CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
TORODE |
First Name/s: |
James "Jim" |
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Service No/s: |
1253971 |
Service: |
Branch: |
Flight Engineer |
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Awards: |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Aircraft Flown |
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07 Mar 1944 |
Joined No. 576 Squadron, 'A' Flight at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire |
Lancaster |
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21 Jun 1940 |
Enlisted at No. 1 Recruit Centre (RC), Uxbridge, Middlesex, as Aircraftman Second Class (AC2), mustering as Air Crew Hand/Flight Mechanic FR; acronym n/k (ACH/FM FR). |
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22 Jun 1940 |
Transferred to the Reserve, pending call-up. |
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28 Aug 1940 |
No. 3 Recruit Centre (RC), 2 Wing, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire. |
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01 Sep 1940 |
No. 1 Wing, St Athan, Glamorgan, Wales. |
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23 Sep 1940 |
Remustered as Aircraft Rigger. |
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01 Jan 1941 |
Remustered as Flight Mechanic Airframes. |
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18 Jan 1941 |
No. 10 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; working on Whitleys. |
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01 May 1941 |
Promoted to Aircraftman First Class (AC1). |
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21 Nov 1941 |
No. 3 School of Technical Training (SoTT), Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire, remustering as Flight Mechanic Airframes Fitter ‘A’. |
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14 Apr 1942 |
Remustered as GC 2 (?). |
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18 May 1942 |
No. 18 Recruit Centre, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, Cleveland. |
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10 Jun 1942 |
No. 2 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit ((P) AFU), Brize Norton, Warwickshire; working on Oxfords. |
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01 Jul 1942 |
Remustered as GC 1 (?). |
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15 Jul 1942 |
Heavy Glider Conversion Unit (HGCU), Brize Norton, Warwickshire; working on Lancaster, Stirling, Halifax, (Albemarle), and possibly Horsa gliders tbc. |
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12 Aug 1942 |
No. 5 Glider Training School (GTS), Shobdon, Herefordshire, working on Master glider tugs and Hotspur gliders. |
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10 Nov 1942 |
No. 30 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Hixon, Staffordshire; working on Wellington aircraft. |
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05 Feb 1943 |
No. 20 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (ACSB), Cardington, Bedfordshire; recommended for training as Flight Engineer. |
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09 Jun 1943 |
No. 4 School of Technical Training (SoTT), 64 (Flight Engineer) Course, St Athan, Glamorgan, Wales. |
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21 Jul 1943 |
Attached to A V Roe Ltd., Chadderton, Lancashire. |
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27 Aug 1943 |
Returned to No. 4 School of Technical Training (SoTT), St Athan, Glamorgan, Wales. |
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22 Aug 1943 |
1st Good Conduct Badge. |
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04 Oct 1943 |
Awarded Flight Engineer’s (E) flying badge, promoted to Sergeant, and remustered as Flight Engineer. |
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09 Oct 1943 |
No. 11 Base, Lindholme, Yorkshire; administrative Base for 1 Group heavy bomber conversions. |
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10 Oct 1943 |
No. 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Blyton, Lincolnshire; joined an unknown crew. |
Manchester, Halifax, or Lancaster tbc |
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24 Dec 1943 |
166 Squadron, Kirmington, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster |
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27 Dec 1943 |
No. 13 Base, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire. |
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07 Mar 1944 |
Returned to No. 166 Squadron, Kirmington, Lincolnshire. |
Lancaster |
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11 Apr 1944 |
Aulnoye; lost in LL830 UL-R2, aged 24. |
Lancaster |
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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
Flight Details |
T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
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10 Apr 1944 |
LL830 |
UL-R2 |
AULNOYE |
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FTR |
uk |
P1 Flt Lt F.S. Barnsdale |
NOTES: |
Target: Marshalling yards Load: 12x 1,000lb and 4x 500lb bombs Likely take off time 2320, but this is not shown in the Squadron records. The aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Helmut Bergmann of 6/ NJG-4 in his Bf-110 at 0230 to the north of Solesmes (the second of seven bombers he shot down that night in just 46 minutes). The aircraft came down in Haussy, 10 miles E of Cambrai; there were no survivors |
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