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Cook, Kenneth
Kenneth Cook
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Ken Cook
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K Cook
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Two oral history interviews with Wing Commander Kenneth Howell Cook DFC (b. 1923, 151017 Royal Air Force). Kenneth Cook flew 45 operations with 97 Squadron, Pathfinders.
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2016-07-25
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Cook, KHH
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Interview with Wing Commander Kenneth Cook DFC
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SHarriganD[Ser#-DoB]v33
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Royal Air Force
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Claire Bennett
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Interviewer: Ok, Ken.
KC: Ok. Hello. This is Wing Commander Ken Cook DFC. I joined the Royal Air Force in October 1941, U/T air crew and after training in Canada I came, returned back to the UK, commissioned as a young pilot officer air bomber and went through various conversion training courses in the UK and eventually joined up with a crew. And our first squadron was Number 9 Squadron at Bardney in Lincolnshire flying Lancasters in Number 5 Group of Bomber Command. After about ten ops with 9 Squadron we were as a crew recruited by the Pathfinder Force which was based in Cambridgeshire and so we were as a crew posted to do additional specialised training as at that time new radar equipment was being brought in and introduced to Bomber Command and in my case it was my job to learn the gadgets known as H2S, Gee and Loran. So, my role changed from being a straightforward air bomber to becoming a radar navigator and air bomber and so it was my job particularly to work the H2S which had a capability for uses in airborne navigation device. And of course, also it’s main role with the Pathfinders was, was identifying German targets and it enabled the Pathfinder crews to find the German targets and to mark them with target indicators so that the main force crews of Bomber Command coming in behind us could identify where the target was and very often bombing on our markers. So we had to be very accurate how we dropped them and where we dropped them and I did this, I ended up doing a total of forty five ops, thirty five of those was as a member of a Pathfinder crew. We eventually having started out with the Pathfinders at Bourn in Cambridgeshire my squadron were then deployed in about April of ’44 to Coningsby in Lincolnshire to join with Number 83 Squadron that had been posted up there from Wyton. And our job was to work with the special force under Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire who was devising a system of finding the targets where the Germans where assembling V weapons on the French coast and in Belgium. And our job was to illuminate the target with parachute flares so that he trained a special force of Mosquito dive bombers that could lay the target markers in these tunnels so that our main force crews from 5 Group and other Groups could come over and do area or intensive accurate bombing as well on these targets. And I completed my forty fifth op in 1944 and was posted to RAF Fiskerton in Lincolnshire as the station radar nav officer. My job was to, we had two squadrons there, 49 and 189 and my job was to fly with these crews and check them out on their ability to use their radar equipment because now the main force were getting the same sort of radar gear that the Pathfinders had had for some time. And so it was my job to make sure the air crew when they, before they went on ops could operate their new radar equipment. And I stayed there for a year or two and eventually was posted to Headquarters, Number 1 Group at Bawtry as the Group radar navigation officer. My job was to oversee all the squadrons, all the Lancaster squadrons in 1 Group to ensure that the crews were properly trained in operating their radar equipment. Can I stop there? Right. Let’s carry on then.
[pause]
On some of the incidents that come to mind one in particular because the Lancaster bomber we all wear warm clothing because the, in the middle of winter the temperatures in the aircraft could become extremely low and in fact if you had to use the elsan at the back of the aircraft it would be extremely low and freezing. And on one occasion I was forced to go back there and use the elsan and I discovered the temperature was minus fifty three degrees Celsius and of course, in having to use the elsan and lower the clothing etcetera I found that my bottom was sticking to the seat to a little bit when I tried to stand up. But I had to stand up because at that time the skipper was calling me, ‘Come on, Ken. We’re only ten miles from the target.’ So I had to hurry up and get back. But in doing so I experienced a little a bit of pain [laughs] in certain lower regions. The other, some of the other aspects of my career was at having completed forty five ops I was then sent off to do jobs as I mentioned with other stations and other squadrons and taking me to the end of the war I applied for a Short Service Commission and this was granted. And after a couple of years the Air Ministry offered me a peacetime Permanent Commission which I accepted and I was down the rank of flight lieutenant and so I then was asked to move out from Bomber Command and become trained with peacetime navigation courses and I thought well, perhaps I’m going to shoot now into somewhere like Transport Command but none of it. Having completed my peacetime navigation course I was then asked by Air Ministry to go through the night fighter OCU at Leeming where I was then trained again to become a navigator radar operator with the AI equipment on night fighters. And so after the appropriate course at Leeming I was then posted to 23 Squadron at Coltishall on Mosquito Mark 36s and I flew with them for about two and a half years until one day I was told that I was to go back to Leeming as a squadron leader to set up the ground school for the introduction of the first jet night fighters. The Meteor NF11 was coming in and I was to head up the ground school with the expansion of the RAFs night fighter force both in the UK and Germany and also the odd squadron in Malta and Cyprus. And so I did that job for about two years and eventually was posted to RAF Newton which was then the headquarters of 12 Fighter Group as the Group navigation officer. And I did the staff duties there but also managed to keep on flying with some of the squadrons in 12 Group, night fighter squadrons until eventually one day the AOC asked me would I like to go back on a squadron as a flight commander. And so the AOC of 12 Group had me posted back to West Malling where I became a flight commander on number 85 Squadron as a navigator which was an unusual post which I enjoyed. And I did that for just over a year and one day the AOC of 11 Group sent for me and said, ‘Cook, do you think you could command a night fighter squadron?’ I said, 'Yes sir.’ He said, ‘Well, you’ve got one tomorrow. ‘You’re going to become a wing commander.’ And so I did that and I became the CO of one of the other squadrons at West Malling called 153 and I was made an acting wing commander and only had that job for about a couple of months when they decided to close the airfield because our flights were getting involved with civil aircraft flying in from the continent, particularly at night. And so they closed the airfield at West Malling and I, and I took 153 Squadron up to Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire and stayed with them for a while and eventually we changed our number to become 25 Squadron. And I completed my two years with the 25 squadron, 153/25 squadron and then one day I was told, ‘You’re going to the staff college.’ And I thought oh I’m going to learn to read and write again. But I did a one year course at the Staff College at Bracknell and after that the Air Ministry in their wisdom said, ‘You’ve done enough flying you’ve got to do an admin job.’ So they posted me and my wife to Aden as a wing commander in the organization branch which was concerned with improving the airfields throughout the Aden Protectorate and then up in the Gulf. So I did that for about two years and then I came back. I’m not quite sure what to do after that but I eventually did a job as the staff officer to the Home Commander, Home Defence Forces which was an organisation which has now been set up to deal with what would happen if there was a nuclear attack on Britain and what would the Air Force be doing to help out. And one of my jobs was to get involved with working out plans on that. And things have gradually moved along until eventually I decided to take early retirement and I left the RAF after twenty six years service in 1947.
Interviewer: And to go back to your, your Bomber Command days it’s always very interesting how the crews got together I think. Now, were you, how did you? I know you go into a sort of a hangar sort of thing and you mill around. There’s no organisation. Were you expecting that or, and did you know somebody? How did your crew come together?
KC: Well, when you got in the early stages of training you started to think about crewing up when you were flying on Wellingtons. You went, in my case I went to Cottesmore which was number 14 OTU and there you meet up with pilots, the wireless operator, straight navigator, air gunners. They were all brought in there and you’d chat with them and eventually you agreed to form a crew. And that’s what we did.
Interviewer: And it proved satisfactory.
KC: Yeah.
Interviewer: Didn’t it?
KC: For instance my skipper was an Australian.
Interviewer: Ah.
KC: Yeah. I was a West Country Gloucestershire man. The other navigator was a Yorkshire man. The mid-upper gunner was a Canadian. The wireless operator was a Londoner and the tail gunner was a Scotsman. That was my crew.
Interviewer: League of Nations.
KC: Yeah.
Interviewer: And you obviously all got on and you all gelled.
KC: We gelled. Yes. Yes. We stayed together for forty five trips. Yeah.
Interviewer: And you’ve mentioned Leonard Cheshire. Did you have much to do with him?
KC: Well, now Leonard Cheshire was based at Woodhall Spa but once we started and once my squadron had come up from 8 Group and we were now at Coningsby with alongside 83, the Pathfinder Squadron when we had briefings on a pre-briefing on a raid Cheshire would come in to see, hear to the breifing. But he particularly once we’d done the raid he would come back because often he would go on the raid himself. He would come back and listen to the debriefing and if things were not coming out clear from the debriefing of the crews he would cut in to explain what was going on where he was concerned in the air. To sort out any, so the intelligence people doing the debriefing could get a more accurate story of what was happening over the other side.
Interviewer: Did you form any opinions of him as a —
KC: Oh, he was the top boy really. Yes. He was, he had tremendous respect from all the all the, all the aircrew like myself.
Interviewer: Yes, so —
KC: What he was and what he did and of course he did a hundred ops, didn’t he?
Interviewer: He did.
KC: Yeah. Can I stop now?
Interviewer: Yeah [laughs] That was Wing Commander Kenneth Cook DFC, retired RAF Bomber Command talking at Thorpe Camp on the 24th Of September about his wartime experiences. Thank you, Wing Commander.
Ken Cook joined the RAF in 1941 and trained as a bomb aimer. He was posted to 9 Squadron at RAF Bardney. After approximately ten ops the crew were posted to the Pathfinder Force at RAF Bourn where he became radar navigator and air bomber. They were then posted to RAF Coningsby with 83 Squadron with the role of seeking V weapon launch sites. After forty five operations he was posted to RAF Fiskerton as station radar navigation officer. He then joined the HQ at RAF Bawtry as Group radar navigation officer. The 23 Squadron at Coltishall on Mosquitoes before being asked to form a ground school at RAF Leeming.
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1941
1944
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
Contributor
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Julie Williams
23 Squadron
83 Squadron
9 Squadron
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992)
Lancaster
military living conditions
military service conditions
Mosquito
Pathfinders
radar
RAF Bardney
RAF Bawtry
RAF Bourn
RAF Coningsby
RAF Fiskerton
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Smith, Bob
Robert Wylie Smith
R W Smith
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An account of the resource
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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Mining operation to Bordeaux
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Calculations, observations and a chart used for an operation to Bordeaux
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Bob Smith
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1944-08-09
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France
France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
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Four printed sheets and a chart with handwritten annotations
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SSmithRW425992v20009-0001, SSmithRW425992v20009-0002, SSmithRW425992v20009-0003, SSmithRW425992v20009-0004, SSmithRW425992v20009-0005
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1944-08-09
15 Squadron
aircrew
mine laying
navigator
pilot
radar
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Smith, Bob
Robert Wylie Smith
R W Smith
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An account of the resource
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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Operation to Kiel
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Calculations, observations and chart used on an operation to Kiel.
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Bob Smith
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1944-07-23
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Germany
Germany--Kiel
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
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Two printed sheets and a chart with handwritten annotations
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SSmithRW425992v20004-0001, SSmithRW425992v20004-0002, SSmithRW425992v20004-0003
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-07-23
15 Squadron
aircrew
anti-aircraft fire
bombing
Gee
navigator
pilot
radar
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Smith, Bob
Robert Wylie Smith
R W Smith
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An account of the resource
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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Title
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Operation to Caen
Description
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Calculations, observations and chart for an operation to Caen.
Date
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1944-07-18
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France
France--Caen
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
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Technical aid
Map. Navigation chart and navigation log
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Two printed sheets and a chart with handwritten annotations
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SSmithRW425992v20003-0001, SSmithRW425992v20003-0002, SSmithRW425992v20003-0003
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1944-07-18
15 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
Gee
navigator
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
pilot
radar
tactical support for Normandy troops
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Smith, Bob
Robert Wylie Smith
R W Smith
Description
An account of the resource
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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Title
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Bob Smith's Memoirs Book 4
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Bob Smith
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Great Britain
Scotland--Aberdeen
Scotland--Paisley
England--London
England--Thetford
Norway
Norway--Oslo
Germany
Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)
Switzerland
Germany--Stuttgart
England--Ely
Germany--Krefeld
Germany--Chemnitz
England--Brighton
Netherlands
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
England--Liverpool
Malta
Egypt
Egypt--Suez Canal
Western Australia--Fremantle
Victoria--Melbourne
New South Wales--Sydney
Queensland--Ipswich Region
Queensland--Maryborough
New South Wales--Cootamundra
Canada
Alberta--Edmonton
Nova Scotia--Halifax
England--Sidmouth
Nova Scotia
Coverage
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Royal Australian Air Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States Army Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Description
An account of the resource
Describes his service after completing his tour and the journey back to Australia.
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Memoir
Format
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40 printed sheets
Conforms To
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Pending text-based transcription
Pending review
Identifier
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SSmithRW425992v10004-0002 copy
149 Squadron
15 Squadron
3 Group
617 Squadron
622 Squadron
air gunner
aircrew
anti-aircraft fire
B-17
B-24
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
Cook’s tour
crash
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Service Order
Gee
George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952)
ground personnel
H2S
Lancaster
love and romance
mess
mine laying
navigator
Operation Exodus (1945)
Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945)
Operational Training Unit
prisoner of war
radar
RAF Desborough
RAF Honington
RAF Husbands Bosworth
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Mildenhall
RAF Stradishall
RAF Tempsford
RAF West Freugh
Special Operations Executive
sport
V-2
V-weapon
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
-
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Smith, Bob
Robert Wylie Smith
R W Smith
Description
An account of the resource
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.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2019-03-25
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Smith, RW
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Title
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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
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1944
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
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
Coverage
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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
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Memoir
Text. Personal research
Format
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98 printed pages
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Pending text-based transcription
Identifier
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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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Blamires, Robert Geoffrey
R G Blamires
Description
An account of the resource
99 items. The collection concerns Robert Geoffrey Blamires (b. 1921, 139996 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, diary, correspondence, documents, charts and an <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2645">Album</a>. He flew operations as a navigator with 103 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Judith Coad and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
Date
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2022-05-11
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Blamires, RG
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Title
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Mining Gdynia
Identifier
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MBlamiresRG139996-220512-060004
Description
An account of the resource
H2S return for a mining operation to Gdynia captioned '27/2 EWS 26/27.8.44//13000. 250 10/10. M014010Mining Gydinia 190/8 HEL.PT. F/L Josey. U 103'.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944-08-26
1944-08-27
Temporal Coverage
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1944-08-26
1944-08-27
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Poland--Gdynia
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Photograph
Format
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One b/w photograph
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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103 Squadron
aircrew
H2S
mine laying
radar
-
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Blamires, Robert Geoffrey
R G Blamires
Description
An account of the resource
99 items. The collection concerns Robert Geoffrey Blamires (b. 1921, 139996 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, diary, correspondence, documents, charts and an <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2645">Album</a>. He flew operations as a navigator with 103 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Judith Coad and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
Date
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2022-05-11
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Blamires, RG
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Title
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Mining Stettin
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MBlamiresRG139996-220512-060001, MBlamiresRG139996-220512-060002, MBlamiresRG139996-220512-060003, MBlamiresRG139996-220512-060005
Description
An account of the resource
Four H2S returns for a mining operation to Szczecin. Captioned:
24/5 EWS 16/17.8.44// 11000 ? 30/30 L 0119 Mining Stettin. FL/T Josey. U103
24/3 EWS 16/17.8.44// 11000 185 30/30 M. 011530 Mining Stettin. Swinemunde 12 FL/T Josey. U103
24/1 EWS 16/17.8.44// 11000 168 30/30 M [deleted] Mining Stettin. FL/T Josey. U103
24/2 EWS 16/17.8.44// 11000 168 30/30 L 0114 Mining Stettin. FL/T Josey. U103. Swinemunde
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944-08-16
1944-08-17
Temporal Coverage
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1944-08-16
1944-08-17
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Poland--Szczecin
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Photograph
Format
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Four b/w photographs
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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103 Squadron
aircrew
H2S
mine laying
radar
-
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Blamires, Robert Geoffrey
R G Blamires
Description
An account of the resource
99 items. The collection concerns Robert Geoffrey Blamires (b. 1921, 139996 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, diary, correspondence, documents, charts and an <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2645">Album</a>. He flew operations as a navigator with 103 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Judith Coad and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
Date
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2022-05-11
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Blamires, RG
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Title
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Radar screen
Description
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An photograph of a radar screen.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Photograph
Format
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One b/w photograph
Identifier
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PBlamiresRG2213
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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H2S
radar
-
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Ure, Ivan Lochlyn
I L Ure
Description
An account of the resource
27 items. The collection concerns Ivan Lochlyn Ure (b. 1922, 1323004 Royal Air Force) and contains his memoirs, prisoner of war log, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 10 Squadron before he became a prisoner of war.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Tim and Heather Wright and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Date
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2018-08-15
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Ure, IL
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Title
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... just ... Chapters in a Life .. and some History
Description
An account of the resource
A detailed autobiography by Ivan Ure.
Creator
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Ivan Ure
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1997
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Great Britain
England--Isle of Wight
Norway
Scotland--Argyllshire
England--Yorkshire
England--Sussex
England--Westbourne (West Sussex)
England--London
England--Hayling Island
England--Evenley
England--Somerset
England--Blackpool
Germany
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Nuremberg
France
France--Abbeville
France--Paris
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Poland
Poland--Gdańsk
Lithuania
Lithuania--Šilutė
Lithuania--Klaipėda
Poland--Szczecin
Poland--Białogard
Poland--Pyrzyce (Powiat)
Germany--Lauenburg
Germany--Lüneburg
Germany--Rheine
England--London
Germany--Dresden
Ireland
Ireland--Dublin
Ireland--Cork
Austria
Austria--Vienna
Libya
Libya--Tripoli
Libya--Banghāzī
Egypt
Egypt--Cairo
Egypt--Jīzah
Egypt--Port Said
Kuwait
Bahrain
Iran
Iran--Tehran
Scotland--Oban
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Polskie Siły Powietrzne
Royal Navy
Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Conforms To
An established standard to which the described resource conforms.
Pending text-based transcription
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Memoir
Format
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140 printed sheets
Identifier
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BUreILUreILv1
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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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.
10 Squadron
4 Group
air gunner
Air Gunnery School
aircrew
Anson
anti-aircraft fire
bale out
Blenheim
bomb aimer
Botha
Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992)
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
crewing up
Defiant
ditching
Dominie
Dulag Luft
entertainment
flight engineer
Goldfish Club
ground personnel
Halifax
Hampden
Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984)
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
Hurricane
Ju 88
Lancaster
Lysander
Me 109
Me 110
Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy
navigator
Operational Training Unit
perception of bombing war
physical training
pilot
prisoner of war
Proctor
radar
RAF Barrow in Furness
RAF Brize Norton
RAF Cosford
RAF Hendon
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Madley
RAF Marston Moor
RAF Melbourne
RAF Padgate
RAF Sywell
RAF Uxbridge
RAF Yatesbury
Red Cross
Spitfire
sport
Stalag Luft 1
Stalag Luft 4
Stalag Luft 6
Stirling
the long march
training
Typhoon
Wellington
wireless operator / air gunner
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
-
https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/559/42906/BBlacklockGBBlacklockGBv1.2.pdf
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Stephenson, Stuart
Stuart Stephenson MBE
S Stephenson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Stephenson, S
Description
An account of the resource
20 items. An oral history interview with Stuart Stephenson MBE, Chairman of the Lincs-Lancaster Association, and issues of 5 Group News.
The collection was catalogued by Barry Hunter.
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, some items are available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
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Half a Life, Half Remembered
An Autobiography by Group Captain GB Blacklock
Identifier
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BBlacklockGBBlacklockGBv1
Creator
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GB Blacklock
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Germany
Great Britain
England--Skipton
Scotland--Bedrule
England--Northumberland
England--Yorkshire
England--London
England--Appleby-in-Westmorland
Egypt--Alexandria
Egypt--Aboukir Bay
England--Chester
England--Newmarket (Suffolk)
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Guernsey
France--Marseille
Northern Ireland
Scotland--Montrose
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Helgoland
Germany--Wangerooge Island
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Borkum
England--Wisbeach
England--Weybridge
Norway--Bergen
Norway--Stavanger
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Netherlands--Rotterdam
France--Givet
Belgium
France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)
France--Hazebrouck
France--Dunkerque
France--Socx
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Karlsruhe
France--Salon-de-Provence
Italy--Genoa
Germany--Essen
Germany--Lünen
Wales--Hawarden
Germany--Baden-Baden
England--Eastleigh
Scotland--Stranraer
England--Doncaster
France--Brest
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)
Germany--Lingen (Lower Saxony)
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Magdeburg
France--La Pallice
Germany--Karlsruhe
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An account of the resource
From his youth to the award of his DFC by the King.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Memoir
Format
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87 printed sheets
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IBCC Digital Archive
101 Squadron
115 Squadron
12 Squadron
142 Squadron
148 Squadron
149 Squadron
15 Squadron
2 Group
3 Group
311 Squadron
4 Group
5 Group
7 Squadron
9 Squadron
99 Squadron
air gunner
aircrew
Anson
anti-aircraft fire
Blenheim
bomb aimer
bombing
Boston
Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940)
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Medal
entertainment
fitter airframe
flight engineer
Flying Training School
George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952)
Gneisenau
ground personnel
Halifax
Hampden
hangar
Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984)
Harrow
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
Hudson
Hurricane
incendiary device
Lancaster
love and romance
Magister
Manchester
Me 109
Me 110
mess
military living conditions
military service conditions
Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy
Mosquito
navigator
Navy, Army and Air Force Institute
observer
Operational Training Unit
Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
pilot
radar
RAF Benson
RAF Boscombe Down
RAF Catterick
RAF Cosford
RAF Cranwell
RAF Debden
RAF Duxford
RAF Finningley
RAF Grantham
RAF Halton
RAF Hendon
RAF Henlow
RAF Honington
RAF Leeming
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Manston
RAF Mildenhall
RAF Netheravon
RAF Newmarket
RAF Oakington
RAF Sealand
RAF Silloth
RAF South Cerney
RAF St Eval
RAF Stradishall
RAF Tangmere
RAF Upavon
RAF Upper Heyford
RAF Uxbridge
RAF Waddington
RAF Warmwell
RAF Waterbeach
RAF West Freugh
RAF West Raynham
RAF Wittering
RAF Wyton
Scharnhorst
shot down
Spitfire
sport
Stirling
Tiger Moth
training
Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979)
Wellington
Whitley
wireless operator
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
-
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Lazenby, Harold Jack
H J Lazenby
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-10-10
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Lazenby, HJ
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11 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Harold Jack Lazenby DFC (b. 1917, 652033 Royal Air Force) and contains his memoir, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 57, 97 and 7 Squadrons.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Daniel, H Jack Lazenby and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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H Jack Lazenby DFC
Description
An account of the resource
Harold Jack Lazenby's autobiography.
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Great Britain
England--Warrington
England--Wolverhampton
England--Shifnal (Shropshire)
England--London
England--Bampton (Oxfordshire)
England--Witney
England--Oxford
England--Cambridge
France--Paris
England--Portsmouth
England--Oxfordshire
England--Southrop (Oxfordshire)
England--Cirencester
England--Skegness
England--Worcestershire
England--Birmingham
England--Kidderminster
England--Gosport
England--Fareham
England--Southsea
Wales--Margam
Wales--Port Talbot
Wales--Bridgend
Wales--Porthcawl
England--Urmston
England--Stockport
Wales--Cardiff
Wales--Barry
United States
New York (State)--Long Island
Illinois--Chicago
England--Gloucester
Scotland--Kilmarnock
England--Surrey
England--Liverpool
England--Lincolnshire
England--Lincoln
Denmark--Anholt
Poland--Gdańsk
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Essen
Germany--Kiel
Europe--Mont Blanc
Denmark
England--Hull
Czech Republic--Plzeň
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
England--Mablethorpe
Germany--Cologne
Italy--Turin
France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
England--Land's End Peninsula
Italy--San Polo d'Enza
Italy--Genoa
Italy--Milan
Algeria
Algeria--Blida
Algeria--Atlas de Blida Mountains
England--Cambridge
England--Surrey
England--Ramsey (Cambridgeshire)
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Munich
France--Montluçon
Germany--Darmstadt
Scotland--Elgin
England--York
Scotland--Aberdeen
England--Grimsby
Germany--Saarbrücken
Germany--Zeitz
Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Germany--Wanne-Eickel
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Chemnitz
Germany--Heide (Schleswig-Holstein)
Germany--Wuppertal
Germany--Homberg (Kassel)
Netherlands--Westerschelde
Germany--Rheine
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Helgoland
Germany--Bremen
Netherlands--Rotterdam
Belgium
England--Southend-on-Sea
England--Morecambe
England--Kineton
England--Worcester
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr
England--London
Italy--La Spezia
France--Dunkerque
Poland--Szczecin
Poland
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Recklinghausen (Münster)
Netherlands
England--Sheringham
England--Redbridge
France--Saint-Nazaire
Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)
Germany
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States Army Air Force
Royal Air Force. Transport Command
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Memoir
Format
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99 printed sheets
Identifier
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BLazenbyHJLazenbyHJv1
Creator
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Lazenby, Harold Jack
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Pending text-based transcription
1654 HCU
20 OTU
207 Squadron
4 Group
5 Group
57 Squadron
617 Squadron
7 Squadron
97 Squadron
air gunner
Air Gunnery School
aircrew
anti-aircraft fire
B-17
B-24
Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986)
bomb aimer
bombing
bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945)
briefing
Catalina
Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940)
crewing up
debriefing
demobilisation
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Medal
Distinguished Service Order
Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943)
entertainment
flight engineer
flight mechanic
Flying Training School
George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952)
Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944)
ground crew
ground personnel
H2S
Halifax
Hampden
hangar
Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984)
Harvard
Heavy Conversion Unit
Hudson
Hurricane
Ju 88
killed in action
Lancaster
love and romance
Manchester
Master Bomber
Me 110
Me 262
mechanics engine
mess
military living conditions
military service conditions
mine laying
Mosquito
navigator
Navy, Army and Air Force Institute
Nissen hut
Oboe
Operation Exodus (1945)
Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945)
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
Pathfinders
pilot
radar
RAF Barkstone Heath
RAF Bassingbourn
RAF Benson
RAF Bourn
RAF Brize Norton
RAF Colerne
RAF Cosford
RAF Cranwell
RAF Dunkeswell
RAF East Kirkby
RAF Elvington
RAF Fairford
RAF Halton
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Melton Mowbray
RAF Mepal
RAF Oakington
RAF Padgate
RAF Pershore
RAF Scampton
RAF Silverstone
RAF St Athan
RAF Stormy Down
RAF Swinderby
RAF Talbenny
RAF Tangmere
RAF Upper Heyford
RAF Upwood
RAF Uxbridge
RAF Valley
RAF Warboys
RAF Wigsley
RAF Wing
recruitment
Resistance
Spitfire
sport
Stirling
target indicator
training
V-1
V-2
V-weapon
Victoria Cross
Wellington
Whitley
Window
wireless operator
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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George, David Burrows
D B George
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-11-17
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George, DB
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An account of the resource
14 items. The collection concerns Sergeant David Burrows George (1796593 Royal Air Force) and contains operation reports, correspondence, a biography and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 153 Squadron and was killed 22 January 1945. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Shelagh Wright and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /> Additional information on David Burrows George is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/108520/">IBCC Losses Database.</a>
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Flashbacks to My Tour with the Americans
May 1942 to August 1943
Description
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An diary kept of operations, starting 1st to 18th December then 8 May 1944 to July 30th 1944.
Spatial Coverage
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Germany--Berlin
Great Britain
England--Wellingborough
Germany--Leipzig
England--Lincoln
France--Normandy
England--New Brighton (Wirral)
England--Blackpool
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man
Northern Ireland--Antrim (County)
Scotland--Galloway
Gibraltar
Spain
North Africa
Italy
England--Chigwell
England--Preston (Lancashire)
Germany
Italy--Capri Island
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Diary
Format
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10 handwritten sheets
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Pending text-based transcription
Identifier
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YGeorgeDB1796593v1
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IBCC Digital Archive
5 Group
air gunner
aircrew
anti-aircraft fire
crash
killed in action
Lancaster
mess
missing in action
pilot
radar
RAF Brampton
RAF Fiskerton
RAF Gamston
RAF Waddington
RAF Woodbridge
V-1
V-weapon
-
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George, David Burrows
D B George
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-11-17
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George, DB
Description
An account of the resource
14 items. The collection concerns Sergeant David Burrows George (1796593 Royal Air Force) and contains operation reports, correspondence, a biography and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 153 Squadron and was killed 22 January 1945. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Shelagh Wright and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /> Additional information on David Burrows George is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/108520/">IBCC Losses Database.</a>
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Raid Report Book - 9 Squadron
Description
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A record of operations conducted by 9 Squadron aircraft between 15 February and 26 March 1944.
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9 Squadron
Date
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1944
Temporal Coverage
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1944
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Leipzig
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Schweinfurt
Germany--Augsburg
France--Marignane
Germany--Stuttgart
France--Nord (Department)
Germany
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Service material
Format
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41 handwritten pages
Identifier
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MGeorgeDB1796593-171117-01
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Pending text-based transcription
9 Squadron
aircrew
anti-aircraft fire
bomb aimer
mid-air collision
navigator
pilot
radar
RAF Manston
RAF North Killingholme
RAF Silverstone
RAF Skellingthorpe
RAF Swinderby
RAF Tangmere
RAF Woodbridge
wireless operator
-
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Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association
Description
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.
Date
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2018-01-29
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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RAF ex POW As Collection
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Title
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Robert Charles Stephenson Hancock
His World War 2 Life and Experiences as seen through his Handwriting Sample presented at the BIG meeting 20th February 2010
Creator
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Pat Jackson (nee Hancock)
Spatial Coverage
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Poland
Middle East--Palestine
Great Britain
England--Yorkshire
Netherlands--Friesland
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Netherlands--Dokkum
Germany--Fallingbostel (Landkreis)
Germany--Dresden
Germany--Hannover
Netherlands
Poland--Żagań
Lithuania--Šilutė
Germany
Description
An account of the resource
Pat's research into her father's RAF life. He was shot down over the Netherlands and was protected by locals until he gave himself up. He was held at three prisoner of war camps and towards the end of the war he was forced into the Long March. Included are photographs, sketches and letters written by her father.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Personal research
Format
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Eleven printed sheets
Conforms To
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Pending text-based transcription
Identifier
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MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-60
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IBCC Digital Archive
aircrew
arts and crafts
bale out
bombing
Caterpillar Club
evading
final resting place
killed in action
navigator
pilot
prisoner of war
radar
RAF Cranwell
RAF Leeming
Red Cross
sanitation
shot down
Stalag Luft 3
Stalag Luft 6
the long march
Typhoon
Whitley
-
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Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association
Description
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.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018-01-29
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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RAF ex POW As Collection
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Title
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John Martin's memoir
A Raid Over Berlin
Description
An account of the resource
The story of John Martin's last operation, how he was shot down, escaped the aircraft and was captured. He was interrogated at Dulag Luft in Frankfurt then transferred to various Stalg Luft camps. His story covers in his life until he was repatriated in 1945.
Creator
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John Martin
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Great Britain
England--London
England--Lincoln
England--Huntingdonshire
England--Gloucestershire
Germany--Berlin
France--Caen
France--Normandy
Poland--Świnoujście
Germany--Dresden
Poland
Poland--Vistula River
Poland--Toruń
Italy
Europe--East Prussia (Poland and Russia)
England--Grimsby
France
Belgium
France--Ardennes
Netherlands--Arnhem
Belgium--Brussels
England--Dover
England--Wolverhampton
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Hannover
Europe--Elbe River
England--Newark (Nottinghamshire)
Netherlands
Germany
England--Sleaford (Lincolnshire)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
United States Army Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Indian Air Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe
South African Air Force
Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Memoir
Format
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71 printed sheets
Identifier
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EMartinESBatchelderHE20170502
Conforms To
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Pending text-based transcription
Rights
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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.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1945
166 Squadron
air gunner
aircrew
anti-aircraft fire
B-29
bale out
bomb aimer
C-47
demobilisation
Do 217
Dulag Luft
evading
flight engineer
ground personnel
Halifax
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
Lancaster
Lancastrian
mine laying
navigator
Operational Training Unit
pilot
prisoner of war
radar
RAF Cosford
RAF Cranwell
RAF Kirmington
RAF Wing
Red Cross
Resistance
sport
Stalag Luft 4
Stalag Luft 6
the long march
training
Typhoon
V-1
V-2
V-weapon
wireless operator
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association
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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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RAF ex POW As Collection
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Alan McInnes memoir
A German Holiday 1944-45
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An autobiography by Alan of his time as a prisoner of war. He describes the night they were shot down over Germany. Also his training with his mainly Australian crew. Then he goes into more detail regarding the operation when he was shot down.
He describes their capture, mistreatment and interrogations at various locations. After interrogations at Dulag Luft they were sent to a transit camp in Frankfurt then on by train to Heydekrug, Stalag Luft VI. Although their camp section was new it was cramped and basic. He describes camp life in detail. As the Russians got closer they were sent by train to an Army camp at Thorn. He read a copy of NCO education in the camp. These courses were extremely popular and supported by text books sent from the UK. Exams were sat and papers sent to the UK for marking. At Thorn they marched to Stammlager 357 but not for long. They then marched back to the railway and were sent to Fallingbostel. He describes the rail journey in detail, then in greater detail he describes camp life.
Later he was moved to an officer's camp at Eichstadt. This turned out to be an Army camp which refused them and they were sent to Sagan. He stayed there for a short time then was moved to Stalag Luft 3, then 111A. As the Russians neared they moved again. After a couple of days waiting in trucks they returned to their camp. The railway system was breaking down as the end of the war neared.
After the Russians reached them they were allowed out of the camp but still remained billeted there. He writes about his impressions of the Russians.
His journey home was delayed by rain that did not allow aircraft to fly.
His story ends with his retelling of the night his aircraft was shot down, his night in Brussels and his return to England.
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Alan McInnes
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Germany--Berlin
Germany--Magdeburg
Australia
Great Britain
England--Lichfield
Poland--Szczecin
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Stendal
Switzerland
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Lithuania--Šilutė
Poland
Italy
Canada
United States
Poland--Szczecin
Poland--Toruń
Greece
Greece--Crete
Poland--Vistula River
England--Staverton (Northamptonshire)
Germany--Bad Fallingbostel
Poland--Żagań
Poland--Bydgoszcz
Poland--Poznań
Germany--Pasewalk
Germany--Neubrandenburg
Germany--Stavenhagen
Germany--Malchin (Landkreis)
Germany--Güstrow
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Lübeck
Germany--Eichstätt
Germany--Munich
Germany--Kassel
Germany--Eisenach
Germany--Fürth (Bavaria)
Germany--Treuchtlingen
Germany--Ingolstadt
Germany--Regensburg
Germany--Leipzig
Germany--Plauen
Poland--Wrocław
New South Wales--Sydney
Victoria--Melbourne
New South Wales
India--Jammu and Kashmir
China
England--London
Germany--Elbe
Germany--Potsdam
Germany--Jüterbog
Ukraine--Odesa
Germany--Dresden
Germany--Halle an der Saale
Belgium--Brussels
England--Brighton
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Hannover
Ukraine
Germany--Luckenwalde
Poland--Poznań
Germany
Germany--Hof (Hof)
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Australian Air Force
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eng
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Text. Memoir
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85 printed sheets
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BMcInnesAMcInnesAv1
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1944-01-21
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83 Squadron
air gunner
aircrew
bale out
bomb aimer
C-47
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
crewing up
Dulag Luft
entertainment
final resting place
flight engineer
Fw 190
Goering, Hermann (1893-1946)
ground personnel
H2S
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
incendiary device
Lancaster
Mosquito
navigator
Operation Exodus (1945)
Operational Training Unit
Pathfinders
pilot
prisoner of war
radar
RAF Bicester
RAF Lichfield
RAF Wigsley
RAF Wyton
Red Cross
shot down
sport
Stalag 3A
Stalag Luft 3
Stalag Luft 6
target indicator
the long march
training
wireless operator
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/2200/40157/EDarbyCAHWellandJ450706.1.pdf
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Darby. Charles Arthur Hill
Darby, CAH
Jack Darby
Johnny Darby
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203 items. The collection concerns Charles Arthur Hill Darby (1915 - 1996, 154676 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs, documents and correspondence. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 186 Squadron.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Richard John Darby and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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2018-02-02
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Darby, CAH
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Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
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He discusses their wedding plans then domestic news. They flew to Denmark to test German radar.
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Jack Darby
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1945-07-06
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Denmark
Germany
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
England--Hythe (Kent)
England--Claygate
England--Salisbury
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Royal Air Force
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eng
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Two double sided handwritten sheets and envelope
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EDarbyCAHWellandJ450706
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1945-07
aircrew
love and romance
radar
RAF Stradishall
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Darby. Charles Arthur Hill
Darby, CAH
Jack Darby
Johnny Darby
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An account of the resource
203 items. The collection concerns Charles Arthur Hill Darby (1915 - 1996, 154676 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs, documents and correspondence. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 186 Squadron.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Richard John Darby and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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2018-02-02
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Darby, CAH
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Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
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He writes that he has been flying to test German radar. He talks about their wedding plans, folk dropping out of the wedding and presents.
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Jack Darby
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1945-06-29
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Germany
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
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Royal Air Force
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eng
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Two double sided handwritten sheets and envelope
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EDarbyCAHWellandJ450629
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1945-06
aircrew
love and romance
radar
RAF Stradishall
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ISRPt. Survivors of the 1943-1944 Pistoia bombings
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12 interviste a testimoni dei bombardamenti alleati di Pistoia, realizzate da Claudio Rosati tra il 1983 e il 1984 con l'intento di comprendere e studiare gli effetti che le incursioni aeree hanno avuto sulla popolazione civile tra il 1943 e il 1944. Gli esiti della ricerca furono esposti al convegno internazionale di studi “Linea Gotica. Eserciti, popolazioni, partigiani” svoltosi a Pesaro il 27/28/29 settembre 1984 e pubblicati nella rivista Farestoria n. 1/1985, edita dall'Istituto storico della Resistenza di Pistoia. L’istituto, dove le cassette sono state in seguito depositate, ha gentilemente concesso all’IBCC di digitalizzarle e di pubblicarle in licenza. Le interviste conservano la struttura originale, che può essere diversa dal modo in cui le interviste dell’IBCC Digital Archive sono di solito realizzate. La digitalizzazione rispecchia fedelmente le caratteristiche delle registrazioni originali, con minimi interventi. In base agli accordi con il licenziatario, i sunti delle interviste sono dati in italiano ed inglese.
12 oral history interviews with survivors of the Pistoia bombings, originally taped by Claudio Rosati between 1983 and 1984 with the aim to understand the fallout of the 1943-1944 operations on civilians. The findings were presented at the international symposium “Linea Gotica. Eserciti, popolazioni, partigiani” (Pesaro, 27/28/29 September 1984) and then published on 'Farestoria' n. 1/1985, published by the Istituto storico della Resistenza di Pistoia. The Istituto, where the tapes were later deposited, has kindly granted permission to the IBCC Digital Archive to digitise and publish them. Interviews published here retain their original format, which may differ from the way IBCC Digital Archive ones are normally conducted. The digitisation captures faithfully the characteristics of the original recordings with minimal editing only. According to the stipulations with the licensor, summaries are provided in Italian and English.
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CR: Ecco, il primo bombardamento che si – il primo bombardamento di Pistoia se lo ricorda? O è stato il primo bombardamento –
Aldo Galardini: Sì, me lo ricordo bene perché fu una esperienza – la prima esperienza del genere e episodi drammatici non si dimenticano e eravamo lì nella casa paterna in Via Bastione Mediceo e accanto a noi c’era una fabbrica, una fabbrica di – una conceria e a un certo momento è suonato l’allarme come sempre e che quella sera era un po’ diverso del solito si capì che cominciarono a buttare i bengala, questo era verso mezzanotte e mezzo, l’una.
CR: Perché c’erano stati altri allarmi?
Aldo Galardini: Sì, altri – passavano sempre questi stormi giorno e notte, però Pistoia era la prima volta.
Annalia Galardini: Ma la sirena suonava per l’allarme?
Aldo Galardini: Perbacco se suonava l’allarme, sì, sì, suonava e naturalmente fummo presi tutti alla sprovvista, perché a quell’ora lì, all’una, mezzanotte – all’una di notte, dal suono del – dall’allarme passarono sette, otto minuti, sicché prima ci fu il lancio dei bengala, gli apparecchi che lanciavano questi bengala, quando poi la città fu completamente illuminata cominciarono – dietro lo stormo era a distanza, girava, cominciò il bombardamento e –
CR: Voi eravate in casa?
Aldo Galardini: E noi eravamo in casa e naturalmente il babbo diceva che lui aveva fatto la guerra ’15-‘18 e che tanto se ne intendeva un po’ di quelle cose, no, pertanto il consiglio che ci dette fu quello di nascondersi sotto il letto e tutti, il babbo, la mamma e i tre fratelli siamo andati sotto il letto. Talmente c’avevo due fratelli, Mario e Raffaello, che erano molto alti e con le gambe rimanevano fuori del letto, no, quelle non erano protette e allora abbiamo trovato anche un po’ il sistema di parlare su questo particolare, però era tanta la paura specialmente nel mio fratello Mario, era terrorizzato quando – lui reagiva in una maniera del tutto particolare insomma, lui proprio perdeva un po’ – perdeva la calma, perdeva – insomma, mancava di lucidità, ecco, diventava un po’ irrazionale e allora abbiamo subito passivamente questo bombardamento che è durato – che è durato molto [enfasi] tempo, insomma, a noi è sembrato un’eternità, ma è durato dai venticinque ai trenta minuti, perché sono state diverse ondate che hanno fatto e le prime [enfasi] bombe cadute su Pistoia sono cadute proprio sulla conceria [enfasi], proprio quella accanto a noi che è andata completamente distrutta.
CR: Quindi l’avete sentito in modo particolare?
Aldo Galardini: Proprio accanto [enfasi], alla distanza – in linea d’aria, venticinque, trenta metri non di più, soltanto abbiamo avuto fortuna che c’era un grande [enfasi] muro, un muro di notevoli dimensioni che divideva appunto questa conceria dalla nostra – da dove abitavamo noi [pausa] oh, questo fu il primo bombardamento poi ripeto –
CR: Ecco ma fisicamente cosa si sente?
Aldo Galardini: Fisicamente niente –
CR: Quando s’aspetta la bomba –
Aldo Galardini: Perché – perché lì si avverte proprio la nostra impotenza. No, non è che siamo di fronte a un pericolo al quale in qualche modo possiamo reagire o fronteggiare o dominare, lì no, lì si aspetta e basta, lì non so, chi ha fede prega, ma in quel momento lì si prega tutti, prega anche chi non ha fede, intendiamoci, perché la fede viene in quel momento lì.
CR: Ecco, ma stavate tutti zitti lì sotto il letto?
Aldo Galardini: Zitti, sì, si sentiva soltanto il cuore di mio fratello Mario che batteva, era una cosa tremenda [enfasi] come gli batteva il cuore. Bene, e il babbo reduce della Grande Guerra, in effetti, aveva una grande – perché era il più consapevole, ecco, delle – io allora ero un ragazzino, avevo diciott’anni e sicché, insomma – ma non è che fossi incosciente, però un po’ – forse un po’ irresponsabile, forse ancora non valutavo e abbiamo aspettato che finisse, così.
CR: Ma non ve l’aspettavate che Pistoia sarebbe stata bombardata?
Aldo Galardini: No, assolutamente no, perché non era previsto, nel senso che non aveva niente di particolare, no, forse l’unica cosa era questa che siccome a Pistoia era allora in efficienza la Porrettana, la Pistoia Porretta Bologna, loro bloccando – paralizzando la direttissima e bloccandola la Porrettana praticamente tagliavano sotto il profilo ferroviario il Nord dal Sud, era completamente – avrebbero completamente paralizzato ogni tipo di trasporto. Sa’, allora non c’erano i mezzi e gli auto mezzi di oggi giorno, insomma, allora era il treno che era un po’ determinante insomma nella guerra di allora e però quella prima volta lì la stazione – ci sono stati un sacco di morti – ci sono stati un sacco di morti, perché il primo bombardamento fu terribile, insomma, e la stazione il primo bombardamento non è che ne risentisse molto, qualche danno ma lieve, poi ci sono stati tanti altri bombardamenti e hanno centrato in pieno la stazione, specialmente gli scambi, gli scambi estremi, il punto più nevralgico della stazione, no, la prima volta – tornando ora un momentino sulla prima volta, allora questa attesa, questo sibilo – insomma, si cominciava un po’ già a fare il conto da quando si udiva il sibilo e cade la bomba al momento dello scoppio, no, e ogni volta che si sentiva lo scoppio si diceva ‘È andata, è andata’.
CR: Facevate proprio il conto.
Aldo Galardini: Eh [enfasi], per farlo poi si rimane lì, non so, forse un sesto senso che insomma fa un po’ questi calcoli, fa un po’ queste cose, questo è stato il primo bombardamento che fortunatamente noi ne uscimmo tutti indenni sia come casa sia come noi, però fu un’esperienza io direi drammatica. Drammatica perché, insomma, stare lì – perché sa’, uno è in una trincea, in una galleria, in qualche cosa che è creato apposta, ma in una casetta lì a un solo piano c’era – insomma, fu drammatica, ecco.
CR: Ma d’allora tutte le notti successive stette un po’ più in pensiero?
Aldo Galardini: Sì, poi si cominciò a prendere in considerazione anche la faccenda di sfollare, no, infatti siamo andati siamo andati in cima a un monte, lì, chiamato San Quirico al oltre il Pontenuovo, una località che c’è tra Pistoia e Agliana, a tre o quattro chilometri da Pistoia e c’enno diverse case coloniche che ospitavano tutta questa gente che insomma scappava dalle città per trovare un – inizialmente andò tutto bene, poi fintanto che non arrivarono i tedeschi, allora, ma questo fu molto più tardi. No, un altro episodio particolare io l’ho vissuto proprio in prima persona, diversi bombardamenti – vale a dire, noi eravamo in servizio alla stazione di Pistoia, noi, cioè a dire io e mio padre eravamo in servizio alla stazione Pistoia, no, entrambi ferrovieri e mentre però le persone d’una certa età in qualche modo trovavano il sistema di stare a casa o insomma era un po’ più giustificato, noi giovani, che tra l’altro eravamo entrati in ferrovia come avventizi e per tanto ci premeva magari creare presupposti per poi conservare il posto, noi si stava lì, si stava lì col rischio della vita, poi [enfasi] i tedeschi, anzi il governo fascista di allora istituì un premio speciale per i ferrovieri per chi rimaneva in servizio. Bene, purtroppo, sa’, quando si ha che fare con interessi si dimentica anche un pochino – questa è la cosa, è un aspetto veramente tragico, diciamo così, dell’aspetto umano, no, cioè, a dire ‘Io ti do cinquanta lire’ davano cinquanta lire ‘se tu rimani in servizio, non scappare se non scappi, a fine sciopero – a fine, pardon, a fine bombardamento ti presenti dal capostazione titolare’ va bene ‘e tu prendi cinquanta lire’.
CR: Ah, dopo ogni bombardamento c’era questa –
Aldo Galardini: Sì, sì, dopo ogni allarme, bastava che uno non scappasse, davano cinquanta lire.
CR: Perché allora era diffuso lo scappare –
Aldo Galardini: Eh [enfasi] era talmente diffuso che noi l’avevamo anche organizzato. C’è da dire, in stazione noi avevamo a disposizione una locomotiva a vapore pronta sul primo binario, una locomotiva è una vettura di terza classe, va bene, di quelli come c’eran una volta con tanti sportelli, no, con tanti sportelli con ottolini [?], va bene, allora, quando da Torre del Lago dove c’era il radar ci davano l’allarme che gli apparecchi si stavano – gli aerei venivano indirizzati verso la nostra zona, noi si montava sul treno, noi si chiamava il treno fuga, si scappava tutti e andavamo in campagna a un tre, quattro chilometri da Pistoia, fuori degli scambi di Pistoia, oltre – verso Montale Agliana. Verso Montale Agliana, si passava il ponte degli Armacani, si fermava il – questo trenino, si fermava lì e tutti gli impiegati – tutti i componenti della stazione scendevano precipitosamente dal treno, andavano giù nei campi e si buttavano a diacere nelle fosse e insomma e così si faceva sempre franca. Io mi ricordo una volta che avevamo – oltre – avevamo un comandante tedesco in stazione, che è tra l’altro – era un ferroviere in Germania, era un ferroviere ma era un semplice ferroviere, un deviatore, qualcosa del genere, bene, a Pistoia invece aveva addirittura l’incarico di capostazione e ci capiva anche e perbacco aveva tutte le qualità, aveva tutti i numeri, era entrato molto bene nel nostro sistema di servizio e lui non voleva che specialmente quelli addetti alla circolazione treni – assolutamente non tollerava o premio o non premio, lui non tollerava che lasciassero il servizio.
CR: Anche quando [incomprensibile] di salire sul treno?
Aldo Galardini: Sì, sì, sì, niente, lui non voleva, potevano andar via gli impiegati, quelli addetti alle biglietterie, eccetera eccetera, ma quelli addetti alla circolazione treni non potevano assolutamente scappare, i capistazione, i telegrafisti, eccetera eccetera. Allora, io mi ricordo che allora ero al telegrafo, ero al telegrafo, viene il – s’annuncia – s’annuncia dal – c’avevamo sempre un terrapista che stava col telefono collegato con Torre del Lago, s’annuncia che questi aerei si stanno dirigendo su Pistoia e un fuga fuga generale, no, io siccome tra l’altro ero al telegrafo, ero tra quelli che non potevo andar via, mi affaccio sulla porta per andar via e lì c’è questo sergente maggiore tedesco che si chiamava Maruska [?], il quale mi vede e mi fa un cenno come dire ‘No, non si scappa’, allora io ritorno indietro, lì al telegrafo – al telegrafo allora si faceva anche l’accettazione telegrammi e c’era uno sportello, va bene, uno sportello, cioè ma grande, bene e che con questi sportelli che si aprono per poter parlare col pubblico, no, cioè in basso dove si scambia la moneta e si scambia gli stampati, con una piattaforma girevole e poi un pochino più in alto un oblò, sia pure quadrato, che sarà stato quaranta per quaranta, trentacinque, quarantacinque [incomprensibile] insomma la cosa è certa, perché io mi soffermo su questi particolari? Che noi si pensò di scappare di lì, va bene –
CR: Dio bono, dall’oblò?
Aldo Galardini: Sì, da questo oblò che era alto da terra un metro e mezzo, du’ metri, ma sa’, la paura purtroppo – allora si monta su una sedia, passa un primo impiegato, un certo Panconi Sevenzo [?] che era un tipo come il mio fratello, quando gli pigliava il terrore lui cominciava a picchiare la testa. Lui quando finiva i bombardamenti noi ci si domandava sempre cosa gli era successo, perché lui tornava sempre pieno di sangue, perché lui picchiava dappertutto.
CR: Ma ce n’era diversi terrorizzati che gli prendeva il terrore?
Aldo Galardini: No, fortunatamente no, no, erano proprio casi direi patologici, casi rari. Sicché lui passa per primo, va di là, il secondo a passare era un certo Corsino [?] Corsini, che ora poveretto è morto, che era molto robusto, molto grosso, sicché monta sulla sedia, monta sul banco, poi si mette con la testa e con le spalle dall’altra parte, quando arriva in mezzo non va né di qua né di là, allora l’altro, perché facesse, prima lo tirava dalla parte della testa e delle spalle, io, preso anch’io [enfasi] dalla paura di non far in tempo a scappare visto che non passava, lo tiravo dalla parte – sicché lo spogliai tutto: gli levai le scarpe, gli levai i pantaloni, gli levai le mutande, questo pover’omo rimase nel mezzo. Morale della favola: quella volta lì non hanno bombardato la stazione e di conseguenza è andata bene, sennò sarebbe stato una commedia [ride], anche perché ci avrebbero trovato con le scarpe e le mutande in mano di questo collega, ‘O questi cosa facevano [ride] invece di far servizio?’. Questa volta non è successo il bombardamento, un’altra volta, sempre in servizio, sempre in servizio – quella volta ho fatto in tempo a scappare, quella volta ho fatto in tempo a scappare, perché? Ho fatto in tempo a scappare perché mi son trovato – quando hanno dato l’allarme mi sono trovato in una posizione favorevole, pertanto sono sfuggito all’attenzione lì del comandante, di questo Maruska [?] e di altri suoi commilitoni e ho cominciato a correre verso la – ho presso la Via Pratese, Via Quattro Novembre, no, che tra l’altro costeggia la ferrovia, io non v’esagero, io arrivai in fondo al ponte, ci arrivai io prima – prima io del treno [ride], questo per dirvi [ride] quanto scappavo, quando io sono arrivato in fondo a Via Quattro Novembre, ho preso sulla sinistra verso la casa paterna, no, perché di lì cominciavano subito i campi. Dietro la casa paterna c’erano tutti i campi dei famosi fratelli Capecchi, no, che facevano le piante e lì era tutto una boscaglia, sicché io una volta là, là non c’era più pericolo, no, c’era mica obbiettivi né niente.
CR: Ma per sbaglio non potevano bombardare lì?
Aldo Galardini: Sì, infatti, gli americani non è che guardassero a spese nello sbagliare, cioè dire – per loro non c’era una questione di dire ‘Sa’, bisogna stare attenti, perché poi un giorno ci mancheranno le muni –’, loro distrugge – per loro era indifferente, loro – per loro era indifferente, loro bombardavano, ma poi basta.
CR: Ma voi avevate l’impressione che bombardassero per terrorizzare la popolazione o solo gli obbiettivi? Allora, però, che impressione avevate?
Aldo Galardini: Allora no, allora era per gli obiettivi.
CR: Ce l’avevate quest’impressione?
Aldo Galardini: Sì e in più s’ aveva quest’altra – forse risentivo un pochino della propaganda, no, che in effetti non erano dei grossi piloti, perché per esempio il – il Ponte delle Svolte non l’hanno mai preso. Sì, lì c’era una particolarità, ora apro parentesi, no, cioè a dire: quando loro vedevano il ponte non poteano – sganciando, era già – andavano molto – vale a dire, loro doveano sgangiare prima di vederlo e infatti poi da ultimo c’arrivarono, perché – vabbè comunque torniamo –
CR: Ma risentimento c’era? C’era un risentimento verso questi che bombardavano, o no?
Aldo Galardini: No, non c’è mai stato nulla, specialmente verso gli americani. No, no, no, non c’è mai stato –
CR: Perché li distinguevate gli americani dagli inglesi quando bombardavano?
Aldo Galardini: Sì, ecco gli inglesi – il regime fascista era un po’ riuscito a piano piano [incomprensibile] questi bombardamenti un po’ indiscriminati, senza criterio insomma, non si considerava –
CR: La volontà di colpire la gente non ce la leggevate, via.
Aldo Galardini: No, no, no, nella maniera più assoluta, perché poi a un certo momento, quando si sono fatti un po’ più precisi, un po’ più accorti e bomba – e gli obbiettivi li centravano perbacco, eccome se li centravano, soltanto – io sono convinto questo, che siccome c’era già la lotta partigiana, c’era già tante altre cose, ci sta che loro abbiano inteso pochino stancare anche la popolazione, portarla a una – una ribellione, ma sa’, bisogna stare attenti, perché generalmente sono quelle azioni un po’ a doppio taglio, è un po’ come un’arma a doppio taglio, no, molto spesso invece di creare, diciamo così, un risentimento nei confronti dei tedeschi, c’era proprio anche da creare risentimento proprio verso di loro, sicché, insomma, secondo me sono quelle azioni da usare con molto criterio e naturalmente mi sa chi dà certi ordini le cose le sa. Comunque, questa volta che vi dicevo prima, io sono giunto giù in fondo a Via Quattro Novembre, sono andato verso la sinistra verso Via Bastione Mediceo, allora si chiamava Via dei Campi Santi, quando sono arrivato a casa mia c’era un orto, per passare al di là dell’orto – del mio orto, a passare al di là dell’altro orto, c’era una gora che io per anni, anni e anni non ce l’avevo mai fatta a saltarla, saltavo sempre dentro, tant’è vero che era un po’ oggetto di scherno da parte dei miei fratelli, dei cugini, degli amici, dei ragazzetti di allora, no. Bene, quella volta lì io ho saltato dall’altra parte e mi è avanzato buoni trenta centimetri [ride], questa è la forza della paura [ride], vero, questo è la forza della paura, aspe – un momento, ho dimenticato la cosa più importante: quando io scappavo una donna per la strada m’ha fermato, m’ha fatto un gesto e m’ha detto ‘Mi prendi un bambino? Mi prendi un bambino?’, c’aveva due bambini: uno in collo e uno che lo tirava per la mano e m’ha dato quello che aveva in collo, io ho presso questo bambino, sì, non ho mica guardato per il sottile e ho continuato a scappare, ormai ero lanciato, sembravo un leprotto [ride] quando io ho saltato la gora e sono andato bene al di là –
Annalia Galardini: Col bambino.
Aldo Galardini: Eh [enfasi] son saltato anche col bambino, sono andato in mezzo ai campi, mi son nascosto tra gli alberi e poi quando è venuto il cessato allarme son sortito fuori con questo bambino, però io la mamma non l’ho più trovata, capito, e allora cosa ho fatto? Sono andato in questura a portare questo bambino dicendo che ‘A me m’hanno dato un bambino [ride], ora io non so, ve lo consegno [ride] a voi’. Insomma, nessuno voleva questo bambino, poi a un certo punto è intervenuto un funzionario e ha detto ‘Beh, lo lasci qui e si farà una denuncia, qualche cosa, vedremo che si può fare’ e infatti poi non ho saputo più nulla, tornai dopo un paio di giorni a sentir di questo bambino, mi dissero ‘Sì, sì, l’hann – dopo neanche un’ora è venuta la mamma, perché ha pensato proprio che lei avrebbe agito così’ e anche questa volta – anche in questa circostanza andò bene. Un’altra volta andò un pochino – un po’ peggio, ma però anche qui s’è risolta soltanto con una grossa paura, no: ero in servizio, sempre, solito allarme, solito cenno tra di noi e – cenno che venne subito captato da questo Maruska [?], da questo comandante –
CR: Ma cosa vi faceva quando poi ritornavate ed eravate scappati? Niente?
Aldo Galardini: Niente, a quelli che potevano scappare niente, a quell’altri mangiate così, mangiate di muso [incomprensibile]
CR: Anche perché ne aveva bisogno, insomma, per mandare avanti –
Aldo Galardini: Sì, ma sai, lì era tutto bloccato a un certo momento, sicché in quei momenti lì non si movea niente, però un giorno che io ero in servizio con lui avevamo lì in stazione un treno di carri armati, erano sei carrarmati – una locomotiva a vapore e sei carrarmati, questi sei carrarmati erano carrarmati molto potenti che erano caricati su dei pianali adibiti proprio – creati per il trasporto eccezionale, a un certo momento quando viene l’allarme – ah, quella volta lì – quella volta lì io lo vengo a sapere un pochino prima, fin dalla mattina si sapeva che ci sarebbe stato un – ma forse era talmente l’abitudine, insomma, a me mi dissero ‘Oggi bombardano la stazione Pistoia’, sicché quando – il giorno in servizio io mi tenevo pronto, no, sono partito e quando stavo per varcare la soglia mi son sentito una mano sulle spalle, una manona che mi sembrava la mano di un gigante, mi rigiro era questo Maruska che con una mano m’avea agguantato e con il mitra puntato di dietro, ‘Mandare via treno e poi scappare’, dico ‘Dove si manda il treno?’, si mandava alla diorama [?], nella galleria, nella trincea. Si chiama la gabina ma non c’è nessuno, perché gli scambi erano molto distanti, no, noi sugli scambi avevamo una gabina, un porta terra [?], per poter partire questo treno bisognava chiedere la predisposizione e gli itinerari degli scambi, poi si chiedeva la via libera a Valdibrana, si chiudevano i passaggi a livello lungo il percorso e si mandava via questo treno, tutto questo tre o quattro minuti ci vuole per scambiarsi questi monogrammi [?] perché io devo chieder– devo dire ‘La gabina – il treno parte dal binario, disponete scambio per partenza’ loro devon girare gli scambi, poi mi devono richiamare e dirmi ‘Disposto scambi per partenza treno’ eccetera eccetera. Quattro, cinque minuti, no, ‘Mandare via treno e poi scappare anche noi’, a parte il fatto che il treno fuga era bell’e partito, io ho fatt– chiedo questo fonogramma [?] mando via questo treno, il treno era macchinisti tedeschi e personale di scorta che noi chiamiamo conduttori, no, il conduttore quello lì erano [incomprensibile] tutti militari, perché era un trasporto militare, carrarmati che andavano a Livorno [incomprensibile] e il treno parte. Quando il treno è partito ormai non c’era niente da fare, allora io chiedo a Maruska – che poi a cose normali era bravo, tanto che i tedeschi quando hanno [incomprensibile] addosso, anche se lui era uno di quelli che non riconosceva giusta questa guerra, la condannava in pieno, anche. L’aveva cominciata a condannare più che altro quando Hitler cominciò a ammazzare tutti gli ebrei, cioè, per dire, quelle assurdità nell’assurdità, no, la razza eletta, la razza [incomprensibile], allora ha capito che era veramente un pazzo. Questo Maruska tengo presente che aveva moglie e due figli, allora io gli faccio a un certo punto ‘Maruska ma – ma chi te lo fa fare di fare l’eroe? Tu hai moglie e due figli [incomprensibile] bombarda la stazione, a tua moglie e ai tuoi figli chi ci pensa?’, dico, ‘Il grande Fuhrer?’, ‘No, quello’ dice ‘muore prima di me’ ‘E allora [enfasi]?’ ‘Allora perché non siamo scappati anche noi?’ [incomprensibile] ‘Non si puole scappare, voi italiani siete un po’ facili [incomprensibile] ma noi no’ ‘Ma potei lascia’ scappa’ me’.
Annalia Galardini: [ride]
Aldo Galardini: ‘Potei lascia’ scappa’ me’ dico ‘io un c’ho mia il grande Fuhrer, io da costà [?]’, nel tempo che si fanno questi discorsi lui mi dava una sigaretta perché avea capito che quella volta lì forse – dico ‘Oggi ci bombardano, oggi Maruska è la fine [enfasi], tua moglie non la rivedi più, i tuoi bambini non li rivedi più [enfasi], almeno io son giovanotto, ma mi piange più di te perché te qualcosa hai goduto, io non ho ancora goduto nulla’. Io intanto a diciott’anni a trovarmi in mezzo a quelle cose lì, si sente un grande rumore, un brontolio, un suono lontano tipico, perlomeno in quel momento lì, degli aerei che si stavano avvicinando, no, quando sono tanti fanno un rumore tutto particolare che bisogna averlo vissuto, ecco, perché è un rumore che ha qualcosa di allucinante proprio, è un rumore di centinaia di motori che frullano assieme. Allora vedo che Maruska si irrigidisce e dopo un po’ fa ‘No, questi non sono aerei, niente aerei’ ‘Come niente aerei?’ ‘Niente aerei’ e infatti da lì a mezzo minuto vediamo passare di fronte alla stazione il treno che s’era mandato via poco prima e [ride] stava ritransitando davanti alla stazione a una velocità di cento chilometri l’ora. Passa [enfasi] tutta la stazione, gli scambi d’ingresso erano ritrovo [?] buoni perché erano gli scambi che erano rimasti – erano rimasti in quella posizione quando lui era partito, tanto quando è tornato indietro gli scambi di uscita lato Montale li ha trovati in falsa posizione, perché lui transitava dal terzo binario e quegli scambi erano stati fatti per far partire il treno fuga dal suo binario. Pertanto lui gli scambi li ha tutti danneggiati, ha spezzato tutto, no, però la forza era tale che il treno ha proseguito la sua corsa e [enfasi] all’altezza del ponte dell’Armacani è andato a picchiare contro il treno fuga, contro il treno fuga e sicché vi potete immaginare quello che è successo quando poi – anzitutto ci ha picchiato e i carri sono fuoriusciti dai binari, sono andati giù nella scarpata, no, una cosa e via [?], dopo neanche un’ora c’era tutto il comando tedesco a Pistoia, volean sapere com’era, cos’era successo? Era successo che gli aerei americani di scorta – di scorta al bombardiere che andava però da un’altra parte, vedendo questo treno, l’avean cominciato a mitragliare, te lo immagini [incomprensibile] i tedeschi che erano sul treno non fecen discorsi, i grandi eroi, no, no, loro non fecero come Maruska, perché si buttaron di sotto e scapparono, soltanto il treno era frenato [?] e tornò indietro.
CR: [incomprensibile] Da Valdibrana –
Aldo Galardini: [incomprensibile] loro in discesa, da Valdibrana, sicché questo è un altro – un altro particolare di quel periodo là, per cui ripeto, non ci fu bombardamento ma questo episodio fu molto significativo anche perché, ripeto, venne il commando tedesco, volle sape’ com’era andata naturalmente [incomprensibile] chissà che fine avranno fatto quei soldati che erano [incomprensibile] capito, insomma. A noi non ci fecero niente perché noi s’era fatto il nostro dovere, se poi – poi naturalmente m’hanno sfottuto, m’hanno dato noia per tanto tempo, no, dicevano che io ero un capostazione che mi torna indietro i treni invece di mandarli avanti, i ragazzi – allora i miei colleghi mi hanno dato noia per tanto tempo, un altro – un altro bombardamento –
[parlano contemporaneamente]
CR: Ma si viveva con la paura dei bombardamenti? C’era questa paura?
Aldo Galardini: Sì, sì, sì, no, vedi, di fronte al bombardamento era già molto che uno rimanesse calmo e lucido e poi il resto – cosa fai? Sei di fronte ad un avvenimento che non che non ci puoi far niente, ecco, quello è proprio il caso tipo che uno subisce e basta, capito, meno male che Pistoia ebbe quei suoi sette, otto, dieci bombardamenti, insomma non è che si accanirono molto, più che altro – ecco, ad esempio, quando volevan fare i bombardamenti precisi, ecco. Lucca è proprio un caso emblematico, Lucca l’hanno bombardata un sacco di volte, non c’è [enfasi] – non è cascata una bomba fuori degli scambi [?] di Lucca, perché? Perché i lucchesi l’ottanta percento sono tutti in America, quindi – ma i più sono in America, tutti gli americani, tutto, tutto, non c’è stato – non hanno sbagliato di un centimetro [enfasi] sicché quando li volevano fare per bene li potevano fare.
CR: [incomprensibile]
Aldo Galardini: Sì, non [?] volean sciupar la città loro, non volevano proprio, si vedeva che era un caso proprio, invece a Pistoia purtroppo discriminavano come la morte anche perché –
CR: [incomprensibile] vicino al loro obiettivo [incomprensibile] potevano arrivare a colpire fino ad otto chilometri di distanza. Per esempio, lei se l’è ricordato per molto nel dopoguerra? O è una cosa che ha rimosso? Il fatto dei bombardamenti non è un ricordo ricorrente?
Aldo Galardini: No, no, qualche volta se ne parla coi fratelli più che altro, perché è con la famiglia che io l’ho vissuti, capito, è per questo anche, poi ecco, vi volevo dire questo qui [enfasi] una cosa questo penso sia molto interessante, no, allora, per capire gli americani secondo me basta vedere i loro tiri, danno già un po’ – danno già la struttura del [incomprensibile] no, cioè a dire – ora vi racconto questo episodio, è stato la grande potenza di mezzi, insomma, che li ha fatti [?] vincere [?], perché io sono convinto di una cosa: a parità di mezzi per carità, gli americani scomparivano in una settimana, no con noi, contro i tedeschi, ma la supremazia di mezzi era tale – era troppo schiacciante. Lo sapete un giorno – ecco quella è stata una dimostrazione di forza, vi dico questo, questo è l’episodio – ora poi parlane anche con Mario, con Raffaelo – questo è stato un episodio – un giorno, la mattina suona l’allarme, la mattina suona l’allarme alle otto e mezzo, le nove, una domenica mattina [enfasi] di ottobre, sono cominciati a passare stormi di aerei da bombardamento, il giorno alle due passavano sempre–
CR: Lo sbarco in Sicilia quando c’è –
[parlano contemporaneamente]
Aldo Galardini: Una cosa impressionante, ininterrotta [enfasi] e quel giorno lì anche i fascisti, quelli di fede, quelli che credevano cecamente a quello – capirono che – per carità –
CR: Lo sbarco in Sicilia è stato più grosso dello sbarco in Normandia per mezzi e uomini, quattromila aerei intervennero.
Aldo Galardini: Infatti sembrava che quel giorno lì passasse – e siccome non bombardarono, quel giorno lì e stato una dimostrazione, capito, ormai il popolo era quasi in ginocchio e il fascismo cominciava proprio ormai, cioè – no, perché sennò si spiega, perché non bombardarono da nessuna parte. Ma vi rendete conto cosa vuol dire, dio bo’, quattro ore di aerei di seguito tutto sulla testa? Te non vedevi mai l’aria.
[parlano contemporaneamente]
Aldo Galardini: Sì, sì, sì. Allora senti, noi eravamo sfollati lassù come t’ho detto all’inizio, in montagna, a una località chiamata Innocenti, una casa colonica, a Pistoia i primi a arrivare sono state le truppe sudafricane, bravi figlioli, bravi ragazzi, una bella gioventù proprio, no, e lì tu hai cominciato a vedere l’abbondanza, la ricchezza che avevano [?] e il comando prende base – prende la base giù al pie’ del monte, va bene, e lassù in cima al monte dove eravamo noi, proprio agli Innocenti, ci viene fatto un comando distaccato, sicché piazzano tutti i cannoni, eccetera eccetera, tanto i tedeschi se n’erano già andati, no, i tedeschi erano attestati in Collina, Acquerino, Felciano, quella zona, sennò – allora comincia un duello aereo tra i cannoni americani e quelli tedeschi: gli americani – loro avean fatto i turni, mettean lì – una cosa automatica, mettean dentro il proiettile, sparavano, attaccavano la mattina, poi smettevano un’ora il giorno per mangiare, poi riattaccavano, non c’erano problemi di re – la prima volta [ride] che hanno preparato il tiro, le prime cannonate che son partite da giù hanno scoperchiato tutto il tetto di dove c’era il comando americano, questo per dirti com’erano bravi, no, poi tant’è vero che quei famosi cannoni che c’era lassù all’Acquerino che suonava e che hanno mandato [incomprensibile] chi l’andò a trovare? Sono andato anch’io tra l’altro, io però no come partigiano, sono stati i partigiani, perché lassù c’era una piccola galleria. Questo cannone sparava uno, due, tre, cinque colpi poi rientrava in galleria e tutti i giorni bambini mia era di quella romba lì e gli americani ci diventavan matti. Allora c’hanno chiamato, gli abbiamo detto dov’era il coso, non è che siin partiti una pattuglia, due pattuglie, cinque pattuglie e erano sette i presi [?] che non eran neanche sette, no per carità. Per fare un soldato ci vuole [incomprensibile] era il loro motto, cominciarono bambini mia e durarono una trentina di giorni a tirare sempre in quel punto lì, poi quell’altro smise perché non potea neanche più sortire per tirar fuori il cannone [ride], non gli dava neanche il tempo d’andare a fare la pipì dio bono, ecco noi siamo andati avanti – la guerra potea finire se fossero stati un po’ diversi i criteri, i concetti, eccetera eccetera, poteva finire sei mesi prima, un anno prima.
CR: Loro, gli alleati, l’hanno tirata per le lunghe, sì.
Aldo Galardini: Quanto ci siamo stati? L’avanzata di Valdarno –
CR: L’avanzata piano piano, sembra ci fosse la volontà di fiaccare un po’ il movimento partigiano, in modo – dopo con l’Italia liberata –
Aldo Galardini: Sì, sì, sì, lo scopo era anche quello, per carità.
CR: Più che ci stanno, più che si fiaccano, capito.
Aldo Galardini: Insomma, a un certo momento, più frastagliata la trovavano questa povera Italia e anche moralmente – per loro sarebbe stato un [?] gioco, infatti, io penso sia andata così ecco, sennò non si spiega come coi mezzi che avevano, la potenza, tutto, insomma, tutte queste cose, se avessero avuto gli italiani quei mezzi, quando aveano ancora un po’ di fede, no, oddio, c’è per esempio chi non c’ha mai creduto e basta, c’è invece chi inizialmente ci ha creduto insomma. Bisogna essere obiettivi, d’altra parte sai, il lavaggio del cervello cominciava nelle scuole, come fai a dire – è un po’ difficile, insomma, che un ragazzo abbia subito quel discernimento, quella facoltà di valutare le cose di capire il ben – sicché tu t’alzavi la mattina col saluto fascista, dio bono, sì, da ultimo t’aveano fatto du’ affari così, perché, sa’, bisogna sta’ attenti anche con quelli, si finisce sempre con l’esagerare ma –
Annalia Galardini: Ma il babbo era a casa in quel periodo?
Aldo Galardini: Il babbo era tornato dal fronte anche lui, perché lui era su a Fiume, no, e il babbo era lassù all’Innocenti anche lui, rimpiattato come tutti noi, perché –
Annalia Galardini: Tutti s’era [?] in guerra, tutti rimpiattati.
Aldo Galardini: E d’altra parte noi eravamo bell’e tagliati fuori, a chi si doveva presentare? Ma la cosa era troppo compromessa non è che ci fosse – poi stava diventando una guerra fratricida, capito, che vai ad ammazzare altri italiani?
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Interview with Aldo Galardini
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L’intervistato è Aldo Galardini, nato a Castel di Casio (BO) il 25 giugno 1925, ferroviere in pensione. Interviene la nipote Annalia Galardini, è presente la moglie. L’intervista è effettuata da Claudio Rosati a Pistoia, presso l’abitazione dell’informatore, il 19 settembre 1983. Durante il primo bombardamento di Pistoia, Aldo Galardini si trovava in casa con la famiglia in Via Bastione Mediceo e non si recò al rifugio antiaereo. La prima bomba cadde sopra la conceria accanto alla loro casa. In seguito, sfollarono a San Quirico di Pontenuovo, in località Innocenti, vicino alla quale si formò un comando alleato di sudafricani e americani, in seguito alla ritirata tedesca sull’Appennino pistoiese. Numerose furono le cannonate tra americani e tedeschi. È stato ferroviere alla stazione di Pistoia e ricorda di quando il governo fascista istituì un premio di cinquanta lire per i dipendenti che rimanevano in servizio durante i bombardamenti. In caso di possibile bombardamento, lui e i colleghi venivano avvertiti da Torre del Lago, dove era posizionato un radar; in questo modo predisponevano la fuga su una locomotiva a vapore e si dirigevano fuori dalla città, verso Montale o Agliana. <br /><br />The interviewee is Aldo Galardini, born at Castel di Casio (Bologna province) on 25 June 1925, retired railwayman. His niece Annalia Galardini edges in, his wife are also in the room. The interview was conducted by Claudio Rosati in Pistoia on 19 September 1983, in his house. During the first bombing of Pistoia, Aldo Galardini was at home with family at Via Bastione Mediceo and did not go to the shelter. The first bomb hit the nearby tanner’s shop. They were then evacuated to Innocenti, near San Quirico di Pontenuovo. There a command post was established by South Africans and Americans after the Germans retreated to the Apennine hills and mountains near Pistoia; Americans and Germans exchanged many artillery rounds. Aldo Galardini was a railwayman at Pistoia station: he remembers a 50 Lire cash prize given to those who did not stop working during bombings. When a bombing was likely, he and his colleagues were warned by the Torre del Lago radar station; this allowed them to flee to Montale or Agliana on a steam engine.
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1983-09-19
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MB CR 3 B
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Claudio Rosati
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ita
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1943-10-24
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Robson, Jack
J Robson
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11 items. An oral history interview with Jack Robson (b. 1923, 10589943 Royal Air Force) and his training notebooks. He was a searchlight and radar specialist.
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Searchlight Control Notes
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Printed notes and circuit diagrams for Searchlight Control radar.
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MRobsonJ10589943-190327-10
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Robson, Jack
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11 items. An oral history interview with Jack Robson (b. 1923, 10589943 Royal Air Force) and his training notebooks. He was a searchlight and radar specialist.
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Robson, J
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Jack Robson's Radar Notes
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Notes kept by Jack during his training.
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Jack Robson
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Royal Air Force
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MRobsonJ10589943-190327-08
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Robson, Jack
J Robson
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11 items. An oral history interview with Jack Robson (b. 1923, 10589943 Royal Air Force) and his training notebooks. He was a searchlight and radar specialist.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Jack Robson and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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Robson, J
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Jack Robson's Searchlight Control Radio Notes
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Notes kept by Jack during his training.
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Jack Robson
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Royal Air Force
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eng
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MRobsonJ10589943-190327-04
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102 Squadron Collection
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Thirty-one items.
The collection concerns material from the 102 Squadron Association and contains part of a Tee Emm magazine, documents, photographs, accounts of Ceylonese in the RAF, a biography, poems, a log book, cartoons, intelligence and operational reports, an operations order and an account by a United States Army Air Force officers secret trip to Great Britain to arrange facilities for American forces.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Harry Bartlett and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2019-05-23
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102 Squadron Association
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[inserted] 14/2920 [/inserted]
[underlined] MOST SECRET [/underlined]
[underlined] SERRATE [/underlined].
[underlined] Patrols [/underlined] (a) Beacon “B”
(b) Target area after bombing
(c) Beacon “S”
(d) Beacon “Q” and Sylt area.
14 A/C took off 5 returned early.
1 A/C 169 Squadron Missing (W/Cdr. Gracie & F/lt. Wylton-Todd)
[underlined] Claims [/underlined] 1 He 177 claimed destroyed over target
1 Ju 88 claimed damaged in Beacon “B” area
(Note: 1 Ju 88 claimed damaged by Wellington of 192 Squadron)
(a) [underlined] Patrol at Beacon “B” [/underlined]
[inserted] 141/R [/inserted]
2020 hours – 52.30 N. 0920 E 23,000 ft. back A.I. contact which was lost in interference.
141/R – 2055 hours patrol area 23,000 ft. 5 A.I. contacts obtained together. Rear contact singled out and A.I. dog-fight followed for 15 minutes. Visual obtained at 1,000 feet and at 300 ft.
A/C identified as Ju.88. 141/R fired two bursts, strikes observed and stream of sparks came from E/A’s port engine. It peeled off to starboard as went down very steeply with sparks still coming from port engine. A thired [sic] burst fired with unobserved results before E/A disappeared into cloud.
Claimed as damaged.
2110 hours at patrol area, 17,000 ft. back A.I. blip obtained. Held on A.I. though violent evasive action. Some fleeting visuals obtained but no identification. A.I. contact lost after 10 minutes.
2123 hours at patrol area, back A.I. blip. Gave chase but at 2124 hours A.I. Mk. IV. failed.
No Serrate reported except a fleeting contact at the end of the patrol.
169/C Returned early with engine trouble.
169/B Missing
141/M From 0700 ° E to patrol area numerous weak Serrate contacts to North.
At 2044 hours, at patrol area, Serrate contact chased and brief A.I. contact obtained, but enemy aircraft dived away and both A.I. and Serrate contacts lost.
(b) [underlined] Patrol in Target Area after bombing [/underlined]
141/Z Three very weak Serrate contacts on way in, not chased. Arrived target area [inserted] (a few [/inserted] mins. before planned end of bombing). Numerous A.I. contacts caused confusion on A.I. tube. Window added to confusion on A.I. tube but enabled friendlies to be identified. Same Serrate contacts in target area, from various directions, but too weak to chase. At 2135 hours 23,000 ft. visual obtained on white tail light. Range closed aircraft identified as He 117, which was weaving slightly. 141/Z fired [deleted] five [/deleted] [inserted] two [/inserted] bursts and starboard engine and fuselage seen to catch on fire, and enemy aircraft spiralled down in flames.
Claimed as destroyed.
/ continued . . . . . Page 2.
[page break]
[inserted] 142920 [/inserted]
-2- [underlined] MOST SECRET [/underlined]
Cont’d
141/Z Two Serrate contacts observed on way home, one too weak and one too brief to chase. Numerous A.I. contacts on Bomber Stream.
239/A 2059 hours. 5240 N 0640 E, 23, 000 ft. Weak Serrate contact to port. Not chased, though it continued distantly to port until 30 miles West of Berlin.
Arrived target area 2027 hours. No serrate, but numerous A.I. contacts, no chases resulted in a visual A.I. Mark IV reported U/S for last part of patrol in target area.
On way back a brief Serrate contact when E. of BREMEN.
At 2259 hours, 5240 N 0850 E Serrate contact obtained and chased East for 20 minutes. E/A diving and climbing as if under ground control. Chase abandoned owing to lack of fuel. Serrate reported U/S after this chase.
169/P No Serrate contacts at all reported. No A.I. contacts obtained until target area was reachd [sic] at 2140 hours. In target area A.I. tube swamped by large number of contacts.
On way home many A.I. blips from the bomber stream.
(c) [underlined] Beacon “S” [/underlined] (patrolling from Beacon S in a South-Easterly direction)
141/N Four brief and weak Serrate contacts at patrol area. None could be chased for more than a minute or so. Number of A.I. contacts on bombers.
141/U Returned early with engine trouble.
239/M No Serrate contacts at all reported. Several A.I. contacts followed in patrol area, but none turned to visual. At 2150 hours, 5225 N, 1200 E, 23, 000 ft. fighter flares seen to be dropped. Flew an estimated cut-off vector, and 3 A.I. contacts obtained at 11, 000 ft., but they were lost after closing to 6, 000 feet.
On way back on two occasions, two back A.I. blips received. Attempted to come round behind them, but they were lost, in one case due to interference.
169/H Two very weak Serrate contacts reported on way in, one weak contact when in the patrol area, and another on the way home over the Frisian Islands. No chases reported. Many A.I. contacts on bomber stream when in patrol area.
169/N Returned early owing to trouble with the Oxygen system.
(d) [underlined] Patrol to Beacon “Q” and Sylt area [/underlined].
239/B Returned early with engine trouble.
169/D Returned early with A.I. and intercomm. [sic] trouble.
[underlined] Interference [/underlined].
Of the eight A/C completing their patrols, all reported a certain amount of interference on A.I. Mk.IV when over enemy territory. It appeared to be most severe N. of the Ruhr and the HANNOVER area. Most of the reports suggested that it could be worked through except at long range.
Serrate interference was reported by two of the aircraft, which they ascribed to Grocer.
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Serrate operation report
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Marked most Secret. Lists patrol areas. Aircraft in operation (14 took off, 5 returned early and 1 missing). Claims 1 He 177 and one Ju 88.
Detailed description of patrol activity at Beacon "B". Followed by detailed description of patrol activity in target area after bombing. Detailed description of patrol activity a Beacon "S". Finally short description of patrol activity to Beacon "Q" and Sylt area.
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Germany
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Sylt
Germany--Bremen
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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S102SqnRAF19170809v30003
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169 Squadron
192 Squadron
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radar
Wellington
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Lovatt, Peter
Dr Peter Lovatt
P Lovatt
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117 items. An oral history interview with Peter Lovatt (b.1924, 1821369 Royal Air Force), his log book, documents, and photographs. The collection also contains two photograph albums. He flew 42 operations as an air gunner on 223 Squadron flying B-24s. <br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1338">Album One</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2135">Album Two</a><br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Nina and Peter Lovatt and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-09-27
2019-09-03
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The Offensive Phase
Volume Two of Two
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Peter Lovatt
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Norway--Trondheim
France--Brest
Russia (Federation)
England--Hartland
England--Beer Head
Europe--Elbe River
England--Dover
England--Folkestone
England--London
France--Bruneval
France--Pas-de-Calais
Germany--Lübeck
Germany--Rostock
England--Norwich
England--Cheadle (Staffordshire)
England--Salcombe
England--Sidmouth
France--Cherbourg
France--Boulogne-sur-Mer
France--Dunkerque
France--Cassel
England--Salisbury
Russia (Federation)--Kola Peninsula
Russia (Federation)--Arkhangelʹskai︠a︡ oblastʹ
Germany--Berlin
Poland--Szczecin
France--Desvres
France--Arcachon
France--Nantes
France--Chartres
France--Reims
England--Swanage
England--Malvern
England--Plymouth
France--Lorient
England--Lincoln
Scotland--Edinburgh
England--Hull
England--London
England--Bristol
France--Montdidier (Hauts-de-France)
England--Guildford
France--Poix-du-Nord
Germany--Mannheim
Czech Republic--Pilsen Basin
England--Harpenden
France--Morlaix
Spain--Lugo
Spain--Seville
England--Radlett (Hertfordshire)
Germany--Cologne
France--Boulogne-Billancourt
Germany--Rostock
Germany--Essen
Germany--Schleswig-Holstein
Belgium--Liège
Germany--Bremen
England--High Wycombe
Germany--Osnabrück
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
England--Sizewell
Germany--Peenemünde
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Munich
Germany--Kassel
England--Crowborough
England--Huddersfield
Netherlands--Den Helder
England--Mundesley
Germany--Schweinfurt
Europe--Baltic Sea Region
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Germany--Braunschweig
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Wolfenbüttel
Germany--Magdeburg
France--Limoges
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Leipzig
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Munich
Germany--Schweinfurt
Germany--Augsburg
France--Yvelines
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Kiel
Poland--Poznań
France--Dieppe
Turkey--Gallipoli
Egypt--Alamayn
Egypt--Cairo
Morocco
Algeria
Italy--Sicily
England--Ventnor
England--Beachy Head
France--Abbeville
France--Somme
France--Seine River
England--Southampton
England--Portsmouth
Scotland--Firth of Forth
Iceland
England--Brighton
France--Normandy
France--Cherbourg
England--Littlehampton
England--Portland Harbour
France--Amiens
Netherlands--Arnhem
France--Normandy
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
France--Le Havre
France--Arromanches-les-Bains
France--Bayeux
Belgium--Wenduine
France--Beauvais
England--Ditchling
England--Henfield (West Sussex)
England--Canterbury
England--Crowborough
England--Dover
England--Chiswick
Netherlands--Hague
Sweden
Belgium--Antwerp
Germany--Aachen
Germany--Trier
Germany--Siegfried Line
Netherlands--New Maas River
Netherlands--Waal River
Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)
Germany--Darmstadt
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Braunschweig
Netherlands--Walcheren
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Bochum
Germany--Cologne
Europe--Ardennes
Belgium--Bastogne
Germany--Leuna
Germany--Essen
Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Ulm
Rhine River Valley
Germany--Mittelland Canal
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Castrop-Rauxel
Germany--Hannover
Belgium--Houffalize
Germany--Neuss
Germany--Grevenbroich
Germany--Dülmen
Germany--Dresden
Germany--Leipzig
Germany--Magdeburg
Germany--Bonn
Germany--Kamen
Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal
Germany--Chemnitz
Germany--Dessau (Dessau)
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Kiel
England--Coventry
Italy
Poland
France
Great Britain
Egypt
North Africa
Germany
Belgium
Czech Republic
Netherlands
Norway
Russia (Federation)
Spain
Turkey
Europe--Frisian Islands
England--Milton Keynes
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
England--Devon
England--Dorset
England--Gloucestershire
England--Hampshire
England--Herefordshire
England--Kent
England--Middlesex
England--Norfolk
England--Staffordshire
England--Suffolk
England--Surrey
England--Sussex
England--Wiltshire
England--Worcestershire
England--Yorkshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Warwickshire
Russia (Federation)--Poli︠a︡rnyĭ (Murmanskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command
Royal Navy
United States Army Air Force
Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe
Type
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Text
Format
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178 printed pages
Description
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A continuation of Peter's thesis on electronic warfare during the war.
Language
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eng
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IBCC Digital Archive
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MLovattP1821369-190903-74-01
1 Group
100 Group
101 Squadron
109 Squadron
141 Squadron
169 Squadron
171 Squadron
192 Squadron
199 Squadron
214 Squadron
218 Squadron
223 Squadron
239 Squadron
3 Group
4 Group
462 Squadron
5 Group
617 Squadron
8 Group
aircrew
B-17
B-24
Beaufighter
Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986)
Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940)
crash
Defiant
Do 217
Fw 190
Gee
Gneisenau
Goering, Hermann (1893-1946)
H2S
Halifax
Halifax Mk 3
Hampden
Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984)
He 111
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
Hudson
Ju 88
Lancaster
Me 110
Me 410
mine laying
Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy
Mosquito
navigator
Oboe
Operational Training Unit
P-51
Pathfinders
radar
RAF Defford
RAF Downham Market
RAF Farnborough
RAF Foulsham
RAF Little Snoring
RAF North Creake
RAF Northolt
RAF Oulton
RAF Prestwick
RAF Sculthorpe
RAF St Athan
RAF Swannington
RAF Tempsford
RAF Upper Heyford
RAF Uxbridge
RAF West Raynham
RAF Wittering
Scharnhorst
Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953)
Stirling
Tirpitz
training
Typhoon
V-1
V-2
V-weapon
Wellington
Window