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                  <text>41 items. The collection contains material collected by Roger Audis related to 9 Squadron RAF and airmen who served in the squadron. The collection includes four hand written operational record books, copies of log books, and interviews with Bomber Command veterans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It includes a &lt;a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/collections/show/4055"&gt;Scrapbook&lt;/a&gt; belonging to Ken Rogers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Richard James and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff, Barry Hunter, and Nick Cornwell-Smith.</text>
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                  <text>This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy.</text>
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                <text>Robert Francis’ Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 5th Octboer 1939 until 23rd May 1943. During this time he served as a wireless operator, air gunner and bomb aimer. Trained at No. 4 Air Observers School. Posted to 149 Squadron for operations. In December 1940 attached to Central Gunnery School for further training and then No. 3 Group Gunnery Training Flight as an Instructor.&#13;
In May 1943 posted to Air Armaments School as bomb aimer/air gunner.&#13;
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Served at RAF West Freugh, RAF Mildenhall.&#13;
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Aircraft flown were Heyford, Wellington, Hampden, Blenheim.&#13;
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He flew 35 operations with 149 Squadron (6 day, 29 night). These were mainly bombing operations but also included North Sea sweeps and reconnaissance operations. Other than listing the North Sea, Helgoland and attacking warships the log book does not record any other targets. &#13;
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He flew as an air gunner on his first 22 operations and then as wireless operator for the remainder.&#13;
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His pilots were Wing Commander Kellett, Squadron Leaders Dabinett, Collett, Kerr, and Pilot Officer Davies.&#13;
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The collection was licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dr Steve Bond and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. &#13;
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This collection was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive.&#13;
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                <text>Biography by Steve Bond. Include photograph of Gerry Stone in uniform at the beginning. There are several photographs throughout the document of aircrew and aircraft. Chapter 1 - enlistment and training. Covers joining up, training as wireless operator/air gunner where he flew in Vickers Valentia and Westland Wallace. Chapter 2 - Turret fighters. Posted to 64 Squadron and flew in Hawker Demon. as air gunner. Posted to bomber command in December 1938.&#13;
Chapter 3 - first bomber tour. Describes move to 115 Squadron initially flying in Harrow and then converting to Wellington. Goes on to describe his 26 operations in some detail. Mentions being shot at by Me 110, covers losses in some operations, forced landings, wounded crew members. Posted to OTU after 26 operations.&#13;
Chapter 4 - rested from operations. Spend nearly two years flying routine training on 20 OTU at RAF Lossiemouth. Participated in two more operations while at Lossiemouth to Cologne for which a detailed description is provided. Second was to Essen , also with derailed description.&#13;
Chapter 5 -second tour. Posted to 156 Squadron still with Wellington in June 1942. Describes his subsequent six operations including the 34th on 27 August 1942 when his aircraft was shot down by Me 110 flown by Hauptmann Wolfgang Thimmig. Notes that crew were buried in the Reichswald Forrest war cemetery at Kleve (photograph included). List the other members of the crew: Flt Sgt Michael Gordon Savage (930778), pilot age 20, from Eastbourne in Sussex &#13;
Sgt Gilbert Hebblethwaite (657350), 2nd pilot age 24, from Crosland Moor, &#13;
Huddersfield &#13;
P/O Peter Hayes RNZAF (404484), observer age 20, from Sydney, New South Wales &#13;
P/O Jack Leewarden (132751) WOp/AG age 25, from Hampstead Heath, London &#13;
Sgt Frederick Valentine Herbert Shepherd (629714), rear gunner.&#13;
Appendix A - Hauptmann Wolfgang Thimmig - provided biographic details and service history of the Luftwaffe night fighter pilot.</text>
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The collection was licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dr Steve Bond and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. &#13;
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                <text>Gerry Stone’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from September 1937 until 28th August 1942. During this time trained as a wireless operator, air gunner and bomb aimer. &#13;
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Initial training at Electrical and Wireless School before posted to 64 Squadron in November 1937. Operational posting in November 1939 to 115 Squadron. In July 1940 posted to 20 Operational Training Unit until June 1942 when posted back to operations in 156 Squadron. &#13;
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Served at RAF Cranwell, RAF Martlesham Heath, RAF Marham, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Kinloss.&#13;
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Aircraft flown were Valencia, Wallace, Hawker Demon, Harrow, Wellington, Anson, Lysander.&#13;
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Flew 26 operations (10 day and 16 night) with 115 Squadron. These included anti-shipping sweeps in the North Sea including hunting for the Scharnhorst and bombing to Borkum, Bremen, Bergen, Kristiansand, Stavanger, the Ruhr, Gembloux, Namur, Furnes, Roulers, Monheim, Oldenburg, Munster and Frankfurt. His pilots were Flying Officers Gibbes and Wood.&#13;
With 20 Operational Training Unit he flew 2 night operations to Cologne and Caen, piloted by Warrant Officer Fortier.&#13;
On posting to 156 Squadron he flew 6 night operations to Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Duisburg , Osnabruck, Mainz and Kassel. His pilots were Sergeant Thompson, Flight Sergeant Mackenzie, Squadron Leader Collier and Flight Sergeant Savage.&#13;
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On a number of occasions his aircraft was involved in forced or crash landings on return to the United Kingdom. These occurred on 18 May 1940, 1 July 1940 and 26 June 1942. He did not return from his last operation on 27/28 August 1942 and was presumed killed in action.&#13;
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