IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> Pam Locker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christine Kavanagh]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Torquay]]> Egypt]]> Gibraltar]]> India]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942-08]]> 1944-09]]> Photograph 2 is of the operations board for 78 Squadron 30 May 1942.
They are captioned: 'Operations Board, Target Cologne Germany, June 1942. 76 Squadron, 78 Squadron, Halifax A/C. R.A.F. Middleton St. George, Yorkshire'.

Photograph 3 is of the operations board for 226, 88 and 342 Squadrons. Captioned: 'Operations Board 10/11 June 1943. 226 Squadron, Mitchell A/C. 88 Squadron, Boston A/C . 342 Squadron Lorraine, (Free French) Boston A/C R.A.F. West Raynham, Norfolk.']]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Darren Sheerin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Free French Air Force]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942-06]]> 1943-06-10]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1942-05-30]]>
Photograph 2 is a vertical photograph of docks and coastline with Cherbourg behind. Captioned 'D.E.107 15-9-42.F8➝'
Photograph 3 and 4 are aerial obliques of a factory in a rural setting. There is smoke coming from a section of the factory. Photograph 3 is captioned 'D.K.107.22-9-42. F8M'.
The page is captioned 'Oct 1942, Bombing of docks and factorys [sic] in France. 107 Sqd Bostons A/C'.]]>
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Photograph 2 is a vertical aerial photograph of an industrial area. Most of it is obscured by bomb explosions and smoke. Captioned 'R8 88.3 OCT 43// F 5"➝ 1200E'.
Photograph 3 is a low level oblique aerial photograph of a large electrical plant. Captioned 'R6 88. 3 OCT 43L8"O'L'.
The page is captioned 'Oct 1943, Low level bombing over France. 88 Sqd, 342 Sqd (Lorraine French) Boston A/C.']]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Free French Air Force]]> France]]> France--Orléans]]> 1943-10-03]]>
Photograph 3 and 6 are sequential vertical aerial photographs of a marshalling yard. The second photograph is partly obscured by cloud and bomb explosions. They are numbered 5020 and 5021 and captioned 'RS640 88 1 May 44//E8 → 10,000' P'. Both captioned: '1 May 1944 88 Sqd, Boston A/C.'
Photograph 4 is a vertical aerial photograph of a town, marshalling yards and a meandering river. A stick of five bombs can be seen heading to their target. The photograph is annotated '5003 226/RS658 2 May44 5" //P A0695 10.000 Y'. Captioned:'2. May 1944, 226 Sqd, Mitchell A/C'.
Photograph 5 is a vertical aerial photograph of the confluence of the Nedderijn and Ijssel rivers. Much of the ground is obscured by cloud. A Boston aircraft with invasion stripes is in the centre of the image. The annotation is unclear '5010 88 743 [?] 5"// [?] →'. Captioned 'Boston A/C, 88 Sqd. Bridge at Arnham [sic].']]>
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Photograph 2 is of the same marshalling yard, cloud free but bomb explosions in the bottom left corner where there is a large number of industrial buildings.
Photograph 3 is of the same area with bomb explosions in the same area.
Photograph 4 is of Arnhem with a bridge in the bottom centre. The Rhine runs through the centre of the image. The image is annotated '5009' and captioned 'Arnham [sic], Holland. (Bridge). 88Sqd, Boston A/C.'
Photograph 5 is a section of coastline near Breskens with a harbour. There are bomb explosions and smoke obscuring much of the lower half of the photograph. At the top is a star (trace italienne) fort. Captioned '5023 225/583 11SEP44 8"//B A0450 12,000' ↑'. Captioned '11. Sept 1944. French Coast, 226 Sqd, Mitchell A/C.'
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'R.A.F. West Raynham, 5th July 1943. 107 Sqd Boston A/C,
107 Sqd, Officers, C.O. W/C. England.
107 Sqd, Senior N.C.O.
107 Sqd, A. Flight.
107 Sqd, B. Flight.']]>
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Photograph 2 is an air-to-air view of five Bostons, port side.
Captioned 'R.A.F. West Raynham, 107 Sqd Boston A/C. Sept 1942.'
Photograph 3 is an air-to-air view of one Boston, port side.
Photograph 4 and 5 are of a Boston with a collapsed nose wheel resting nose down. Captioned 'Crashed Boston A/C, 107 Sqd, Massingham, Norfolk, Sept 1942.']]>
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Photograph 2 is of a group of airmen arranged in five rows in front of a Boston, 'D'. Captioned '88 Sqd, May 1944.'

Photograph 3 is of a group of airmen arranged in four rows in front of a Boston, captioned '88 Sqd, May 1944.'

Photograph 4 is of a group of officers arranged in four rows in front of a Boston, captioned '88 Sqd, Officers. May 1944.'

Photograph 5 is a close up of the nose of a Boston, 'N' showing 16 operations and a cartoon of a bulldog in a helmet holding a bomb.

Photograph 6 is of six aircrew and a bulldog standing at the port engine of the same Boston.

Photos 5 and 6 are captioned 'W/C Spencer and Air Crew, transfered [sic] from 107 Sqd to 88 Sqd, 25th Sept 1943.']]>
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Photograph 3 is the port side of a Boston 'D' with invasion stripes. Captioned 'Boston A/C. 88 Sqd.']]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]> 1944]]> 1943-09]]>
Photograph 3 is a three quarters portrait of Air Vice Marshal Basil Embry. Captioned 'A.V.M. Basil Embury [sic]'.

Photograph 4 is of two officers in front of a tent. Captioned 'G/C. McDonald, W/C Maher.']]>
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Photograph 2 is of a French airman standing in front of a Boston, 'C'. It is named Ville de Cherbourg. Large numbers of operations are recorded on the nose. Captioned ' S/O Massis, 342 Sqd Lorraine, July 1944.'

Photograph 3 is of three aircrew standing in front of a Boston with two ground crew standing on one wing and fuselage. Captioned 'Boston A/C, 342 Sqd Lorraine, Air Crew.' Large number of operations are recorded on the nose of the aircraft.

Photograph 4 is a front view of a Boston on the ground captioned '342 Sqd Lorraine, Boston A/C.']]>
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Photograph 2 is of the starboard side of a Boston 'P', in flight, captioned Boston A/C. R.A.F. Hartford Bridge. 1944. 88 Sqd F/L Bance, W/O Gill, P/O Hastings.'
Photograph 3 is a Stranraer seaplane, K7292, 'P', at its moorings.]]>
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Photograph 2 is of a line of Bostons on the ground, captioned 'Boston A/C. 107 Sqd.'
Photograph 3 is of a line of Typhoons. The closest is coded DP-D, 193 Squadron.
Photograph 4 is of the port side of a B-25, OA-L, captioned 'Mitch A/C, 226 Sqd.'
Photographs 5, 6 and 7 are air-to-air views of B-25s in flight and dropping bombs, captioned 'Mitchell A/C. 226 Sqd on Ops.'

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]> 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]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Cannes]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-04]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-10]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-26]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-03]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-13]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-24]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-07]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-07]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-10-23]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-11-10]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-11-12]]> 1943-11-17]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Jennifer Barraclough]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> New Zealand]]> Germany--Berlin]]> India--New Delhi]]> India--Kolkata]]> New Zealand--Auckland]]> New Zealand--New Plymouth]]> 1940]]> Germany. Wehrmacht Luftwaffe]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending review]]> deu]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> 1942]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Essex]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Arras]]> France--Boulogne-Sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Gosnay]]> France--La Pallice]]> France--Le Touquet-Paris-Plage]]> France--Poix-du-Nord]]> France--Saint-Malo]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> Netherlands--Amsterdam]]> Scotland--Angus]]> Scotland--Orkney]]> Scotland--Stirlingshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> Posted to 26 Operational Training Unit at RAF Wing, he was formed into a crew to fly Wellingtons as a rear gunner. On one training flight, an engine failed on take-off and the pilot managed to complete a circuit before carrying out a belly landing. As Bert had learned morse code as an air cadet, he was tasked to take over as the wireless operator if necessary, therefore, moved to the mid-upper turret to be closer.
In 1944 he was posted to RAF Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, initially with 1678 Heavy Conversion Unit to convert to Lancasters, and then to 514 Squadron as operational crew. His first operation was on the 30th of May to Boulogne. He describes a number of operations over France and Germany. On the 12th of June during an operation to Gelsenkirchen, they were hit by anti-aircraft fire putting their instruments out of action. They were diverted to RAF Woodbridge for an emergency landing.
Bert describes the differences in performance between the Mark II and Mark III Lancasters, and what happened during the day of operations. He completed his thirty operations in September 1944 and, after a period of leave, was posted to RAF Manby as an instructor with No. 1 Empire Air Armament School. He explains how he felt about the bombing of Germany, the loss of friends, and how the war was a great leveller of persons. He was demobilised in 1947. ]]>
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