Dan Ellin
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Historian, Gremlinologist, musician, and father. IBCC Digital Archivist. All views my own. He/him.
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My article Lack of Moral Fibre in RAF Bomber Command and Popular Culture
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is here:
journals.gold.ac.uk/index.php/bj...
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A ‘Lack of Moral Fibre’ in Royal Air Force Bomber Command and Popular Culture | British Journal for Military History
https://journals.gold.ac.uk/index.php/bjmh//article/view/1425
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The IBCC Digital Archive has a page that is a good place to start for all things RAF and Normandy and D-Day
#D-Day
#NormandyBeach
ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/items/show/5...
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There could be 1249 signed copies of 'Swansong' prints still around. We don't learn much about history from an artist's impression created decades after the event, or by a signature. They tell us more about the period they were created (or destroyed) than the period they depict.
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Kristen Alexander
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A friend from IBCC trawled their archive for 'bicycle' given it is
#WorldBicycleDay
. He came up with over 500 hits! Sadly, only one in my archive. Captioned '... arrive at the flying field on push bikes', this features Clive Caldwell & John Waddy, 2 OTU Mildura, Vic. 1944.
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There more than 500 hits for 'bicycle' in the IBCC Digital Archive.
#WorldBicycleDay
3 days ago
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Two photos of pilot, Jo Lancaster turned up in the IBCC Digital Archive in a collection belonging to a WAAF, Marie Meadows.
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I think it's quite therapeutic to watch...
www.youtube.com/shorts/3ah1I...
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thought I'd film a video of my process I'm usually drawing in my sketchbook anyways so why not.
YouTube video by Morganimate
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3ah1I3uTVJE
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The Marshalling Yards at Trappes were attacked by 219 aircraft in two waves 31 May / 1 June 1944, in preparation for the D-Day landings. Four Lancasters were lost.
#History
#OTD
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A fairly rare photo of 'ton-up' Lancaster ED588 after its 125th operation. It was lost over Sweden with all crew on its 128th op, to attack Konigsberg. R W Bysouth, W R Campbell, A H Carver, R H Clifford, D A MacDonald, E Mutch and F G Plowman 30 Aug 1944.
#History
#WW2
@nmtdambusters.bsky.social
8 days ago
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Lincoln Uni looks like an architect's drawing + geese.
9 days ago
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I'm rather taken with these pics of a 115 Squadron Lancaster Mk2 being serviced.
10 days ago
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Warning of Dave's Syndrome. 88 F is 31 C...
11 days ago
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I say Jeeves, the sun is hot... Well don't touch it then Caruthers...
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RG Poulussen
12 days ago
#OTD
in 1944. With compliments from Polish 300 Squadron. A giant mine being loaded into a Wellington bomber.
#WW2
#HISTORY
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I did a tower tour of Lincoln Cathedral this afternoon. Wizard to see the BBMF DC3 fly past.
14 days ago
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A couple of Ley Kenyon's drawings of the cast of theatrical performances backstage at Stalag Luft 3.
#History
#WW2
15 days ago
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Quick! Let's look at everyone's bits before the go for a pee. That'll be fine.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Toilets and changing rooms must be used on basis of biological sex, guidance confirms
The guidance was published on Thursday following the landmark Supreme Court ruling last year.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0e2rj3zj02o
16 days ago
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Our recent interview with the wizard WAAF veteran Queenie 'Robbie' Hall has been transcribed and is now word searchable in the IBCC Digital Archive.
#History
#WW2
#OralHistory
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Interview with Queenie Hall. · IBCC Digital Archive
The IBCC Digital Archive is an extensive repository of the personal stories of those who served and suffered during WWII: it includes interviews with eyewitnesses, personal papers and memorabilia that...
https://ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/items/show/60647
16 days ago
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Lincolnshire was not really known as Bomber County until Terry Hancock's book came out.
#History
17 days ago
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The new statue of George Dowty at the IBCC will be unveiled soon...
#History
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Statue for designer of iconic Lancaster bomber's landing gear
Sir George Dowty designed the hydraulic landing gear for the World War II Lancaster bomber.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjpd1jd5q3o
20 days ago
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On the night of 16/17 May 1943, Operation Chastise used bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis to breach the Eder and Möhne dams. 1/4
#History
#WW2
21 days ago
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The award of the NAAFI efficiency competition cup, May 1943. If you look carefully, you can just see Spike Milligan's grandfather hiding under the table...
#History
#WW2
22 days ago
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I can't see these names without wanting to sing them. 'Immanuel Kant was a right pissant who was very rarely stable...'
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23 days ago
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The Tattooed Historian
23 days ago
"Resistance doesn’t need to be dramatic. It can be a digital map that documents what’s being removed or threatened. It can be uploading photos to a database so good history can live on."
open.substack.com/pub/thetatto...
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Public History Is Under Pressure. Who Shows Up Now Matters.
The US is the front line of public history. Failure means other nations will follow.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thetattooedhistorian/p/public-history-is-under-pressure?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1d5f2w
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My Dad built me a soapbox go cart. It was an exact replica of some pram wheels and odd bits of wood.
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'Our dad built exact replica of WW2 Lancaster bomber cockpit'
The replica has been moved to Lincolnshire, where engineers hope it will become a simulator.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4k540e5yo
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Kristen Alexander
26 days ago
New War & Society article!
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considers challenges faced by Imperial War Graves Commission in commemoration & care of RAF personnel buried in UK.
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Challenges in the commemoration and care of Royal Air Force Second World War dead buried in the United Kingdom, using the case study of Brookwood Military Cemetery
This article focuses on the commemoration and care of war dead buried in the United Kingdom by the Imperial (later known as Commonwealth) War Graves Commission (CWGC). Whilst the CWGC cemeteries on...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07292473.2026.2665448
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We have been informed of the passing of Jamaican RAF Driver, Ralph Ottey yesterday, aged 102. Ralph was interviewed for the IBCC Digital Archive and you can listen to him telling his stories here:
ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/collections/...
#WW2
#History
26 days ago
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Is it Friday yet?
about 1 month ago
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An interview with Queenie 'Robbie' Hall is now available in the IBCC Digital Archive. It's in the pipeline to be transcribed ASAP.
#WW2
#History
ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/items/show/6...
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Interview with Queenie Hall. · IBCC Digital Archive
The IBCC Digital Archive is an extensive repository of the personal stories of those who served and suffered during WWII: it includes interviews with eyewitnesses, personal papers and memorabilia that...
https://ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/items/show/60647
about 1 month ago
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Wizard book & it has ‘I would particularly like to thank everyone involved in the running of the IBCC in Lincoln. It's one of the most moving and impressive museums I have ever been to, and their digital archive, run in conjunction with the University of Lincoln, is a rich and fascinating resource.’
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I can see the sea from here.
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Plymouth homes evacuated and bomb disposal team on site after WW2 device found with 400m cordon in place
A Royal Navy explosives team is at the building site where the ordnance was discovered, with homes evacuated and an emergency centre set up.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cewp151w9jzt
about 1 month ago
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Dan Ellin
Royal Historical Society
about 1 month ago
'Protecting what matters': a new government policy paper identifies history as central to social cohesion. At the same time, history teaching and research, in our schools and universities, is at risk as never before. To ensure cohesion, we must protect what matters:
bit.ly/3QyZQCO
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'Protecting what matters': a statement from the Royal Historical Society, Institute of Historical Research, History UK and Historical Association - RHS
The following is a joint statement from the Historical Association, History UK, Institute of Historical Research, and the Royal Historical Society following the most recent meeting of this quartet of ...
https://bit.ly/3QyZQCO
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A Norwegian researcher has just been in touch with some gen on this photo. Two of my favourite things: names for faces in the archive, and users from outside the UK...
#History
#Archives
#WW2
about 1 month ago
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Funny duck in our pond this morning.
about 1 month ago
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Bunkum.🐇
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about 1 month ago
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I found a pic of them. 104-year-old navigator Eddie Hulmes (left) — sole survivor of his crew after being shot down in 1944. 103-year-old WAAF plotter Queenie “Robbie” Hall and 101-year-old air gunner Bert Hammond.
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about 1 month ago
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This is a wizard article, learn all about Downed Donald (Duck), PO Prune, and Kriege Joe...
#History
#WW2
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about 1 month ago
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Three veterans, 20 students and potentially two new collections for the archive today at the IBCC. It was so busy I didn't have time for a photo - so here's one after they all left.
about 1 month ago
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I may have to shake a tail...
about 2 months ago
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And it was only a little one by the looks of it...
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Thousands of Parisians evacuated as WW2 bomb detonated in situ
Residents within a 450m radius of the device were told to leave their homes while it was neutralised.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gxv3874vjo
about 2 months ago
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Today I'm mostly at the ogin with a bellend of a dog.
about 2 months ago
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Weekend reading.
#history
#WW2
#histbookchat
about 2 months ago
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Ian Kikuchi
about 2 months ago
10/10 no notes.
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Aviation Cultures Conference
about 2 months ago
TICKETS! AvCultures Mk VIII & CAHS Convention ticket offices are OPEN. First details of the programme, events, highlights are listed. Join us at the KF Centre For Excellence, pictured! Online access tickets are Can$50, in person Can$350 ($325 for CAHS members).
aviationcultures.org/aviation-cul...
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Dr Ross Mahoney
about 2 months ago
Great to put a face to a name
@drmeganekelleher.bsky.social
. Now looking forward to giving my lecture at the
@rafmuseum.bsky.social
next week!
drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/v...
#WW1
##airpowerhistory
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#VirtualLecture – An ‘admirable achievement’: The ‘War in the Air,’ Creating the Narrative, and the Origins of a Discipline
On 23 April 2026 (UK time), I will be delivering a virtual lecture at the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum. It is always good to return to the RAF Museum and deliver a lecture, even if my attendance wi…
https://drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/virtuallecture-an-admirable-achievement-the-war-in-the-air-creating-the-narrative-and-the-origins-of-a-discipline/
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How I do the Lincoln 10k.
about 2 months ago
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Guess where I was yesterday.
about 2 months ago
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rainbow dash VS Rayquaza | Crossover Animation
YouTube video by Morganimate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MicdCLgj_-U
about 2 months ago
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A researcher from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has been in touch about our copies of the 'Luftpost' propaganda leaflets. Apparently the IBCC Digital Archive holds the most complete collection their researchers have found. We've got a handful more waiting to be published too!
about 2 months ago
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Wizard stuff on the memory of RAF Bomber Command on
@ww2tv.bsky.social
this evening. Lots that is relevant to what's going on in the world today too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQn...
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Reaping the Whirlwind: The Changing Perceptions to the Wartime Role of RAF Bomber Command
YouTube video by WW2TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQnuuk1kHQ
about 2 months ago
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