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Served at RAF Stormy Down, RAF Wymeswold, RAF Lindholme, RAF Upwood, RAF Warboys, RAF Little Staughton.

Aircraft flown were Defiant, Whitley, Wellington, Lancaster.

He completed one night leaflet dropping operation to Paris with 28 OTU, his pilot being Sgt Turner. A total of 17 night operations with 156 Squadron. His targets were Cologne, Berlin (7 times), Frankfurt, Stettin, Brunswick, Stuttgart, Schweinfurt, Augsburg. His pilots were Flight Sergeant Blamey, Flying Officer Day, Flying Officer Cameron and Pilot Officer Purnell.

With 582 Squadron he flew 18 operations (12 night and 6 day). Targets included Nantes, Cap Gris Nez, Boulogne, Dortmund, Mardyck, Mount Couple radar station, Longues,Forêt de Cerisy, Fougeres, Laval, Lens, Oisemont, Ardouval, Nucourt, Ferme de Forestal, St Philibert Ferme, Caen and Foret de Croc. His pilot was Squadron Leader Weightman.
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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]]> Training started at No. 4 British Flying Training School in Phoenix, Arizona. This continued at No. 3 Service Flying training School, 1517 Beam Approach Training Flight and 25 Operational Training Unit before being posted to 115 Squadron for operations in August 1942. In March 1943 posted to 161 Squadron and then 1483 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight.
Posted to 1655 Mechanical Transport Unit in January 1944 and then 192 Squadron for Special Duty operations. September 1944 saw a posting to Bomber Command HQ Courier Flight.

Served at Thunderbird Field (Phoenix), Falcon Field (Mesa), RAF South Cerney, RAF Ipswich, RAF Finningley, RAF Bircotes, RAF Marham, RAF Mildenhall, RAF East Wretham, RAF Oakington, RAF Tempsford, RAF Newmarket, RAF Foulsham, RAF Halton.

Aircraft flown were Boeing-Stearman PT 17, Vultee BT13A Valiant, North American AT6A Texan, Oxford, Anson, Wellington, Wellington III, Halifax V, Wellington X, Stirling, Martinet, Lancaster, Mosquito, Tiger Moth, Moth Minor, Auster, Proctor, Hornet Moth.

With 115 Squadron he flew 21 bombing operations (2 day, 18 night), 13 night minelaying operations and 1 night special duties. His targets were Mainz, Flensburg, Ameland, Saarbrucken, Karlsruhe, Bremen, Duisburg, Norderney, Dusseldorf, Samso Island, Lingen, Krefeld, Aachen, Osnabruck, La Rochelle, Kiel, Cologne, Genoa, Turin, Frankfurt, Neuwerk Island, Lorient.

His pilot on his first two operations was Sergeant Norrington, and then he flew as 1st pilot on all further operations.

Flying with 192 Squadron he flew 37 night Special Duties operations. Targets for these operations were Dortmund, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Nuremberg, Wittenburg, Karlsruhe, The Ruhr, Aachen, Berlin, Liege, Brest, Cologne, Duisburg, Brunswick, Bordeaux, Laval, Paris, Gelsenkirchen, Neufchatel, Watten, Vitry-le-François, Orleans, Dunkerque, Revigny, Bourges, Wesseling, Hamburg, Stettin, Stendal.

Whilst carry out a Special Duties operation to Vitry on 28th June 1944 his aircraft was attacked and damaged by a Mosquito night fighter resulting in a forced landing at RAF Friston. No injuries were sustained.
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