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Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-11-24]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 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]]>

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His pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Munro, Squadron Leader Riches DFC and Squadron Leader De Wesselow DFC & bar. ]]> James Wrigley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Ottignies]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Lens]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Frankfurt (Oder)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Pilot Officer Munro DFM and Squadron Leader Riches DFC. ]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Singapore]]> Sri Lanka]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Ottignies]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Lens]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Milan]]> Scotland--Grampian]]> Sri Lanka--Western Province]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> North Africa]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-03]]> 1943-08-08]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-13]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-20]]> 1943-10-21]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-17]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-25]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-11-27]]> 1943-12-02]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> His pilots on operations were Sergeant Clark, Flight Sergeant Banks, Pilot Officer Medley and Pilot Officer Rodbourne. He was killed on his tenth operation, to Stuttgart. At the end of the book there is a photo of the grave site with six headstones.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-07]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]>