In June 1944 he was attached to 31 Squadron (Transport Command) flying freight, supply drops, stretcher cases and mail operations.
In October 1944 posted to 76 Operational Training Unit in Palestine and then Staff Navigators School between May and September 1945. He failed to qualify.

Served at RAF Eastbourne, RAF Bridgnorth, RAF Staverton, RAF Moreton Valance, RAF Aberporth, RAF Morton-in-Marsh, RAF Portreath, RAF Argatala, RAF Jessore, RAF Aqir, RAF Ein Shemer.

Aircraft flown were Anson, Wellington, Wellington X, C-47 Dakota.

With 99 Squadron he flew 42 operations (13 day, 29 night), a mix of bombing, reconnaissance and ferrying bomb operations. His targets included Burma. Arakan Coast, Taungup, Akyab, Sagaing, Heho, Myingyan, Thetkabyin, Bay of Bengal, Rangoon, Wuntho, Prome, Ywataung, Pegu, Aungban, Anisakan, Shwebo, Mingaladon, Kamaing, Maymyo, Kalemyo, Ningthoukhong, the Imphal-Tiddin Road, Imphal, Kangla. His pilots were Flight Sergeants Hampton, Hatfield, Gerrard, Chapman and Warrant Officer Smith.

On 10th November 1943 he ditched in the Bay of Bengal. Picked up by Royal Indian Navy Amritsar after 3 hours 35 minutes in a dingy. His Membership Card of the Goldfish Club is included.

When flying with 31 Squadron, he flew 14 day freight and supply operations to Pallel, Imphal, Khumbhirgram and RK3464. His pilot was Warrant Officer Sankey.
]]> Great Britain. Royal air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Sussex]]> Wales--Cardigan]]> Bay of Bengal]]> India]]> India--Imphāl]]> India--Ningthoukhong]]> India--Pallel]]> India--Silchar]]> India--Tripura]]> Bangladesh]]> Bangladesh--Jessore]]> Burma]]> Burma--Akyab (District)]]> Burma--Aungban]]> Burma--Kale]]> Burma--Kamaing]]> Burma--Maymyo]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Burma--Myingyan (District)]]> Burma--Pegu]]> Burma--Prome]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Burma--Sagaing]]> Burma--Shwebo]]> Burma--Wuntho]]> Burma--Ya Taung]]> Israel]]> Israel--ʻEn Shemer]]> Burma--Kale]]> Burma--Ywataung]]> Burma--Myingyan]]> Burma--Myingyan]]> Burma--Taungup]]> Burma--Heho]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> 1942]]> 1943-07-06]]> 1943-07-22]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-26]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-10-01]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-21]]> 1943-10-29]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-11-10]]> 1943-11-28]]> 1943-11-29]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-06]]> 1943-12-09]]> 1943-12-15]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1943-12-25]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-12-30]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-02-04]]> 1944-02-05]]> 1944-02-06]]> 1944-02-11]]> 1944-02-12]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-28]]> 1944-03-03]]> 1944-03-04]]> 1944-03-06]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944-03-09]]> 1944-03-10]]> 1944-03-12]]> 1944-03-13]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-18]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-20]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1945]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> 1943-12-24]]> 1943-12-25]]> 1943-12-26]]> W Thomson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Glasgow Region]]> 1943-12-25]]> 1943-12-31]]> 1944-01-01]]> 1944-01-09]]> Mrs Thomson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Glasgow Region]]> 1943-12-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-12-25]]> 1943-06-21]]> Served at RAF Dumfries, RAF North Luffenham, RAF Swinderby, RAF Syerston, RAF East Kirkby, RAF Woodhall Spa. Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Anson, Botha, Wellington, Lancaster. Carried out a total of 39 operations. One night propaganda leaflet drop with 29 OTU, 11 night operations with 106 Squadron, 11 night operations with 630 Squadron, 9 day and 7 night operations with 617 Squadron. Targets included Paris, Berlin, Nuremberg, Mönchengladbach, Munich, Kassel, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Toulouse, Saumur Tunnel, Le Havre, Boulogne, Watten, St Omer, Wizernes, Rilly la Montagne, Siracourt, Etaples, Brest. His pilot on operations was Flying Officer Cheney.

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]]> 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--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Etaples]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Marne]]> France--Paris]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Siracourt]]> France--Toulouse]]> France--Watten]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> France--Rilly-la-Montagne]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Wizernes]]> 1943-07-01]]> 1943-07-02]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-24]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-07]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-07]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-19]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-10-23]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-11-05]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-24]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-11-27]]> 1943-12-02]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1943-12-24]]> 1943-12-25]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-12-30]]> 1944-01-01]]> 1944-01-02]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-06]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-07-17]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-21]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-06]]> RAF Church Lawford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mark Hodkinson]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Warwickshire]]> 1943-12-25]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northumberland]]> 1943-12-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1943-12-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Balata]]> eng]]> Text]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1943-12-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-12-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1943-12-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-12-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mühlberg (Bad Liebenwerda)]]> 1943-12-25]]> He completed his first tour of duties with 199 and 514 squadrons, a total of 30 night operations (plus three ‘boomeranged’), on the following targets in Belgium, France, Italy and Germany: Aachen, Angers, Berlin, Bordeaux (mining), Brunswick, Cape Griz Nez, Cologne, Courtrai, Essen, Fougeres, Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen, Hanover, Kassel, Laon, Leipzig, Modane, Montluçon, Nantes, Nuremburg, Ouistrehan (near Caen), Paris, Rouen, Schweinfurt, Stuttgart, Trappes and Turin.
On 6 June 1944 he noted “PASSENGER - BRITISH WAR CORRESPONDANT”.
He completed a second tour of 10 daytime operations with 180 squadron on the following targets in France, Netherlands and Germany: Arnhem, Cloppenburg, Dunkirk, Lubeck, Oldenburg, Sogel, Soltau and Voorst. His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Waterfield, Flight Sergeant Ashpitel, Pilot Officer Woods, Pilot Officer Crombie, Pilot Officer Duncliff, Warrant Officer McGowan and Flight Lieutenant Barlow.]]> 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]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Germany--Lower Saxony]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> France--Angers]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Caen]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Fougères (Ille-et-Vilaine)]]> France--Laon]]> France--Modane]]> France--Montluçon]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Paris]]> France--Rouen]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cloppenburg]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Oldenburg]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Sögel]]> Germany--Soltau]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Turin]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> Netherlands--Voorst]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines]]> France--Fougères (Ille-et-Vilaine)]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-08-01]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-13]]> 1943-08-16]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-24]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-09-15]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-09-17]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-24]]> 1943-12-25]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-29]]> 1944-05-30]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-12]]> 1945-04-17]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1945-04-21]]> 1945-05-01]]> 1945-06-04]]> ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]431221-0002,
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