Ron Carr]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Laura Morgan]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Switzerland--Zurich]]> Switzerland--Dübendorf]]> Switzerland--Vevey]]> Switzerland--Adelboden (Bern)]]> Switzerland--Basel]]> Germany--Baden-Baden]]> France--Paris]]> Spain--Madrid]]> Gibraltar]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> France]]> Germany]]> Italy]]> Spain]]> Switzerland]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Govert J. van Lienden]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France--Brest]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Netherlands]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> France]]> Italy]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Tom was posted to 100 Squadron at RAF Grimsby. He pays tribute to the wing commander and group captain. The former taught them to corkscrew and dive through a searchlight, reassuring them about flak. Shortly after sorting out a problem with the air pressure, Tom became a flying officer. He recounts the crew’s ritual on each flight with a lucky handkerchief.
Tom explains how they were anxious about the Ruhr and how they observed a Lancaster shot down by a Me 109. He also describes the bravery he witnessed. Tom noticed a huge number of ships coming back from a raid on marshalling yards and railway tracks; it was for D-Day. He was involved in Operation Manna, dropping food parcels in Holland.
Towards the end of the war, Tom moved to 626 Squadron at RAF Wickenby. They flew to Ludwigshafen, Dortmund and Cologne.
When war ended, Tom retrained as an air traffic controller in the Air Force. He was sent up to Scottish Command and describes a couple of incidents. He became an author, writing children’s books and about his RAF experiences.
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Julian Maslin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Sally Coulter]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Netherlands]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-05]]>

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]>

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]>
He tells of his two brothers who served in the forces and then goes on to talk about his crew and some of the experiences he saw whilst flying in a Bomber Stream.
After his missions, he was then posted as an instructor on Operational Training Units, before flying with 97 Pathfinder Squadron.
Percy flew in Bleinheims, Halifaxes and Lancasters and recalls his life in the Royal Air Force, and his crews and training, also meeting up with the relatives of his former crew, and meeting people from Holland after the war.
Percy also tells of his experiences flying in a Catalina after visiting his brother, who flew in Coastal Command.
Percy completed two tours of duty in Bomber Command and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal in September 1944.
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Adam Sutch]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Gary Rushbrooke]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Korea]]> 1947]]> 1956]]> He did his training at Yatesbury and was there 3 months before moving to 18 Operational Training Unit at Finningley, where he flew Avro Ansons and Vickers Wellingtons. He was not assigned to a crew initially, becoming a spare man to fill in where necessary. He joined Flight Lieutenant John Baxters crew after someone fell ill.
Jeff moved to a Heavy Conversation Unit, flying Handley Page Halifaxes, before moving to a Avro Lancaster finishing school. He was then posted to Scampton for operational duties.
He completed 29 operations before taking part in Operation Manna, dropping food supplies in Holland. He then flew with 100 Squadron on Avro Lincolns taking part in Operation Exodus, bringing soldiers back home.
After the war ended, Jeff returned to his previous employer, the East Midlands Electricity Board where he used his Higher National Certificate to become a qualified Engineer.
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Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Anglesey]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zimbabwe--Gweru]]> Zimbabwe--Bulawayo]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Essex]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> South Africa--Mahikeng]]> South Africa]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Bishop's Stortford]]> 1945]]> In February 1946 three of the crews took Lancasters to RAF Abu Sueir in Egypt. After a few weeks they moved to RAF Shallufa, in the Canal Zone, when 104 Squadron was formed. Jack finished up on Ansons doing VIP and mail runs. He flew back in a Lancaster to RAF Kirkham via RAF Silloth, where he was demobbed. Jack flown in Domine, Proctor, Anson, Wellington and a Lancaster.
Jack married in 1951 and had two children, went back to the footplate until 1961. After that he worked as a manager of a fancy goods shop and eventually moved to Bridlington.]]>
David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Cumbria]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> North Africa]]> 1945-04]]> 1946-02]]>
Jennifer Barraclough]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Malta]]> North Africa]]> Egypt--Suez Canal Region]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Libya]]> Libya--Bardiyah]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-06-11]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> 1943]]> Brian Wright]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jim Sheach]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> James Sheach]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> 1944]]> Brian Wright]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> India]]> India--Kolkata]]> India--New Delhi]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> His pilot on operations was Flight Lieutenant Hamilton.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Merville (Nord)]]> France--Tergnier (Canton)]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Poland--Pomerelia]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-07-14]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-02]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1945-06-16]]> 1945-07-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Scotland--South Ayrshire]]> Scotland--Prestwick]]> England--London]]> 1940-08-27]]> 1947-02-28]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Bradley Froggatt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Limburg]]> 1941-12-28]]> 1943-05-26]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Bradley Froggatt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Nijmegen]]> Great Britain]]> England--Surrey]]> 1943-05-25]]>
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David Wynn]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Map]]> Photograph]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Diary]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Nijmegen]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-05-25]]> 2013-05-24]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch ]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> France]]> Germany]]> Italy]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> France--La Rochelle]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Remscheid]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1943-07-06]]> 1943-07-07]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-10]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-26]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1943-07-31]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-13]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-09-25]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-19]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> Wing Commander McIntyre. Includes notes on a leaflet dropping operation over France whilst with 81 Operational Training Unit, and an air-sea rescue operation with 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit searching for a dinghy in the North Sea.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch ]]> Callum Davies]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-24]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-10-01]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-07]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1943-10-18]]>