Jennifer Barraclough]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-06-21]]> His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Kellaway DSO and Wing Commander Harrison.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. 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Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-02-04]]> Ursula Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> England--London]]> 1943-02-04]]> 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]]> Canada]]> Czech Republic]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Alberta--Red Deer Region]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Oberschleissheim]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--La Spezia]]> Italy--Milan]]> Scotland--South Ayrshire]]> Alberta]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1942-12-21]]> 1943-01-27]]> 1943-01-28]]> 1943-01-30]]> 1943-01-31]]> 1943-02-02]]> 1943-02-03]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-07]]> 1943-02-08]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-15]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-02-21]]> 1943-02-22]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1943-03-10]]> 1943-03-11]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-13]]> 1943-03-22]]> 1943-03-23]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1943-04-08]]> 1943-04-09]]> 1943-04-10]]> 1943-04-13]]> 1943-04-14]]> 1943-04-26]]> 1943-04-27]]> 1943-04-30]]> 1943-05-01]]> 1943-05-04]]> 1943-05-05]]> 1943-05-12]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-05-14]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-14]]> 1943-06-15]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-18]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-26]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-03-28]]> 1945-04-02]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-12]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-16]]> 1945-04-17]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1945-04-20]]> 1945-04-21]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-06-02]]> 1945-06-07]]> 1945-06-12]]> 1945-06-19]]> 1945-06-27]]> 1945-07-09]]> 1945-07-23]]> 1945-08-03]]> 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.]]>
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 Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> Czech Republic]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Norway]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Manitoba--Dauphin]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Turin]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Ontario]]> Alberta]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Manitoba]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1956]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-11-09]]> 1941-11-10]]> 1941-12-11]]> 1941-12-12]]> 1941-12-18]]> 1941-12-30]]> 1942-03-03]]> 1942-03-04]]> 1942-03-08]]> 1942-03-09]]> 1942-03-13]]> 1942-03-14]]> 1942-03-30]]> 1942-03-31]]> 1942-04-27]]> 1942-04-28]]> 1942-05-04]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-19]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-21]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-29]]> 1942-06-30]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-19]]> 1942-07-20]]> 1942-07-21]]> 1942-07-22]]> 1942-07-23]]> 1942-07-24]]> 1942-07-25]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-27]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-01]]> 1942-10-13]]> 1942-10-14]]> 1942-10-15]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1942-10-24]]> 1942-10-25]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-10]]> 1942-11-22]]> 1942-11-23]]> 1942-12-31]]> 1943-01-01]]> 1943-02-03]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-05]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-15]]> 1943-02-25]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-02-27]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-02]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-04]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1943-03-10]]> 1943-03-11]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-03-28]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-03-30]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1943-04-14]]> 1943-04-15]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1943-04-17]]> 1943-11-17]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-07-18]]>
PV Clegg]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> France]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1942-09]]> 1942-09-01]]> 1942-09-02]]> 1942-09-13]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-09-17]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-09-20]]> 1942-09-18]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-08-18]]> 1942-08-19]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-08-29]]> 1942-10-15]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-08]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-22]]> 1942-11-23]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-11]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1943]]> 1943-01-30]]> 1943-02-02]]> 1943-02-03]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-07]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-19]]> 1943-02-24]]> 1943-02-25]]> 1943-02-28]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-04]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-03-19]]> 1943-03-21]]> 1943-03-28]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-03-30]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1943-04-12]]> 1943-05-04]]> 1943-05-12]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch ]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> South African Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Berkshire]]> France--Lorient]]> South Africa--Port Alfred]]> South Africa--Queenstown]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1943-02-04]]> R C Weeden]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1943-02-04]]> 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]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Netherlands]]> New Zealand]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Devon]]> England--East Sussex]]> England--Kent]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Bayonne]]> France--Brest]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Paris]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Italy--La Spezia]]> Italy--Turin]]> Netherlands--North Brabant]]> New Zealand--Christchurch]]> New Zealand--Marlborough]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Québec]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Sussex]]> 1941-10-31]]> 1941-11-01]]> 1941-11-04]]> 1941-11-05]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-12-16]]> 1941-12-17]]> 1941-12-22]]> 1941-12-23]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-01-07]]> 1942-01-15]]> 1942-01-16]]> 1942-01-21]]> 1942-01-22]]> 1942-01-31]]> 1942-02-01]]> 1942-02-12]]> 1942-02-13]]> 1942-02-14]]> 1942-02-15]]> 1942-02-26]]> 1942-02-27]]> 1942-03-03]]> 1942-03-04]]> 1942-03-08]]> 1942-03-09]]> 1942-03-10]]> 1942-03-11]]> 1942-03-26]]> 1942-03-27]]> 1942-04-05]]> 1942-04-06]]> 1942-04-08]]> 1942-04-09]]> 1942-04-10]]> 1942-04-11]]> 1942-04-15]]> 1942-04-16]]> 1942-04-17]]> 1942-04-18]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-07]]> 1942-06-08]]> 1942-06-09]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-08]]> 1942-07-09]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-27]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-01]]> 1942-08-03]]> 1942-08-06]]> 1942-08-07]]> 1943-01-02]]> 1943-01-03]]> 1943-01-07]]> 1943-01-08]]> 1943-01-12]]> 1943-01-13]]> 1943-01-16]]> 1943-01-17]]> 1943-01-18]]> 1943-01-23]]> 1943-01-24]]> 1943-01-27]]> 1943-01-28]]> 1943-01-30]]> 1943-01-31]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-05]]> 1943-02-18]]> 1943-02-19]]> 1943-02-21]]> 1943-02-22]]> 1943-02-25]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-02]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-04]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1943-03-11]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-13]]> 1943-03-22]]> 1943-03-23]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-03-30]]> 1943-04-14]]> 1943-04-15]]> 1943-04-18]]> 1943-04-19]]> 1943-05-04]]> 1943-05-05]]> 1943-05-12]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 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]]>
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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Left: A commemorative sketch of a Lancaster flying above clouds or smoke, with its bomb bay doors open. Below is written: 'SGT BROOME. F/LT WALKER. SGT WARD. 44 SQUADRON TURIN. 4/5.2.43, SGT DAVIES. F/SGT CHARNOCK. SGT GOLDSMITH. SGT HUBBARD'.
Right: A humorous composite photograph of a five-man crew aboard a flying carpet. A pilot in white flying suit, seated on a parachute and holding a broom stick as a control column; an airman kneeling and looking through a telescope with his cap reversed; an airman crouched and pointing downwards while another airman operates a camera; finally, an NCO airman firing a machine gun. There is also a signpost indicating Berlin in one direction and Waddington in the other, a 'Keep Left' sign and a flock of birds. All this set on a background of clouds. ]]>
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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]]> 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]]> Stationed at RAF Hinaidi, RAF Driffield, RAF Manston, RAF Honington, RAF Bramcote, RAF Bassingbourn, RAF Feltwell, RAF Shallufa. Returned to England post-war staying in the RAF. Aircraft flown were Valentia, Harrow, Wellington, Magister, Lysander, Maryland, Fiat CR42, B26, Harvard, Auster, Proctor, Anson, and Prentice.
He flew 1 propaganda leaflet drop with 11 OTU, 1 day and 21 night operations with 37 Squadron in Europe. Targets were St Omer, Eindhoven, Soest, Osnabruck, Frankfurt, Stockum, Bottrop, Hannover, the Black Forest, Gelsenkirchen, Hamm, Flushing, Bitterfeld, Rotterdam, Mannheim, Leipzig, Kiel, Hamburg, Berlin.
12 day and 18 night operations with 37 Squadron and 257 Wing in the Middle East. Targets were Benina, El Adem, Derna, Berca, Bardia, Tobruk, Benghazi, Rhodes, Brindisi, Halfaya, Marble Arch landing ground, Heraklion, Misurata, Homs, Palermo, Gabes, the Mareth Line, El Hamma, Kourba, Pantelleria, Villa San Giovanni, Vibo Valentia, Adrano, Cape Peloro. Posted to HQ RAF Middle East where carried out 28 day supply dropping operations.
Post war career included postings to Air Division Control Commission Germany, Flying Training Command, 41 Group, 22 Maintenance Unit and RAF Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Log book also contains Form 3921 – Aircrew Qualification Record, a 1949 calendar and Form 2745 Record of Service, Educational and Professional Qualifications.]]>
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Centre left from top, a poem, leave pass, list of alcohol purchases and graduation banquet programme;
Centre right, sketches including King Neptune surrounding a citation;
Top right; leave pass;
Bottom right a permit to purchase liquor.

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After pre-aircrew flying, he was posted to 12 Squadron for operations in 1942. After completing his first tour of 30 operations posted to 1667 Conversion Unit, then No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. In November 1944 posted to 153 Squadron for 2nd tour. Post war posting to 50 Squadron and attachment to 57 Squadron.

Served at RAF Penrhos, RAF Wickenby, RAF Faldingworth, RAF Hemswell, RAF Scampton, RAF Sturgate, Raf Waddington.

Aircraft flown were Avro Tutor, Fairey Battle, Whitley, Anson, Lancaster, Halifax.

He flew 33 night bombing and mining operations with 12 Squadron as Flight Engineer to targets including La Rochelle, North Frisian Islands, Essen, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Turin, Lorient, Milan, Bremen, Nuremberg, Saint-Nazaire, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Spezia, Stuttgart, Gulf of Danzig, Bay of Biscay, Mulheim, Wuppertal and Cologne. His pilots in 12 Squadron were Wing Commander Villiers and Squadron Leader Slade.

With 153 Squadron he flew 3 night and 1 day bombing operations to Wanne-Eickel, Bonn, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and Paderborn. Also 3 Operation Manna, 2 Operation Dodge and one Cook’s Tour. In 153 Squadron his pilots were Flying Officers White, Bolton, Searle, Freeborn, Squadron Leader Rippingale, Flight Lieutenant Ramsden and Wing Commanders Rodney and Villiers.

Also two Operation Dodge with 50 Squadron. Flight Lieutenant Lundy was his pilot in 50 Squadron.

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