]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Bahrain--Muḥarraq]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--London]]> Bahrain]]> Bahrain--Muḥarraq]]> 1945-02]]> 1948]]> 1975]]> Rod Pickles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Bahrain]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> United States]]> California]]> California--Vandenberg Air Force Base]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> There are three photographs of his wife.]]> Penny Thickett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Bahrain]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Huntingdon]]> Italy]]> Italy--Naples]]> Kenya]]> Kenya--Nairobi]]> Libya]]> Malta]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Oman]]> Oman--Masirah Island]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> Zimbabwe]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Durban]]> South Africa--Transvaal]]> Sudan]]> Sudan--Khartoum]]> South Sudan--Juba]]> Tanzania]]> North Africa]]> France--Marseille]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04]]> 1945-05]]> 1945-08]]> 1946-01]]> Dennis Moore]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Maureen Clarke]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Weeze]]> England--London]]> England--Wallington Garden]]> Netherlands--Zandvoort]]> England--Croydon]]> England--Hartland]]> England--Lynton]]> England--Salcombe]]> England--Amersham]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Manchester]]> Scotland--Greenock]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Maine--Portland]]> New Brunswick--Shediac]]> New Brunswick--Fredericton]]> Manitoba]]> Manitoba--Brandon]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Ontario--Hamilton]]> Ontario--London]]> Alberta--Medicine Hat]]> England--Harrogate]]> Scotland--Stranraer]]> France--Angers]]> Germany--Neuss]]> England--Carlisle]]> England--Morecambe]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> Malta]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> India--Mumbai]]> China--Guangzhou]]> China--Hainan Sheng]]> China--Hong Kong]]> India--Darjeeling]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Hastings]]> Kenya--Nairobi]]> Italy--Verona]]> Morocco--Marrakech]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> Senegal--Dakar]]> Brazil--Natal]]> Argentina--Buenos Aires]]> Turkey--İzmir]]> Israel]]> Newfoundland and Labrador--Gander]]> Greenland]]> Iceland]]> Cyprus--Nicosia]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Bahrain]]> England--Blandford Forum]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> England--Skellow]]> England--Worcester]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Pershore]]> Arizona--Tucson]]> California--Vandenberg Air Force Base]]> England--Diss]]> England--Chelmsford]]> England--Basildon]]> England--St. Albans]]> England--Slough]]> England--Letchworth]]> England--Stevenage]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Essen]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Germany--Solingen]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Bocholt]]> Germany--Salzgitter]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> England--Coventry]]> England--London]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Québec--Montréal]]> India--Kolkata]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City]]> England--Southend-on-Sea]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Italy]]> France]]> Arizona]]> California]]> Maine]]> New York (State)]]> Egypt]]> Ontario]]> Québec]]> New Brunswick]]> Alberta]]> Newfoundland and Labrador]]> Germany]]> Brazil]]> Burma]]> China]]> Cyprus]]> India]]> Iraq]]> Kenya]]> Netherlands]]> Pakistan]]> Turkey]]> Great Britain]]> Vietnam]]> Senegal]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Cumberland]]> England--Devon]]> England--Essex]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--London]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Germany--Salzgitter]]> Sweden]]> Sweden--Kullen]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Morocco]]> North Africa]]> Argentina]]> B M Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> Maureen Clarke]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Crawley (West Sussex)]]> England--London]]> England--Middlesex]]> Bahrain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Sussex]]> Bahrain]]> Bahrain--Muḥarraq]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1957]]> 1969]]> 1975]]> JC Cochram]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo Region]]> Bahrain]]> Iraq]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> North Africa]]> 1945-04-27]]> 1945-04-29]]> Ivan Ure]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> Royal Navy]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Isle of Wight]]> Norway]]> Scotland--Argyllshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Westbourne (West Sussex)]]> England--London]]> England--Hayling Island]]> England--Evenley]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Blackpool]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> Lithuania]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Lithuania--Klaipėda]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland--Białogard]]> Poland--Pyrzyce (Powiat)]]> Germany--Lauenburg]]> Germany--Lüneburg]]> Germany--Rheine]]> England--London]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Dublin]]> Ireland--Cork]]> Austria]]> Austria--Vienna]]> Libya]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Jīzah]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> Kuwait]]> Bahrain]]> Iran]]> Iran--Tehran]]> Scotland--Oban]]> North Africa]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Bahrain]]> Cyprus]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> Malta]]> North Africa]]> Peter Haynes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Sudan]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Suez]]> Singapore]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Bahrain]]> United Arab Emirates]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> India--Jodhpur]]> India--Allahabad]]> Burma]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Sabang (Aceh)]]> Indonesia--Sumatra]]> Indonesia--Palembang]]> Indonesia--Batavia]]> Indonesia--Tjilitjap]]> North Africa]]> India--Kolkata]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> 1942]]> There is a second, different, history.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> SMilsonGW937875v60018]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Bahrain]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> India--Hyderabad]]> India--Allahabad]]> Burma]]> Burma--Toungoo]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Sumatra]]> Indonesia--Medan]]> Indonesia--Palembang]]> Indonesia--Batavia]]> Malaysia--Kuantan (Pahang)]]> Indonesia--Lahat]]> Indonesia--Indramayu]]> Indonesia--Bandoeng]]> North Africa]]> Malaysia]]> Singapore]]> India--Kolkata]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> 1942-01]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-03]]> R D Millar ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Mosul]]> Singapore]]> New Zealand]]> New Zealand--Wellington]]> Iraq--Baṣrah]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Libya]]> Cambodia--Kâmpôt]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct City)]]> Bahrain]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India]]> India--Allahabad]]> Burma]]> Burma--Akyab (District)]]> Burma--Toungoo]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Sumatra]]> Indonesia--Medan]]> Indonesia--Palembang]]> Malaysia]]> Malaysia--Kuantan (Pahang)]]> Malaysia--Ipoh (Perak)]]> Thailand]]> Thailand--Songkhla]]> Indonesia--Lingga (Karo)]]> Indonesia--Musi River]]> Indonesia--Batavia]]> Indonesia--Bandoeng]]> Indonesia--Tjimahi (Bandung)]]> Indonesia--Tasikmalaya]]> Indonesia--Tjilatjap]]> Indonesia--Soerabaia]]> Indonesia--Sampang]]> Indonesia--Purwokerto]]> Borneo]]> Indonesia--Tjimahi (Bandung)]]> Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]> Thailand--Bangkok]]> Australia]]> Northern Territory--Darwin]]> Queensland--Brisbane]]> New Zealand--Wellington]]> North Africa]]> Northern Territory]]> Queensland]]> India--Kolkata]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> In January 1942 he flew as part of a six aircraft ferry flight from Egypt to the Far East, travelling via Habbaniya, Bahrain, Sharja, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon and finally Sumatra. He carried out both day and night attacks on Japanese landing forces, fleet units and positions around Palembang and Java, often in difficult conditions with poor facilities and heavy losses. During the collapse of Java he escaped on foot from Kalidjati with a small mixed group before being captured near Tjilatjap.
He spent more than three years as a prisoner of war, first in solitary confinement and then in camps at Tjilatjap, Bandoeng, Changi and Kranji, taking part in work parties and camp duties until liberation in 1945. After repatriation he returned to Britain and was demobilised later that year.]]> George Milson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Claire Campbell]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Singapore]]> Great Britain]]> England--Torquay]]> England--Paignton]]> England--St. Leonards (East Sussex)]]> England--Stoke-on-Trent]]> England--Skegness]]> England--Boston]]> France]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Germany]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> Germany--Norderney]]> Malta]]> Gibraltar]]> Italy]]> Italy--Pantelleria Island]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Marsá Maṭrūḥ]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Ismailia (Province)]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Mosul]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Egypt--Suez]]> Israel]]> Israel--Tel Aviv]]> Israel--Haifa]]> Iraq--Karkūk]]> Iran]]> Iraq--Baṣrah]]> Israel--Tel Aviv]]> Malaysia]]> Malaysia--Butterworth (Pulau Pinang)]]> Sudan]]> Bahrain]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> India--Hyderabad]]> Burma]]> Burma--Akyab (District)]]> Burma--Toungoo]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Sumatra]]> Indonesia--Palembang]]> Indonesia--Medan]]> Singapore]]> Indonesia--Bandar Lampung]]> Indonesia--Batavia]]> Sri Lanka]]> Sri Lanka--Colombo]]> Indonesia--Bandoeng]]> Indonesia--Tjilatjap]]> England--Liverpool]]> New Zealand]]> England--Langham]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> North Africa]]> India--Kolkata]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> England--Torquay]]> 1939-09]]> 1942-01]]> 1942-02]]> 1945]]> 84 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Bahrain]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> India--Hyderabad]]> Burma]]> Burma--Akyab (District)]]> Burma--Toungoo]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Medan]]> Indonesia--Palembang]]> Burma--Magwe]]> Indonesia--Pakanbaru]]> Indonesia--Sumatra]]> Indonesia--Tjilatjap]]> North Africa]]> United Arab Emirates]]> India--Kolkata]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> 1942]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Gibraltar]]> Malta]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Bahrain]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> India--Hyderabad]]> Burma]]> Burma--Akyab (District)]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Medan]]> North Africa]]> India--Kolkata]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]>