]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-05]]> 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]]> ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Pending review]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> France]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Aube]]> France--Aubigny-sur-Nère]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Poitiers]]> France--Saint-Cyr-l'École]]> France--Saint-Dizier (Haute-Marne)]]> France--Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines]]> France--Thoiry (Yvelines)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Essex]]> England--Maldon]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Barnetby le Wold]]> England--Barton-upon-Humber]]> England--Brigg]]> England--Caistor (Rural District)]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Market Rasen]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Diepholz]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Geilenkirchen]]> Germany--Gerolstein]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Hennef-Sieg]]> Germany--Lehnin (Kloster Lehnin)]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Nordstemmen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Steinheim (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Treuenbrietzen]]> Germany--Welver]]> Germany--Westerburg]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Apeldoorn]]> Netherlands--Nijmegen]]> Netherlands--Oisterwijk]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-09]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-12]]> Page one begins with the reformation of the squadron in 1936 and gives details of the aircraft operated, the stations flown from and the roles the squadron played in training and operations.
Page two describes three miscellaneous incidents that occurred on the squadron, including one where the mid-upper gunner accidentally shot and killed the rear gunner.
Page three contains details about three notable Lancasters.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Lorient]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Netherlands]]> 1936-11]]> 1938-06]]> 1939-05]]> 1940-04]]> 1943-01-27]]> 1943-01-28]]> 1943-01-29]]> 1943-01-30]]> 1943-05]]> 1943-09-20]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-06-26]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-11-10]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-08-20]]> 1945-09-28]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1947-01-08]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-02]]> 1946-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> MFordTA1585520-170411-050002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> 1944-10-03]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Bradley Froggatt]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945]]>
RAF North Killingholme]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> MPackhamG1214349-160825-010002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Barth]]> Netherlands--Holten]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1945-05-01]]> 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]]> Patricia Selby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Julie Williams]]> Steph Jackson]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Somerset]]> Germany--Wassenberg]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> Patricia Selby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Julie Williams]]> Steph Jackson]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Harrow]]> Canada]]> France]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Rhine River]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941-02]]> 1942-05]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-08]]> 1946]]> 1949]]> In 1941 Charles was posted to Canada to complete training at RAF De Winton, learning to fly a Chipmunk and then converted to four engine aircraft: 'I got a pair of Air Force wings which is my pride and joy. Best thing I’ve ever done in my life'. Canada was described as being nice, vast, and cold, inhabited by friendly people, with plenty of fine food that wasn’t available in Britain. Very few details are given about wartime service. After the end of war, he went on to serve in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force as an engineer and representative of Meteor jets, which he also flown. Charles also became an Air Training Corps superintendent. Describes his involvement in one of the 550 Squadron reunions at RAF North Killingholme where they discussed Operation Manna. Talks about PA474 Phantom, a 550 Squadron aircraft.]]> Julian Maslin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jean Massie]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cambridge]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--De Winton]]> Alberta]]> 1941]]> Jean Macartney]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christine Kavanagh]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Urft Dam]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Heather Hughes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Heather Hughes]]> eng]]> Sound]]> France--Paris]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> South Africa]]> France]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> 1944-06-07]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> France--Aulnoye-Aymeries]]> France--Caen]]> France--Caumont-L'Eventé]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Dieppe (Arrondissement)]]> France--Flers-de-l'Orne]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Maintenon]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Revigny-sur-Ornain]]> France--Rouen]]> France--Siracourt]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> France--Vierzon]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> France--Reims]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Forêt du Croc]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-18]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1944-07-01]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 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]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Plauen]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-04-30]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-15]]> 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]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> Germany--Aschaffenburg]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-03]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-05]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-09]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-19]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-28]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-03]]> 1944-12-06]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connnock]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> France--Calais]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Germany--Aschaffenburg]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Euskirchen Region]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Netherlands--Sluis (Zeeland)]]> Netherlands--Steenwijk]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Urft Dam]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-10-12]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-09]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-19]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-03]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> Geoff Packham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Angela Gaffney]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Acklington]]> England--Torquay]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--De Winton]]> Alberta--Medicine Hat]]> England--Halifax]]> England--Grantham]]> England--Doncaster]]> Alberta]]> England--Devon]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> G H Eerden]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> MPrickettTO40427-161011-020002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Aalten]]> 1944-06-17]]> David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Burma]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--London]]> 1941-09]]> He discusses his time in flight engineer training at RAF St Athan and subsequent duties as a flight engineer on Halifax and Lancaster aircraft with 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Blyton. He recalls the operational duties with 550 Squadron, North Killingholme where he took part in four bombing operations - 2 of them at night raids (close to 9 hour round trips), and operations over Heligoland and Bremen.
He reflects on the differences he encountered as a flight engineer between the Halifax and Lancaster, how the Halifax was spacious and comfortable; the Lancaster cramped and only a small tip-up seat for his flight engineer position.
He talks about the main memory of his time in the RAF, Operational Mana, and his later conversations with a lady from Holland who was 8 years old at the time. He retrained as an MT driver when his Squadron was disbanded and was demobilised in October 1947.
Maurice later reaffirmed his affiliation with the RAF. In later years, he moved to Rutland and retired from his last job as a mechanical foreman at RAF Cottesmore in the 1980s.]]>
David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Chris Cann]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]>