IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> France]]> France--Lorient]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-14]]> 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]]> Bottom left - target photograph of Milan near Castello Sforzesco showing tracer and city streets below. Submitted with caption 'Target photo of Milan dated, 14-15/2/1943. The pilot was Sgt Markland, flying 106 Sqn Lancaster R5750, ZN-Z, based at RAF Syerston.
Bottom right - target photograph showing bomb explosions, tracer and a four engine bomber below. Submitted with caption 'Target photo dated 30/31 January 1943. Location and aircraft unknown. Lancaster flying at lower altitude visible in photograph'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Milan]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-15]]> 1943-01-30]]> 1943-01-31]]> 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. 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Sergeant Harold Needle and Flight Lieutenant Charles Kenneth Hayden.]]> Dorothy Ramser]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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He served at RCAF London, RCAF Fingal, RCAF Pennfield Ridge, RAF Steeple Morden, RAF Oakley, RAF Driffield, RAF Leconfield, RAF Manby.

Aircraft flown were Anson, Battle, Wellington, Oxford, Blenheim, Halifax.

He flew 24 night bombing and minelaying operations with 466 Squadron. Targets included Lorient, Cologne, Saint-Nazaire, Essen, Scharhörn, Duisburg, Bochum, Kiel, Mannheim, Kiel Bay, Dortmund, Hamburg, Brest, Dutch Coast, Terschelling, Helgoland Bight. His pilots during this time were Warrant Officer Body, Flying Officer Macfarlane, Sergeant Illingworth, Wing Commander Bailey, Flight Sergeant Martin, Squadron Leader Belton and Pilot Officer Hicks.
With 640 Squadron he flew 6 bombing operations (1 day and 5 night) (total-day-night) to Le Mans, Nuremberg, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Düsseldorf, Masalines and Siracourt. His pilots were Wing Commander Radford and Pilot Officer Cotter.

During an operation on 14 February 1943 encountered a JU-88 which was claimed as “probably destroyed”. On a Bullseye training exercise in March 1943, an engine failure occurred which result in failing to maintain height and eventually crashing 3 miles from aerodrome.]]> 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]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--London]]> Ontario--Fingal]]> New Brunswick]]> New Brunswick--Pennfield Ridge]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kiel Bay]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Morsalines]]> France--Villeneuve-Saint-Georges]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> France--Siracourt]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Terschelling]]> Ontario--Fingal]]> Germany--Scharhörn]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-02-12]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-20]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1943-03-10]]> 1943-03-11]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-13]]> 1943-03-26]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-03-28]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1943-04-17]]> 1943-04-26]]> 1943-04-28]]> 1943-04-29]]> 1943-05-04]]> 1943-05-05]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-05-14]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-05-28]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-03]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-16]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-24]]> 1943-08-25]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944-03-08]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-06-22]]> Returned to England in July 1944.

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.

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In April 1944 posted to Royal Australian Air Force Detachment in the United States before posting to 24 Squadron, RAAF, in Australia. On completion of second tour posted to RAAF Headquarters.

Served at RCAF Calgary, RCAF Mossbank, RAF Lakenheath, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Breighton, RAF Binbrook, Smyrna Army Airfield (Tennessee), Midland Army Airfield (Texas), RAAF Fenton (Northern Territories).

Aircraft flown were Norseman, Moth, Battle, Dominie, Proctor, Wellington, Anson, Halifax, Oxford, Lancaster, B-24 Liberator, Beech AT-11, Hudson, Walrus, Catalina, Beaufort.

With 460 Squadron, carried out 31 bombing and mining night operations. Targets included Saint-Nazaire, Cologne, Essen, Emden, Terschelling, Bremen, the Dutch Coast, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, La Rochelle, Mannheim, the Baltic Sea, Hamburg, Lorient, Milan, Wilhelmshaven, Berlin, Plzeň. His pilots were Pilot Officer Hancock, Squadron Leader Osborn, Flight Sergeant Saint-Smith, Flight Sergeant Frecker Flight Sergeant Murray, Warrant Officer Boyle, Squadron Leader Campling and Wing Commander Martin.

Flying with 24 Squadron, RAAF, he flew 19 day operations in the Far East. Targets included shipping, Ambesia, Timor, Boro Boro, Pare Pare, Manatuto, Mendalan Power Station in Java, Laga, a Natori Class Cruiser off Soemba, Tawao and Tarakan. His pilots were Flight Lieutenant Parsons, Squadron Leader Nichols, Wing Commander Bell and Group Captain Kingwell.
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After pre-aircrew flying, he was posted to 12 Squadron for operations in 1942. After completing his first tour of 30 operations posted to 1667 Conversion Unit, then No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. In November 1944 posted to 153 Squadron for 2nd tour. Post war posting to 50 Squadron and attachment to 57 Squadron.

Served at RAF Penrhos, RAF Wickenby, RAF Faldingworth, RAF Hemswell, RAF Scampton, RAF Sturgate, Raf Waddington.

Aircraft flown were Avro Tutor, Fairey Battle, Whitley, Anson, Lancaster, Halifax.

He flew 33 night bombing and mining operations with 12 Squadron as Flight Engineer to targets including La Rochelle, North Frisian Islands, Essen, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Turin, Lorient, Milan, Bremen, Nuremberg, Saint-Nazaire, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Spezia, Stuttgart, Gulf of Danzig, Bay of Biscay, Mulheim, Wuppertal and Cologne. His pilots in 12 Squadron were Wing Commander Villiers and Squadron Leader Slade.

With 153 Squadron he flew 3 night and 1 day bombing operations to Wanne-Eickel, Bonn, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and Paderborn. Also 3 Operation Manna, 2 Operation Dodge and one Cook’s Tour. In 153 Squadron his pilots were Flying Officers White, Bolton, Searle, Freeborn, Squadron Leader Rippingale, Flight Lieutenant Ramsden and Wing Commanders Rodney and Villiers.

Also two Operation Dodge with 50 Squadron. Flight Lieutenant Lundy was his pilot in 50 Squadron.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
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Served at RAF North Luffenham, RAF Wyton, RAF Upwood, RAF Warboys, RAF Oakington, RAF Hullavington, RAF Bruntingthorpe. Aircraft flown were Wellington, Ventura, Lancaster, Mentor, Manchester, Lysander, Mosquito, Warwick, Oxford, Tiger Moth, B17 Flying Fortress.

He flew 18 night operations with 83 Squadron, being shot down on the last one. His targets were Turin, Duisburg, Munich, Lorient, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Hamburg, Wilhelmshaven, Milan, Bremen, Stuttgart.

With 571 Squadron he flew 40 operations (3 day and 37 night operations). His targets were Hamburg, Saarbrucken, Ludwigshafen, Berlin, Brunsbüttel, Cologne, Hannover, Leverkusen, Gelsenkirchen, Bremen, Homberg, Wesseling /Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Wanne-Eickel, Dortmund-Ems Canal, Kiel, Essen, Mannheim, Brunswick, Wilhelmshaven, Cologne, Wiesbaden, Duisburg, Hagen, Ludwigshafen.

Includes numerous newspaper clipping about operations and navigation maps. ]]> 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. 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Transport Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Saskatchewan]]> Saskatchewan--Dafoe]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Turin]]> France]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Grevenbroich]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Nienburg (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Soest]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Troisdorf]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Europe--Garonne River]]> 1942-11-06]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-13]]> 1942-11-14]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-21]]> 1942-12-06]]> 1942-12-07]]> 1942-12-08]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-10]]> 1942-12-17]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1942-12-30]]> 1943-01-08]]> 1943-01-13]]> 1943-01-16]]> 1943-01-17]]> 1943-01-18]]> 1943-01-23]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-05]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-15]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-02-18]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-02-27]]> 1943-02-28]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-02]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-04]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1943-03-10]]> 1943-03-11]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-14]]> 1943-03-15]]> 1943-03-22]]> 1943-03-26]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-01]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1944-12-02]]> 1944-12-03]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> Arthur Bailey]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. 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Transport Command]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Le Creusot]]> France--Lorient]]> Alabama--Dothan]]> Georgia--Americus]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> North Africa]]> Alabama]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1943-04-10]]> 1943-04-11]]> 1943-04-14]]> 1943-04-15]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1943-04-17]]> 1943-04-20]]> 1943-04-21]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-14]]> 1943-06-19]]> 1943-06-20]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-06-26]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-04]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> A.Pollen. P/O]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Italy]]> Italy--Milan]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-15]]> Observer's and air gunners flying log book for Warrant Officer HVT Ward, flight engineer, from 15 September 1942 to 9 September 1945. Detailing his training schedule, operations flown and instructional duties. He was stationed at: RAF St. Athan, RAF Waddington, RAF Wigsley, RAF Syerston and RAF Skellingthorpe. Ward flew in the following aircraft: Oxford, Manchester, Lancaster Mk1 and Mk 3, Halifax and Stirling. As a flight engineer he carried out 34 operations, 26 night time operations with 44 Squadron followed by a second tour of four daylight and four night time operations with 463 Squadron. Targets were (in order): Genoa, Hamburg, Turin, Stuttgart, Mannerheim, [Mannheim] Nienburg, Gironde river (Gardening), Duisburg, Essen, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Lorient, Milan, Wilhelmshaven, Nürnberg [Nuremberg] , St, Nazaire, Lutzkeneron [Lützkendorf], Würzburg, Bremen, Wesel, Frage [Farge], Nordhausen, Komutov [Chomutov], Juvincourt. His pilots on operations were: Pilot Officer Walker, Flight Sergeant Elger, Flight Lieutenant Walker, Flying Officer Riggs and Flying Officer Findlay. In between tours he served as a flight engineer instructor on1661 Conversion Unit, 1654 Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School. Ward also took part in Operation Exodus and a Cooks Tour. Ward's log book also records his time spent in a Link Trainer and his time at the controls of an aircraft. After the war he joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and flew in Auster aircraft as an air observation post with pilot Captain Huggins.

]]> 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]]> Czech Republic--Chomutov]]> France]]> France--Aube]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nienburg (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Turin]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> Europe--Garonne River]]> Italy]]> 1942-11-06]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-13]]> 1942-11-14]]> 1942-11-19]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-22]]> 1942-11-23]]> 1942-12-06]]> 1942-12-07]]> 1942-12-08]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-10]]> 1942-12-17]]> 1942-12-29]]> 1943-01-08]]> 1943-01-13]]> 1943-01-16]]> 1943-01-17]]> 1943-01-18]]> 1943-01-23]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-05]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-15]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-02-18]]> 1943-02-25]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-02-28]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-02]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1944]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1945-04-20]]> 1945-05-06]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Manchester]]> 1943-02-14]]>

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available. ]]> 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]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Cuxhaven]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Merseburg Region]]> Germany--Müllheim]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Plauen]]> Germany--Remscheid]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Scotland--Highlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Saint-Jean-de-Luz]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> 1942-12-10]]> 1942-12-22]]> 1943-01-18]]> 1943-01-19]]> 1943-01-21]]> 1943-01-22]]> 1943-02-07]]> 1943-02-08]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-15]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-02-27]]> 1943-02-28]]> 1943-02-29]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-04]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-03-30]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1943-04-08]]> 1943-04-09]]> 1943-04-26]]> 1943-04-27]]> 1943-04-28]]> 1943-04-29]]> 1943-05-04]]> 1943-05-12]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-05-14]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-05-30]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-17]]> 1943-06-18]]> 1943-06-21]]> Records a total of 17 night operations on the following targets in France and Germany: Cologne, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Hamburg, Lorient, Nuremburg, Wilhelmshaven and minelaying (4 unspecified targets).
His pilots on his first ‘second dickie’ operations were Pilot Officer Knight and Flight Lieutenant Wigley-Jones.]]> 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 Air Force. Transport Command]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> North Africa]]> 1942-11-25]]> 1942-11-26]]> 1942-11-27]]> 1942-12-17]]> 1942-12-18]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1942-12-21]]> 1943-01-09]]> 1943-01-10]]> 1943-01-14]]> 1943-01-15]]> 1943-01-27]]> 1943-01-28]]> 1943-01-29]]> 1943-01-30]]> 1943-02-02]]> 1943-02-03]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-07]]> 1943-02-08]]> 1943-02-11]]> 1943-02-12]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-15]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
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