The envelope is stamped 1942 but the note is dated 1941. ]]> Alouise Boku]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Great Britain]]> England--Portsmouth]]> New York (State)]]> England--Hampshire]]> 1942-11-21]]> Aircraft flown in were Anson, Battle, Wellington, Hudson, Tiger Moth, Dakota, Sparrow, Oxford, Proctor and Mosquito.
He flew 3 night operations with 38 Squadron, 42 with 40 Squadron, 8 with 627 Squadron, 45 with 692 squadron and 9 with 128 Squadron, a total of 107. His pilots on operations were Warrant Officer Brodie, Sergeant Le Brog, Squadron Leader Booth, Wing Commander Lockhart, Flight Lieutenant Grainger, Squadron Leader Saunderson, Wing Commander Birkin, Wing Commander Watts, Flying Officer Page, Pilot Officer Burnett, Flying Officer Richardson, Flying Officer Goodwin, Wing Commander Burrough, Flying Officer Boyer and Flight Lieutenant Gallanders.
Targets included Benghazi, mining, Tobruk, El Dabaa, Alamein, Ras el Manayis, Fuka, Cagliari, Tunis, Bizerte, Duisburg, Cologne, Hamburg, Magdeburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Koln, Osnabruck, Stuttgart, Friedrichshaven, Leverkusen, Cologne, Gelsenkirchen, Bremen, Homberg, Wiesbaden, Saarbruchen, Wanne-Eickel, Castrop, Kiel, Kassel, Brunswick and Cochem.
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Training was with No.5 Air Observer's School at RAF Jurby and Operational Training Units at RAF Finningley and RAF Bircotes. Aircraft flown in were, Dominie, Proctor, Blenhiem, Anson, Wellington, Manchester, Oxford, Lancaster, Halifax and Stirling, He flew a total of 59 operations all with 61 Squadron, 11 daylight and 48 night operations. Pilots flown with were Pilot Officer Clarke, Flight Sergeant Turner, Squadron Leader Deas, Flight Officer Foster and Squadron Leader Beard. David flew as bomb aimer in 52 operations, wireless operator/gunner in five and air gunner in two. The operations were to Paris, Lorient, Essen, Cologne, Lübeck, Hamburg, Saarbrücken, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Kassel, Nuremberg, Saarlouis, Karlsruhe, Bremen, Duisburg, Wismar, Aachen, Genoa, Milan, Berlin, Leipzig, Schweinfurt, Stuttgart, Châteauroux, Toulouse, Tours, Brunswick, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Saumur, Cherbourg, St. Pierre du Mont (Landes), Argentan, Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais), Caen, Donges, Creil, in the Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean and North Sea including anti sub patrols, convoy escort and dinghy search.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. 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Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Pembrey, Gilgil Kenya, RAF Sharjah, RAF Shandur and Celone in Italy.

Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Blenheim, Anson, Blenheim IV, Blenheim V, Baltimore, Halifax, B-24 Liberator , Wellington, Sunderland, Hudson, C-47 Dakota, Vincent.

With 244 Squadron he flew 40 day operations. These were anti-submarine patrols, shipping patrols and convoy escort duties covering the Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. His pilots for these were Flight Sergeant Cousins and Flying Officer Curtiss.
He flew 27 night bombing and minelaying operations with 178 Squadron. Target included Piraeus, Candia, Suda Bay, Salamis Straits, Chalcis, Athens, Plovdiv, Padua, Sofia, Genoa, River Danube, Bucharest, Budapest, Sezze and road communications. His pilots were Flying Officers McGinnis, Elinor and Brimacombe, Flight Lieutenant Knight and Warrant Officer Stronagh.

]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Kenya]]> Kenya--Gilgil]]> North Africa]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Egypt]]> Libya]]> Libya--Al Adm]]> Arabian Sea--Gulf of Oman]]> Persian Gulf]]> Greece]]> Greece--Athens]]> Greece--Ērakleion]]> Greece--Chalkida]]> Greece--Piraeus]]> Mediterranean Sea]]> Mediterranean Sea--Salamis Straits]]> Mediterranean Sea--Suda Bay]]> Bulgaria]]> Bulgaria--Plovdiv]]> Bulgaria--Sofia]]> Italy]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Padua]]> Italy--Sezze]]> Danube River]]> Romania]]> Romania--Bucharest]]> Hungary]]> Hungary--Budapest]]> Arabian Sea]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> 1941]]> 1942-08-17]]> 1942-08-29]]> 1942-09-13]]> 1942-10-06]]> 1942-10-27]]> 1942-10-30]]> 1942-11-05]]> 1942-11-08]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-17]]> 1942-11-19]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-21]]> 1942-11-27]]> 1942-12-28]]> 1942-12-30]]> 1942-12-31]]> 1943-01-01]]> 1943-01-02]]> 1943-01-03]]> 1943-01-11]]> 1943-01-12]]> 1943-01-18]]> 1943-01-19]]> 1943-01-27]]> 1943-01-28]]> 1943-01-29]]> 1943-01-30]]> 1943-01-31]]> 1943-02-01]]> 1943-02-02]]> 1943-02-12]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-02-19]]> 1943-02-23]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-03-04]]> 1943-12-06]]> 1943-12-07]]> 1943-12-08]]> 1943-12-09]]> 1943-12-11]]> 1943-12-12]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-09]]> 1944-01-10]]> 1944-01-11]]> 1944-01-12]]> 1944-01-15]]> 1944-01-16]]> 1944-01-23]]> 1944-01-24]]> 1944-01-26]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-02-04]]> 1944-02-05]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-04-17]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-05]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-05-17]]> 1944-05-18]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-26]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-29]]> He was stationed at RAF Morpeth (No. 4 Air Gunnery School), RAF Syerston (61 Squadron), RAF Scampton (No. 1485 Target Towing and Gunnery Flight), RAF Bruntingthorpe (No. 29 Operational Training Unit), RAF Bourn (97 Squadron), RAF Downham Market (635 Squadron), RAF Moreton-in-Marsh (No. 21 Operational Training Unit). Aircraft flown: Botha, Lancaster, Manchester, Whitley, Wellington.
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]]>
Chapter one covers enlistment and training initially as an observer and then a bomb aimer. Follows scanned image of his service record as an airman.

Chapter 2 covers his operational training at 1651 HCU and includes a colour photograph of a crew of six walking away from a Stirling with engines running captioned 'A trainee crew walk in from their 1651 HCU Stirling at Waterbeach'. Below this is a b/w air-to-air photograph of three Stirlings in vic formation captioned '1651 HCU Stirlings in flight'.

Followed by a b/w photograph from rear quarter of a Stirling being refuelled, captioned '1651 HCU Stirling being refuelled from a Zwicky fuel bowser at Waterbeach in 1943;. List the crew he crewed up with at RAF Waterbeach. After training completed posted to 90 Squadron for operational duties.

Follows a b/w course photograph captioned 'This photograph has the pencilled inscription “Cranwell 1943, F/Lt Grafton” on the reverse. Dave Cantera, who was the mid-upper gunner in Stan’s crew is sixth from the right in the third row, and the mixture of commissioned and other ranks, pilots and non-pilot aircrew, tends to indicate that this was actually taken at No.1651 Heavy Conversion Unit at Waterbeach'.

Chapter 3 covers tour on 90 Squadron and starts with some history of the Stirling on that squadron, including movement and replacement of Stirling with Lancaster. Follows a coloured map showing Stirling stations captioned 'Stirling country. On the left is Cambridge and on the right is Bury St.Edmunds. The four Stirling stations where Stan served are Waterbeach - N of Cambridge, Wratting Common – bottom centre, Tuddenham – top right, and Chedburgh – SW of Bury St.Edmunds. There were so many Stirlings based in this area that Short Brothers set up their own repair and modification depot at Madingley near Cambridge.'.

Follows b/w reconnaissance photograph of RAF Wratting Common.

B/w photograph of rear quarter of parked Stirling captioned 'Short StirlingIII EH906/XY-T of C Flight, 90 Squadron at Wratting Common. This aircraft was the mount for the majority of Stan’s operations'

B/w photograph up inside of fuselage of bomb aimer station, captioned 'The bomb aimer’s position in the nose of a Stirling. The bombsight is to the left of the aiming window and the bomb selector switches are to the right'.

Then follows a description of each of his twenty three operations detailing target, operational techniques, numbers of aircraft, losses as well as comments on each.

Includes b/w photograph of crew, seven airmen wearing tunics with brevet captioned 'Stan Mason and crew. Front row, left to right; Eric Young, Stan Mason, Stan Grafton,Alan Watson, Back row, Left to right; Bill Kington, Dave Cantera, Ron Lucking'.

B/w photograph of crew sitting round table at debrief captioned 'The morning of 24 August 1943, and the crew of EH906 is debriefed after the Berlin raid the previous night. Clockwise from far left: unidentified intelligence officer, Stan Grafton, Stan Mason, Alan Watson, Eric Young, Bill Kington, Dave Cantera, Ron Lucking'.

B/w photograph from front of line up of Stirlings captioned '90 Squadron Stirlings lined-up at Wratting Common before the Berlin raid on 31 August 1943. One of these aircraft would not be coming back'.

Colour photograph over airfield captioned 'Wratting Common in the autumn of 1969. Two hangars remain standing among the corn'.

B/w photograph side view of Stirling parked, captioned 'The hangar in the background of this shot of a 1651 HCU Stirling at Wratting Common, is the one on the right in the 1969 view'.

B/w photograph with airmen standing on top and two lening out of cockpit windows. Aircraft named "T Queer Thing". Captioned 'Stirling EH906 “T Queer Thing” with Stan and crew after their 21st Operation'.

B/w photograph of mines being loaded into a Stirling captioned 'Loading sea mines into a Stirling for a “Gardening” operation'. Chapter 4 deals with his following tour as an air bombing instructor and award of Distinguished Flying Cross and subsequent postings.

Includes b/w photograph of the nose of a Wellington with six airmen standing in front. Followed by copies of his promotion and decorations record as an officer.

Appendix A is a table listing his twenty three operations. At end is details of fates of aircraft flown. Appendix B is a Glossary of Royal Air Force Terms and Slang.]]> S Bond]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--London]]> England--Devon]]> England--Torquay]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Queenstown]]> South Africa--Pretoria]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Essex]]> Germany]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> France]]> France--Montluçon]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-24]]> 1941-06-23]]> 1942-02-06]]> 1942-05-27]]> 1942-08-27]]> 1942-11-21]]> 1943-06-17]]> 1943-07-16]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-16]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-15]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-19]]> 1944-01-04]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-21]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Map]]> Artwork]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Nienburg (Lower Saxony)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942-10-06]]> 1942-10-07]]> 1942-11-06]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-10]]> 1942-11-13]]> 1942-11-14]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-21]]> 1942-11-22]]> 1942-11-23]]> 1942-12]]> 1942-12-08]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-10]]> 1942-08-24]]> 1942-08-25]]> 1942-08-27]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-12-17]]> Middle - image of a large group of airmen sitting and standing in eight rows all wearing tunics and side caps. Captioned 'ITW 1943, GCS with "x", 15 Promenade, Bridlington, Yorks'.
Bottom left - image of eight airmen in two rows, Captioned 'AGS Andreas, Isle of Man 1943/44.A Mathers F/Lt course officer marked with cross'.
Bottom right - full face portrait of a man.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-11]]> 1942-11-21]]> 1943-03-07]]>