Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Poland]]> South Africa]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kiel Bay]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> England--Devon]]> England--Essex]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Merseyside]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Clermont-Ferrand]]> France--Tours]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> South Africa--Queenstown]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> France--Maillé]]> North Africa]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1943-12-02]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-04]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-12-30]]> 1944-01-01]]> 1944-01-02]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-06]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-15]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-22]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-10]]> 1944-03-11]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Czech Republic]]> China]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> United States]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Czech Republic--Pilsen Basin]]> China--Hong Kong]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Suffolk]]> Florida--Clewiston]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Italy--La Spezia]]> Italy--Milan]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Florida]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1943-03-11]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-22]]> 1943-03-23]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-03-28]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-04-02]]> 1943-04-03]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1943-04-17]]> 1943-04-20]]> 1943-04-21]]> 1943-04-26]]> 1943-04-27]]> 1943-04-28]]> 1943-04-29]]> 1943-04-30]]> 1943-05-01]]> 1943-05-04]]> 1943-05-05]]> 1943-05-12]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-05-14]]> 1943-05-30]]> 1943-05-31]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-20]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-06-26]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-06-30]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-04]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-26]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-13]]> 1943-08-15]]> 1943-08-16]]>
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An00509. The author wished to remain anonymous]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> Germany]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Barnstaple]]> England--Bristol]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cambridge]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Manitoba--Portage la Prairie]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Harrogate]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> New York (State)]]> Québec]]> New Brunswick]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> Manitoba]]> 1939]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1944]]>
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]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Royan]]> France--Vienne (Department)]]> Germany--Cham]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Lower Saxony]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Rossbach (Merseburg-Querfurt)]]> Germany--Saxony]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Thuringia]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-17]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-07]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-17]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-05-15]]> 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. 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Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Swansea]]> Wales--Kidwelly]]> Wales--Llanelli]]> England--Aylesbury]]> England--London]]> England--Northampton]]> England--Banbury (Oxfordshire)]]> England--High Wycombe]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Nottingham]]> France--Brest]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Munich]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland]]> France]]> Germany]]> Norway]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Stetten im Remstal]]> 1944]]> His pilots on operations were Squadron Leader Stubbs, Flying Officer Inniss, Flying Officer Cassidy, Flight Lieutenant Siddle, Wing Commander Osbourne and Flight Lieutenant Weber. He survived a fighter attack and a mid air collision. He also flew on a Cook's Tour, Operation Dodge to Bari and a goodwill tour to Chile. The log book has been annotated and also contains various pictures of the aircraft flown in, the squadron badges and a photo of himself in uniform.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Terry Hancock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Aachen Region]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dortmund Region]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Fulda]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Hattingen]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Osterfeld]]> Germany--Remscheid]]> Germany--Wesel (Kreis)]]> Germany--Witten]]> Manitoba--Portage la Prairie]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Heinsberg (Heinsberg)]]> Manitoba]]> 1943]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-15]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-20]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-02]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-12]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-18]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> South African Air Force]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> After a holding station in Padgate, Alan went to Brighton. En route, he witnessed the devastating effects of war in London. He saw some V-1s in Brighton. He did a commando course in the North East before going to RAF Llandwrog, an Advanced Flying Unit. He learnt Gee and H2S navigation systems. Alan was posted to No. 17 Operational Training Unit on Wellingtons. Because of illness, he had to crew up a second time. The satellite station was at RAF Silverstone. Alan recounts some of his activities on leave.
Alan was posted to the 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Winthorpe where he first encountered Lancasters. A flight engineer was added to their crew.
Alan discusses the large losses of Bomber Command and also Australians.
He details a “bullseye” exercise to London when the radio malfunctioned and Alan had to navigate by dead reckoning. A few days later, they had to abort an attack on the Ruhr. They were almost hit from below on their return journey.
When Germany surrendered, the Australians were sent to RAF Worksop. Alan spent VE Day in London. After the atomic bomb on Japan, Alan briefly found a job in London before sailing back to Australia.
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Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--London]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]>
Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> United States]]> Jean Macartney]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> England--Norfolk]]> New York (State)--New York]]> New York (State)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> Zambia]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Suffolk]]> Adam Sutch]]> 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--Bedfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1944]]> Bill joined 138 Squadron at RAF Tempsford. He carried out 32 operations in Belgium, France, Germany, Holland and Norway. Flying low, they dropped agents and supplies. He describes the clandestine liaison with resistance groups. On long flights to southern France, they would refuel at RAF Blida in North Africa. He also discusses carrying pigeons for intelligence gathering. Bill recounts how their aircraft was shot down on one occasion, returning from RAF Blida. On his return, Bill changed to Stirling aircraft which he very much liked. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal in July 1944.
Finishing the Second World War as a flight lieutenant, he was sent to RAF Yatesbury working on codes and ciphers. He went to Belgium, Cyprus, Germany and Singapore. He worked at the Missing Research and Enquiry Unit in Belgium and finished at RAF St Mawgan having been served for 37 years.]]>
Rod Pickles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> Belgium]]> Cyprus]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> North Africa]]> Norway]]> Singapore]]> 1944-07]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kiel Bay]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Lille]]> France--Royan]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Euskirchen]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> Manitoba--Portage la Prairie]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Scotland--Wigtownshire]]> Germany--Urft Dam]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Manitoba]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 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]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> France--Aisne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-04-29]]> 1945-04-30]]> 1945-05-02]]> 1945-05-05]]> 1945-05-17]]> 1945-05-19]]> 1945-05-23]]> 1945-05-25]]> 1945-06-02]]> 1945-06-18]]>
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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]]> Belgium]]> Canada]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Charleroi]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--London]]> England--Norfolk]]> France--Abbeville Region]]> France--Ardres]]> France--Audinghen]]> France--Béthune]]> France--Cherbourg Region]]> France--Crécy-en-Ponthieu]]> France--Dieppe (Arrondissement)]]> France--Douai]]> France--Hirson]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> France--Paris]]> France--Pleurtuit]]> France--Pommeréval]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> Manitoba--Dauphin]]> New Brunswick--Charlotte]]> New South Wales--Deniliquin]]> Nova Scotia--Yarmouth]]> Victoria--Sale]]> New South Wales]]> Victoria]]> New Brunswick]]> Nova Scotia]]> Manitoba]]> 1942]]> 1943-09-19]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-11-25]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-12-23]]> 1943-12-24]]> 1943-12-30]]> 1943-12-31]]> 1944-01-04]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-06]]> 1944-01-07]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-25]]> 1944-02-08]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-04]]> 1944-04-08]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1945]]>
His pilot on operations was Flight Lieutenant Bulcraig.

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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]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Franche-Comté]]> France--Nevers]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]>
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