Browse Items (461 total)

  • Tags: shot down

MMaddocksR[Ser#-DoB]-100808-01.jpg
An explanation of how the paintings were acquired.

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

MDonaghyTR422267-190904-01.pdf
Details of operation and loss of Lancaster HK553 piloted by Tom Donaghy during operation to Dreux in France. Contains:
The needs of the landing of June 6 1944.
An effective German defence.
The bombing of Driex.
The Lancaster HK553 crash with…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

BDonaghyJRDonaghyTRv20001.jpg
French language account from Tom Donaghy's son John about discovering what happened to his father from a French website and subsequent visit to France.

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ;

BDonaghyJRDonaghyTRv10001.jpg
Son of Thomas Donaghy starts by mentioning his father was a New Zealand Lancaster pilot on 75 Squadron who was shot down in June 1944. Author was born in 1939 and never knew his father.
Account is translation of French language document describing…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ;

SBondS-WensleyRv10013.pdf
Richard Wensley’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book as Flight Engineer from 27th June 1943 until 28th September 1946. Posted to 1657 Conversion Unit and then 214 Squadron for operations. In November 1943 posted back to 1657 Conversion Unit.…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SBondS-WellsOv10003.pdf
Transcript of oral history interview. Starts with brief service history. 7 Squadron Oakington, Stirling and later Lancaster. Shot down on seventh operation, evaded for 4 months captured and prisoner of war. Stayed on in air force post war. Begins…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SBondS-StoneGv10005.pdf
Biography by Steve Bond. Include photograph of Gerry Stone in uniform at the beginning. There are several photographs throughout the document of aircrew and aircraft. Chapter 1 - enlistment and training. Covers joining up, training as wireless…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SBondS-StoneGv10007.pdf
List of 23 claims between 118 June 1941 and 8 July 1944. Flew with 2.NJG 1, Stab III/NJG, III/NJG 1, Stab/NJG 4. Claims against Whitley, Wellington, Hampden, Halifax, Lancaster, B-26 and Stirling.

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SBondS-SpodenPv10001.pdf
Talks of school time and members of the Hitler youth before the war. Comments on using "Himmelbett" and "Zahme or Wilde Sau" systems with some description of night fighter operations. Goes on to describe the Luftwaffe system for making claims of…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SBondS-SpodenPv10012.jpg
Telegram to "Der Reichsminister der Luftfahrt" stating the shooting down of a "britischen kampfflugzeuges von typ Lancaster" by Lt Spoden. Submitted with caption ' Spoden claim 11.1943'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.

Tags: ; ; ;

SBondS-RokkerHv10014.pdf
A short document with four photographs and text. First photograph - an airman wearing flying suit standing behind the rear turret of a Halifax captioned ': Sgt Jack Bromfield with a 158 Squadron Halifax at Lissett (Jack Bromfield)'. Second photograph…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SBondS-RokkerHv10003.pdf
Gives short details of participants mentioning that Heinz Rökke achieved 64 victories with NJG2. Flight Sergeant Jack Bromfield was wireless operator /air gunner with 158 (Halifax) Squadron. Starts with Rökke and Bromfield discussing the latter's…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SWaughJW420725v10003.jpg
Two sets of photographs.
#1 is a Lancaster piloted by John Waugh being waved off at Waddington.
#2 is a set of six captioned photographs - crewing up, taking off, the crew leaving Waddington at the end of their tour, the cockpit., a Lancaster in…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SWaughJW420725v10002.jpg
Details of three operations undertaken by John Waugh. Six photographs are included.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

MWellsV1113723-190319-020001.jpg
A local report of the crash of Lancaster ED966 in which Victor Wells died together with pilot Flight Lieutenant Ivor Philip Chester Goudge, air bomber Sergeant Ronald Stuart Richmond, Flight Engineer Sergeant Albert Edward Graham, air gunner Sergeant…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

EStuartLSRobinsonT-A450719-0001.jpg
Letter from the navigator of the Halifax in which Fred Robinson, wireless operator, lost his life, to Fred's parents. In it Stuart relates some of the events of that night, describing being struck by flak, the immediate order to bale out and how he…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

MReddishJ1211258-161121-010001.jpg
An account of the loss of Lancaster ED589, shot down over Holland while on an operation to Pilsen, Czechoslovakia.
The document gives details of the target and number of aircraft involved, the date and time and a list of all seven crew members that…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SBondS-MarrionGv10001.pdf
Relates that he was a Halifax mid-upper gunners who was shot down and wounded by a Ju 88 on 12 January 1945. Goes on with his experiences as a prisoner of war including being hospitalized and undertaking a forced march and boxcar ride. Released in…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SBondS-MannAOv10001.pdf
Provides brief service history. Completed his first tour as a pilot on 115 Squadron in May 1942. After a rest tour he reported early for the start of his second tour on 115 Squadron and was lost on his first operation. The gives some details of the…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

APriceA240327.mp3
Interview with Alistair Price about his father, Kenneth George Price. He was the station navigation officer on 35 Squadron at RAF Wyton. He flew 58 operations before he was shot down and became a prisoner of war.

Alistair Price is the son of…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SLeeAJP1320246v1.pdf
The first letter asks Arthur to confirm a statement made by Robert Stauch.
The second letter thanks Arthur for replying and for his affidavit.
The affidavit is enclosed.

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SBondS-HornerLv10003.jpg
Lionel begins by mentioning he was on Leeds University Air Squadron at beginning of war. Once he finished his degree, he was slated to train as a fighter pilot in the United Sates, but due to lack of space on courses, eventually was trained as a…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SBondS-HornerLv10002.pdf
Partial transcript of conversation with Lionel Horner. Was on Leeds University Air Squadron at beginning of war. Once finished his degree, was slated to train as a fighter pilot in the United Sates, but due to lack of space on courses eventually was…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SClarkeBE1867619v20020.jpg
Events the night Lancaster LM381 was shot down. It includes the fate of the two survivors from the Lancaster and their forced marches to prisoner of war camps.

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

SClarkeBE1867619v20102-0002.jpg
A brief history of the last flight of PB147 and its crew.

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

Output Formats

atom, dc-rdf, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2