Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Uganda]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1941]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Bermuda Islands]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Ontario]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Belgium--Liège]]> France--Soissons]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Lingen (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Sylt]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1937]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1940-05-17]]> 1940-05-18]]> 1940-05-19]]> 1940-05-20]]> 1940-05-23]]> 1940-05-24]]> 1940-05-25]]> 1940-05-26]]> 1940-05-27]]> 1940-05-28]]> 1940-06-01]]> 1940-06-02]]> 1940-06-03]]> 1940-06-04]]> 1940-06-07]]> 1940-06-08]]> 1940-06-09]]> 1940-06-10]]> 1940-06-11]]> 1940-06-12]]> 1940-06-20]]> 1940-06-21]]> 1940-06-25]]> 1940-06-26]]> 1940-07-01]]> 1940-07-02]]> 1940-07-05]]> 1940-07-06]]> 1940-07-09]]> 1940-07-10]]> 1940-07-20]]> 1940-07-21]]> 1940-07-22]]> 1940-07-23]]> 1940-07-25]]> 1940-07-26]]> 1940-07-28]]> 1940-07-29]]> 1940-07-31]]> 1940-08-01]]> 1940-08-03]]> 1940-08-04]]> 1940-08-07]]> 1940-08-08]]> 1940-08-11]]> 1940-08-12]]> 1940-08-13]]> 1940-08-14]]> 1940-08-16]]> 1940-08-17]]> 1940-08-21]]> 1940-08-22]]> 1940-08-25]]> 1940-08-26]]> 1940-08-28]]> 1940-08-29]]> 1940-08-31]]> 1940-09-01]]> 1940-09-03]]> 1940-09-04]]> 1940-09-06]]> 1940-09-07]]> 1940-09-08]]> 1940-09-09]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-10]]> After an unsuccessful attempt to run his family business, he applied for the civil service and worked until 1985 on radar development, auto triangulation, Cathode-Ray Direction Finder, Identification Friend or Foe, infrared devices, laser and chain radar stations.]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> Algeria]]> Austria]]> Austria--Mauthausen]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Rhine River]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> Tunisia]]> North Africa]]> 1944]]> His first station was RAF Bircham Newton, where he did his training, and flew in Stirlings and Ansons.
He tells a story about how his Stirling landed and the undercarriage did not work, he mentions how he went over the A10 and landed in somebody’s ‘cabbage patch’.
After training, he went straight to 196 Squadron at Waterbeach, and then moved on to 61 Squadron, where he served on Lancasters.
His first operation was the ball bearing factory at Schweinfurt, but also completed operations to Antwerp, Bonn, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Essen, Heysel and Monchengladback, as well as taking part in operations on D-Day.
After completing 51 Operations, Don returned to his first job as a baker.
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Judy Hodgson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Belgium--Laeken]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> England--Stevenage]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Herefordshire]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
Initially posted to 527 Squadron, which was Canadian, at RAF Digby and then to 695 squadron at RAF Bircham Newton working on drogue towing aircraft.
Posted overseas, he arrived at RAF Chakeri near Kampur where he worked on servicing B-24 and C-47 aircraft for South East Asia Command. He recalls that as an airframe mechanic he had to sign the Form 700 certifying that all the other trades had carried out their servicing correctly.
The local town was largely off-limits and only certain parts were allowed to be visited. The weather was very hot and in the summer hill parties were sent to the hills to escape the heat. Peter spent his 21st birthday at Darjeeling. When hostilities ceased the spent its time dismantling and scrapping B-24s aircraft. Whilst India was partitioned, Peter's demobilisation was postponed in case of tensions between India and Pakistan.
After two and a half years he was sent home via Liverpool, where he saw his first jet, and was demobilised in July 1947.
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Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Holmes]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> India]]> India--Kānpur]]> India--Darjeeling]]> Pakistan]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1947-07]]> 1943-11]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Anglesey]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zimbabwe--Gweru]]> Zimbabwe--Bulawayo]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Essex]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> South Africa--Mahikeng]]> South Africa]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Bishop's Stortford]]> 1945]]> His pilot on operations was Pilot Officer Evans. The logbook also contains a pair of newspaper cuttings concerning Donald Fraser being awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal and a note signed by the Air Vice Marshal Commanding 1 Group for Donald Fraser’s award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.]]> 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]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Poland]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Israel]]> Sudan]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Israel--Haifa]]> Israel--Ramlah]]> Sudan--Khartoum]]> North Africa]]> 1932]]> 1933]]> 1934]]> 1935]]> 1936]]> 1937]]> Middle - a group of airmen wearing sheepskin jackets and side caps talking to the King and Queen. In the background part of an aircraft. Submitted with description 'King George VI and Queen Elizabeth alongside 206 Sqn Hudson, B-VX, RAF Bircham Newton, 1941. They are talking to three airmen wearing sheepskin jackets and side caps'.
Bottom - Four airmen wearing sheepskin jackets and side caps talking to the King and Queen while other officers and two young girls (princesses) look on. Submitted with description 'King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret alongside 206 Sqn Hudson, B-VX, RAF Bircham Newton, 1941. Also in view are four airmen in battledress, side caps, leather boots and sheepskin flying jackets, an unidentified officer, Air Vice Marshal Thysen and a largely concealed woman in civilian dress'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1941]]>
Bottom - an RAF officer wearing battledress with pilot's brevet and side cap standing in front of a door to a hut. Submitted with description 'W/Cdr R E Baxter standing outside Commanding Officer & Adjutant's Office – RAF Metheringham, March 1944'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1941]]> 1944-03]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1941-01]]> C Pattison]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1941-01-29]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1959-02-27]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1936-09-11]]>
The top right and bottom left show airmen standing around a Harrow K6949.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frank Schilder]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]>