In 1941 Charles was posted to Canada to complete training at RAF De Winton, learning to fly a Chipmunk and then converted to four engine aircraft: 'I got a pair of Air Force wings which is my pride and joy. Best thing I’ve ever done in my life'. Canada was described as being nice, vast, and cold, inhabited by friendly people, with plenty of fine food that wasn’t available in Britain. Very few details are given about wartime service. After the end of war, he went on to serve in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force as an engineer and representative of Meteor jets, which he also flown. Charles also became an Air Training Corps superintendent. Describes his involvement in one of the 550 Squadron reunions at RAF North Killingholme where they discussed Operation Manna. Talks about PA474 Phantom, a 550 Squadron aircraft.]]> Julian Maslin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jean Massie]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cambridge]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--De Winton]]> Alberta]]> 1941]]> Frank joined 115 Squadron at RAF Witchford, where his crew was formed and flew in Lancaster Mk 2. His first tour consisted of 30 trips, although they only completed 29 because of a change of pilots. He then joined 7 Squadron, part of the Pathfinder Force. He trained at the Pathfinder Training Unit and went to RAF Oakington where they were twice Master Bombers. After his tour, Frank was posted to the Radar Research Establishment at RAF Defford as station navigation officer. It involved several different aircraft and flights (bomber, coastal, naval). He describes several of the interesting people he flew with and the work on Doppler navigation. Frank was subsequently sent to the Pathfinder Training Unit as an instructor and recounts a flight with Air Vice Marshal Bennett, investigating blue target indicator bombs.
After Frank was demobilised, he worked initially as an air traffic control officer before accepting a permanent commission into the RAF. Frank goes on to describe his post-war RAF activities.
Squadron Leader Frank Leatherdale was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his work in Pathfinders.]]>
Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> Alberta--Calgary]]>
David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ian Whapplington]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Brighton]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> 1942-12-19]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1946-11-25]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin ]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Medicine Hat]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--Banff]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--London]]> Alberta]]> 1941-12-21]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Medicine Hat]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--Banff]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--London]]> Alberta]]> 1942-01-06]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Medicine Hat]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--Banff]]> Alberta--Lake Louise]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--London]]> Alberta]]> 1942-01-11]]> 1942-01-12]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Saskatchewan--Swift Current]]> Alberta--Medicine Hat]]> Alberta--Innisfail]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--London]]> Saskatchewan]]> Alberta]]> 1941-12-02]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Wilmslow]]> England--Stratford-upon-Avon]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Saskatchewan--Swift Current]]> Alberta--Medicine Hat]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--Banff]]> Alberta--Lake Louise]]> Manitoba]]> Saskatchewan--Moose Jaw]]> Saskatchewan--Regina]]> England--London]]> Saskatchewan]]> Alberta]]> Nova Scotia]]> Québec--Rivière-du-Loup]]> Québec]]> 1941]]> P Anderson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Southport]]> England--Coulsdon]]> England--Grimsby]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> England--Guildford]]> Alberta]]> 1943-06-02]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Nine small b/w photographs, one showing three Tiger Moths with canopies on the airfield.
Three showing Keith Thompson in Sidcott suit outside a barrack block.
One annotated Dust storm, one annotated Prairy and three annotated 'River bow off edge of airfield'.
Page annotated 'Only rifle range, Guard room and concrete bases now left (1983)'. ]]>
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One of several small wooden buildings captioned 'Old Calgary',
One of a street scene captioned 'City lights in '42'.
One of a bridge captioned 'Over bow R'.
One of a street scene captioned 'Picture of "Winnie"'.
One of rail crossing captioned 'Yes, they had barriers first'.
Five pictures of steam locomotives, trains and their crews, one captioned 'On the footplate'. ]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--De Winton]]> Alberta]]> 1942-04-13]]> 1942-06-09]]> Nigel Moore]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Alberta]]> New Brunswick]]> Prince Edward Island]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany--Cologne]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Québec]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Ontario--Belleville]]> W Holmes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Nova Scotia--Amherst]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--Innisfail]]> Saskatchewan--Estevan]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's]]> Ontario]]> Québec]]> Saskatchewan]]> Alberta]]> Newfoundland and Labrador]]> Nova Scotia]]> Manitoba]]> 1942-07]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-09]]> 1942-10]]> 1942-11]]> 1942-12]]> 1943-01]]> 1943-02]]> 1943-03]]> 1943-04]]> Geoff Packham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Angela Gaffney]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Acklington]]> England--Torquay]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--De Winton]]> Alberta--Medicine Hat]]> England--Halifax]]> England--Grantham]]> England--Doncaster]]> Alberta]]> England--Devon]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> No 37 Service Flying Training School]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> Greece]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Greece--Larisa]]> Alberta]]> 1941-11]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta]]> Photo 2 is a head and shoulders portrait of Fed captioned 'Escape Photo FDS 1941'.
Photo 3 is a group of nine men in uniform captioned 'Navigation Course RCAF Hamilton'.
Photo 4 is an Anson with two airmen captioned 'FDS and F-Lt Mechanic Anson-Hamilton Ontario Canada'.
Photo 5 is 16 airmen in flying suits standing outside a brick building.
Photo 6 is two airmen with trainee flashes on their caps, captioned ' "Titch" and Coulthard Canada'.
Photo 7 is two airmen standing outside a brick building taking sun observations with sextants, captioned 'Practice Sun Shots'.]]>
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