Heather Hughes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christina Brown]]> Heather Hughes]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> New York (State)]]> David Boldy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nicky Brain]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--London]]> 1938-11]]> Pete Jones]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> France]]> Germany]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Christmas Island]]> United States]]> 1939]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1957-06-19]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Denmark]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> South Africa]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> South Africa--Port Elizabeth]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1944-07-03]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-09]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-11]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-06]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-09-29]]> 1944-09-30]]> 1944-10-01]]> 1944-10-04]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-16]]> 1944-11-01]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-07]]> 1944-11-08]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-25]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-02-26]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-06-19]]> Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hugh Donnelly]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jackie Simpson]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> 1945-01-04]]> Harry Bartlett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Argentina]]> Brazil]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Argentina--Buenos Aires]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--London]]> Brazil--Rio de Janeiro]]> Scotland--Moray]]> 1946]]> 1948]]> After a holding station in Padgate, Alan went to Brighton. En route, he witnessed the devastating effects of war in London. He saw some V-1s in Brighton. He did a commando course in the North East before going to RAF Llandwrog, an Advanced Flying Unit. He learnt Gee and H2S navigation systems. Alan was posted to No. 17 Operational Training Unit on Wellingtons. Because of illness, he had to crew up a second time. The satellite station was at RAF Silverstone. Alan recounts some of his activities on leave.
Alan was posted to the 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Winthorpe where he first encountered Lancasters. A flight engineer was added to their crew.
Alan discusses the large losses of Bomber Command and also Australians.
He details a “bullseye” exercise to London when the radio malfunctioned and Alan had to navigate by dead reckoning. A few days later, they had to abort an attack on the Ruhr. They were almost hit from below on their return journey.
When Germany surrendered, the Australians were sent to RAF Worksop. Alan spent VE Day in London. After the atomic bomb on Japan, Alan briefly found a job in London before sailing back to Australia.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Aylesbury]]> England--Kirton in Lindsey]]> England--Minehead]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> 1942-06-29]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Wendover]]> 1938-04]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Africa]]> Egypt]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Kent]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1948]]>
Top left - Stephen and Joy Dawson in centre of wedding photograph of nine people in front of church door. Captioned 'Most important half'.

Top right - Stephen and Joy Dawson stand in front of wedding party photograph of group in front of church door. Captioned 'Full set'.

Middle left - group of four women and two men in formal wear standing in a garden with house with window in background. Captioned 'Relations'.

Middle right - group of men in suits with one woman standing in a garden with house in the background. Captioned 'The Kreme - under the weather like the photographer (Dad)'.

Bottom left - Stephen Dawson in airline uniform and another man in suit stand with Joy Dawson and bridesmaids all in wedding attire. Captioned 'Diversion? Enter the Kreme with pints for all'.

Bottom right - Stephen and Joy Dawson standing in a garden. In the background a man is kneeling alongside a bridesmaid talking to a child. In the background trees. Captioned 'What IS the best man doing'.

Right page.

Title 'Honeymoon Oct 47'

Top left - Joy Dawson in coat and hat standing in a columned doorway. Caption 'Lets go in - the woman'.

Top right - Hotel on a riverbank with surrounding trees. Captioned 'The Complete Angler - Marlow'.

bottom left - in the foreground a river with weir on the right. On the far bank on the left a church. Caption 'The church and weir'.

Bottom right - Stephen Dawson in a rowing boat with no oars in a river. On the far bank a building. Captioned 'Sink or swim - the man'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Marlow (Buckinghamshire)]]> 1947-10]]>

Top left - Two swans in water at riverside. Captioned 'Swans'

Top right - Joy Dawson sitting on a fence on the riverbank. In the background trees line the bank and a church. Captioned 'The feeder of'.

Bottom left - Joy Dawson sitting leaning against a tree with river in the background. Captioned 'Resting'.

Bottom right - the Compleat Angler Hotel from Marlow bridge with river in the foreground. Captioned 'Same place!'.

Right page.

Title 'Bassett Woods'

Top left - Joy Dawson holding a kitten with another woman both wearing jacket and skirt standing on a road in front of a car. Captioned 'New'.

Top right - Woman wearing jacket and skirt standing in road beside a car'.

Middle left - Joy Dawson wearing jacket and skirt standing with one foot on running board of a car.

Bottom left - head and shoulders view of woman.

Bottom right - Joy Dawson wearing jacket and skirt standing holding a kitten and talking to a man wearing dark jacket. In the background a car and trees. Captioned 'Kitten - "Mickey"'. On the reverse 'Mummy and Daddy Nov 47'.]]>
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Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--West Midlands]]> England--Wolverhampton]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Stamford]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Thetford]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Carlisle]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Theale (West Berkshire)]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Northampton]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--High Wycombe]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Godalming]]> England--Norwich]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Scotland--Angus]]> Scotland--Arbroath]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Warrington]]> England--Devon]]> England--Plymouth]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Doncaster]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Gosport]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Bedford]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Cheltenham]]> England--Cirencester]]> England--Chippenham (Wiltshire)]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Shrewsbury]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Scotland--Invergordon]]> England--Andover]]> Wales--Mid Glamorgan]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> Wales--Dyfed]]> Wales--Aberystwyth]]> England--Kent]]> England--Ramsgate]]> Germany]]> New Zealand]]> New Zealand--Dargaville]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cambridge]]> England--London]]> England--Hounslow]]> England--Cumberland]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Royal Wootton Bassett]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1955]]> 1960]]> Although he wanted to be a pilot, Ted’s skills were needed as a flight engineer. He was posted to 35 Squadron at Linton-on-Ouse in 1940 where he encountered Flight Lieutenant Leonard Cheshire. Later that year, Ted found a crew and aircraft and started operations over Germany. After only four operations, he went to instruct pilots and flight engineers on Halifaxes at 102 Squadron.
Ted was posted to Pathfinders 35 Squadron and was the first flight engineer to be commissioned. After 47 operations, he volunteered and was sent for training as a mid-upper gunner to a Pathfinder Training Unit and 7 Squadron, who needed experienced people. He had to learn about Lancasters, which he compares in some detail to Halifaxes.
Ted outlines the work of the Pathfinders and how the system became more sophisticated. He encountered Donald Bennett and once flew with him, as well as flying with Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris to Brazil.
Ted flew 108 operations (47 on Halifaxes and 61 on Lancasters). He was awarded a Distinguished Service Order.
Ted did an engineering officers’ course at RAF St Athan, followed by 24 Squadron, a VIP transport squadron, flying Lancastrians.
After pilot training in 1947, Ted was flight commander on 217 squadron. He flew Neptunes, which he compares favourably to Shackletons. Ted was then posted to Germany for two years as adjutant with an Air Observation Post squadron and flew Austers. He left the RAF because of impaired hearing.]]>
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Maurice carried out 12 operations but never used his guns in action. Most of the operations were in daylight although he flew night-time operations to Kiel and Potsdam. He then took part in Operation Manna and flew troops to and from Italy. Maurice also participated in tours for ground crew to witness the damage in Germany.
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Gary Rushbrooke]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Sound]]> Great Britain]]> England--Barrow-in-Furness]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Italy]]> 1944-01]]> 1945]]>
Initially posted to 527 Squadron, which was Canadian, at RAF Digby and then to 695 squadron at RAF Bircham Newton working on drogue towing aircraft.
Posted overseas, he arrived at RAF Chakeri near Kampur where he worked on servicing B-24 and C-47 aircraft for South East Asia Command. He recalls that as an airframe mechanic he had to sign the Form 700 certifying that all the other trades had carried out their servicing correctly.
The local town was largely off-limits and only certain parts were allowed to be visited. The weather was very hot and in the summer hill parties were sent to the hills to escape the heat. Peter spent his 21st birthday at Darjeeling. When hostilities ceased the spent its time dismantling and scrapping B-24s aircraft. Whilst India was partitioned, Peter's demobilisation was postponed in case of tensions between India and Pakistan.
After two and a half years he was sent home via Liverpool, where he saw his first jet, and was demobilised in July 1947.
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