After leaving school at the age of 14, Derek delivered books in and around Doncaster before going down to the Royal Air Force Recruitment Centre in Doncaster and signing up for service after developing a love of aviation after seeing Vimmies and Heyfords.
Derek passed his exams for a pilot, however trained as a wireless operator because of his knowledge of Morse code. When he was crewed up, his team flew in Wellingtons at RAF Finningley, with 18 Operational Training Unit.
Derek then was transferred to a Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Blyton, where he worked on Halifaxes, before being posted to 625 Squadron at RAF Kelstern, flying on Lancasters.
He completed operations to Essen, Dortmund, Cologne and also targeted the oil refineries. Derek also took part in Operation Manna, dropping supplies in Holland.]]>
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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]]> He describes individual operations in detail. He and his crew were transferred to Faldingworth where the condition of their aircraft was poor. These were quickly replaced with new aircraft. His crew were successful and survived their 30 operations never to meet up again.
He concludes his memoir with seven tailender tales.]]>
Bill Freeman]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Dewsbury]]> Canada]]> England--Stafford]]> Wales--Tredegar]]> England--Northampton]]> England--Grimsby]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Denmark--Frederikshavn]]> France--Maintenon]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Orléans]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Aachen]]> France--Paris]]> England--Lincoln]]> France--Le Havre]]> Poland]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Caen]]> France--Vierzon]]> France]]> Germany]]> Denmark]]> France--Reims]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Sussex]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04-10]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Canada]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Adalberto Di Corato]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Scotland--Perth and Kinross]]> England--London]]> Canada]]> Manitoba]]> Manitoba--Portage la Prairie]]> Germany]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Dick underwent intensive map training on his return and went to the Advanced Flying Unit in Wigtown on Ansons. He proceeded to the Operational Training Unit at RAF Upper Heyford on Oxfords, where he was introduced to Loran. He had just started a tour as a Mosquito Pathfinder navigator before VE Day. He describes the aircraft, Oboe, and the pattern of their operations. Dick participated in Cook’s Tours to the Ruhr Valley. He was in 608 Squadron but it was disbanded and so he was posted to 692 Squadron, another Group 8 unit, at RAF Gransden Lodge. This was also disbanded, and Dick was sent to RAF Blyton for a re-selection board where he was sent on a flight mechanic engines course at RAF Credenhill. He was posted to the 254 torpedo Beaufighter Squadron at Langham until he was demobilised.]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Scotland--Aberdeenshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Goderich]]> Alberta]]> Prince Edward Island]]> Prince Edward Island--Charlottetown]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Ontario--Belleville]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-05-08]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> 1943]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Great Britain]]> England--Halton]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1936]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-12-20]]> 1944-12-23]]> He discusses his time in flight engineer training at RAF St Athan and subsequent duties as a flight engineer on Halifax and Lancaster aircraft with 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Blyton. He recalls the operational duties with 550 Squadron, North Killingholme where he took part in four bombing operations - 2 of them at night raids (close to 9 hour round trips), and operations over Heligoland and Bremen.
He reflects on the differences he encountered as a flight engineer between the Halifax and Lancaster, how the Halifax was spacious and comfortable; the Lancaster cramped and only a small tip-up seat for his flight engineer position.
He talks about the main memory of his time in the RAF, Operational Mana, and his later conversations with a lady from Holland who was 8 years old at the time. He retrained as an MT driver when his Squadron was disbanded and was demobilised in October 1947.
Maurice later reaffirmed his affiliation with the RAF. In later years, he moved to Rutland and retired from his last job as a mechanical foreman at RAF Cottesmore in the 1980s.]]>
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Coastal Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Essen]]> France--Rouen]]> France--Lyon]]> Belgium--Hasselt]]> France--Orléans]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Ontario--Malton]]> Poland]]> France]]> Ontario]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> 1960]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-12-02]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1943-12-24]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1944-01-02]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-06]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-04-23]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-05-15]]> 1945-06-22]]> 1945-09-03]]> 1945-09-06]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connnock]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> France--Calais]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Germany--Aschaffenburg]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Euskirchen Region]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Netherlands--Sluis (Zeeland)]]> Netherlands--Steenwijk]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Urft Dam]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-10-12]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-09]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-19]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-03]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Belgium--Saint-Vith]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Geilenkirchen]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Zeitz]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-30]]> 1944-10-01]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-09]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-26]]> 1944-12-27]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-10]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-29]]> 1945-05-05]]> 1945-06-01]]> Great Britain. Royal Air force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> France--Deux-Sèvres]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Lyon]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Orléans]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 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]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-06-09]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> France--Calais]]> France--Royan]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Paderborn]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Germany--Urft Dam]]> Alberta]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-24]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-19]]> 1944-11-20]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-03]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-05]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-12]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 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]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Hamburg Region]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Hildesheim]]> Germany--Merseburg Region]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Paderborn]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> Great Britain]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-18]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-28]]> 1945-04-02]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-17]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-04-29]]> 1945-05-01]]> 1945-05-03]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-10-01]]> 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]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> Alberta--Lethbridge]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> France--Caen]]> France--Caen Region]]> France--Dijon]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Paris Region]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Saint-Dizier Region (Haute-Marne)]]> France--Saintes]]> France--Saint-Omer Region (Pas-de-Calais)]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Great Britain]]> Alberta]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-26]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-21]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-03]]>