IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> France]]> France--Aulnoye-Aymeries]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Creil]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Pauillac (Gironde)]]> France--Poissy]]> France--Revigny-sur-Ornain]]> France--Versailles]]> Germany]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Hildesheim]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Osterfeld]]> Germany--Pforzheim]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Zeitz]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-02]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> France--Aulnoye-Aymeries]]> France--Caen]]> France--Caumont-L'Eventé]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Dieppe (Arrondissement)]]> France--Flers-de-l'Orne]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Maintenon]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Revigny-sur-Ornain]]> France--Rouen]]> France--Siracourt]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> France--Vierzon]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> France--Reims]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Forêt du Croc]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 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]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-18]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1944-07-01]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> Log book One.

E W Cropper’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from February 1944 to 6th October 1950, recording training, operations, instructional and staff duties as a navigator. Aircraft in which flown: Stirling, Lancaster III, Lancaster VII (FE), Halifax II and V, Wellington XIII, Oxford, Anson, Proctor, Mosquito B35, Lincoln 2B. Based at: RAF Jurby (No. 5 Air Observer School), RAF Wratting Common (1651 Conversion Unit), RAF Hemswell (1 Lancaster Finishing School), RAF Elsham Wolds (103 Squadron), RAF Blyton (1662 Heavy Conversion Unit), RAF Shawbury (Empire Central Navigation School/Empire Air Navigation School), RAF Lindholme (1656 Heavy Conversion Unit), RAF Oakington and RAF Mepal (7 Squadron), RAF High Wycombe and RAF Booker (Bomber Command Communications Flight), RAF Waddington (57 Squadron) and RAF Scampton (Bomber Command Instrument Rating and Examining Flight).

Records a total of 29 completed operations (26 night, 3 day)) on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany: Aulnoye, Caen, Calais, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, Flers, Friedrichshaven, Gelsenkirchen, Hasselt, Karlsruhe, Kiel Bay, Le Havre, Mailly-Le-Camp, Maintenon, Mardyck, Marquise-Mimoyecques, Orleans, Rennes (St Jacques airfield), Revigny, Saintes, Sanneville, Scholven, St Martins-de-Varreville, Sterkrade, Vire and Wimereux. He also flew 3 Cook's Tour flights and two Operation Dodge flights. Post-war he served with 7 and 57 Squadrons. His pilot on operations was Pilot Officer Moore.

Log Book Two.

E W Cropper’s RAF Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers from 17 May 1943 to 16th April 1945, recording training, operations, instructional and staff duties as a navigator. Entitled “PERSONAL LOGBOOK”, includes detailed personal notes about training courses, first operational tour (“29 sorties”), instructor and staff navigator training. Aircraft in which flown: Tiger Moth, Stirling, Lancaster III, Halifax II and V, Wellington XIII, Oxford, Anson. Based at: RAF Shellingford (No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School), RAF Jurby (No. 5 Air Observer School), RAF Wratting Common (1651 Conversion Unit), RAF Hemswell (1 Lancaster Finishing School), RAF Elsham Wolds (103 Squadron), RAF Blyton (1662 Heavy Conversion Unit) and RAF Shawbury (Empire Air Navigation School).

Records a total of 29 completed operations (26 night, 3 day) on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany: Aulnoye, Caen, Calais, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, Flers, Friedrichshaven, Gelsenkirchen, Hasselt, Karlsruhe, Kiel Bay, Le Havre, Mailly-Le-Camp, Maintenon, Mardyck, Marquise-Mimoyecques, Orleans, Rennes (St Jacques airfield), Revigny, Saintes, Sanneville, Scholven, St Martins-de-Varreville, Sterkrade, Vire and Wimereux. His pilot on operations was Pilot Officer Moore.

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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]]>
Chris Johnson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Chris Johnson]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France]]> France--Revigny-sur-Ornain]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1946-03]]> France--Revigny-sur-Ornain]]> ]]> Ron Merrideth]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hugh Donnelly]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Revigny-sur-Ornain]]> Germany--Luckenwalde]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> 1944-07]]> 1945-02]]> William Taylor]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Karl Williams]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Revigny-sur-Ornain]]> Germany--Luckenwalde]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1945]]>