Keith Thompson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Diary]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> 1942-07]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-09]]> 1942-10]]> 1942-11]]> 1942-12]]> 1943-01]]> 1943-02]]> 1943-03]]> 1943-04]]> 1943-05]]> 1943-06]]> 1943-07]]> The Times]]> The Observer]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Wehrmacht]]> British Army]]> Royal Air Force]]> Tunisia]]> Tunisia--Qayrawān]]> Tunisia--Sūsah]]> North Africa]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Trevor Hardcastle]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1943-04]]> J E F Mitchell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel Canal]]> Norway]]> Norway--Stavanger]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Netherlands]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Blida]]> Italy]]> Italy--La Spezia]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> North Africa]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1939-09-03]]> 1940]]> 1940-04]]> 1940-05]]> 1940-06]]> 1943-04]]> 1943-06]]> 1943-08]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1945-06]]> Part 2 - war service of Flying Officer James Gordon Bennett Burnside flight engineer. Covers training as flight engineer. Then follows short descriptions. listing number sent and losses, of the 28 operation he flew. Targets include: Düsseldorf, Bochum, Oberhausen, Krefeld, Hamburg, Milan, Mannheim, Berlin (several times), Antheor Viaduct, Hagen submarine part factory, Hanover, Chalindrey, Revigny, Coutra, Kiel and Stuttgart. He then went to RAF Wigsley on a heavy conversion unit. Gives some details of his time there including a fatal crash at Lincoln, when civilian were also killed on the ground. Subsequently went to RAF Balderton and RAF Winthorpe from where he flew Cook's tour as his last sortie. Includes several photographs. Continues with account of crash of Stirling and biography of Squadron Leader Ronald George Churcher a friend of Jim. Jim Burnside was released from service on 1 January 1946. Includes portrait photograph of James Burnside, as well as maps showing airfields he served at, photograph of memorial plaque. Jim and wife.]]> R and M Bryan]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France]]> France--Var]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Hannover]]> France--Chalindrey]]> France--Lons-le-Saunier]]> France--Lille Region]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Sutton in Ashfield]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942-12-16]]> 1943-04]]> 1943-04-28]]> 1943-06-07]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-14]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-07]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-17]]> 1943-10-01]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-27]]> 1944-01-01]]> 1944-01-06]]> 1944-01-09]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-03-29]]> 1944-04-14]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1943-06]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-07]]> 1945-07-04]]> 1945-01-14]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1940]]> 1943-04]]> 1944-12]]> 1945]]> When he had leave, Reg would often go and visit his family who lived near Hull. He completed nineteen operations before he was screened, as his Wing Commander felt that he had been lucky too many times and might not be so lucky the next time. Reg has always been mindful of the loss rate in Bomber Command. He has a photograph taken a day after he got his wings. Of the four airmen in the picture he was the only one who returned home. ]]> Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Steph Jackson]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Hull]]> Manitoba--Virden]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> Saskatchewan--Regina]]> Saskatchewan--Yorkton]]> Ontario]]> Saskatchewan]]> Manitoba]]> 1941]]> 1942-11-11]]> 1943-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> Posted to 44 Squadron his first flight was a Second Dicky flight with another crew to Stettin in April 1943. Though their aircraft was not hit, one flying alongside was and caught fire - there were no survivors. The worst operation that Jim recounts is one to Peenemünde. After dropping their bombs, they were attacked and damaged by a night fighter. Their pilot managed to get them back on three engines. As they landed at RAF Dunholme Lodge, only one wheel was working, and they spun off the runway crashing with no casualties. The pilot and navigator were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Jim was mentioned in dispatches. After 30 operations Jim became an instructor based at RAF Silverstone. After the war he worked as a teacher.]]> Denise Boneham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--London]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Trenton]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> Ontario]]> 1941-06]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-11]]> 1943-04]]> Geoff describes a couple of incidents relating to Bonn and Duisburg, part of his 24 operations. The last operation was to Heligoland. He carried out three food drops as part of Operation Manna and then had repatriated prisoners of war. He was posted to RAF Valley where they were preparing Canadian-built Lancasters for the Far East. They were scrapped after the atomic bomb. He was demobbed in March 1947. Geoff gives his views on Bomber Command.
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Tina James]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Chris Cann]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Netherlands]]> 1943-04]]>
He recalled an incident when they had been low on petrol and had to descend in a storm, the starboard engine on fire. The navigator bailed out, was caught up but the engineer released him with a knife and both came down safely.
In April 1943 his aircraft was attacked over Duisburg in the moonlight - he could see everything but landed safely. Eddie had done about 800 hours on Wellingtons but his preferred aircraft was the Lancaster. Eddie then got posted as an instructor and flew Oxfords and Mosquitos. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.]]>
Rod Pickles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Bournemouth]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Hampshire]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1943-04]]>
Nigel Moore]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> Bahamas]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> New Brunswick]]> England--Devon]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Dartmouth]]> England--London]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Québec]]> Ontario--Belleville]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-04]]> 1944-01]]> A second identical copy has been damaged. On the front is annotated 'Group Captain GF O'Brien AFC CO'. ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Bournemouth]]> 1943-04]]> 1943-05]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection F]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection F]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association. Darch, NJ]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection F]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection F]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection F]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association. Darch, NJ]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection F]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection F]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection F]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association. Darch, NJ]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1943-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection F]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1943-04]]>