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]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Abbeville Region]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Gironde]]> France--Laon]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Netherlands--West Frisian Islands]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-04]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-15]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-25]]> 1944-01-26]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-11]]> 1944-02-12]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-22]]> 1944-02-23]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-04]]> 1944-03-05]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-17]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-20]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-01]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-06]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-04-13]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1945]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Oppau]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Worms]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> South Africa--East London]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Dülmen]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-09]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-16]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-12]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-12-16]]> 1945-01-20]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-13]]> Records a total of 45 operations (42 night, 3 day) with 9 and 97 Squadron. Targets in Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands are: Berlin, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Stettin, Brunswick, Magdeburg, Stuttgart, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Marignane, Munich, Clermont Ferrand, Toulouse, Louailles, Annecy, Amiens, Maisy, St. Pierre du Mont, Argentan, Rennes, Poitiers, Greil (Saint-Leu-d'Esserent), Culmont Chalindrey, Nevers, Courtrai, Donges, Givors, Brest, Deelen Airfield, Bordeaux, Darmstadt and Konigsberg.
His pilot on all operations was F/O Lasham.

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Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for David Charles Davies from November 1940 to 24 March 1948 detailing his training, operational and post conflict duties. Training was with No.5 Air Observer's School at RAF Jurby and Operational Training Units at RAF Finningley and RAF Bircotes. Aircraft flown in were, Dominie, Proctor, Blenhiem, Anson, Wellington, Manchester, Oxford, Lancaster, Halifax and Stirling, He flew a total of 59 operations all with 61 Squadron, 11 daylight and 48 night operations. Pilots flown with were Pilot Officer Clarke, Flight Sergeant Turner, Squadron Leader Deas, Flight Officer Foster and Squadron Leader Beard. David flew as bomb aimer in 52 operations, wireless operator/gunner in five and air gunner in two. The operations were to Paris, Lorient, Essen, Cologne, Lübeck, Hamburg, Saarbrücken, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Kassel, Nuremberg, Saarlouis, Karlsruhe, Bremen, Duisburg, Wismar, Aachen, Genoa, Milan, Berlin, Leipzig, Schweinfurt, Stuttgart, Châteauroux, Toulouse, Tours, Brunswick, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Saumur, Cherbourg, St. Pierre du Mont (Landes), Argentan, Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais), Caen, Donges, Creil, in the Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean and North Sea including anti sub patrols, convoy escort and dinghy search.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. 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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Pforzheim]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> 1944-12-12]]> 1944-12-13]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-18]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-28]]> 1945-05-01]]> 1945-05-03]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-11]]> 1945-05-29]]>
Records a total of 25 night operations (plus one with Duties Not Carried Out) with 196 Squadron. Targets in Germany, France and the Netherlands are: Bochum, Brest (minelaying), Cologne, Dortmund, Duisberg, Dusseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Frisians (minelaying), Gelsenkirchen, Heligoland Bight (minelaying), Kiel, Krefeld, Lorient (minelaying), Manheim, Mulheim, St Nazaire, Wuppertal.
Pilots on operations with 196 Squadron were W/O Ritchie and Sgt Sneddon.
Also records 33 operations (23 Night, 10 day, 5 with Duties Not Carried Out) with 355 Squadron against Japanese forces during the Burma campaign 1944-5. Targets in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam include:
Akyab, Amarapura, Andaman Islands, Bangkok, Hanoi, Jumbhorn, Khorat, Kyaukse, Kyetsha, Madaya, Mahlaing, Mandalay, Martaban Point, Martaban, Maymyo, Mokpalin railway yards, Monywa, Myingyan, Myittha, Na Nien, Ramree Island, Rangoon, Tiddim-Impall Road, Yenangyaung, Ywataung.
Pilots on operations with 355 Squadron were Squadron Leader MacDougall, Flight Lieutenant Giles, Flight Lieutenant Jackson, Flight Lieutenant Scott, Squadron Leader Falconer, Pilot Officer Dean, Warrant Officer Campbell, Flight Sergeant Turner, Warrant Officer Long and Warrant Officer Painter.]]>
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The last pages of the logbook contain four b/w photographs of Walter Braithwaite, airmen standing in front of an aircraft and a man playing basketball. ]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Benjamin Turner]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Somme]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Caen]]> France--Palaiseau]]> France--Saint-Lô]]> France--Montreuil]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Lille]]> France--Laon]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Belgium--Ottignies]]> Germany]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Schleswig-Holstein]]> Germany--Neuruppin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Canada]]> 1942]]> 1943-09-17]]> 1943-09-18]]> 1943-09-21]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-02-08]]> 1944-02-11]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-22]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-28]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-06]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944-03-08]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-29]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-18]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-07-01]]> 1944-07-11]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-17]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-09-09]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-21]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-15]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1945-04-20]]> 1945-04-23]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-05-16]]>
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Benjamin Turner]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> France--Laon]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-17]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-20]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-28]]> 1944-03-29]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-13]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]>
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Served at RAF Halton, RAF Wittering, RAF Hornchurch, RAF Eastchurch, RAF Harrogate, RAF Little Rissington, RAF Market Harborough, RAF Scampton, RAF Wiglsey, RAF Syerston, RAF Skellingthorpe, RAF Wymeswold, RAF Castle Donington,

Aircraft flown were DH 82 Tiger Moth, Stearman, Valiant, Harvard, Commodore, Catalina, Anson, Oxford, Wellington X, Stirling III, Norseman (C64), Lancaster, Dakota, Sea Otter, Auster, York, Sunderland.

Carried out 5 day and 27 night operations with 50 Squadron to Darmstadt, Bremerhaven, Rheydt, Kaiserslautern, Munster, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Nuremberg, Flushing docks, Bergen, Dusseldorf, the Dortmund-Ems Canal, the Mitteland Canal, Harburg, Duren, Heilbronn, the Urft Dam, Heimbach, Munich, Politz, Houffalize, Leuna, Brux, Siegen, the Rositz Oil Refinery, the Bohlen Synthetic Oil Plant, Wurzburg. He also carried out two Operation Exodus flights.

Awarded the DFC after an operation during which his aircraft was hit by bombs from another aircraft above him. He successfully flew his aircraft back to England. Includes various newspaper clippings.]]>
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Served at RAF Dumfries, RAF North Luffenham, RAF Swinderby, RAF Syerston, RAF East Kirkby, RAF Woodhall Spa. Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Anson, Botha, Wellington, Lancaster. Carried out a total of 39 operations. One night propaganda leaflet drop with 29 OTU, 11 night operations with 106 Squadron, 11 night operations with 630 Squadron, 9 day and 7 night operations with 617 Squadron. Targets included Paris, Berlin, Nuremberg, München Gladbach, Munich, Kassel, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Hannover, Dusseldorf, Toulouse, Saumur Tunnel, Le Havre, Boulogne, Watten, St Omer, Wizernes, Rilly la Montagne, Siracourt, Etaples, Brest. His pilot on operations was Flying Officer Cheney.

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The first flight is recorded at No 7 EFTS , Desford flying in the Tiger Moth, he remained there until 28 September when he moved to No 12 SFTS flying in the Anson. In January 1941 Harold moved to No 10 OTU Abingdon, flying the Whitley. On 15th April Harold was posted to 51 Squadron, Dishforth initially flying the Whitley but almost immediately converting to the Wellington. His first operation was to Kiel on the 18 May 1941 in a Whitley, his remaining operations were in the Wellington. Harold and his crew were posted to 405 Squadron, Driffield on 27 May 1941 and moved to Pocklington on the 26 June 1941 and then undertook operations to Swartze, Cologne, Brest, Dunkirk, Le Havre, Berlin and Dortmund. Harold attended a BAT course at 1502 BAT Flight Abingdon, in February 1942 flying Whitley's. They carried out operations to Heligoland, Essen, and Lubeck. Harold converted to the Halifax April/May 1942. He carried out 19 operations, was injured after a crash on 12 October 1942 and was posted to No 10 OTU on 17 November 1942. Harold acquired a Red endorsement to his Log Book, 'Whitley V BD 377 23 October 1942, Gross carelessness (Non flying) letter ref 916/1405/1595/P1 14 Nov 1942.
He was posted to No 12 OTU on 20 November. The aircraft he flew there on the Gunnery flight included the Whitley, Defiant, Lysander, Wellington and Martinet, he remained there until 10 March 1944 when his Log Book records that he was posted to No 100 Group for Special duties. The second pilot on operations were Pilot Officer Mattey, Sergeant Craig, and Sergeant Farnborough. ]]>
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