IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Physical object. Clothing]]> Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Essen]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Charles M Ameresekera]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Sri Lanka]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Neuss]]> France--Calais]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-11-03]]> 1941-12-13]]> 1942-02-20]]> 1942-05-02]]> 1942-09-26]]> 1942-11-30]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-11]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1951]]> 1953]]> 1955]]> Second page lists a further 22 Lancasters by registration number only.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Charles M Ameresekere]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Sri Lanka]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Neuss]]> France--Calais]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-11-03]]> 1941-12-13]]> 1942-02-20]]> 1942-05-02]]> 1942-09-26]]> 1942-11-30]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-11]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1951]]> 1953]]> 1955]]> 1962]]> 1970]]> 1974-03-20]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Sri Lanka]]> Australia]]> Malta]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Sri Lanka--Ratmalana]]> Germany--Cologne]]> 1940-09]]> 1941-06]]> 1941-09-28]]> 1941-12-03]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1942]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-10]]> 1946-03-21]]> 1943-08-07]]> 1943-06-17]]> 1939-10-29]]> 1945-08-17]]> 1941-11-15]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 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]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Zimbabwe]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Cannes]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Italy--Milan]]> Zimbabwe--Bulawayo]]> Zimbabwe--Harare]]> Italy]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-26]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-03]]> 1943-08-07]]> 1943-08-08]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-13]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-10-23]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-12-19]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> Contains some photographs of aircraft and target photographs.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike French]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Australia]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Cannes]]> France--Douai]]> France--Le Creusot]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Modane]]> France--La Neuville-au-Pont]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Germany--Soest]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Poland]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1943-04-20]]> 1943-04-21]]> 1943-04-25]]> 1943-04-26]]> 1943-05-11]]> 1943-05-12]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-05-14]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-05-28]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-05-30]]> 1943-06-19]]> 1943-06-20]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-06-26]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-10]]> 1943-07-15]]> 1943-07-16]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-26]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-24]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-09-17]]> 1943-10-23]]> 1943-10-24]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-11-12]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-11-27]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-06]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-09-03]]> 1944-09-08]]> 1944-09-09]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-15]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-21]]> 1944-10-22]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-11-03]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-12]]> 1944-12-13]]>
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David Philip Storey]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> France--Modane]]> France--Montluçon]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Remscheid]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]>
D W Raettig]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941]]> 1941-01]]> 1941-08]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1943]]> PV Clegg]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kassel]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Essen]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> France]]> France--Metz]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Munich]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Haine-Saint-Pierre]]> Germany--Worms]]> Belgium--Louvain]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Netherlands--Zutphen]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Mussey-sur-Marne]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-01-15]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-09-30]]> 1942-03-08]]> 1943-05-08]]> 1943-05-09]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1942-08-12]]> 1942-07-12]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1942-08-12]]> 1942-01-21]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1942-04-10]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-02]]> 1943-08-14]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-01-18]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1943-04-14]]> 1943-04-15]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-05-14]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1944-01-01]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1943-12-11]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1944-12-26]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-12-27]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> There is a second copy with details on the reverse of each man, his crew position and his address.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PWhittakerH17020001,
PWhittakerH17020002,
PWhittakerH1723]]>
Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Bexley]]> England--London]]> Scotland--Aberdeen]]> England--Hull]]> England--Erdington]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Bolton (Greater Manchester)]]>
J D Cotter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Truro]]> England--Leicestershire]]> France]]> France--Rouen]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Italy]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> France--Soligny-la-Trappe]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Paris]]> France--Tergnier (Canton)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 2018-08-28]]> 1942-08]]> 1943-02-23]]> 1943-03]]> 1943-05-05]]> 1943-05-14]]> 1943-08]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-06-27]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-29]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-23]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-03-06]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-17]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-08-24]]> 1943-10-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Belgium--Charleroi]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-12-18]]> A second has no annotation.
A third copy has ' F/Sgt Whittaker (Bombadier) (Charlie) on the reverse.
A fourth copy has 'Harry Whittaker (Charlie) Bomb Aimer on the reverse.
A fifth copy is his cropped head and shoulders.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> ]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
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]]> Czech Republic]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Haine-Saint-Pierre]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> Belgium--Tienen]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Angers]]> France--Aumale]]> France--Bayeux Region]]> France--Caen Region]]> France--Calais]]> France--Cambrai]]> France--Falaise]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Lens]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Saint-Omer Region (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Bari]]> Netherlands--Domburg]]> Netherlands--Soesterberg]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Scotland--Moray Firth]]> France--Coquereaux]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1943-04-17]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-13]]> 1944-03-14]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-29]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-21]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-09-03]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-06]]> 1944-09-08]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-09-30]]> 1944-10-04]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-24]]> 1945-07-05]]> 1945-08-11]]> 1945-08-13]]> 1945-08-28]]> 1945-08-30]]> 1945-09-18]]> 1945-09-21]]> 1945-11-08]]> 1945-11-10]]> 1945-11-27]]> 1945-11-29]]> 1946]]> 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]]> Royal Air Force. 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]]> Flying training commenced at RAF Booker on Tiger Moths and he was then sent out of England as part of the Empire Training Scheme. Flying training on Stearman aircraft recommenced at Lakeland in Florida followed by multi-engined training at Macon in Georgia and Valdosta for advanced training. In October 1942 he became a pilot under the American Army Air Force System and declined an offer to stay and become an instructor.
Returning to Britain on an unescorted Queen Elizabeth liner, he trained on Oxfords at RAF Little Rissington. Posted to RAF Harwell to fly, in Bluey's terms "clapped out Wellingtons" he describes the system for forming a crew. They were posted to RAF Riccall to fly the Halifax.
The next posting was to an operational squadron at RAF Lissett where he did his first operational flight to Krefeld in June 1943 and trips to Berlin, Cologne and Mannheim. After his trip to Krefeld, his rear gunner refused to fly and was removed. On his second trip to Mannheim, Bluey's aircraft was struck by a bomb from an aircraft flying above. They had to reduce height and so used Window to disguise their location. The final trip was to Berlin in November 1943 and, having completed his tour, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Bluey never flew again. Sent to Tilly Whim, Bluey was trained to operate Oboe and explains the device. Posted to an Oboe station at RAF Winterton to monitor junior operatives, he met his future wife.
After the war had finished he became an instructor on the Link Trainer and sent to various RAF stations and finally to RAF Marham from where he was demobilised and returned to civilian life. In civilian life, employment in the farm feed industry was followed by time in the lubricant industry until retirement. Bluey compiled a register of all crews that flew with 158 Squadron and formed a Squadron association in 1947, of which he became president, and organised a memorial to the squadron at former RAF Lissett.]]>
Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Canada]]> United States]]> Florida]]> Florida--Lakeland]]> Georgia]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> 1943-06]]> 1943-11]]>
James Sheach]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> 1943-11]]> 1945]]> Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Bruce Blanche]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--York]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> France]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940-10]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1944-07]]>