]]> 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]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Sri Lanka]]> Australia]]> Malta]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Sri Lanka--Ratmalana]]> Germany--Cologne]]> 1940-09]]> 1941-06]]> 1941-09-28]]> 1941-12-03]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1942]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-10]]> 1946-03-21]]> 1943-08-07]]> 1943-06-17]]> 1939-10-29]]> 1945-08-17]]> 1941-11-15]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Babs Nichols]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 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]]> Top right - newspaper cutting - Lancaster lands on bomb door. Account of badly damage Lancaster with wounded crew returning from operation to Berlin.
Middle left - newspaper cutting - Bullet and inch off heart: got bomber back. Account of wounded navigator Warrant Officer Meek RCAF and gunner Pilot Officer Baker. Meek helped to get Lancaster home despite bullet in shoulder and inch from his heart. Mentions award DFC for pilot and gunner and CGM for navigator,
Bottom right - photograph of seven aircrew in a variety of flying gear standing in front of the rear fuselage of Lancaster ME584. Captioned 'Prior to [.....] flight of Jan 30-31.44, names of crew annotated but illegible'.]]>
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Top center - crippled bomber lights full on won dog-fight. Account of enemy fighter attack on a bomber, wounding four crew and damaged aircraft. One enemy hit and the other driven off by rear gunner. Pilot P/O James Henry Catlin awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, flight engineer, Sergeant Harry [sic] Wright the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. The rear gunner and wireless operator were awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.

Middle Centre - reports actions of Sergeant Hall and Wright.

Bottom Centre- Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying). Further account of action during operation to Leipzig leading to award of CGM.

Right - Dovecourt man gets CGM, saved lives of bomber crew, Tribute to Barry Wright who had now recovered from wounds and gives biographic details and account of action. Includes head and shoulders portrait of Barry Wright.]]>
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Centre - Stettin Blazing 10 hours after, bombers so thick that two collided. Account of operation to Stettin Rostock involving Halifax, Stirling and Lancaster. Mention of Mosquito, Typhoons, Beaufighter and Whirlwind taking part in offensive against enemy transport.
Top right - Chased by fighter 77 Squadron aircraft pilot Sergeant J Rank hit by anti-aircraft fire then attached by night-fighter.
Bottom right - Award of Distinguished Flying Cross to Wing Commander A E Lowe who was originally a corporal on squadron he now commands. First air gunner squadron commander.]]>
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