Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Burma]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> Burma--Moʻ pī]]> Burma--Yangon (Division)]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> Manitoba--Brandon Region]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Manitoba]]> Manitoba--Rivers]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 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]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> France]]> Gibraltar]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Essex]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-20]]> 1944-08-21]]> 1944-08-24]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-08-28]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-01]]> 1944-09-09]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-14]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-18]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-09-21]]> 1944-11-01]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1945-01-21]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-12]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-20]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-05-30]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Essex]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Normandy]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Netherlands--Nijmegen]]> 1943-10-17]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-10-24]]> 1943-10-25]]> 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]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Argentan]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Caen Region]]> France--Châteauroux]]> France--Limoges]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Paris]]> France--Poitiers]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes)]]> France--Toulouse]]> France--Tours]]> France--Troyes]]> France--Valognes Region]]> France--Vitry-sur-Seine]]> France--Watten]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Bolbec]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944-03-10]]> 1944-03-11]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-17]]> 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]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> RAF Harrogate and RAF Llandwrog on Ansons, were followed by Wellingtons at an Operational Training Unit at RAF Moreton in the Marsh. Maurice crewed up with Australians and trained on Gee navigation. He eventually moved to the 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Wigsley on Lancasters. The war finished before going on operations.
Maurice went to Leicester East on C-47 where he did a course on pannier dropping and glider towing (Hadrian gliders). He went from Lyneham to Karchi, stopping off in Sardinia. Maurice was stationed at Mauripur. He travelled to Calcutta and Chittagong, then Rangoon and 194 Squadron at Mingaladon airport. They did airline work in the Far East, ferrying VIPs, including Compton Mackenzie. Navigation was with Eureka and dead reckoning. He finished at Hong Kong where Maurice married. Demobilisation was in August 1947.
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Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Burma]]> Canada]]> China]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> China--Hong Kong]]> England--Northampton]]> England--Scarborough]]> India--Kolkata]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Canada]]> Manitoba]]> Manitoba--Rivers]]> 1943]]> 1945]]>
After returning to England, Dick did a flying course at RAF Burnaston. In February 1945 he went to 1669 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Langar with Lancasters. He helped to put out an engine fire on a training trip over Wales. Dick then joined 115 Squadron at RAF Witchford. He recalls a daylight operation to an oil refinery in the Ruhr. A target was also missed in Heligoland. There were two operations to Kiel. He was involved in Operation Manna to The Hague. Dick was sent to RAF Leicester East after the war had ended and flew C-47. He was sent to Cairo. Dick left the RAF in Spring 1947.]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Coventry]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Canada]]> Saskatchewan]]> Saskatchewan--Regina]]> Germany]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> North Africa]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Modane]]> France--Montluçon]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> 1943-09-08]]> 1943-09-09]]> 1943-09-15]]> 1943-09-16]]> 1943-09-17]]> 1943-09-19]]> 1943-09-20]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-09-25]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1944-02-11]]> 1944-02-12]]> 1944-03-11]]> 1944-03-12]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-07-03]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-24]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-08-28]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 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]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Sweden]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Caen]]> Germany--Borkum]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> France]]> Germany]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-09-21]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-10-21]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1944-02-04]]> 1944-02-05]]> 1944-02-06]]> 1944-02-11]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-18]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-21]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-06]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-06]]> 1944-09-07]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-09-21]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-28]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-26]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-03-24]]>