CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
GIRLING |
First Name/s: |
Dennis Ralph "Den" |
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Service No/s: |
3030651 |
Service: |
RAFVR |
Branch: |
Flight Engineer |
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Awards: |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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01 May 1943 |
Enlisted at Central Recruitment Centre, Euston from the ATC Cadets. Precise date tbc |
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07 Nov 1943 |
Called up for Service. Precise date tbc. |
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08 Nov 1943 |
Air Crew Receiving Centre, St John's Wood, London |
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28 Nov 1943 |
Initial Training Wing, Bridlington |
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09 Jan 1944 |
Graduated from ITW and promoted to LAC (tbc) |
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19 Jan 1944 |
No.4 School of Technical Training, St Athan |
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22 Aug 1944 |
Completed Flight Engineer training, awarded Flight Engineer's Badge and promoted to Sergeant (tbc) |
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25 Aug 1944 |
No.1667 Heavy Conversion Unit, Sandtoft. Joined the Callington crew. |
Halifax |
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05 Oct 1944 |
No.1 Lancaster Finishing School, Hemswell |
Lancaster |
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21 Oct 1944 |
No.576 Squadron, 'B' Flight, Fiskerton |
Lancaster |
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29 Oct 1944 |
No.150 Squadron. 'A' & 'B' Flights, Hemswell (18 operations) |
Lancaster |
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01 Sep 1945 |
MT Driver's Course, Weeton. (Precise date tbc). |
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01 Dec 1945 |
Tambaram, India (Unit and precise date tbc). MT Driver. |
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01 Apr 1946 |
No. 5024 (Airfield Construction) Squadron, Hong Kong. MT Driver). (Precise date tbc). |
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01 Aug 1946 |
SHQ, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya. MT Driver. (Precise date tbc). |
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01 May 1947 |
Returned to the UK. (Precise date tbc). |
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01 Jun 1947 |
Discharged from the Service. (Precise date and month tbc) |
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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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08 Nov 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-N2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
4h05 |
P1 Fg Off R.J. Callington |
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Cross-country navigation exercise. |
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09 Nov 1944 |
PD309 |
UL-W2 |
WANNE-EICKEL |
0835 |
1305 |
4h30 |
P1 Fg Off O.R. Herbert |
NOTES: |
Target: Synthetic oil plant. Standing in for the Herbert crew Flight Engineer. |
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10 Nov 1944 |
PD312 |
UL-R2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
4h45 |
P1 Fg Off R.J. Callington |
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Cross-country navigation exercise with bombload. |
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11 Nov 1944 |
UL-R2 |
DORTMUND |
1610 |
2145 |
5h35 |
P1 Fg Off R.J. Callington |
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NOTES: |
Target: Hoesch Benzin GmbH synthetic oil plant. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. |
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16 Nov 1944 |
PB753 |
UL-X2 |
DUREN |
1305 |
1755 |
4h50 |
P1 Fg Off R.J. Callington |
NOTES: |
Target: Enemy ground positions and lines of communication (flown in support of the American 1st and 9th Armies. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. |
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18 Nov 1944 |
PB753 |
UL-X2 |
WANNE-EICKEL |
1600 |
2125 |
5h25 |
P1 Fg Off R.J. Callington |
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Target: Krupps synthetic oil plant. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs. Most Squadron aircraft diverted to Bury St Edmunds or Tempsford due to poosr visibility at base. The Callington crew landed back at Fiskerton. |
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21 Nov 1944 |
NG119 |
UL-D2 |
ASCHAFFENBURG |
1605 |
2200 |
5h55 |
P1 Fg Off R.J. Callington |
NOTES: |
Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs. |
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23 Nov 1944 |
NG273 |
UL-Z2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
0h50 |
P1 Fg Off R.J. Callington |
NOTES: |
High-level bombing. |
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24 Nov 1944 |
UL-Q2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
0h50 |
P1 Fg Off R.J. Callington |
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NOTES: |
Air test and 'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. |
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26 Nov 1944 |
NN750 |
UL-M2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
0h20 |
P1 Fg Off R.J. Callington |
NOTES: |
High-level bombing. |
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PERSONAL INFORMATION |
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Personal Records Restricted - not available to the public |
PHOTOS & DOCUMENTS |
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Personal Documents Restricted - not available to the public |
