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Note about J C Aston's record of service
Handwritten note describing J C Aston's record of service. It states that he was posted to 83 Sqn, RAF Wyton on 3 March 1943. His first operation was to Berlin on 29 March 1943 and his second raid was to Essen. His aircraft was shot down and crew…
Robert Haire’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers
Robert Haire’s Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers from 12th February 1944 until 20th July 1945. During this time trained as an air gunner. Trained at No. 1 Air Gunners School, No. 17 Operational Training Unit,…
Wilhelmshaven
Target photograph showing smoke or clouds. No ground detail visible. Captioned 'WAD 5.10.44//8" 16000 210 Wilhelmshaven W 10X1000+4"J" 35 secs F/O Forge W 467'.
Newspaper cutting - 'Flying Backwards - Jock Haire could see where he had been'.
A newspaper article describing Robert Haire's training as an air gunner and operations as a rear gunner on 467 Squadron Lancaster. Operations include Dortmund-Ems canal, Wilhelmshaven, Karlsruhe, Bremen, Berlin, Dortmund, Saarbrucken, Walcheren and…
Interview with Queenie Hall.
Queenie 'Robbie' Hall was born in Suffolk and had wanted to join the WRNS while under age; she bluffed her way into the RAF instead. She describes volunteering, her recruitment and training. At first she worked in kitchens but remustered as a clerk…
Norman Eley’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Norman Eley’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book (three log books bound into one volume, pages not all in chronological order) from 22 March 1943 to 3 September 1958. Records training, operations, instructional and other duties (including civil flying) as a…
Interview with Roger Rogers. Two
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Roger Rogers’ real name was Joseph Clement Augustine Rogers but was renamed by his crew as Roger. Although he was in a Reserved Occupation he was determined to join the RAF having been fascinated by aviation since childhood. He lied about his age to…
Interview with Roger Rogers. One
‘Roger’ Rogers trained as a rear gunner. On one operation he saw what he describes as a salmon in the sky above their aircraft. This was the reflection of fires below on the metal of the German aircraft. As it manoeuvred to attack Roger managed to…
Jack Wolff’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Jack Wolff’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 13th October 1940 until 31st October 1952. He trained as a wireless operator and air gunner.
Initial training at No. 1 Air Observer and Navigation School, followed by No. 2 Signals…
Initial training at No. 1 Air Observer and Navigation School, followed by No. 2 Signals…
Telephone message
To Nurse Donnelly from Mrs Jury saying she heard on German radio that Edwin was a prisoner of war. Broadcast by Lord Haw Haw.
Operations list
List of 20 European operations Jared took part in, including pilots' names, written on the back of an advertisement for a militaria and medal fair.Additional informaton on Flying Officer Ronald Smallwoods, Captain Ronald Heiden and William Smith is…
Jared Lewis' observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Observer and air gunner's flying log book for Jared Lewis from 14 November 1942 to 22 January 1946. Details his training, operational duties and period as an instructor. Jared served in North Africa and Europe at RAF Dalcross (No 2 Air Gunnery…
Edwin Jury’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Edwin Jury’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 10th October 1942 until 20th April 1943. During this time trained as an air gunner. Trained at No. 2 Air Gunnery School and 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit, before being posted for operations…
Prisoner of war post on dispatch of book
Indicates a photography books dispatched to him from B H Blackwell Ltd.
Prisoner of war postcard from Edwin Jury to Nurse E Donnelly
Writes he was safe and well and sends endearments.
Recollections of Harold Edmonde Isherwood Bennett's long march.
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Harold was shot down in 1942 and swam for hours off Cape Gris Nez before being picked up by the Germans. Ended up in Stalag Luft 111, where he met Dixie Deans, the early founder of the Tally Ho Escaping club. He arrived at Fallingbostel in August…
Sergeant H Aspinall - citation
Typed citation from London Gazette dated 26 October 1943 detailing an operation over Hanover in September 1943, in which the aircraft was attacked by night fighters but managed to evade them and return to base although damaged, through the efforts…
Dr TM Park's memoirs
Dr Park's memoirs relating to the Long March.
1. Summary of two typed accounts of the Gresse Bombing during the Long March from Stalag 357 (Fallingbostel) in 1945.
Dr Park left Fallingbostel as part of a column, 1500 strong. The column mainly RAF…
1. Summary of two typed accounts of the Gresse Bombing during the Long March from Stalag 357 (Fallingbostel) in 1945.
Dr Park left Fallingbostel as part of a column, 1500 strong. The column mainly RAF…
Copies of documents about the Long March
Brief notes kept by Mower. Included is Dixie Deans 'Ausweis' pass.
Prisoner of war recollections of Ronald Mogg
Ronald was as navigator in a Wellington shot down over Osnabruck 30 October 1940. He was interrogated and then detained in Dulag Luft, Stalag Luft I (Barth), Stalag Luft 3 (Sagan), Stalag Luft 6 (Heydekrug), Stalag XX-A (Thorun) and the…
John Heape's account of the Long March
An account of the march from Stalag 357 (Fallingbostel). On 8 April 1945 the camp commander (Oberst Hermann Ostman) ordered 12,000 British troops to be evacuated, marching from the camp in columns of 2,000. After ten days they arrived at Gresse here…
Telephone conversation with Deans - 7 May 1963
A transcript of a phone conversation.
Transcript of interview with Harold Bennett
A transcript with a prisoner of war, Harold Isherwood-Bennett by HC.
Stuttgart
Target photograph of Stuttgart. Shows glare and tracer. No ground visible. Captioned '112 LSN 7/8-10-43 // NT. F8" 15,000' - 046 degrees 0022 STUTTGART RD. R 1x4000: 6x4. 4x30. P19/20. W/O BOUTILLIER. R115'.
Reverse printed 'AM Crown Copyright…
Reverse printed 'AM Crown Copyright…
Munchen-Gladbeck
Target photograph of Munchen-Gladbeck. Shows glare and tracer. No ground visible. Captioned '67 LS 30/31.8.43 // F/8' 18,000 - 350. degrees. 0.209. MUNCHEN-GLADBECK: R. 1x8000. 4x4. 2x30. P.11. W/O BOUTILLIER. R115'.
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