Recollections of RAF Croft

Recollections of RAF Croft

Douglas describes his experiences at RAF Croft before moving to RAF Middleton-St-George. He talks of operations undertaken including one to Berlin in severe weather. Douglas references his crew; observer/navigator Jim Davidson; flight engineer George Nicholson, DSO; wireless operator Frank Rogers; bomb aimer Eric Thorn; and rear gunner Eric Burden and recalls them presenting him with a watch, engraved 'with appreciation'. 

Additional information on Herbert Frank Bickerdike is available via the IBCC Losses Database.

Five hand written sheets

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