Photo 1 is a hillside, captioned 'The Soch Valley'.
Photo 2 is a sea view, captioned 'The Two Bays, Nevin'.
Photo 3 is a view of small boats captioned 'Abersoch Harbour'.
Photo 4 is a sea view, captioned 'Porth Caered Bay (North)'.
Photo 5 is a sea view, captioned 'Porth Caered Bay (South)'.
Photo 6 is three men and a bike, captioned 'Three Oafs Stan Ron Jack'.
Photo 7 is a general view, captioned 'Twilight over Abersoch'.
Photo 8 is a sea view, captioned 'Glyn y Weddw Bay'.]]>
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Photo 1 is a house surrounded by countryside, captioned "The Digs".
Photo 2 is a sea view captioned 'Towards Pwllheli'.
Photo 3 is a valley captioned 'More Soch Valley'.
Photo 4 is a sea view, captioned 'South Aber Bay'.
Photo 5 is a view across rocks to the sea, captioned 'South Aber Bay'.
Photo 6 is a view from a train, captioned 'Lake Bala'.]]>
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His pilots on operations were Sergeant Clark, Flight Sergeant Banks, Pilot Officer Medley and Pilot Officer Rodbourne. He was killed on his tenth operation, to Stuttgart. At the end of the book there is a photo of the grave site with six headstones.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-07]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> Great Britain. 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Memoir]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> England--Staffordshire]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Italy--Milan]]> France--La Rochelle]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Italy--Turin]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Paderborn]]> Italy]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> France]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> After a holding station in Padgate, Alan went to Brighton. En route, he witnessed the devastating effects of war in London. He saw some V-1s in Brighton. He did a commando course in the North East before going to RAF Llandwrog, an Advanced Flying Unit. He learnt Gee and H2S navigation systems. Alan was posted to No. 17 Operational Training Unit on Wellingtons. Because of illness, he had to crew up a second time. The satellite station was at RAF Silverstone. Alan recounts some of his activities on leave.
Alan was posted to the 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Winthorpe where he first encountered Lancasters. A flight engineer was added to their crew.
Alan discusses the large losses of Bomber Command and also Australians.
He details a “bullseye” exercise to London when the radio malfunctioned and Alan had to navigate by dead reckoning. A few days later, they had to abort an attack on the Ruhr. They were almost hit from below on their return journey.
When Germany surrendered, the Australians were sent to RAF Worksop. Alan spent VE Day in London. After the atomic bomb on Japan, Alan briefly found a job in London before sailing back to Australia.
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Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--London]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]>
Paul Espin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Australia]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Netherlands]]> United States]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1945-02]]> 1945-08]]> After attending the Lancaster finishing school at RAF Syerston, Keith and his crew were posted to RAF East Kirby. Their first operation was to Konigsberg, an eleven-hour trip but had to divert to Scotland because of bad weather. Several ‘bullseye’ feint operations were next before a raid on Bremen Docks was a failure due to navigator error.
Another operation was to Dusseldorf, carried out on a perfect moonlit night. An attack by a Me109, left the rear gunner severely wounded and the mid upper turret out of action. After fifteen minutes of corkscrew evasive action, the enemy fighter flew alongside, waggled his wings and flew off. Keith comforted the rear gunner until they made an emergency landing in England. Examination of the damaged aircraft revealed the emergency whistle of the mid upper gunner had deflected a bullet and saved his life. On an operation to Trondheim, the crew were unable to bomb so returned but had a lucky escape when they flew too low and hit the sea, tearing off the tail wheel and causing a crash landing for which the pilot received a red endorsement
Their last operation was to Siegen and in mid flight the navigator wanted to turn back so the pilot ordered Keith to map read the route from the nose of the aircraft and so he finished his first tour on 1st February 1945.
After time as a bombing instructor at RAF Swinderby, Keith was posted to Sudan as an air traffic controller from where he was demobbed.
He worked as a salesman until 1984, during which time he joined 57/630 Squadron association.
Keith feels angry at the treatment of Arthur Harris and considers the aircrew clasp as a pathetic gesture.]]>
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Belgium--Saint-Vith]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Calais]]> France--Criel-sur-Mer]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Somme]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Zeitz]]> Manitoba--Carberry]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Ontario--Hamilton]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland]]> Ontario]]> New Brunswick]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Manitoba]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-03]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-28]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-12-12]]> 1944-12-13]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-26]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Algeria]]> Bosnia and Herzegovina]]> Croatia]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Greece]]> Italy]]> Libya]]> South Africa]]> Algeria--Blida]]> Bosnia and Herzegovina--Sarajevo]]> Croatia--Split]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Corsica]]> France--Marseille]]> France--Montbéliard]]> France--Toulon]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Remscheid]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Greece--Thessalonikē]]> Italy--Brindisi]]> Libya--Tūkrah]]> Scotland--Moray]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> Tunisia--Sidi Ameur]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> North Africa]]> Tunisia]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1943-03-10]]> 1943-03-11]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-04-03]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-06-26]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-07-04]]> 1943-07-05]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-10]]> 1943-07-15]]> 1943-07-16]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1943-07-31]]> 1943-09-17]]> 1943-09-18]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-19]]> 1943-10-20]]> 1943-10-21]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-10-23]]> 1943-10-24]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-11-12]]> 1943-11-13]]> 1943-11-16]]> 1943-11-17]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-04]]> 1943-12-05]]> 1943-12-06]]> 1943-12-10]]> 1943-12-11]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1944-01-08]]> 1944-01-10]]> 1944-01-11]]> 1944-01-12]]> 1944-01-13]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-19]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-23]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-13]]> 1944-02-14]]> 1944-03-05]]> 1944-03-06]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944-03-08]]> 1944-03-10]]> 1944-03-11]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Canada--Saskatchewan, District of]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Royan]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Bremerhaven]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Steinfurt (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Manitoba]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Ontario]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-18]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-11-01]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-03]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-07]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-23]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-08]]> 1944-12-10]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-04]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-07-24]]> M J Davies]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Port Alfred]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> England--Leicestershire]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> United States]]> Oklahoma]]> Oklahoma--Ponca City]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> France]]> Ontario--St. Thomas]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Barrow-in-Furness]]> England--Herefordshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Germany]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Scotland--Aberdeenshire]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> France--Royan]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Ontario]]> New Brunswick]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1945-02-16]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-04]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-22]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Poland]]> South Africa]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--West Midlands]]> France--Royan]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Harburg (Landkreis)]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leipzig Region]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> South Africa--Port Alfred]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-03]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-07]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-19]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-04]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-22]]>