IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> Florida--Miami]]> Florida]]> 1942-04-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> Florida--Miami]]> Florida]]> 1942-03-29]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> Florida--Miami]]> Florida]]> 1941-05-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> Florida--Miami]]> Florida]]> 1942-04-05]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> MIke Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> United States]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--West Midlands]]> Florida--Miami]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Netherlands--Ameland Island]]> Florida]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943-04-26]]> 1943-04-27]]> 1943-04-28]]> 1943-04-30]]> 1943-05-01]]> Rainer Studio]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> United States]]> Florida]]> Florida--Fort Walton Beach]]> Florida]]> Herbert O'Hara]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Navy]]> Royal Air Force]]> Atlantic Ocean]]> Iceland]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> United States]]> Florida--Lakeland]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Greenock]]> Nova Scotia]]> Ontario]]> Florida]]> 1941-06]]> Pam Locker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathy Brearley]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Algeria]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> United States]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Florida--Miami]]> Florida--Pensacola]]> Bosnia and Herzegovina]]> Bosnia and Herzegovina--Sarajevo]]> Italy--Trieste]]> North Africa]]> Florida]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> England--Shropshire]]> Florida--Valparaiso]]> Florida]]> 1945]]> 1946]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> Alabama]]> Florida]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Georgia--Atlanta]]> France--Le Creusot]]> France--Montbéliard]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> Italy]]> Georgia]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-02-22]]> 1943-02-25]]> 1943-02-28]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-15]]> 1943-04-30]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-05-28]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-05-30]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-19]]> 1943-06-20]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-07-13]]> 1943-07-14]]> 1943-07-15]]> 1943-07-16]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-26]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1943-07-31]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-13]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-24]]> 1943-08-25]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-09-29]]> 1943-09-30]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-09-01]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> Florida--Lakeland]]> Florida]]> 1941]]> 1942]]>
(The notebook is incomplete.)]]>
Leonard Dorricott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Torquay]]> Canada]]> Florida--Miami]]> England--London]]> United States]]> Florida]]> England--Eastbourne (East Sussex)]]> Florida]]> England--Sussex]]> 1941]]> 1942]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> United States]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Florida--Miami]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Cuxhaven]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Plauen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wettin]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--Turin]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> Florida]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1943-04-27]]> 1943-04-28]]> 1943-04-30]]> 1943-05-01]]> 1943-05-04]]> 1943-05-05]]> 1943-05-12]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-05-14]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-14]]> 1943-06-15]]> 1943-06-16]]> 1943-06-17]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-06-26]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-10]]> 1943-07-12]]> 1943-07-13]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-03]]> 1943-08-07]]> 1943-08-08]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-24]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-07]]> 1943-09-29]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-07]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-05-02]]> 1945-05-04]]> 1945-05-11]]> 1945-06-18]]> 1945-07-09]]> 1945-08-16]]> 1945-08-20]]> 1945-10-01]]> 1945-10-10]]> 1945-10-25]]> 1945-10-26]]> 1945-11-20]]> 1945-11-26]]> 1945-11-30]]> 1945-12-08]]> 1946-01-04]]> 1946-01-14]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Dorricott, Leonard William. Folder PDorricottLW1509]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> Florida--Miami]]> Florida]]> 1942]]>
On the reverse of the second photograph 'Navigation training at Miami University'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Dorricott, Leonard William. Folder PDorricottLW1509]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> Florida--Miami]]> Florida]]> 1942]]> Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Richard Bracknall]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Florida--Lake Okeechobee]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Munich]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> Florida]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1944]]> Flying training commenced at RAF Booker on Tiger Moths and he was then sent out of England as part of the Empire Training Scheme. Flying training on Stearman aircraft recommenced at Lakeland in Florida followed by multi-engined training at Macon in Georgia and Valdosta for advanced training. In October 1942 he became a pilot under the American Army Air Force System and declined an offer to stay and become an instructor.
Returning to Britain on an unescorted Queen Elizabeth liner, he trained on Oxfords at RAF Little Rissington. Posted to RAF Harwell to fly, in Bluey's terms "clapped out Wellingtons" he describes the system for forming a crew. They were posted to RAF Riccall to fly the Halifax.
The next posting was to an operational squadron at RAF Lissett where he did his first operational flight to Krefeld in June 1943 and trips to Berlin, Cologne and Mannheim. After his trip to Krefeld, his rear gunner refused to fly and was removed. On his second trip to Mannheim, Bluey's aircraft was struck by a bomb from an aircraft flying above. They had to reduce height and so used Window to disguise their location. The final trip was to Berlin in November 1943 and, having completed his tour, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Bluey never flew again. Sent to Tilly Whim, Bluey was trained to operate Oboe and explains the device. Posted to an Oboe station at RAF Winterton to monitor junior operatives, he met his future wife.
After the war had finished he became an instructor on the Link Trainer and sent to various RAF stations and finally to RAF Marham from where he was demobilised and returned to civilian life. In civilian life, employment in the farm feed industry was followed by time in the lubricant industry until retirement. Bluey compiled a register of all crews that flew with 158 Squadron and formed a Squadron association in 1947, of which he became president, and organised a memorial to the squadron at former RAF Lissett.]]>
Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Canada]]> United States]]> Florida]]> Florida--Lakeland]]> Georgia]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> 1943-06]]> 1943-11]]>
Rod Pickles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> Alabama--Tuscaloosa]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--London]]> Florida--Miami]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Florida]]> Alabama]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1943-04-17]]> 1944-08]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Second generation]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Manchester]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia]]> United States]]> Florida]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Milan]]> Netherlands]]> England--Rutland]]> Germany--Hesse]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Lancashire]]> China--Hong Kong]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> 1942-12]]> 1943-02]]> 1943-03-11]]> 1943-05-12]]> 1944-06-22]]> Ian Locker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Florida]]> 1939]]> 1943]]> Alastair Montgomery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ian Whapplington]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States]]> Florida]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> Scotland--Aberdeenshire]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> Atlantic Ocean--Irish Sea]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> Atlantic Ocean--Irish Sea]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> Alabama--Montgomery]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Florida--Arcadia]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Florida]]> Alabama]]> 1940]]> 1941-03-03]]> 1943-09-27]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> United States]]> Alabama--Montgomery]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Florida--Lakeland]]> France--Aisne]]> France--Essonne]]> France--Marseille]]> France--Paris]]> France--Toulouse]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Bari]]> Scotland--Perth]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> Poland]]> Florida]]> Alabama]]> Georgia]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-06]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1945]]> 1944-04-05]]> Alastair Montgomery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Shaw]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> United States]]> Florida]]> Florida--Pensacola]]> England--Devon]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Harrogate]]> North Africa]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Italy]]> Italy--Brindisi]]> Ireland]]> Florida]]> Great Britain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> United States]]> Florida]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Essen]]> Italy]]> Italy--Milan]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> China]]> China--Hong Kong]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Kent]]> England--Ashford]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>