102 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Romford]]> England--Essex]]> 1944-01-21]]> 4 Group Headquarters]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1944-02-15]]> Charles Francis Saunders]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Herefordshire]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> 1943-01]]> 2005-07]]> Eric Horsham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> BHorshamESHorshamESv10002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cardington]]> England--Torquay]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--London]]> England--London]]> England--London]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Devon]]> 1942]]> 1944-11-16]]> Included is a photograph of the damage sustained to the Halifax's wing.
He details his operations mostly over Germany but also France. He refers to Flying Officer Leonard Cheshire being posted to his squadron.
On the last page is a photograph of his crew in front of a Halifax. Each member is identified -

Jimmy Finney Mid Upper Gunner From- Hull.

Eric Horsham Flt Engineer From- Woolwich.

Owen Shirley Navigator From- Carsholton.

Edgar Francis Pilot From- Stoke St Michael.

John Morris Bomb Aimer From- Highgate,London.

Alan Shepherd Wireless Operator From- Ringwood.

Ron Alderton Rear Gunner From- London
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Eric Horsham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Torquay]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> England--Hull]]> England--Carshalton]]> England--Shepton Mallet]]> England--London]]> England--Ringwood]]> England--London]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> England--London]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Devon]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-11-16]]>
Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Scotland--Ross-shire]]> 1944-02-18]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Air Force. 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Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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No better quality copies are available.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> South Africa]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Modane]]> France--Montluçon]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Italy--Milan]]> South Africa--Makhanda]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-09-15]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1944-01-24]]> 1944-02-04]]> 1944-02-05]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-04]]> 1944-03-05]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> Great Britain. 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Transport Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Krefeld Region]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940]]> 1941-07-20]]> 1941-07-21]]> 1941-07-25]]> 1941-07-26]]> 1941-08-03]]> 1941-08-04]]> 1941-08-05]]> 1941-08-06]]> 1941-08-07]]> 1941-08-08]]> 1941-08-28]]> 1941-08-29]]> 1941-08-31]]> 1941-09-01]]> 1941-09-02]]> 1941-09-03]]> 1941-09-06]]> 1941-09-07]]> 1941-09-08]]> 1941-09-12]]> 1941-09-13]]> 1941-09-20]]> 1941-09-21]]> 1941-09-26]]> 1941-09-27]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-10-12]]> 1941-10-13]]> 1941-10-16]]> 1941-10-17]]> 1941-10-21]]> 1941-10-22]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-11-30]]> 1941-12-01]]> 1942-04-29]]> 1942-04-30]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Records 27 operations (26 night, one day, several abandoned for various reasons) on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany (some targets not named when duties not carried out): Boulogne, Bremen, Brest, Cherbourg, Cologne, Duisberg, Essen, Hamburg (abandoned), Hamburg, Nantes, Ostend, Paris, Rostock, St. Nazaire, Stettin, Vichy, and Warnemunde. His first pilot on first four operations were Pilot Officer Godfrey, Sergeant Robertson and Pilot Officer Joyce. Also includes technical notes, several personal notes (including a poem), and two endorsements, one in green.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Belgium--Ostend]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Paris]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> France--Vichy]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-09-11]]> 1941-09-12]]> 1941-09-20]]> 1941-09-21]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-10-01]]> 1941-10-16]]> 1941-10-17]]> 1941-10-28]]> 1941-10-29]]> 1941-10-31]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-12-27]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-01-07]]> 1942-01-08]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-05]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-27]]> 1942-06-28]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-08]]> 1942-07-09]]> 1942-07-13]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-21]]> 1942-07-22]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-01]]> 1942-08-03]]>
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
J Brennan]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Navy]]> South Africa]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> France]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> Belgium]]> England--Devon]]> England--Sussex]]> England--London]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Bochum]]> France--Le Creusot]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Felixstowe]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Bremen]]> France--Cannes]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> France--Montdidier (Hauts-de-France)]]> Belgium--Hasselt]]> France--Lens]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Paris]]> Belgium--La Louvière]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-06]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-19]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-04]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-16]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-29]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-10-23]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-23]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-08]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-02]]> 1944-06-29]]> J H Thomas]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> New South Wales--Albury]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> New South Wales--Narrandera]]> Victoria--Point Cook]]> United States]]> California--San Francisco]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Greenock]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Rugby]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> France--Falaise]]> France--Somain]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Lumbres]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> California]]> New York (State)]]> New South Wales]]> Victoria]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-12]]> 1942-09-12]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1943-02-07]]> 1943-06-16]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-17]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-09]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-22]]> Incident 2. Describes watching another aircraft taking off when its flaps fell down and bomb doors opening as it reached take off speed on the runway. Manage take off but took airfield fences with it and subsequently landed wheels up. Problem ascribed to hydraulic problem due to flak damage. Goes on to describe an incident with his own aircraft where a piece of flak shrapnel ricocheted through aircraft causing several different things to happen to mid upper gunner, pilot and the aircraft. Concludes with description of a fire arms incident he was involved in at Moreton-in-the-Marsh where he was an instructor at a later date.]]> J H Thomas]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-10]]> J H Thomas]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hannover]]> 1945-01-05]]> Book includes:
Handwritten note on front 'In memory of Fred Dunn, killed Nov 22/23 1943'.
Telegram to Mr A C Dunn regretting to inform him that his son Sgt Dunn F T lost his life as a result of air operations on 22/23 Nov 1943.
B/W photograph of an airman wearing tunic and side cap. Handwritten note that he had many flying hours to his name in Halifax.
Title page with handwritten note by Alfred Dunn that his brother had been on this raid (page 40). Goes on to describe that Fred was killed in mid-air collision with another Halifax at Pocklington.
Next page - handwritten note about Fred Dunn's last operation on 1000 bomber raid to Berlin and his death in a mid-air collision on return. mentioned that although he was a bomb aimer for 13 operations, he had his wings and was probably considered a pilot.
Page with list of crews participating including from 4 Group, 102 Squadron with Dunn's crew highlighted.
Page with other crews and b/w photograph of five aircrew, four wearing tunics, one holding dog and a fifth aircrew squatting down with tunic off.
Page - extract from operational night raid report 388 27/28.7.43 and night raid report 387 28/29.7.43
Page - Appendix 1 Peenemunde entry in flight log.
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Lt Col Kenneth G Boyd]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> United States]]> North Dakota--Fargo]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Ohio--Dayton]]> Washington (D.C.)]]> Canada]]> Newfoundland and Labrador--Gander]]> Maine]]> Scotland--Prestwick]]> England--London]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> 1941-12-07]]> 1941-08]]> 1941-08-23]]> 1941-06]]> M Moon]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941-08-21]]> 1941-08-26]]> John was born in 1919 to a poor but educated family. He was the youngest of eight children. At the age of 17 he started training as a teacher but war had broken out. He was accepted by the RAF as aircrew and after brief training in Jamaica was shipped to New Orleans then onward to Canada.
He trained as a Navigator and after crew selection at Kinloss, training on Whitleys he was sent to Pocklington, Yorkshire.
He completed 33 operations - there is great detail about the operations.
After the war he transferred to Transport Command and flew Hastings and Comets around the world. He was a successful athlete for the RAF.
Included is a eulogy for John written by his nephew, Mark Johnson.

An appendix covers a colleague, John Ebanks who served as a bomb aimer at RAF Oakington. He undertook 50 operations.


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