Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Bahamas]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> Singapore]]> Sri Lanka]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> Ontario--Prince Edward County]]> Prince Edward Island--Summerside]]> Sri Lanka--Văligama]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Sussex]]> Bahamas]]> Ontario]]> Prince Edward Island]]> Ontario--Belleville]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> Roy Hastie]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Bahamas]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> It is annotated 'F/O Stuart Crew 9. C21. 30/3/44'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Bahamas]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> 1944-03-30]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> British Army]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> Bahamas]]> It is annotated 'F/S Stuart Crew 9 C21 30/3/44'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Bahamas]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> 1944-03-30]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike French]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> Belgium--Verviers]]> England--Norfolk]]> France--Metz]]> Gambia--Banjul]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Trier]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Netherlands--Leeuwarden]]> Belgium--Liège]]> Scotland--Highlands]]> Bahamas]]> France]]> Belgium]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-11]]> 1942-05-12]]> 1942-05-16]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-22]]> 1942-05-27]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-29]]> 1942-06-30]]> 1942-07-01]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-10]]> 1942-07-11]]> 1942-07-13]]> 1942-11-01]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-13]]> 1942-11-16]]> 1942-11-17]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1942-12-21]]> 1942-12-23]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-02-18]]> 1943-02-19]]> 1943-02-20]]> 1943-02-23]]> 1943-02-27]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-04]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-03-07]]> 1943-03-22]]> 1943-03-24]]> 1943-03-25]]> 1943-03-26]]> 1943-03-28]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-03-30]]> 1943-03-31]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1943-04-06]]> 1943-04-13]]> 1943-05-19]]> 1943-05-20]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-06-05]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-07-10]]> 1943-07-11]]> 1943-07-12]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Bahamas]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> Bahamas]]> 1944-05]]> Peter Lovatt]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. 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(North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> France--Aube]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> England--Feltwell]]> England--Croydon]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Sweden--Stockholm]]> Czech Republic--Prague]]> Italy--Florence]]> Portugal--Lisbon]]> Monaco--Monte-Carlo]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Netherlands--Venlo]]> Netherlands--Amsterdam]]> France--Paris]]> France--Lyon]]> France--Digne]]> France--Nevers]]> France--Lille]]> Norway--Ålesund]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Bailleul (Nord)]]> Belgium--Ieper]]> Belgium--Mesen]]> France--Cambrai]]> France--Somme]]> France--Arras]]> France--Lens]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> France--Brest]]> France--Lorient]]> France--La Pallice]]> Egypt--Suez]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> Cyprus]]> Turkey--Gallipoli]]> Black Sea--Dardanelles Strait]]> Turkey--İmroz Island]]> Turkey--İzmir]]> Greece--Lesbos (Municipality)]]> Greece--Thasos Island]]> Greece--Chios (Municipality)]]> Greece--Thasos]]> Bulgaria]]> Turkey--Istanbul]]> Europe--Macedonia]]> Greece--Kavala]]> Kenya--Nairobi]]> Africa--Rhodesia and Nyasaland]]> Tanzania]]> Sudan]]> Eritrea]]> Ethiopia]]> Sudan--Kassalā]]> Eritrea--Asmara]]> Yemen (Republic)--Perim Island]]> Ethiopia--Addis Ababa]]> Sudan--Khartoum]]> Ghana--Takoradi]]> Libya--Cyrenaica]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Iraq]]> Greece--Crete]]> Libya--Tripolitania]]> Tunisia--Mareth Line]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Tunisia--Qaṣrayn]]> Tunisia--Medenine]]> Italy--Pantelleria Island]]> Malta]]> Italy--Licata]]> Italy--Brindisi]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Italy--Cassino]]> Italy--Sangro River]]> Italy--Termoli]]> Yugoslavia]]> Croatia--Split]]> Croatia--Vis Island]]> Italy--Loreto]]> Italy--Pescara]]> Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad]]> North America--Saint Lawrence River]]> Newfoundland and Labrador--Happy Valley-Goose Bay]]> Bahamas]]> Florida]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> Massachusetts]]> New York (State)]]> Algeria]]> Tunisia]]> Libya]]> Egypt]]> North Africa]]> Ontario]]> Québec]]> Germany]]> Croatia]]> Czech Republic]]> Ghana]]> Greece]]> Kenya]]> Norway]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Turkey]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Portugal]]> Trinidad and Tobago]]> North America--Niagara Falls]]> France--Reims]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Germany--Monheim (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Greece--Thessalonikē]]> Germany--Herne (Arnsberg)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> Russia (Federation)--Arkhangelʹskai︠a︡ oblastʹ]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Jersey]]> Virginia--Hampton Roads (Region)]]> 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]]> Having completed their training in the spring of 1944 they crossed to Britain on the New Amsterdam. Due to the quantity of chocolate Rex had consumed on the crossing the medical staff thought that he had an appendicitis and he was admitted to a hospital in Glasgow on arrival at Gourock. The hospital was initially empty so Rex was treated very well but shortly after his arrival the wounded from the D Day invasion started to arrive and Rex was found fit enough to join 223 Squadron at RAF Oulton which were flying the B-24. Rex was not too impressed with the aircraft as they were war weary veterans cast off from the 8th US Army Air Force. Although Rex was trained as a Wireless operator / air gunner he flew all his operations as a wireless operator. Rex remembers that his main duties were to listen out for weather diversions he also remembers that there was a piece of equipment that he had that showed aircraft close to them which was very unreliable, probably Fishpond. In August 1944 223 Squadron became part of 100 Group flying radio countermeasures, jamming the German radar and communications frequencies. Rex relates how the squadron aircraft would sometimes leave the main force bomber stream and head for another potential target dropping Window to divide the fighter defences.
Rex flew 20 operations with his crew and related that on one operation to Berlin they were getting short of fuel so diverted to the crash runway at RAF Manston and the groundcrew told them that they only had enough fuel for two minutes of flight. In February 1945 he developed bronchitis and was grounded by the medical staff. On the next operation that crew were shot down over Germany and all the flight deck crew died the navigator and one of the beam gunners managed to bale out. Rex relates that if he had been on the operation he would have died. He was told by the surviving beam gunner that the second beam gunner never wore his parachute harness on operations and was last seen trying to find his harness.
While he was recuperating his late captain’s brother came to visit the squadron he was flying the C47 transporting equipment to Europe and Rex manage to get himself two flights to Brussels. On his return to flying duties Rex only flew two more operations before the European war ended in May. He comments that his captain for those two flights was a Lord Briscoe.
Rex relates that on one of his leave periods he was walking out in the country and a low flying V-1 passed overhead and the engine stopped and it landed and exploded in a field close by.
Rex did not return to Canada until December 1945 crossing in the Queen Elizabeth. He returned to Toronto married the girl that he was writing to during his time in Great Britain. He worked for a small company manufactured high voltage lighting equipment as a salesman until he retired.
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Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Trevor Hardcastle]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Bahamas]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> England--Kent]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1945]]>
Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for L Hadfield, wireless operator/air gunner, covering the period from 14 March 1941 to 6 May 1945. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Prestwick, RAF Pembrey, RAF Thornaby, RAF North Coates, RAF Thorney Island, RAF St Eval, RAF Chivenor, RAF Aldergrove, RAF ReykJavik. RAF Ballykelly and RAF Nassau. Aircraft flown in were Dominie, Proctor, Botha, Blenheim, Anson, Hudson, Liberator, Fortress, Commando and Dakota. He flew 40 operations with 59 Squadron comprising of anti-submarine patrol and convoy escort duties. His pilot on operations was Flight Lieutenant Moran.

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Iceland]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> England--Devon]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Iceland--Reykjavík]]> Northern Ireland--Londonderry (County)]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> Scotland--Ayrshire]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Bahamas]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> Roy Hastie]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Bahamas]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> It is annotated 'No 1 Squadron 16/3/44'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Bahamas]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> 1944-03-16]]> It is annotated 'C21 P/O Warman C4 2.4.44'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Bahamas]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> 1944-04-02]]> it is annotated 'P/O Craig Crew 4 C19 26/2/44'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Bahamas]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> 1944-02-26]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Bahamas]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> 1944-03-30]]> Roy Hastie]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> Bahamas]]> 1943]]>