Anecdotes include a low flying incident near Skegness for which they were in trouble with the group captain, and the issue of guns and ammunition when some German prisoners escaped. They lost their possessions to the Committee of Adjustment when they were diverted to another airfield.
Harry received army-type training at RAF Bridlington and continued his flight engineering training on Stirlings at RAF St Athan. He was sent to RAF East Kirkby on Lancasters.
Harry collected prisoners of war from Italy and Brussels. He describes people’s recollections of Guy Gibson.
He stayed for seven or so years in the RAF, flying Lancasters and Lincolns at RAF Waddington. Harry relates the delayed publication of a photograph, with a Lincoln and Lincoln cathedral.
Harry outlines his encounter with a group captain who helped him to change his wheel, subsequently inviting him to dinners at the Petwood Hotel and Bomber Command headquarters. Harry received a two minute standing ovation for one of the longest bombing trips of the war. ]]>
Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Emma Bonson ]]> Sally Coulter]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wesseling]]> England--Woodhall Spa]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1944-06]]>
Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Manitoba--Brandon]]> Manitoba--Virden]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Westward Ho]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Israel]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> North Africa]]> New York (State)]]> New Brunswick]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Devon]]> Manitoba]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Operational duties included up to 14 bombing operations over Germany, three trips on Operation Mana and a number of flights bringing prisoners of war back from France and Italy. Reg also describes the typical duties of aircrew wireless operator -staying in contact with base operations and keeping the crew informed of any operational changes. When the war ended Reg re-mustered to work in Motor Transport and was posted to the MOD Maintenance Unit at White City and then on to the Maintenance Unit at Bicester. He finished his National Service at Kirkham near Blackpool. Reg married in 1945. At the time of the interview they were approaching their 70th wedding anniversary.
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David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Chris Cann]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Dresden]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 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]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ian Whapplington]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Italy]]> England--Kent]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> Netherlands--Amsterdam]]> 1943-11]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 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]]> Norway]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Sassnitz]]> Norway--Tønsberg]]> 1943]]> 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]]> Netherlands]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> 1942-12]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Gemma Clapton]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1944-02]]> David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Bangladesh]]> Great Britain]]> Bangladesh--Chittagong]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944]]> Dawn Hughes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Donald McNaughton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> ]]> Nine images on three sheets of selected pages from George Royall's log book, each showing a double page spread. 

The three images on the first sheet cover nine bombing operations as well as training and air test flights. Each image has the operational targets listed alongside.

The three images on the second sheet cover air tests and flights for Operations Dodge and Exodus.

Two images on the third sheet cover flights for Operation Dodge. The third image shows accumulated flying hours. His pilot on operations was Flight Lieutenant Mansfield.

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Gary Rushbrooke]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1944-02]]> 1945]]> Gary Rushbrooke]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Korea]]> 1947]]> 1956]]> Gary Rushbrooke]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--London]]> Germany]]> Germany--Lüneburg]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Bad Fallingbostel]]> Lithuania]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Italy]]> Gemma Clapton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tracy Johnson]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Wales]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Gemma Clapton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Norway]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Geoffrey North]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bocholt]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> Germany--Eppstein im Taunus]]> Germany--Neustadt an der Weinstrasse]]> Germany--Moosburg an der Isar]]> Germany--Landshut]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Aylesbury]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Leighton Buzzard]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Telford]]> France--Reims]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04]]> 1945-04-29]]> 1945-05]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-11]]> Geoffrey North]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Emily Jennings]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bocholt]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> Germany--Eppstein im Taunus]]> Germany--Neustadt an der Weinstrasse]]> Germany--Moosburg an der Isar]]> Germany--Landshut]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04]]> 1945-05]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-11]]> 1945-09]]> Great Britain. Red Cross and St John war organisation. Prisoners of war department]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Channel Islands]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Naumburg (Saxony-Anhalt)]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Poland]]> Poland--Łambinowice]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Karlovy Vary]]> Germany--Konstanz]]> Germany--Moosburg an der Isar]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> 1945-06]]>
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