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precision. It was not possible in the circumstances to observe the results of the attack, but photographs were obtained. In all, this aircraft had twenty encounters with enemy aircraft, and with (an) exampled display of coolness and skill in the face of such odds, Sgt Sachs the tail gunner, not only successfully defended his aircraft, but succeeded in shooting down one ‘confirmed’ and two ‘probable’ enemy aircraft and damaged several others. This aircraft kept in close formation throughout with
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Officer James skilfully and coolly penetrated the defences and attacked the objective with precision in spite of heavy enemy fighter opposition. In all, his aircraft had 20 encounters with fighter aircraft and it was largely his skilful manoeuvring which enabled the rear gunner to beat off the attacks with the loss to (the) enemy of one and probably two other aircraft. Flying Officer James has set an example of the highest order.
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Officer Commanding of No. 35 Conversion Flight, James was promoted to Squadron Leader and in April 1942 moved to become Office Commanding No. 78 Conversion Flight based at RAF Croft, Yorkshire. Whilst on attachment to this unit, James flew Halifax 2, serial no. R9434, with Wing
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Bombed Minden from 10,000 ft. Light flak and a few searchlights encountered. Several holes from flak on the way back. Landed at Marham to inspect damage, nothing serious so returned to base next day. Flew without airspeed indicator for 5 hours due to it icing up. Broke cloud within 5 minutes of
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This officer has displayed outstanding keenness in operations against the enemy. As captain of aircraft, his work has been of the highest standard, whilst he always remains cheerful and confident however severe the opposition. On the occasion of a daylight attack on the
Scharnhorst on the 24th July,
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encountered, and about 30 enemy aircraft on reaching the target area. Although this aircraft suffered heavier enemy aircraft attacks than any other in the formation, the
Captain, with (a) high display of skill and coolness went on to successfully penetrate the defences and attacked the target with
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Reading and as Flight Commander at No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School (E.F.T.S.) at Sywell, James was posted to the headquarters of number 50 ‘Training’ group, the Air staff where he held the position of ‘Air 2’.
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In common with many other pilots in the last wave, he mistook the burning city 150 miles ahead for the rising moon and altered course accordingly, unable to believe it could be
Cologne. And shortly afterwards he met further misfortune; the port outer header tank blew up and he had to feather the
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Whitley P4937 at the South Molton and District museum, Devon and uniform and other artefacts at the Sywell Aviation Museum in Northamptonshire.
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in the Ruhr, the ports of
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attacks on Southampton and Coventry. An additional raid to Italy on 8/9 November 1940 was aborted when a
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Daylight Bombing Raid on German Battleship Scharnhorst at La Rochelle 24th July 1941
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in which 200 bombers attacked the city of Mannheim in retaliation for the
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The Thousand Plan: The Story of the First Thousand Bomber Raid on Cologne
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The Thousand Plan: The Story of the First Thousand Bomber Raid on Cologne
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The Thousand Plan: The Story of the First Thousand Bomber Raid on Cologne
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The Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational Reference Book
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The Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational Reference Book
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
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1686:Pilots Flying Log Book: Peter Stanley James 83276
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1728:Middlebrook, Martin; Chris Everitt (May 1985).
1655:Middlebrook, Martin; Chris Everitt (May 1985).
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1842:People educated at Wellingborough School
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88:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
1757:Archie a Pilot in Bomber Command
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1765:. Linzee Druce. Archived from
518:Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon
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761:Extracts taken from the book
379:Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys
223:He lived with his family in
1753:Druce, Linzee (2001–2008).
1579:Druce, Linzee (2001–2008).
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565:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
335:Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
312:Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
225:Wollaston, Northamptonshire
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680:Distinguished Flying Cross
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125:Distinguished Flying Cross
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1684:James, Peter S. (1939).
881:Severe icing conditions
734:summarize the quotations
501:Royal Canadian Air Force
363:Operation Abigail Rachel
1286:the beacon in Suffolk.
633:Zoyland at time stated.
260:de Havilland Tiger Moth
1703:Barker, Ralph (1966).
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192:, flew in all three
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129:Air Efficiency Award
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1711:The Reprint Society
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1632:The Reprint Society
140:Peter Stanley James
22:Peter Stanley James
1769:on 22 January 2014
1612:The London Gazette
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304:Oxfordshire
284:Oxfordshire
268:Hawker Hind
264:Hawker Hart
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1786:Categories
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513:, Norway.
497:James Tait
74:Allegiance
43:1917-02-24
1566:Footnotes
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367:Luftwaffe
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