He continued in the RAF until 1975.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-590002,
MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-590003,
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Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Liverpool]]> Germany--Black Forest]]> Luxembourg]]> Germany--Buchen/Odenwald]]> Cyprus]]> France--Fontainebleau]]> Poland--Warsaw]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> Germany]]>
]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Paderborn]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04]]> Second page lists a further 22 Lancasters by registration number only.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-08-01]]> ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> France]]> France--Aulnoye-Aymeries]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Creil]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Pauillac (Gironde)]]> France--Poissy]]> France--Revigny-sur-Ornain]]> France--Versailles]]> Germany]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Hildesheim]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Osterfeld]]> Germany--Pforzheim]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Zeitz]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-02]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04]]> ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Pending review]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> France]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Aube]]> France--Aubigny-sur-Nère]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Poitiers]]> France--Saint-Cyr-l'École]]> France--Saint-Dizier (Haute-Marne)]]> France--Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines]]> France--Thoiry (Yvelines)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Essex]]> England--Maldon]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Barnetby le Wold]]> England--Barton-upon-Humber]]> England--Brigg]]> England--Caistor (Rural District)]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Market Rasen]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Diepholz]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Geilenkirchen]]> Germany--Gerolstein]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Hennef-Sieg]]> Germany--Lehnin (Kloster Lehnin)]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Nordstemmen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Steinheim (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Treuenbrietzen]]> Germany--Welver]]> Germany--Westerburg]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Apeldoorn]]> Netherlands--Nijmegen]]> Netherlands--Oisterwijk]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-09]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-12]]> Upper photograph shows a starboard view of the Admiral Scheer. It is captioned: 'The German Battleship "Admiral Sheer" in 1937.'
Lower photograph shows a bomb-damaged quayside and a large, up-turned ship with the rudder an one propeller clear of the water. It is captioned: 'At Kiel after the raid by 166 Squadron on 9th April 1945.']]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]>
Page one begins with the reformation of the squadron in 1936 and gives details of the aircraft operated, the stations flown from and the roles the squadron played in training and operations.
Page two describes three miscellaneous incidents that occurred on the squadron, including one where the mid-upper gunner accidentally shot and killed the rear gunner.
Page three contains details about three notable Lancasters.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Lorient]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Netherlands]]> 1936-11]]> 1938-06]]> 1939-05]]> 1940-04]]> 1943-01-27]]> 1943-01-28]]> 1943-01-29]]> 1943-01-30]]> 1943-05]]> 1943-09-20]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-06-26]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-11-10]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-08-20]]> 1945-09-28]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1947-01-08]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association. Batchelder, HE]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> EBatchelderHE[Recipient]C920907-0003]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France--Givet]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Netherlands]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lowestoft]]> England--Norwich]]> France]]> Germany]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> Rob Cleever]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Coventry]]> England--Nottingham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942-03]]> 1942-04]]> 1942-05]]> 1942-06]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-09]]> George Thom]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> MGorfunckleN1260360-170801-030002,
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Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Belgium--Ostend]]> France--Reims]]> France--Chaumont (Haute-Marne)]]> France--Aube]]> Switzerland]]> France--Perpignan]]> France--Paris]]> France--Vosges Mountains]]> 1942-11-07]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Italy]]> Germany]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> France--Le Creusot]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Luxembourg]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Skegness]]> Germany--Aachen]]> France--Brest]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> France--Gennevilliers]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-07-11]]> 1942-07-12]]> 1942-07-23]]> 1942-07-24]]> 1942-07-25]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-12]]> 1942-08-13]]> 1942-08-17]]> 1942-08-18]]> 1942-08-24]]> 1942-08-25]]> 1942-08-27]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-09-01]]> 1942-09-02]]> 1942-09-04]]> 1942-09-05]]> 1942-09-06]]> 1942-09-07]]> 1942-09-08]]> 1942-09-09]]> 1942-09-10]]> 1942-09-11]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-15]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-09-17]]> 1942-10-02]]> 1942-10-03]]> 1942-10-13]]> 1942-10-14]]> 1942-10-15]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1942-10-17]]> 1942-10-22]]> 1942-10-23]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-10]]> 1942-11-11]]> 1944-11-15]]> 1942-11-16]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-12-07]]> 1941-12-08]]> 1941-12-18]]> 1941-01-10]]> 1942-01-11]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-22]]> 1942-05-23]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-09]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-09-06]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-03]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-22]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-26]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1945-09-02]]> 1945-10-07]]> 1945-10-16]]> The Family of JHP Dwyer]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Text. Service material]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> British Army]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> Norway]]> Norway--Sola]]> England--Preston (Lancashire)]]> 1913-12-13]]> 1940-08]]> 1941-04-18]]> 1942-02-13]]> 1942-02-21]]> Lt Col Kenneth G Boyd]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> United States]]> North Dakota--Fargo]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Ohio--Dayton]]> Washington (D.C.)]]> Canada]]> Newfoundland and Labrador--Gander]]> Maine]]> Scotland--Prestwick]]> England--London]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> 1941-12-07]]> 1941-08]]> 1941-08-23]]> 1941-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> France--Brest]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Neuss]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Bingen (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Worms]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Dithmarschen Region]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Witten]]> Great Britain]]> England--Durham (County)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-08-24]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-15]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-12]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-01-23]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-05]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-19]]> Roy J de Niese]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Paul Ross]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Sri Lanka]]> Sri Lanka--Ratmalana]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Surrey]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Saskatchewan--North Battleford]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Harrogate]]> Fiji]]> Fiji--Nadi]]> Australia]]> Saskatchewan]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-09]]> 1942-11-19]]> 1944-11]]> 1945-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Sri Lanka]]> Australia]]> Malta]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Sri Lanka--Ratmalana]]> Germany--Cologne]]> 1940-09]]> 1941-06]]> 1941-09-28]]> 1941-12-03]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1942]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-10]]> 1946-03-21]]> 1943-08-07]]> 1943-06-17]]> 1939-10-29]]> 1945-08-17]]> 1941-11-15]]> Bill Lanning]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Great Britain]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Kent]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> France]]> France--Morbecque]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Calais]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-12-23]]> J Williamson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Manchester]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Southwold]]> England--Frome]]> England--Northampton]]> England--Goole]]> England--Newark (Nottinghamshire)]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Remscheid]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> England--Bridlington]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Wales--Cardiff]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Southam (Warwickshire)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> England--Skegness]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany]]> S Williamson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> France]]> France--Charleville-Mézières]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]>