David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hugh Donnelly]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> Alabama]]> Georgia]]> Texas]]> France]]> France--Reims]]> Germany--Troisdorf]]> 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]]> 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]]> 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.]]>
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Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch ]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> Great Britain]]> Alabama]]> Georgia]]> Alabama--Montgomery]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Georgia--Americus]]> England--Staffordshire]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> His first or second pilots on operations were Flight Sergeant Myers, Sergeant Ward and Flying Officer Bennett. His log book is stamped Killed in action. This item has been reproduced with the kind Permission of the Trustees of the Royal Air Force Museum.]]> 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]]> United States]]> Alabama--Dale County]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Montluçon]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Scotland--Kinloss]]> Alabama]]> Georgia]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-09-15]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-09-29]]> 1943-09-30]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-25]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-11-30]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-17]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> His pilot for his first 'second dickie' operation was Pilot Officer Turnbull. There is a green endorsement at the end for skill in bombing the target and returning with a damaged aircraft after a mid-air collision. The log book also contains four crew pictures with details and a paper clipping after his tour of the far East. Harold Blow was killed on 22nd May 1954 flying with 616 Royal Auxilliary Air Force flying a Meteor 8.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Things]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Georgia]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Georgia]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Georgia]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Georgia]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> Georgia--Baker County]]> Georgia]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> Georgia--Worth County]]> Georgia]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> Georgia--Worth County]]> Georgia--Baker County]]> Georgia--Camilla]]> Georgia]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> Georgia--Worth County]]> Georgia--Atkinson County]]> Georgia--Ware County]]> Georgia]]> Top right - distant view of a twin engine transport aircraft with buildings in the background.
Left middle - a line of marching airmen mostly in khaki uniform but one with blue battledress top and another with blue tunic.
Right middle - a man sitting on step in front of a building.
Bottom left - view down the Flint River with Broad Avenue bridge, Albany, in the background.
Bottom right - a man standing by a coach with another coach an building in the background. On the reverse 'Albany, Georgia, D J Marks'.]]>
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