Claire Bennett]]> This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> North Africa]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1940]]> 1941-06]]>
After pre-aircrew flying, he was posted to 12 Squadron for operations in 1942. After completing his first tour of 30 operations posted to 1667 Conversion Unit, then No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. In November 1944 posted to 153 Squadron for 2nd tour. Post war posting to 50 Squadron and attachment to 57 Squadron.

Served at RAF Penrhos, RAF Wickenby, RAF Faldingworth, RAF Hemswell, RAF Scampton, RAF Sturgate, Raf Waddington.

Aircraft flown were Avro Tutor, Fairey Battle, Whitley, Anson, Lancaster, Halifax.

He flew 33 night bombing and mining operations with 12 Squadron as Flight Engineer to targets including La Rochelle, North Frisian Islands, Essen, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Turin, Lorient, Milan, Bremen, Nuremberg, Saint-Nazaire, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Spezia, Stuttgart, Gulf of Danzig, Bay of Biscay, Mulheim, Wuppertal and Cologne. His pilots in 12 Squadron were Wing Commander Villiers and Squadron Leader Slade.

With 153 Squadron he flew 3 night and 1 day bombing operations to Wanne-Eickel, Bonn, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and Paderborn. Also 3 Operation Manna, 2 Operation Dodge and one Cook’s Tour. In 153 Squadron his pilots were Flying Officers White, Bolton, Searle, Freeborn, Squadron Leader Rippingale, Flight Lieutenant Ramsden and Wing Commanders Rodney and Villiers.

Also two Operation Dodge with 50 Squadron. Flight Lieutenant Lundy was his pilot in 50 Squadron.

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His pilot on all operations was F/O Lasham.

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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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Records a total of 25 night operations (plus one with Duties Not Carried Out) with 196 Squadron. Targets in Germany, France and the Netherlands are: Bochum, Brest (minelaying), Cologne, Dortmund, Duisberg, Dusseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Frisians (minelaying), Gelsenkirchen, Heligoland Bight (minelaying), Kiel, Krefeld, Lorient (minelaying), Manheim, Mulheim, St Nazaire, Wuppertal.
Pilots on operations with 196 Squadron were W/O Ritchie and Sgt Sneddon.
Also records 33 operations (23 Night, 10 day, 5 with Duties Not Carried Out) with 355 Squadron against Japanese forces during the Burma campaign 1944-5. Targets in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam include:
Akyab, Amarapura, Andaman Islands, Bangkok, Hanoi, Jumbhorn, Khorat, Kyaukse, Kyetsha, Madaya, Mahlaing, Mandalay, Martaban Point, Martaban, Maymyo, Mokpalin railway yards, Monywa, Myingyan, Myittha, Na Nien, Ramree Island, Rangoon, Tiddim-Impall Road, Yenangyaung, Ywataung.
Pilots on operations with 355 Squadron were Squadron Leader MacDougall, Flight Lieutenant Giles, Flight Lieutenant Jackson, Flight Lieutenant Scott, Squadron Leader Falconer, Pilot Officer Dean, Warrant Officer Campbell, Flight Sergeant Turner, Warrant Officer Long and Warrant Officer Painter.]]>
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The last pages of the logbook contain four b/w photographs of Walter Braithwaite, airmen standing in front of an aircraft and a man playing basketball. ]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Benjamin Turner]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Somme]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Caen]]> France--Palaiseau]]> France--Saint-Lô]]> France--Montreuil]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Lille]]> France--Laon]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Belgium--Ottignies]]> Germany]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Schleswig-Holstein]]> Germany--Neuruppin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Canada]]> 1942]]> 1943-09-17]]> 1943-09-18]]> 1943-09-21]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-02-08]]> 1944-02-11]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-22]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-28]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-06]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944-03-08]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-29]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-18]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-07-01]]> 1944-07-11]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-17]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-09-09]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-21]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-15]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1945-04-20]]> 1945-04-23]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-05-16]]>
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Benjamin Turner]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> France--Laon]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-17]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-20]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-28]]> 1944-03-29]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-13]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Douai]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Paris]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Reims]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Forêt du Croc]]> France--Siracourt]]> France--Somme]]> France--Tours]]> France--Vierzon]]> Germany]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Tilburg]]> Netherlands--Uden]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> France--Œuf-en-Ternois]]> France--Domléger-Longvillers]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-03-29]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1944-07-01]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-03]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-06]]> 1944-09-08]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> Served at RAF Dumfries, RAF North Luffenham, RAF Swinderby, RAF Syerston, RAF East Kirkby, RAF Woodhall Spa. Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Anson, Botha, Wellington, Lancaster. Carried out a total of 39 operations. One night propaganda leaflet drop with 29 OTU, 11 night operations with 106 Squadron, 11 night operations with 630 Squadron, 9 day and 7 night operations with 617 Squadron. Targets included Paris, Berlin, Nuremberg, München Gladbach, Munich, Kassel, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Hannover, Dusseldorf, Toulouse, Saumur Tunnel, Le Havre, Boulogne, Watten, St Omer, Wizernes, Rilly la Montagne, Siracourt, Etaples, Brest. His pilot on operations was Flying Officer Cheney.

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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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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Cosgrove, Teddy. Album]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leeds]]> England--Devon]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Vegesack]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> France]]> Germany]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Rhineland]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Bexhill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Caen Region]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> France--Saint-Riquier]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Netherlands]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Rheine]]> France--Fontenay]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> #2 is a silhouetted Lancaster captioned 'Aircraft LS-T No 15 Squadron Frankfurt 11/4/43'.
#3 is a Lancaster on the ground with the sun setting.
#4 is a Lancaster in flight silhouetted by the sun, captioned 'Aircraft JO-E No 467 Squadron Berlin 28/1/44'.]]>
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