His pilots on operations were Sergeant Bellis, Wing Commander Kerr, Wing Commander Wood and Squadron Leader Edmond.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike French]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Belgium--Saint-Vith]]> Belgium--Zeebrugge]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Calais]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Clermont-Ferrand]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Watten]]> France--Morlaix]]> France--Poix-du-Nord]]> France--Rouen]]> France--Saint-Briac-sur-Mer]]> France--Vitry-en-Artois]]> France--Yainville]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Meppen]]> Germany--Rees]]> Germany--Rheinberg]]> Germany--Wegberg]]> Germany--Xanten]]> Netherlands--Amersfoort]]> Netherlands--Bergen op Zoom]]> Netherlands--Breskens]]> Netherlands--Den Helder]]> Netherlands--Deventer]]> Netherlands--IJmuiden]]> Netherlands--Roermond]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Netherlands--Uden]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-01-09]]> 1943-01-22]]> 1943-01-26]]> 1943-01-29]]> 1943-02-02]]> 1943-02-03]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-02-19]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-02-27]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-15]]> 1943-04-20]]> 1943-04-21]]> 1943-05-17]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-02]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-08]]> 1943-09-09]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-08-28]]> 1944-09-08]]> 1944-09-09]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-14]]> 1944-09-15]]> 1944-09-21]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-13]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-24]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-15]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-02]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-02-26]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-03]]> Records a total of 17 night operations on the following targets in France and Germany: Cologne, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Essen, Hamburg, Lorient, Nuremburg, Wilhelmshaven and minelaying (4 unspecified targets).
His pilots on his first ‘second dickie’ operations were Pilot Officer Knight and Flight Lieutenant Wigley-Jones.]]>
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]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942-11-25]]> 1942-11-26]]> 1942-11-27]]> 1942-12-17]]> 1942-12-18]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1942-12-21]]> 1943-01-09]]> 1943-01-10]]> 1943-01-14]]> 1943-01-15]]> 1943-01-27]]> 1943-01-28]]> 1943-01-29]]> 1943-01-30]]> 1943-02-02]]> 1943-02-03]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-07]]> 1943-02-08]]> 1943-02-11]]> 1943-02-12]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-15]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
A E Clark]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Winchester]]> 1943-01-29]]> D M Clark]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Winchester]]> 1943-01-29]]> Page one begins with the reformation of the squadron in 1936 and gives details of the aircraft operated, the stations flown from and the roles the squadron played in training and operations.
Page two describes three miscellaneous incidents that occurred on the squadron, including one where the mid-upper gunner accidentally shot and killed the rear gunner.
Page three contains details about three notable Lancasters.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Lorient]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Netherlands]]> 1936-11]]> 1938-06]]> 1939-05]]> 1940-04]]> 1943-01-27]]> 1943-01-28]]> 1943-01-29]]> 1943-01-30]]> 1943-05]]> 1943-09-20]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-06-26]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-11-10]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-08-20]]> 1945-09-28]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1947-01-08]]>
R Saunders]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Herefordshire]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Shanhūr]]> Italy]]> Italy--Naples]]> Italy--Cesena]]> Italy--Chiaravalle]]> Italy--Falconara Albanese]]> Italy--Forlì]]> Italy--Aviano]]> South Yemen]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> Somalia]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> 1942-09-29]]> 1943-01-29]]> 1943-11-13]]> 1946-10-17]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Durham (County)]]> France--Lorient]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1943-01-29]]> 1943-01-30]]>