Bob Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Sidmouth]]> England--Desborough]]> D Cameron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--High Wycombe]]> United States]]> Florida--Lakeland]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Alabama--Dothan]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> France]]> France--Normandy]]> England--Norfolk]]> France--Le Havre]]> Florida]]> Alabama]]> Georgia]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942-03-23]]> 1942-05-10]]> 1942-08-11]]> 1943-05-21]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-25]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-04-14]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> W R P Perry]]> H J Verity]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Tunbridge Wells]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Canada]]> Alberta--De Winton]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta]]> 1941-03-26]]> 1943-06]]> 1944-02]]> 1945]]> 1945-10]]> 1947]]> 1982]]> 2007]]> Great Britain, RAF]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Trevor Hardcastle]]> eng]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Caen Region]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> France--Saint-Riquier]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Netherlands]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Rheine]]> France--Fontenay]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike French]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--Châtellerault]]> France--Givors]]> France--Joigny]]> France--La Pallice]]> France--Limoges]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Poitiers]]> France--Nevers]]> France--Vitry-le-François]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Aunay-sur-Odon]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-20]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-19]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1945-06-23]]> 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]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany]]> France]]> Norway]]> Burma]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Burma--Mon State]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Caen]]> France--Châtellerault]]> France--Givors]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Oise]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Bremerhaven]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Hörstel]]> Germany--Kaiserslautern]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Steinfurt (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> India--Bengal]]> India--Kolar (District)]]> Netherlands--Gelderland]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> France--Creil]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-18]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-11-01]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-03]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-05]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-07]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-10]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1945-06-12]]> 1945-06-15]]>
Served at RAF Halton, RAF Wittering, RAF Hornchurch, RAF Eastchurch, RAF Harrogate, RAF Little Rissington, RAF Market Harborough, RAF Scampton, RAF Wiglsey, RAF Syerston, RAF Skellingthorpe, RAF Wymeswold, RAF Castle Donington,

Aircraft flown were DH 82 Tiger Moth, Stearman, Valiant, Harvard, Commodore, Catalina, Anson, Oxford, Wellington X, Stirling III, Norseman (C64), Lancaster, Dakota, Sea Otter, Auster, York, Sunderland.

Carried out 5 day and 27 night operations with 50 Squadron to Darmstadt, Bremerhaven, Rheydt, Kaiserslautern, Munster, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Nuremberg, Flushing docks, Bergen, Dusseldorf, the Dortmund-Ems Canal, the Mitteland Canal, Harburg, Duren, Heilbronn, the Urft Dam, Heimbach, Munich, Politz, Houffalize, Leuna, Brux, Siegen, the Rositz Oil Refinery, the Bohlen Synthetic Oil Plant, Wurzburg. He also carried out two Operation Exodus flights.

Awarded the DFC after an operation during which his aircraft was hit by bombs from another aircraft above him. He successfully flew his aircraft back to England. Includes various newspaper clippings.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Prince Edward Island]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> United States]]> Michigan]]> Michigan--Grosse Ile]]> Florida]]> Florida--Pensacola]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Essex]]> England--Kent]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Altenburg (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Bremerhaven]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Kaiserslautern]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Urft Dam]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Poland]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Norway]]> Norway--Bergen]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-18]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-09]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-04-23]]> 1945-05-08]]>

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-07]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-23]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-12-08]]> 1944-12-10]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-22]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944-03-08]]> 1944-03-12]]> 1944-03-14]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-04-06]]> 1944-04-09]]>
Flying log book for navigator’s, air bomber, air gunner’s, flight engineers for W. Daymont, flight engineer, covering the period from 11 August 1944 to 24 August 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF St Athan, RAF Hemswell, RAF Grimsby, RAF Elsham Wolds and RAF Driffield. Aircraft flown in were Halifax and Lancaster. He flew a total of 28 operations with 100 Squadron, 8 daylight and 20 night. Targets were Dusseldorf, Bochum, Dortmund, Wanne-Eickel, Aschaffenburg, Duren, Essen, Hamburg, Heligoland, Bremen, Berchtesgaden, Frieburg, Cologne, Leuna, Zeitz, Kleve, Dresden, Chemnitz, Duisberg, Pforzheim, Dessau, Kassel, Misburg, Plauen and Berlin. He also flew one Operation Exodus and two Operation Manna flights. His pilot on operations was Flying Officer Butler. 

 

]]>
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 Canadian Air Force]]> Belgium]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Aschaffenburg]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover Region]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Pforzheim]]> Germany--Plauen]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Zeitz]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> 1944]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-03]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-05]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-14]]> 1944-11-15]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-17]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-28]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-31]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-15]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-04-26]]> 1945-04-27]]> 1945-05-01]]> 1945-05-02]]>

Part 2, "No Problem Sport".Covers Alan Gamble's short flying history over France in 1945 before being shot down, and his experiences as a POW in southern Germany and subsequent liberation. The manuscript of Part 2 appears to be complete except for one or more pages missing about two thirds of the way through. This is at the beginning or the end of a fragment bound by metal clips, and could easily have become detached as the outside pages of some fragments' in Part 3 were also lost. It is therefore possible that only one page is missing.

Part 3. "Nil Desperandum".Covers Alan Gamble's post war experiences up to about 1963. This has not been read.

The manuscript of Part 3 is missing pages 24-86, 120 and 170, the latter two being the outside pages of bound fragments. (Page numbering here has assisted in reconstruction).

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.





]]>
A T Gamble]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Skegness]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Wales--Porthmadog]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Barrow-in-Furness]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--North Friesland Region]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Jordan]]> Jordan--Amman]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-17]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-07]]>
Bill Bailey]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Free French Air Force]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> England--Birmingham]]> England--Devon]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Domléger-Longvillers]]> France--Ardennes]]> France--Calais]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Manitoba--Carberry]]> Netherlands--Domburg]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Ontario--Hamilton]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> France]]> Ontario]]> New Brunswick]]> Nova Scotia]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Manitoba]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> W Morris]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Kettering]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--London]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> United States]]> Massachusetts--Boston]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Alberta--Innisfail]]> Ontario--Trenton]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario--Hamilton]]> Germany]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> France]]> France--Normandy]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Massachusetts]]> Ontario]]> New Brunswick]]> Alberta]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1941]]> 1942-02-12]]> 1943-03]]> 1943-09]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-08-18]]> 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]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Creil]]> France--Givors]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Euskirchen Region]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Harburg (Landkreis)]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Turin]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Urft Dam]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-05-30]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-06-26]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-04]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-10]]> 1943-07-12]]> 1943-07-13]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-13]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-24]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-07]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-09-29]]> 1943-09-30]]> 1943-10-01]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-09-03]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-21]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-12-08]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 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. Transport Command]]> Czech Republic]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Limoges]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Merseburg Region]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Turin]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-04-27]]> 1943-04-28]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-06-26]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-04]]> 1943-07-12]]> 1943-07-13]]> 1943-08-07]]> 1943-08-08]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-16]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-09-29]]> 1943-09-30]]> 1943-10-19]]> 1943-10-20]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-10-23]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-11-10]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-12-30]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-06]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-15]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-16]]> 1945-04-17]]> 1946]]> 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]]> Czech Republic]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Limoges]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Merseburg Region]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Turin]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-04-27]]> 1943-04-28]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-06-26]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-04]]> 1943-07-12]]> 1943-07-13]]> 1943-08-07]]> 1943-08-08]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-16]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-09-29]]> 1943-09-30]]> 1943-10-19]]> 1943-10-20]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-10-23]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-11-10]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-12-30]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-06]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-15]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-16]]> 1945-04-17]]> 1946]]> Flying log book for W.J. Martin, flight engineer covering the period from 3 April 1944 to 13 November 1945. Detailing his flying training, operations and instructional duties. He was stationed at RAF East Kirkby, RAF St Athan, RAF Swinderby, RAF Syerston, RAF Woolfox Lodge and RAF Cottesmore. Aircraft flown in were Stirling and Lancaster. He flew a total of 30 operations with 57 Squadron, 12 daylight and 18 night. Targets were Caumont, Joigny, Trossy St Maximin, St Leu d'Esserent, L' Isle-Adam, Bordeaux, Brest, Bergueneuse, Deelan, Sequeville de Capagne, Chatellerault, Brunswick, Stettin, Koningsberg, Mönchengladbach, Darmstadt, Stuttgart, Le Havre, Boulogne, Wilhemshaven, Bremmerhaven, Munster, Karlsruhe, Kaiserslauten, Heligoland, minelaying and Trondheim. His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Ottewell and Flying Officer Donkin. The log book also records Cook's Tour flights and post war civilian flights as a passenger up to 2007. Notes, photographs and visit to BBMF are also included

]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-06]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-03]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-18]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-09-29]]> 1944-09-30]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-24]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-23]]> 1945-06-25]]> 1945-07-05]]>
Aircraft flown in were Dominie, Proctor, Anson, Wellington, Halifax and Lancaster. Targets were Paris, Aulnoye, Rouen, Cologne, Brunswick, Munich, Essen and Friedrichshaven. He flew eight night operations with 101 Squadron and was killed in action Friedrichshaven 28 Apr 1944. His pilot on operations was Warrant Officer Noble.]]> 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]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Paris]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Terry Hancock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Singapore]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Hasselt]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Essex]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Domléger-Longvillers]]> France--Amiens Region]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Le Havre Region]]> France--Lyon]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Oisemont (Canton)]]> France--Paris Region]]> France--Rennes Region]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Europe--Elbe River]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> Singapore]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Bermesnil]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-06-02]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]>
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of Lincoln.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Creil]]> France--Juvisy-sur-Orge]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> France--Mimoyecques]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Soligny-la-Trappe]]> France--Watten]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Hörstel]]> Germany--Ladbergen]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Munich]]> Norway--Tromsø]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]>
Peter Baxter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Donald Briggs]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> France--Tours]]> Germany]]> France]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1945]]> T Saint]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Reading]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Bournemouth]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Ludlow]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Morpeth]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> France]]> France--Angers]]> France--Paris]]> France--Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines]]> France--Dreux]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> France--Valenciennes]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> France--Beauvais]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> France--Nucourt]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1941-05]]> 1941-09-02]]> 1942-01]]> 1942]]> 1942-10]]> 1942-11]]> 1943-03]]> 1943-07]]> 1943-08]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-02-18]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-20]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-26]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1944-07-03]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Terry Hancock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Tyne and Wear]]> France--Domléger-Longvillers]]> France--Angers]]> France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]> France--Dreux]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Paris Region]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Valenciennes]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> France--L'Haÿ-les-Roses]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-29]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1944-07-01]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1945]]> Alan Edgar]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Tours]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> 1944]]> A R Witty]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Hull]]> England--London]]> England--Devon]]> England--Torquay]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Liverpool]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Durban]]> South Africa--East London]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France]]> France--Rennes]]> Germany]]> Germany--Aachen]]> France--Paris]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Evreux]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dijon]]> France--Tours]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Domléger-Longvillers]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-07-10]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-09-08]]> 1943-10-12]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1942-06-13]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-12-12]]> 1945-07-07]]> 1945-07-17]]>