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Alphabetical extract of pilot losses
A list with rank, date of accident, aircraft. base, target fate, fate of crew, buried and take-off time.
Night bombing operations over Europe
Typed description of night bombing operations over Europe by Lancaster crew member, including German countermeasures and also first hand conversations with own crew. The narrative also describes RAF tactics and escape and evasion actions. It…
Interview with Ken Trueman
Ken Trueman trained as a navigator and flew operations with 640 Squadron from RAF Leconfield. While on operations they came under attack and the plane began to burn. The crew baled out except the pilot and rear gunner. Ken parachuted into a field…
Warrant Officer A. Elson. R.A.F. V.R. No. 751538
A brief account of Albert Elson's service in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during which time he trained as an air gunner, flew 39 operations, was shot down and captured and finally repatriated. It also describes how he returned to Belgium…
Albert Elson, evader and prisoner of war
Photographs on Elson's failed attempt at evading capture. On the first sheet is a full length photograph of Albert Elson in a garden and wearing trousers with braces and a vest. Below that is a photograph of 24 men in various military uniforms,…
Operation to Friedrichshafen
A detailed account of an operation at Friedrichshafen, 27/28 April 1944. After the war the author visited the graves of his crew.
Brief history of 1324224 (posthumous Warrant Officer) Peter Selwyn Courtney Thorne
Covers joining RAF and training initially as pilot in United Kingdom and the United States, then having failed due to poor eyesight re-mustered and trained as navigator in Canada. Flew anti-submarine patrols on Whitley then joined 102 Squadron. Lists…
Interview with Jacqui Whitehead
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…
Letter from Sergeant R T Hoskisson (961858)
Letter from Sergeant Hoskisson to a woman called Joan containing general news and an account of the loss of his aircraft and the fate of the crew.
Attack and crash report
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…
Commemoration 5 Mai 2010
The commemoration covers Jack Marsden's escape in June 1944, assisted by villagers from Courboin. A second part of the commemoration is a tale about Gaston Charruet who was caught by the Germans for assisting a British airman as witnessed by a child…
Flight Lieutenant George William Milson DFC - Prisoner of War Camps Far East
A brief biography of George's time as a prisoner of war (March 1942-September 1943)
Chart of Zeegat van Tjilatjap
A chart of the area around Tjilatjap, Java, Indonesia. Highlighted in red, and annotated, is the beach where George spent a month awaiting escape but he was captured from there.
Chart of Zeegat van Tjilatjap
A section of the tidal area round the port of Tjilatjap, Indonesia. It is annotated 'Passage of motor boat towing 2 lifeboats from Tjilatjap to Scorpion cove' and the route is added to the chart.
Biographical letter from John Maunsell
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A letter from John Maunsell detailing his service and experiences with Bomber Command, including the training, his crew and operational duties. He was shot down in June 1944, evaded capture and returned to Britain in September 1944.
Peter Haynes' memoir
A memoir sent to George Milson.
Narrative of a journey from Java by 84 Squadron personnel
The article starts with the airfield being over run by Japanese. The men then located two lifeboats and enough stores to sail to Australia.
A second copy has an extra page.
A second copy has an extra page.
Letter from George Milson to Peter Haynes
George explains what happened after they were left behind at Tjilatjap, Indonesia. He was eventually captured by the Japanese.
1000 miles with a school map
A newspaper cutting with the story of how a group of airmen escaped from Java after the Japanese invasion.
The track of 'the Scorpion'
Charts relating to the track of 'The Scorpion'.
The Log of the "Scorpion"
Details of the escape of 12 Australian aircrew from Indonesia.
John Maunsell's Observer's and Flying Log Book
Observer's and Flying Log Book for Flying Officer John Maunsell (1333451, 138134) covering 14 October 1942 to 11 June 1945 detailing training flights, air tests and operations. Aircraft flown in were Anson, Dakota, Fortress, Lancaster, Liberator,…
Newspaper cutting - shot down, escaped, awarded DFM
Attended investiture for Distinguished Flying Medal. Brought down in 1940 over Holland, reported missing and prisoner, escaped to England. Now has conducted many bombing operations.
John Maunsell's aircrew and ground crew
John Maunsell with his aircrew and ground crew, all in uniform, standing and crouching alongside a Lancaster. The letters 'DX M' (57 Sqn) and 'ND468' are painted on the side of the aircraft. The upper photograph has the caption 'Sam, Roy, Self, Tony,…
John Maunsell's false passport
John Maunsell's false passport (number 988675) signed in blue ink in the name of J H Dujardin. The card, printed in French and Dutch, shows a head and shoulders photograph of 'Dujardin' [Maunsell] and a handwritten address in Brussels. The date of…