Served at RAF Cranwell, RAF Lindholme, RAF Kirmington, RAF Scampton.

Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Oxford, Anson, Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster, C-47 Dakota.

With 166 Squadron Searle flew 1 night bombing operation to Saarbrucken with Flying Officer Bell as his pilot.

He flew, as the pilot, with 153 Squadron 11 day and 19 night bombing operations, and 1 night minelaying operation. His target were Emmerich, Duisburg, Essen, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Bochum, Duren, Wanne-Eickel, Aschaffenburg, Freiburg, Ludwigshafen, Bonn, Munich, Zuffenhausen, Kleve, Kattegat, Mannheim, Chemnitz, Kassel, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Misburg, Hildesheim, Potsdam, Helgoland, Berchtesgaden.

He also flew 3 Cook’s Tours with 78 Squadron to Germany.
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In June 1944 posted to 16 Operational Training Unit as a staff wireless operator.

Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Pembrey, RAF Upwood, RAF Wymeswold, RAF Riccall, RAF Snaith, RAF Coningsby, RAF Woodhall Spa.

Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Blenheim, Anson, Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster.

Carried out 16 night bombing and 1 night minelaying operations with 51 Squadron. Targets were Lorient, Hamburg, Wilhelmshaven, Stuttgart, Saint-Nazaire, Duisburg, Kiel, Berlin, Frankfurt, Pilsen, Kattegat, Essen, Dusseldorf, Bochum. His pilots for these operations were Flight Lieutenant Clayton, Flying Officer Johnstone and Warrant Officer Leeper.

With 617 Squadron he flew 11 night bombing operations. Targets included Arquata Scrivia, Leghorn, Anthéor Viaduct and other specialist targets in France. His pilots for these operations was Flight Lieutenant Clayton.
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Trained at No. 4 School of Technical Training, followed by operational posting to 460 Squadron (Royal Australian Air Force).

The log book ends with “Death Presumed” stamp but with no date nor details.

Served at RAF St Athan, RAF Binbrook.

Aircraft flown were Halifax, Lancaster.

With 460 Squadron he undertook 1 mine laying and 17 bombing night operations. His targets were Turin, Mannheim, Kattegat, Munich, Essen, Berlin, Hamburg, Kiel, Dortmund.

His pilots were Pilot Officer Jackson, Wing Commander Dilworth, Squadron Leader Campling, Flight Lieutenant Grenfell, Flight Sergeant Giles, Flying Officer Johnson.

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Served at RAF Stradishall, RAF Chedburgh, RAF Tuddenham, RAF Stoney Cross, RAF Merryfield.

Aircraft flown were Stirling, York.

Carried out 12 night bombing and mine-laying operations with 214 Squadron to Nuremberg, Turin, Peenemunde, Berlin, Montluçon, Modane, Hannover, Baltic Sea, Frankfurt and Bremen. His pilot was Pilot Officer Welch.
With 90 Squadron he flew 11 night bombing and mine-laying operations to The Frisian Islands, the Gironde, Cherbourg, Kiel Bay, the Kattegat. He also flew 2 special duties operations at night to the South of France. It was n the last of these that he was shot down. His pilot was Warrant Officer Edinborough.
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For each operation it includes many details of the target, routes, bomb load, crews, a description of results, and if any did not return.

The last few pages contain a summary of each pilot, the number of operations completed and what happened to them i.e. tour expired, posted out of 9 Squadron or missing/killed in action.
There is an index listing each operation and a monthly summary of raids.

9 Squadron were operating Lancaster I and III from RAF Bardney.

Over the period covered by this record 9 Squadron flew 1 day and 67 night operations, mainly bombing but also some mine laying.
Bombing targets: Stuttgart, Pilsen, Spezia, Stettin, Duisburg, Essen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, Bochum, Oberhausen, Friedrichshafen, Krefeld, Mülheim, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Turin, Reggio Emilia, Hamburg, Remscheid, Milan, Mannheim, Nurnberg, Peenemünde, Leverkusen, Berlin, Mönchengladbach, Hagen, Munich, Kassel, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Modane.

Mine laying targets were: Weeding (Heligoland Bight), Furze (St Jean De Luz), Silverthorn (Kattegat areas), Nasturtium (Copenhagen Sound), Verbena (Copenhagen approach), Spinach (Gdynia).
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Served at RAF Dumfries, RAF Lichfield, RAF Hixon, RAF Waterbeach, RAF Lakenheath, RAF North Creake.

Aircraft flown were Anson, Botha, Wellington III, Stirling III.

He flew 36 night operations with 199 Squadron. These included bombing, mine laying and special operations dropping window and radar jamming. Targets included Bordeaux, Frisian Islands, Boulogne, Hannover, Mannheim, Kattegat, Bremen, Berlin, Abbeville, Kiel Bay, the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, Heligoland, Laon, Aulnoye, Amsterdam, Sint-Annaland.

His pilot on all but his last three operations was Flight Lieutenant Lumsdaine. Pilots for the last three were Flight Lieutenant Cattarall and Flying Officer Holmes.
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Served at RAF Dalcross, RAF Abingdon, RAF Stanton-Harcourt, RAF Riccall, RAF Breighton.

Aircraft flown were Anson, Whitley and Halifax.

1 night leaflet dropping operation with 10 OTU to Paris. Flew 37 bombing and mine-laying operations with 78 Squadron (11 day and 26 night). Targets included Paris, Malines, Leopoldsburg, Trappes marshalling yard, Mont Fleury Battery, Saint-Lô, Laval Airfield, Amiens, Laon, Noyelle-en-Chaussée, Montorgueil, Mont Candon, Blainville-sur-l'Eau, Saint-Martin-l'Hortier, Chateau Bernapre, Helgoland, Nucourt, Caen, Acquet, Bottrop, Stuttgart, Foret de Nieppe, Brest, Forêt De Mormal, Braunschweig, Falaise, Kiel Bay, Homberg, Kiel, Calais, Neuss, Cap Gris Nez, Kattegat.

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Initial training at No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School and 225 Squadron. Posted to 149 Squadron for operations in December 1940. In April 1941 posted to the Middle East with 148 Squadron, returning to the United Kingdom in September 1941. Become an Air Gunner Instructor in February 1942 with No. 1 Air Armament School. Further posting as an Instructor to No. 4 Air Observer’s School. February 1943 saw a posting to the Central Gunnery School as an Air Gunner for further training before returning to No. 4 Air Observer’s School as an Air Gunner Instructor.

His second operational posting was to 101 Squadron in February 1944. A further operational posting to 103 Squadron in November.
On 3rd/4th October 1945 his aircraft was reported missing over the Mediterranean Sea during an Operation Dodge flight carrying 17 ATS females and two Army Nursing Sisters as well as the crew of six.

Served at RAF Evanton, RAF Old Sarum, RAF Tilshead, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Manby, RAF West Freugh, RAF Syerston, RAF Sutton Bridge, RAF Ingham, RAF Elsham Wolds, RAF Glatton, RAF Kabrit (Egypt).

Aircraft flown were Harrow, Battle, Hector, Lysander, Wellington, Botha, Anson, Lancaster, Oxford, Martinet.

With 149 Squadron he flew 15 night operations to targets including Mannheim, Lorient, Bremen, Gelsenkirchen, Wilhelmshaven, Hannover, Brest, Kiel, Cologne. His pilots were Flt/Sgt Marr, Flt/Sgt Goss, Flt/Sgt Hawley, Flt/Sgt Milsted,
With 148 Squadron, 21 night operations to Gazala, Benghazi, Karpathos, Heraklion, Tripoli, Naples, Messina, Palermo, His pilot in 148 Squadron was Flt/Sgt Milsted.
A single night operation while with No. 4 Air Observer’s School to Danzig, his pilot being Pilot Officer Curtin.
20 night operations with 101 Squadron to Leipzig, Stuttgart, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Frankfurt, Berlin, Essen, Nuremburg, Aulnoye, Aachen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe, Friedrichshafen, Hasselt, Orleans. With this squadron his pilots were P/O Evans, P/O Holland, (P/O Waughman.
Finally a total 17 bombing operations with 103 Squadron (7 day, 10 night). Targets included Wanne-Eickel, Samso Fjord, Denmark, Nuremburg, Munich, Merseburg, Stuttgart, Ludwigshafen, Bottrop, Gelsenkirchen, Chemnitz, Essen, Dortmund, Hannover, Paderborn, Hamburg, Mining-Kattegat, Bremen.
Also 1 Operation Manna (Rotterdam), 2 Operation Exodus (Brussels) and 2 Operation Dodge (Pomigliano).
Pilots included Flight Lieutenant Garton, Squadron Leader Hague, Flying Officer Saxe, Flying Officer Mosley, Flying Officer Wright, Squadron Leader Butler, Flight Lieutenant Anderson, and Flight Lieutenant Newman.

Newspaper clippings of the last flight in October 1945 included.

The last couple of pages of the logbook have been signed by those who attended the squadron reunion at Elsham in 1995.


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Aircraft flown were Anson, Halifax, Lancaster.
1 night operation with 50 Squadron, 9 day and 23 night operations with 617 Squadron to Berlin, Tours, Aachen, Paris, Brunswick, Munich, Schweinfurt, Clermont Ferrand, Amiens, Kiel Bay, Antwerp, St Valery, Kattegat, Maisy, La Pernelle, Forêt de Cerisy, Etampes, Caen, Aunay, Beauvoir, Wesseling, Stuttgart, Givors-Lyons, Caumont, Joigny, Rouen, Trossy St. Maximin, Saint-Leu-d'Esserent, L'Isle-Adam, La Pallice area. Flew 2 Op Exodus, 4 Op Dodge and 5 Cook’s Tours with 617 Squadron.
Ditched in North Sea (21 June 1944) between the Norfolk and Netherlands coasts successfully rescued after spending 15 hours afloat.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Manitoba]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kiel Bay]]> Germany]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wesseling]]> France]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Aunay-sur-Odon]]> France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]> France--Caen]]> France--Caumont-L'Eventé]]> France--Cerisy-la-Salle]]> France--Clermont-Ferrand]]> France--Étampes (Essonne)]]> France--Givors]]> France--Grandcamp-Maisy]]> France--Joigny]]> France--La Pallice]]> France--La Pernelle]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> France--Paris]]> France--Rouen]]> France--Saint-Valery-en-Caux]]> France--Tours]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Manitoba--Rivers]]> France--Saint-Leu-d'Esserent]]> France--Trossy St. Maximin]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-20]]> 1945-05-09]]> 1945-05-11]]> 1945-05-16]]> 1945-06-26]]> 1945-07-05]]> 1945-09-01]]> 1945-09-02]]> 1945-09-30]]> 1945-10-03]]> 1945-10-05]]> 1945-10-07]]> William Norman’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 10th October 1943 until 4th October 1944. During this time trained as an air gunner. Initial training at No. 12 Air Gunnery School. Further training at 18 Operational Training Unit, 1481 Bombing and Gunnery Flight, 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. Operational posting to 626 Squadron in July 1944.

Failed to return from a mine laying operation to the Kattegat on 4th October 1944, death presumed.

Served at RAF Bishops Court, RAF Worksop, RAF Blyton, RAF Hemswell, RAF Wickenby.

Aircraft flown were Anson, Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster.

He undertook 1 night leaflet operation with 18 OTU to Alencon.

With 626 squadron he flew a total of 17 bombing and 2 minelaying operations (5 day and 14 night). His targets were Caen, Scholven, Courtrai, Kiel, Stuttgart, Foret de Nieppe, Pauillac, Fontenay le Marmion, Russelsheim, Stettin, St. Riquier, Eindhoven, Le Havre, Frankfurt, Rheine, Kattegat, Baltic off Kiel.

His pilot for all his operations was Flying Officer Green.

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