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Harrold Bratley - biography
Letter to John Weightman's Father
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sorties Flown by Crew of Lancaster ED908 in 156 Squadron
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
Edgar Pratt’s Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 582 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Defiant; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wymeswold; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley
Telegram from 582 Squadron to Air Ministry
Letter to Reg MacArthur's Father
Tags: 582 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; missing in action
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
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
Sorties Flown by Crew of Lancaster ED908 in 156 Squadron
Reg MacArthur's Service Record Extract
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 582 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Defiant; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; promotion; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wymeswold; RCAF Moncton; training; Wellington; Whitley
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
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
Sorties Flown by Crew of Lancaster ED908 in 156 Squadron
James Gresty - Extract from Service Record
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 582 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; Defiant; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wymeswold; training; Wellington; Whitley
Foret du Croc, 20 July 1944
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
Letter to Ken Ball from Tom Bower
In the letter Tom writes about losing their pilot due to illness. They have moved from Upwood to a more basic station where they live in…