'Bomber Command 4 Group.
Halifax A/C 76 Sqd. Sqd/L. Bickford.
R.A.F. Middleton St. George, Yorks.
August 6th 1941']]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1941-08-06]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> 1941-12-18]]>
Photograph 2 shows a mostly rural area, much obscured by anti-aircraft fire and light flare. Captioned 'T.K.A. 073 Z 76 N/T 2/3 .8.41 F8 ➝'.
This photograph also captioned 'Night raid on Berlin Germany, Halifax A/C. 76 Sqd. Bomber Command, 4 Group. R.A.F. Middleton St. George, Yorks. 2/3 Aug 1941.'

Photograph 3 is of the port of Brest.

Photograph 4 is a vertical air-to-air photograph of a Halifax flying over a coastline. It is captioned 'A. 23 A(A) 76 30.12.41 F/8'. Captioned '18. Dec 1941.']]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1944-07-25]]> 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]]> Nigel Moore]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Bridlington]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Canada]]> 1945]]> Andrew Sadler]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941-06]]> 1942-12]]> 1945-12-20]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 'Aircrew V-Victor Halifax Mark III
No 10 Squadron No. 4 Group Royal Air Force- Bomber Command Melbourne Yorkshire England
Completed 38 Operations -July 30, 1944 to Feb 18, 1945 Photo: Feb 20, 1945'.

The aircrew, their roles and home town and country are detailed below.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1945-02-20]]>
Bill Bailey]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Free French Air Force]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> England--Birmingham]]> England--Devon]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Domléger-Longvillers]]> France--Ardennes]]> France--Calais]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Manitoba--Carberry]]> Netherlands--Domburg]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Ontario--Hamilton]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> France]]> Ontario]]> New Brunswick]]> Nova Scotia]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Manitoba]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> China]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> China--Hong Kong]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> England--Weston-super-Mare]]> Germany--Gütersloh]]> England--Durham (County)]]> David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Second generation]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Belgium--Turnhout]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> Includes a copy of the poem 'Passing over'.]]> Joe Dudley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Laura Morgan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Poetry]]> MAllenJH179996-160512-030002,
MAllenJH179996-160512-030003,
MAllenJH179996-160512-030004,
MAllenJH179996-160512-030005,
MAllenJH179996-160512-030006]]>
Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> 1944-08-16]]>
'Based at Burn' Introduction by Jim Allen
One More Chalked Up
A Trip to Remember
Sabotage on 578 Squadron at Burn by Joe Dudley
Memories of 578 Squadron at Burn 1944 by Joe Dudley]]>
Jim Allen]]> Joe Dudley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> France]]> France--Calais]]> Belgium]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1944-06-30]]>

On the reverse 'G/Cpt Bradbury, Station Cdr, Wing Commander Willie Tait. Given by Edward Scott A.T. Mechanic & motor cycle Dispatch Rider'.

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Brian Lunn]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Aircrew, people, decorations and bomb damage]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1942-01-21]]>
4 Group]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--York]]> 1944-02-06]]> Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--York]]> 1944-02-10]]> 4 Group officer]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--York]]> 1944-05-19]]> 4 Group]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> John was born in 1919 to a poor but educated family. He was the youngest of eight children. At the age of 17 he started training as a teacher but war had broken out. He was accepted by the RAF as aircrew and after brief training in Jamaica was shipped to New Orleans then onward to Canada.
He trained as a Navigator and after crew selection at Kinloss, training on Whitleys he was sent to Pocklington, Yorkshire.
He completed 33 operations - there is great detail about the operations.
After the war he transferred to Transport Command and flew Hastings and Comets around the world. He was a successful athlete for the RAF.
Included is a eulogy for John written by his nephew, Mark Johnson.

An appendix covers a colleague, John Ebanks who served as a bomb aimer at RAF Oakington. He undertook 50 operations.


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Mark Johnson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Jamaica--Pedro Plains]]> Cayman Islands]]> Jamaica--Ocho Rios]]> Jamaica--Kingston]]> Belize]]> United States]]> Louisiana--New Orleans]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Iceland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Sri Lanka]]> West Indies]]> Australia]]> New Zealand]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Munich]]> Italy--Turin]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> England--Liverpool]]> France--Ardennes]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Dülmen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Goch]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Reichswald]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Worms]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Witten]]> Italy--Naples]]> France--Marseille]]> Europe--English Channel Region]]> China--Hong Kong]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany]]> Jamaica]]> Italy]]> France]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Jamaica--Saint Elizabeth]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Wangerooge Island]]> Louisiana]]> New York (State)]]> Ontario]]> Québec]]> New Brunswick]]> Nova Scotia]]> China]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Lancashire]]> Jamaica--Saint Ann's Bay]]>
Jack Culkin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1942]]> 1942]]> Wehrmarcht]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> deu]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> 1943-12-20]]> Reg Hall Reg Spalding Geo Brett Pat Edwards
Ralph Parsons
Jim Cahir'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]>
Don Say]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>