Enlisted at Birmingham, Warwickshire, as Aircraftman Second Class (AC2), mustering as Air Crew Hand (ACH)/Observer.

No. 28 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (ACSB); recommended for training as an Air Observer.

Transferred to the Reserve, pending call-up.

Called up to No. 1 Air Crew Reception Centre (ACRC), Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood, London.

Air Crew Disposal Wing (ACDW), Brighton, Sussex.

No. 1 Initial Training Wing (ITW), Norcliffe Hotel, Babbacombe, Devon.

Promoted to Leading Aircraftman (LAC).

Air Crew Despatch Centre (ACDC), Heaton Park, Manchester, Lancashire.

ACCB held for remustering to u/t Air Bomber.

Attached to No. 11 School of Technical Training (SoTT), Hereford, Herefordshire.

Returned to Air Crew Despatch Centre (ACDC), Heaton Park, Manchester, Lancashire.

Re-mustered as Observer under training (u/t Obs).

Embarked UK for Canada (vessel & port n/k).

No. 31 (RAF) Personnel Depot (PD), Moncton, New Brunswick.

Disembarked Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. TBC.

No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS), Lethbridge, Alberta.

Anson, Battle, Bolingbroke, or Nomad tbc

No. 2 Air Observers School (AOS), Edmonton, Alberta.

Anson

Promoted to Sergeant, and remustered as Air Bomber.

No. 31 (RAF) Personnel Depot (PD), Moncton, New Brunswick.

Home Embarkation (HE); embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia for the UK (vessel n/k).

Disembarked in the UK (port n/k).

No. 7 Personnel Reception Centre (PRC), Harrogate, Yorkshire.

No. 9 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit ((O) AFU), Penrhos, Anglesey, Wales.

Anson

30 Operational Training Unit (30 OTU), Hixon, Staffordshire (Wellington); here he joined the J Parkinson crew, which probably comprised:
J Parkinson; Pilot
G W Wilson; Air Bomber
E Johnson; Navigator
K V Mant; Wireless Operator
H H Dixon & A Eland; Air Gunners

Wellington

No. 11 Base, Lindholme, Yorkshire; administrative Base for No. 1 Group heavy bomber conversions.

No. 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit (1656 HCU), Lindholme, Yorkshire OR, No. 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (1662 HCU), Blyton, Lincolnshire OR,
No. 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit (1667 HCU), Sandtoft, Yorkshire; here the crew were joined by their Flight Engineer, A F Raymond. Date TBC.

Lancaster/Halifax

No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School (LFS), Hemswell, Lincolnshire (Lancaster) – only if Lanc not flown on HCU. Date TBC

Lancaster

No. 576 Squadron, '?' Flight, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire
Ops (0): J Parkinson crew
(Flight n/k)

Lancaster

12/13 May 44 - Lost in ND403 UL-G2, aged 21 yrs
The aircraft was lost without trace on a ‘Bullseye’ training exercise. It was probably shot down by flak or nightfighter somewhere over the North Sea. There are accounts from other aircraft seeing a bomber go down in flames – this may have been ND403. The crew are commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial, Wilson on Panel 240.

Lancaster

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