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#2 Laurie sitting on rocks.
#3 Laurie standing by a wooden door.
#4 Laurie sitting on a railing at a beach.
#5 a half length portrait of Laurie.
#6 a colour portrait of Laurie.]]>
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2297 DMT 4.10.44 //8" 15900 <--075° 0930 BERGEN
AP.A. F 6x1000. C31 F/L JOHNSON F 635'.
On the reverse is written: '55 Op Bergen Norway Last daylight raid 4 October 1944". An official stamp impression is illegible.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> Andy Fitter]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Norway]]> Norway--Bergen]]> 1944-10-04]]>

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor. ]]>
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This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available. ]]>
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A third copy has ' F/Sgt Whittaker (Bombadier) (Charlie) on the reverse.
A fourth copy has 'Harry Whittaker (Charlie) Bomb Aimer on the reverse.
A fifth copy is his cropped head and shoulders.]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Rendsburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> France--Laon]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Norway--Kjeller]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Argentan]]> France--Poitiers]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Oise]]> France--Donges]]> France--Joigny]]> France--Paris]]> France--Givors]]> France--Brest]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> France--Étampes (Essonne)]]> France--Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes)]]> France]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> Norway]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> R Barker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Barth]]> 1944-08-20]]> Beth Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Anne-Marie Watson ]]> Steph Jackson]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> England--Wisbech]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Durham (County)]]> 1942-02-04]]>
This item was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> OWrigleyJ1029740-170709-020002,
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Pilot Officer Munro DFM and Squadron Leader Riches DFC. ]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Singapore]]> Sri Lanka]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Ottignies]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Lens]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Milan]]> Scotland--Grampian]]> Sri Lanka--Western Province]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> North Africa]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-03]]> 1943-08-08]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-13]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-20]]> 1943-10-21]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-17]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-25]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-11-27]]> 1943-12-02]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> His pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Munro, Squadron Leader Riches DFC and Squadron Leader De Wesselow DFC & bar. ]]> James Wrigley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Ottignies]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Lens]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Frankfurt (Oder)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Reg Barker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Des Forges]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Haywards Heath]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> 1943]]> He joined the Royal Air Force at the age of 19 in 1941, but whilst he was waiting to be called up, he was helping to build a bomber station and what is now Teesside Airport, also completing work at the satellite station of Croft.
Ernie trained as a Wireless Operator, where he did well with Morse Code. He did his training in February 1942. He was sent to Evanton in Scotland, where he also trained as an Air Gunner.
He flew Proctors, Whitleys, Dominies, Avro Ansons, Halifaxes, Lancasters, Liberators and had a trip in at Catalina Flying Board. Ernie flew with 635 Squadron, which was part of the Pathfinders Force.
Ernie completed 51 Operations, flying to Stettin, Chemnitz and Hanover. He was part of the Master Bomber Crew to Dorsten, Kiel, Nuremburg, Osnabruck and Heligoland.
After the war, he was in charge of flying control in India, handling the closing of a Flying Boat base and arranging for them to be returned to the UK.
Ernie left the Royal Air Force in 1946 and returned to work as a Joiner, retiring from work at the age of 78.
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