Samuel Guyan flew an operational tour with 90 Squadron and a second tour with 115 Squadron where he manned a .5 calibre gun beneath the aircraft. In all he flew fifty one operations. Including one where his crew thought he was just going for his breakfast but found himself flying that night with another crew as a spare gunner.
He sings several songs including 'Ops on a Stirling' to the tune of Waltzing Matilda, 'The old red flannels drawers that Maggie wore' and 'No more ops for me'.]]>
Samuel Guyan]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Farnborough (Hampshire)]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Hampshire]]> 1943]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1945]]>
At the end there is a biography of the officer in charge of Arnhem, Lt-Gen Sir Frederick Browning and his wife Daphne du Maurier.]]> Roger Millington]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> British Army]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Free French Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridge]]> England--Letchworth]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> Wales--Penrhos]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Singapore]]> France--Cherbourg]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> France--Brest]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> France--Brest]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> France--Quiberon]]> France--Boulogne-Billancourt]]> Germany--Essen]]> France--Le Creusot]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> France--Caen]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> Norway]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Rochester (Kent)]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> England--Longbridge]]> France--Arras]]> England--Darlington]]> Italy--Genoa]]> England--Longbridge]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Italy--Sicily]]> France--Normandy]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Netherlands--Nijmegen]]> Wales--Pwllheli]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Leicester]]> England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> England--Rochford]]> England--London]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> Scotland--Ayr]]> England--Friston (East Sussex)]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> England--West Malling]]> England--Hailsham]]> England--Yelverton (Devon)]]> England--Bentwaters NATO Air Base]]> England--Great Dunmow]]> England--Heacham]]> England--Weybridge]]> Wales--Hawarden]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Old Sarum (Extinct city)]]> England--Kent]]> England--Folkestone]]> England--Hambleton (North Yorkshire)]]> England--York]]> Scotland--Scottish Borders]]> England--Cambridge]]> England--Thurleigh]]> England--Darlington]]> England--Hitchin]]> England--Lancashire]]> Italy]]> France]]> Egypt]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> Netherlands]]> Great Britain]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Essex]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Swindon (Wiltshire)]]> Rod Pickles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Bahrain]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> United States]]> California]]> California--Vandenberg Air Force Base]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Pam Locker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940-12-24]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> Nigel Moore]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1945]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Bromley]]> England--London]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> England--Essex]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1940]]> 1943-04]]> 1944-12]]> 1945]]> Martyn Horndern]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Harry Bartlett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Gibraltar]]> Singapore]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> Germany--Dresden]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1952]]> 1956]]> 1963]]> Harry Bartlett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ian Whapplington]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Abbeville Region]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Gironde]]> France--Laon]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Netherlands--West Frisian Islands]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-04]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-15]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-25]]> 1944-01-26]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-11]]> 1944-02-12]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-22]]> 1944-02-23]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-04]]> 1944-03-05]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-17]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-20]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-01]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-06]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-04-13]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1945]]> 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]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Sweden]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Solingen]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Wesseling]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Manitoba]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Ontario--Jarvis]]> Saskatchewan]]> Saskatchewan--Dafoe]]> Germany--Heinsberg (Heinsberg)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Manitoba--Rivers]]> 1943]]> 1944-10-04]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-16]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-05]]> 1944-11-08]]> 1944-11-15]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1944-12-02]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-19]]> 1944-12-20]]> 1944-12-27]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-11]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-06]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-16]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 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]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany]]> Germany--Remscheid]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Rheine]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-06-27]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 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]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Montluçon]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Netherlands--Friesland]]> 1943-09-15]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-09-21]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-30]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-22]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Audinghen]]> France--Caen Region]]> France--Dreux]]> France--Laon]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Lisieux]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Paris]]> France--Paris Region]]> France--Rouen]]> France--Valenciennes]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> France--Versailles Region]]> France--Watten]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> South Africa--Oudtshoorn]]> South Africa--Port Alfred]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Ouistreham]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 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]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1945]]> 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]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig Region]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hattingen]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Regensburg]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-29]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-15]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1945-04-20]]> 1945-05-02]]> 1945-05-08]]> 1945-05-09]]> 1945-05-11]]> 1945-05-12]]> 1945-05-13]]> 1945-05-14]]> 1945-05-19]]> 1945-05-23]]> 1945-06-08]]> 1945-06-12]]> 1945-07-24]]> 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]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Wales--Sealand]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-11]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-01-23]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-02-26]]> 1945-02-28]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Ely]]> England--Essex]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Scotland--Inverness-shire]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Le Creusot]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Trier]]> France--Nevers]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Osterfeld]]> Germany--Kamen]]> France]]> Italy]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Heinsberg (Heinsberg)]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-06-03]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-19]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-16]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-08]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-11-15]]> 1944-11-20]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-23]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-23]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-16]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-02-26]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-17]]> 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]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Oman]]> Singapore]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> North Africa]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Calais]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Saint-Omer Region (Pas-de-Calais)]]> Germany--Borken (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Braunschweig Region]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hattingen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Recklinghausen (Münster)]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Gibraltar]]> Northern Ireland--Ballykelly]]> Oman--Masirah Island]]> Scotland--Kinloss]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> 1960]]> 1961]]> 1962]]> 1963]]> 1964]]> 1965]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-06]]> 1944-09-08]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-18]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-29]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 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]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1945-06-23]]> 1945-07-18]]> 1945-08-18]]> 1945-08-27]]> 1945-09-02]]> 1945-10-01]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Chapter 1. Under Training.
Having been assessed in Birmingham Geoff sets off to London in August 1942 for training, at Lords. Initial training was at Bridlington then gunnery school at Andreas on the Isle of Man. After a short leave he was posted to an operational training unit at Chipping Warden followed by intensive training at Edge Hill. Finally he went to Feltwell for Escape and Evasion training before joining a Heavy Conversion Unit at Wratting Common then Waterbeach.

Chapter 2. Operations RAF Witchford. After seven days leave he commenced operational flying in a Lancaster. Their first target was Augsburg and he reports being waved off by WAAFs and airmen. On the next operation the navigator had a breakdown and refused to help. He continues with details of several operations.
Chapter 3. Return to Ops RAF Waterbeach. Initially this proved to be a very relaxing posting but after his recovery he was back on operations. After 30 operations he was posted to RAF Brackla, Nairn.

Chapter 4. Grounded. He was unhappy at Brackla which was remote and cold. Next was a transfer south to RAF Weeton where he learned about motor transport and learned to drive. He was then posted to RAF Halfpenny Green, followed by RAF Croughton and South Cerney. He then went to Hornchurch before being sent to Germany where he joined a micro film unit at Frankfurt. On completion of photographing relevant factory installations his unit headed south to Triberg in Bavaria.

Chapter 5. As Time Goes By. He reflects on his letter from the Secretary of State from Air, Bomber Command losses and life after the war. he discusses Labour minister John Strachey, a pre-war fascist then Communist Party , who belittled the work of Bomber Harris. and the refusal to allow a thanksgiving service to honour the ex-Prisoner of War Association at Coventry Cathedral.]]>
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