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In September 1944 posted to 46 Group Headquarters, Transport Command. In April 1945 posted to Air Command, South East Asia.

Served at RAF Desford, RAF Tern Hill, RAF Grantham, RAF Benson, RAF West Raynham, RAF Oakington, RAF Honington, RAF Moreton-in-March, RAF Marston Moor, RAF Pocklington, RAF Broadwell, RAF Ratmalana (Sri Lanka), RAF Swinderby.

Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Anson, Wellington Ic, Wellington III, Wellington X, Halifax, Oxford, C-47 Dakota, Proctor, Auster, B-17 Flying Fortress, York, Mosquito, C-54 Skymaster, C-45 Expeditor, Sunderland, Varsity.

Undertook 40 operations with 101 Squadron (2 day, 38 night) to targets including Rotterdam, Cologne, Bremen, Brest, Bielefeld, Osnabruck, Kiel, Hamburg, Mannheim, Hamm, Essen, Hannover, Duisburg, Berlin, Turin, Frankfurt, Wilhelmshaven, Munster, Lubeck, Dortmund, Rostock. One operation was the search for the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, and a second was a meteorological operation over the North Sea. Other than himself, his pilots were Squadron Leader Colenso, Sergeant Gaunt and Pilot Officer Todd.

Whilst at 21 Operational Training Unit he flew 4 night bombing operations to Cologne, Essen, Dusseldorf and Bremen.

At 102 Squadron he flew 21 night bombing and mine laying operations. Targets were Modane, Hanover, Mannheim, Bochum, Kassel, Dusseldorf, Ludwigshafen, Berlin, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Meulan, Trappes, Le Mans, Helgoland, Kiel Bay and Courtrai.
During the operation on the night of 3rd November 1943, his aircraft was hit and set on fire. Sergeant Doherty managed to put out the fire and was later awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal as described in a newspaper clipping in the log book.

On the night of 19/20th February 1944 their aircraft managed to shot down a Ju-88.
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He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and a rare Soviet Medal for Valour, flew in the first 1,000-bomber raid, and filmed the liberation of Europe with the RAF’s No.1 Film Production Unit.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Campbell]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Navy]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Operational posting in May 1942 to 9 Squadron.
Killed when his aircraft collided with another on 20th December 1942.

Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Dumfries, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Honington, RAF Waddington.

Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Whitley, Wellington, Anson, Manchester, Lancaster.

Brooks flew 25 minelaying and bombing operations (2 day and 23 night) with 9 Squadron. His targets were Dieppe, Essen, Bremen, Emden, Frisian Islands, Saint-Nazaire, Wismar, Krefeld, Kiel, Cologne, Le Creusot, Genoa, Milan, Hamburg, Turin, Stuttgart, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Quakenbruck.

His pilots were Sergeants White and Hazell.
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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. 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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.
He did not return from his last operation on 27/28 August 1942.

Served at RAF Cranwell, RAF Martlesham Heath, RAF Marham, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Kinloss.

Aircraft flown were Valencia, Wallace, Hawker Demon, Harrow, Wellington, Anson, Lysander.

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.
With 20 Operational Training Unit he flew 2 night operations to Cologne and Caen, piloted by Warrant Officer Fortier.
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.

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.

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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]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-10-17]]> 1941-10-18]]> 1941-10-20]]> 1941-10-21]]> 1941-11-01]]> 1941-11-02]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-12-27]]> 1941-12-28]]> 1942-04-24]]> 1942-04-25]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-05]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-16]]> 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]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> 1940]]> 1941-07-20]]> 1941-07-21]]> 1941-07-25]]> 1941-07-26]]> 1941-08-03]]> 1941-08-04]]> 1941-08-05]]> 1941-08-06]]> 1941-08-07]]> 1941-08-08]]> 1941-08-28]]> 1941-08-29]]> 1941-08-31]]> 1941-09-01]]> 1941-09-02]]> 1941-09-03]]> 1941-09-06]]> 1941-09-07]]> 1941-09-08]]> 1941-09-12]]> 1941-09-13]]> 1941-09-20]]> 1941-09-21]]> 1941-09-26]]> 1941-09-27]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-10-12]]> 1941-10-13]]> 1941-10-16]]> 1941-10-17]]> 1941-10-21]]> 1941-10-22]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-11-30]]> 1941-12-01]]> 1942-04-29]]> 1942-04-30]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Detailing his flying training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at RAF Tollerton (27 E&RFTS), RAF Hanworth (5 EFTS), RAF Yatesbury (10 EFTS), RAF Brize Norton (2 SFTS), RAF St Athan (SoAN), RAF Cottesmore RAF Saltby (14 OTU), RAF Scampton (49 Squadron), (RAF Finningley (7 BATF) and RAF Bruntingthorpe and Bitteswell (29 OTU). Aircraft flown in were Magister, Tiger Moth, Oxford, Anson, Hampden and Wellington. He flew seventeen night operations with 49 Squadron. Targets not specified. His first or second pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Bowden and Pilot Officer Kerridge. ]]> 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]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1941-02-25]]> 1941-02-26]]> 1941-03-01]]> 1941-03-02]]> 1941-03-03]]> 1941-03-04]]> 1941-03-21]]> 1941-03-22]]> 1941-03-30]]> 1941-03-31]]> 1941-04-03]]> 1941-04-06]]> 1941-04-07]]> 1941-04-08]]> 1941-04-09]]> 1941-04-10]]> 1941-04-12]]> 1941-04-13]]> 1941-05-08]]> 1941-05-09]]> 1941-05-10]]> 1941-05-11]]> 1941-05-12]]> 1941-05-13]]> 1941-05-16]]> 1941-05-17]]> 1941-05-25]]> 1941-05-26]]> 1941-05-27]]> 1941-05-28]]> 1941-06-22]]> 1941-06-23]]> 1941-06-25]]> 1941-06-26]]> 1941-06-28]]> 1941-06-29]]> 1941-07-05]]> 1941-07-06]]> 1941-08-11]]> 1941-08-12]]> 1941-08-14]]> 1941-08-15]]> 1941-08-17]]> 1941-08-18]]> 1941-08-26]]> 1941-08-27]]> 1941-08-29]]> 1941-08-30]]> 1941-08-31]]> 1941-09-01]]> 1941-09-02]]> 1941-09-03]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-21]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]>