CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
LAKE |
First Name/s: |
William Bernard Warwick "Bill" |
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Service No/s: |
422584 |
Service: |
RAAF |
Branch: |
Air Bomber |
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Awards: |
France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal, 1939-45 Australia Service Medal, Returned from Active Service Badge. |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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26 Nov 1941 |
Enrolled in the RAAF Reserve at No.2 Recruiting Centre, Sydney, New South Wales |
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22 May 1942 |
No.2 Initial Training School, 28 (Aircrew) Course (Observers), Lindfield (Bradfield Park), Sydney, New South Wales |
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15 Aug 1942 |
Graduated from Initial Training School and promoted to Leading Aircraftman (LAC). Posted to No.2 Embarkation Depot, Bradfield Park, Sydney, New South Wales |
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24 Aug 1942 |
No.1 Embarkation Depot, Ascot Vale, Victoria |
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09 Sep 1942 |
Embarked from Melbourne on board (vessel tbc) |
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02 Oct 1942 |
Disembarked in Canada, probably in Vancouver, British Columbia (tbc) and posted to No.3 Manning Depot, Edmonton, Alberta |
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11 Oct 1942 |
No.8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta |
Anson / Battle / Bolingbroke (tbc) |
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10 Jan 1943 |
No.2 Air Observers School, 67 (Air Bombers) Course, Edmonton, Alberta |
Anson |
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18 Feb 1943 |
Promoted to Sergeant on completion of his Air Bomber's Course, and immediately discharged on appointment to a Commission. |
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19 Feb 1943 |
Awarded Air Bomber's Flying Badge and commissioned as a Pilot Officer on probation (emergency) |
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23 Feb 1943 |
No.6 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mountain View, Ontario for the Air Bombers Instructor Course |
n/k, probably Anson or Bolingbroke |
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01 Mar 1943 |
No.2 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mossbank, Saskatchewan, as an instructor |
Anson, Bolingbroke |
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19 Aug 1943 |
Promoted to Flying Officer |
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19 Jul 1944 |
Embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia on board (vessel n/k) |
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27 Jul 1944 |
Disembarked in the UK (port n/k) |
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28 Jul 1944 |
No.11 (RAAF) Personnel Reception Centre, Bournemouth, Dorset |
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22 Aug 1944 |
No.9 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit, Llandwrog/Penrhos, Caernarfon, Wales |
Anson |
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10 Oct 1944 |
No.21 Operational Training Unit, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire. Here he probably joined the R F Worsdell crew (tbc). |
Wellington |
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30 Oct 1944 |
No.1 Air Crew School (precise date and location tbc) |
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19 Feb 1945 |
Promoted to Flight Lieutenant |
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23 Feb 1945 |
No.71 Base, Lindholme, Yorkshire; administrative base for No.7 Group heavy bomber conversion units. |
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03 Mar 1945 |
No.1651 Heavy Conversion Unit, Woolfox Lodge, Rutland |
Lancaster |
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12 Apr 1945 |
No.576 Squadron, 'B' Flight, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster |
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02 May 1945 |
Set Rank from Flight Record |
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03 May 1945 |
Set Rank from Flight Record |
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11 May 1945 |
Set Rank from Flight Record |
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28 Jun 1945 |
No.9 Air Crew Holding Unit, Gamston, Nottinghamshire, for disposal |
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17 Sep 1945 |
No.11 (RAAF) Personnel Despatch and Reception Centre, Padgate, Manchester |
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01 Oct 1945 |
Embarked UK for Australia (vessel, port and precise date tbc) |
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04 Nov 1945 |
Disembarked in Sydney, New South Wales, and posted to No.2 Personnel Depot, Bradfield Park, Sydney, for disposal |
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19 Dec 1945 |
Discharged from the RAAF |
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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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02 May 1945 |
RA563 |
*UL-Q2 |
ROTTERDAM |
1315 |
1610 |
2h55 |
P1 Flt Lt R.F. Worsdell |
NOTES: |
Operation MANNA - the dropping of emergency supplies to the starving Dutch population. Load: 4 'blocks'. |
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03 May 1945 |
RA563 |
UL-Q |
VALKENBURG AIRFIELD |
1035 |
1325 |
2h50 |
P1 Flt Lt R.F. Worsdell |
NOTES: |
Operation MANNA - the dropping of emergency supplies to the starving Dutch population. Load: 4 'blocks'. |
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05 May 1945 |
RA563 |
UL-Q |
ROTTERDAM |
0645 |
0955 |
3h10 |
P1 Flt Lt R.F. Worsdell |
NOTES: |
Operation MANNA - the dropping of emergency supplies to the starving Dutch population. Load: 4 'blocks'. |
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07 May 1945 |
PD271 |
UL-T |
ROTTERDAM |
1220 |
1600 |
3h40 |
P1 Flt Lt R.F. Worsdell |
NOTES: |
Operation MANNA - the dropping of emergency supplies to the starving Dutch population. Load: 4 'blocks'. |
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11 May 1945 |
LM294 |
UL-P |
FISKERTON TO BRUSSELS B58 |
1140 |
nk |
nk |
P1 Plt Off J.W. Everitt |
NOTES: |
Operation EXODUS; the repatriation of Allied Servicemen from Brussels Airport B38 (now Melsbroek). Empty positioning flight. |
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11 May 1945 |
LM294 |
UL-P |
BRUSSELS B58 TO FORD |
nk |
nk |
n/k |
P1 Plt Off J.W. Everitt |
NOTES: |
Operation EXODUS; the repatriation of Allied Servicemen from Belgium. Load: 24 Passengers |
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11 May 1945 |
LM294 |
UL-P |
FORD TO FISKERTON |
nk |
1725 |
nk |
P1 Plt Off J.W. Everitt |
NOTES: |
Operation EXODUS Empty positioning flight back to Fiskerton |
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11 May 1945 |
LM294 |
UL-P |
FISKERTON TO BRUSSELS B58 |
1140 |
nk |
nk |
P1 Plt Off J.W. Everitt |
NOTES: |
Operation EXODUS; the repatriation of Allied Servicemen from Brussels Airport B38 (now Melsbroek). Empty positioning flight. |
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29 Jun 1945 |
RA563 |
UL-Q |
FLENSBURG |
1010 |
1545 |
5h35 |
P1 R.F. Worsdell |
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Exercise POST MORTEM II; a test of the German air defence system |
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