly increased by the influx of foreign workers and refugees from neighbouring blitzed areas.
In the centre of the town are some 25 factories making machine tools and aircraft parts.
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Arms City Wiped out in 18 Minutes
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An article about the bombing of Remscheid. It is annotated 'No 5 30/7/43'.
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Germany
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England--Lancashire
England--Manchester
Germany--Remscheid
Germany--Wuppertal
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Text
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One newspaper cutting
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SWilliamsonF1311249v10003-0008
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1943-07-30
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Sue Smith
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Medal
Halifax
Lancaster
pilot
propaganda
Stirling
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Page 1 represents a promise from the USA to return to the people of France the liberty that France originally gifted to America.
Page 2 expands on this promise.
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Cavalier, Reginald George. Album two
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35 items. The album contains service material, Christmas cards, and propaganda leaflets in German, French and English.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-04-10
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Cavalier, RG
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Au pays qui nous a donné "La Liberté" ... nous rendrons la liberté
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Message from America to the French people announcing they are allies once again; America is at war with Germany, Italy and Japan. As in 1917, this has allowed preparation time. France urged to stay strong and praised for its resistance.
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1942-01-31
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Two sides of a printed sheet
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fra
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Text
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SCavalierRG1264567v10015-0001, SCavalierRG1264567v10015-0002
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Civilian
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France
United States
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IBCC Digital Archive
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David Bloomfield
Sally Coulter
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1942
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Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English
propaganda
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Bowker, David
D G Bowker
D Bowker
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Bowker, DG
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15 Items. An oral history interview with Flight Lieutenant David Bowker (142854 Royal Air Force) and 14 propaganda leaflets. David Bowker flew operations as a pilot with 103 and 150 Squadrons.
The collection has been licenced to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Bowker and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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Aus der Letzten April - Woche 1942
23.-29. April
Die deutsche Luftwaffe warf auf England 228 000 Kilo Bomben
Die R.A.F. Warf auf Deutschland 1 320 800 Kilo Bomben
26. April
Hitler verspricht im Reichstag:
„In dem kommenden Winter wird das Heer in dem Osten besser ausgerüstet sein“
[short line]
(Am 3. Oktober 1941 hat Hitler erklärt: „Dieser Gegner, Russland, ist bereits gebrochen und wird sich nie mehr erheben!“)
27. April
[italics] Der amerikanische Arbeiterführer R.F.Watt am 27. April 1942 in London; [/italics]
„Noch in diesem Jahr werden weitere 10 Millionen Arbeiter in die Rüstungsindustrie übergeführt werden: In den Vereinigten Staaten sind mindestens 54 Millionen Arbeitskräfte verfügbar.“
28. April
[italics] Generalbevollmächtigter für den Arbeitseinsatz SAUCKEL am 28. April; [/italics]
„Im Ernteeinsatz werden HJ und BdM in bisher noch nicht dagewesenem Ausmass zur Verfügung stehen.
Eine grosse Reserve an Arbeitskräften verkörpern noch immer die deutschen Frauen.
Im Einsatz fremdländischer Arbeitskräfte stehen uns Kriegsgefangene, Zivilarbeiter und -arbeiterinnen aus den meisten europäischen Ländern zur Verfügung.“
[page break]
[following text (repeated) surrounds whole page]
HITLER KANN DEN KRIEG NICHT MEHR GEWINNEN, ER KANN IHN NUR VERLÄNGEN
[end of surrounding text]
„Die zahlenmässige Überlegenheit des des Feindes gewann durch die immer mehr entwickelte Kriegsindustrie der Ententestaaten weiter gefahrvoll am Stärke. Sie war ausschliesslich auf den Krieg eingestellt. Arbeitskräfte standen ausreichend zur Verführung. An Rohstoffen war kein Mangel, die Arbeitsleistung war nicht gesunken, das Leben ging in den Ententeländern seinen normal Weg. Das Weltmeer war ihnen offen. Die Vereinigten Staaten Nordamerikas halfen jetzt in dem grössten Umfang aus und schufen Neues. Die technische Ausstattung der Ententeheere erreichte immer grössere Vollkommenheit und Kraft, so wie sie bisher noch nie dagewesen war.“
„Sicher stand, dass unsere Rüstungswerke trotz ihrer gewaltigen Leistungen, auch wenn sie noch so viel Arbeiter erhielten, nie in der Lage waren, den feindlichen Vorsprung einzuholen, so lange die gewaltige feindliche Industrie ungestört unter friedensähnlichen Bedingungen weiterarbeitete. Ein Ausgleich der Kraft war demnach unter diesen Verhältnissen nicht zu erreichen … Bei einem Hinziehen des Krieges schien unsere Niederlage unausbleiblich.“
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Aus der letzten April - Woche 1942
Propaganda Leaflet G42
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In last week of April 1942, Luftwaffe and RAF bombing are compared as well as Hitler’s announcement now and from 1941. Contrasting statements from American (R F Watt) and German (Sauckel) on availability of workers.
Extract from Ludendorff’s ‘Kriegserinnerungen’ commenting on how Entente Powers were able to build their armaments and workforce. Protracting the war had meant defeat was inevitable for Germany.
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One printed leaflet
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deu
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Text
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MBowkerDG[Ser#-DoB]-151216-030001,
MBowkerDG[Ser#-DoB]-151216-030002
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Royal Air Force
Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe
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1942-04
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Frances Grundy
Sally Coulter
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Great Britain. Propaganda Warfare Executive
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Germany
bombing
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
propaganda
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Summary of developments from one week in April 1942:
-contrasts the bombs dropped on England (228,000 tons) with those dropped on Germany (1,320,800 tons);
-sets Hitler's 1941 prediction that Russia was defeated alongside an announcement in April 1942 that the army in the East is being strengthened;
-compares labour strength in USA with Germany.
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Cavalier, Reginald George. Album two
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35 items. The album contains service material, Christmas cards, and propaganda leaflets in German, French and English.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-04-10
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Cavalier, RG
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Aus der Letzten April - Woche 1942
23.-29. April
Die deutsche Luftwaffe warf auf England 228 000 Kilo Bomben
Die R.A.F. Warf auf Deutschland 1 320 800 Kilo Bomben
26. April
Hitler verspricht im Reichstag:
„In dem kommenden Winter wird das Heer in dem Osten besser ausgerüstet sein“
[short line]
(Am 3. Oktober 1941 hat Hitler erklärt: „Dieser Gegner, Russland, ist bereits gebrochen und wird sich nie mehr erheben!“)
27. April
[italics] Der amerikanische Arbeiterführer R.F.Watt am 27. April 1942 in London; [/italics]
„Noch in diesem Jahr werden weitere 10 Millionen Arbeiter in die Rüstungsindustrie übergeführt werden: In den Vereinigten Staaten sind mindestens 54 Millionen Arbeitskräfte verfügbar.“
28. April
[italics] Generalbevollmächtigter für den Arbeitseinsatz SAUCKEL am 28. April; [/italics]
„Im Ernteeinsatz werden HJ und BdM in bisher noch nicht dagewesenem Ausmass zur Verfügung stehen.
Eine grosse Reserve an Arbeitskräften verkörpern noch immer die deutschen Frauen.
Im Einsatz fremdländischer Arbeitskräfte stehen uns Kriegsgefangene, Zivilarbeiter und -arbeiterinnen aus den meisten europäischen Ländern zur Verfügung.“
[page break]
[following text (repeated) surrounds whole page]
HITLER KANN DEN KRIEG NICHT MEHR GEWINNEN, ER KANN IHN NUR VERLÄNGEN
[end of surrounding text]
„Die zahlenmässige Überlegenheit des des Feindes gewann durch die immer mehr entwickelte Kriegsindustrie der Ententestaaten weiter gefahrvoll am Stärke. Sie war ausschliesslich auf den Krieg eingestellt. Arbeitskräfte standen ausreichend zur Verführung. An Rohstoffen war kein Mangel, die Arbeitsleistung war nicht gesunken, das Leben ging in den Ententeländern seinen normal Weg. Das Weltmeer war ihnen offen. Die Vereinigten Staaten Nordamerikas halfen jetzt in dem grössten Umfang aus und schufen Neues. Die technische Ausstattung der Ententeheere erreichte immer grössere Vollkommenheit und Kraft, so wie sie bisher noch nie dagewesen war.“
„Sicher stand, dass unsere Rüstungswerke trotz ihrer gewaltigen Leistungen, auch wenn sie noch so viel Arbeiter erhielten, nie in der Lage waren, den feindlichen Vorsprung einzuholen, so lange die gewaltige feindliche Industrie ungestört unter friedensähnlichen Bedingungen weiterarbeitete. Ein Ausgleich der Kraft war demnach unter diesen Verhältnissen nicht zu erreichen … Bei einem Hinziehen des Krieges schien unsere Niederlage unausbleiblich.“
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Aus der letzten April-Woche 1942 (From the last week in April 1942)
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An account of the resource
Description
In last week of April 1942, Luftwaffe and RAF bombing are compared as well as Hitler’s announcement now and from 1941. Contrasting statements from American (R F Watt) and German (Sauckel) on availability of workers.
Extract from Ludendorff’s ‘Kriegserinnerungen’ commenting on how Entente Powers were able to build their armaments and workforce. Protracting the war had meant defeat was inevitable for Germany.
Date
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1942
Format
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Two sides of a printed sheet
Language
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deu
Type
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Text
Coverage
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Civilian
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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SCavalierRG1264567v10011-0001, SCavalierRG1264567v10011-0002
Contributor
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David Bloomfield
Sally Coulter
Temporal Coverage
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1942-04
Spatial Coverage
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Germany
bombing
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
propaganda