September 1945 saw a return to the United Kingdom and posting to 13 Operational Training Unit.
During 1952 posted to No. 8 Reserve Flying School. Attended No. 19 Reserve Flying School in July 1953.

Served at RAF Kumalo, RAF Aqir, RAF Poona, RAF Yelahanka, RAF Kumbhirgram, RAF Kinmagon, RAF Hmawbi, RAF Croft, RAF Woodley, RAF Woodvale.

Aircraft flown were Oxford, Wellington, Short C Flying Boat, Sunderland, Mosquito, B-24 Liberator, C-47 Dakota, Beaufighter, Tiger Moth, Chipmunk, Anson.

With 47 Squadron he carried out 38 Rhubarb day operations as a pilot, bombing and strafing a range of targets in Burma including Heho, Kalaw, Kyaukpadaung, Pwintbyu, Tabyegyi, Loi-kaw, Sibintha, Nammaket, Pasaung, Yinmadon, Rangoon, Hmawbi, Kadit, Prombe, Mokpalin, Lagunbyo, Duyinzeik, Aungban, Thanbyuzat, Toungoo, Kyibin, Moulmein, Kyaikto, Natyegon, Kado, Kinmun, Hneepadaw, Kamasaing, Kamarmaung, Bilin, Natkyi, Nyaungdon, Tiyo-Bawkata.

Also carried out tactical reconnaissance.
]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Durham]]> England--Merseyside]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zimbabwe--Bulawayo]]> Israel]]> India]]> India--Assam]]> India--Pune]]> India--Yelahanka]]> Burma]]> Burma--Irrawaddy Division]]> Burma--Karen State]]> Burma--Kyaikto]]> Burma--Kyaukpadaung]]> Burma--Loi-kaw]]> Burma--Moʻ pī]]> Burma--Mon State]]> Burma--Moulmein]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Burma--Sagaing]]> Burma--Toungoo]]> Burma--Bilin]]> Burma--Moke Pa Lin]]> Burma--Aungban]]> Burma--Heho]]> Burma--Duyinzeik]]> Burma--Heho]]> Burma--Moʻ pī]]> Burma--Nyaungdon]]> 1945-03-29]]> 1945-04-01]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-15]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-04-26]]> 1945-04-30]]> 1945-05-01]]> 1945-05-03]]> 1945-05-06]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-13]]> 1945-05-15]]> 1945-05-18]]> 1945-05-22]]> 1945-05-26]]> 1945-05-28]]> 1945-05-31]]> 1945-06-02]]> 1945-06-05]]> 1945-06-25]]> 1945-06-30]]> 1945-07-03]]> 1945-07-05]]> 1945-07-07]]> 1945-07-08]]> 1945-07-09]]> 1945-07-11]]> 1945-07-14]]> 1945-07-18]]> 1945-07-28]]> 1945-07-30]]> 1945-08-02]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> Records a total of 25 night operations (plus one with Duties Not Carried Out) with 196 Squadron. Targets in Germany, France and the Netherlands are: Bochum, Brest (minelaying), Cologne, Dortmund, Duisberg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Frisians (minelaying), Gelsenkirchen, Heligoland Bight (minelaying), Kiel, Krefeld, Lorient (minelaying), Manheim, Mulheim, St Nazaire, Wuppertal.
Pilots on operations with 196 Squadron were W/O Ritchie and Sgt Sneddon.
Also records 33 operations (23 Night, 10 day, 5 with Duties Not Carried Out) with 355 Squadron against Japanese forces during the Burma campaign 1944-5. Targets in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam include:
Akyab, Amarapura, Andaman Islands, Bangkok, Hanoi, Jumbhorn, Khorat, Kyaukse, Kyetsha, Madaya, Mahlaing, Mandalay, Martaban Point, Martaban, Maymyo, Mokpalin railway yards, Monywa, Myingyan, Myittha, Na Nien, Ramree Island, Rangoon, Tiddim-Impall Road, Yenangyaung, Ywataung.
Pilots on operations with 355 Squadron were Squadron Leader MacDougall, Flight Lieutenant Giles, Flight Lieutenant Jackson, Flight Lieutenant Scott, Squadron Leader Falconer, Pilot Officer Dean, Warrant Officer Campbell, Flight Sergeant Turner, Warrant Officer Long and Warrant Officer Painter.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> Pending review]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Burma]]> Burma--Akyab (District)]]> Burma--Amarapura]]> Burma--Kyaikto]]> Burma--Kyaukse (Township)]]> Burma--Magwe Division]]> Burma--Mandalay]]> Burma--Mandalay (Division)]]> Burma--Maymyo]]> Burma--Meiktila]]> Burma--Moke Pa Lin]]> Burma--Monywa]]> Burma--Mottama]]> Burma--Moulmein]]> Burma--Myingyan (District)]]> Burma--Rakhine State]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Burma--Tiddim]]> Burma--Yenangyaung]]> Great Britain]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> India]]> India--Andaman Islands]]> India--Imphāl]]> India--Raipur]]> India--Vadodara]]> Myanmar]]> Netherlands]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Digri]]> Thailand]]> Thailand--Bangkok]]> Thailand--Chumphon]]> Thailand--Nakhon Ratchasima]]> Vietnam]]> Vietnam--Hanoi]]> Burma--Kyetsha]]> Burma--Myingyan]]> Burma--Myittha]]> Burma--Ramree Island]]> Burma--Ywataung]]> 1942]]> 1943-02-25]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-13]]> 1943-03-26]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-03-28]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-03-30]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1943-04-10]]> 1943-04-11]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1943-04-17]]> 1943-05-04]]> 1943-05-05]]> 1943-05-16]]> 1943-05-17]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-05-28]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-05-30]]> 1943-06-02]]> 1943-06-03]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-06-26]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-07-02]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-04]]> 1944-03-29]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-04-08]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-29]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-11-08]]> 1944-11-19]]> 1945-01-21]]> 1945-01-25]]> 1945-01-31]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-05]]> 1945-02-11]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-08-02]]> 1946]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> New South Wales]]> Victoria--Point Cook]]> India--Kolār]]> India--West Bengal]]> Bangladesh--Jessore]]> India--Punjab]]> Thailand]]> Bangladesh--Jessore District]]> Burma--Amarapura]]> Burma--Bhamo (District)]]> Burma--Kyaikto]]> Burma--Mandalay]]> Burma--Meiktila]]> Burma--Myinmu (District)]]> Burma--Rakhine State]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Burma-Siam Railroad]]> Burma--Taunggyi]]> Burma--Thaton]]> Great Britain]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> Thailand--Chiang Mai]]> Thailand--Chumphon]]> Thailand--Ratchaburi (Province)]]> Victoria]]> Bangladesh]]> Burma]]> India]]> Burma--Mottama]]> Burma-Siam Railroad]]> Thailand--Bangkok]]> Thailand--Nong Pladuk]]> Thailand--Kanchanaburi]]> Burma--Mon State]]> Burma--Kachin State]]> Thailand--Chumphon]]> Burma--Myinmu (District)]]> Burma--Mottama]]> Burma--Taungup]]> Burma--Taungup]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-11-03]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1944-12-03]]> 1944-12-10]]> 1944-12-13]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-09]]> 1945-01-11]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-18]]> 1945-01-21]]> 1945-01-25]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-11]]> 1945-02-12]]> 1945-02-17]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-29]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-06]]> 1945-04-23]]> 1945-04-24]]> Burma--Kyaikto]]>