Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Eunice Watson]]> Steph Jackson]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Egypt]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Iraq--Ḥabbānīyah]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1948]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Heavy Conversion Unit to work on Halifax. Fred carried out about 30 operations, including ones to Stuttgart and Chemnitz.
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Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> Germany]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> 1943]]> 1944]]>
Albert remembers operations to Dessau and Magdeburg. On one operation shrapnel caught them, there was a big flash and the aircraft filled with smoke. A crew member bailed out and was taken as a prisoner of war. The last two operations were to Heligoland and Bremen, and the crew were also involved in Operation Manna. At one point, Albert was accused of selling aircraft fuel as a million gallons had gone missing, but he was not charged. After completing another mechanics course Albert went to Gibraltar. From there he returned home to be demobbed. After the war Albert finished his apprenticeship in engineering and became a fitter and turner, eventually working for ICI in Northwich. He married a girl he had met while at Hemswell. Albert didn’t keep in touch with the crew but remembered a Simpson (pilot), Pete Jenkins (bomb aimer), Wally Pyle (navigator) and Bob Hayes (rear gunner).]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Bridlington]]> England--London]]> England--Northwich]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Gibraltar]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Kent]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ian Whapplington]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Second generation]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Paris]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-08]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Second generation]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France--Ver-Sur-Mer]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> 1941]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1945-10]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Sussex]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> 1942]]> 1944-06]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--York]]> 1944]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Balloon Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Germany]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Thuringia]]> Poland]]> Poland--Łambinowice]]> 1939]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Burma]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Cyril was chosen to move to 617 Squadron as an armourer when the squadron formed at RAF Scampton. He met Barnes Wallis and knew Guy Gibson, often taking his dog for a walk. Cyril flew in one of the Lancasters as they carried out a test run over the Derwent Water dam. Cyril's memory of the day of Eder, Möhne and Sorpe operation was marred by a tragic event at the base. His friend had a 'dear John' letter from his girlfriend and took his own life in front of Cyril. After the war Cyril moved to Canada and was involved with the destruction of war equipment not longer needed. He was saddened by the fact that along with armaments, they had to destroy clothing which would have been gratefully received by families in England. During his periods of leave he and fellow RAF colleagues went to New York. They were treated in his words like 'Royalty' and put up in hotels for free and were introduced to Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Cyril also remembers going up the Empire State Building when later the same day a B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed into it in during thick fog. Cyril return by Ship to England in September 1946.
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Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Illinois--Chicago]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Illinois]]> New York (State)]]>
Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> Singapore]]> United States]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> 1940]]> 1944]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Merseyside]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Anglesey]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Germany]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Iraq]]> 1943-11]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Bahamas]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> Sri Lanka]]> Singapore]]> United States]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> Bahamas]]> Italy]]> Italy--Mount Etna]]> India--Chennai]]> 1940]]> 1942-02-26]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1944-01-16]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sheffield]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Lossiemouth]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ian Whapplington]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Sheffield]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> 1944-06]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> CC BY-NC 4.0 International license]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Denmark]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Denmark--Copenhagen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1944]]> 1945-02-14]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Blackpool]]> Italy--Bari]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jackie Simpson]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary. Allocated T Holmes]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-04]]> 1945-05]]>