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'Bomber Command 4 Group.
Halifax A/C 76 Sqd. Sqd/L. Bickford.
R.A.F. Middleton St. George, Yorks.
August 6th 1941']]>
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Valentine & Sons]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Darby. Charles Arthur Hill. Aircraft Recognition Cards]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Albert remembers operations to Dessau and Magdeburg. On one operation shrapnel caught them, there was a big flash and the aircraft filled with smoke. A crew member bailed out and was taken as a prisoner of war. The last two operations were to Heligoland and Bremen, and the crew were also involved in Operation Manna. At one point, Albert was accused of selling aircraft fuel as a million gallons had gone missing, but he was not charged. After completing another mechanics course Albert went to Gibraltar. From there he returned home to be demobbed. After the war Albert finished his apprenticeship in engineering and became a fitter and turner, eventually working for ICI in Northwich. He married a girl he had met while at Hemswell. Albert didn’t keep in touch with the crew but remembered a Simpson (pilot), Pete Jenkins (bomb aimer), Wally Pyle (navigator) and Bob Hayes (rear gunner).]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Bridlington]]> England--London]]> England--Northwich]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Gibraltar]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Kent]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Sussex]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> 1942]]> 1944-06]]> Richard Yates]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France--Boulogne-Billancourt]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Lorient]]> 1940-10-01]]> 1941-02]]> 1941-04]]> 1941-06]]> 1941-08]]> 1941-08-16]]> 1941-11]]> 1941-11-24]]> 1941-11-30]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-03-09]]> 1942-03-13]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-06-08]]> Various aircraft were fitted with radar equipment for testing and evaluating. He discusses several incidents and accidents involving his and other aircraft.]]> Peter Boggis]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> MRamseyNGC19191216-170217-020002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Worcester]]> England--Nottingham]]> England--Leicester]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1943]]> Peter Baxter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> England--Staffordshire]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Italy--Milan]]> France--La Rochelle]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Italy--Turin]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Paderborn]]> Italy]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> France]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Pete Jones]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> France]]> Germany]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Christmas Island]]> United States]]> 1939]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1957-06-19]]> Norman went to 101 Squadron and learnt to fly Lancasters, serving as a bomb aimer. He describes his first operation to Mailly-Le-Camp where over 40 Lancasters, out of 350, were lost.
Norman’s aircraft was shot down over Dortmund with the death of five crew members. He was captured, as were the pilot and navigator. After the Frankfurt Interrogation Centre, they went to a camp in Wetzlar. Norman then went to Stalag Luft 7 at Bankau in Silesia, followed by four months in another camp. The Germans evacuated prisoner of war camps in January 1945 following Russian attacks. Norman marched on a “death march” for three weeks in snow to Luckenwalde, a camp with 20-25,000 men.
Norman escaped with the Americans via Hildesheim and Le Havre before returning to Britain. He was posted to RAF Cosford but could only leave when he had regained weight, which took six months. He finished in February 1946 with the rank of warrant officer.]]>
Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> France]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Luckenwalde]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-01]]> 1946]]> 1946-02]]>
Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Folkestone]]> England--Spurn Head]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> 1942]]> Mary Gardner]]> Roger Manuel]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Torquay]]> Wales--Aberystwyth]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cambridge]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Cirencester]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Ostend]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> France]]> France--Calais]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Essen]]> Libya]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Germany--Wangerooge Island]]> Wales--Treforest]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Czech Republic]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940-10-17]]> 1940-09-20]]> 1940-11-05]]> 1940-10-28]]> 1941-04-27]]> 1942-04-22]]> 1943-05-15]]> 1943-06]]> 1943-08]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-12]]> 1944]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-09]]> 1945-03-18]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-10]]> 1954-10]]> Mark Hunt]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Laura Dixon]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Wales--Neath Port Talbot]]> Wales--Port Talbot]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Norwich]]> England--Sheffield]]> France]]> Germany]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Norway]]> L V Rosser]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text. Diary]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Schleswig-Holstein]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> France]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France--Brest]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Salzbergen]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Recklinghausen (Münster)]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Salzgitter]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Bad Oldesloe]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-05-11]]> 1941-05-16]]> 1941-05-28]]> 1941-06-11]]> 1941-06-15]]> 1941-06-17]]> 1941-06-20]]> 1941-06-25]]> 1941-06-27]]> 1941-06-29]]> 1941-08-14]]> 1941-08-18]]> 1941-08-22]]> 1941-08-27]]> 1941-08-29]]> 1941-09-07]]> 1941-09-13]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-10-01]]> 1941-10-12]]> 1941-10-20]]> 1941-10-22]]> 1941-10-24]]> 1941-11-15]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-29]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-04-24]]> J. Salmon Ltd]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Darby. Charles Arthur Hill. Postcards]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Ivan Ure]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Royal Air Force]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Colwyn Bay]]> England--London]]> England--Lancing]]> England--Blackpool]]> Scotland--Edzell]]> Scotland--Arbroath]]> England--Whitley Bay]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> France--Le Tréport]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Lithuania--Klaipėda]]> Poland--Świnoujście]]> Poland--Białogard]]> Europe--Elbe River]]> Germany--Lüneburg]]> Germany--Rheine]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Lithuania--Klaipėda]]> Records 27 operations (26 night, one day, several abandoned for various reasons) on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany (some targets not named when duties not carried out): Boulogne, Bremen, Brest, Cherbourg, Cologne, Duisberg, Essen, Hamburg (abandoned), Hamburg, Nantes, Ostend, Paris, Rostock, St. Nazaire, Stettin, Vichy, and Warnemunde. His first pilot on first four operations were Pilot Officer Godfrey, Sergeant Robertson and Pilot Officer Joyce. Also includes technical notes, several personal notes (including a poem), and two endorsements, one in green.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Lynn Corrigan]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> North Africa]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Marsá Maṭrūḥ]]> Egypt--Halfaya Pass]]> Egypt--Sallūm]]> Libya]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Israel]]> Israel--Yavneh]]> France]]> France--Audinghen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Coulonvillers]]> France--La Pallice]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Goch]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Rheine]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Dorsten]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Greece]]> Greece--Maleme]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> 1942-07-12]]> 1942-07-13]]> 1942-07-15]]> 1942-07-16]]> 1942-07-24]]> 1942-07-25]]> 1942-07-28]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-08-04]]> 1942-08-05]]> 1942-08-09]]> 1942-08-10]]> 1942-08-13]]> 1942-08-14]]> 1942-08-19]]> 1942-08-20]]> 1942-08-23]]> 1942-08-24]]> 1942-08-29]]> 1942-08-30]]> 1942-09-13]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-10-07]]> 1942-10-08]]> 1942-10-12]]> 1942-10-21]]> 1942-10-22]]> 1942-10-29]]> 1942-10-30]]> 1942-11-02]]> 1942-11-03]]> 1942-11-05]]> 1942-11-06]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-08]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-09-29]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-10]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-03-25]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Lynn Corrigan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> 1942-05-03]]> 1942-05-04]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-05]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-08]]> 1942-06-09]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-21]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 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]]> Royal Air Force. 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