He was stationed at RCAF Rivers (1 CNS), RAF Dumfries (10 OAFU), RAF Silverstone and Turweston (17 OTU), RAF Wigsley (1654 HCU), RAF Syerston (5 LFS), RAF Metheringham (106 Squadron), RAF Warboys (PFNTU) and RAF Coningsby (97 Squadron). Aircraft flown in were Anson, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster and Lincoln. He flew on sixteen night and one day operations with 106 Squadron and three night operations with 97 Squadron, total 20 plus two mining and three Exodus. ]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Germany--Böhlen]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Harburg (Landkreis)]]> Germany--Ladbergen]]> Germany--Borna (Leipzig)]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Neubrandenburg]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Germany--Altenburg (Thuringia)]]> England--Cumberland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Scotland--Dumfries]]> Norway--Horten]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Canada]]> Manitoba]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> Czech Republic]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Göttingen]]> Germany--Ladbergen]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Munich]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> Manitoba--Rivers]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-12-13]]> 1944-12-16]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-04-07]]>
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> ita]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Czech Republic]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> Czech Republic--Chomutov]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Borna (Leipzig)]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Cham]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kaiserslautern]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Norway--Horten]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-11-03]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-12-14]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-04-07]]> 1945-05-17]]> 1945-04-18]]> Harry Bartlett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> Canada]]> Italy]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> J Usher]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Arnstein (Main-Spessart)]]> Poland]]> Poland--Opole (Voivodeship)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1945-01-19]]> 1945-02-05]]> J Williamson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Manchester]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Southwold]]> England--Frome]]> England--Northampton]]> England--Goole]]> England--Newark (Nottinghamshire)]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Remscheid]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> England--Bridlington]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Wales--Cardiff]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Southam (Warwickshire)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> England--Skegness]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany]]> Jim arrived at a personnel reception centre in Bournemouth. He was sent to become a pilot instructor at a single engine aerodrome on Tiger Moths. They had started a grading scheme for pilots who would do 80 flying hours, as an alternative to going to Canada. He spent time in Southam, Ansty and Perth. They wanted to train crews to become Pathfinders. Jim was sent to RAF Bruntingthorpe, an Operational Training Unit, on Wellingtons, followed by a heavy conversion course at RAF Swinderby on Stirlings. He went to the Lancaster Finishing School at RAF Syerston. For the last six months, Jim was posted to 106 Squadron at RAF Metheringham to train as a Pathfinder pilot. He did operations to Rheinau; Tønsberg, Oslofjord; and, Lutzkendorf. Jim describes how and where he spent his leave and discusses the Drem Lighting System at RAF Metheringham.
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Jean Macartney]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Hargrave]]> Sally Coulter]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Norway--Tønsberg]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]>
Jeff Williams]]> This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary. Allocated C Campbell]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1992]]> 1993]]> Alan was posted to Bradfield Park for training and then to No. 2 Air Observers’ School in Edmonton, Canada. He was given a commission as a pilot officer and went to the Advanced Flying Unit at RAF Wigtown in Scotland, followed by the Operational Training Unit at RAF Lichfield. Alan describes the process of crewing up. He trained on Wellingtons and then went to the Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Winthorpe. Alan describes the night they had to parachute from their Stirling after a trip to the coast of Holland.
After Lancaster Finishing School, Alan was posted to 617 Squadron where the Commanding Officer was J B “Willie” Tait. His first operation in November 1944 was to bomb the Urft Dam in Germany but it was too cloudy to release the 12,000 lb Tallboy bomb on board. A second attempt was also unsuccessful. Alan then refers to two operations in the Netherlands where U-boat pens were bombed. Bergen was another operation. On 25 April 1945, their target was Berchtesgaden, their last operation leading a Main Force Group of 400 aircraft.

Alan then went to 467 Squadron at RAF Metheringham. After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they were no longer required to go to Okanawa. Alan returned to Australia in February 1946 and joined Shell company in Sidney. ]]>
John Horsburgh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Queensland]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Queensland--Brisbane]]> 1942]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-11]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1946-02]]>
Ken Kent]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> M Caffe]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Bad Tölz]]> 1955-01-18]]>
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Margaret Dixon]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> 1926-09-26]]> 1945]]> 1946-09-26]]>
There is a short memoir about Frank and a longer memoir about Freddie.
There are three stories about different operations.]]>
Margaret Horry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight]]> Germany--Essen]]> Great Britain]]> England]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
Michael Sheehan]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1940]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1947]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Benjamin Turner]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-03-11]]> RE Baxter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1943-11-29]]> Robert Anderson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Trevor Hardcastle]]> David Bloomfield]]> Steve Christian]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> France]]> Germany]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> France--Angoulême]]> France--Lyon]]> France--Paris]]> France--Toulouse]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Königsberg in Bayern]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Tasmania]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> George joined the Army in 1935 in a tank regiment, serving in Egypt at Al El-Alamein, and in Italy. He was also mentioned in dispatches.
Gordon worked for the Spalding Free Press, in his free time he was a keen radio amateur wishing to become wireless operator. He joined the Royal Air Force and served with 12 Squadron at RAF Wickenby. Margaret reminisces receiving a telegram claiming he was missing, the subsequent notification of death and the whole family grieving. Margaret’s husband Arthur, was ten years her senior - he served in the Royal Air Force with 9 Squadron and 106 Squadron from RAF Metheringham. He took part in an operation to Saint-Leu-d'Esserent with Flight Lieutenant Bill Williams, then was posted to RAF Bardney practising for Tirpitz operations. Gained his Distinguished Flying Medal, he went to Singapore with 50 Squadron as part of the Tiger Force. He married Margaret after the war. Margaret also elaborates on the bombing of Dresden and discusses lack of recognition for Bomber command veterans.]]>
Rod Pickles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> British Army]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Azores]]> Norway]]> Singapore]]> Egypt]]> France]]> France--Creil]]> Italy]]> North Africa]]> Egypt--Alamayn]]> 1945]]>
W R P Perry]]> H J Verity]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Tunbridge Wells]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Canada]]> Alberta--De Winton]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta]]> 1941-03-26]]> 1943-06]]> 1944-02]]> 1945]]> 1945-10]]> 1947]]> 1982]]> 2007]]> W R P Perry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Tunbridge Wells]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Devon]]> England--Plymouth]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> England--London]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> Germany]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Alberta]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-03-26]]> 1941-04]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-03]]> 1957-01]]> W R P Perry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France]]> France--Modane]]> Germany]]> Italy]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-11-09]]> 1943-11-10]]> 1943-11-11]]> William Bullock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Bradley Froggatt]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> Iraq]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Iraq--Mosul]]> 1937]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1945]]> '467 Squadron
R.A.F. Station
Metheringham
Lincolnshire
Gunners
Back row L-R -: F/Sgt Desnoy . W/O Thomas . W/O Smith W/O Wingrave. F/Sgt Coated . W/O McKenzie
Middle Row -: F/Sgt Hannington . W/O Kennerley . W/O Robson W/O Orr . W/O Brazell
Front Row F/Sgt Davies . P/O Andrews . P/O Cutts. F/O Mortimer . F/Lt Douglass (Gunnery Leader) F/Lt Blackwell F/O Rankine P/O Fallon'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> England--Hull]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--London]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Thuringia]]> Italy--Rome]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Clermont-Ferrand]]> France--Tours]]> France--Toulouse]]> France--Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer]]> France--Saint-Médard-en-Jalles]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Norway--Oslo]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-06]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]>