Records 16 operations (14 night, 2 day).
Targets in France, Germany and Norway were: Oberlag, Stuttgart, Mainz, Osterfeld, Goch, Bohlen, Wesel, Chemnitz, Hemmingstedt, Hamburg, Oslo Fjord (Mining), Dortmund, Zweibrucken, Kiel Bay (mining), Schwandorf, The Skaw Denmark (mining).
His pilot on operations was Flight Lieutenant Williams.
Also records participation in Operation Exodus and Dodge, and bomb disposal and Ruhr trips.
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He served at RAAF Narrandera, RAAF Bundaberg, RAAF Parkes, RAF Clyffe Pypard, RAF Weston on Green, RAF Kidlington, RAF Leconfield, RAF Croughton, RAF Marston Moor, RAF Foulsham, RAF Shennington (Edgehill).

Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Anson, Oxford, Wellington III, Wellington X, Halifax III, Catalina, Chipmunk.

Flew 17 Special Duty Night Operations with 192 Squadron and 3 Cook’s Tours and 3 Operation Post Mortem.
Targets included Dutch Coast, Wesel, Freiberg, Ladbergen, Hemmingstedt, Hamburg, Munster, Heide, Duisburg, Bremerhaven, Harburg, Kiel, Boizenburg, Lechfeld, Schwandorf, Komotau, Flensburg.

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The hand written notes added to the end of the log book give a description to the crash at Senantes, and his attempts to evade capture:

RAF Lossiemouth S/L Ian Willoughby Bazalgette
33 on first [?] [indecipherable] DFC
Flight Commander
Deputy – RAM Palmer
Left there April 1944 – 37 on first tour [?]
[indecipherable]
F/O Geof [sic] Goddard Nav F/O Ivan Hibbert Bomb Aimer F/O Godfrey
F/O Cameron DFM ex F/Sgt Middleton’s V.C.
rear gunner
Joined at PFF Navigation Training met [?] by
Sgt George Turner then on Sqdn by F/LT Colonel Hewell [?] mid upper
6/5/44 First op as crew
During May 5 and June 7 night ops
In July Daylight and night ops 1 2
ND950 ‘M’ Mother
23 Kiel
Last week in July 24 Stuttgart
25 Stuttgart
[indecipherable] and motor bike [?]
28 Hamburg
4 August 1944 Should have gone on leave
F/L Henson missing – Oxford to York
One crew required Baz [?] volunteered – get one
more in before leave
Daylight to Trossy St Maximin
Took T for Tommy instead of M Mother
Crew conference at [?] dispersal – decided
to go in at 6000 feet main force up
at 12000 feet.

[page break]

F/LT Beveridge (DMB) shot down by
flak going into target
Nearing target heavy Ack-Ack
shell penetrated starboard wing – Both
engines spluttered to standstill
Bomb aimer wounded
[page break]
Godfrey last to leave aircraft
G. Goddard put foot [?] on him and out
he went. Landed in tree
I landed in cornfield – stripped
[?] [indecipherable] and hid parachute under corn
stacks [?] - lay under hedge – rather shocked
Lancaster hit deck two fields ahead
exploded on landing down
Village of Senantes Maire of village
helped us – in civvies within a few
minutes of landing. Lay in potato
bed all afternoon while Germans
searched for survivors – waited till
darkness into house for meal. Slept at
gentlemans [sic] house
– [indecipherable]. Moved by horse and
Cart to farm near Chappelle [sic] aux Pots
No English – lying sunbathing alongside
Railway line – Thunderbolts beat up train
SS troops moved back. Moved to
Forest for 10 days – [indecipherable] to lay on
food from 3 farms. Heavy rain]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Libya]]> Greece]]> Germany]]> Gibraltar]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Scotland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Belgium--Haine-Saint-Pierre]]> Egypt--Alexandria]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Ismailia (Province)]]> Egypt--Marsá Maṭrūḥ]]> Egypt--Tall al-Ḍabʻah]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Devon]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Angers]]> France--Caen]]> France--Trossy St. Maximin]]> France--Mantes-la-Jolie]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Rennes]]> Germany--Wiesbaden]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Dorsten]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Osterfeld]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Troisdorf]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Wesseling]]> Greece--Ērakleion]]> Greece--Piraeus]]> Libya--Darnah]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Netherlands--Hasselt]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> North Africa]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Libya--Gazala]]> Germany--Hemmingstedt]]> France--Noordpeene]]> Egypt--Ras el Shaqiq]]> Egypt--Fukah]]> Libya--Timimi]]> Egypt--El Dabaa]]> Egypt--Saniyat Turbiyah]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Egypt--Quotaifiyah]]> France--Senantes]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France--Revigny-sur-Ornain]]> Germany--Worms]]> France--Chapelle Notre Dame]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1942-03-23]]> 1942-06-10]]> 1942-06-11]]> 1942-06-12]]> 1942-06-13]]> 1942-06-14]]> 1942-06-15]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-18]]> 1942-06-19]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-06-24]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-28]]> 1942-06-29]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-05]]> 1942-07-08]]> 1942-07-09]]> 1942-07-10]]> 1942-07-12]]> 1942-07-13]]> 1942-07-15]]> 1942-07-16]]> 1942-07-17]]> 1942-07-19]]> 1942-07-20]]> 1942-07-25]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-28]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-01]]> 1942-08-06]]> 1942-08-07]]> 1942-08-08]]> 1942-08-09]]> 1942-08-14]]> 1942-08-15]]> 1942-08-16]]> 1942-08-17]]> 1942-08-18]]> 1942-08-19]]> 1942-08-21]]> 1942-08-22]]> 1942-08-23]]> 1942-08-24]]> 1942-08-25]]> 1942-08-26]]> 1942-08-27]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-08-29]]> 1942-08-30]]> 1942-08-31]]> 1942-09-01]]> 1942-09-03]]> 1942-09-05]]> 1942-09-06]]> 1942-09-08]]> 1942-09-09]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-29]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-09]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-11-17]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-12-12]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-23]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-03-25]]> 1945-03-31]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-04-30]]> 1945-05-05]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-05-15]]> 1945-05-22]]> 1945-06-08]]> 1945-06-18]]> 1945-08-03]]> 1945-08-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-08-03]]>
]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> France--Bayeux]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Lens]]> France--Royan]]> France--Saint-Lô]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Goch]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Soest]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Zeitz]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> France]]> Poland]]> England--Sussex]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> France--Montdidier (Hauts-de-France)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Renescure]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> France--Cagny]]> France--Lumbres]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> France--Oisemont (Canton)]]> France--Royan]]> Germany--Hemmingstedt]]> Germany--Hildesheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> France--Middel Straete]]> France--Englos]]> France--Saint-Philibert (Morbihan)]]> France--Oisemont (Canton)]]> France--Paris]]> Netherlands--Moerdijk]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-19]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-15]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-28]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-04]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-24]]>