IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Egypt]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Singapore]]> China--Hong Kong]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> Greece--Crete]]> Greece--Ērakleion]]> Libya]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Norway]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> France]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> France--Paris]]> France--Lens]]> France--Colline-Beaumont]]> France--Soligny-la-Trappe]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Gibraltar]]> Norway--Aasen Fjord]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Northern Ireland]]> North Africa]]> France--Ver-Sur-Mer]]> Scotland--Shetland]]> China]]> Greece]]> Great Britain]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Durham (County)]]> Greece]]> Greece--Maleme]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> 1960]]> 1961]]> 1962]]> 1963]]> 1942-02-12]]> 1942-02-14]]> 1942-02-15]]> 1942-02-16]]> 1942-02-22]]> 1942-02-23]]> 1942-02-26]]> 1942-02-27]]> 1942-03-03]]> 1942-03-04]]> 1942-03-30]]> 1942-03-31]]> 1942-04-27]]> 1942-04-28]]> 1942-04-29]]> 1942-05-03]]> 1942-05-04]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-05]]> 1942-06-19]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-07-11]]> 1942-07-12]]> 1942-07-18]]> 1942-07-19]]> 1942-07-20]]> 1942-07-21]]> 1942-07-24]]> 1942-07-25]]> 1942-09-03]]> 1942-09-15]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-09-17]]> 1942-09-18]]> 1942-09-29]]> 1942-09-30]]> 1942-10-05]]> 1942-10-06]]> 1942-10-12]]> 1942-10-13]]> 1942-10-18]]> 1942-10-19]]> 1942-10-23]]> 1942-10-24]]> 1942-10-27]]> 1942-10-29]]> 1942-11-05]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-23]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-26]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-08-01]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-17]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1945-06-19]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-07-18]]> Photograph 3 is of the instrument panel of a Halifax showing damage. Captioned 'Halifax A/C, returned from a raid, Ruhr, Germany, damage to pilots panel. 78 Sqd Sqd/L Bickford, 9th July 1941.' [Squadron Leader Bickford flew operations with 76 Squadron.]
Photograph 2 is of seven aircrew wearing Irving harnessuits standing under the wing of an aircraft with parachutes, maps and equipment.
Photograph 4 is of two aircrew sergeants in flying gear with a map. Captioned (photos 2, 4 and 6) '78 Sqd Aircrews, Halifax A/C.'
Photograph 5 and 7 are of a crashed Halifax amongst some bare deciduous trees. Four airmen are examining the aircraft. Captioned 'Crashed Halifax A/C, Croft, Yorks.' This is Halifax EY-H W7669. It crashed after an engine fire on take off on the 5th June 1942. The fire was caused by a glycol leak in the port inner engine. The fire was extinguished and the engine feathered, the pilot completed a circuit and while coming into land the port wing dropped and the aircraft crashed approximately 400 yards from the runway. Three of the crew were killed in the crash; the pilot, 100577 Flying Officer Harold Ernest Bedford, 984531 Sergeant James O'Rourke (wireless operator) and 619222 Sergeant Vincent George Musslewhite (flight engineer).
Photograph 6 is of six aircrew in flying gear with a map.
Photograph 8 is a Lancaster taken from the rear/port side.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Darren Sheerin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Durham (County)]]> 1941-07-09]]> 1942-06-05]]>
James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> fra]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Laghouat (Province)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Nelson]]> North Africa]]> 1942-06-05]]> J D Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Alan Pinchbeck]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Algeria--Laghouat (Province)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Nelson]]> North Africa]]> Algeria]]> 1942-06-05]]> 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]]> 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]]>
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]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Essex]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Argyll and Bute]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Wales--Pembrokeshire]]> North Africa]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Rostock]]> France]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Atlantic Ocean]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> 1942-01-28]]> 1942-01-29]]> 1942-03-12]]> 1942-03-13]]> 1942-04-05]]> 1942-04-06]]> 1942-04-08]]> 1942-04-09]]> 1942-04-10]]> 1942-04-11]]> 1942-04-12]]> 1942-04-13]]> 1942-04-14]]> 1942-04-15]]> 1942-04-17]]> 1942-04-18]]> 1942-04-23]]> 1942-04-24]]> 1942-04-25]]> 1942-04-26]]> 1942-04-27]]> 1942-05-18]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-23]]> 1942-05-26]]> 1942-05-27]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-05]]> 1942-06-07]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-07-18]]> 1942-07-22]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-08-01]]> 1942-08-09]]> 1942-08-11]]> 1942-08-13]]> 1942-08-17]]> 1942-08-19]]> 1942-09-02]]> 1942-09-06]]> 1942-09-10]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-17]]> 1942-09-18]]> 1942-09-24]]> 1942-09-26]]> 1942-09-30]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1942-10-21]]> 1942-10-25]]> 1942-10-29]]> 1942-11-12]]> 1942-11-14]]> 1942-11-18]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-22]]> 1942-11-26]]> 1942-11-28]]> 1942-12-02]]> 1942-12-22]]> 1942-12-30]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
Aircraft flown in were Anson, Battle, Wellington, Hudson, Tiger Moth, Dakota, Sparrow, Oxford, Proctor and Mosquito.
He flew 3 night operations with 38 Squadron, 42 with 40 Squadron, 8 with 627 Squadron, 45 with 692 squadron and 9 with 128 Squadron, a total of 107. His pilots on operations were Warrant Officer Brodie, Sergeant Le Brog, Squadron Leader Booth, Wing Commander Lockhart, Flight Lieutenant Grainger, Squadron Leader Saunderson, Wing Commander Birkin, Wing Commander Watts, Flying Officer Page, Pilot Officer Burnett, Flying Officer Richardson, Flying Officer Goodwin, Wing Commander Burrough, Flying Officer Boyer and Flight Lieutenant Gallanders.
Targets included Benghazi, mining, Tobruk, El Daba, Alamein, Ras el Manatis, Fuka, Cagliari, Tunis, Bizerte, Duisburg, Cologne, Hamburg, Magdeburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Hannover, Dusseldorf, Koln, Osnabruk, Stuttgart, Friedrichshaven, Leverkusen, Cologne, Gelsenkirchen, Bremen, Homberg, Weisbaden, Saarbruchen, Wanne-Eichel, Castrop, Kiel, Kassel, Brunswick and Cochem.
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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]]>