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. 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Served at RAF Pershore, RAF Harwell, RAF Hampstead Norris, RAF Kolar, RAF Salbani, RAF Palam.

Aircraft flown were Wellington, Lysander, Defiant, Martinet, Tiger Moth, Liberator B-24, C-47 Dakota, York, Sunderland, Sandringham, Hythe, Halifax.

He flew 27 operations with 355 Squadron (24 day, 3 night). Targets included Akyab, Burma-Siam Railway, Moulmein, Maymyo, Mandalay, Kyetsha, Yenangyaung, Mahlaing, Taunggyi, Bangkok, Mataban, Rangoon, Mingaladon, Pa-Auk, Prome, Tavoy, Elephant Point, Mergui, Chumphon.

On the night of 3/4 August 1944 the whole crew baled out due to shortage of fuel. All made it back to base.]]> 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]]> Great Britain]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> India]]> India--Bengal]]> India--Kolār]]> India--Punjab]]> Burma]]> Burma--Akyab (District)]]> Burma--Meiktila]]> Burma--Mandalay]]> Burma--Maymyo]]> Burma--Moulmein]]> Burma--Pa-Auk]]> Burma--Prome]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Burma--Taunggyi]]> Burma--Tavoy]]> Burma--Yenangyaung]]> Thailand]]> Thailand--Bangkok]]> Thailand--Chumphon]]> Burma-Siam Railroad]]> Burma--Kyetsha]]> Burma--Myeik]]> 1943]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-08-28]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1945-02-12]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-02]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-05-01]]> 1945-05-06]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-20]]> 1946]]>