Wells, Oliver John
Title
Wells, Oliver John
Description
Seven items. The collection concerns Wing Commander Oliver John Wells (b. 1922, Royal Air Force) and contains documents, objects and photographs.
He flew operations as a pilot of Stirling and then Lancaster on 7 Squadron. He was shot down and became a prisoner of war after evading for 4 months.
The collection was donated to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Michael Wells and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
More information about Oliver John Wells is available here.
He flew operations as a pilot of Stirling and then Lancaster on 7 Squadron. He was shot down and became a prisoner of war after evading for 4 months.
The collection was donated to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Michael Wells and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
More information about Oliver John Wells is available here.
Date
2021-05-08
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Wells, OJ
Collection Items
Sailing Brew
A magazine article about Charles Wells and his interest in sailing.
This item is available only at the University of Lincoln.
This item is available only at the University of Lincoln.
Crew of LancasterJA710
Seven airmen under the nose of a Lancaster. Each man is named in a caption underneath.
Oliver Ogilvy missing
An intimation from a newspaper stating that Oliver is missing. Handwritten with 3.9.1943.
Broken aircraft instruments
Two colour photographs of broken aircraft instruments.
Information supplied with the collection states that the dials were excavated from the wreck of Oliver Ogilvy's crashed Lancaster, JA710.
Information supplied with the collection states that the dials were excavated from the wreck of Oliver Ogilvy's crashed Lancaster, JA710.
Collection Tree
- Wells, Oliver John