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Telegram to Robert Palmers father
Announces award of Victoria Cross to his son and outlines citation of actions.
Letter to Lewis Ellis from Gus Knox
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Writing of experiences of manning depot in Toronto. Describes personnel at location and mentions compatriot New Zealanders. Speculates on future and describes some activities.
Conversation with Alan Thomsett
Edited transcript. Gives personal details and service history. Enlisted in 1942.Pilot on 1473 Flight and 192 Squadron (100 Group) on Wellingtons. Starts with comments about first posting 1473 Flight which eventually merged with 1474 Flight to become…
Invitation to aircrew selection board
For R Baker to attend the No 3 RAF Recruit Centre Padgate on 27 October 1941 for aviation candidates selection board. Gives advice to attendees. On the reverse subsistence allowances.
National Service enlistment notice
Made out for R Baker calling for him to go to RAF Padgate on 30 October 1941. Called for service in the Royal Air Force Reserve. Encloses travel warrant and on the reverse notes for joining.
Flight engineer's notes for Lancaster aircraft
For Lancaster aircraft Avro type 683 Mk 1 and 3. Purple cover with inside front pages and contents page.
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
Lancaster - instructional course handbook
Lancaster Avro type '683' Mk 1 & II, instructional course handbook, inside first pages. Name of holder Sgt E A Blake, 617 Squadron.
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
Letter to Mrs Wareing from Reverend A W Steedman
Letter of condolence to Joan Wareing from the Padre of the RAF station at Little Staughton. Also mentions he has acted as effects officer and her husbands effects have been sent to the central depository.
Summary of medical board
For Pilot Officer Wakefield with medical classification fit A1B(N.V.C=). Return to AGSB.
Letter to Mr Madgett from Air Ministry Accounts
Concerns financial matters for Hedley Madgett's estate.
Testimonial for Robert Baker
From headmaster of Farnworth grammar school. Mentions academics and sport.
Letter from Arthur Woolf to his parents
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Informs them he is in a United States Army medical facility and getting better.
Telegram from Arthur Woolf to his parents
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Advises them he had arrived back in England at RAF hospital Wroughton.
Letter from Arthur Woolf to his parents
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Writes that he is glad to be back in England and to catch up with news. Asks if they received any of his letters from German prisoner of war hospital. Relates his last days as prisoner and liberation by American forces and journey home. Continues…
Souvenir piece of Lancaster
Piece of metal with note that this was a piece of Arthur Woolf's Lancaster retrieved from crash site during visit to a French family who helped him after he baled out.
50 years ago
The memoir covers Sergeant Officer A Yates' time as a prisoner of war from September 1942 to April 1945. He was initially imprisoned in Stalag VIIIB in Upper Silesia, he was evacuated with 30,000 others to escape the advancing Russian Army. He and a…
460 Squadron Operations
List of 44 operations between 20 July 1944 and 5 October 1944. Twenty-one operations have a tick alongside.
Letter to Ron Riding's Parents
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The letter from the Chief Draughtsman at Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto Ltd expresses delight that Ron has returned to the UK, safely.
A Warrior on Wings
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This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
Flight engineer's notes for Lancaster aircraft
Flight engineer's notes for Lancaster Avro Type 683 Mk 1 and 3. The name of the holder of the manual is W D Belshaw 1808996.
This item is available only at the University of Lincoln.
This item is available only at the University of Lincoln.
Note from Air Officer Command 5 Group
To officer commanding Conningsby Base RAF Woodhall Spa passing on congratulations on success of Saumur tunnel operation.
Lancaster commemorative drawing
A commemorative drawing of a Lancaster on the ground with its engines running. Below is written: 'MILAN 44 SQUADRON 14/15 FEBRUARY 1943' and below that: 'F/LT WALKER, F/SGT WARD, F/SGT CHARNOCK, SGT GOLDSMITH, SGT HUBBARD, SGT DAVIES.' It is signed…
Postcard to Bill Foskett
A postcard of the First Baptist Church, Thomaston, Georgia. On the reverse is a message from AB Hawkes.
Statement of Abele Torracchi about some Allied servicemen
Abele Torracchi claims that on 10 or 12 September 1943 he was in his grocer’s shop in Striglianella, near Montale (Pistoia), when ten or twelve allied prisoners of war arrived. He gave them food, a map, and information about Germans movements. On 15…
Aboukir Boat Club
A membership card for the Aboukir Boat Club issued to Rex Searle.