Stanley Archer]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Chadderton]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1942]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Janet McGreevy]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)]]> Zimbabwe]]> Cyprus]]> Cuba]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-05]]> Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Heather Hughes]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Cheshire]]>
7th from the right on the bottom row is Flight Lieutenant Edward Raymond Brown DFC. He flew 31 operations (25 with 83 Squadron).

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andrew Brown]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-05]]>

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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]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Czech Republic]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Czech Republic--Chomutov]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Harburg (Landkreis)]]> Germany--Kaiserslautern]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Steinfurt (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Norway--Horten]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-11-03]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-05]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-23]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-14]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-04-07]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-17]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1945-05-08]]> 1945-05-10]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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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]]> Scotland]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Italy--Bari]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Germany--Böhlen]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> France]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-10]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-11-27]]> 1943-12-02]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-12-30]]> 1944-01-02]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-15]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-06]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-26]]> 1945-05-06]]> 1945-05-12]]> 1945-05-14]]> 1945-07-17]]> 1945-09-09]]> 1945-10-16]]> 1945-10-20]]> 1945-12-14]]> 1945-12-20]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Norway--Tønsberg]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-04-26]]> 1945-05-16]]> 1945-09-13]]> 1945-09-15]]> Photograph 2 is a group of people outside a building.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Photograph 2 is a parachute display. One parachutist is landing beside a smoke flare. He has an RAF ensign attached. There is a large attendance with hangars behind.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Seamus Ruddy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1980]]> Photograph is a marching band of airmen captioned 'Cranwell Band leading parade'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Anna Hoyles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jackie Simpson]]> Terry Holmes]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Dawn Studd]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Tom Ozel]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christine Kavanagh]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 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]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Carmel Dammes]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Wales]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Somerset]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> 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]]> France]]> Germany]]> Norway]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Greater Manchester]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Chalindrey]]> France--Châtellerault]]> France--Creil]]> France--Doullens]]> France--Joigny]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Limoges]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> France--Paris]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Bremerhaven]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Hörstel]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wettin]]> Norway--Horten]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> Germany--Böhlen]]> France--Lyon]]> Russia (Federation)]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-20]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 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]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-14]]> 1944-09-18]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-10]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-06]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-04-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Poland]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Creil]]> 1944-08-03]]> He tells of his training at Halton, and describes the different trades and his exams to become an Leading Aircraftsman 1st Class, where he was then transferred to a Repair and Inspection Unit (R&I) working on Spitfire engines.
Charles then went to India via the Suez Canal and then on to Ceylon to 121 Repair and Salvage Unit, looking after 2 squadrons of Beaufighters and 1 squadron of Spitfires, but he says that because he was an apprentice, he could turn his hand to anything.
He was posted to instruct at a Motor Transport Unit, and spent time learning about the maintenance of other equipment including diesel engines.
Charles was posted to 109 Maintenance Unit, repairing Merlin engines, however at this time the V Bombers were coming into service. He trained as a Crew Chief and after passing these exams he was assigned to the Avro Vulcan XA908, at RAF Waddington.
Charles related the stories of the work he did when the Vulcan had hydraulic failure at Goose Green, the bombing competition in Florida where the aircraft suffered broken bomb bay doors and a cracked bomb aimers window, and the trip home from Bermuda with no fuel in one tank and a broken bogie beam.
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Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]>
Anna Hoyles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Sylt]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> North Africa]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Mosul]]> Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> South Africa]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Torquay]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Harrogate]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> England--Eastbourne (East Sussex)]]>