Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> 1942-05-31]]>
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E Thomas]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> 1942-05-31]]>

The bombing operations he took part in are described, as is his investiture and his time in India as an administrative officer.

Cruickshank then moves to Instructing before returning to Operations including Nuremberg. He then describes the transition to civilian life after his demobilisation from the RAF, poor health and his attempt to build a business in post war Britain.

Some of the photographs mentioned were donated separately and some are recorded as separate items.]]>
G Cruickshank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Balloon Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Portland]]> England--Bristol]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Essex]]> England--Aldershot]]> England--Felixstowe]]> England--Harwich]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Herefordshire]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> France]]> France--Clermont-Ferrand]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> France--Toulouse]]> Germany]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> India--Kolkata]]> India--Bhopal]]> England--Liverpool]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> India--New Delhi]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1942-04-17]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1943-05-16]]> 1943-05-17]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-06]]>

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Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1942-05-31]]>

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Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1942-05-31]]>

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Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> 1942-05-31]]>

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Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1942-05-31]]>

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Great Britain. Ministry of Defence]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Retie]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> 1942-05-31]]>
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]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Staffordshire]]> France--Brest]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Wales--Flintshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1937]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1941-02-07]]> 1941-02-10]]> 1941-02-11]]> 1941-02-12]]> 1941-02-15]]> 1941-02-25]]> 1941-03-02]]> 1941-03-03]]> 1941-03-12]]> 1941-03-13]]> 1941-03-14]]> 1941-03-15]]> 1941-03-16]]> 1941-03-30]]> 1941-03-31]]> 1941-04-03]]> 1941-04-04]]> 1941-04-07]]> 1941-04-08]]> 1941-04-09]]> 1941-04-10]]> 1941-04-11]]> 1941-04-12]]> 1941-04-13]]> 1941-04-14]]> 1941-04-15]]> 1941-04-16]]> 1941-04-17]]> 1941-04-22]]> 1941-04-23]]> 1941-04-25]]> 1941-04-26]]> 1941-05-16]]> 1941-05-17]]> 1941-06-13]]> 1941-06-14]]> 1941-06-15]]> 1941-06-16]]> 1941-06-20]]> 1941-06-21]]> 1941-06-23]]> 1941-06-24]]> 1941-06-26]]> 1941-06-27]]> 1941-06-29]]> 1941-06-30]]> 1941-07-04]]> 1941-07-05]]> 1941-07-06]]> 1941-07-07]]> 1941-07-08]]> 1941-07-09]]> 1941-07-10]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> France--Brest]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1940-09-20]]> 1940-09-21]]> 1941-03-20]]> 1941-03-21]]> 1941-03-23]]> 1941-03-24]]> 1941-03-27]]> 1941-03-28]]> 1941-04-03]]> 1941-04-04]]> 1941-04-07]]> 1941-04-08]]> 1941-04-09]]> 1941-04-17]]> 1941-04-18]]> 1941-04-19]]> 1941-04-20]]> 1941-04-23]]> 1941-04-24]]> 1941-04-25]]> 1941-04-26]]> 1941-05-03]]> 1941-05-04]]> 1941-05-05]]> 1941-05-06]]> 1941-05-08]]> 1941-05-09]]> 1941-06-23]]> 1941-06-24]]> 1941-06-26]]> 1941-06-27]]> 1941-06-28]]> 1941-06-29]]> 1941-07-07]]> 1941-07-08]]> 1941-07-09]]> 1941-07-10]]> 1941-07-12]]> 1941-07-13]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> Records a total of 31 night operations (2 noted as “Duties Not Carried Out” and 4 noted as ‘return to base’ for various reasons). Targets in France, Germany and Italy were: Bremen, Cologne, Dieppe, Duisberg, Emden, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kassel, Kiel, Osnabruck, Saarbrucken, St Nazaire, Stuttgart, Turin and Wilhelmshaven. His first or second pilots on operations were Sergeant Hur, Squadron Leader Pazyczka and Flying Officer Krasinski. Several operations are described as ‘mine laying’ or ‘gardening’ without a specific target noted.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1942-05-04]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-05]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-08]]> 1942-06-09]]> 1942-06-10]]> 1942-06-19]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-21]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-05]]> 1942-07-06]]> 1942-07-08]]> 1942-07-09]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-27]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-08-16]]> 1942-08-17]]> 1942-08-18]]> 1942-08-20]]> 1942-08-21]]> 1942-08-24]]> 1942-08-25]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-10-11]]> 1942-10-12]]> 1942-10-13]]> 1942-10-14]]> 1942-10-15]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1942-10-31]]> 1942-11-03]]> 1942-11-08]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-20]]> His pilots on operations were Sergeant Galloway, Sergeant Topping, Sergeant Osbourne, Pilot Officer Wareing, Flying Officer Altmann, Pilot Officer Robson, Squadron Leader Grylls and Flight Lieutenant Spencer.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Annecy]]> France--Brest]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--Chalindrey]]> France--Clermont-Ferrand]]> France--Etaples]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Nevers]]> France--Paris]]> France--Tours]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Wesseling]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Europe--Elbe River]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1940-11-27]]> 1940-11-29]]> 1940-12-04]]> 1940-12-10]]> 1940-12-22]]> 1940-12-29]]> 1941-01-03]]> 1941-01-05]]> 1941-01-09]]> 1941-01-12]]> 1941-02-04]]> 1941-02-05]]> 1941-03-03]]> 1941-03-04]]> 1941-03-12]]> 1941-03-18]]> 1941-03-20]]> 1941-03-21]]> 1941-04-04]]> 1941-04-05]]> 1941-04-07]]> 1941-04-08]]> 1941-04-17]]> 1941-04-18]]> 1941-04-20]]> 1941-04-23]]> 1941-04-24]]> 1941-04-27]]> 1941-04-28]]> 1941-04-29]]> 1941-04-30]]> 1941-05-04]]> 1941-05-05]]> 1941-05-15]]> 1941-05-16]]> 1941-05-18]]> 1941-05-19]]> 1941-05-23]]> 1941-05-24]]> 1941-05-26]]> 1941-05-27]]> 1941-06-02]]> 1941-06-03]]> 1941-06-11]]> 1941-06-12]]> 1941-06-13]]> 1941-06-14]]> 1941-06-15]]> 1941-06-16]]> 1941-06-17]]> 1941-06-18]]> 1941-06-21]]> 1941-06-22]]> 1941-06-27]]> 1941-06-28]]> 1941-07-24]]> 1941-08-08]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> His first or second pilots on operations were Sergeant Baker, Sergeant Bulford, Pilot Officer Saunders, Sergeant Cross, Sergeant Melville, Sergeant Bond, Sergeant Russell-Colins, Group Captain Kirkpatrick and Squadron Leader Walsh. He also lists his post war flying duties with 139 Squadron.]]> 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]]> Denmark]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Netherlands]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Denmark--Ribe]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Erfurt]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Norderney]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Turin]]> Netherlands--Limburg]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Scotland--Angus]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940]]> 1941-08-26]]> 1941-08-27]]> 1941-08-29]]> 1941-08-30]]> 1941-09-07]]> 1941-09-08]]> 1941-09-10]]> 1941-09-11]]> 1941-09-12]]> 1941-09-13]]> 1941-09-15]]> 1941-09-16]]> 1941-09-26]]> 1941-09-28]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-10-01]]> 1941-10-20]]> 1941-10-26]]> 1942-03-25]]> 1942-03-26]]> 1942-03-28]]> 1942-03-29]]> 1942-04-28]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-17]]> 1942-05-18]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-07]]> 1942-06-19]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-29]]> 1942-06-30]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-07]]> 1942-07-08]]> 1942-07-09]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1944-12-23]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-10]]> 1945-01-11]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-05]]> 1945-02-06]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-10]]> 1945-02-11]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-10]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-03-28]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-12]]> 1945-04-20]]> 1945-04-21]]> 1945-04-23]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-04-26]]> 1945-06-04]]> 1945-07-16]]> 1945-09-17]]> 1945-09-21]]> 1946]]> He was stationed at RCAF Station Sea Island (No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School), RCAF Station Dauphin (No. 10 Service Flying Training School), RAF Abingdon (No. 10 OTU), RAF Linton on Ouse (35 Squadron), RAF Driffield (1502 Beam Approach Training Flight), RAF Gransden Lodge (Path Finder Force Navigation Training Unit, 405 Squadron), RCAF Station Rockliffe (Air Force HQ) and RCAF Station Edmonton.
Aircraft in which flown: Tiger Moth, Harvard, Whitley III, Whitley IV, Halifax I, Halifax II, Oxford, Lancaster I, Lancaster III, Lancaster VI, Mosquito IV, Liberator I. Expeditor, Beechcraft, B-29, Goose, North Star, Dakota III, Dakota IV and Mitchell.
Records a total of 64 operations (63 night, one day). Targets in Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy and Norway were: Berlin, Bonn, Bremen, Brest, Caen, Cologne, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Emden, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kiel, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Milan, Munich, Nuremberg, Nurnberg, Osnabruck, Paris, Pilsen, Saarbruck, Schweinfurt, Stuttgart, Trondheim, Turin, Vegesack and Warnemunde. His first or second pilots on operations were Sergeant Williams, Sergeant Hammond, Pilot Officer Field, Pilot Officer Dobson, Sergeant Murray and Sergeant John. Records four flights with Flight Lieutenant G. L. Cheshire in October 1941. Post war flights include “FIRST RCAF ROUND - THE - WORLD FLIGHT” January and February 1950.]]>
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Bomber Command]]> Czech Republic]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Arques (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Brest]]> France--La Rochelle]]> France--Lille]]> France--Normandy]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940]]> 1941-07-06]]> 1941-07-07]]> 1941-07-08]]> 1941-07-12]]> 1941-07-23]]> 1941-07-25]]> 1941-07-26]]> 1941-08-25]]> 1941-08-26]]> 1941-09-19]]> 1941-09-20]]> 1941-10-12]]> 1941-10-13]]> 1941-10-24]]> 1941-10-25]]> 1941-10-28]]> 1941-10-29]]> 1941-10-30]]> 1941-10-31]]> 1941-11-01]]> 1941-11-02]]> 1941-11-15]]> 1941-11-16]]> 1941-11-25]]> 1941-11-26]]> 1941-11-27]]> 1941-11-28]]> 1942-01-10]]> 1942-01-11]]> 1942-01-14]]> 1942-01-15]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-07-28]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-15]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-09-17]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Canada]]> Czech Republic]]> Denmark]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Great Belt (Baltic Sea)]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> Ontario]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Belgium--Ostend]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> France--Brest]]> France--Lyon]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1941-12-16]]> 1941-12-28]]> 1942-01-07]]> 1942-01-09]]> 1942-01-11]]> 1942-01-20]]> 1942-02-12]]> 1942-04-10]]> 1942-04-11]]> 1942-04-12]]> 1942-04-13]]> 1942-04-14]]> 1942-04-15]]> 1942-04-17]]> 1942-04-25]]> 1942-04-26]]> 1942-05-02]]> 1942-05-03]]> 1942-05-04]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-17]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-07]]> 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. 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Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF West Freugh, RAF Bramcote, RAF Bitteswell, RAF Lindholme, RAF Tiree, RAF Dale, RAF Cairo West (LG224), RAF Holmsley South, RAF Blackbushe, RAF North Weald. Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Battle, Wellington, Tiger Moth, C47, B24, Warwick,

Flew on 14 bombing operations (1 day and 13 night) and 39 day anti-submarine sweeps with 304 Squadron. The bombing targets were Boulogne, Emden, Dunkerque, Cologne, Hamburg, Essen, Dortmund, Hamburg, Rostock, Bordeaux, Bremen. The anti-submarine sweeps were over the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Biscay.
His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Kucharski (35 operations), Sergeant Janski (1 operation), Flying Officer Zurek (16 operations), Sergeant Gotebiowski (1 operation).
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Lynn Corrigan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> 1942-05-03]]> 1942-05-04]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-05]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-08]]> 1942-06-09]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-21]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> Records 27 operations (26 night, one day, several abandoned for various reasons) on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany (some targets not named when duties not carried out): Boulogne, Bremen, Brest, Cherbourg, Cologne, Duisberg, Essen, Hamburg (abandoned), Hamburg, Nantes, Ostend, Paris, Rostock, St. Nazaire, Stettin, Vichy, and Warnemunde. His first pilot on first four operations were Pilot Officer Godfrey, Sergeant Robertson and Pilot Officer Joyce. Also includes technical notes, several personal notes (including a poem), and two endorsements, one in green.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Belgium--Ostend]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Paris]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> France--Vichy]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-09-11]]> 1941-09-12]]> 1941-09-20]]> 1941-09-21]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-10-01]]> 1941-10-16]]> 1941-10-17]]> 1941-10-28]]> 1941-10-29]]> 1941-10-31]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-12-27]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-01-07]]> 1942-01-08]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-05]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-27]]> 1942-06-28]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-08]]> 1942-07-09]]> 1942-07-13]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-21]]> 1942-07-22]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-01]]> 1942-08-03]]> John Ross Mckenzie Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Great Britain]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Minehead]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> John Ross Mckenzie Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Chalfont St. Giles]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1946-11-04]]>