IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Norway--Stavanger]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Elgin]]> Norway--Hardanger]]> England--Runnymede]]> France]]> Sudan]]> North Africa]]> Germany]]> Norway]]> England--Surrey]]> Sudan--ʻAṭbarah]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> 1944-11-23]]>
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Ain]]> France--Amiens Region]]> France--Avesnes Region (Nord)]]> France--Caen]]> France--Caen Region]]> France--Calais]]> France--Flers-de-l'Orne]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Mimoyecques]]> France--Montebourg]]> France--Neuville-aux-Bois]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Oisemont (Canton)]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Orne]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Revigny-sur-Ornain]]> France--Saintes]]> France--Wimereux]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France--Forêt du Croc]]> France--Domléger-Longvillers]]> France--Bermesnil]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-06-02]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-18]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-26]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-17]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-02]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Belgium--Hasselt]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Evreux]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Maintenon]]> France--Paris]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Vire (Calvados)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France--Lyon]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-29]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-02]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> Records a total of 25 night operations (plus one with Duties Not Carried Out) with 196 Squadron. Targets in Germany, France and the Netherlands are: Bochum, Brest (minelaying), Cologne, Dortmund, Duisberg, Dusseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Frisians (minelaying), Gelsenkirchen, Heligoland Bight (minelaying), Kiel, Krefeld, Lorient (minelaying), Manheim, Mulheim, St Nazaire, Wuppertal.
Pilots on operations with 196 Squadron were W/O Ritchie and Sgt Sneddon.
Also records 33 operations (23 Night, 10 day, 5 with Duties Not Carried Out) with 355 Squadron against Japanese forces during the Burma campaign 1944-5. Targets in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam include:
Akyab, Amarapura, Andaman Islands, Bangkok, Hanoi, Jumbhorn, Khorat, Kyaukse, Kyetsha, Madaya, Mahlaing, Mandalay, Martaban Point, Martaban, Maymyo, Mokpalin railway yards, Monywa, Myingyan, Myittha, Na Nien, Ramree Island, Rangoon, Tiddim-Impall Road, Yenangyaung, Ywataung.
Pilots on operations with 355 Squadron were Squadron Leader MacDougall, Flight Lieutenant Giles, Flight Lieutenant Jackson, Flight Lieutenant Scott, Squadron Leader Falconer, Pilot Officer Dean, Warrant Officer Campbell, Flight Sergeant Turner, Warrant Officer Long and Warrant Officer Painter.]]>
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The first flight is recorded at No 7 EFTS , Desford flying in the Tiger Moth, he remained there until 28 September when he moved to No 12 SFTS flying in the Anson. In January 1941 Harold moved to No 10 OTU Abingdon, flying the Whitley. On 15th April Harold was posted to 51 Squadron, Dishforth initially flying the Whitley but almost immediately converting to the Wellington. His first operation was to Kiel on the 18 May 1941 in a Whitley, his remaining operations were in the Wellington. Harold and his crew were posted to 405 Squadron, Driffield on 27 May 1941 and moved to Pocklington on the 26 June 1941 and then undertook operations to Swartze, Cologne, Brest, Dunkirk, Le Havre, Berlin and Dortmund. Harold attended a BAT course at 1502 BAT Flight Abingdon, in February 1942 flying Whitley's. They carried out operations to Heligoland, Essen, and Lubeck. Harold converted to the Halifax April/May 1942. He carried out 19 operations, was injured after a crash on 12 October 1942 and was posted to No 10 OTU on 17 November 1942. Harold acquired a Red endorsement to his Log Book, 'Whitley V BD 377 23 October 1942, Gross carelessness (Non flying) letter ref 916/1405/1595/P1 14 Nov 1942.
He was posted to No 12 OTU on 20 November. The aircraft he flew there on the Gunnery flight included the Whitley, Defiant, Lysander, Wellington and Martinet, he remained there until 10 March 1944 when his Log Book records that he was posted to No 100 Group for Special duties. The second pilot on operations were Pilot Officer Mattey, Sergeant Craig, and Sergeant Farnborough. ]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Trevor Hardcastle]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> England--Leicester]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> France]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Brest]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> 1940-08-18]]> 1940-09-28]]> 1941-01-25]]> 1941-02-01]]> 1941-04-14]]> 1941-04-15]]> 1941-05-27]]> 1941-05-18]]> 1941-06-26]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-02-18]]> 1942-03-23]]> 1942-03-28]]> 1942-04-08]]> 1942-04-14]]> 1942-10-12]]> 1942-10-12]]> 1944-03-10]]>
Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> I Henderson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Poland]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Euskirchen Region]]> Germany--Bonn]]> France--Royan]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Kiel Canal]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Paderborn]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-11-01]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1945-12-03]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> France]]> Poland]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Euskirchen Region]]> Germany--Bonn]]> France--Royan]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Paderborn]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-03]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-04]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean]]> Denmark]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Denmark--Ebeltoft]]> Germany--Aschaffenburg]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Pforzheim]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Ulm]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Wiesbaden]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-24]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-05]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-09]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-23]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-28]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-03]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-16]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1944-12-23]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-05]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-16]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-02-26]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]> There is a short memoir about Frank and a longer memoir about Freddie.
There are three stories about different operations.]]>
Margaret Horry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Germany--Essen]]> Great Britain]]> England]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>