He was stationed at RCAF Rivers (1 CNS), RAF Dumfries (10 OAFU), RAF Silverstone and Turweston (17 OTU), RAF Wigsley (1654 HCU), RAF Syerston (5 LFS), RAF Metheringham (106 Squadron), RAF Warboys (PFNTU) and RAF Coningsby (97 Squadron). Aircraft flown in were Anson, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster and Lincoln. He flew on sixteen night and one day operations with 106 Squadron and three night operations with 97 Squadron, total 20 plus two mining and three Exodus. ]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Germany--Böhlen]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Harburg (Landkreis)]]> Germany--Ladbergen]]> Germany--Borna (Leipzig)]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Neubrandenburg]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Germany--Altenburg (Thuringia)]]> England--Cumberland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Scotland--Dumfries]]> Norway--Horten]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Canada]]> Manitoba]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> Czech Republic]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Göttingen]]> Germany--Ladbergen]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Munich]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> Manitoba--Rivers]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-12-13]]> 1944-12-16]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-04-07]]> 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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