IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Binbrook]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1946]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hugh Donnelly]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Canada]]> United States]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Atlantic Ocean]]> Atlantic Ocean--Rockall Bank]]> 1943]]> Andrew Panton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Gemma Clapton]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> England--Kent]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-04]]> 1945-05]]> There were some delays as Bomber Command had surplus aircrew. He spent some leave through the Lady Ryder Scheme and went to RAF Padgate. He was sent to RAF Fairoaks and witnessed V2 flying bombs before returning to RAF Padgate. Colin was sent to RAF West Freugh and did dead reckoning navigation. His next destination was 27 Operational Training Unit in Lichfield. Colin describes how they crewed up. He was introduced to the Gee radio navigation system and Wellingtons. He went to a Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Lindholme and encountered Lancasters and H2S.
Colin discusses his impressions of England and his activities. He also outlines how he carried out his role as a navigator.
They transferred to 460 Squadron at RAF Binbrook and started operations in March 1945. Colin describes some of their seven operations, which involved damage to the aircraft on a trip to Saarbrücken; being caught in the searchlights at Potsdam; cancellation mid-route of their trip to Bremen. On 25 April 1945, they flew in the second wave to Berchtesgaden and were hit, losing all but one engine. Some of the crew baled out but the pilot crash-landed the aircraft with the rear gunner because of a missing parachute. Colin was taken to Stalag Luft 7 at Moosburg. They were freed on 29 April 1945 by the American 14th Division, although it took some time to return to England and ultimately Australia.
Colin gives his views on the treatment of Bomber Command and the politics involved.
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Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Sally Coulter]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Wigtownshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> Germany--Moosburg an der Isar]]> Germany--Ingolstadt]]> Poland]]> Poland--Opole (Voivodeship)]]> 1943]]> 1943-03]]> 1944]]> 1944-02]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-04-29]]>
Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> Japan]]> Netherlands]]> Singapore]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--London]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> India--Pune]]> 1945]]> Rob Gray]]> 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]]> Belgium]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> 1942]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Tom Ozel]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christine Kavanagh]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Jean Macartney]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Dawn Studd]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Northern Territory--Darwin]]> United States]]> Northern Territory]]> Alberta]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> John Bowden]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-05]]> 1945-04-04]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> South African Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> France]]> Germany]]> Poland]]> Wales]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Nord-Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Lyon]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> Photograph 2 is of an airman with a very pistol raised.
Photograph 3 is of an airwoman is working at a desk, with an airman standing behind her. On the wall is a map of Great Britain and an airfield map.
Photograph 4 of a squadron leader at a desk with two telephones and a map behind him. Captioned 'Sqn Leader Foggo'.
Photograph 5 is of two officers and an airwomen talking on telephones at a desk. One officer is standing.
Photograph 6 is of an airwoman at a desk.
Photograph 7 is of the interior of a control tower. An an airwoman is sitting at her desk and two airmen are standing behind her. The page is captioned 'Binbrook inside control tower'.
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Photograph 2 is of the interior of a chapel. Captioned 'Binbrook chapel of rest'.
Photographs 3, 5 and 6 are of two airmen standing next to large stockpiles of medium capacity bombs.
Photograph 4 is of two airmen standing next a stockpile of 4000 lb bombs.
Photograph 7 is of an Alsatian dog with a Military Police corporal.
Photograph 8 is of five airmen siting at a table with bottles of drink on it outside a brick building.
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Photograph 2 is of 460 Squadron's crest.
Photograph 3 is of a Lancaster in the air, close to the ground.
Photograph 4 is of the pilot in the cockpit of a Lancaster, captioned 'Lancaster waiting for take off 2nd aircraft in view through windscreen'.
Photograph 5 is of six airmen in a bar with beer glasses in their hands.
Photograph 6 is of an airman inside an aircraft.
Photograph 7 is of nine airmen marching, viewed from the side.
Photograph 8 is of a Lancaster in the air, close to the ground.
Photograph 9 is of six airmen walking, viewed from the side. Behind is a small building.
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Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Belgium--Hasselt]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Evreux]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Maintenon]]> France--Paris]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Vire (Calvados)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France--Lyon]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-29]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-02]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hugh Donnelly]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Balloon Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> Wales--Pwllheli]]> 1942]]> Ted was trained as a wireless operator and was posted to Northern Ireland to serve on a small antiaircraft observation unit. Next he went to Operational Training Units at RAF Litchfield where they crewed up. His crew was posted to 12 Squadron at RAF Wickenby. Ted’s first tour commenced on 13 May 1943. The operation had to be cancelled due to an engine catching fire. The pilot managed to extinguish the fire by going into a steep dive. Targets included the Ruhr, Berlin, Peenemünde, Cologne, Turin, Genoa and Hamburg. On the 8 October 1943 the tour ended with an operation to Stuttgart. On their leave on 22 October 1943 the crew made a BBC broadcast entitled 'Lancaster crew describes an operation'. Ted was then posted to RAF Lindholme as an instructor but then joined a second crew and was posted to RAF Binbrook with 460 Squadron. On D-Day they supported the landings by bombing batteries. In August 1945 Ted finally left the service from RAF Swinderby.
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Adam Sadler]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Second generation]]> Great Britain]]> Northern Ireland]]> France]]> Germany]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Turin]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Italy]]> Great Britain]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1945-08]]> 1941-02]]>
Nigel Moore]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> 1942]]> Asked to volunteer for Number 1 Group Special Duties Flight based at RAF Binbrook he completed a full tour of operations specialising in precision bombing. On one operation they attacked a marshalling yard in Saintes but demolished a wall of an adjacent prison.
After the war Larry visited the French mayor who placated his concern at killing French civilians. His crew were one of the very few who were all decorated. He retired from the RAF as a flight lieutenant with a DFC.]]>
Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Holmes]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Sound]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Saintes]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
Sheila Bibb]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Alan refers to the failures and successes of the commanders during this period: General Wavell, General Auckinleck and Montgomery. Alan was classed as fitter, part of ground crew. Alan subsequently sailed to Bari in Italy and then on to Foggia. He talks of going to find an aircraft which had crashed in the mountains. He did not see his family for four years. He returned to Foggia and then went back to Egypt, initially to RAF Shallufa where he was impressed with his first Lancaster. Alan describes the inspections carried out. Alan recounts a couple of his wartime experiences and the sad loss of a 21 year old wireless operator/air gunner.]]> Helen Durham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Sierra Leone]]> Tunisia]]> North Africa]]> Egypt--Suez]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Italy--Bari]]> Egypt--Cairo]]>