Arthur Hope]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Essex]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--West Sussex]]> 1950]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> 1960]]> 1961]]> 1962]]> 1963]]> B M Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Crawley (West Sussex)]]> England--London]]> England--Middlesex]]> Bahrain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Sussex]]> Bahrain]]> Bahrain--Muḥarraq]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1957]]> 1969]]> 1975]]> Victor completed 28 operations, including Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Cologne, Essen and Frankfurt, but he missed out on his 30 operations when he contracted rubella. He tells of his experiences on his operations, and supporting the D-Day operations when he and his crew were sent to attack the gun emplacement at Le Havre. He mentions how he saw all the ships heading for the beaches. Victor also recalls being put in charge of training with Lancasters, Halifaxes, Sunderlands and Stirlings, before heading out to Malaya to work on supporting the Army.
He served during the Suez Crisis helping with issues concerning radar. Back home he served at multiple stations before becoming commanding officer at RAF North Luffenham. He mentions an incident at RAF Marham and joining Task Force Grapple which was involved with nuclear testing.
Victor retired in 1977 and then he became a parish councillor for West Norfolk Council, before becoming mayor of West Norfolk from 1990 to 1991. At the local Royal Air Force Association he takes part in events helping to organise the acts of Remembrance every year.
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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.]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Andy Fitter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> Wales]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> France]]> France--Ardennes]]> France--Caen]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> Germany]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Atlantic Ocean]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Denmark]]> Denmark--Bornholm]]> 1923]]> 1937]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-09]]> 1945]]> 1946-05-25]]> 1947-01-02]]> 1957]]> 1974]]> 1975]]> 1976]]> 1977]]> 1978]]> 1981]]>
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Surnames given below. Cpl Attwood is front row, third from left.]]>
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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]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Oman]]> Singapore]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> North Africa]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Calais]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Saint-Omer Region (Pas-de-Calais)]]> Germany--Borken (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Braunschweig Region]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hattingen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Recklinghausen (Münster)]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Gibraltar]]> Northern Ireland--Ballykelly]]> Oman--Masirah Island]]> Scotland--Kinloss]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> 1960]]> 1961]]> 1962]]> 1963]]> 1964]]> 1965]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-06]]> 1944-09-08]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-18]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-29]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Cyprus]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> Egypt--Ismailia (Province)]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Florida--Clewiston]]> Germany--Jever]]> North Africa]]> England--Sussex]]> Florida]]> Germany]]> Washington (D.C.)]]> Cyprus--Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> 1960]]> 1961]]> 1962]]> 1963]]> 1964]]> 1965]]> 1966]]> Aircraft flown in were Proctor, Canberra, Meteor T7, Oxford, Anson, Valiant, Lincoln, Devon, Victor, Vulcan, Super G Constellation, Varsity, Hastings, Meteor F8, Whirlwind and Superfortress KB-50J;]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> Aircraft flown in were Valiant and Anson.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> 1960]]> 1961]]> 1962]]>
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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]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> Wales--Flintshire]]> Great Britain]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]>
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 Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> Malta]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Scotland--Moray]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> Singapore]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Great Britain]]> Malaysia]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> 1960]]> 1961]]> He was stationed at RAF Stoke Orchard (No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School), RCAF Station Neepawa (No. 35 Elementary Flying Training School), RCAF Station Carberry (No. 33 Service Flying Training School), RAF Carlisle (No. 15 Elementary Flying Training School), RAF Church Lawford (No. 18 (P) Advanced Flying Unit), RAF Desborough (No. 84 Operational Training Unit), RAF Wratting Common (No. 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit), RAF Feltwell (No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School), RAF Witchford (115 Squadron), RAF Langar (1669 HCU), RAF North Luffenham (1653 HCU), RAF Waterbeach (514 Squadron), RAF Syerston (1333 Transport Support Conversion Unit), RAF Almaza, RAF Aqir, RAF Kabrit (78 Squadron), RAF Palam (AHQ(I) Communications Squadron), RAF Fassburg, RAF Lubeck, RAF Bassingbourn and RAF Waterbeach (24(C) Squadron), RAF Marham (115 Squadron and Bomber Command Jet Conversion Flight), Bassingbourn (No. 231 OCU), RAF Boscombe Down (Handling Squadron), RAF Lyneham (216 Squadron) and RAF Watton (51 Squadron).
Aircraft in which flown: DH82C, Anson, DH82A, Oxford, Wellington X, Stirling I, Stirling III, Lancaster I, Lancaster II, Lancaster III, Dakota III, Horsa, Dakota IV, Halifax VII, York, Harvard, Lancastrian, Valetta, Washington, Meteor, Canberra, Varsity, Firefly, Pembroke, Valiant, Sea Venom, Vampire, Jet Provost, Sea Devon, Hunter, Pioneer, Whirlwind, Chipmunk, Comet, Beverley, Seamew, Venom, Javelin, Gannet, Swift, Vulcan, Hastings, Victor, Skeeter, Prentice, Auster, Devon, Heron, Bristol Freighter, Dragonfly, Shackleton, Viscount, Sea Prince, Sycamore, Sea Balliol, Lincoln, Sea Hawk.
Records 30 completed operations (22 night, 8 day) on the following targets in France and Germany: Amaye-Sur-Seulles, Beauvoir, Bec D’Ambes, Biennais, Bordeaux Bassens, Brunswick, Cap Gris Nez, Chambly, Cologne, Coulonvillers, Domleger, Dortmund, Dreux, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Foret de Lucheux, L’Hey, Le Havre, Le Mans, Lens, Lisieux, Montdidier, Nantes, Ouistreham, Vaires (Paris), Valenciennes, Watten and Wissant.
Also includes photographs of various aircraft, various documents, technical notes, medal awards paperwork and VIP passenger lists (including Pandit Neru, Sir Claude Auchinleck).]]>
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