William Homewood]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Kettering]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--London]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> United States]]> Massachusetts--Boston]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Alberta--Innisfail]]> Ontario--Trenton]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario--Hamilton]]> Germany]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> France]]> France--Normandy]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Massachusetts]]> Ontario]]> New Brunswick]]> Alberta]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1941]]> 1942-02-12]]> 1943-03]]> 1943-09]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-08-18]]> Sheila Bibb]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland]]> 1944]]> 1946]]> Sheila Bibb]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> RAF Kirmington]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Babs Nichols]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Coventry]]> England--Warwickshire]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-24]]> R Powdrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Corsham]]> Germany]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Peter Baxter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> England--Staffordshire]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Italy--Milan]]> France--La Rochelle]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Italy--Turin]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Paderborn]]> Italy]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> France]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> OC 166 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-02-22]]> 1944-02-19]]> Miriam Sharland]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> New Zealand]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christine Kavanagh]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Michael Jeffries]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christina Brown]]> Heather Hughes]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England]]> France]]> Wales]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Devon]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Normandy]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Scotland--Moray]]> 1944]]> Julian Maslin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> 1945]]> John Martin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Indian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> South African Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France--Caen]]> France--Normandy]]> Poland--Świnoujście]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Poland]]> Poland--Vistula River]]> Poland--Toruń]]> Italy]]> Europe--East Prussia (Poland and Russia)]]> England--Grimsby]]> France]]> Belgium]]> France--Ardennes]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Dover]]> England--Wolverhampton]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Europe--Elbe River]]> England--Newark (Nottinghamshire)]]> Netherlands]]> Germany]]> England--Sleaford (Lincolnshire)]]> 1945]]> JK Forrest]]> JW Musselman]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Gladbeck]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-03-11]]> Hugh Donnelly]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> Harry Bartlett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Towards the end of the war, Derek did various bomber instructor courses and became a bombing instructor at RAF Lossiemouth on Wellingtons for Free French aircrew in 4 Group. He was an expert on the Mark XIV bombsights. He would deliver some lectures and fly as a screened bomb aimer to check they were following the correct procedures.
On the invitation from a flight commander, Derek volunteered to join Tiger Force at RAF Swinderby, a Heavy Conversion Unit onto Lancasters. They trained on a different navigational radar system, Loran, to get to Okinawa in the Far East. However, war then ended.
Derek was posted to RAF Blyton where he was designated as an equipment officer for bomb disposal in western Europe. He went on a course at RAF Bicester. Derek was demobilised when stationed at Technical Training Command headquarters at RAF Brampton. He had wanted to stay on in the RAF but did not want to lose his job with his employer.
Derek describes a typical day on operations and his role as bomb aimer, as well as a difficult operation to Abbeville in which Leonard Cheshire was the master bomber.
After the war, Derek was a company director in road transport and was very much involved with the Air Training Corps.]]>
Harry Bartlett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Sally Coulter]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Oxfordshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> France]]> France--Abbeville]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941]]> 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]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Staffordshire]]> France--Flers-de-l'Orne]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Maintenon]]> France--Manche]]> France--Nord (Department)]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Oise]]> France--Oisemont (Canton)]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Saintes]]> France--Versailles]]> France--Wimereux]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Bermesnil]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-07-30]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Terry Hancock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Singapore]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Hasselt]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Essex]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Domléger-Longvillers]]> France--Amiens Region]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Le Havre Region]]> France--Lyon]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Oisemont (Canton)]]> France--Paris Region]]> France--Rennes Region]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Europe--Elbe River]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> Singapore]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Bermesnil]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-06-02]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-06]]> 1944-09-08]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-10-03]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-09]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-03]]> 1944-12-04]]>