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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1945-05]]>
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]]> Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Chris Cann]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel Canal]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-09-01]]> 1942]]> 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]]> Kenya]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Scotland]]> Sweden]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> France--Brest]]> France--Creil]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Stade (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wiesbaden]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Norway--Halse]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Scotland--Wigtownshire]]> Sweden--Helsingborg]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kiel Bay]]> 1941-09-02]]> 1941-09-03]]> 1941-09-06]]> 1941-09-07]]> 1941-09-08]]> 1941-09-09]]> 1941-09-12]]> 1941-09-13]]> 1941-09-16]]> 1941-09-17]]> 1941-09-28]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-10-01]]> 1941-01-13]]> 1941-01-14]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-11-09]]> 1941-11-10]]> 1941-11-23]]> 1941-11-23]]> 1941-11-26]]> 1941-11-27]]> 1941-11-30]]> 1941-12-01]]> 1941-12-07]]> 1941-12-08]]> 1941-12-16]]> 1941-12-17]]> 1942-01-14]]> 1942-01-15]]> 1942-01-17]]> 1942-01-18]]> 1942-01-25]]> 1942-01-26]]> 1942-02-07]]> 1942-02-10]]> 1942-02-11]]> 1942-02-12]]> 1942-02-14]]> 1942-02-15]]> 1942-03-10]]> 1942-03-11]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1942-03-31]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1942-03-05]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-20]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-15]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-10-03]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-12-12]]> 1944-12-13]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-16]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-19]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-03-30]]> 1945-03-31]]> 1945-05-02]]> 1945-05-03]]>
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Gary Rushbrooke]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christine Kavanagh]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Blackpool]]> Italy--Bari]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Laura Dixon]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Wales--Neath Port Talbot]]> Wales--Port Talbot]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Norwich]]> England--Sheffield]]> France]]> Germany]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Norway]]> Pam Locker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941]]> 1942-01-01]]> 1945]]> Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> Victoria]]> New York (State)]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Carron Moss]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary. Allocated S Coulter]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hannover]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Upon his call up, he was trained as a Flight Engineer Air Frames where he passed in the top third of his class. He became a Group One Tradesman, Fitter 2A. He was posted to Calshot and then spent time working at Cowley Motor Works, manufacturing spars for the fuselage of Lancasters before being recalled and sent to Scampton.
He served with 49 Bomber Squadron before taking a Flight Engineers course and working on Merlin engines at Rolls Royce Works in Derby.
Alex was transferred to 9 Squadron at Bardney where he completed 10 operations, including 3 to Hamburg, then helped form 514 Squadron where he flew on missions to Berlin, and completed 14 operations. He became an instructor at No. 31 LFS at Feltwell, before returning to Operations at 149 Squadron in Methwold.
149 Squadron were involved in the Dresden operation and did 2 trips in Operation Manna, dropping supplies to Rotterdam and The Hague.
Alex had various other postings and completed 35 years’ service in the Royal Air Force, retiring at the age of 65.
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Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Ghent]]> France]]> France--Caen]]> 1942-05]]> 1942-10]]> 1943-01-11]]> 1943-05]]> A N Banks]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Hamilton]]> Laura Morgan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> A N Banks]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Des Forges]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1942-11-22]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1981-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Hamilton]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946-01]]> Top right, front starboard quarter view of Halifax on top of a Mosquito.
Bottom left, view of the front starboard fuselage of Halifax with Mosquito underneath.
Bottom right view of front of Halifax port side with Dinghy on the top of port wing and with tail of Mosquito visible underneath the wing.
Caption 'Aftermath air accident photographs from crash landing 28 April 1944 - 192 Squadron 100 Group RAF Foulsham in Norfolk - WWII'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]>
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