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Edgar Pratt and Crew
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Tags: 1656 HCU; aircrew; Heavy Conversion Unit; training
Flight Sergeant Edgar Walter Roslyn Pratt, Extract of Service Record
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 582 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; Defiant; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; promotion; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Padgate; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wymeswold; training; Wellington; Whitley
Sorties Flown by Crew of Lancaster ED908 in 156 Squadron
Sorties Flown by Ben Weightman and Crew in 582 Squadron
Tags: 109 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 3 Group; 550 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Foret du Croc, 20 July 1944
Tags: 109 Squadron; 582 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; pilot; RAF Little Staughton; V-1; V-weapon
Crew of Lancaster ED908 (60-Z)
Sorties flown by John Swarbrick in 115 Squadron
Extracts from John's Service Record
Tags: 109 Squadron; 115 Squadron; 20 OTU; 29 OTU; 8 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gee; Initial Training Wing; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; promotion; RAF Cranage; RAF Dumfries; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Padgate; training; Wellington
Sorties Flown by James Foulsham and John Swarbrick in 109 Squadron
Tags: 109 Squadron; 582 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Gee; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon
Foret du Croc, 20 July 1944
Tags: 109 Squadron; 582 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; pilot; RAF Little Staughton; V-1; V-weapon
Crew of Lancaster ED908 (60-Z)
Three Graves
John Weightman
Tags: aircrew; Flying Training School; pilot; RAF Grantham; training
Squadron Leader John Bentley Weightman DFC
Tags: 582 Squadron; 8 Group; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Hudson; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cranage; RAF Grantham; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Manston; RAF Prestwick; RAF St Athan; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Warboys; RAF Wick; Scharnhorst; training
Sorties Flown by John Weightman and Crew in 582 Squadron
Tags: 109 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 3 Group; 550 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Foret du Croc, 20 July 1944
Tags: 109 Squadron; 582 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; pilot; RAF Little Staughton; V-1; V-weapon
Crew of Lancaster ED908 (60-Z)
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