IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ashley Jacobs]]> David Bloomfield]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Bombing of the Samur tunnel (8/9 June 1944)]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Saumur]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ashley Jacobs]]> David Bloomfield]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Bombing of the Samur tunnel (8/9 June 1944)]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Saumur]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> J de Havilland]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Hatfield (Hertfordshire)]]> England--Herefordshire]]> 1944-03-30]]> Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Farnborough (Hampshire)]]> 1944-06-17]]> Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cambridge]]> 1947-03-11]]> Great Britain. Red Cross and St John war organisation]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> British Army]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland--Łambinowice]]> 1943-10]]> Great Britain. Red Cross and St John war organisation]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> British Army]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland--Łambinowice]]> Germany--Hohenfels (Bavaria)]]> Italy]]> Italy--Sulmona]]> Germany]]> 1943-08]]> Great Britain. Red Cross and St John war organisation]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> British Army]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland--Łambinowice]]> 1943-07]]> Initially he served on Wellingtons at Snaith. He describes individual operations starting with Emden. After 30 operations he was transferred to an Operational Training Unit as an instructor, firstly to Lichfield then to Church Broughton. He then transferred to a Heavy Conversion Unit, training on Halifaxes and Lancasters, based at Skellingthorpe and Swinderby. He was then posted to Waddington with 463 Squadron, RAAF. After several operations he transferred to a specialist gunnery course before returning to 463. Bombing operations were switched to France to assist in hampering German reinforcements after D-day. He describes the various roles of the crew during a flight and how targets were decided by the High Command. He concludes with aids to bombers -GEE, H2S, Oboe and Pathfinders. Also he describes counter measures such as ABC, Tidal and Window.

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WH Brooker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Australia]]> Western Australia]]> Victoria--Ballarat]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bournemouth]]> England--Brighton]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Kiel Canal]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Friesland]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> England--Lincoln]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> France--Brest]]> France--Lille]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Rennes]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Victoria]]> France]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Sussex]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]>
He names the crew and describes their roles, including the ground crews, details the activities before an operation, and lists his operations he was involved in.

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WH Brooker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> New South Wales--Orange]]> Victoria--Geelong]]> New South Wales--Harden]]> Victoria]]> New South Wales--Lismore]]> South Australia--Adelaide]]> Great Britain]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> England--High Wycombe]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> France--Brest]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Orléans]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Victoria]]> France]]> New South Wales]]> South Australia]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> 1944]]>
Second and third pictures, same car, somewhat battered, parked on road, houses in distance, captioned 'Topcliffe, Thirsk, 1st Dec '44, after brush on A1 with half track truck'.
Photograph of marriage party, with newspaper clipping annotated Feb. 1945, captioned 'Marriage Corkill-Watson, on February 15th at St Barnabas Parish Church, Crosland Huddersfield'.
Photograph of Bride and Groom captioned 'Hilda & Ken 15 Feb '45 Huddersfield'.
Photograph of six aircrew posed in two rows in a field, buildings in the background, captioned 'Second tour crew No 199 Halifax Radio Counter Measures Sqn, 100 Group. Feb-July '45 [rear row] ."CIS" Bryant, Rear Gnr. Bob Brown Eng. "Young Bill" W.Op, "Tich" Read, M.U.Gunner, [front row] Joe Evans Bomb Aimer, Bill Sharples Pilot, Keith Nav'.]]>
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