Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Heather Hughes]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Netherlands--Amsterdam]]> Netherlands]]> 1940]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> China]]> Great Britain]]> Sri Lanka]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> China--Hong Kong]]> 1944-06-07]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> Japan]]> Netherlands]]> Singapore]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--London]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> India--Pune]]> 1945]]>
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Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tina James]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Wales]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Carmel Dammes]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Wales]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Somerset]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> He left school at the age of 15 and went to work for Lincoln City Council in the Pension department and was called up for National Service in 1951, doing basic training at RAF Padgate.
Roy volunteered for aircrew, and went to gunnery training at RAF Lakenfield. He joined 61 Squadron in April 1952.
Roy took part in Exercise Sunray in Shallufa in 1953 and then in Exercise Kingpin, which was radar bombing on the Ruhr.
He also took part in the Queen’s coronation flight on 15th July 1953.
Roy flew in the Avro Lincoln throughout his service until he was demobbed.
After he was demobbed, Roy returned to Lincoln Council as Pensions Manager, working for 49 years until his retirement.
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He trained as an engineer after he was unable to fly due to eye problems, and worked on a variety of engines, including the Bristol Hercules, Packard Merlin and the Rolls Royce Merlin engines.
He tells of his time on base, the explosion that took the life of his friend, and the work he completed on the Avro Lancasters and worked on the Mark 1, 2 and 3’s.
Kenneth joined 61 Squadron, and served at Skellingthorpe and Bottesford, before working with the Royal Navy where he worked on single engine aircraft.
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He did his training at Yatesbury and was there 3 months before moving to 18 Operational Training Unit at Finningley, where he flew Avro Ansons and Vickers Wellingtons. He was not assigned to a crew initially, becoming a spare man to fill in where necessary. He joined Flight Lieutenant John Baxters crew after someone fell ill.
Jeff moved to a Heavy Conversation Unit, flying Handley Page Halifaxes, before moving to a Avro Lancaster finishing school. He was then posted to Scampton for operational duties.
He completed 29 operations before taking part in Operation Manna, dropping food supplies in Holland. He then flew with 100 Squadron on Avro Lincolns taking part in Operation Exodus, bringing soldiers back home.
After the war ended, Jeff returned to his previous employer, the East Midlands Electricity Board where he used his Higher National Certificate to become a qualified Engineer.
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Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> 1940]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Sheffield]]> Germany]]> 1939]]> 1952]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> Indonesia]]> Singapore]]> Japan]]> Indonesia--Java]]> Japan--Nagasaki-shi]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Toulouse]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> After the war, he got a job at the gravel pits as a crane driver. He completed part of his National Service in Berlin during 1954 and was based in the Spandau Jail where Rudolf Hess and Albert Speer were held. He describes the damage to Berlin caused by the Russians and allied bombing. Colin also recalls visits he made to Belsen, the Bielefeld viaduct, and the Berlin Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery. ]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1942]]> 1944]]> 1953]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--London]]> Scotland--John o' Groats]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1940]]> 1943-04]]> 1944-12]]> 1945]]> ]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Shaw]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Leicester]]> England--Grimsby]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France]]> France--Hesdin]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Benjamin Turner]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-03-11]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Harrogate]]> England--London]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> New Brunswick]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> North America--Niagara Falls]]> 1943]]> 1945]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Sweden]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1948]]> ]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Norwich]]> England--Hemsby]]> Cyprus]]> England--Caister-on-Sea]]> 1947]]> 1955]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Bromley]]> England--London]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> England--Essex]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> ]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1941-07]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]>