CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
COLBOURNE |
First Name/s: |
John Leslie |
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Service No/s: |
956180 |
Service: |
RAFVR |
Branch: |
Air Gunner |
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Awards: |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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12 Mar 1940 |
Enlisted at No. 2 Recruit Centre (RC), Cardington, Bedfordshire, as Aircraftman 2nd Class mustering as Air Crew Hand, General Duties (ACH GD) |
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12 Apr 1940 |
(County of Warwick) Balloon Sqn, Coventry, Warwickshire |
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22 Aug 1940 |
6 Balloon Centre, Wythall, Birmingham, Warwickshire |
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03 Apr 1941 |
Promoted to Leading Aircraftman (LAC ) |
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11 May 1941 |
917 (County of Warwick) Balloon Squadron, Coventry, Warwickshire |
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16 May 1941 |
No. 12 School of Technical Training (SoTT), Melksham or Bowerhill (tbc), Wiltshire |
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17 May 1941 |
Re-mustered as ACH Untrained (U/T) Instrument Repairer |
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31 Jul 1941 |
Re-mustered as AC2 on commencement of aircrew training |
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16 Aug 1941 |
No. 21 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire |
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28 Sep 1941 |
Re-mustered as Instrument Rep. II / Under Training Air Gunner (U/T AG) |
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03 Oct 1941 |
Recommended for training as Air Gunner and promoted to Aircraftman 1st Class (AC1) |
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01 Nov 1941 |
Promoted to AC1 |
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08 Jan 1942 |
277 Squadron, Stapleford Tawney, Essex |
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31 May 1942 |
No. 7 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (P) AFU, Westwood, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
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01 Sep 1942 |
Promoted to LAC |
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28 Sep 1942 |
Air Crew Allocation Centre, Brackla, Cawdor, Scotland |
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31 Oct 1942 |
AGOCU (?), XXX unit not identified |
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21 Nov 1942 |
No. 14 Initial Training Wing (ITW), Bridlington, Yorkshire |
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13 Feb 1943 |
No. 1 Air Gunnery School (AGS), Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
Anson |
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03 Apr 1943 |
Promoted to Sergeant, re-mustering as Air Gunner (AG) |
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06 Apr 1943 |
No. 30 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Hixon, Staffordshire, joins XXX crew |
Wellington |
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10 Sep 1943 |
11 Base, Lindholme, Yorkshire; administrative Base for 1 Group heavy bomber conversions |
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11 Sep 1943 |
1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Blyton, Lincolnshire |
Halifax (TBC) |
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16 Oct 1943 |
1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Blyton, Lincolnshire; joins J R Henningham, RAAF crew TBC |
Halifax (TBC) |
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01 Nov 1943 |
No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School (LFS), Hemswell, Lincolnshire tbc |
Lancaster TBC |
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02 Dec 1943 |
Joined 'A' Flight, 576 Squadron at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire |
Lancaster |
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06 Jan 1944 |
Stettin; lost in ND416 UL-G2, aged 25 |
Lancaster |
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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
Flight Details |
T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
Crew |
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16 Dec 1943 |
ED767 |
UL-A2 |
BERLIN |
1655 |
2325 |
7h30 |
P1 Flt Sgt J.R. Henningham RAAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up Area. Landed Waltham |
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17 Dec 1943 |
ED767 |
UL-A2 |
WALTHAM TO ELSHAM WOLDS |
nk |
nk |
0h00 |
P1 Flt Sgt J.R. Henningham RAAF |
NOTES: |
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29 Dec 1943 |
ED767 |
UL-A2 |
BERLIN |
1715 |
0005 |
6h50 |
P1 Plt Off J.R. Henningham RAAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up Area |
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02 Jan 1944 |
W4245 |
UL-S2 |
BERLIN |
2315 |
0225 |
3h10 |
P1 Plt Off J.R. Henningham RAAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up Area. Abandoned Mission - misinterpreted signal |
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05 Jan 1944 |
ND416 |
UL-G2 |
STETTIN |
2350 |
nk |
nk |
P1 Plt Off J.R. Henningham RAAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up Area. FTR |
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