IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Rhineland]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Cologne]]> France--Gennevilliers]]> 1942-11-16]]> On the left and right - RAF bases and operations carried out from them.
On the right - a map on northern Europe and United Kingdom showing routes to targets in France, Italy, Germany and Poland. At the bottom - labelled '5 Group Bomber Command 1942-1944'.
In the background fighter and other jet aircraft.]]>
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Relates to photographs C3518, C3229, C3206, C4375, CH13328, C3835, C4192.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frank Batten]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Munich]]>

Relates to photographs C3518, C2397, C3214, C3229, C3206, C3207, C3835, C4192, C4375, CH13328.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Italy]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Genoa]]> 1942-10-24]]> 1943-10]]> 1944-03-08]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]>
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Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Angela Gaffney]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Germany--Kiel]]> France--Méaulte]]> Germany--Herdecke]]> Germany--Schwerte]]> Germany--Sorpe Dam]]> France--La Pallice]]> Italy--Naples]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France--Tours]]> Austria--Linz]]> Germany--Norderney]]> France--Cherbourg]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Rechlin]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Italy]]> France]]> Germany--Möhne River Dam]]> Germany]]> Denmark]]> Austria]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Denmark--Ålborg]]> 1943]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Angela Gaffney]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Netherlands--Amsterdam]]> Germany--Remscheid]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Norway--Haugesund]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Italy--Novara]]> France--Istres]]> Italy--Bologna]]> France--Saint-Malo]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Italy]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> Records 27 operations (26 night, one day, several abandoned for various reasons) on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany (some targets not named when duties not carried out): Boulogne, Bremen, Brest, Cherbourg, Cologne, Duisberg, Essen, Hamburg (abandoned), Hamburg, Nantes, Ostend, Paris, Rostock, St. Nazaire, Stettin, Vichy, and Warnemunde. His first pilot on first four operations were Pilot Officer Godfrey, Sergeant Robertson and Pilot Officer Joyce. Also includes technical notes, several personal notes (including a poem), and two endorsements, one in green.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Allies inflicting losses and slowing down Japan’s progress in Burma Campaign. Four new American destroyers launched early in 50 minutes. Admiral Stark, Commander in Chief of American Navy, confident of victory, with the United States’ accelerating shipbuilding programme. False news about French bombing of several British cities in south. Laval and Darlan receive visits from Japanese admirals, Nomura and Abe. For their safety, French will be alerted when time is right to join in any operations.

Laval’s apparent solicitude for the workers is masking a significant shortage of workers; Gauleiter Sauckel urgently requires foreign workers in Germany. Churchill announces surrender of Diego Suarez by French. United States declaration to Vichy ambassador on why Great Britain has occupied Madagascar; United States support with its return promised after victory.

Gauleiter Sauckel’s severe workforce problems, the reasons and solutions, including need for Laval to find French workers for him.]]>
Great Britain. Political Warfare Executive]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Sally Coulter]]> fra]]> Text]]> MBowkerDG[Ser#-DoB]-151216-090002,
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The bombing operations he took part in are described, as is his investiture and his time in India as an administrative officer.

Cruickshank then moves to Instructing before returning to Operations including Nuremberg. He then describes the transition to civilian life after his demobilisation from the RAF, poor health and his attempt to build a business in post war Britain.

Some of the photographs mentioned were donated separately and some are recorded as separate items.]]>
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