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His pilot on all operations was F/O Lasham.

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After the Air Training Corps, Roy was called up to be a meteorological officer. Roy trained in Kilburn, and went as a forecaster to RAF Warboys in Cambridge before RAF Wyton and then RAF North Creake.

Roy recounts the death of Canadian “Tiny” Thurlow, brought down by friendly fire in Northern France. There were three meteorological officers at RAF North Creake, working shifts. The information recorded was sent to the regional meteorological office whose forecast could not be amended. He attended the aircrew briefing and de-briefing sessions. The 100 Group dropped Window radar countermeasure. Its aircraft were prone to icing.

Roy contrasts weather forecasting then and now, particularly with reference to the jet stream. He talks about weather balloons and the readings they took. RAF Docking sent up Hurricanes or Spitfires, fitted with new equipment, to take readings.

In 1945 Roy set sail from Tilbury on RMS Strathaird to Bombay, Singapore (RAF Seletar) and then spent nearly two years for the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces at RAF Iwakuni in Japan, passing through Hiroshima. A Japanese man committed Hari-kari and there were three arson attempts by the Japanese.

On his return, Roy was promoted to flight lieutenant. After discharge, Roy taught mathematics, and subsequently became a school inspector and senior further education adviser.]]>
Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Cambridge]]> England--London]]> Singapore]]> Japan]]> Japan--Iwakuni-shi]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
W Sparkes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> Sparkes, Ned. Album]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1976-08-26]]> 1944-01-03]]> Top right - certificate of handover of RAF Warboys to Ned Sparkes who was commander of care and maintenance party.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sparkes, Ned. Album]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> 1963]]> 1964-02-28]]> Top right - document concerning W.O Sparkes i/c servicing control section. Comments on 257 Squadron's servicing control. Mentions that W.O Sparkes was a wartime aircrew flight engineer, rose to rank of flight lieutenant before discharge and re-enlistment.
Bottom right - photograph with an Air Marshall in centre with a flight lieutenant behind left and two warrant officers to the right. All wearing tunics.]]>
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