4 Group Headquarters]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1944-02-15]]>
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A T Harris]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-12-13]]>
Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Poland--Opole (Voivodeship)]]> 1939]]> 1942-05]]> 1943]]> 1944-01]]> Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jackie Simpson]]> Brian May]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Yorkshire]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> Victoria]]> Victoria--Mallee]]> Victoria]]> Victoria--Mount Martha]]> Victoria]]> New South Wales]]> England--Sussex]]> 1944-03-06]]> 1944-03-07]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Adam Sutch]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Wigtownshire]]> France--Watten]]> France]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Adam Sutch]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942-10-24]]> 1942-10-17]]> Australia. Royal Australian 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]]> Australia]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Bayreuth]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Manitoba--Dauphin]]> Scotland--Banff]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Victoria--Benalla]]> Germany--Wangerooge Island]]> Victoria]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Boizenburg]]> Manitoba]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-07-04]]> 1945-07-09]]> 1945-07-30]]> 1945-08-03]]> Brian Wright]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Lytham St. Anne's]]> England--Blackpool]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wiesbaden]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France]]> France--Caen]]> Brian Wright]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12-31]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Heather Hughes]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> South Africa]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Wigtownshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Bethany Ellin]]> Heather Hughes]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Irish Sea]]> England--Orford Ness]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Mal Prissick]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Spain]]> Spain--Bilbao]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> 1940-08-15]]> 1942-06-12]]> 1943]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Mal Prissick]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Spain]]> Spain--Bilbao]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> 1940]]> 1942-06-12]]> 1945]]> After RAF Padgate, Peter was selected as pilot/gunner/engineer at RAF Hornchurch. He was posted to Number 4 Initial Training School at RAF Cranwell and then went to RAF Feltwell. He trained on Prentices and Harvards and became a pilot. RAF Driffield followed and Meteors. Afterwards at RAF Chivenor, Peter flew Vampires, which he did not particularly like.
Peter re-trained and received his navigator brevet at RAF Hullavington. He took a holding post at RAF St Mawgan, the Maritime Reconnaissance School. He trained at RAF Lindholme, Bomber Command Bombing School, on Canberras before joining 61 Squadron at RAF Wittering. He was at RAF Wittering for a year before they went to RAF Upwood.
Peter describes his overseas detachments, and outlines and contrasts visual bombing and Gee-H bombing.
For the last 18 months, he was posted to 58 Squadron at RAF Wyton as adjutant. He flew the PR.7 variant of the Canberra for photographic reconnaissance.
Peter then learnt Russian and passed the Foreign Office interpreters’ exam. He went back to fly Victors at RAF Marham as a navigator. Peter talks of Operation Forthright, flying between the UK and Cyprus bringing back Lightnings. In the UK, they practised refuelling.
Peter subsequently went to the British Commanders-in-Chief Mission to the Soviet Forces in Berlin. He took photographs in East Germany, particularly of airfields. He then went to the Ministry of Defence South American desk and worked for the Security Services before retirement.]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Second generation]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Cyprus]]>
Colleen Baines]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Ireland]]> England--Mousehole]]> Australia]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> New South Wales--Maroubra]]> New South Wales--Kingsford Smith]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bournemouth]]> England--Ealing]]> England--Whitley Bay]]> England--Reading]]> England--Birmingham]]> England--Winchester]]> England--Anstey (Leicestershire)]]> New South Wales--Guyra]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Italy]]> England--Sevenoaks]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> England--London]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> England--Runnymede]]> England--West Malling]]> England--Mutford]]> England--Blaby]]> England--Newark (Nottinghamshire)]]> New South Wales]]> Ontario]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Barnsley (South Yorkshire)]]> 1944-01-27]]> D W Raettig]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941]]> 1941-01]]> 1941-08]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1943]]> ]]> Donald Gould]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> United States]]> Donald Gould]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Ernest Cutts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Sally Des Forges]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Lichfield]]> Victoria]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Sussex]]> Grace Bradley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Pending review]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Hull]]> 1943]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Saint-Vith]]> France--Brest]]> France--Calais]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Watten]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Netherlands--Oostkapelle]]> Netherlands--Westkapelle]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> France]]> Belgium]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-08-24]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-09-09]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-15]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-30]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-26]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]>
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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]]> Australia]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Goch]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Soest]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--Bari]]> Netherlands--Domburg]]> Victoria]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-09]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-21]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1944-12-02]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-01-23]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-26]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-09-12]]> 1945-09-13]]> 1945-09-18]]> 1945-09-21]]>
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