It is captioned '4724 Skell. 16/17.3.45//NT/(C). 8". 10000 004° 2138 Wurzburg. T. 1HC4000IN.18x4. 19 secs F/L Drinkell.T.50'.
On the reverse 'F/Lt Drinkell 16/17 Mar 45 Wurzburg Fire tracks, cloud'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1801]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> Initially he served on Wellingtons at Snaith. He describes individual operations starting with Emden. After 30 operations he was transferred to an Operational Training Unit as an instructor, firstly to Lichfield then to Church Broughton. He then transferred to a Heavy Conversion Unit, training on Halifaxes and Lancasters, based at Skellingthorpe and Swinderby. He was then posted to Waddington with 463 Squadron, RAAF. After several operations he transferred to a specialist gunnery course before returning to 463. Bombing operations were switched to France to assist in hampering German reinforcements after D-day. He describes the various roles of the crew during a flight and how targets were decided by the High Command. He concludes with aids to bombers -GEE, H2S, Oboe and Pathfinders. Also he describes counter measures such as ABC, Tidal and Window.

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M Warburton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hannover]]> 1944-01-26]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1945-02-06]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike French]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--Châtellerault]]> France--Givors]]> France--Joigny]]> France--La Pallice]]> France--Limoges]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Poitiers]]> France--Nevers]]> France--Vitry-le-François]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Rüsselsheim]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Aunay-sur-Odon]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-20]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-13]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-19]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1945-06-23]]>
Served at RAF Halton, RAF Wittering, RAF Hornchurch, RAF Eastchurch, RAF Harrogate, RAF Little Rissington, RAF Market Harborough, RAF Scampton, RAF Wiglsey, RAF Syerston, RAF Skellingthorpe, RAF Wymeswold, RAF Castle Donington,

Aircraft flown were DH 82 Tiger Moth, Stearman, Valiant, Harvard, Commodore, Catalina, Anson, Oxford, Wellington X, Stirling III, Norseman (C64), Lancaster, Dakota, Sea Otter, Auster, York, Sunderland.

Carried out 5 day and 27 night operations with 50 Squadron to Darmstadt, Bremerhaven, Rheydt, Kaiserslautern, Munster, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Nuremberg, Flushing docks, Bergen, Dusseldorf, the Dortmund-Ems Canal, the Mitteland Canal, Harburg, Duren, Heilbronn, the Urft Dam, Heimbach, Munich, Politz, Houffalize, Leuna, Brux, Siegen, the Rositz Oil Refinery, the Bohlen Synthetic Oil Plant, Wurzburg. He also carried out two Operation Exodus flights.

Awarded the DFC after an operation during which his aircraft was hit by bombs from another aircraft above him. He successfully flew his aircraft back to England. Includes various newspaper clippings.]]>
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1801]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> 1944-10-05]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> 1944-10-05]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1801]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-24]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942-04-17]]>
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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]]>
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Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Vitry-le-François]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Vitry-le-François]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Vitry-le-François]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Vitry-le-François]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-15]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-15]]> Bottom - a wing commander wearing battledress with pilot's brevet and side cap and smoking a pipe, standing outside a hut with windows and bicycles leaned up against wall. A black dog sits on his right. Submitted with description 'Unknown W/Cdr (initials could be "HS") with black dog outside hut. Date and location also unknown'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-04]]> Bottom - five aircrew, two sitting in front and three standing behind, all wearing battledress with brevet. Four wear side caps and the officer front left a peaked cap. In the background a hut with windows left and right. Submitted with description 'Five 50 Sqn aircrew in battledress outside building, Skellingthorpe, April 1943. W/Cdr R E Baxter is sat on left of front row. The others are NCO's, two of whom are clearly sergeants, but brevets are illegible'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-04]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1801]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Creil]]> 1944-08-03]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1801]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Creil]]> 1944-08-03]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1801]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Creil]]> 1944-08-03]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Creil]]> 1944-08-03]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> Hourigan, Margaret. Folder PHouriganM1803]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Creil]]> 1944-08-03]]>