Covers joining the RAF at age 19 and training at Blackpool, Yatesbury as radio operator and subsequently at Martlesham and Bridgnorth. Crewing up at RAF Upper Heyford while on OTU flying Wellington. This was followed by four engine training on Stirling then Lancaster before posting to 630 Squadron at RAF East Kirkby. Describes operations mentioning types of target, losses, attack by Ju-88. Continues with account of daylight operation to Caen and later Paris. Describes operation to Stuttgart in July 1944 when they were attacked by night fighter and badly damaged as well as he being injured. After aborting the operation fire forced them to bale out. Continues with account of his injuries, capture, transfer to and experiences at POW hospital near Nancy. Describes liberation by American forces and being flown back to England and then to RAF Hospital. Concludes with account of 15 month hospital treatment, discharge from the RAF, membership of the Guinea Pig Club and trying to trace members of his crew in the mid 1980s. At the end photographs of Arthur Woolf, of him in hospital and of the French family who helped him after he was shot down and injured.]]>
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Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Great Britain]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Coventry]]> France--Brest]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Scotland--Lossiemouth]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Warwickshire]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1945]]> Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Chris Cann]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel Canal]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-09-01]]> 1942]]> Dave Harrigan]]> This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary. Allocated C Campbell]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Navy]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England-Hampshire]]> Atlantic Ocean]]> Atlantic Ocean--Solent Channel]]> Notes on Hygiene, Water, Accommodation and conservancy in the field, Food, cookhouses and cooking, Law and administration.]]> David Geach]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Training material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Regia Aeronautica]]> At the outbreak of war, he left the Post Office and was employed building naval vessels at a boat yard on the Thames in Chertsey. It was here that he first heard about RAF Air Sea Rescue, which he successfully enrolled into. Following training at various establishments he was posted to Newhaven on High Speed Launch 190 as a gunner.
Lawrence describes rescue operations: a Spitfire leading them to an airman in a dinghy; a Wellington aircrew rescued close to Le Havre on 17 July 1943; a German wireless operator who baled out from a downed Ju 88 and his parachute being divided amongst the crew, and finally rescuing the United States serviceman T G Giles who baled out of a P-38.
Occasionally they would come across mines that had broken free. These would be guarded until the Navy arrived and detonated them. This would result in the surface being covered in stunned fish which the crew would be able to scoop up.]]>
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David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ian Whapplington]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Germany. Wehrmacht Luftwaffe]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending review]]> deu]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> 1942]]> Great Britain. Ministry of Aircraft Production]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Air Publication 1480]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Navy]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> 1943-11]]> 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]]> Royal Air Force. 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Fighter Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Staffordshire]]> France--Brest]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Wales--Flintshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1937]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1941-02-07]]> 1941-02-10]]> 1941-02-11]]> 1941-02-12]]> 1941-02-15]]> 1941-02-25]]> 1941-03-02]]> 1941-03-03]]> 1941-03-12]]> 1941-03-13]]> 1941-03-14]]> 1941-03-15]]> 1941-03-16]]> 1941-03-30]]> 1941-03-31]]> 1941-04-03]]> 1941-04-04]]> 1941-04-07]]> 1941-04-08]]> 1941-04-09]]> 1941-04-10]]> 1941-04-11]]> 1941-04-12]]> 1941-04-13]]> 1941-04-14]]> 1941-04-15]]> 1941-04-16]]> 1941-04-17]]> 1941-04-22]]> 1941-04-23]]> 1941-04-25]]> 1941-04-26]]> 1941-05-16]]> 1941-05-17]]> 1941-06-13]]> 1941-06-14]]> 1941-06-15]]> 1941-06-16]]> 1941-06-20]]> 1941-06-21]]> 1941-06-23]]> 1941-06-24]]> 1941-06-26]]> 1941-06-27]]> 1941-06-29]]> 1941-06-30]]> 1941-07-04]]> 1941-07-05]]> 1941-07-06]]> 1941-07-07]]> 1941-07-08]]> 1941-07-09]]> 1941-07-10]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 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]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Egypt--Suez]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Kent]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--La Rochelle]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Italy--Turin]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> North Africa]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Egypt--Kibrit]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-04]]> 1943-07-06]]> 1943-07-07]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-10]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-03]]> 1943-08-07]]> 1943-08-08]]> 1943-08-09]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> 1943-08-22]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-11-03]]> ]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Ghana]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Ghana--Takoradi]]> Northern Ireland--Antrim (County)]]> Great Britain]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> Pilot's Flying log book for Wing Commander A.L. Christian, covering the period from 1 December 1936 to 8 May 1941. Detailing his flying training, instructional duties and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Upavon, RAF Netheravon, RAF Sealand, RAF Debden, RAF Bicester and RAF Swanton Morley. Aircraft flown in were Hind, Tiger Moth, Audax, Tutor, Hart, Fury, Magister, Anson, Wallace, Oxford, Vildebeest, Gladiator, Hurricane, Demon, Walrus, Blenheim, Battle, Halifax, Harvard, Leopard Moth, Proctor, Hornet Moth and Master. He served with 218 Squadron, Central Flying School, 108 Squadron, 104 Squadron and 13 Operational Training Unit before being posted to 105 Squadron for operations. He flew 11 night operations before failing to return. His log book is stamped 'Death presumed'. The only targets identified are Boulogne, 'aerodromes' and Hamburg. The rest are simply marked 'operations'. The book contains the maiden flight of L7244, the prototype Halifax with test pilot Major Cordes on 25 October 1939. 

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Ian Le Sueur]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Germany--Landau in der Pfalz]]> Morocco]]> France--Alsace Region]]> France--Lorraine]]> France--Brest]]> France--Douarnenez]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Milford Haven]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Camberley]]> Canada]]> France--Dieppe]]> England--Kent]]> France--Somme]]> England--Shoreham-by-Sea]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Bayeux]]> Germany]]> Switzerland]]> France--Paris]]> France--Metz]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Austria--Linz]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Czech Republic]]> Slovakia]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> Poland--Wrocław]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Jersey]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> J Brennan]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Navy]]> South Africa]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> France]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> Belgium]]> England--Devon]]> England--Sussex]]> England--London]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Bochum]]> France--Le Creusot]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Felixstowe]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Bremen]]> France--Cannes]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> France--Montdidier (Hauts-de-France)]]> Belgium--Hasselt]]> France--Lens]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Paris]]> Belgium--La Louvière]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-06]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-19]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1943-08-04]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-16]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-29]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-10-22]]> 1943-10-23]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-23]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-08]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-02]]> 1944-06-29]]> JH Bird]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Training material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Stan Shaw]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Thurleigh]]> England--Ely]]> England--Felixstowe]]> England--Desborough]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Photo 2 is a starboard side view of a Walrus with its wings folded.
Photo 3 is a port side ground view of a Walrus.
Photo 4 is a port/front side ground view of a Whitley.
Photo 5 is a port side ground view of a Albemarle.
Photo 6 is a starboard side of a Short 41 seaplane, captioned that Winston Churchill is in the rear cockpit.]]>
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Bottom centre - full length image of an airman wearing tunic with pilot's brevet and side cap with trees behind. Captioned 'The glorious Riccall surroundings'.
Right - newspaper cutting headline '101 airmen saved from North, Halifax "persuade foreign trawler"'. Account of air-sea rescues in North Sea.]]>
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