CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
LEA |
First Name/s: |
Charles Fitzroy "Roy" |
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Service No/s: |
1809117 |
Service: |
RAFVR |
Branch: |
Pilot / Flight Engineer |
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Awards: |
1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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31 Aug 1942 |
Enlisted at the Combined Recruiting Centre, Euston, London, as Aircraftman Second Class (AC2), mustering as Air Crew Hand / Pilot/Navigator/Bomber (ACH/PNB). He was just 17 years 9 months old |
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01 Sep 1942 |
Transferred to the Reserve, pending call-up |
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10 Apr 1943 |
Called up to No.1 Air Crew Reception Centre (1 ACRC), Lord's Cricket Ground, St. John's Wood, London |
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01 May 1943 |
No.2 Initial Training Wing (2 ITW), Clare College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire |
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21 May 1943 |
Air Crew Despatch Centre (ACDC), Heaton Park, Manchester, Lancashire |
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22 May 1943 |
No.16 Elementary Flying Training School (16 EFTS), Burnaston, Derbyshire |
Tiger Moth tbc |
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19 Jun 1943 |
Re-mustered as Under Training (U/T) Navigator II |
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25 Jun 1943 |
Air Crew Despatch Centre (ACDC), Heaton Park, Manchester, Lancashire |
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25 Jun 1943 |
No.18 Elementary Flying Training School (18 EFTS), Fairoaks, Kent |
Tiger Moth tbc |
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29 Jun 1943 |
No.27 Elementary Training Wing (27 ETW), Ludlow, Shropshire. Probably a holding post |
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18 Jul 1943 |
Air Crew Despatch Centre, Heaton Park, Manchester, Lancashire |
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29 Jul 1943 |
Embarked (probably at Gourock, Renfrewshire, Scotland) on board the troopship 'Queen Elizabeth' for New York, United States of America |
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05 Aug 1943 |
Disembarked in New York, United States of America. This would have been followed by a long train journey to Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |
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06 Aug 1943 |
No.31 (RAF) Personnel Depot (31 PD), Moncton, New Brunswick |
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20 Aug 1943 |
No.33 Elementary Flying Training School (33 EFTS), 92 Course, Boundary Bay Flying School Limited, Caron, Saskatchewan |
Cornell |
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16 Oct 1943 |
No.33 Service Flight Training School (33 SFTS), Carberry, Manitoba |
Anson |
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30 Mar 1944 |
Awarded Pilot's Flying Badge and promoted to Sgt |
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31 Mar 1944 |
No.31 (RAF) Personnel Depot, Moncton, NB |
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04 May 1944 |
Embarked Halifax or New York (tbc) on board the troopship 'Dunnotar Castle'. |
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10 May 1944 |
No.7 Personnel reception Centre, Harrogate |
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16 Jun 1944 |
No.16 Elementary Flying Training School, Burnaston (pre-Advanced Flying Unit course) |
Tiger Moth |
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07 Jul 1944 |
No.7 Personnel Reception Centre, Harrogate (listed as Padgate in Lea's logbook) |
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12 Jul 1944 |
Aircrew NCO's School, Whitley Bay |
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09 Aug 1944 |
No.7 Personnel Reception Centre, Harrogate (listed as Padgate in Lea's logbook) |
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16 Aug 1944 |
No.22 Air Crew Holding Unit, Kirkham |
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25 Aug 1944 |
No.28 Elementary Flying Training School, Wolverhampton (pre AFU course) |
Tiger Moth |
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22 Sep 1944 |
No.7 Personnel Reception Centre, Harrogate |
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15 Oct 1944 |
No.4 School of Technical Training, St Athan (for training as a Flight Engineer) |
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19 Dec 1944 |
No.5 Air Crew School, Balderton |
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05 Jan 1945 |
No.1660 Heavy Conversion Unit, Swinderby. Here he joined the Hood crew. |
Stirling, Lancaster |
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01 Mar 1945 |
Promoted to Flight Sergeant (exact date tbc) |
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26 Mar 1945 |
No.576 Squadron, 'A' Flight, Fiskerton |
Lancaster |
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16 Sep 1945 |
No.50 Squadron, 'A' Flight, Sturgate |
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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18 Apr 1945 |
LM227 |
UL-I |
HELIGOLAND |
1005 |
1450 |
4h45 |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
Naval base, submarine repair yards, airfield & built-up area. Load: 12x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs |
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22 Apr 1945 |
RE127 |
UL-L |
BREMEN |
1525 |
2045 |
5h20 |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
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Focke-Wulf aircraft factory and enemy troop concentrations. Flown in support of the British XXX Corps attacking the city. Load: 1x 4000lb, 6x 1000lb, 8x 500lb bombs Master Bomber abandoned attack due to cloud cover over target and instructed crews to bring bombs back. The less experienced crews jettisoned their bombload. |
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25 Apr 1945 |
RE127 |
UL-L |
BERCHTESGADEN |
0530 |
1340 |
8h10 |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ complex & SS barracks Load: 1x 4000lb, 4x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs |
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29 Apr 1945 |
RF200 |
UL-D |
VALKENBURG-LEIDEN AIRFIELD |
1145 |
1440 |
2h55 |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
Operation MANNA. Dropping food for the starving Dutch population. Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks |
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30 Apr 1945 |
RF200 |
UL-D |
THE HAGUE - DELFT AIRFIELD |
1505 |
1810 |
3h05 |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
Operation MANNA. Dropping food for the starving Dutch population. Load: G, K, Q, U, D2, K2: 3 blocks All other aircraft: 4 blocks |
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01 May 1945 |
RF200 |
UL-D |
ROTTERDAM |
1505 |
1825 |
3h20 |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
Operation MANNA. Dropping food for the starving Dutch population. Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks |
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03 May 1945 |
RF200 |
UL-D |
VALKENBURG / LEIDEN AIRFIELD |
1025 |
1320 |
2h55 |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
Operation MANNA. Dropping food for the starving Dutch population. Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks |
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05 May 1945 |
RF200 |
UL-D |
ROTTERDAM |
0640 |
0945 |
3h05 |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
Operation MANNA. Dropping food for the starving Dutch population. Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks |
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07 May 1945 |
RA562 |
UL-B |
ROTTERDAM |
1215 |
1555 |
3h40 |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
Operation MANNA. Dropping food for the starving Dutch population. Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks |
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22 Aug 1945 |
NX576 |
UL-K |
FISKERTON – POMIGLIANO |
0735 |
nk |
nk |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
Operation DODGE These DODGE sorties comprised Pilot, Engineer, Air Bomber, Nav, WOp and a gunner in the mid-upper turret. The crews below are listed in that order. |
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24 Aug 1945 |
NX576 |
UL-K |
POMIGLIANO – GLATTON |
nk |
nk |
nk |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
DODGE These DODGE sorties comprised Pilot, Engineer, Air Bomber, Nav, WOp and a gunner in the mid-upper turret. The crews below are listed in that order. |
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24 Aug 1945 |
NX576 |
UL-K |
GLATTON – FISKERTON |
nk |
1820 |
nk |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
Operation DODGE These DODGE sorties comprised Pilot, Engineer, Air Bomber, Nav, WOp and a gunner in the mid-upper turret. The crews below are listed in that order. |
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09 Sep 1945 |
RF200 |
UL-D |
FISKERTON – POMIGLIANO |
0755 |
nk |
nk |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
Operation DODGE These DODGE sorties comprised Pilot, Engineer, Air Bomber, Nav, WOp and a gunner in the mid-upper turret. The crews below are listed in that order. |
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12 Sep 1945 |
RF200 |
UL-D |
POMIGLIANO – GLATTON |
nk |
nk |
nk |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
12 Sep 1945 Operation DODGE These DODGE sorties comprised Pilot, Engineer, Air Bomber, Nav, WOp and a gunner in the mid-upper turret. The crews below are listed in that order. |
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12 Sep 1945 |
RF200 |
UL-D |
GLATTON - FISKERTON |
nk |
1655 |
nk |
P1 Fg Off W.J.C. Hood |
NOTES: |
Operation DODGE These DODGE sorties comprised Pilot, Engineer, Air Bomber, Nav, WOp and a gunner in the mid-upper turret. The crews below are listed in that order. |
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