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YCousinsHL[Ser#-DoB]v1.pdf
Handwritten notes from January to July 1941.

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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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Samuel Jordon grew up in British Guiana and volunteered for the Air Force when he was 18. He discusses his journey to the UK, his training and work as a clerk.
While training at RAF Melksham the war ended. He was then posted to the Number 1 School…

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A form containing details of the loss of Holden's aircraft and his fellow crewmen. Included are time and place of the crash, the cause, the aircraft, the bomb load and special equipment fitted. Also given is the cemetery and the grave number for each…

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Two pictures of a crashed Anson aircraft with description Bobbington 1942 and caption - 'but the crew is safe'.

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A ceremony to honour the 50th anniversary of the crash of two bombers. Basil Forshaw was one of the crew.

This article details two ceremonies at Heiteren and Appenwihr cemeteries to commemorate the 50th anniversary crash of two Lancaster bombers.…

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A detailed account of an operation at Friedrichshafen, 27/28 April 1944. After the war the author visited the graves of his crew.

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BGoldsworthyRGGoldsworthyRGv2.pdf
Dick Goldsworthy trained as a navigator and was posted to Ferry Command. In August 1942, he and his crew, Pilot “Cisco”, Wireless Operator Arthur, Rear Gunner Joe Gordon (Canadian), and two others delivered a Wellington to Palestine and was posted o…

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SAudisRJ[Ser#-DoB]v020007.pdf
William (Bill) Shutler’s Flying Log Book from 25th November 1943 until 9th February 1946. During this time trained as a navigator. Trained at No. 7 Air Observers School, 14 Operational Training Unit, 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster…

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Report of exhumation and identification of bodies of two Lancasters which had collided and crashed at Lignières-de-Touraine. Lists both crews and aircraft. Pervious report that there were 15 crew in the 13 coffins was pessimistic and requested…

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List aircraft and crews of Lancaster reported missing from operations on nigh 15/16 July 1944. Includes Billy Paul's Lancaster. Quotes report from Gendarmerie National at Azy-le-Rideau that two aircraft had crashes as a result of a collision.…

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Jacqui Whitehead talks of how she has been involved with veterans, remembrance, and the Air Gunners Association over the last thirty years. She discusses stories of reconciliation, and how the Flightpath of Friendship and Reconciliation became a…

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Two girls standing on the fuselage and a third sitting in a gun turret of a crashed aircraft. The letters QR and K of 61 Squadron are painted on the fuselage.

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Covers early life in Australia and then training in Canada and England as an air gunner. Flew operations on Lancaster with 467 Squadron at RAF Waddington. Recounts details of operations to Walcheren Island. Continues with several other anecdotes…

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Biography of Reginald James Grimmitt, detailing his civilian background and RAF service, written by his nephew.

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Letter to Hugh Wilkinson Horsley's father informing him that his son was killed when his aircraft crashed at the start of an operational flight. The cause of the accident is reported to be unknown. One crew member survived with serious injuries.

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A hand-drawn map with a key illustrating the crash site of Lancaster LM718. Annotated in blue ink 'Drawing made by (Rev) v Hoek'.

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A sketch of an aircraft annotated with an arrow pointing at the rear gun turret and the word 'open'. A glove bearing the name 'Jennings' is drawn in the bottom right corner of the sketch. The reverse is annotated 'L J N V Hoek, Tulpstraat 3 5721 EV…

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A hand-drawn sketch illustrating a crash site. Distances are shown between the aircraft and a building and a road between Deurne and Helmond. The sketch is captioned ' Deurne 22 Sept 44' and is annotated with the name and address of the…

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Gives times of operation of FIDO. Gives details of aircraft landed - including three Mosquitos who had difficulty owing to fog. Gives details of six 35 Squadron Lancaster airborne from Graveley, notes S crashed after take off. Gives further details…

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Accident form made out for Pilot Officer Arthur T Thomas Kenyon and crew of Lancaster PB366, of 35 Squadron that crashed after take-off in fog conditions. Was departing on operational sortie. All seven crew were casualties. Form contains full data…

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A report providing details of an operation from RAF Skellingthorpe on 23 September 1944 to target the Dortmund Ems Canal. The numbers of aircraft participating and lost are provided. Details of the loss of Lancaster LM718 are provided. Also…

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The site of a crashed aircraft with no recognisable parts.

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AClarkD3-250901.mp3
Doug Clark grew up in Lincolnshire and witnessed the construction of RAF Ludford Magna. He saw the wreckage of a Lancaster crash and recalled the time when Lancasters filled the sky. After he left school, he joined the Royal Observer Corps. He went…

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A letter from the Air Historical Branch (RAF) concerning the loss of Flight Sergeant Richard Moore (911578) on a daylight operation to Hildesheim on 22 March 1945. The members of Richard Moore's aircrew are listed as Sergeant W Cummins (Flight…

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