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Aircraft flown in were, Dominie, Proctor, Blenhiem, Anson, Wellington, Manchester, Oxford, Lancaster, Halifax and Stirling, He flew a total of 59 operations all with 61 Squadron, 11 daylight and 48 night operations. Pilots flown with were Pilot Officer Clarke, Flight Sergeant Turner, Squadron Leader Deas, Flight Officer Foster and Squadron Leader Beard. David flew as bomb aimer in 52 operations, wireless operator/gunner in five and air gunner in two. The operations were to Paris, Lorient, Essen, Cologne, Lübeck, Hamburg, Saarbrücken, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Kassel, Nuremberg, Saarlouis, Karlsruhe, Bremen, Duisburg, Wismar, Aachen, Genoa, Milan, Berlin, Leipzig, Schweinfurt, Stuttgart, Châteauroux, Toulouse, Tours, Brunswick, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Saumur, Cherbourg, St. Pierre du Mont (Landes), Argentan, Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais), Caen, Donges, Creil, in the Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean and North Sea including anti sub patrols, convoy escort and dinghy search.]]> Great Britain. 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From there John went to 10 OTU at Abingdon, while there he flew on one of the 1,000 bomber operations in a Whitley flying from Stanton Harcourt.
Having finished his course John was posted to 10 Squadron at RAF Leeming, still on the Whitley, the squadron converted to the Halifax, John flew in the Halifax II fitted with Merlin engines. The squadron then moved to RAF Melbourne, in Sept/Oct 1942 John’s crew were posted to Leeming to a new squadron No 408 (RCAF) as part of 6 Group.
On an operation to Hamburg 2/3 February 1943 John’s aircraft was badly damaged and the crew baled out, he recounts the difficulties of bailing out from an out of control aircraft. He landed in a tree and evaded capture for three days.
As a prisoner of war, he exchanged identities with a soldier. He was also on one of the long marches from January to April. ]]>
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Records a total of 25 night operations (plus one with Duties Not Carried Out) with 196 Squadron. Targets in Germany, France and the Netherlands are: Bochum, Brest (minelaying), Cologne, Dortmund, Duisberg, Dusseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Frisians (minelaying), Gelsenkirchen, Heligoland Bight (minelaying), Kiel, Krefeld, Lorient (minelaying), Manheim, Mulheim, St Nazaire, Wuppertal.
Pilots on operations with 196 Squadron were W/O Ritchie and Sgt Sneddon.
Also records 33 operations (23 Night, 10 day, 5 with Duties Not Carried Out) with 355 Squadron against Japanese forces during the Burma campaign 1944-5. Targets in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam include:
Akyab, Amarapura, Andaman Islands, Bangkok, Hanoi, Jumbhorn, Khorat, Kyaukse, Kyetsha, Madaya, Mahlaing, Mandalay, Martaban Point, Martaban, Maymyo, Mokpalin railway yards, Monywa, Myingyan, Myittha, Na Nien, Ramree Island, Rangoon, Tiddim-Impall Road, Yenangyaung, Ywataung.
Pilots on operations with 355 Squadron were Squadron Leader MacDougall, Flight Lieutenant Giles, Flight Lieutenant Jackson, Flight Lieutenant Scott, Squadron Leader Falconer, Pilot Officer Dean, Warrant Officer Campbell, Flight Sergeant Turner, Warrant Officer Long and Warrant Officer Painter.]]>
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Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Castle Kennedy, RAF Madley, RAF Westfreugh, RAF Oakley, RAF Westcott, RAF Chedburgh, RAF Feltwell, RAF Wratting Common, RAF Llandow, RAF Riccall, RAF Dishforth, RAF Holmsley South, RAF Lyneham.

Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Anson, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster and York.

Carried out 28 operations with 195 Squadron to Homberg, Gelsenkirchen, Neuss, Oberhausen, Hamm, Merseburg Oil Plant, Cologne, Vohwinkle, Ludwigshafen, Krefeld, Wanne-Eickel, Munchengladbach, Dortmund, Kamen, Nordstern Oil Plant, Berlin-Potsdam, Heligoland, Bremen, Bad Oldesloe. Also flew 2 Operation Manna flights and 1 Cook's Tour.

His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Evans, Flight Lieutenant Moon, Flight Lieutenant Bird and Flight Lieutenant Easterman.
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Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF West Freugh, RAF Bramcote, RAF Bitteswell, RAF Lindholme, RAF Tiree, RAF Dale, RAF Cairo West (LG224), RAF Holmsley South, RAF Blackbushe, RAF North Weald. Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Battle, Wellington, Tiger Moth, C47, B24, Warwick,

Flew on 14 bombing operations (1 day and 13 night) and 39 day anti-submarine sweeps with 304 Squadron. The bombing targets were Boulogne, Emden, Dunkerque, Cologne, Hamburg, Essen, Dortmund, Hamburg, Rostock, Bordeaux, Bremen. The anti-submarine sweeps were over the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Biscay.
His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Kucharski (35 operations), Sergeant Janski (1 operation), Flying Officer Zurek (16 operations), Sergeant Gotebiowski (1 operation).
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Jean Carter]]> Clive Carter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jean Carter]]> Clive Carter]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> 1941-01-22]]> 1941-08-14]]> 1941-08-16]]> 1941-09-06]]> 1941-09-26]]> 1941-10-04]]> 1941-10-22]]> 1941-10-31]]> 1941-11-26]]> 1941-12-14]]> 1942-01-02]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-10-16]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1947]]>
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> 1941-08-16]]> 1941-08-17]]>
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]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> England--Birmingham]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Abbeville Region]]> France--Argentan]]> France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Creil]]> France--Kembs]]> France--Lille]]> France--Limoges]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Nevers]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Paris]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Paris Region]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes)]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Toulouse]]> France--Tours]]> France--Valognes Region]]> France--Vitry-sur-Seine]]> Germany--Bielefeld]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Urft Dam]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Norway--Tromsø]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944-04-03]]> 1944-04-04]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-06]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-06-28]]> 1944-06-29]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-29]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-14]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-10-03]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-12-08]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1946]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> On the reverse 'Johnnie, my Yatesbury WOP/AG. July 1942. ACC/ No. TCC!
Missing June 9/10 neat Lyon-la-Foret. Later reported killed. Buried at Lyon-la-Foret with F/O Bell. F/O MacFadyen, F/O Clarke'.
There is also a poem 'From my Heart Meeting' by Laura Hope.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> France--Lyons-la-Forêt]]> 1942-07]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Bayreuth]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hesse]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Soest]]> Germany--Stade (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Germany--Hannover]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-02]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-25]]> Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for L Hadfield, wireless operator/air gunner, covering the period from 14 March 1941 to 6 May 1945. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Prestwick, RAF Pembrey, RAF Thornaby, RAF North Coates, RAF Thorney Island, RAF St Eval, RAF Chivenor, RAF Aldergrove, RAF ReykJavik. RAF Ballykelly and RAF Nassau. Aircraft flown in were Dominie, Proctor, Botha, Blenheim, Anson, Hudson, Liberator, Fortress, Commando and Dakota. He flew 40 operations with 59 Squadron comprising of anti-submarine patrol and convoy escort duties. His pilot on operations was Flight Lieutenant Moran.

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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. Coastal Command]]> Iceland]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> England--Devon]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Iceland--Reykjavík]]> Northern Ireland--Londonderry (County)]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> Scotland--Ayrshire]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
I Hay]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> 1940-06-07]]> I Hay]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Cookham]]> England--Chippenham (Wiltshire)]]> 1940-05-19]]> I Hay]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Cookham]]> 1940-04-23]]> I Hay]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Cookham]]> 1940-04-11]]> I Hay]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> 1940-04-04]]> I Hay]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Bath]]> 1940-03-04]]> I Hay]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Bath]]> 1940-01-13]]>