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A yank in the RCAF
Archives, In Storage, B2445
This is the memoir of American Major Hubert Knilans of No. 617 Squadron detailing his time in the RCAF. He flew in Operation Taxable, a deception operation leading up to D-Day.
Medal Bar of Flight Lieutenant Frederick William Arthur Hendry
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X008-8787
The DFC was awarded to Hendry on completion of a tour of operations and following his navigating a severely disabled aircraft back to the UK after severe icing resulted in the loss of engines and height over enemy territory.
Medal Bar of Wing Commander Raymond Hilton
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1993/0280/D
‘Ray’ Hilton was the pilot of our Lancaster R5868 on the first of its 137 operations, to Wilhelmshaven on 8 July 1942. Hilton captained the aircraft on a further 17 operations.
Framed case of medals awarded to Wing Commander Kenneth John Lawson
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1992/0423/D
Wing Commander Kenneth John Lawson had participated in over 100 operational sorties before his Avro Lancaster was destroyed during an operation to attack Nuremberg on 3 January 1945.
Rear Gunner (Pilot Officer Percy Arthur Dalton) by Jacob Kramer, lithograph
Fine Art, In Storage, FA00821
Jacob Kramer made this portrait when his Leeds friend Percy Dalton joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve. Following his promotion to Flight Lieutenant, Dalton died when his Wellington bomber was shot down over France in 1942.
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- 8 Group PFF (RAF)
- Bomber Command (RAF) [6]
- Royal Air Force [4]
- 467 Squadron (RAAF) [3]
- 97 Squadron (RAF) [3]
- Flt Lt Frederick William Arthur Hendry [3]
- 156 Squadron (RAF) [2]
- 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit (RAF) [2]
- 83 Squadron (RAF) [2]
- AVM Sir Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett [2]