IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Observer's and air gunners flying log book for Warrant Officer HVT Ward, flight engineer, from 15 September 1942 to 9 September 1945. Detailing his training schedule, operations flown and instructional duties. He was stationed at: RAF St. Athan, RAF Waddington, RAF Wigsley, RAF Syerston and RAF Skellingthorpe. Ward flew in the following aircraft: Oxford, Manchester, Lancaster Mk1 and Mk 3, Halifax and Stirling. As a flight engineer he carried out 34 operations, 26 night time operations with 44 Squadron followed by a second tour of  four daylight and four night time operations with 463 Squadron. Targets were (in order): Genoa, Hamburg, Turin, Stuttgart, Mannerheim, [sic] Nienburg, Gronde river (Gardening), Duisburg, Essen, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Lorient, Milan, Wilhelmshaven, Nürnberg [sic] (Nuremberg), St, Nazaire, Lutzkeneron [sic], Würzburg, Bremen, Wesel, Frage [sic], Nordhausen, Komutov [sic], Juvencourt [sic] (Juvancourt). His pilots on operations were: Pilot Officer Walker, Flight Sergeant Elger, Flight Lieutenant Walker, Flying Officer Riggs and Flying Officer Findlay. In between tours he served as a flight engineer instructor on1661 Conversion Unit, 1654 Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School. Ward also took part in Operation Exodus and a Cooks Tour. Ward's log book also records his time spent in a Link Trainer and his time at the controls of an aircraft. After the war he joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and flew in Auster aircraft as an air observation post with pilot Captain Huggins.

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Left, bottom. Six airmen grouped at the side of a Lancaster. Four are standing and two are squatting in front, all are wearing overalls and one has a leather jerkin. On the fuselage the squadron code letters 'KM' are visible. On the reverse is written: 'Ground Crew 'T' Waddington 44 Sqn 1942-3'.

Right, top left. Full length picture of an airman standing in front of the blank wall of a brick building. He is wearing a tunic with a half brevet.

Right, top right. An airman in tunic, standing in a garden and leaning on a water butt. Behind him is a greenhouse and some trees.

Right, bottom left. Two aircrew standing side by side.

Right, bottom right. Two aircrew embracing each other beside a Lancaster. On the fuselage the squadron code letters 'KM' are visible. On the reverse is written:' SGT DAVIS ON LEFT']]>
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Right page top. Two aircrew wearing battledress and peaked caps, standing by the port undercarriage of a Lancaster. Captioned 'Aircrew'.
Bottom. Five aircrew standing at the starboard side of a Lancaster. Three are wearing battledress, one is in a tunic and the fifth is wearing a Mae West. The squadron code letters 'JU' and the last two characters of the aircraft registration number, '26' can be seen on the rear fuselage. There is a sixth person partially visible at the right edge of the photograph.]]>
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Right. A group of 21 airmen standing and sitting for the camera in front of a building. All are wearing battledress and forage caps and many can be seen with a brevet above the left pocket. Some have a hand on shoulder on another. A climbing shrub on the building wall is in flower. On the reverse is written: 'F/Eng 463 Sqdn, Aus'. The album page is labelled: 'AUS 463 sqdn CREW'.]]>
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Right. Six aircrew on the upper surface of a Lancaster. Three are sitting on the fuselage, behind the cockpit and one of these wears an officer's cap. The other three are seated in front of them, on the starboard wing root. All are wearing battledress and two in the front have Mae Wests. On the reverse is written: 'Second Tour 1944'. Note inserted behind clear folder '44R Sqdn, Waddington 1942-3, crew members'.
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