The crew list is, Sgt Hazell, L.C, Pilot, Sgt Gardiner, E , Flight Engineer, Sgt Miller, W.T, Navigator, Sgt Tatley, H.T, Bomb Aimer, Sgt Sharples, E.F. Gunner, Sgt Brooks, H.S. W.Op, Sgt Walker, E W. Gunner.
This is captioned 'Dear Sir, is this of any interest to anyone Crew of W4182 which crashed Waddington 20/12/42.]]>
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He also recounts his experience in the RAF after his flying career while awaiting demobilisation.
There is also a list of the operations that Henry carried out.]]>
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Henry Sturrock's crew and six ground crew in front of a Halifax. The pilot is holding a small dog.

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On the reverse each man is identified.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Alan Brammer]]> Chris Cann]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-11]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Don Nicholson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-07-13]]> Don lists his 31 operations and recounts how having arrived for the briefing for his first operation, he was grounded by the medical officer and sent to hospital. His crew did six operations without him and did not return from the last one. Having done some operations as a spare flight engineer he describes how he was recruited by a captain who wanted to replace his engineer. He was impressed by his new captain landing a Lancaster with a punctured tyre, ending up on the grass but the aircraft was intact.
He then goes on to describe a number of incidents during his operations. These include bombing the German battle cruiser Lutzow which turned out to be a decoy. Being diverted to Kinloss and the airfield was not open but they had to land as they were out of fuel, they also had a bomb loose in the bomb bay. Returning from an operation below cloud over the North Sea and one of their Lancasters bounced off the water. One of his last operations to Hamburg he did not think that they would survive, they were coned by searchlights, ended up in a power dive when corkscrewing and having recovered flying round to gain height to eventually bomb.]]>
Don Nicholson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1945-04-07]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> PCanniffJ1801]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> There is also a copy of the Operational Order for Operation Chastise by 617 Squadron. There are also crew lists, and a copy of the squadron 540 for the operation.
It also has the pages from Flight Sergeant Stalley's Log book for the period July to October 1944. He was the rear gunner on Flight Lieutenant Melrose's crew on No 9 Squadron at Bardney. During this period the squadron attacked the Tirpitz twice, once from Archangel.
There is also the Memories and Reflections of the German civil engineer that was in charge of the rebuilding of the dams damaged in the Dams Operation.
There are two newspaper cuttings from 2005 regarding the military burial of a 640 Squadron crew that had been shot down on the 24 March 1944. One was from The Daily Telegraph from 2 September 2005. There is also a letter George wrote to the Times giving some background to the story.]]>
George Keeling]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-01-07]]> 1945-04-07]]> 1944-03-24]]> 2005-09-02]]>
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Top right – Ten men, four sitting, two kneeling, and four standing, and a woman standing. Seated on the right is Sergeant James Canniff.
Bottom left – Sergeant James Canniff seated in uniform (flight engineer)
Bottom right – Sergeant James Canniff (middle left) stands in uniform with three men in uniform, one with visible sergeant patch. Two men sit, whilst James and another man stand. This object is repeated and enlarged.]]>
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“Sgt James Canniff 106 Squadron shot down on night mission to Frankfurt on 25/8/42 He is buried in Holland.”
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Clive Saunders]]> 44 Squadron Association]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Zimbabwe]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Switzerland]]> Poland]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> 1943-10-01]]> 1943-10-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Lynn Corrigan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Ulm]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Osterfeld]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Wiesbaden]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Pforzheim]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Paderborn]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Plauen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Hannover]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-16]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1944-12-23]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-01-23]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-25]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-03-11]]>
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Completed training with 1662 Conversion Unit before being posted to 100 Squadron.
Served at RAF Blyton and RAF Grimsby.
Aircraft flown was the Lancaster.
His only operation was a night operation to Stettin. His pilot was Wing Commander J. G. Swain.

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