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John 'Jack' Crawford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> British Columbia]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Manitoba]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Nova Scotia]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> Québec]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Saskatchewan]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Hörstel]]> Germany--Kaiserslautern]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Norway]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Panama]]> Panama--Panama Canal]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> United States]]> Illinois]]> Illinois--Chicago]]> New York (State)]]> New York (State)--New York]]> 1942-06-11]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-21]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-04-02]]> 1943-05-03]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-10-17]]> 1944-10-18]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-23]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-10]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-04]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-02-17]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]>
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]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Scotland--Moray]]> France]]> France--La Rochelle]]> France--Paris]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Brest]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> 1941-12-14]]> 1942-01-02]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-01-07]]> 1942-01-10]]> 1942-01-11]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-10]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-07]]> 1942-06-08]]> 1942-06-09]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-15]]> 1942-07-16]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-08-04]]> 1942-08-05]]> 1942-08-06]]> 1942-08-07]]> 1942-08-15]]> 1942-08-16]]> 1942-08-17]]> 1942-08-18]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-08-29]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-15]]> 1943-01-21]]> 1943-01-22]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-05]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-13]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-03-28]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-10-01]]> 1944-10-04]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-16]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-07]]> 1944-11-10]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-19]]> 1944-11-25]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-18]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-30]]> 1945-03-31]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 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]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Aube]]> France--Auberive]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Brest]]> France--Condé-sur-Noireau]]> France--Eure]]> France--Evreux]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> France--Loir-et-Cher]]> France--Mourmelon-le-Grand]]> France--Saint-Jean-de-Luz]]> France--Vernon (Eure)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Neustadt an der Weinstrasse]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Wismar]]> Italy--Turin]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> 1937]]> 1938]]> 1939-11-30]]> 1940-01-09]]> 1940-06-06]]> 1940-06-08]]> 1940-06-10]]> 1940-06-11]]> 1940-06-14]]> 1941]]> 1942-01-09]]> 1942-01-10]]> 1942-04-11]]> 1942-04-27]]> 1942-04-28]]> 1942-04-29]]> 1942-05-02]]> 1942-05-03]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-06-24]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-27]]> 1942-06-28]]> 1942-06-29]]> 1942-06-30]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-13]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-27]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-24]]> 1942-08-25]]> 1942-08-27]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-09-10]]> 1942-09-11]]> 1942-09-13]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-15]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-09-17]]> 1942-09-18]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-10-01]]> 1942-10-02]]> 1942-10-06]]> 1942-12-04]]> 1942-09-05]]> 1942-12-06]]> 1942-12-07]]> 1942-12-08]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-10]]> 1942-12-17]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1942-12-31]]> 1943-01-01]]> Includes several crew listings and various comments on operations, including: 'DIVE IN EXCESS OF 450 M.P.H!!', 'SOUND RECORDING MADE ON BOMBING RUN - BROADCAST BY BBC' (3/4/43), and 'THE GREAT TORNADO' (Hamburg 2/8/43).

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J D Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Laghouat (Province)]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> North Africa]]> 1942-07-14]]> John Ross Mckenzie Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1942-07-14]]> 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]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Borkum]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Wismar]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-27]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-07]]> 1942-07-08]]> 1942-07-09]]> 1942-07-11]]> 1942-07-12]]> 1942-07-13]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-21]]> 1942-07-22]]> 1942-07-24]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-28]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-09-10]]> 1942-09-11]]> 1942-09-13]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-09-17]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-09-20]]> 1942-09-23]]> 1942-09-24]]> 1942-09-29]]> 1942-09-30]]> 1942-10-01]]> 1942-10-02]]> 1942-10-05]]> 1942-10-06]]> 1942-10-13]]> 1942-10-22]]> 1942-10-23]]> 1942-10-24]]> Photographs 2 and 3 are of a group of airmen watching a 4000 lb bomb being lifted on slings. Captioned '1000 lb bomb.'
Photograph 4 is of four Naval officers looking at the rear gun turret of a Halifax.
Photograph 5 is of three airmen handling bombs on a crane, watched by Naval officers.
Photograph 6 is a discussion between Naval officers and airmen beside bombs stored on the ground.
Captioned 'Visit of the Royal Navy, R.A.F. Middleton St George. 14th July 1942.'
Photograph 7 is of three Halifaxes, one coded 'Z-ZA', another 'T', a hangar, a truck and two trailers. Captioned 'View from Photo Section window.'
Photograph 8 is of four airmen sitting on top of a Halifax.
Photograph 9 is of Reginald George Cavalier in the cockpit of a Halifax. Captioned 'R.G.C. in cockpit of Halifax A/C.'
Photographs 10 and 11 are of a Halifax, one coded 'H-MP'. Captioned 'Halifax A/C. 78 Sqd.' [Squadron code MP is for 76 Squadron.]]]>
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