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He flew 1 propaganda leaflet drop with 11 OTU, 1 day and 21 night operations with 37 Squadron in Europe. Targets were St Omer, Eindhoven, Soest, Osnabruck, Frankfurt, Stockum, Bottrop, Hannover, the Black Forest, Gelsenkirchen, Hamm, Flushing, Bitterfeld, Rotterdam, Mannheim, Leipzig, Kiel, Hamburg, Berlin.
12 day and 18 night operations with 37 Squadron and 257 Wing in the Middle East. Targets were Benina, El Adem, Derna, Berca, Bardia, Tobruk, Benghazi, Rhodes, Brindisi, Halfaya, Marble Arch landing ground, Heraklion, Misurata, Homs, Palermo, Gabes, the Mareth Line, El Hamma, Kourba, Pantelleria, Villa San Giovanni, Vibo Valentia, Adrano, Cape Peloro. Posted to HQ RAF Middle East where carried out 28 day supply dropping operations.
Post war career included postings to Air Division Control Commission Germany, Flying Training Command, 41 Group, 22 Maintenance Unit and RAF Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Log book also contains Form 3921 – Aircrew Qualification Record, a 1949 calendar and Form 2745 Record of Service, Educational and Professional Qualifications.]]> 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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Includes a list of class members, including Flight Lieutenant H Cooke, and autographs.
Bottom left: Sketches of a man hanging from a parachute. Captioned 'The Solo King' and a heart with 'ACE Cooke'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Text]]> SCookeH115321v10008-0003; SCookeH115321v10008-0004

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Trained as a wireless operator with No. 4 Radio School, No. 6 Advanced Flying Unit, 83 Operational Training Unit, 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. Posted to 550 Squadron for operations.

In April 1945 posted to No. 10 Radio School as an instructor.

Served at RAF Madley, RAF Peplow, RAF Sandtoft, RAF Hemswell, RAF North Killingholme, RAF Carew Cheriton.

He flew 33 bombing operations (19 day and 14 night). Targets were Le Havre, Sterkrade, Saintes, Flers, Chateau Bernapre, Domléger, Oisemont-Neuville, Orleans, Neufchatel, Caen, Revigny, Sannerville, Kiel, St. Leu, Pauillac, Fontenay, Dugny (Paris), Douai, Le Culot (Brussels), Stettin, Ghent-Terneuzen Canal, Russelheim, Wemars Cappel [Wemaers-Cappel], Agenville, Steenwijk, Sangatte, Neuss, Cap Gris Nez.

His pilot for all operations was Flying Officer Lord.
On 24/25th June 1944 his aircraft was attacked by a Focke Wolf 190.

On 7th July his aircraft was damaged by anti-aircraft fire.

On 13th July he had to bale out of his Lancaster near to Wattisham due to lack of fuel.

Includes his commissioning scroll as Pilot Officer, RAF Volunteer Reserve from 9th November 1943 and Flying Officer, RAF Volunteer Reserve from 24th October 1967.

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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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Further conversion training to Stirlings at 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit and then 5 Lancaster Finishing School.
Operational posting to 467 Royal Australian Air Force Squadron. On completion of tour posted to 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit in September 1944. Posted to 3 Flying Instructor’s School. Returned to 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit as a flying instructor.

Served at RAAF Lowood, RAAF Narrandera, RCAF Moncton, RAF Fairoaks, RAF Kidlington, RAF Feltwell, RAF Lichfield, RAF Swinderby, RAF Syerston, RAF Waddington, RAF Wigsley, RAF Lulsgate Bottom.

Aircraft flown were Wellington III, Wellington X, DH82 Tiger Moth, Anson, Oxford, Stirling, Lancaster I, Lancaster III, Sunderland.

He flew 36 operations (8 day and 28 night) with 467 Squadron. His pilot on the first operation was Pilot Officer McManus. He was the pilot on all other operations. The targets included Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Toulouse, Mailly le Camp, Louailles, Brest, Lille, Bourg Leopold, Brunswick, Nantes, St Martin de Varreville, Saumur, Pointe-du-Hoc, Argentan, Rennes, Orleans, Poitiers, Aunay sur Odon, Chatellerault, Pas-de-Calais, Watten, Gelsenkirchen, Limoges, Prouville - Pas de Calais, Vitry, Beauvoir, Pas de Calais, Culmont-Chalindrey, Nevers, Caen, Courtrai, Stuttgart, St Cyr, Cahagnes, Joigny, Isle d’Adam, Bois de Cassan, Saint-Leu-d'Esserent, Falaise, Quesnay.

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Served at RAF Syerston, RAF Spilsby.

Aircraft flown were Stirling, Lancaster III.

Joseph completed 16 night bombing operations with 207 Squadron. His targets were Tours, Bourg-Leopold, Amiens, Duisburg, Brunswick, Antwerp, St Valery, Étampes, Caen, Aunay-sur-Odon, Beauvoir, Wesseling, Pommeréval, Marquis Mimoyecques, St Leu D’Esserent.
His pilot was Flight Sergeant Boyce.
His aircraft failed to return from the operation to St Leu D’Esserent on the night of 7/8th June 1944. He was killed in action.
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]]> David Carter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Text. Memoir]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Luckenwalde]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Wesseling]]> France]]> France--Aunay-sur-Odon]]> France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]> France--Caen]]> France--Criel-sur-Mer]]> France--Gennevilliers]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Marquise]]> France--Morsalines]]> France--Pommeréval]]> France--Salbris]]> France--Toulouse]]> France--Tours]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> Norway]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Poland]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> France--Saint-Leu-d'Esserent]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-06]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> G B Thomson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1944-06-16]]> Malcolm Payne]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1944-06-16]]> W Thomson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Glasgow Region]]> France]]> France--Normandy]]> 1944-06-16]]> G Gardiner]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Farnborough (Hampshire)]]> 1944-06-16]]> Jim Cahir]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Australia]]> Victoria]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1944-06-16]]>