Andrew Sadler]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jackie Simpson]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Munich]]> France]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Miriam Sharland]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> New Zealand]]> Andorra]]> France--Perpignan]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Second generation]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Birmingham]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Northern Ireland--Antrim (County)]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> England--Warwickshire]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1944-04-04]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1945]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Algeria]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Tunisia]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Algeria--Blida]]> Algeria--Râs el Ma]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Erfurt]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Tunisia--Qayrawān]]> North Africa]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1945]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Atlantic Ocean--Skagerrak]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France--Lille]]> Germany--Aachen]]> France--Tergnier (Canton)]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> France--Chambley Air Base]]> France--Mantes-la-Jolie]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Cerisy-la-Salle]]> France--Fougères (Ille-et-Vilaine)]]> France--Tours]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Valenciennes]]> France--Oisemont (Canton)]]> France--Creil]]> France--Châlons-en-Champagne]]> France--Maubeuge]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> France--Béthune]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Abbeville Region]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> France--Cabourg]]> France--La Pallice]]> France--Montrichard]]> France--Falaise]]> France--Hesdin]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> France--Lumbres]]> Netherlands--Venlo]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> Poland]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> 1944-09]]> Œuf-en-Ternois [sic], Renescure, Rennes, Schweinfurt, Skagerrak, St Martin d’Hortiers, Stettin, Stuttgart, Tergnier, Thiverny, Tours, Valenciennes, Venlo aerodrome and V-1 sites. His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Phillips DFC, Wing Commander Lockhart and Wing Commander Cox. The log book is well annotated with comments about events during operations.]]> 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]]> Royal Air Force. 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Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1944-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1944-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1944-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1944-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1944-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1944-09]]> Peter Hattersley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Steve Christian]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text. Diary]]> Text. Poetry]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 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]]> Belgium]]> Bermuda Islands]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Ontario]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Belgium--Liège]]> France--Soissons]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Lingen (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Sylt]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1937]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1940-05-17]]> 1940-05-18]]> 1940-05-19]]> 1940-05-20]]> 1940-05-23]]> 1940-05-24]]> 1940-05-25]]> 1940-05-26]]> 1940-05-27]]> 1940-05-28]]> 1940-06-01]]> 1940-06-02]]> 1940-06-03]]> 1940-06-04]]> 1940-06-07]]> 1940-06-08]]> 1940-06-09]]> 1940-06-10]]> 1940-06-11]]> 1940-06-12]]> 1940-06-20]]> 1940-06-21]]> 1940-06-25]]> 1940-06-26]]> 1940-07-01]]> 1940-07-02]]> 1940-07-05]]> 1940-07-06]]> 1940-07-09]]> 1940-07-10]]> 1940-07-20]]> 1940-07-21]]> 1940-07-22]]> 1940-07-23]]> 1940-07-25]]> 1940-07-26]]> 1940-07-28]]> 1940-07-29]]> 1940-07-31]]> 1940-08-01]]> 1940-08-03]]> 1940-08-04]]> 1940-08-07]]> 1940-08-08]]> 1940-08-11]]> 1940-08-12]]> 1940-08-13]]> 1940-08-14]]> 1940-08-16]]> 1940-08-17]]> 1940-08-21]]> 1940-08-22]]> 1940-08-25]]> 1940-08-26]]> 1940-08-28]]> 1940-08-29]]> 1940-08-31]]> 1940-09-01]]> 1940-09-03]]> 1940-09-04]]> 1940-09-06]]> 1940-09-07]]> 1940-09-08]]> 1940-09-09]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-10]]> Peter Hattersley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridge]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1948-05-20]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Training material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1948-02-04]]> David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Gemma Clapton]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Frank joined 115 Squadron at RAF Witchford, where his crew was formed and flew in Lancaster Mk 2. His first tour consisted of 30 trips, although they only completed 29 because of a change of pilots. He then joined 7 Squadron, part of the Pathfinder Force. He trained at the Pathfinder Training Unit and went to RAF Oakington where they were twice Master Bombers. After his tour, Frank was posted to the Radar Research Establishment at RAF Defford as station navigation officer. It involved several different aircraft and flights (bomber, coastal, naval). He describes several of the interesting people he flew with and the work on Doppler navigation. Frank was subsequently sent to the Pathfinder Training Unit as an instructor and recounts a flight with Air Vice Marshal Bennett, investigating blue target indicator bombs.
After Frank was demobilised, he worked initially as an air traffic control officer before accepting a permanent commission into the RAF. Frank goes on to describe his post-war RAF activities.
Squadron Leader Frank Leatherdale was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his work in Pathfinders.]]>
Annie Moody]]> 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--Worcestershire]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> Alberta--Calgary]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Anglesey]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zimbabwe--Gweru]]> Zimbabwe--Bulawayo]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Essex]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> South Africa--Mahikeng]]> South Africa]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Bishop's Stortford]]> 1945]]> 7 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Chapel-en-le-Frith]]> England--Derbyshire]]> 1944-04-08]]> Jennifer Barraclough]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-06-21]]> G H Martin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> 1944-03-31]]> Rod Pickles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1944]]> F W Meredith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1944-04-03]]>