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  • Spatial Coverage is exactly "England--Bridgwater"

BBrabinHWBrabinHWv1.pdf
Harry joined the Royal Australian Air Force on 25 June 1942 as a wireless operator/air gunner, receiving his initial training in Australia before going to Canada for trade training. He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and recalls a…

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PShattockGF18010007.jpg
Geoff standing with his older brother William and his wife Kathleen standing outside an ivy covered building with a dog. On the reverse caption 'Geoffrey Francis Shattock (Rt) with his elder brother William Stanley Shattock who was also a RAF VR (Sgt…

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PShattockGF18010005.jpg
Geoff sitting on Ariel motorcycle with a small dog sitting on fuel tank, parked outside an ivy covered building. On the reverse caption 'Geoffrey Francis Shattock outside his family home Blanchflower Farm, North Petherton, nr Bridgewater, Somerset.…

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PShattockGF18020105.jpg
Air to ground photograph the family farm at North Petherton, Bridgewater. Rural area with road running diagonally across bottom right corner, on reverse caption 'Branchflower from air from Stirling 1943.'

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BWierTWierTv2.pdf
In conjunction with his log books covering his flying career, the author gives a brief outline of career starting in Poland in 1938 and then in United Kingdom in 1940. After training he became an instructor until volunteering for operations and…

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BWierTWierTv1.pdf
In a series of "flashbacks" the author starts with commentary on family in Poland and names recorded on visits to Poland. Continues with account of early life, school and life in Poland before the war. He mentions his first operation on 300 Squadron…

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PClydeSmithD16010016.jpg
Denis Clyde-Smith wearing tunic with pilots brevet and medal ribbon arm in arm with his wife. Wife is wearing wedding dress and carrying bouquet of flowers. The path is flanked by onlookers and an honour guard is visible behind them. In the…

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