Rivers, Manitoba Canada. Colin Wood is third from left.

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Gerry sailed to New York and then on to Nova Scotia and Rivers in Canada where he spent six months training to be a navigator at the Number One Central Navigation School. Gerry describes how two or three navigators trained in the back of an Anson with a navigation table. He lists the different subjects they studied, the equipment they required and how they would plot a chart.

On his return to the UK, Gerry was sent to Harrogate and then posted to an Operational Training Unit at RAF Abingdon and its satellite RAF Stanton Harcourt. He was flying on Wellingtons. Gerry explains how they crewed up there. He then went to a Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Lindholme.

Gerry discusses his posting to RAF Ouston for training on Mosquitos, however he failed the night interception radar part. He was posted temporarily to RAF Wigtown for some navigational training before returning to RAF Abingdon.

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Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> Manitoba]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Wilmslow]]> England--Stratford-upon-Avon]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Saskatchewan--Swift Current]]> Alberta--Medicine Hat]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--Banff]]> Alberta--Lake Louise]]> Manitoba]]> Saskatchewan--Moose Jaw]]> Saskatchewan--Regina]]> England--London]]> Saskatchewan]]> Alberta]]> Nova Scotia]]> Québec--Rivière-du-Loup]]> Québec]]> 1941]]> RAF Harrogate and RAF Llandwrog on Ansons, were followed by Wellingtons at an Operational Training Unit at RAF Moreton in the Marsh. Maurice crewed up with Australians and trained on Gee navigation. He eventually moved to the 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Wigsley on Lancasters. The war finished before going on operations.
Maurice went to Leicester East on C-47 where he did a course on pannier dropping and glider towing (Hadrian gliders). He went from Lyneham to Karchi, stopping off in Sardinia. Maurice was stationed at Mauripur. He travelled to Calcutta and Chittagong, then Rangoon and 194 Squadron at Mingaladon airport. They did airline work in the Far East, ferrying VIPs, including Compton Mackenzie. Navigation was with Eureka and dead reckoning. He finished at Hong Kong where Maurice married. Demobilisation was in August 1947.
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