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Part 1. Bob Panton was a child during the war. One day as his father was coming towards their house Bob saw three Dornier 17 come into view. Then out of the sun came six Spitfires and a battle started in front of him. Bob saw the Dorniers shot down and rushed to the crash site with his friend to see the site. Of the surviving German aircrew one was taken to the local cottage hospital where he spat in the face of the nurse. Bob’s brother was a rear gunner in a Wellington and was traumatised when the Perspex in his turret was shot away around him. Bob joined the ATC at the earliest opportunity before joining the RAF proper and training to be a pilot. He took part in the Berlin Airlift.

Part 2. Bob Panton was fascinated with aircraft ever since a friend of his brother gave him a taxi ride on his Avro 504k. After his wartime experiences in his childhood Bob joined the RAF and trained as a pilot. He took part in the Berlin Airlift. In later years Bob became a guide showing visitors around the aircraft of the museum and hearing their own stories and experiences. ]]>
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Records a total of 45 operations (42 night, 3 day) with 9 and 97 Squadron. Targets in Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands are: Berlin, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Stettin, Brunswick, Magdeburg, Stuttgart, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Marignane, Munich, Clermont Ferrand, Toulouse, Louailles, Annecy, Amiens, Maisy, St. Pierre du Mont, Argentan, Rennes, Poitiers, Greil (Saint-Leu-d'Esserent), Culmont Chalindrey, Nevers, Courtrai, Donges, Givors, Brest, Deelen Airfield, Bordeaux, Darmstadt and Konigsberg.
His pilot on all operations was F/O Lasham.

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Geoff Blamires]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Italy]]> Italy--Naples]]> 1945-09-09]]> Geoff Blamires]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Italy]]> Italy--Naples]]> 1945-09-09]]> Geoff Blamires]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Italy]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1946-01-03]]> Geoff Blamires]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> Italy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1946-01-03]]> Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for David Charles Davies from November 1940 to 24 March 1948 detailing his training, operational and post conflict duties. Training was with No.5 Air Observer's School at RAF Jurby and Operational Training Units at RAF Finningley and RAF Bircotes. Aircraft flown in were, Dominie, Proctor, Blenhiem, Anson, Wellington, Manchester, Oxford, Lancaster, Halifax and Stirling, He flew a total of 59 operations all with 61 Squadron, 11 daylight and 48 night operations. Pilots flown with were Pilot Officer Clarke, Flight Sergeant Turner, Squadron Leader Deas, Flight Officer Foster and Squadron Leader Beard. David flew as bomb aimer in 52 operations, wireless operator/gunner in five and air gunner in two. 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Served at RAF Halton, RAF Wittering, RAF Hornchurch, RAF Eastchurch, RAF Harrogate, RAF Little Rissington, RAF Market Harborough, RAF Scampton, RAF Wiglsey, RAF Syerston, RAF Skellingthorpe, RAF Wymeswold, RAF Castle Donington,

Aircraft flown were DH 82 Tiger Moth, Stearman, Valiant, Harvard, Commodore, Catalina, Anson, Oxford, Wellington X, Stirling III, Norseman (C64), Lancaster, Dakota, Sea Otter, Auster, York, Sunderland.

Carried out 5 day and 27 night operations with 50 Squadron to Darmstadt, Bremerhaven, Rheydt, Kaiserslautern, Munster, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Nuremberg, Flushing docks, Bergen, Dusseldorf, the Dortmund-Ems Canal, the Mitteland Canal, Harburg, Duren, Heilbronn, the Urft Dam, Heimbach, Munich, Politz, Houffalize, Leuna, Brux, Siegen, the Rositz Oil Refinery, the Bohlen Synthetic Oil Plant, Wurzburg. He also carried out two Operation Exodus flights.

Awarded the DFC after an operation during which his aircraft was hit by bombs from another aircraft above him. He successfully flew his aircraft back to England. Includes various newspaper clippings.]]>
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]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1943-05-22]]> 1943-05-23]]> Stationed at RAF Hinaidi, RAF Driffield, RAF Manston, RAF Honington, RAF Bramcote, RAF Bassingbourn, RAF Feltwell, RAF Shallufa. Returned to England post-war staying in the RAF. Aircraft flown were Valentia, Harrow, Wellington, Magister, Lysander, Maryland, Fiat CR42, B26, Harvard, Auster, Proctor, Anson, and Prentice.
He flew 1 propaganda leaflet drop with 11 OTU, 1 day and 21 night operations with 37 Squadron in Europe. Targets were St Omer, Eindhoven, Soest, Osnabruck, Frankfurt, Stockum, Bottrop, Hannover, the Black Forest, Gelsenkirchen, Hamm, Flushing, Bitterfeld, Rotterdam, Mannheim, Leipzig, Kiel, Hamburg, Berlin.
12 day and 18 night operations with 37 Squadron and 257 Wing in the Middle East. Targets were Benina, El Adem, Derna, Berca, Bardia, Tobruk, Benghazi, Rhodes, Brindisi, Halfaya, Marble Arch landing ground, Heraklion, Misurata, Homs, Palermo, Gabes, the Mareth Line, El Hamma, Kourba, Pantelleria, Villa San Giovanni, Vibo Valentia, Adrano, Cape Peloro. Posted to HQ RAF Middle East where carried out 28 day supply dropping operations.
Post war career included postings to Air Division Control Commission Germany, Flying Training Command, 41 Group, 22 Maintenance Unit and RAF Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Log book also contains Form 3921 – Aircrew Qualification Record, a 1949 calendar and Form 2745 Record of Service, Educational and Professional Qualifications.]]>
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#1 is a letter commanded by the Queen thanking him for his service.
#2 is a letter appointing him to General Duties.
#3 is a letter that can be used as a reference. It mentions his role in the filming of The Dam Busters.
#4 is a letter approving his premature retirement.]]>
Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> 1954-08-24]]> 1958-01-10]]> 1958-03-10]]>
G Newberry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1958]]> 1957]]> 1956]]> 1955]]> 1954]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Singapore]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Singapore]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1953-09-05]]> 1953-09-08]]> 1953-09-21]]> 1953-11-18]]> 1953-11-22]]> 1953-11-24]]> 1953-11-26]]> 1953-11-29]]> 1953-12-07]]> 1953-12-08]]> 1953-12-09]]> 1953-12-23]]> 1954]]> 1954-01-01]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> Libya]]> Sudan]]> Egypt--Ismailia (Province)]]> Egypt--Natrun Valley]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Libya--Cyrenaica]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Scotland--Orkney]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Sudan--Port Sudan]]> North Africa]]> 1939]]> 1940-12-04]]> 1941-02-04]]> 1941-02-12]]> 1941-02-18]]> 1941-02-22]]> 1941-02-27]]> 1941-03-03]]> 1941-03-05]]> 1941-03-09]]> 1941-03-10]]> 1941-03-15]]> 1941-03-16]]> 1941-03-18]]> 1941-03-24]]> 1941-03-28]]> 1941-04-01]]> 1941-04-02]]> 1941-04-04]]> 1941-04-06]]> 1941-04-07]]> 1941-04-08]]> 1941-04-09]]> 1941-04-11]]> 1941-04-12]]> 1941-04-13]]> 1941-05-03]]> 1941-05-08]]> 1941-05-12]]> 1941-05-13]]> 1941-05-16]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> 1943-11-10]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-11-27]]> 1943-12-02]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-04]]> On the right, a postcard captioned 'Parish Church, Sutton Bridge'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Peterborough]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1946]]>