]]> 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]]>
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]]> He describes individual operations in detail. He and his crew were transferred to Faldingworth where the condition of their aircraft was poor. These were quickly replaced with new aircraft. His crew were successful and survived their 30 operations never to meet up again.
He concludes his memoir with seven tailender tales.]]>
Bill Freeman]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Dewsbury]]> Canada]]> England--Stafford]]> Wales--Tredegar]]> England--Northampton]]> England--Grimsby]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Denmark--Frederikshavn]]> France--Maintenon]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Orléans]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Aachen]]> France--Paris]]> England--Lincoln]]> France--Le Havre]]> Poland]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Caen]]> France--Vierzon]]> France]]> Germany]]> Denmark]]> France--Reims]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Sussex]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04-10]]>
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]]> 550 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bury]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1944-12-11]]> 550 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bury]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1944-12-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 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]]> 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]]> 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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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]]> 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]]> 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]]> On his return, Geoff was posted to RAF Stormy Down on Whitleys and RAF Brize Norton where he trained army pilots to fly Horsa gliders. He was also posted to fly Wellingtons at the RAF Sutton Bridge experimental unit.
Geoff was eventually posted to Bomber Command and trained on Wellingtons at RAF Finningley. They did dummy raids, and dropped leaflets and Window. Geoff went to 550 Squadron at RAF North Killingholme in May 1944. He completed seven operations within 11 days and was shot down on the seventh. The first four operations were over the Normandy coast, starting on 5 June 1944 around D-Day.
Geoff describes how his plane was shot on its way to Sterkrade in the Ruhr. They baled out just over the Dutch border. Geoff landed in a wheat field whilst the aircraft hit a farm, killing seven people. Geoff found the church and was given clothing and a false identity card. He went down the escape line with his mid-upper gunner to Antwerp. They were betrayed by the Flemish collaborator, René van Muylem, who had set up a false escape line.
Geoff was interrogated and taken to Frankfurt. He was then sent to Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp in Barth for nine months. There was little food but it was otherwise acceptable. His parents learnt he was a prisoner when his letter to them was read out by Lord Haw-Haw. The Germans left before the Russians arrived. Geoff was returned on a B-17.
Geoff was posted to Ely as Assistant Air Traffic Controller and stayed in the RAF volunteer reserve until his commercial pilot licence was granted.]]>
Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Alberta--Medicine Hat]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Alberta]]> Alberta]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1945]]>
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]]>