Records a total of 31 night operations (2 noted as “Duties Not Carried Out” and 4 noted as ‘return to base’ for various reasons). Targets in France, Germany and Italy were: Bremen, Cologne, Dieppe, Duisberg, Emden, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kassel, Kiel, Osnabruck, Saarbrucken, St Nazaire, Stuttgart, Turin and Wilhelmshaven. His first or second pilots on operations were Sergeant Hur, Squadron Leader Pazyczka and Flying Officer Krasinski. Several operations are described as ‘mine laying’ or ‘gardening’ without a specific target noted.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> Pending review]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Kiel]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1942-05-04]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-05]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-08]]> 1942-06-09]]> 1942-06-10]]> 1942-06-19]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-21]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-05]]> 1942-07-06]]> 1942-07-08]]> 1942-07-09]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-27]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-08-16]]> 1942-08-17]]> 1942-08-18]]> 1942-08-20]]> 1942-08-21]]> 1942-08-24]]> 1942-08-25]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-10-11]]> 1942-10-12]]> 1942-10-13]]> 1942-10-14]]> 1942-10-15]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1942-10-31]]> 1942-11-03]]> 1942-11-08]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-20]]> He was stationed at RCAF Station Sea Island (No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School), RCAF Station Dauphin (No. 10 Service Flying Training School), RAF Abingdon (No. 10 OTU), RAF Linton on Ouse (35 Squadron), RAF Driffield (1502 Beam Approach Training Flight), RAF Gransden Lodge (Path Finder Force Navigation Training Unit, 405 Squadron), RCAF Station Rockliffe (Air Force HQ) and RCAF Station Edmonton.
Aircraft in which flown: Tiger Moth, Harvard, Whitley III, Whitley IV, Halifax I, Halifax II, Oxford, Lancaster I, Lancaster III, Lancaster VI, Mosquito IV, Liberator I. Expeditor, Beechcraft, B-29, Goose, North Star, Dakota III, Dakota IV and Mitchell.
Records a total of 64 operations (63 night, one day). Targets in Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy and Norway were: Berlin, Bonn, Bremen, Brest, Caen, Cologne, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Emden, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kiel, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Milan, Munich, Nuremberg, Nurnberg, Osnabruck, Paris, Pilsen, Saarbrücken, Schweinfurt, Stuttgart, Trondheim, Turin, Vegesack and Warnemünde. His first or second pilots on operations were Sergeant Williams, Sergeant Hammond, Pilot Officer Field, Pilot Officer Dobson, Sergeant Murray and Sergeant John. Records four flights with Flight Lieutenant G. L. Cheshire in October 1941. Post war flights include “FIRST RCAF ROUND - THE - WORLD FLIGHT” January and February 1950.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> Czech Republic]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Norway]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Manitoba--Dauphin]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Turin]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Ontario]]> Alberta]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Manitoba]]> Germany--Warnemünde]]> Germany--Vegesack]]> British Columbia]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1956]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-11-09]]> 1941-11-10]]> 1941-12-11]]> 1941-12-12]]> 1941-12-18]]> 1941-12-30]]> 1942-03-03]]> 1942-03-04]]> 1942-03-08]]> 1942-03-09]]> 1942-03-13]]> 1942-03-14]]> 1942-03-30]]> 1942-03-31]]> 1942-04-27]]> 1942-04-28]]> 1942-05-04]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-19]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-21]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-29]]> 1942-06-30]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-19]]> 1942-07-20]]> 1942-07-21]]> 1942-07-22]]> 1942-07-23]]> 1942-07-24]]> 1942-07-25]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-27]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-01]]> 1942-10-13]]> 1942-10-14]]> 1942-10-15]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1942-10-24]]> 1942-10-25]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-10]]> 1942-11-22]]> 1942-11-23]]> 1942-12-31]]> 1943-01-01]]> 1943-02-03]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-05]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-15]]> 1943-02-25]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-02-27]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-02]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-04]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1943-03-10]]> 1943-03-11]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-03-28]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-03-30]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1943-04-14]]> 1943-04-15]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1943-04-17]]> 1943-11-17]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-07-18]]>
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Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF West Freugh, RAF Bramcote, RAF Bitteswell, RAF Lindholme, RAF Tiree, RAF Dale, RAF Cairo West (LG224), RAF Holmsley South, RAF Blackbushe, RAF North Weald. Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Battle, Wellington, Tiger Moth, C47, B24, Warwick,

Flew on 14 bombing operations (1 day and 13 night) and 39 day anti-submarine sweeps with 304 Squadron. The bombing targets were Boulogne, Emden, Dunkerque, Cologne, Hamburg, Essen, Dortmund, Hamburg, Rostock, Bordeaux, Bremen. The anti-submarine sweeps were over the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Biscay.
His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Kucharski (35 operations), Sergeant Janski (1 operation), Flying Officer Zurek (16 operations), Sergeant Gotebiowski (1 operation).
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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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Records two competed tours: first tour with 61 Squadron, 31 operations (29 night, 2 day, plus 5 not completed/recalled).Targets in Czech Republic, France, Germany and Italy were: Duisburg, Frankfurt, Munich, Wismar, Pomeranian Bay (mine laying), Aachen, Osnabruck, Kiel, Cologne, Le Creusot, Genoa, Milan, Turin, Mannheim, Baltic (mine laying), Essen, Berlin, Lorient, St Nazaire, Pilsen, Spezia.
His pilots on 61 Squadron operations were: P/O Meagher, F/Sgt Cockshott, S/Ldr Ward-Hunt and S/Ldr Cecil.
Second tour with 97 and 635 Squadrons, 30 operations (25 night, 5 day, plus one not completed). Targets in Poland, France, Germany, Italy and Belgium were: Stettin, Brunswick, Berlin, Magdeburg, Frankfurt, Augsburg, Stuttgart, Nuremburg, Rouen, Laon, Karlsruhe, Essen, Friedrichshafen, Malines, Haines-St Pierre, Orleans, Aachen, Rennes, Middel Straete, Wizernes, Coquereau, Caen, L’Hey, Nucourt, Vaires.
His pilots on 97 Squadron operations were: Flight Lieutenant Owen, Pilot Officer Edwards, Flight Lieutenant Snell; and on 635 squadron operations: Flight Lieutenant Snell , Pilot Officer Weaver, Flight Lieutenant Gillmore and Wing Commander Brookes.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> Pending review]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Czech Republic]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--Pomeranian Bay]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Belgium--Haine-Saint-Pierre]]> Belgium--Mechelen]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> France--Caen]]> France--Coquereaux]]> France--Laon]]> France--Le Creusot]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Middel Straete]]> France--Noordpeene]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Rouen]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wismar]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--La Spezia]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Turin]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Wizernes]]> 1942-09-07]]> 1942-09-08]]> 1942-09-09]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-09-20]]> 1942-09-23]]> 1942-09-24]]> 1942-09-25]]> 1942-10-05]]> 1942-10-06]]> 1942-10-07]]> 1942-10-12]]> 1942-10-13]]> 1942-10-14]]> 1942-10-15]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1942-10-17]]> 1942-10-22]]> 1942-10-23]]> 1942-10-24]]> 1942-11-06]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-21]]> 1942-12-06]]> 1942-12-08]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-17]]> 1943-01-03]]> 1943-01-05]]> 1943-01-16]]> 1943-01-17]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1943-03-10]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-22]]> 1943-03-23]]> 1943-03-26]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-04-03]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1943-04-17]]> 1943-04-18]]> 1943-04-19]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-06]]> 1944-01-13]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-09]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-12]]> 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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