E M Thornton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Italy]]> 1943-08-09]]> 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]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-04-30]]> 1945-05-01]]> 1945-05-03]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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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. 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Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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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]]> Australia]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Cherbourg]]> New South Wales--Narrandera]]> Victoria--Point Cook]]> Victoria]]> New South Wales]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-09-03]]> 1945-09-05]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> MLawsonHA19210824-161128-010002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Forres]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Essen]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Normandy]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> England--Salford (Greater Manchester)]]> France--Mantes-la-Jolie]]> France]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> Photo 2 is the nose of a Wellington with an airman leaning on the propeller.
Photo 3 is a side view of a Lancaster, captioned 'Lancaster Lindholme O.C.U. 1947'.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1946-08]]> 1946-09]]> 1947]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Cyprus]]> Cyprus--Nicosia]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Niederkrüchten]]> Germany--Wunstorf]]> Great Britain]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--West Midlands]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> Scotland--Perth]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> North Africa]]> Great Britain]]> Cyprus--Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]> 1956]]> 1957]]> 1958]]> 1959]]> 1960]]> 1961]]> 1962]]> 1963]]> 1964]]> 1941-03-10]]> 1941-03-11]]> 1941-03-12]]> 1941-03-13]]> 1941-03-14]]> 1941-03-23]]> 1941-03-24]]> 1941-04-03]]> 1941-04-04]]> 1941-04-07]]> 1941-04-08]]> 1941-04-09]]> 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]]> 'S/Ldr Corbishley Pilot
F/Lt Ray Nav
Sgt R Dobble R/Gunner.
Moreton in Marsh 21 OTU'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1946]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 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]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Inverness]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> C W Ashworth]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1945-08-19]]> Chris Johnson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northampton]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Folkestone]]> United States]]> Belgium]]> Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ian Whapplington]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Australia]]> Victoria]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> New South Wales]]> New South Wales--Narrandera]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> Great Britain]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Sussex]]> Wales--Haverfordwest]]> Wales--Milford Haven]]> Wales--Pembrokeshire]]> France]]> France--Cherbourg]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Durban]]> Victoria--Point Cook]]> Victoria]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> New South Wales--Wagga Wagga]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> John Horsburgh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Falaise]]> France--Limoges]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> New South Wales--Narrandera]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> Victoria--Point Cook]]> Victoria]]> New South Wales]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-06]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1945-12-09]]> 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]]>
Tom Ozel]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ian Whapplington]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Luckenwalde]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> 1942]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1944-08-18]]> David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1941-05]]> 1942-05]]> 1944]]> 1945-01-20]]> 1945-04-30]]> 1945-05-05]]> Glen Turner]]> 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]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> 1942]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1945]]> Bill Bailey]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Free French Air Force]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> England--Birmingham]]> England--Devon]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Domléger-Longvillers]]> France--Ardennes]]> France--Calais]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Manitoba--Carberry]]> Netherlands--Domburg]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Ontario--Hamilton]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> France]]> Ontario]]> New Brunswick]]> Nova Scotia]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Manitoba]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Belgium--Saint-Vith]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Calais]]> France--Criel-sur-Mer]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Somme]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Zeitz]]> Manitoba--Carberry]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Ontario--Hamilton]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland]]> Ontario]]> New Brunswick]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Manitoba]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-03]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-28]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-12-12]]> 1944-12-13]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-26]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> Jimmy refers to several operations with 83 Squadron to places in Norway and Germany, including cross country runs across France and Belgium. They experienced being hit by anti-aircraft fire. The final operation was to Tønsberg in Norway. They also jettisoned incendiaries into the North Sea. Jimmy moved from 83 Squadron to RAF Coningsby, followed by RAF Finningley, a Bomber Command instructors’ course, and RAF North Luffenham, a Heavy Conversion Unit. Jimmy did a number of trips to RAF Moreton in the Marsh; to dump aircraft. He was at Cambridge when demobilised.]]> Dave Pilsworth]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Norway--Tønsberg]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> France]]> Belgium]]> Germany]]> He volunteered as aircrew, in 1941 but failed the assessment test on his first attempt. He passed on his second try and went to Bridgenorth for his Initial Wing Training. After progressing through Yatesbury, Sheerness, and Bridlington he was posted to No. 7 Air Gunnery School and was successful at becoming an air gunner.
After ‘crewing up’, and further training which took them to various bases in the UK, they took part in operations to bomb Holland, were diverted to an American Airbase in extremely bad weather, bombed the Ruhr valley, and on 11 September 1944 they were hit by flak.
Fred goes on to describe having to bale out of his aircraft. He was picked up by the Germans and made to board a coach together with his flight engineer and bomb aimer. Fred was taken to a prisoner of war camp in Poland and describes life there together with the value of Red Cross food and clothing parcels. A hidden radio kept the prisoners current with the progress of the war.
The Germans moved the POWs out of the camp before the Russians could advance too close and they were marched through heavy snow and sometimes at night. Fred’s small group of friends tried to escape but were caught and made to continue the march.]]>
David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Campbell]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> Poland]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1945-01-19]]>