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On RH page, four photographs the first a group of aircrew stand underneath an aircraft, caption 'Waiting to fly in a Halifax '
Second one six aircrew, caption 'At Blyton Den - F/E, Frank M/UG, Self - Nav, Danny - skipper, Doug - B/A, Ted R/G'. Third one, six aircrew standing in front of wooden building, caption 'The full crew - Gordon (Wop) on right'. the fourth is of three aircrew standing in a lane, village in background, caption 'Doug Frank & Dennis out for a stroll'.]]>
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Second is of starboard engines of a Lancaster in flight, captioned 'Taken from Uncle in flight - over ten tenths cloud'.
Third is of a Lancaster parked on a dispersal, a number of people gathered around it, captioned 'Uncle just before an op. Bomb doors gaping open'.
Fourth is of a Halifax on it's belly, bicycle in the foreground, caption 'An enlargement of the Halifax prang opposite'.
RH page, first, three men standing in a country lane with a church in the background, caption Frank, Ted and Dan'.
Second two aircrew, upper torso in front of wooden door captioned 'Doug and self, the navigation team'. Third is the same photograph as the third on previous page aircrewman in flying suit, captioned 'Ted photographed outside a Halifax'.
Fourth and fifth are of the Halifax, captioned ' A well pranged Halifax at Blyton, see further back - 18/3/44 - Z Zulu PO Bunton at ? but we all got out OK'.]]>
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Completed training with 1662 Conversion Unit before being posted to 100 Squadron.
Served at RAF Blyton and RAF Grimsby.
Aircraft flown was the Lancaster.
His only operation was a night operation to Stettin. His pilot was Wing Commander J. G. Swain.

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He concludes his memoir with seven tailender tales.]]>
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Log book One.

E W Cropper’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from February 1944 to 6th October 1950, recording training, operations, instructional and staff duties as a navigator. Aircraft in which flown: Stirling, Lancaster III, Lancaster VII (FE), Halifax II and V, Wellington XIII, Oxford, Anson, Proctor, Mosquito B35, Lincoln 2B. Based at: RAF Jurby (No. 5 Air Observer School), RAF Wratting Common (1651 Conversion Unit), RAF Hemswell (1 Lancaster Finishing School), RAF Elsham Wolds (103 Squadron), RAF Blyton (1662 Heavy Conversion Unit), RAF Shawbury (Empire Central Navigation School/Empire Air Navigation School), RAF Lindholme (1656 Heavy Conversion Unit), RAF Oakington and RAF Mepal (7 Squadron), RAF High Wycombe and RAF Booker (Bomber Command Communications Flight), RAF Waddington (57 Squadron) and RAF Scampton (Bomber Command Instrument Rating and Examining Flight).

Records a total of 29 completed operations (26 night, 3 day)) on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany: Aulnoye, Caen, Calais, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, Flers, Friedrichshaven, Gelsenkirchen, Hasselt, Karlsruhe, Kiel Bay, Le Havre, Mailly-Le-Camp, Maintenon, Mardyck, Marquise-Mimoyecques, Orleans, Rennes (St Jacques airfield), Revigny, Saintes, Sanneville, Scholven, St Martins-de-Varreville, Sterkrade, Vire and Wimereux. He also flew 3 Cook's Tour flights and two Operation Dodge flights. Post-war he served with 7 and 57 Squadrons. His pilot on operations was Pilot Officer Moore.

Log Book Two.

E W Cropper’s RAF Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers from 17 May 1943 to 16th April 1945, recording training, operations, instructional and staff duties as a navigator. Entitled “PERSONAL LOGBOOK”, includes detailed personal notes about training courses, first operational tour (“29 sorties”), instructor and staff navigator training. Aircraft in which flown: Tiger Moth, Stirling, Lancaster III, Halifax II and V, Wellington XIII, Oxford, Anson. Based at: RAF Shellingford (No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School), RAF Jurby (No. 5 Air Observer School), RAF Wratting Common (1651 Conversion Unit), RAF Hemswell (1 Lancaster Finishing School), RAF Elsham Wolds (103 Squadron), RAF Blyton (1662 Heavy Conversion Unit) and RAF Shawbury (Empire Air Navigation School).

Records a total of 29 completed operations (26 night, 3 day) on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany: Aulnoye, Caen, Calais, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, Flers, Friedrichshaven, Gelsenkirchen, Hasselt, Karlsruhe, Kiel Bay, Le Havre, Mailly-Le-Camp, Maintenon, Mardyck, Marquise-Mimoyecques, Orleans, Rennes (St Jacques airfield), Revigny, Saintes, Sanneville, Scholven, St Martins-de-Varreville, Sterkrade, Vire and Wimereux. His pilot on operations was Pilot Officer Moore.

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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]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Paderborn]]> Germany--Pforzheim]]> Germany--Wiesbaden]]> Netherlands--Gouda]]> Wales--Flintshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-25]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-05-02]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-05-25]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]>
Jim Penny]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> United States]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> France--Modane]]> France--Montluçon]]> Georgia--Americus]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Italy--Milan]]> Saskatchewan--North Battleford]]> France]]> Georgia]]> Saskatchewan]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-08-14]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-22]]> 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]]> 1943-09-15]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-09-17]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-07]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-19]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-10-23]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-11-17]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-24]]> His crew dropped food for the starving Dutch as part of Operation Manna. After the war he served with Transport Command on Yorks. He continued moving around and spent time on B-29s then Canberras at Marham. Later he and his family were sent to Kuala Lumpur then Penang on Dakotas.
On his return he was posted to Abingdon on Beverleys. This included trips to Nairobi.
He transferred to Haydock as a radio controller, after which he left the RAF and became a teacher.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Knowsley (District)]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Aintree]]> England--Paignton]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Saskatchewan--Moose Jaw]]> Manitoba--Brandon]]> Ontario]]> England--Harrogate]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Dresden]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Bournemouth]]> India]]> Egypt]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Iraq]]> India--New Delhi]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> Singapore]]> India--Kolkata]]> Sri Lanka--Negombo]]> England--King's Lynn]]> England--Downham Market]]> Iceland]]> United States]]> Delaware--Dover]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Arizona--Davis-Monthan Air Force Base]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> Malaysia--Kuala Lumpur]]> South Africa--Durban]]> Kenya--Nairobi]]> Cameroon]]> Sahara Desert]]> Nigeria--Kano]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> England--Formby]]> England--Haydock]]> England--Ormskirk]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Québec]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Arizona]]> Delaware]]> New York (State)]]> Libya]]> Saskatchewan]]> Germany]]> Nova Scotia]]> Kenya]]> Malaysia]]> South Africa]]> Pakistan]]> Sri Lanka]]> Nigeria]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Malaysia--George Town (Pulau Pinang)]]> England--Devon]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Manitoba]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>