IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Polish Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> Poland]]> Poland--Kielce]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-06-30]]> 1945-09-13]]> 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]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany--Rheinberg]]> Netherlands--Vlieland]]> France--Bayeux]]> France--Aube]]> Netherlands--Heerenveen]]> France--Marne]]> Netherlands]]> France--Beauvais]]> Germany]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> fra]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France--Étampes (Essonne)]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941-11-11]]> 1946-06-19]]> 1946-01-26]]> 1946-06-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> France--Vichy]]> France--Paris]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> France]]> Germany]]> 1942-05-19]]> He continued in the RAF until 1975.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-590002,
MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-590003,
MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-590004]]>
Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Liverpool]]> Germany--Black Forest]]> Luxembourg]]> Germany--Buchen/Odenwald]]> Cyprus]]> France--Fontainebleau]]> Poland--Warsaw]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> Germany]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Angers]]> France--Longues-sur-Mer]]> France--Montdidier (Hauts-de-France)]]> France--Rennes]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> #1 Ted as a trainee
#2 Ted as a trainee. On the reverse 'Ted Thornhill'.
#3 Ted smoking a pipe. On the reverse 'WOP-AG POW Germany 1943 to 1945' and on a post-it 'EB Thornhill with Dunhill pipe. Pipe brock [sic] when bailed out'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Jim Taylor]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> Scotland--Angus]]> Scotland--Brechin]]> England--Southampton]]> Scotland--Lanark]]> England--London]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Sussex]]> Belgium]]> Ethiopia]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Liverpool]]> Scotland--Motherwell]]> Gibraltar]]> Malta]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Egypt--Alexandria]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> Sudan--Port Sudan]]> Indian Ocean--Strait of Mandab]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> England--Sandringham]]> Yemen (Republic)--Ḥaḍramawt (Province)]]> Somalia]]> Iraq]]> Somalia--Burao]]> Middle East--Rubʻ al-Khali]]> Scotland--Wishaw]]> England--Sandhurst (Berkshire)]]> Egypt--Suez]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Morocco--Tangier]]> France--Marseille]]> England--Newmarket (Suffolk)]]> Yemen (Republic)--Ḍāliʻ]]> 1932]]> 1933]]> 1934]]> 1935]]> 1936]]> 1937]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> 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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