IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Germany]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Steinfurt (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Great Britain]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Coventry]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Manchester]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1947-05]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> Bottom - target photograph showing anti-aircraft fire. Captioned '3838 LSGN 4/5.4.45,NT[..] 18000, 034, 01.32.24 LUTZKENDOF 8, 3NIC1000DT, 26 SECs F/O Quine, B 582'. ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]> Germany--Bremen]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Hamilton]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]> Germany--Zweibrücken]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-04-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-03-14]]> Jim Cahir]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Mühlberg (Bad Liebenwerda)]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Germany]]> Poland]]> Belgium]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> Jim arrived at a personnel reception centre in Bournemouth. He was sent to become a pilot instructor at a single engine aerodrome on Tiger Moths. They had started a grading scheme for pilots who would do 80 flying hours, as an alternative to going to Canada. He spent time in Southam, Ansty and Perth. They wanted to train crews to become Pathfinders. Jim was sent to RAF Bruntingthorpe, an Operational Training Unit, on Wellingtons, followed by a heavy conversion course at RAF Swinderby on Stirlings. He went to the Lancaster Finishing School at RAF Syerston. For the last six months, Jim was posted to 106 Squadron at RAF Metheringham to train as a Pathfinder pilot. He did operations to Rheinau; Tønsberg, Oslofjord; and, Lutzkendorf. Jim describes how and where he spent his leave and discusses the Drem Lighting System at RAF Metheringham.
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The three images on the first sheet cover nine bombing operations as well as training and air test flights. Each image has the operational targets listed alongside.

The three images on the second sheet cover air tests and flights for Operations Dodge and Exodus.

Two images on the third sheet cover flights for Operation Dodge. The third image shows accumulated flying hours. His pilot on operations was Flight Lieutenant Mansfield.

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G Royall]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Paderborn]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Tibenham]]> Italy]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> Germany--Hannover]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04]]> 1945-06]]> 1945-08]]> 1945-09]]> 1945-10]]>
E Hookings]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Shropshire]]> Great Britain]]> 1944]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1945]]> He describes their capture, mistreatment and interrogations at various locations. After interrogations at Dulag Luft they were sent to a transit camp in Frankfurt then on by train to Heydekrug, Stalag Luft VI. Although their camp section was new it was cramped and basic. He describes camp life in detail. As the Russians got closer they were sent by train to an Army camp at Thorn. He read a copy of NCO education in the camp. These courses were extremely popular and supported by text books sent from the UK. Exams were sat and papers sent to the UK for marking. At Thorn they marched to Stammlager 357 but not for long. They then marched back to the railway and were sent to Fallingbostel. He describes the rail journey in detail, then in greater detail he describes camp life.
Later he was moved to an officer's camp at Eichstadt. This turned out to be an Army camp which refused them and they were sent to Sagan. He stayed there for a short time then was moved to Stalag Luft 3, then 111A. As the Russians neared they moved again. After a couple of days waiting in trucks they returned to their camp. The railway system was breaking down as the end of the war neared.
After the Russians reached them they were allowed out of the camp but still remained billeted there. He writes about his impressions of the Russians.
His journey home was delayed by rain that did not allow aircraft to fly.
His story ends with his retelling of the night his aircraft was shot down, his night in Brussels and his return to England.]]>
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