David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Boston]]> England--Lincoln]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> England--The Wash]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> 1943]]> 1944-02]]> Eric describes his basic training in London and Torbay then recollects his technical training at RAF St. Athan. He then went to 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Marston Moor and joined his Halifax crew. In 1944 they were posted to 102 Squadron at RAF Pocklington where there were told that they wouldn't last three weeks.
Eric and his crew carried out a vast range of strategic bombings including daylight operations on V-1 sites, night operations on The Ruhr and Essen, night and daylight operations to oil targets, minelaying in the Baltic. They also provided tactical support in support of Allied troops near Caen and in the Ardennes, where they were badly damaged by a fighter and the mid-upper gunner received serious injuries. After landing at RAF Woodbridge in fog using FIDO he was hospitalised and did not fly again. The crew also supplied petrol to troops in Belgium, enjoying the low-level flying on these trips
Eric describes the sound of shrapnel hitting the aircraft, recalls a bomber exploding in flight, but dismisses the Scarecrow theory. He describes the use of Schräge Musik against the bombers; how search lights in the Ruhr operated, the use of H2S and how the master bomber controlled the rest of the formation.
At the end of his tour Eric remustered and was posted at RAF Jurby as airfield controller. From there he went to RAF Topcliffe and was demobbed in January 1947. Eric went back to the railways for ten years before working in local government. He retired in 1978, moving to Cornwall. While at RAF Pocklington he dated Cora noting that her parents made feel like a son. But he then ended the relationship because, with his own life in such jeopardy, he thought it was unfair on her. After the war he married Ellen, who he had met when starting his first job with the railways.]]>
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Agnes Stott]]> Pilot Officer G G Whittle]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-02]]>

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David Geach]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Greenock]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> England--Harrogate]]> England--Whitley Bay]]> England--Bournemouth]]> England--Stourbridge]]> England--Birmingham]]> England--Wolverhampton]]> England--Stafford]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> Atlantic Ocean--Cardigan Bay]]> Wales--Rhyl]]> England--The Wash]]> England--Nottingham]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> England--Cannock]]> Wales--Aberystwyth]]> Scotland--Orkney]]> France--Saint-Malo]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Isigny-sur-Mer]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Avranches]]> England--Southampton]]> England--Stamford]]> England--Cambridge]]> England--Peterborough]]> England--Bedford]]> England--Portsmouth]]> Netherlands--Friesland]]> England--Cromer]]> France--La Rochelle]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> France--Nantes]]> England--King's Lynn]]> Italy--Turin]]> North Africa]]> Gibraltar]]> England--Thames River]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Berlin]]> England--Ely]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Norway]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Denmark]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Brandenburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Hannover]]> England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland--Wrocław]]> England--Southend-on-Sea]]> Italy]]> Atlantic Ocean--Firth of Clyde]]> Poland]]> France]]> Ontario]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Essex]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Selsey (West Sussex)]]> Wales--Caernarfon]]> 1943-03]]> 1943-04]]> 1943-05]]> 1943-06]]> 1943-07]]> 1943-08]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]>
Dave Davies]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Monica Emmanuelli]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Saskatchewan]]> Saskatchewan--Estevan]]> New Brunswick]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> 1944-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1943-07]]> 1943-08]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> France]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Vegesack]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France--Lorient]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Cologne]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Bochum]]> France--Montchanin]]> Germany--Kassel]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> France--Maubeuge Region]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> France--Bourg-en-Bresse]]> France--Saint-Médard-en-Jalles]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Sablé-sur-Sarthe]]> France--Lille]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> France--Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes)]]> France--Argentan]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Poitiers]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> France--Abbeville Region]]> France--Vitry-en-Artois]]> France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]> France--Creil]]> France--Caen]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--IJmuiden]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Pilsen Basin]]> Czech Republic--Chomutov]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1942-07]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-09]]> 1942-10]]> 1942-11]]> 1942-12]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-02]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-07-18]]> There is a photograph of the squadron arranged in front of two Mosquitoes.]]> Penny Thickett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Bremen]]> France--Metz]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Great Britain]]> England--Colchester]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> France]]> Germany]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Essex]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> D A Baker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Anita Raine]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zimbabwe--Manicaland Province]]> 1944-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> 1944-02]]>
Top center - crippled bomber lights full on won dog-fight. Account of enemy fighter attack on a bomber, wounding four crew and damaged aircraft. One enemy hit and the other driven off by rear gunner. Pilot P/O James Henry Catlin awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, flight engineer, Sergeant Harry [sic] Wright the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. The rear gunner and wireless operator were awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.

Middle Centre - reports actions of Sergeant Hall and Wright.

Bottom Centre- Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying). Further account of action during operation to Leipzig leading to award of CGM.

Right - Dovecourt man gets CGM, saved lives of bomber crew, Tribute to Barry Wright who had now recovered from wounds and gives biographic details and account of action. Includes head and shoulders portrait of Barry Wright.]]>
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Bottom - To mother and father he reports arrival of letters and hopes they are getting his. Reports he is quite well.]]>
W H Layne]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1944-02]]>
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The third is missing, this was captioned 'The crew 106 Squadron and listed their names.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Italy--Bari]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Italy]]> Great Britain]]> 1944-02]]> 1945-10]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1944-02]]> On the reverse each man has signed his name. There is an annotation '21 Initial Training Wing Bridlington Yorkshire January 1st- February 11th 1944'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PSnowballMG21010010]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Bridlington]]> 1944-02]]>