RAF Halton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> 1947-04-18]]> Malcolm]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sandra Jones]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hucknall]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> 1947-09-22]]> John]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sandra Jones]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1947-10-24]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Marlow (Buckinghamshire)]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1947]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> British Army]]> 1947]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1947-04-02]]> W Eaton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> 1947-11-03]]> Pitman's College]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> 1947-02]]> 1947-03]]> 1947-04]]> 1947-07]]> 1946-12]]> Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1947]]>
The donor kindly provided this additional information. 'My father recounted a number of anecdotes about his service and one concerns the entry on his service record where you will see it just says Cheddington. As you will be aware RAF Cheddington was at that time a USAAF base. I cannot verify this it is only what my father told me. The reason for the week at Cheddington was due to a dispute between Bomber Command and USAAF around the turn around time of the four engined heavies. The RAF said the Americans were taking too long compared to the RAF for engine servicing or replacements, not sure exactly but it resulted in a group of RAF personnel going to Cheddington to show them how the RAF did it. As I recall father said he was somewhat surprised to find rows of USAAF service personnel sitting on chairs in front of the aircraft while the RAF changed all four engines and brought the aircraft back on line.
He also told me about being on crash duty for the returning aircraft and of one instance when the airfield was attacked and having to run for the shelters.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Egypt]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> 1942-01-14]]> 1943-02-12]]> 1943-10-10]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-09-06]]> 1947-01-08]]> 1944-07-01]]> 1945-11-01]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> British Army]]> Germany]]> 1947-12-05]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry. Casualty Branch]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Louvain]]> Belgium--Sint-Truiden]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1947-07]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> 1947]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> 1947-02]]> #2 is Dad and Margaret with [indecipherable] March 1947.
#3 is a view looking north up Loch Lomond.
#4 is Dad and Margaret play sword fighting at the side of Loch Lomond.]]>
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#2 is man in a garden, captioned 'W/Cdr D Warr King'.
#3 is Manor Farm, Collyweston 1946-7'.
#4 is a woman in a dress in a garden, captioned 'May 1947 at Manor Farm'.
#5 is a woman's legs, she is seated on a deck chair, captioned 'Nylons from 35 Sqn's American tour July 46'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> 1946]]> 1947]]>
#2 is Garscube Estate, Bearsden.
#3 is a flooded road, captioned 'Floods at Collyweston after snow of 1947'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Loch Long (Argyll and Bute)]]> Scotland--Bearsden]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> 1947]]>
#2 is a car, captioned 'The original "Old Mother Riley" Mk1'.
#3 is a starboard side view of a Mosquito, captioned 'Rollo Kingsford-Smith's Mosquito AZ-R 627, PFF Squadron, Woodhall Spa July 1945'.
#4 is an airman standing in front of Blenheim Palace, captioned 'Rollo at Blenheim Palace after Victory Parade Woodstock June 1946'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Roseneath]]> England--Woodstock]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-07]]> 1946-06]]> 1947-02]]>
#2 is a garden and house captioned 'Empingham'.
#3 is a civilian standing in a garden, captioned 'W/Cdr D. Warr King Caveby May 1947'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Rutland]]> 1947]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Rutland]]> 1947]]> RAF Transport Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Conncock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> Italy]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> India--Delhi]]> India--Kolkata]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943-06-03]]> 1943-06-04]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-16]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-07]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-01-01]]> 1943-01-02]]> 1943-01-03]]> 1943-01-04]]> 1943-01-05]]> 1943-01-07]]> 1943-01-08]]> 1943-01-20]]> 1943-01-21]]> 1943-11-10]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-24]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-11-27]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> Jean Carter]]> Clive Carter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jean Carter]]> Clive Carter]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> 1941-01-22]]> 1941-08-14]]> 1941-08-16]]> 1941-09-06]]> 1941-09-26]]> 1941-10-04]]> 1941-10-22]]> 1941-10-31]]> 1941-11-26]]> 1941-12-14]]> 1942-01-02]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1947]]> 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).]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Canada]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> Israel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> France--Domléger-Longvillers]]> France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Calvados]]> France--Dreux]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Lens]]> France--Montdidier (Hauts-de-France)]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Oise]]> France--Opale Coast]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Somme]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> France--Valenciennes]]> France--Watten]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Manitoba--Carberry]]> Manitoba--Neepawa]]> France--Coulonvillers]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> Egypt--Kibrit]]> North Africa]]> France--Ouistreham]]> Manitoba]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-06-02]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-18]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> 1960]]> 1961]]> 1962]]>
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