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Carpenter, Ronald
R B Carpenter
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-02-11
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Carpenter, RB
Description
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27 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Ronald Carpenter DFM (149832 Royal Air Force). He flew a tour of operations as a bomb aimer with 10 Squadron and with 223 Squadron in 100 Group on electronic countermeasures. The collection contains his log book, documents and photographs.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Ronald Carpenter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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[underlined] RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HONOURS AND AWARDS. [/underlined]
[underlined] “NON - IMMEDIATE” [/underlined]
[underlined] SECRET [/underlined]
[ink stamp]
Christian Names:- RONALD BERTRAM. — Surname:- CARPENTER. — Rank:- SERGEANT. — Official No:- 1291451. — Command or Group:- NO. 4 GROUP. — Unit:- NO. 10 SQUADRON.
Total hours flown on operations…… 157
Number of sorties carried out…… 27
Recognition for which recommended…… D.F.M.
Appointment held…… AIR BOMBER.
[underlined] PARTICULARS OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE FOR WHICH THE RECOMMENDATION IS MADE. [/underlined]
Sergeant Carpenter was posted to No. 10 Squadron in July, 1942, and has now completed 27 sorties comprising 157 operational hours.
He is a member of an outstanding crew, and is a first class Air Bomber. On one occasion the aircraft on which he was flying developed engine trouble over the sea, and although flying on three engines the target was successfully bombed. His aircraft has been damaged by flak on many occasions and during an attack on Kiel when the Flight Engineer was badly wounded, Sergeant Carpenter rendered first aid.
He has throughout his tour shown himself to possess the ideal temperament for operations and his extraordinary qualities of cheerful confidence have many times proved invaluable whilst under fire over the target. His inspiring morale alone has made him a very valuable and appreciated member of the Squadron and it would give me great pleasure to have him receive a well earned Distinguished Flying Medal.
[signature]
Squadron Leader, Commanding
[underlined] No. 10 Squadron. R.A.F. [/underlined]
9th July, 1943.
[underlined] REMARKS BY STATION COMMANDER. [/underlined]
This N.C.O., had displayed outstanding ability as an Air Bomber and has inspired great confidence in members of his crew. He possesses coolness and has always shown exceptional fearlessness in the face of danger. I recommend that his good work be recognised by the award of the Distinguished Fly-ing Medal.
[signature]
Wing Commander, Commanding
[underlined] R.A.F. Station, Melbourne. [/underlined]
17th July, 1943.
[underlined] REMARKS BY AIR OFFICER COMMANDING. [/underlined]
This Air Bomber, now completing his first operational tour, has at all times shown skill and courage on operations and I strongly recommend the award of the D.F.M.
[signature]
Air Vice Marshall,
Air Officer Commanding,
[underlined] No. 4 Group, R.A.F. [/underlined]
30th July, 1943.
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Recommendation for Ronald Carpenter's D.F.M.
Description
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Has recommendation from his Squadron Commander, his Station Commander and the No 4 Group Air Officer Commanding. Was gazetted on 14 September 1943.
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O.C. 10 Squadron
Date
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1943-07-09
Format
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One typewritten sheet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text. Correspondence
Text
Identifier
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MCarpenterRB149832-201102-03
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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England--Yorkshire
Great Britain
Temporal Coverage
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1943-07-09
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Alan Pinchbeck
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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IBCC Digital Archive
10 Squadron
4 Group
aircrew
bomb aimer
Distinguished Flying Medal
Halifax
Halifax Mk 2
RAF Melbourne