Trained at No. 11 Air Gunners School, 14 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School.

Operational posting to 9 Squadron in September 1944.

Served at RAF Andreas, RAF Husbands Bosworth, RAF Market Harborough, RAF Scampton, RAF Wigsley, RAF Syerston, RAF Bardney, RAF Waddington.

Aircraft flown were Anson, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster.

With 9 Squadron Price flew 5 bombing operations (2 day, 3 night) to Bremen, Flushing, Nuremberg, Heilbronn and the Dortmund-Ems Canal. His pilot was Flying Officer Denton.

On the last operation to the Dortmund-Ems Canal his aircraft was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crash landed at Heesch in Holland. All crew survived.

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Failed to return on 1st January 1945 operation to Dortmund-Ems Canal.

Served at RAF Bardney.

Aircraft flown were Lancaster.

Vincent flew 9 bombing operations (4 day, 5 night) with 9 Squadron.
His targets were Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Flushing, Nuremberg, Dortmund-Ems Canal, Munich, Heilbronn, Urft Dam.
Hi pilot was Flying Officer Reaks.
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He served at RAF Bardney flying Lancasters.

He flew two night bombing operations with 9 Squadron. His targets were Heilbronn and the Dortmund-Ems Canal. His pilot was Flying Officer Denton.

On the 1st January 1945 he flew an operation to the Dortmund-Ems Canal. His aircraft (PD377) was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crash landed at Heesch in Holland.
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Served at RAF Bardney flying Lancasters.

He flew five bombing operations (one day and four night) with 9 Squadron. His targets were Bremen, Flushing, Nuremberg, Heilbronn and Ladbergen on the Dortmund-Ems Canal.

During the operation to the Dortmund-Ems Canal, his aircraft was hit be anti-aircraft fire and crash landed at Heesch in Holland on 1st January 1945.
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9 Squadron were operating Lancasters I and III from RAF Bardney.

Over the period covered by this record 9 Squadron flew a total 47 bombing operations (24 day and 23 night operations) and 3 Operation Exodus. Targets included Trondheim, Munich, Heilbronn, the Urft Dam, Gdynia, Politz, shipping in the Moss area, Ladbergen, Gravenhorst, Bergen, Leuna, Brux, IJmuiden, Altenbeken, Dresden, Rositz, Bohlen, Sassnitz, Hamburg, Essen, Dortmund, Arnsberg, Würzburg, Vlotho, Nienburg, Bremen, Bad Oeynhausen, Farge, Nordhausen, Molbis, Lützkendorf, the Prinz Eugen at Swinemunde, Pilsen, Heligoland, Berchtesgaden.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Steve Baldwin]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Norway]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Norway--Moss]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Altenbeken]]> Germany--Altenburg (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Arnsberg]]> Germany--Bad Oeynhausen]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> Germany--Borna (Leipzig)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Hörstel]]> Germany--Ladbergen]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nienburg (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Sassnitz]]> Germany--Urft Dam]]> Germany--Vlotho]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--IJmuiden]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Poland--Świnoujście]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> Germany--Böhlen]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-23]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-08]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-19]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-12]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-06]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-07]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-16]]> 1945-04-17]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-05-04]]> 1945-05-12]]> 1945-05-15]]>
Targets were Boulogne, Düsseldorf, Mannheim, Cologne, Bremen, Gelsenkirchen, Turin (crash landed in France, evaded), Eindhoven, Munster, Hamburg, Hannover, Noyelle-en-Chaussée, Prouville, Normandy battle area, NE of Paris, Trossy St. Maximin, Calais, Duisburg, Wilhelmshaven, Stuttgart, Essen, Oberhausen, Karlsruhe, Soest, Ulm, Koblenz, Hanau, Munich, Leuna, Zeitz, Ludwigshafen, Kleve, Politz and Dortmund.

The Turin operation is supplementing by a narrative covering crash landing in France and subsequent escape: "[underlined] TURIN [/underlined]:- Stbd. Eng. seized @ 18.00 over ALPS “S.O.S” & running com.” for 50 minutes until force-landed in field @ Misérieux N. of Lyons. – Contacted Home Stn [underlined]after[/underlined] crash, information “all crew safe” etc. Burned A/craft. Prisoners several hrs. later. Interned @ St. Hippolyte du. Fort (nr. Nimes) [dysentery] Escaped 10 day later. Hid in “M” from 06.30 hrs. (Sunday 26/1/41 until Wed. Feby 19/41. “P” Feb. 20, left Feby 22 – Crossed the Pyranees [Pyrenees] on foot with very little food. Crossed the actual frontier into [underlined] SPAIN [/underlined] @ approx. 10.00 hrs Feby 23/41 (with Guide). Rested in valley until dark (from 16.30 hrs.) Walked a further 26 (approx) kilometres & got train @ “V”. Arrived “B” 09.45 hrs. Wed Feby 25/41. Ill! in Hospital @ B. 3. days with dysentry [dysentery]. Stayed Sat. afternoon & night with V/Consul. Sunday Mch 1/41 on train 08.45 for M. Arrived M 09.30 hrs. Mch 2/41. Stayed 4 weeks. Left Mch 28/41 for Gib. Arrived March 30. Left G. Thurs. May 8/41. Liverpool Thurs. May 15. Set foot on English soil again @ 10.15 hrs. MAY 16/41."

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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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Also a handwritten note: "OBERHAUSEN:- WHITE SHADE CLOUD. DARK SHADE SMOKE FROM FIRES STARTED BY FIRST WAVE OF BOMBERS. ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT."]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> 1944-12-04]]>
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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Aircraft flown were Anson, Bolingbroke, Battle, Wellington, Stirling, B17.

Bill flew a total of 36 operations with 214 Squadron, only one of which was a day operation. The targets included Frisian Islands, Karlsruhe, Gennevilliers, Kiel, Brunswick, Saumur, Aulnoye, Gelsenkirchen, Goes, Stuttgart, Rüsselsheim, off Denmark, off Emden, Darmstadt, Wissembourg, Heerenveen, Traben-Trarbach, Fischbach, Bischwiller, Bochum, Cologne, Mannheim, Essen, Saarbrucken, Koblenz, Gladbeck, Mönchengladbach, Krefeld, Dortmund-Ems Canal, Giessen.
His pilot for his first operation was Flight Sergeant Gilbert and his second, Squadron Leader Jeffries. For the rest of his operations his pilot was Flying Officer Corke.
During operations he fulfilled the role of bomb aimer, air gunner and second navigator at various times. As well as bombing carried out a number of Window, Mandrel and Big Ben Special Duties operations.
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