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Initial training at No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School and 225 Squadron. Posted to 149 Squadron for operations in December 1940. In April 1941 posted to the Middle East with 148 Squadron, returning to the United Kingdom in September 1941. Become an Air Gunner Instructor in February 1942 with No. 1 Air Armament School. Further posting as an Instructor to No. 4 Air Observer’s School. February 1943 saw a posting to the Central Gunnery School as an Air Gunner for further training before returning to No. 4 Air Observer’s School as an Air Gunner Instructor.

His second operational posting was to 101 Squadron in February 1944. A further operational posting to 103 Squadron in November.
On 3rd/4th October 1945 his aircraft was reported missing over the Mediterranean Sea during an Operation Dodge flight carrying 17 ATS females and two Army Nursing Sisters as well as the crew of six.

Served at RAF Evanton, RAF Old Sarum, RAF Tilshead, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Manby, RAF West Freugh, RAF Syerston, RAF Sutton Bridge, RAF Ingham, RAF Elsham Wolds, RAF Glatton, RAF Kabrit (Egypt).

Aircraft flown were Harrow, Battle, Hector, Lysander, Wellington, Botha, Anson, Lancaster, Oxford, Martinet.

With 149 Squadron he flew 15 night operations to targets including Mannheim, Lorient, Bremen, Gelsenkirchen, Wilhelmshaven, Hannover, Brest, Kiel, Cologne. His pilots were Flt/Sgt Marr, Flt/Sgt Goss, Flt/Sgt Hawley, Flt/Sgt Milsted,
With 148 Squadron, 21 night operations to Gazala, Benghazi, Karpathos, Heraklion, Tripoli, Naples, Messina, Palermo, His pilot in 148 Squadron was Flt/Sgt Milsted.
A single night operation while with No. 4 Air Observer’s School to Danzig, his pilot being Pilot Officer Curtin.
20 night operations with 101 Squadron to Leipzig, Stuttgart, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Frankfurt, Berlin, Essen, Nuremburg, Aulnoye, Aachen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe, Friedrichshafen, Hasselt, Orleans. With this squadron his pilots were P/O Evans, P/O Holland, (P/O Waughman.
Finally a total 17 bombing operations with 103 Squadron (7 day, 10 night). Targets included Wanne-Eickel, Samso Fjord, Denmark, Nuremburg, Munich, Merseburg, Stuttgart, Ludwigshafen, Bottrop, Gelsenkirchen, Chemnitz, Essen, Dortmund, Hannover, Paderborn, Hamburg, Mining-Kattegat, Bremen.
Also 1 Operation Manna (Rotterdam), 2 Operation Exodus (Brussels) and 2 Operation Dodge (Pomigliano).
Pilots included Flight Lieutenant Garton, Squadron Leader Hague, Flying Officer Saxe, Flying Officer Mosley, Flying Officer Wright, Squadron Leader Butler, Flight Lieutenant Anderson, and Flight Lieutenant Newman.

Newspaper clippings of the last flight in October 1945 included.

The last couple of pages of the logbook have been signed by those who attended the squadron reunion at Elsham in 1995.

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Aircraft in which flown: Dominie, Proctor, Botha, Anson, Whitley, Halifax, Wellington, Lancaster.

Records 7 anti-submarine sweeps with No.10 OTU (Coastal Command), and 22 night operations (and 4 when returned early or duties not carried out) with 10 Squadron. Targets in Denmark, France and Germany were: Wuppertal, Dusseldorf, Le Creusot, Gelsenkirchen, Aachen, Montbeliard, Hamburg, Essen, Nuremberg, Montlucon, Minelaying (Danish Coast, Frisian Islands, Baltic, Bay of Biscay), Frankfurt, Leipzig, Berlin, Le Mans. Pilot on operations was Flying Officer Pennicott.

Also contains a newspaper cutting about the operation to Wuppertal 29 May 1943.

Pilots flown with included: Flight Lieutenant Wheldon, Warrant Officer Dennis, Warrant Officer Palmer, Sergeant Elliot, Flight Sergeant Lawson, Warrant Officer Forbes, Warrant Officer McMillan, Flight Lieutenant Baan, Warrant Officer James, Sergeant Willmott, Warrant Officer Stenhouse, Sergeant Franczak, Sergeant Bakakowski, Sergeant Cichaszewski, Sergeant Piasecki, Sergeant Poludwiak, Sergeant Kulczewski, Sergeant Polakowski, Sergeant Franczak, Flight Sergeant Norvell, Flight Lieutenant Thomas, Warrant Officer Lord, Flight Lieutenant Alcock, Pilot Officer Holiday, Flight Sergeant D’Eath, Pilot Officer Pennicott, Warrant Officer Lomas, Flight Lieutenant Rawstorne, Squadron Leader Pestridge, Flight Sergeant Nash, Pilot Officer Vanexan, Wing Commander McIntyre, Sergeant Inglis, Squadron Leader Whyte, Flying Officer Raymond, Sergeant Prothero, Pilot Officer McCormack, Flight Sergeant Baxter, Sergeant Beveridge, Flight Lieutenant Jenkins, Squadron Leader Dean, Wing Commander Ayling, Flying Officer Large, Flight Sergeant Simmons, Flight Sergeant Collins, Pilot Officer Hamilton, Flight Sergeant Welford, Flying Officer Wetherston (also recorded as Weatherstone), Flying Officer Fothergill, Flight Lieutenant Turner, Flight Lieutenant Craig, Flight Lieutenant Hughes, Flight Sergeant Welford, Flying Officer Sullivan, Flight Sergeant Higgins, Flying Officer Jones, Squadron Leader Knight, Sergeant Murrell, Flying Officer Hamilton, Flying Officer Watson, Flight Lieutenant Hughes, Flight Lieutenant Craig, Flying Officer Snedden, Pilot Officer Graham, Flight Lieutenant Hodgeson, Flying Officer Gallantry, Flying Officer Saunders, Flying Officer Highton, Squadron Leader Knight, Flying Officer Richards, Flying Officer Smith, Flying Officer O’Loughlin, Flying Officer Carter, Flight Lieutenant Pickler, Squadron Leader McGrath, Flying Officer Watson, Flying Officer Littlewood, Flying Officer Kenynon, Flying Officer Rowell, Flying Officer Newey, Flying Officer Cooper, Flying Officer Brawn and Flight Lieutenant Harries.
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His pilots on training and test flights were: Lieutenants White, Swart, Lindsay-Rae, Youngleeson, Robertson, Peters, Holmner, Tindall, Rabinowitz, Rosenthal, Hopper, Webb, Norval, Donelly, Marillier, Watteyne, Penver, Benjamin, Crouse, Nel, Le Riche, Mould, Geater, Gradwell, Du Bruin, Ceuppens, Connell, Lagesse, O'Leary, McIver, Spriggs, Bayley, Allnut, Stevenson and Croft; Warrant Officers Le Cocq, Humphrey, and Langdon; Flying Officers Harvey, Ryde, Dean, Sharpe, Boyd, Beecroft, Scofield, Walters and Adams; Wing Commanders Stapleton and Burnell; Pilot Officers Pugh, Langlands, L'Abbé, Onysko, O'Gara, Greville, Ainley and Anderson; Flight Sergeants West, Johnstone, Goldstein, West, Thomas, Whiddon, Patterson, Stein, Cannon and Bodrill and Squadron Leader Petty. His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenants Bayley and Allnutt.

Targets in France, Belgium, Poland, and The Netherland were: Amiens, Annecy, Antwerp, Augsburg, Aunay-sur-Odon, Beauvois, Berlin, Bonn, Braunschweig, Bremen, Caen, Dortmund-Ems Canal, English Channel, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Gdańsk, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Hagen, Hamburg, Kaiserslautern, Kamen, Kassel, Kiel Bay, Koblenz, La Pernelle, Ladbergen, Le Havre, Leopoldsburg, Lüneburg, Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate), Mannheim, Munich, Münster in Westfalen, Nuremberg, Paris, Poland, Saumur, Schweinfurt, Stuttgart, The Ruhr, Toulouse, Tours, Turnhout, Wesel and Wesseling.

John Maunsell was shot down at Turnhout, Belgium on the return journey from an operation on 21 June 1944. The fate of the crew is listed in the logbook. The Captain, Flight Lieutenant A F Bayley, Wireless Operator, Warrant Officer F Beecher and Rear Gunner, Sergeant J Donovan were killed in action. The Bomb Aimer, Flight Sergeant A D Naysmith, Mid-Upper Gunner, Flight Sergeant L Marshall and Flight Engineer, Sergeant R Heaseman were captured and became prisoners of war. John Maunsell evaded capture.

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Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Glasgow Region]]> 1944-02-26]]> Navigation training at the Pan American Airways Navigation Section, Miami and then Advanced Flying Unit in England. Posted to 29 Operational Training Unit in 1943 followed by 1661 Conversion Unit.
Posted to 50 Squadron for operations.

Served at RAF Bobbington (Halfpenny Green), RAF Skellingthorpe, RAF Sturgate.

Aircraft flown were Avro Commodore, Anson, Wellington, Manchester, Lancaster III.

With 50 Squadron he flew 33 bombing operations (3 day and 30 night). His targets were Nurnberg, Leverkusen, Berlin, Hannover, Mannheim, Bochum, Hagen, Munich, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Stettin, Brunswick, Augsburg, Farge, Nordhausen, Ijmuiden.
He also flew one Cook’s Tour, one Operation Post-Mortem (Flensburg) and four Operation Dodge (Pomigliano).
His pilots on operations were Flight Sergeant Lloyd, Flight Lieutenant Lees, Pilot Officer Dobbyn, Pilot Officer Durham and Flight Lieutenant Morgan.

Includes the following hand written note “Skipper court martialled and reduced to the ranks for low flying over aeffield [airfield]”.
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Served at SAAF Oudtshoorn, RAF Kinloss, RAF Forres, RAF St Eval, RAF Wigsley, RAF Wyton, RAF Upwood, RAF Coningsby, RAF Swinderby, RAF Winthorpe.

Aircraft flown were Anson, Oxford, Whitley, Manchester, Lancaster, Stirling, C-47 Dakota.

With 10 Operational Training Unit, Blower flew 4 daylight operational Sweeps with Flight Lieutenant Pidding as pilot.

Whilst flying with 83 Squadron he flew 1 day and 44 night bombing operations. His targets were Hamburg, Nuremberg, Berlin, Mannheim, Modane, Hanover, Munich, Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen, Stettin, Brunswick, Magdeburg, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Paris - La Chapelle, Brest - Lanveoc Aerodrome, Bourg-Leopold, Tours, Antwerp, Nantes, St. Martin-de-Varreville, La Pernelle, Caen, Saumur, Vitry le Francois, St. Leu D’Esserent, Villeneuve St. George. His pilots were Flight Lieutenant Pidding, Wing Commander Deane, and Warrant Officer Erritt.

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On 26th September 1944 whilst flying with 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit as an H2S Instructor, his aircraft force landed in a ploughed field due to engine failure.]]> 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. Coastal Command]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Oudtshoorn]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--La Pernelle]]> France--Modane]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Paris]]> France--Saint-Leu-d'Esserent]]> France--Saint-Martin-de-Varreville]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Tours]]> France--Villeneuve-Saint-Georges]]> France--Vitry-le-François]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1943-04-20]]> 1943-04-25]]> 1943-04-30]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-03]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-09-17]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-07]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1943-11-17 ]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-27]]> 1943-11-28]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1944-01-01]]> 1944-01-02]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-06]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-29]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1945]]> 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]]> E O Collcutt]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]>
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Served at RAF Stradishall, RAF Chedburgh, RAF Tuddenham, RAF Stoney Cross, RAF Merryfield.

Aircraft flown were Stirling, York.

Carried out 12 night bombing and mine-laying operations with 214 Squadron to Nuremberg, Turin, Peenemunde, Berlin, Montluçon, Modane, Hannover, Baltic Sea, Frankfurt and Bremen. His pilot was Pilot Officer Welch.
With 90 Squadron he flew 11 night bombing and mine-laying operations to The Frisian Islands, the Gironde, Cherbourg, Kiel Bay, the Kattegat. He also flew 2 special duties operations at night to the South of France. It was n the last of these that he was shot down. His pilot was Warrant Officer Edinborough.
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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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In February 1945 posted to 97 Squadron for his second tour of operations. At the end of April 1945 he was posted to 630 Squadron and then to 50 Squadron in July.

Served at RAF Penrhos, RAF Llandwrog, RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Winthorpe, RAF Bardney, RAF Wing, RAF Coningsby, RAF East Kirkby, RAF Sturgate.

Aircraft flown were Anson, Wellington, Manchester, Lancaster, Oxford, Warwick.

Gall flew a total of 46 operations. With 16 OTU he flew one night leaflet dropping operation to Orléans. His pilot was Squadron Leader Bunker.

With 9 Squadron he flew 27 night bombing operations. His pilots were Squadron Leader Bunker, Wing Commander Porter and Pilot Officer Chambers. Targets for these operations were Dusseldorf, Bochum, Oberhausen, Cologne, Krefeld, Gelsenkirchen, Genoa, Essen, Hamburg, Mannheim, Milan, Peenemunde, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart, Berlin, Brunswick, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Marignane.

He also flew 8 night bombing operations with 97 Squadron, with Flight Lieutenant Coulter as pilot. Targets were Ladbergen, Böhlen, Harburg, Lutzkendorf, Wurzburg, Molbis.

He undertook 2 Operation Exodus with 630 Squadron to Brussels. His for these operations was Flight Lieutenant Wallace. With 50 Squadron he flew 1 Cook's Tour and 7 Operation Dodge to Pomigliano.
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Served at RAF Binbrook, RAF Faldingworth, RAF Wickenby, RAF Seighford.

Aircraft flown were Anson, Wellington, Lancaster I, Lancaster III.

He flew 33 bombing operations with 626 Squadron as an air gunner. His targets were Modane, Berlin, Mannheim, Stettin, Brunswick, Magdeburg, Leipzig, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Aachen, Rouen, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Karlsruhe, Essen, Bruz, Merville, Hasselt, Orleans, Duisburg, Dortmund, Tergnier.

His pilots were Warrant Officer Wright, Pilot Officer Rew and Flight Sergeant Bennet.
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