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Flying Officer W. G. 'Mac' MacKay, Mac (J41676 Royal Canadian Air Force) has been identified back row 5th from the right.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Fred Wells]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942-04-22]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942-03]]> 1942-04]]> 1942-05]]> 1942-06]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-09]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Conncock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> Italy]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> India--Delhi]]> India--Kolkata]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943-06-03]]> 1943-06-04]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-16]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-07]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-01-01]]> 1943-01-02]]> 1943-01-03]]> 1943-01-04]]> 1943-01-05]]> 1943-01-07]]> 1943-01-08]]> 1943-01-20]]> 1943-01-21]]> 1943-11-10]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-24]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-11-27]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> #1 The unveiling of a memorial at RAF Skellingthorpe recorded in the Lincolnshire Echo.
#2 is an invitation to a 40s night at the Birchwood Leisure & Community Centre.
#3 is an invitation to Ernest's wife to attend the unveiling of the 50 and 61 Squadron's memorial at Birchwood.]]>
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In photo 1 and 3 there are seven airmen and four ground crew.
In photo 2 and 4 there are seven airmen.

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Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> By June 1943 Reg is at RAF Cottesmore, 14 Operational Training Unit.
He details his daily tasks before operations.
Next he is moved to RAF Wigsley Heavy Conversion Unit for conversion to Halifaxes then Lancasters then ended up at RAF Skellingthorpe.
The social life at Skellingthorpe is popular and he met his first wife.
November 1943 his brother is missing over Dusseldorf.
Each operation he was involved in is described in detail.
Later in his memoir he details where and when he trained.
There is a list of prisoners of war from his squadron and a colour photograph of Reg and two colleagues at the tail of Lancaster 'Just Jane'.
There is a list of Reg's paintings.
He details his post war service via Libya, Cairo, Iran, India and Karachi, ending up at 56 Forward Repair Unit in Rangoon.
In June 1946 he returned to the UK by ship.]]>
Reg Payne]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> Belgium]]> Burma]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> France--Paris]]> France--Toulouse]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> France--Marseille]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> Germany--Wolfenbüttel]]> Poland]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-06]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1945]]> 1946]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1943-10-16]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> 1944-08-06]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Beauvois]]> 1944-06-29]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Beauvois]]> 1944-06-29]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Beauvois]]> 1944-06-29]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Beauvois]]> 1944-06-29]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Beauvois]]> 1944-09-29]]>