Harrogate and refresher training in Perth followed. Tom was posted to No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School at RAF Feltwell where two B-17 crashed. He went to RAF Kidlington and, after finishing at the Advanced Flying Unit, Tom was posted to 26 Operational Training Unit at RAF Wing to fly Wellingtons where he crewed up. In March 1945 he was posted to RAF North Luffenham flying Lancasters. Tom then had to report to 90 Squadron at RAF RAF Tuddenham and joined a different crew. He undertook a few Cooks’ tours for ground crew to the Ruhr, and went to 15 Squadron at RAF Mildenhall where he became flying officer. He brought back some British troops from Italy and did Operation Post Mortem, including a German radar at Kiel. With a few hundred aircraft, there was a significant danger of collision.
Tom finished at an instructors’ flying course at RAF Lulsgate Bottom and was demobilised at the end of 1946.
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Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Italy]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1942-04]]> 1943-05-16]]> 1943-05-17]]>
D Cameron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--High Wycombe]]> United States]]> Florida--Lakeland]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Alabama--Dothan]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> France]]> France--Normandy]]> England--Norfolk]]> France--Le Havre]]> Florida]]> Alabama]]> Georgia]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942-03-23]]> 1942-05-10]]> 1942-08-11]]> 1943-05-21]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-25]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-04-14]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> Posted to 26 Operational Training Unit at RAF Wing, he was formed into a crew to fly Wellingtons as a rear gunner. On one training flight, an engine failed on take-off and the pilot managed to complete a circuit before carrying out a belly landing. As Bert had learned morse code as an air cadet, he was tasked to take over as the wireless operator if necessary, therefore, moved to the mid-upper turret to be closer.
In 1944 he was posted to RAF Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, initially with 1678 Heavy Conversion Unit to convert to Lancasters, and then to 514 Squadron as operational crew. His first operation was on the 30th of May to Boulogne. He describes a number of operations over France and Germany. On the 12th of June during an operation to Gelsenkirchen, they were hit by anti-aircraft fire putting their instruments out of action. They were diverted to RAF Woodbridge for an emergency landing.
Bert describes the differences in performance between the Mark II and Mark III Lancasters, and what happened during the day of operations. He completed his thirty operations in September 1944 and, after a period of leave, was posted to RAF Manby as an instructor with No. 1 Empire Air Armament School. He explains how he felt about the bombing of Germany, the loss of friends, and how the war was a great leveller of persons. He was demobilised in 1947. ]]>
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He flew a total of 5 night operations and 27 day operations with 186 Squadron, a total of 32 plus one recall. Targets were Essen, Cologne, Homberg, Solingen, Bottrop, Rur Dam Schwammenauel, Duisburg, Osterfeld, Siegen, Trier, Saint-Vith, Mönchengladbach, Juvincourt-et-Damary, Saarbrücken, Wanne Eichel, Gelsenkirchen, Buer, Dortmund, Hattingen, Bocholt, Neuss, Sterkrade, Dessau and Merseburg. His pilot on operations was Flight Lieutenant Field DFC. It also contains a newspaper clipping 'Cologne bridge is out'.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force. 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Aircraft in which flown: DH82A, PT-17A, AT-6A, Oxford, Wellington III, Wellington X, Lancaster I, Lancaster II, Lancaster III, York, Lancastrian.
Records a total of 31 operations (6 day, 25 night). Targets in Belgium, France, Germany: Angers, Aulnoye, Beauvoir, Boulogne, Caen area, Cap Gris-Nez, Chalons Sur Marne, Courtrai, Duisberg, Emieville, Gelsenkirchen, Homburg, Kiel, Le Catelliers, Le Havre, Le Mans, Louvain, Massy Palaisieu, Nantes, Ouistreham, Paris Vaires, Pas de Calais - L’Hey, Rimeux, Stuttgart, Trappes (Paris), Valenciennes, Villers Bocage, Watten - Pas de Calais.]]>
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Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending temporal coverage. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Belgium]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> France--Aisne]]> Germany--Bad Oldesloe]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Recklinghausen (Kreis)]]> Germany--Salzbergen]]> Germany--Salzgitter Region]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Netherlands--Hulst (Zeeland)]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-29]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-04-30]]> 1945-05-01]]> 1945-05-03]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-05-09]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-12]]> 1945-05-15]]> 1945-05-16]]> 1945-05-18]]> 1945-06-05]]> 1945-06-10]]> 1945-06-25]]> 1945-07-29]]> 1945-08-04]]> 1945-08-06]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Canada]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Canada]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Alberta]]> Germany]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-07]]> 1943-10-13]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-10-28]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-30]]> 1943-12-09]]> 1943-12-12]]> 1943-12-15]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-22]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-18]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-04]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944-03-13]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-04-06]]> 1944-04-08]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany]]> Germany--Remscheid]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Rheine]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-06-27]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 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]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Sweden]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Solingen]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Wesseling]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Manitoba]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Ontario--Jarvis]]> Saskatchewan]]> Saskatchewan--Dafoe]]> Germany--Heinsberg (Heinsberg)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Manitoba--Rivers]]> 1943]]> 1944-10-04]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-16]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-05]]> 1944-11-08]]> 1944-11-15]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1944-12-02]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-19]]> 1944-12-20]]> 1944-12-27]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-11]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-06]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-16]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 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]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Abbeville Region]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Gironde]]> France--Laon]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Netherlands--West Frisian Islands]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-04]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-15]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-25]]> 1944-01-26]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-11]]> 1944-02-12]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-22]]> 1944-02-23]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-04]]> 1944-03-05]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-17]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-20]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-01]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-06]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-04-13]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1945]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Lynn Corrigan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Dülmen]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Worms]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> Netherlands--Venlo]]> 1944-09-03]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-15]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-30]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-16]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-24]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-05]]> 1944-11-09]]> 1944-11-10]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-19]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-12-12]]> 1944-12-13]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-04-15]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-31]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-22]]>