The first two chapters used Bill's words but the third is written by an anonymous friend.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Foskett, William. Biography]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shellingford]]> United States]]> Georgia--Atlanta]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Florida--Arcadia]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]> France]]> France--Biarritz]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> France--Gennevilliers]]> Germany--Kiel]]> France--Saumur]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Goes]]> Netherlands--Hoek van Holland]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Ostfriesland]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> France--Wissembourg]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Netherlands--Heerenveen]]> Germany--Traben-Trarbach]]> Germany--Fischbach]]> France--Bischwiller]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Gladbeck]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Italy]]> Italy--Udine]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Great Yarmouth]]> Slovenia--Log pod Mangartom]]> Slovenia]]> Germany]]> He describes individual operations in detail. He and his crew were transferred to Faldingworth where the condition of their aircraft was poor. These were quickly replaced with new aircraft. His crew were successful and survived their 30 operations never to meet up again.
He concludes his memoir with seven tailender tales.]]>
Bill Freeman]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Dewsbury]]> Canada]]> England--Stafford]]> Wales--Tredegar]]> England--Northampton]]> England--Grimsby]]> France--Rouen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Denmark--Frederikshavn]]> France--Maintenon]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Orléans]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Aachen]]> France--Paris]]> England--Lincoln]]> France--Le Havre]]> Poland]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Caen]]> France--Vierzon]]> France]]> Germany]]> Denmark]]> France--Reims]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Sussex]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04-10]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Reg Miles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Navy]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Free French Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Margate]]> England--Wendover]]> England--Aylesbury]]> England--High Wycombe]]> England--Dover]]> England--Shrewsbury]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Penzance]]> England--Devon]]> South Africa--Bloemfontein]]> England--Taunton]]> England--Blackpool]]> Sierra Leone--Freetown]]> South Africa--Durban]]> South Africa--Muizenberg]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> South Africa--Krugersdorp]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Belgium--Ghent]]> England--Folkestone]]> France--Paris]]> France--Lens]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Essen]]> Belgium--Liège]]> France--Somain]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France--Creil Region]]> France--Saint-Vaast-La Hougue]]> France--Montrichard]]> France--Mimoyecques]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Kiel]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Norway--Bergen]]> England--Harrogate]]> Malta]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Australia]]> Queensland--Mackay]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Israel--Tel Aviv]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> West Bank--Bethlehem]]> Iraq--Baṣrah]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India--Kolkata]]> Sri Lanka--Ratmalana]]> Sri Lanka--Negombo]]> Israel--Lod]]> India--New Delhi]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> France]]> Queensland]]> Libya]]> Egypt]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> India]]> Iraq]]> Israel]]> Norway]]> South Africa]]> Pakistan]]> Sri Lanka]]> Sierra Leone]]> West Bank]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Kent]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Lancashire]]> Egypt--Jīzah]]> France--Chantilly Forest]]> PV Clegg]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> France]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1942-09]]> 1942-09-01]]> 1942-09-02]]> 1942-09-13]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-09-17]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-09-20]]> 1942-09-18]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-08-18]]> 1942-08-19]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-08-29]]> 1942-10-15]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-08]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-22]]> 1942-11-23]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-11]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1943]]> 1943-01-30]]> 1943-02-02]]> 1943-02-03]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-07]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-19]]> 1943-02-24]]> 1943-02-25]]> 1943-02-28]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-04]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-03-19]]> 1943-03-21]]> 1943-03-28]]> 1943-03-29]]> 1943-03-30]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1943-04-12]]> 1943-05-04]]> 1943-05-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Aircraft code 'G'.
On the reverse are calculations.]]>
EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Aircraft code 'G'.
On the reverse are calculations.
Target is Trossy, 3rd August 1944.]]>
EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Creil]]> 1944-08-03]]>
Aircraft code 'G'.
On the reverse are calculations.
Target is Bois de Cassan.]]>
EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> 1944]]>
Aircraft code 'G'.
Target is Orleans, 10 June 44.]]>
EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Orléans]]> 1944-06-10]]>
Aircraft code 'G'.
On the reverse are calculations.
Target is Nantes, 27.5.44.]]>
EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Nantes]]> 1944-05-27]]>
EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> 1944]]> Aircraft code 'G'.
On the reverse are calculations.
Target is St Leu d'Esserent
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EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Creil]]>
Aircraft code 'G'.
On the reverse are calculations.
Target is St Leu d'Esserent]]>
EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Oise]]> 1944]]>
EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-04-29]]> Also aircraft call sign and radio code for cease bombing.
Notes at the foot give further details about pathfinder operations.
On the reverse are calculations and the comment '14 Heavies & 50 lights'.]]>
EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Paul Ross]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Also aircraft call sign and fuel load.
Notes at the foot give further details about pathfinder operations.
On the reverse are take off time, at target estimate, weather, temperatures at altitudes and winds.
There is no date for the operation and the target is indecipherable.]]>
EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Saumur]]> In the notes are 12,000lb bombs dropped by 617 squadron.
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EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> ]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Rennes]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Saint-Martin-de-Varreville]]> 1944]]> EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Normandy]]> 1944]]> Aircraft code 'G'.
On the reverse are calculations.


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EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Paul Ross]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Aircraft code 'G'.
On the reverse extensive notes on target indicators.
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EJH Roberts]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> MRobertsEJH[See#-DoB]-170712-030021]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>