Dick underwent intensive map training on his return and went to the Advanced Flying Unit in Wigtown on Ansons. He proceeded to the Operational Training Unit at RAF Upper Heyford on Oxfords, where he was introduced to Loran. He had just started a tour as a Mosquito Pathfinder navigator before VE Day. He describes the aircraft, Oboe, and the pattern of their operations. Dick participated in Cook’s Tours to the Ruhr Valley. He was in 608 Squadron but it was disbanded and so he was posted to 692 Squadron, another Group 8 unit, at RAF Gransden Lodge. This was also disbanded, and Dick was sent to RAF Blyton for a re-selection board where he was sent on a flight mechanic engines course at RAF Credenhill. He was posted to the 254 torpedo Beaufighter Squadron at Langham until he was demobilised.]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Served at RAF Halton, RAF Wittering, RAF Hornchurch, RAF Eastchurch, RAF Harrogate, RAF Little Rissington, RAF Market Harborough, RAF Scampton, RAF Wiglsey, RAF Syerston, RAF Skellingthorpe, RAF Wymeswold, RAF Castle Donington,

Aircraft flown were DH 82 Tiger Moth, Stearman, Valiant, Harvard, Commodore, Catalina, Anson, Oxford, Wellington X, Stirling III, Norseman (C64), Lancaster, Dakota, Sea Otter, Auster, York, Sunderland.

Carried out 5 day and 27 night operations with 50 Squadron to Darmstadt, Bremerhaven, Rheydt, Kaiserslautern, Munster, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Nuremberg, Flushing docks, Bergen, Dusseldorf, the Dortmund-Ems Canal, the Mitteland Canal, Harburg, Duren, Heilbronn, the Urft Dam, Heimbach, Munich, Politz, Houffalize, Leuna, Brux, Siegen, the Rositz Oil Refinery, the Bohlen Synthetic Oil Plant, Wurzburg. He also carried out two Operation Exodus flights.

Awarded the DFC after an operation during which his aircraft was hit by bombs from another aircraft above him. He successfully flew his aircraft back to England. Includes various newspaper clippings.]]>
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Peter Lamb]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Manitoba--Carberry]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Saskatchewan--Weyburn]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Ontario]]> Prince Edward Island]]> Saskatchewan]]> Manitoba]]> 1943-05-01]]> Terry Ford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anita Raine]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> EFordTAFordAG-[Mrs]-Y-M430526-0002,
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Terry Ford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bristol]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward island--Charlottetown]]> Prince Edward Island]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1943-05-12]]> Terry Ford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bristol]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Prince Edward Island]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1943-05-29]]> Terry Ford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bristol]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Prince Edward Island]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1943-06-06]]> Terry Ford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bristol]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Saskatchewan--Weyburn]]> Prince Edward Island]]> Saskatchewan]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1943-06-22]]> Terry Ford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bristol]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Prince Edward Island]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1943-06-28]]> Terry Ford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bristol]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Prince Edward Island]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1943-07-04]]> Terry Ford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bristol]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Prince Edward Island]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1943-07-14]]> Terry Ford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bristol]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Saskatchewan--Weyburn]]> Prince Edward Island]]> Saskatchewan]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1943-05-13]]> Terry Ford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bristol]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Prince Edward Island]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1942-05-21]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Saskatchewan]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Stoke-on-Trent]]> British Columbia--Victoria]]> Prince Edward Island]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Prince Edward Island]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Prince Edward Island]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Prince Edward Island]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Prince Edward Island]]>