On the picture of the Avro 707 being towed along the A15 towards Waddington, the men on the Clarktor 6 towing tractor are, from left to right: David Coney, J.H. 'Bert' Thomason and 'Ted' Andrews. The truck driver, mostly hidden is Ron Dickens. Following the aircraft is an Austin Somerset Avro company car.]]>
Peter V Clegg]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Richard Coney]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1949]]> 1950]]>
R Briars]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Diary]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Inverness-shire]]> Scotland--Inverness]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Nottingham]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> Italy]]> Italy--Milan]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Brest]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Creil]]> France--La Rochelle]]> Norway]]> Norway--Alta]]> Norway--Tromsø]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--IJmuiden]]> Germany--Bielefeld]]> France--Tarbes]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Bournemouth]]> France--Reims]]> 1944-01-06]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-10]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-17]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-06]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-02-06]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-05]]> Ray Charlton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Eileen Reddish]]> Steve Christian]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Raymond Barrett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Burma]]> Tunisia]]> France--Corsica]]> Italy]]> France]]> Italy--Sicily]]> Egypt]]> Syria]]> India]]> Burma]]> Syria]]> Syria--Aleppo]]> North Africa]]> Reg Miles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Navy]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Free French Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Margate]]> England--Wendover]]> England--Aylesbury]]> England--High Wycombe]]> England--Dover]]> England--Shrewsbury]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Penzance]]> England--Devon]]> South Africa--Bloemfontein]]> England--Taunton]]> England--Blackpool]]> Sierra Leone--Freetown]]> South Africa--Durban]]> South Africa--Muizenberg]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> South Africa--Krugersdorp]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Belgium--Ghent]]> England--Folkestone]]> France--Paris]]> France--Lens]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Essen]]> Belgium--Liège]]> France--Somain]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France--Creil Region]]> France--Saint-Vaast-La Hougue]]> France--Montrichard]]> France--Mimoyecques]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Kiel]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Norway--Bergen]]> England--Harrogate]]> Malta]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Australia]]> Queensland--Mackay]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Israel--Tel Aviv]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> West Bank--Bethlehem]]> Iraq--Baṣrah]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India--Kolkata]]> Sri Lanka--Ratmalana]]> Sri Lanka--Negombo]]> Israel--Lod]]> India--New Delhi]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> France]]> Queensland]]> Libya]]> Egypt]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> India]]> Iraq]]> Israel]]> Norway]]> South Africa]]> Pakistan]]> Sri Lanka]]> Sierra Leone]]> West Bank]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Kent]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Lancashire]]> Egypt--Jīzah]]> France--Chantilly Forest]]> Reg Wilson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> England--Runnymede]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Mühlberg (Bad Liebenwerda)]]> Germany--Eichstätt]]> England--Torquay]]> England--Cambridge]]> England--Manchester]]> Scotland--Gourock]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> United States]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Florida--Lakeland]]> Florida--West Palm Beach]]> Ontario--Trenton]]> Lake Ontario]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Manitoba--Brandon]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> England--Harrogate]]> England--Bournemouth]]> England--Whitley Bay]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Douglas (Isle of Man)]]> Scotland--Elgin]]> Scotland--Findhorn]]> Scotland--Forres]]> Germany--Ramsen]]> England--York]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> England--Flamborough Head]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Netherlands--IJssel Lake]]> England--Chigwell]]> England--Kew]]> England--Norwich]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Florida]]> France]]> Georgia]]> Ontario]]> New Brunswick]]> Germany]]> Nova Scotia]]> Netherlands]]> North America--Niagara Falls]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Devon]]> England--Essex]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Surrey]]> Manitoba]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-11-12]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-25]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-11-27]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-12-30]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> Rob Gray]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> California--San Francisco]]> United States]]> California]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Robert Anderson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Trevor Hardcastle]]> David Bloomfield]]> Steve Christian]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> France]]> Germany]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> France--Angoulême]]> France--Lyon]]> France--Paris]]> France--Toulouse]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Königsberg in Bayern]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Tasmania]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> S Mealing-Mills]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 2009-08-10]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> Sandra Jones]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Balloon Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1940]]> 1942]]> Sqdn Ldr Mitchell OC 2 Sqdn]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> France--Normandy]]> France]]> 1945-06-18]]> Steve Cooke]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathy Brearley]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> Cyril was chosen to move to 617 Squadron as an armourer when the squadron formed at RAF Scampton. He met Barnes Wallis and knew Guy Gibson, often taking his dog for a walk. Cyril flew in one of the Lancasters as they carried out a test run over the Derwent Water dam. Cyril's memory of the day of Eder, Möhne and Sorpe operation was marred by a tragic event at the base. His friend had a 'dear John' letter from his girlfriend and took his own life in front of Cyril. After the war Cyril moved to Canada and was involved with the destruction of war equipment not longer needed. He was saddened by the fact that along with armaments, they had to destroy clothing which would have been gratefully received by families in England. During his periods of leave he and fellow RAF colleagues went to New York. They were treated in his words like 'Royalty' and put up in hotels for free and were introduced to Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Cyril also remembers going up the Empire State Building when later the same day a B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed into it in during thick fog. Cyril return by Ship to England in September 1946.
]]>
Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Illinois--Chicago]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Illinois]]> New York (State)]]>
W B Brown]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Gloucester]]> 1947-02-20]]> 1948-02-19]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> [underlined] Left to Right [underlined]
Ground Crew and Aircrew
of ‘J’. 44 QQD. Dunholme Lodge
Sep. 1944
[underlined] Back Row [underlined]
Laurie (WOP) Len Carlisle (Fitter A) Me (Instruments)
SGT (Steffie) Green. Paddy (Fitter E0 Fred Benbow (Fitter A)
Jimmie (Rear Gunner)
[underlined] Front Row [underlined]
Jock (Titch) (Mid Upper), Bomb Aimer, PO Mitchell (Skipper)
Johnny (Navigator) “Brummy” (Flight Engineer) Bob Thrasher.
(Fitter E)
Sandy.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944]]>

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Rob van den Brink]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shropshire]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-09]]>
Top right group of four airmen on a river bank or lakeside framed by trees.

Middle left an airman wearing a peaked cap sits reading at a table. Behind is the scale model of a trasnporter bridge. In the background windows with curtains.

Middle right two airmen sit eating by the rear wheels of a parked truck.

Bottom left trucks in a field. Left side is a fuel bowser and two other trucks. On the right two trucks. A man can be seen between the two groups of trucks and another at the rear of the right hand truck. In the background trees.

Bottom right inside a large tent with a row of tables. Three poles support the roof. There is a man standing on the left and another on the right.


]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Things]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> 1940-06]]>

Top right an airman kneeling stroking a baby goat with his right hand and smoking a cigarette. In the background a chicken hutch and a wall.

Middle left a group of military vehicles in an open area. A road runs from bottom right to mid left. On the left a small wooden structure and in the background trees.

Middle right military vehicles parked in a field. Lorry with trailer, a single trailer and a car are at the front. In the background trees.

Bottom left a street in a town with many vehicles. On the left cars, in the centre a van going right and to its right another van and a lorry going left. On the left is an airman walking towards and to the right a French servicemen with helmet. In the background buildings and in the centre a sign "Restaurant-Hôtel CYGNE", "Vêtements Julien" and a Citroën garage.

Bottom right a group of airmen standing and sitting in front of a hangar. Two are leaning against a pile vehicle tires. Several rifles are visible leaning against baggage and equipment. In the background another hangar.

Additional information kindly provided by Frank Schilder.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frank Schilder]]> Pending identification. Places]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> 1940-06]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1944]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1944-12]]>