RAF Wickenby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-10-05]]> OC 626 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Durham (County)]]> 1944-10]]> Great Britain, RAF]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Trevor Hardcastle]]> eng]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Caen Region]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> France--Saint-Riquier]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Netherlands]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Rheine]]> France--Fontenay]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1944]]> He describes the food in his hotel and his visit to Odense. He found a resident who had kept parts of his Wellington, then he was taken to the field where his aircraft had crashed.]]> Eric Foinette]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Denmark]]> Sweden]]> Denmark--Odense]]> Denmark--Copenhagen]]> Denmark--Esbjerg]]> Australia]]> New Zealand]]> Great Britain]]> England--Harwich]]> Germany]]> 1942-02-26]]> OC 626 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1944-02-03]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 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]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Bruz]]> France--Flers-de-l'Orne]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Merville (Nord)]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Rouen]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-23]]> 1943-12-24]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-15]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-18]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> Middle left - four aircrew wearing Mae West and parachute harness standing in front of the nose of a Wellington.
Middle right - seven aircrew wearing battledress (one also with Mae West) standing in front of the rear turret of a bomber.
Bottom left - seven aircrew wearing Mae Wests standing and kneeling between the port engines of a Lancaster. Captioned 'Just crewed up with 626 Sqn. Other crews on station'.
Bottom right - (image rotated) four aircrew wearing Mae West and parachute harness in front of the nose of a Wellington.]]>
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Middle - sixteen aircrew, all wearing battledress, some with discernible observers or navigator's brevet standing and squatting in a group in front of a building.
Bottom - thirty-four aircrew all wearing battledress some with visible half brevet and at least one pilot (middle of middle row). All sitting and standing in three rows in front of a single storey hut with corrugated iron roof.
Captioned 'Pilots. Navigators and Gunners of 626'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Surrey]]> 1941-06-25]]> 1943-12-19]]> 1943-12-18]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-07-21]]> 1946-01-18]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> England--Hampshire]]> France]]> France--La Rochelle]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1942-12]]> 1943]]> 1943-02]]> 1943-03]]> 1943-07]]> 1943-08]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-07]]> 1946]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-04-02]]> 1943-04-03]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-08]]> 1943-04-11]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-05-14]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-23]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> Consul General of France in Western Canada]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> fra]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> KJ Brind]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France--Alençon]]> Great Britain]]> England--Aldeburgh]]> Germany--Berlin]]> United States]]> Florida--Pensacola]]> France--Reims]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> England--Hastings]]> France--Dieppe]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Reading]]> France--Domléger-Longvillers]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Calais]]> France--Berck-sur-Mer]]> England--London]]> England--Dungeness]]> France--Vierzon]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Dijon]]> England--Bridport]]> England--Weymouth (Dorset)]]> France--Rennes]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Channel Islands]]> Europe--Mont Blanc]]> France--Tours]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Caen]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Belgium--Ostend]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Kiel]]> England--Mablethorpe]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Munich]]> England--Selsey (West Sussex)]]> France--Falaise]]> England--Old Sarum (Extinct city)]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Denmark--Copenhagen]]> Sweden]]> Sweden--Malmö]]> Sweden--Falun]]> England--Beachy Head]]> Germany--Rheine]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Netherlands--Nijmegen]]> England--Cromer]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> England--Marlborough]]> Florida]]> Poland]]> France]]> Germany]]> Denmark]]> Belgium]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Kent]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Leicester Evening Mail]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Leicester]]> England--Loughborough]]> 1944-10]]> 1942]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PDavyH1714]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Poland]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Tyne and Wear]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dijon]]> France--Evreux]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Paris]]> France--Siracourt]]> France--Tours]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Netherlands--Uden]]> Netherlands--Westkapelle]]> Poland--Szczecin (Voivodeship)]]> France--Pauillac (Gironde)]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-15]]> Carol Ann Jones]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> He describes training in London, Bridlington, Morpeth and Wymeswold. Later training as a crew was at Castle Donington, Lindholme and Hemswell. He describes in detail his crew, aircraft and operations. After the war he returned to his job in Cornwall and made contact with some of his old crew. His wife concludes his story, writing in 2005.]]> Herbert Davy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Alnwick]]> England--Sheffield]]> England--Mablethorpe]]> England--Liskeard]]> England--The Lizard]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Sweden--Malmö]]> England--Wragby (Lincolnshire)]]> England--Saltash]]> France--Caen]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Newhaven]]> England--Leigh-on-Sea]]> England--Bristol]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Poland]]> Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Sweden]]> Trinidad and Tobago]]> England--Essex]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Pauillac (Gironde)]]> England--Preston (Lancashire)]]> England--Bristol]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> #1 A group of trainee airmen including two officers arranged in four rows. At the bottom and upside down is a caption' Herbert Davy Rear Gunner 626 Squadron ACRC St John's Wood London May 1943'.
#2 is Herbert leaning against a rear gun turret.
#3 is a head and shoulders portrait of Herbert and an air gunner brevet.
2 and 3 are captioned 'Herbert Davy Rear Gunner 626 Squadron'.]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Looe]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> 1944]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Looe]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> 1944]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> OJonesJT1800039-170615-010002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 626 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> EOC626SqnRAFJonesLM450219-0002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Greenhithe]]> England--Kent]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-19]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> France--Creil]]> France--Caen]]> France--Falaise]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Uden]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Ghent]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> France--le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> France--Calais]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kiel Canal]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Aschaffenburg]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Ulm]]> France--Aire-sur-la-Lys]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-09-03]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-08]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-29]]> 1944-10-03]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-24]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-12]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-17]]>