IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Essen]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-04-18]]> The image is captioned '3382 WBH 18.4.45//7" 18200 180° 1310 Heligoland HMC 1000DT [indecipherable] C 38 sec F/O Eley H514'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1945-04-18]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> 1945-04-18]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Steve Baldwin]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> 1945-04-23]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> 1945-04-18]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> 1945-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> France]]> France--Reims]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-04-29]]> 1945-04-30]]> 1945-05-02]]> 1945-05-17]]> 1945-05-19]]> 1945-05-23]]>
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Albert remembers operations to Dessau and Magdeburg. On one operation shrapnel caught them, there was a big flash and the aircraft filled with smoke. A crew member bailed out and was taken as a prisoner of war. The last two operations were to Heligoland and Bremen, and the crew were also involved in Operation Manna. At one point, Albert was accused of selling aircraft fuel as a million gallons had gone missing, but he was not charged. After completing another mechanics course Albert went to Gibraltar. From there he returned home to be demobbed. After the war Albert finished his apprenticeship in engineering and became a fitter and turner, eventually working for ICI in Northwich. He married a girl he had met while at Hemswell. Albert didn’t keep in touch with the crew but remembered a Simpson (pilot), Pete Jenkins (bomb aimer), Wally Pyle (navigator) and Bob Hayes (rear gunner).]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Bridlington]]> England--London]]> England--Northwich]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Gibraltar]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Kent]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Frank's first operation was to Kiel where, he tells us, he successfully bombed the Admiral Sheer. He relates several experiences during operations to Germany, including a near miss with falling bombs from another aircraft. Towards the war's end he took part in Operations Manna and Dodge and recalls the VE day celebrations. After the war he remustered as a driving instructor.
In 2012 he went to the unveiling of the Green Park memorial, recalling that the taxi driver would not accept any payment, saying that 'you boys have done enough'.
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Rod Pickles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Fitter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> South Africa]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Plauen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-05-08]]> 2012]]>
Rob Gray]]> Lucy Davidson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jackie Simpson]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> Nicky Barr]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> New Zealand]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> John was born in 1919 to a poor but educated family. He was the youngest of eight children. At the age of 17 he started training as a teacher but war had broken out. He was accepted by the RAF as aircrew and after brief training in Jamaica was shipped to New Orleans then onward to Canada.
He trained as a Navigator and after crew selection at Kinloss, training on Whitleys he was sent to Pocklington, Yorkshire.
He completed 33 operations - there is great detail about the operations.
After the war he transferred to Transport Command and flew Hastings and Comets around the world. He was a successful athlete for the RAF.
Included is a eulogy for John written by his nephew, Mark Johnson.

An appendix covers a colleague, John Ebanks who served as a bomb aimer at RAF Oakington. He undertook 50 operations.


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