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

Over the period covered by this record 9 Squadron flew a total 58 bombing operations (31 day and 27 night operations). Targets included Watten, Gelsenkirchen, Limoges, Prouville, Vitry le Francois, Beauvoir, Creil, Saint-Leu-d'Esserent, Culmont, Chalindrey, Villeneuve, Nevers, Caen, Revigny, Thiverny, Courtrai, Kiel, Stuttgart, Donges, Saint Cyr, Givors, Cahagnes, Rilly La Montagne, Joigny, Mont Candon, Bois-de-Cassan, Trossy St. Maximin, Etaples, Lorient, La Pallice, Bordeaux, Brest, Gilze Rijen, Ijmuiden, the Munster Aqueduct, Karlsruhe, Kaiserslautern, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Flushing, the Sorpe Dam, Westkapelle, Nuremburg, Ladbergen

The Squadron carried out three operations against the Tirpitz in Kåfjord and Tromsø Fjords, Norway. The last operation on 12 November 1944 successfully sunk the battleship.

Also included are two night operations by 227 Squadron (Braunschweig and Nuremburg) and one day operation by 189 Squadron (Homberg).
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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.

His pilot for all his operations was Flight Lieutenant Prichard.]]> 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--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Inverness]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> Belgium--Mechelen]]> France]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Aulnoye-Aymeries]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> France--Crécy-en-Ponthieu]]> France--Falaise]]> France--Laon]]> France--Laval (Mayenne)]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Paris]]> France--Saint-Lô]]> France--Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines]]> France--Ver-Sur-Mer]]> France--Blainville-sur-l'Eau]]> France--Forêt De Mormal]]> France--Acquet]]> France--Noyelle-en-Chaussée]]> France--Mont-Candon]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> France--Montorgueil]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Château de Bernapré]]> 1943-12-22]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-07-01]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-09]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-21]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-09-15]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-10-04]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> Robert Whymark]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Essex]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--London]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Jersey]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Paderborn]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> France]]> France--Aulnoye-Aymeries]]> France--Brest]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Dinard]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Marseille]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Saint-Malo]]> Italy]]> Italy--Messina]]> Italy--Naples]]> Italy--Palermo]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> Italy--Ragusa]]> Malta]]> Denmark]]> Denmark--Samsø]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Hasselt]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Belgium--Zellik]]> North Africa]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Fukah]]> Egypt--Ismailia (Province)]]> Egypt--Kibrit]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> Libya]]> Libya--Bardiyah]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> Libya--Darnah]]> Libya--Gazala]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> Greece]]> Greece--Ērakleion]]> Greece--Karpathos (Municipality)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Sicily]]> Italy--Sicily]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> 1945-10-04]]> Served at RAF Jurby, RAF Bassingbourn, RAF Newmarket, RAF Waterbeach, RAF Castle Kennedy, RAF Tempsford and RAF Marham.
Aircraft flown in were Battle, Blenheim, Wellington, Hampden, Stirling and Tiger Moth.
His pilots on training and air test flights were Pilot Officer Edwards, Sergeant Hatton, Pilot Officer Stirk, Flight Lieutenant Mew, Flying Officer Glass, Sergeant Astbury, Flying Officer Brain, Sergeant Handley, Flying Officer Holford, Squadron Leader Du Boulay, Squadron Leader Rainsford, Pilot Officer Hankins, Flight Lieutenant Brough, Flying Officer Heathcote, Sergeant Williams, Sergeant Holloway, Sergeant Russell, Flight Lieutenant Jackson, Pilot Officer Dixon, Sergeant Holden, Pilot Officer Bevan, Sergeant Tuffley, Sergeant Chilvers, Pilot Officer Boxall, Flying Officer Blagden, Flying Officer Stanbury, Pilot Officer Swift, Sergeant Wyllie, Pilot Officer Coney, Squadron Leader Kain, Flying Officer Hankins, Flying Officer Matheson, Flight Lieutenant Kirk, Wing Commander Simmonds, Squadron Leader Harris, Pilot Officer Donne, Flight Lieutenant Livingstone and Squadron Leader Raymond. He carried out 50 operations (all night-time) with 99 and 218 squadrons as an air gunner on the following targets in France, Germany, Czechoslovakia: Boulogne, Brest, Paris (Gennevilliers works), Berlin, Bremen, Cologne, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Emden, Essen, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Kiel, Mannheim, Mainz, Munich, Münster, Saarbrucken and Plzen (Škoda Works). His pilots on operations were Sergeant Holloway, Sergeant Russell, Squadron Leader McFadden DFC, Sergeant Tuffley, Squadron Leader Oldroyd and Squadron Leader Raymond. Includes remarks on attacks by German fighters and operations abandoned due to engine problems, icing and poor weather conditions.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Ostend]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Paris]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1941-02-26]]> 1941-03-01]]> 1941-03-02]]> 1941-03-14]]> 1941-03-15]]> 1941-04-04]]> 1941-04-05]]> 1941-04-06]]> 1941-04-07]]> 1941-04-08]]> 1941-04-09]]> 1941-04-10]]> 1941-04-15]]> 1941-04-17]]> 1941-04-20]]> 1941-04-21]]> 1941-04-24]]> 1941-04-25]]> 1941-04-29]]> 1941-04-30]]> 1941-05-02]]> 1941-05-03]]> 1941-06-11]]> 1941-06-12]]> 1941-06-22]]> 1941-06-23]]> 1941-07-08]]> 1941-07-09]]> 1941-07-17]]> 1941-07-18]]> 1941-07-24]]> 1941-07-25]]> 1942-04-10]]> 1942-04-11]]> 1942-04-12]]> 1942-04-13]]> 1942-04-14]]> 1942-04-15]]> 1942-04-17]]> 1942-04-22]]> 1942-04-25]]> 1942-04-26]]> 1942-04-29]]> 1942-04-30]]> 1942-05-04]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-17]]> 1942-05-18]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-11]]> 1942-06-12]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-21]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1952-06-26]]> 1942-06-29]]> 1942-06-30]]> 1942-08-11]]> 1942-08-12]]> 1942-08-24]]> 1942-08-25]]> 1942-08-27]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-09-01]]> 1942-09-02]]> 1942-09-03]]> 1942-09-08]]> 1942-09-09]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-09-20]]> 1942-09-23]]> 1942-09-24]]>
Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Dumfries, RAF Upper Heyford, RAF North Luffenham.

Aircraft flown were Whitley, Hampden, Anson, Wellington, Lysander, Martinet, Oxford and Lancaster. Post war the aircraft flown were Proctor, Anson, Lancaster, Shackleton and Neptune.

With 144 Squadron he flew 35 bombing, mining and leaflet dropping operations (3 day, 32 night). Targets included Rotterdam, Braunschweig, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Brest, Berlin, Rostock, Helgoland, Bremen, Friesian Islands, Hamburg, Aachen, Hüls Rubber Factory, Mannheim, Kiel, Paris, Lorient, Lubeck and German Railway Lines. His pilot for the majority of operations was Flight Sergeant Woodhead. Other pilots were Flight Sergeants Bland and Lequeax, Pilot Officers Adams and Chrystal, Flight Lieutenant Radly and Squadron Leader Foster.

Whilst with 29 OTU he flew one night operation to Bremen. His pilot was Squadron Leader Pim.

In 83 Squadron he flew 12 night operations. Targets included Berlin, Magdeburg, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Stuttgart and Frankfurt. His pilot on these operations was Flight Lieutenant Mirfin, who was killed on the last operation.

Recalled to service in April 1951 until December 1957 with various training units including School of Maritime Reconnaissance, 236 Operational Conversion Unit, Maritime Operational Training Unit and 37 Squadron. Served at RAF Swanton Morley, RAF St Mawgan, RAF Kinloss, and RAF Luqa (Malta).]]> 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--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Paris]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Malta]]> 1941-08-12]]> 1941-08-14]]> 1941-08-15]]> 1941-08-16]]> 1941-08-17]]> 1941-08-18]]> 1941-08-19]]> 1941-09-01]]> 1941-09-02]]> 1941-09-03]]> 1941-09-07]]> 1941-09-08]]> 1941-09-11]]> 1941-09-12]]> 1941-09-13]]> 1941-09-14]]> 1941-09-17]]> 1941-09-18]]> 1941-10-21]]> 1941-10-24]]> 1941-10-25]]> 1941-11-05]]> 1941-11-06]]> 1941-11-09]]> 1941-11-27]]> 1941-12-07]]> 1941-12-10]]> 1941-12-11]]> 1941-12-28]]> 1942-01-21]]> 1942-01-22]]> 1942-01-25]]> 1942-01-27]]> 1942-02-07]]> 1942-02-12]]> 1942-02-14]]> 1942-02-15]]> 1942-02-24]]> 1942-02-26]]> 1942-03-03]]> 1942-03-04]]> 1942-03-23]]> 1942-03-24]]> 1942-03-25]]> 1942-03-26]]> 1942-03-28]]> 1942-03-29]]> 1942-04-01]]> 1942-04-02]]> 1942-04-05]]> 1942-04-08]]> 1942-04-09]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-04-09]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> Bob Butler]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1941-04-14]]> 1941-04-15]]> Bob Butler]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1941-04-04]]> 1941-04-05]]> 1941-04-06]]>
Served at RCAF Medicine Hat, RAF Spittlegate (Grantham), RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Winthorpe, RAF Syerston, RAF Montrose, RAF Tern Hill.

Aircraft flown were Harvard, Oxford, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster, Anson, Walrus, Spitfire, Auster.

Wing Commander Pexton flew 29 operations (14 day and 15 night) with 61 Squadron and a Cook’s Tour with No. 5 Advanced Flying Unit.
Targets were Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Caen, Thiverny, Courtrai, Kiel, Donges, Paris, Châtellerault, Givors, Rüsselsheim, Gilze-Rijen, La Pallice, Darmstadt, Konigsberg, Rollancourt, Brest, Le Havre, Boulogne, Kaiserslautern, Wilhelmshaven, Flushing, Nuremberg, Harburg, Duren, Urft Dam, Oslo Fjord, Munich.
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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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Served at RAF White Waltham, RAF College Cranwell, RAF Cranage, RAF Cottesmore, RAF Scampton, RAF Honeybourne, RAF North Luffenham, RAF Upavon.

Aircraft flown were DH82A Tiger Moth, Oxford, Anson, Hampden, Manchester, Whitley, Lancaster, Wellington, Boston.

With 83 Squadron he flew 35 bombing and mine laying operations (1 day and 34 night). His pilots were Pilot Officer Sells (15 operations) and Flight Lieutenant Cook (1 operation). He was pilot for the remainder. Targets included Cologne, Brest (Scharnhorst battlecruiser), Soest, Bremen, Kiel (Gneisanau battlecruiser) , Osnabruck, Hamm, Hamburg, Frisian Islands, Frankfurt, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Langeoog, Hürth, Düsseldorf, Stavanger, Essen, Gironde River.
He flew 3 night operations with 29 OTU as pilot. Targets included Bremen, Hamburg and Düsseldorf.
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His pilot on all operations was F/O Lasham.

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