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Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tina James]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Wales]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Chris Cann]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> Wales]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Italy]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Ray was posted to Bomber Command, initially on Stirlings at RAF Swinderby and then RAF East Kirkby. He crewed up with four Australians and two other English men. He mentions the difficult conditions and crews who did not return. The mid-upper gunner faced several issues before being replaced due to injury.
Ray does describe some of the events on his tour: going round Mont Blanc; an encounter with a German fighter plane; instrument failure, going to the oil fields in Poland; insufficient petrol; the ground crew mixing up oil and coolant when diverted to RAF Tarrant Rushton; almost being hit by a trainer Lancaster crew when trying formation flying. He did, however, later find out that they had saved the lives of 2,000 troops crossing the river at Wesel.
When Germany surrendered, Ray was sent on leave, and then Scotland and Grantham for a commissioning course. He became a pilot officer and was posted to Iraq where he was made adjutant of 1 Squadron.
Ray explains how he felt about the treatment of Bomber Command.
Before his death, Ray’s wife, Jean, was married to another crew member, whom she met while training as a nurse. ]]>
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