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NAME

POSITION

AIR-FORCE

COMMENTS

F/O Garden.G. DFC

Pilot

RAAF

Posted to 463 Sq 11.6.44.

Sgt Shepherd.H.L.

Engineer

RAF

Posted No 5 LFS 14.11.44

P/O Turner.A.H.

Navigator

RAAF

 

F/S Murrell.V.H.

Bomb Aimer

RAAF

Posted 56 Base 8.12.44

F/O Armstrong.H.

Wireless Operator

RAAF

Posted 53 Base 10.11.44

P/O Fitzgerald.D.D.

Gunner MU

RAAF

Posted 53 Base 10.11.44

W/O Wills.T.K.

Gunner MU

RAAF

28/29.10.44

F/S McGill.B.

Gunner MU

RAAF

1.11.44

F/S Maynard.H.W.

Gunner Tail

RAAF

Posted 53 base 15.11.44

 

DATE

TARGET FOR TONIGHT

AIRCRAFT

COMMENTS

12/13.6.44

   

F/O Garden.G. 2nd pilot to Poitiers with F/O Tottenham.

15/16.6.44

Chatellerault.

LL790 JO.O

 

19/20.6.44

Watten

LL790 JO.O

 

21/22.6.44

Gelsenkirchen

LL790 JO.O

 

23/24.6.44

Limoges

LL790 JO.O

 

24.29.6.4

Prouville

LL790 JO.O

 

27/28.6.44

Vitry

LL790 JO.O

 

29.6.44

Beauvoir

LL790 JO.O

 

19.7.44

Thiverny

LL790 JO.O

 

20/21.7.44

Courtrai

LL790 JO.O

 

24/25.7.44

Stuttgart

LL790 JO.O

 

25.7.44

St Cyr

LL790 JO.O

 

26/27.7.44

Givors

LL790 JO.O

 

28/29.7.44

Stuttgart

LL790 JO.O

 

31.7.44

Joigny Lahroche

LL790 JO.O

 

1.8.44

Mont Candon

LM130 JO.N

 

2.8.44

Bois De Cassan

LM130 JO.N

 

5.8.44

St Leu-d'Esserent

LL790 JO.O

 

7/8.8.44

Secqueville

LL790 JO.O

 

11/12.8.44

Givors

LL790 JO.O

 

12/13.8.44

Russelsheim

LL790 JO.O

 

15.8.44

Gilze Rijen

LL790 JO.O

 

16/17.8.44

Stettin

LL790 JO.O

 

18.8.44

L'Isle Adam

LL790 JO.O

 

10.9.44

Le Harve

DV131 JO.O

 

11.9.44

Film unit op

DV131 JO.O

 

12/13.9.44

Stuttgart

DV131 JO.O

 

17.9.44

Film unit op

PD311 JO.O

 

19/20.9.44

Rheydt

PD311 JO.O

 

23/24,9.44

Dortmund Ems

PD311 JO.O

 

27/28.9.44

Kaiserlautern

PD311 JO.O

 

29/30.10.44

Bergen

PD311 JO.O

 

1.11.44

Homberg

PD311 JO.O

 

F/O Roy Garden DFC and crew did their whole tour with Bruce Dalby & Harry Eastgate in JO.O & JO.N. During this period Bruce had lost three A/C coded JO.O.

29.6.44. The op to Beauvoir was in daylight and the A/C was badly damaged by flak, no crew were injured.

JO.O DV131 was converted for film unit work and on 11.9.44 Roy flew it to film a 3 group attack on oil refineries. the film crew were F/O Oakley and F/S Buckland.

17.9.44. The same team filmed allied airborne landings with tactical air force 38 group.

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