IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> Brian Wright]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary. Allocated S Coulter]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Pam Locker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> New Zealand]]> Norway]]> Sweden]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Reims]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Sweden--Göteborg]]> 1941]]>
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Tom Ozel]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 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]]> 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 Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Staffordshire]]> France--Brest]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Wales--Flintshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1937]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1941-02-07]]> 1941-02-10]]> 1941-02-11]]> 1941-02-12]]> 1941-02-15]]> 1941-02-25]]> 1941-03-02]]> 1941-03-03]]> 1941-03-12]]> 1941-03-13]]> 1941-03-14]]> 1941-03-15]]> 1941-03-16]]> 1941-03-30]]> 1941-03-31]]> 1941-04-03]]> 1941-04-04]]> 1941-04-07]]> 1941-04-08]]> 1941-04-09]]> 1941-04-10]]> 1941-04-11]]> 1941-04-12]]> 1941-04-13]]> 1941-04-14]]> 1941-04-15]]> 1941-04-16]]> 1941-04-17]]> 1941-04-22]]> 1941-04-23]]> 1941-04-25]]> 1941-04-26]]> 1941-05-16]]> 1941-05-17]]> 1941-06-13]]> 1941-06-14]]> 1941-06-15]]> 1941-06-16]]> 1941-06-20]]> 1941-06-21]]> 1941-06-23]]> 1941-06-24]]> 1941-06-26]]> 1941-06-27]]> 1941-06-29]]> 1941-06-30]]> 1941-07-04]]> 1941-07-05]]> 1941-07-06]]> 1941-07-07]]> 1941-07-08]]> 1941-07-09]]> 1941-07-10]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 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]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Borkum]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Wismar]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-27]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-07]]> 1942-07-08]]> 1942-07-09]]> 1942-07-11]]> 1942-07-12]]> 1942-07-13]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-21]]> 1942-07-22]]> 1942-07-24]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-28]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-09-10]]> 1942-09-11]]> 1942-09-13]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-09-17]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-09-20]]> 1942-09-23]]> 1942-09-24]]> 1942-09-29]]> 1942-09-30]]> 1942-10-01]]> 1942-10-02]]> 1942-10-05]]> 1942-10-06]]> 1942-10-13]]> 1942-10-22]]> 1942-10-23]]> 1942-10-24]]> Anna Hoyles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> France]]> Germany]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Gibraltar]]> Great Britain]]> Ireland]]> Italy]]> Mediterranean Sea]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> North Africa]]>
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Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> France]]> France--Istres]]> Netherlands]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zambia]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tracy Johnson]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Argentina]]> Poland]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> 1939-09]]> 1948]]> Bob volunteered for Bomber Command which had lost a lot of crews. After one air test for Number 9 Bomber Squadron, he went to 149 Squadron at RAF Mildenhall and flew in Wellingtons. He describes the difficulty of targeting well-defended Essen and bombing cruisers in coastal areas, such as Wilhelmshaven.
Bob then transferred to 70 Squadron in RAF Kabrit, Egypt and the Middle East. Water rationing was an issue. They would carry out raids on transport and railway sidings in response to Field Marshal Erich Rommel bringing German forces into the desert via Benghazi.
Bob had instructor stints at the Operational Training Unit at RAF Pershore and Advanced Flying Unit. He went on operational liaison duties to 950 Squadron. Other aircraft in which Bob flew included: Battle, Defiant, Lancasters, Lysanders and Bothas. Bob undertook 73 operations and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on 12th March 1943.
He describes the evolution in air gunnery during the war. He also praises Barnes Wallis’s geodetic construction.

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Nigel Moore]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Beth Ellin]]> Sally Coulter]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Thames River]]> North Africa]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Kibrit]]> Libya]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1943]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
William flew Ansons and Cranes and learned navigation in America on Catalina flying boats. He also tells of flying Lysanders and transporting agents for the Special Operations Executive into France. He also tells how he helped Polish airmen with different information to keep them safe if they crashed.
William flew a number of aircraft including the Lancaster, Stirlings and Halifaxes at different locations and was on 36 operation with Bomber Command, taking part in Operation Manna. He served with 138 Squadron and 161 Squadron. He also tells of his life after the war, when he went to live in Rhodesia where he helped to run the family business before returning to Great Britain in 2003.

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Andrew Sadler]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Staffordshire]]> Zimbabwe]]> Africa--Lake Nyasa]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> 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]]> 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]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Bradford]]> England--London]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> France]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> 1945]]> Rod Pickles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1944]]> John Fisher]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> David Kavanagh]]> 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]]> Lithuania]]> Poland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Poland--Świnoujście]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> Lithuania--Klaipėda]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1945-02]]> 1945-06-19]]> 1946-09-06]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Italy--La Spezia]]> 1941]]> 1943]]>
Describes journey to Scotland and few spare minutes in London. Bill remains disappointed at not going overseas. Catches up with home news and asks in a PS if they can get a lock for his bike, which he wants to get to West Freugh as it will be the only way to get about and into Stranraer. ]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Atlantic Ocean--Irish Sea]]> 1942-05]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Scotland--Western Isles]]> 1942-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Canada]]> Saskatchewan]]> Saskatchewan--Dafoe]]> 1942-12]]>