John Taplin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christine Chapman]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 408 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> 1943-02-03]]> 1943-02-04]]> John Taplin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> John Taplin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Northallerton]]> John Taplin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> John Taplin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> John Taplin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> John Taplin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> John Taplin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> He then went back to Yatesbury for an aircrew wireless operators course then on to Penrhos for an Air Observers and gunners course. From there John went to 10 OTU at Abingdon, while there he flew on one of the 1,000 bomber operations in a Whitley flying from Stanton Harcourt.
Having finished his course John was posted to 10 Squadron at RAF Leeming, still on the Whitley, the squadron converted to the Halifax, John flew in the Halifax II fitted with Merlin engines. The squadron then moved to RAF Melbourne, in Sept/Oct 1942 John’s crew were posted to Leeming to a new squadron No 408 (RCAF) as part of 6 Group.
On an operation to Hamburg 2/3 February 1943 John’s aircraft was badly damaged and the crew baled out, he recounts the difficulties of bailing out from an out of control aircraft. He landed in a tree and evaded capture for three days.
As a prisoner of war, he exchanged identities with a soldier. He was also on one of the long marches from January to April. ]]>
Stevenage Heritage Project]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Trevor Hardcastle]]> Pending OH transcription]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> 1940]]> 1942]]> 1943-02-02]]> 1943-02-03]]> 1945]]>
Records 27 operations (26 night, one day, several abandoned for various reasons) on the following targets in Belgium, France and Germany (some targets not named when duties not carried out): Boulogne, Bremen, Brest, Cherbourg, Cologne, Duisberg, Essen, Hamburg (abandoned), Hamburg, Nantes, Ostend, Paris, Rostock, St. Nazaire, Stettin, Vichy, and Warnemunde. His first pilot on first four operations were Pilot Officer Godfrey, Sergeant Robertson and Pilot Officer Joyce. Also includes technical notes, several personal notes (including a poem), and two endorsements, one in green.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Belgium--Ostend]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Paris]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> France--Vichy]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-09-11]]> 1941-09-12]]> 1941-09-20]]> 1941-09-21]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-10-01]]> 1941-10-16]]> 1941-10-17]]> 1941-10-28]]> 1941-10-29]]> 1941-10-31]]> 1941-11-07]]> 1941-11-08]]> 1941-12-27]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-01-07]]> 1942-01-08]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-05]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-27]]> 1942-06-28]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-08]]> 1942-07-09]]> 1942-07-13]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-21]]> 1942-07-22]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-01]]> 1942-08-03]]> GB Blacklock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Skipton]]> Scotland--Bedrule]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--London]]> England--Appleby-in-Westmorland]]> Egypt--Alexandria]]> Egypt--Aboukir Bay]]> England--Chester]]> England--Newmarket (Suffolk)]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Guernsey]]> France--Marseille]]> Northern Ireland]]> Scotland--Montrose]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Wangerooge Island]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Borkum]]> England--Wisbeach]]> England--Weybridge]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Norway--Stavanger]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> France--Givet]]> Belgium]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Hazebrouck]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Socx]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> France--Salon-de-Provence]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Lünen]]> Wales--Hawarden]]> Germany--Baden-Baden]]> England--Eastleigh]]> Scotland--Stranraer]]> England--Doncaster]]> France--Brest]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Lingen (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> France--La Pallice]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Lynn Corrigan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> 1942-05-03]]> 1942-05-04]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-05]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-08]]> 1942-06-09]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-21]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> Jean Carter]]> Clive Carter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jean Carter]]> Clive Carter]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> 1941-01-22]]> 1941-08-14]]> 1941-08-16]]> 1941-09-06]]> 1941-09-26]]> 1941-10-04]]> 1941-10-22]]> 1941-10-31]]> 1941-11-26]]> 1941-12-14]]> 1942-01-02]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1947]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Lynn Corrigan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Scotland--Moray]]> France]]> France--La Rochelle]]> France--Paris]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Brest]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> 1941-12-14]]> 1942-01-02]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-01-07]]> 1942-01-10]]> 1942-01-11]]> 1942-05-05]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-10]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-04]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-07]]> 1942-06-08]]> 1942-06-09]]> 1942-06-16]]> 1942-06-17]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-15]]> 1942-07-16]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-08-04]]> 1942-08-05]]> 1942-08-06]]> 1942-08-07]]> 1942-08-15]]> 1942-08-16]]> 1942-08-17]]> 1942-08-18]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-08-29]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-15]]> 1943-01-21]]> 1943-01-22]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-05]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-13]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-03-28]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-10-01]]> 1944-10-04]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-16]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-07]]> 1944-11-10]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-19]]> 1944-11-25]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-18]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-30]]> 1945-03-31]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> Pat Jackson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-610002,
MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-610003,
MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-610004]]>
Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Netherlands--Dokkum]]> Poland]]> Germany--Spremberg]]> Germany--Bad Fallingbostel]]> Europe--Oder River]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Netherlands]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Germany]]> 2010-01]]>
Pat Jackson (nee Hancock)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Poland]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Netherlands--Friesland]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Netherlands--Dokkum]]> Germany--Fallingbostel (Landkreis)]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Netherlands]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Germany]]> ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Pending review]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> France]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Aube]]> France--Aubigny-sur-Nère]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Poitiers]]> France--Saint-Cyr-l'École]]> France--Saint-Dizier (Haute-Marne)]]> France--Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines]]> France--Thoiry (Yvelines)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Essex]]> England--Maldon]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Barnetby le Wold]]> England--Barton-upon-Humber]]> England--Brigg]]> England--Caistor (Rural District)]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Market Rasen]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Diepholz]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Geilenkirchen]]> Germany--Gerolstein]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Hennef-Sieg]]> Germany--Lehnin (Kloster Lehnin)]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Nordstemmen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Steinheim (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Treuenbrietzen]]> Germany--Welver]]> Germany--Westerburg]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Apeldoorn]]> Netherlands--Nijmegen]]> Netherlands--Oisterwijk]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-09]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-01]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-12]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> France]]> Manitoba--Brandon Region]]> Ontario--Ashfield Region]]> Scotland--Wigtownshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Germany--Celle]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Recklinghausen (Kreis)]]> Germany--Salzbergen]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Manitoba--Dauphin Area]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> Scotland--Wigtownshire]]> Netherlands]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> Manitoba]]> Manitoba--Rivers]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-21]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-05-01]]> 1945-05-04]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-11]]> 1945-05-16]]> 1945-05-29]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shropshire]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> Singapore]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Great Britain]]> Malaysia]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> 1960]]> 1961]]> Squadron Leader Roberts ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Service material]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1956-03-24]]> Sergeant C G Barry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Worcester]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Kent]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Huntingdon]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> 1940]]> 1940-08]]> 1941-11]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1944]]>
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.]]>
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]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Cannes]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Italy--Milan]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-04]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-10]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-26]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-13]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-29]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-10-23]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-11-12]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-25]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-12-08]]> 1943-12-09]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-12-30]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]>
Last item image - right hand page:
Top centre - a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirtsleeve uniform sitting on the railing of a balcony with sea front to the right.
Top right - head and shoulder portrait of an RAF officer wearing battledress with pilots brevet and medal ribbons (DFC). He has a drawn on moustache and monocle and is annotated 'Wanted Dead or Alive!!'.
Middle - oblique aerial photograph of the Vimy memorial in open ground.
Bottom right - a woman sitting in a chair with a baby on her lap, pram in the background.]]>
C G Barry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France]]> France--Vimy]]> 1944-01-03]]>