Jacoby, Maurice

Title

Jacoby, Maurice

Description

70 items. The collection concerns Flying officer Maurice Jacoby (79375 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a navigator with 142 Squadron.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Barbara Duncan and catalogued by Barry Hunter.

Additional information on Maurice Jacoby is available via the IBCC Losses Database.

Date

2022-10-06

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Jacoby, M

Collection Items

Wellington and Crew
Six airmen, with a seventh in the background, under the nose of a Wellington.

Woman
A head and shoulders portrait of a woman.

Maurice Jacoby's Grave
The grave of Maurice and his fellow crew members.

Maurice Jacoby
Four photographs of Maurice.
#1 In uniform standing in a garden smoking a pipe.
#2 In uniform, standing in a garden, holding his pipe.
#3 In uniform seated, half length portrait.
#4 Standing in a garden, in civilian clothes.

On Active Service
A list of deaths on active service.
A second list has Maurice Jacoby's name, listed as presumed killed in action.

The Roll of Honour
A list of dead, killed and missing, including Maurice Jacoby.

An Airman's Text
Text taken from the Bible.

The Old Ride School List, Christmas Term 1928
A list of students, including Maurice Jacoby.

Confidential Notice
A notice requesting families of casualties not to disclose details of units in privately published notices.

Memory of an Airman
A poem in memory of an airman.

Compliments Slip included with Maurice Jacoby's Grave Photographs
A compliments slip sent with photographs to Maurice's Mother.

Notification of Death
A formal certificate stating that Maurice lost his life on 30th September 1941.

Letter to Maurice Jacoby's Father
The letter expresses regret that his son is missing. It explains that his aircraft has failed to return and Maurice may have become a prisoner of war.

Letter to Maurice Jacoby's Father
The letter advises him to send Maurice's details to the Red Cross & St John War Organisation who will endeavour to trace his son.

Letter to Maurice Jacoby's Father
The letter advises that there has been no news about his son since he was reported missing.

Three Letters to Maurice Jacoby's Mother
Three letters written by the Red Cross.
The first advises that they have no news.
The second advises that he is reported missing , believed killed in action.
The third advises that her son has been killed in action.

Letter to Maurice Jacoby's Father
The letter advises that Maurice's remains have been re-interred at the British Military Cemetery, Kiel.

Memorial Order of Service
A memorial service for the Old Tonbridgians who gave their lives in the War 1939-1945.

Poem
A poem and part of a letter on the reverse.

Maurice Jacoby's Ration Cards
Maurice's ration cards from RAF Binbrook

Maurice Jacoby's Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
M Jacoby’s Observer’s Flying Log Book covering the period from 4 June 1940 to 27 September 1941, detailing his flying training and operations flown as Observer.
He was stationed at RAF Benson (12 OTU), RAF Manby (1 AAS) and RAF Binbrook (142…

Letter to Maurice Jacoby's Father
The letter advises that Maurice has died.

Letter to Maurice Jacoby's Mother from Mary Mathew
Mary has supplied a uniform for Maurice.

Letter from Maurice Jacoby to his Parents
He has heard from his sister, Ethel. He has no news about his leave.
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