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. Transport Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Saskatchewan]]> Saskatchewan--Dafoe]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Turin]]> France]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Grevenbroich]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Nienburg (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Soest]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Troisdorf]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> 1942-11-06]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-13]]> 1942-11-14]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-21]]> 1942-12-06]]> 1942-12-07]]> 1942-12-08]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-10]]> 1942-12-17]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1942-12-30]]> 1943-01-08]]> 1943-01-13]]> 1943-01-16]]> 1943-01-17]]> 1943-01-18]]> 1943-01-23]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-05]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-15]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-02-18]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-02-27]]> 1943-02-28]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-02]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-04]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1943-03-10]]> 1943-03-11]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-14]]> 1943-03-15]]> 1943-03-22]]> 1943-03-26]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-01]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1944-12-02]]> 1944-12-03]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> Observer's and air gunners flying log book for Warrant Officer HVT Ward, flight engineer, from 15 September 1942 to 9 September 1945. Detailing his training schedule, operations flown and instructional duties. He was stationed at: RAF St. Athan, RAF Waddington, RAF Wigsley, RAF Syerston and RAF Skellingthorpe. Ward flew in the following aircraft: Oxford, Manchester, Lancaster Mk1 and Mk 3, Halifax and Stirling. As a flight engineer he carried out 34 operations, 26 night time operations with 44 Squadron followed by a second tour of  four daylight and four night time operations with 463 Squadron. Targets were (in order): Genoa, Hamburg, Turin, Stuttgart, Mannerheim, [sic] Nienburg, Gronde river (Gardening), Duisburg, Essen, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Lorient, Milan, Wilhelmshaven, Nürnberg [sic] (Nuremberg), St, Nazaire, Lutzkeneron [sic], Würzburg, Bremen, Wesel, Frage [sic], Nordhausen, Komutov [sic], Juvencourt [sic] (Juvancourt). His pilots on operations were: Pilot Officer Walker, Flight Sergeant Elger, Flight Lieutenant Walker, Flying Officer Riggs and Flying Officer Findlay. In between tours he served as a flight engineer instructor on1661 Conversion Unit, 1654 Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School. Ward also took part in Operation Exodus and a Cooks Tour. Ward's log book also records his time spent in a Link Trainer and his time at the controls of an aircraft. After the war he joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and flew in Auster aircraft as an air observation post with pilot Captain Huggins.

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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]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Chomutov]]> France]]> France--Aube]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nienburg (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Turin]]> 1942-11-06]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-13]]> 1942-11-14]]> 1942-11-19]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-22]]> 1942-11-23]]> 1942-12-06]]> 1942-12-07]]> 1942-12-08]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-10]]> 1942-12-17]]> 1942-12-29]]> 1943-01-08]]> 1943-01-13]]> 1943-01-16]]> 1943-01-17]]> 1943-01-18]]> 1943-01-23]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-05]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-15]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-02-18]]> 1943-02-25]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-02-28]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-02]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1944]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1945-04-20]]> 1945-05-06]]>
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]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike French]]> Terry Hancock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Denmark]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Denmark--Copenhagen]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wismar]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Turin]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942-01-15]]> 1942-01-16]]> 1942-04-08]]> 1942-04-09]]> 1942-04-27]]> 1942-04-28]]> 1942-04-29]]> 1942-05-04]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-16]]> 1942-05-17]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-22]]> 1942-05-23]]> 1942-05-27]]> 1942-05-28]]> 1942-08-27]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-08-29]]> 1942-09-08]]> 1942-09-09]]> 1942-09-10]]> 1942-09-11]]> 1942-09-23]]> 1942-09-24]]> 1942-10-02]]> 1942-10-03]]> 1942-10-12]]> 1942-10-13]]> 1942-10-14]]> 1942-10-22]]> 1942-10-23]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-08]]> 1942-11-10]]> 1942-11-11]]> 1942-11-22]]> 1942-11-23]]> 1942-11-28]]> 1942-11-29]]> 1942-12-04]]> 1942-12-05]]> 1942-12-08]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> A R Witty]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Hull]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Durban]]> South Africa--East London]]> 1942-12-08]]> 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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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]]> Czech Republic]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> France--Pointe de la Coubre]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Vegesack]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--La Spezia]]> Italy--Turin]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-28]]> 1942-06-29]]> 1942-06-30]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-08]]> 1942-07-11]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-15]]> 1942-07-19]]> 1942-07-21]]> 1942-07-22]]> 1942-07-23]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-27]]> 1942-08-09]]> 1942-09-01]]> 1942-09-02]]> 1942-09-03]]> 1942-09-06]]> 1942-09-10]]> 1942-09-11]]> 1942-12-08]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1942-12-21]]> 1942-12-22]]> 1943-02-28]]> 1943-03-22]]> 1943-03-23]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-03-28]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-03-30]]> 1943-04-02]]> 1943-04-03]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-11]]> 1943-04-14]]> 1943-04-15]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1943-04-17]]> 1943-04-26]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-05-30]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-07-12]]> 1943-07-13]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-03]]> 1943-08-07]]> 1943-08-08]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-07]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]>
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