Hoare, Peter

Title

Hoare, Peter
P Hoare

Description

36 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Peter Hoare (b. 165592
1923, Royal Air Force) and contains his memoir, correspondence, documents, and photographs.

He flew operations as a navigator with 83 and 106 Squadrons and took part a Goodwill Mission to the United States with 617 Squadron post war.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Peter Hoare and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.

Date

2016-10-04

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Hoare, P

Collection Items

A list of Peter's operations with date, squadron, operation, pilot and hours flown, day and night.

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Peter Hoare's reminiscences on H2S. He describes the naming process of the H2S by Britain and what Germany called it. He mentions the use case of H2S and the importance of operations with 106 squadron. He describes the difficulty of all factors of a…

An article written to complement Robert Owen's article in Navigation News about 617 Squadron's successful dams operation.

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An article written by Peter Hoare 60 years after his training.

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Notes used for air navigation using a sextant.

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Post-war notes on Gee.

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A head and shoulders portrait of Peter, taken in 1943.

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Seven airmen standing beside a Lancaster , '??417'.

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Rear gunner, Jock, sitting in his turret. Written on the turret is 'Diana from London Boy'.

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An image taken of an H2S display. There is very little detail but the coast line stands out.
It is captioned '130/1 Meth 15/16.12.44 // 14400' 141° 10/10 H 0520 Danzig 359/7t Sgt Mackney L/106'.

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An oblique aerial photograph of a sluice gate on the canal. The ground is covered in bomb craters.

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A group of recruits arranged in four rows. Taken at the Air Crew Recruitment Centre. Peter is 6th from right, back row.

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A chart used for planning an operation at Darmstadt.

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Peter Hoare's memories of the Air Crew Recruiting Centre.

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Peter Hoare's memories of Christmas at Metheringham.

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Peter Hoare's air force career.
A second copy includes some photographs.

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Details of Peter Hoare's first operation.

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A memoir by Peter Hoare of life before the war started.

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A memoir of a flight to Gibraltar, after the war.

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Peter Hoare's service life.

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Peter Hoare's flying experience.

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Three photographs on one sheet.
#1 Two airmen in flying kit. One is holding an aerial camera. The other is LAC Newberry.
#2 Two airmen in office uniform. They are standing on a snowy landscape.
#3 a head and shoulders portrait of LAC Newberry,…

A group of 24 airmen arranged in five rows in front of a wooden building.

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Six photographs on one sheet. #1 an air-to air view of a Lincoln over Chicago harbour with the Navy pier, the North pier, and the harbour lock. Lincoln coded "KC-K" for 617 Squadron.#2 six airmen in tropical khaki under the nose of a Lincoln with a…

A large group of airmen marching past four Lincolns.

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