Bomber Command 5 Group "Raid Cards"

**liverpool annie** · 04-18-2009, 02:29 PM

Looks like you're right Chris ... I found this ...

When the bombing photographs had been developed it was found that P/O Wright and his bomb-aimer F/O Marshall had, between the two of them, hit the ‘Aiming Point’. Crews who had hit the ‘Aiming Point’ received a Certificate. The certificate was signed by the Air officer Commanding No.5 Group, Air-Vice Marshal the Hon. Ralph Cochrane

BBC - WW2 People's War - A Bedfordshire Bomb Aimer - Part Two

**liverpool annie** · 04-18-2009, 02:36 PM

Do you have all of these David ?? ... ( these might be the ones you already posted !! )

Lionel Boyton - Kenneth Brown crew

**CJames** · 04-18-2009, 02:41 PM

Does anyone know who's signature is on the bottom left of this certificate??

opts Hamburg.jpg

chris

**liverpool annie** · 04-18-2009, 03:21 PM

Isn't it this guy ??

The certificate was signed by the Air officer Commanding No.5 Group, Air-Vice Marshal the Hon. Ralph Cochrane

Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane, GBE, KCB, AFC, RAF (24 February 1895–17 December 1977) was a British pilot and Royal Air Force officer, perhaps best known for his role in Operation Chastise–the famous "Dambusters" raid.

**CJames** · 04-18-2009, 03:35 PM

No No bottom left of the photo

The artist, or one of Cochrane's officers ??

chris

**BGood** · 09-07-2010, 02:16 PM

I have three raid cards from 44sqn Rhodesia on a bomb raid, one signed by an AOC of 5 Grp in 1942, the artist was Pollen, I will upload them when scanner working.

**David Layne** · 09-09-2010, 11:38 AM

Excellent, I look forward to seeing them.

**BGood** · 09-15-2010, 11:47 AM

Here are the two pictures i have scanned in, both raid cards, one for Genoa and the other Milan (who is the officer signing this one)

Does anyone have any info on the raids etc, I would be interested to find out more as Jowers is a family friend I am researching and I have most of his information, he was a Flight Engineer on the Lancaster, one of his books is his Engineers notes with handwritten information about the Lancaster on most of the pages. He also had aerial photos of the bombings that took place, ie. Bremen, Paderborn, Wesel, Osnabruck, Nordhausen, to name but a few

Also can anyone tell me where RAF Strubby was, I cannot find any info on it.

**sniper** · 09-16-2010, 01:16 AM

Hi BGood,

Raf Strubby was
3 miles SW of Mablethorpe in Lincolnshire. Try pasting this into your internet bar on the top of the page. RAF Strubby airfield
Good luck with your research

Sniper