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.

Date

2021-05-08

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Wells, OJ

Collection Items

A magazine article about Charles Wells and his interest in sailing.

This item is available only at the University of Lincoln.

Bomber Command loss card
Details of the loss of Lancaster JA710 and crew.

Oliver Ogilvy
A head and shoulders portrait of Oliver.

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.

Oliver Ogilvy's flying certificate
A card issued to Oliver as part of his flying licence.

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.
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