Served at Picton and Port Albert in Ontario, RAF Millom, RAF Harwell, RAF Sculthorpe.
Aircraft flown were Anson, Bolingbroke, Battle, Wellington, Stirling, B17.

Bill flew a total of 36 operations with 214 Squadron, only one of which was a day operation. The targets included Frisian Islands, Karlsruhe, Gennevilliers, Kiel, Brunswick, Saumur, Aulnoye, Gelsenkirchen, Goes, Stuttgart, Russelsheim, off Denmark, off Emden, Darmstadt, Wissembourg, Heereveen, Traben-Trarbach, Fischbach, Bischwiller, Bochum, Cologne & Mannheim, Essen, Saarbruken, Koblenz & Gladbeck, Mönchengladbach, Krefeld, Dortmund Ems Canal, Giessen.
His pilot for his first operation was Flight Sergeant Gilbert and his second, Squadron Leader Jeffries. For the rest of his operations his pilot was Flying Officer Corke.
During operations he fulfilled the role of bomb aimer, air gunner and second navigator at various times. As well as bombing carried out a number of Window, Mandrel and Big Ben Special Duties operations.
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The first two chapters used Bill's words but the third is written by an anonymous friend.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Foskett, William. Biography]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shellingford]]> United States]]> Georgia--Atlanta]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Florida--Arcadia]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]> France]]> France--Biarritz]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> France--Gennevilliers]]> Germany--Kiel]]> France--Saumur]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Goes]]> Netherlands--Hoek van Holland]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Ostfriesland]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> France--Wissembourg]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Netherlands--Heerenveen]]> Germany--Traben-Trarbach]]> Germany--Fischbach]]> France--Bischwiller]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Gladbeck]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Italy]]> Italy--Udine]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Great Yarmouth]]> Slovenia--Log pod Mangartom]]> Slovenia]]> Germany]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Foskett, William. Biography]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Gourock]]> India]]> England--London]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> England--Shellingford]]> United States]]> Georgia--Cochran]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Picton]]> There is a second copy with handwritten edits.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Foskett, William. Biography]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> ]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxford]]> England--London]]> England--Newquay]]> United States]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> The photograph on the top right of the left page shows an aerial view of Picton airfield with a runway in the background. A wing of an aircraft can be seen in the foreground.
The photograph on the bottom left of the left page shows an aerial view of fields near the shores of Lake Ontario, Black River village in the distance.
The photograph on the bottom right of the left page shows an aerial view of some fields.
The photograph on the bottom left of the right page shows an airmen operating a machine gun whilst inside an aircraft.
The photograph on the bottom centre of the right page shows the tail of an aircraft.
The photograph on the bottom right of the right page shows practice bombs attached to the underside of an aircraft.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.]]>
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The photograph on the top right of the left page shows The Stone Church, Chapel Street, Picton
The photograph on the bottom right of the left page shows a man in military uniform leaning on one of the Boulter cannons, flanking the entrance way to Picton High school.
The photograph on the top left of the right page shows a countryside scene with a wire fence in the foreground.
The photograph on the bottom left of the right page shows a vessel with a coastline in the background on the left of the photograph.
The photograph on the right of the right page shows a water fountain, with the war memorial on the corner of Ferguson and Main, Picton. A flag pole and buildings can be seen in the background.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder and Annique Mossou.]]>
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#1 On the reverse -
'Would you like an orange mum - or maybe a banana - perhaps a tea, eh!
I'm Squad leader of this mob.
My boys! as it were
Chap on my left is Lambert. the one right at the back is Wardlaw. 2 of my mates.
Happy Xmas.
Picton'.
# 2 On the reverse -
'Oranges & bananas
You can almost taste them - or would you prefer a cup of tea?'
#3 On the reverse are the men's signatures and last three digits of their service number.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.]]>
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Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]>
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Civilian]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Great Britain]]> Ontario]]> 1943-10]]>
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Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]>
Top middle - view down a path towards the courthouse Picton, Ontario.
Top right - view across Picton Harbour with boats at near bank and trees on far side.
Bottom left - view across water of waterfront homes and palm trees in Miami, Florida.
Bottom middle - head and shoulders view of an airman wearing tunic with Prince Edward yacht club, Picton in the background.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Picton]]> United States]]> Florida--Miami]]>
Top middle - view of airfield buildings with control tower in distance on left.
Top right - various buildings.
Bottom left - view looking up of ab aircraft at height.
Bottom middle - an airman wearing tunic and side cap standing by an ornamental fountain in a park.
Bottom right - view across a river with a boat issuing much smoke from funnel. Trees on far bank and small boats at bottom.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]> Top middle - missing photograph.
Top right - view across lawn to the Stone Church, Chapel Street, Picton with tower left and tree right.
Bottom left - missing photograph.
Bottom middle - an airman wearing tunic and side cap sitting on the ground.
Bottom right - two airmen wearing tunics and side caps sitting on a wooden fence.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> Ohio--Cincinnati]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Picton]]>
The second a snow covered car on a street with the caption 'After the snow storm'.
The third a large steam locomotive from the front captioned 'One of the Canadian National engines'.
The fourth of a thermometer captioned, 'Proof of the cold 52degrees below.'
The fifth a church surrounded by snow captioned 'St Mark's church'.
The second page is captioned 'No 31 B.&G.S. Picton under snow'. Four pictures, the first is of an open snow covered expanse with structures on the sky line, captioned '200 yard range.'
The second has an area of water with a beach on one side and a low tree covered headland on the other, captioned 'Picton Bay.'
Third has snow covered countryside, captioned 'Just outside camp.'
The fourth has a a snow covered road with snow banks, captioned 'The road out of camp'.
The third page is captioned 'The basketball team.' One photograph, shows nine individuals in sports kit and one SNCO posed in two rows in front of a wooden wall. The players are named, back row, 'S. Cambell, J. Castle, F/Sgt Bookfield, E. Shackleton, F. Newton, front row J. Wood, T. Lawson, A. Price, Myself, M. Rose.']]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]> Canada]]> 1943]]>
Three photographs of a burning aircraft captioned 'Fighting the fire.', 'Where there is smoke there is fire.' and 'Almost under control'.
The fourth clearly of a wrecked Bolingbroke, 'The fire is out'.]]>
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Second and third, group of individuals standing in the snow in front of large wooden buildings, captioned 'With the boys in the snow at Picton, and Again in the snow.'
Fourth is of 18 individuals posed in two rows with hangar in the background, captioned 'Graduation class at Mount Hope. July 9th 1943.']]>
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Second is of four individuals with lengths of wood on their shoulders, captioned 'Ginger Bowden, Jock Wood, Myself & Chiefie'.
Third group of individuals gathered around a large device, captioned 'Stuck in the mud with a turret'.
Fourth is of group of individuals one with a firearm grouped next to a small wooden structure, captioned 'Ready for the hunt'.]]>
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W Morris]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Kettering]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--London]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> United States]]> Massachusetts--Boston]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Alberta--Innisfail]]> Ontario--Trenton]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario--Hamilton]]> Germany]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> France]]> France--Normandy]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Massachusetts]]> Ontario]]> New Brunswick]]> Alberta]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1941]]> 1942-02-12]]> 1943-03]]> 1943-09]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-08-18]]> On the reverse 'Picton aerodrome. Picton Manitoba' [sic]]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Picton]]> 31 Bombing and Gunnery School]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Angela Gaffney]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]> 1943-12]]>