Royal Air Force, 220 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> 1944-12]]> 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]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Oman]]> Singapore]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> North Africa]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Calais]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Saint-Omer Region (Pas-de-Calais)]]> Germany--Borken (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Braunschweig Region]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hattingen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Recklinghausen (Münster)]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Gibraltar]]> Northern Ireland--Ballykelly]]> Oman--Masirah Island]]> Scotland--Kinloss]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> 1960]]> 1961]]> 1962]]> 1963]]> 1964]]> 1965]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-06]]> 1944-09-08]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-18]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-29]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> Frank joined 115 Squadron at RAF Witchford, where his crew was formed and flew in Lancaster Mk 2. His first tour consisted of 30 trips, although they only completed 29 because of a change of pilots. He then joined 7 Squadron, part of the Pathfinder Force. He trained at the Pathfinder Training Unit and went to RAF Oakington where they were twice Master Bombers. After his tour, Frank was posted to the Radar Research Establishment at RAF Defford as station navigation officer. It involved several different aircraft and flights (bomber, coastal, naval). He describes several of the interesting people he flew with and the work on Doppler navigation. Frank was subsequently sent to the Pathfinder Training Unit as an instructor and recounts a flight with Air Vice Marshal Bennett, investigating blue target indicator bombs.
After Frank was demobilised, he worked initially as an air traffic control officer before accepting a permanent commission into the RAF. Frank goes on to describe his post-war RAF activities.
Squadron Leader Frank Leatherdale was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his work in Pathfinders.]]>
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