P Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Sūr al-Ghuzlān]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Nelson]]> North Africa]]> 1941-07-29]]> 1941-08-18]]>
Citation describes daylight attack on Neiville [sic] Aerodrome when his aircraft was attached by several enemy fighters. Pilot was wounded and Batty hit one of subsequent four fighters which attacked them after bomb release and drove off the others.]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> F L Sheppard]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> France]]> 1941-07-29]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Czech Republic]]> Denmark]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> Denmark--Copenhagen]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Brest]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--La Spezia]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Turin]]> Netherlands--Amsterdam]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1941-07-06]]> 1941-07-07]]> 1941-07-08]]> 1941-07-09]]> 1941-07-12]]> 1941-07-13]]> 1941-07-17]]> 1941-07-18]]> 1941-07-20]]> 1941-07-21]]> 1941-07-24]]> 1941-07-28]]> 1941-07-29]]> 1941-08-06]]> 1941-08-07]]> 1941-08-16]]> 1941-08-17]]> 1941-08-18]]> 1941-09-02]]> 1941-09-03]]> 1941-09-06]]> 1941-09-07]]> 1941-09-20]]> 1941-09-21]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-10-10]]> 1941-10-13]]> 1941-10-20]]> 1941-10-21]]> 1941-10-23]]> 1941-10-29]]> 1941-10-30]]> 1941-10-31]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-11-09]]> 1942-01-02]]> 1942-01-03]]> 1942-01-10]]> 1942-01-11]]> 1942-01-14]]> 1942-01-15]]> 1942-02-06]]> 1942-02-24]]> 1942-02-25]]> 1942-02-26]]> 1942-02-27]]> 1942-02-28]]> 1942-03-09]]> 1942-03-10]]> 1942-03-11]]> 1942-03-13]]> 1942-03-23]]> 1942-03-24]]> 1943-04-02]]> 1943-04-03]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1943-04-08]]> 1943-04-09]]> 1943-04-10]]> 1943-04-13]]> 1943-04-14]]> 1943-05-12]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-05-14]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-05-30]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-12]]> 1943-07-13]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-26]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-13]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-07]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> Joined 205 Squadron for operations in the Far East. Returned to the UK in August/September 1945.

Served at RAF Cranwell, RAF West Freugh, RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Scampton, RAF Cottesmore, RAF Carew Cheriton, RAF Alness, RAF Oban, RAF Koggala.

He flew 30 bombing and mine laying operations (3 day, 27 night) with 49 Squadron. His target included Hannover, Homberg, Berlin, Bremen, Brest, Kiel, Mannheim, Cologne, Lorient, Helgoland, Hamburg, Aachen, Frankfurt, Kiel Bay, Karlsruhe, Essen, Brunswick, Duisburg, Wilhelmshaven. His pilots on these operations were Flying Officer Fisher, Pilot Officers Mervin-Jones, Kerridge, Scorer, Pratt, Sergeants Eshelby, Merralls, Flint, Latty, Watt, and Wing Commander Stubbs.
He flew 2 night bombing operations when posted to Training Wing to Cologne and Essen piloted by Pilot Officer Glenn.

With 205 Squadron he flew 68 operations (19 day, 49 night). These included bombing, anti-ship and anti-submarine sweeps, convoy escort and meteorological flights. These were all in the Indian Ocean. His pilots were Squadron Leaders Melville-Jackson, Beckingsale, Wing Commander McClelland, Flight Lieutenants Hoare, Risk, and Lowden.

On the 28th August 1941 we was wounded in the hand by anti-aircraft fire. His plane was attacked by a night-fighter on the night of 1st/2nd June 1942.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Pending review]]> Review Oct 2024]]> SBondS-CookGv10001]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> Scotland--Argyll and Bute]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Wales--Pembrokeshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kiel Bay]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Indian Ocean]]> Sri Lanka]]> Sri Lanka--Văligama]]> 1940]]> 1941-02-10]]> 1941-02-11]]> 1941-02-15]]> 1941-03-12]]> 1941-03-13]]> 1941-03-18]]> 1941-04-06]]> 1941-04-07]]> 1941-04-08]]> 1941-04-09]]> 1941-04-10]]> 1941-04-13]]> 1941-05-04]]> 1941-05-05]]> 1941-05-12]]> 1941-05-13]]> 1941-05-16]]> 1941-05-17]]> 1941-05-25]]> 1941-05-26]]> 1941-06-10]]> 1941-06-11]]> 1941-06-16]]> 1941-06-17]]> 1941-06-18]]> 1941-06-19]]> 1941-06-28]]> 1941-06-29]]> 1941-07-05]]> 1941-07-06]]> 1941-07-16]]> 1941-07-17]]> 1941-07-20]]> 1941-07-21]]> 1941-07-23]]> 1941-07-24]]> 1941-07-25]]> 1941-07-26]]> 1941-07-28]]> 1941-07-29]]> 1941-08-02]]> 1941-08-03]]> 1941-08-05]]> 1941-08-06]]> 1941-08-07]]> 1941-08-08]]> 1941-08-14]]> 1941-08-15]]> 1941-08-17]]> 1941-08-18]]> 1941-08-26]]> 1941-08-27]]> 1941-08-28]]> 1941-08-29]]> 1941-12-16]]> 1941-12-17]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1943]]> 1944-04-02]]> 1944-04-03]]> 1944-04-04]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-17]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-05-17]]> 1944-05-18]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-26]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-06]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-21]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-28]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-07]]> 1944-09-09]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-15]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-26]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-07]]> 1944-11-10]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-19]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-25]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-30]]> 1945-02-05]]> 1945-02-11]]> 1945-03-30]]> 1945-03-31]]> 1945-04-07]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1945-04-20]]> 1945-04-21]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-16]]> 1945-05-23]]> 1945-05-24]]> 1945-05-25]]> 1945-05-26]]> 1945-06-08]]> 1945-06-20]]> 1945-06-21]]> 1945-06-22]]> 1945-06-23]]> 1945-07-04]]> 1945-07-05]]> 1945-07-06]]> 1945-07-07]]> 1945-07-14]]> 1945-07-15]]> 1945-07-16]]> 1945-07-17]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-07-29]]>