E L Ellis]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Sheffield]]> 1941-08-10]]> E L Ellis]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Liz McElwee]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Sheffield]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Alan Brammer]]> Chris Cann]]> Peter Balata]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> 1941-09]]> E L Ellis]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Wilmslow]]> England--Sheffield]]> 1941-10-22]]> E L Ellis]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Alan Pinchbeck]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Sheffield]]> 1941-10-02]]> E L Ellis]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Alan Pinchbeck]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Sheffield]]> 1941-09-22]]> E L Ellis]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Sheffield]]> 1941-09-11]]> E L Ellis]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Sheffield]]> 1941-09-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Lancaster ED908, John Swarbrick]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Scarborough]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> 1941-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Ludlow]]> England--Scarborough]]> South Africa--Durban]]> Zimbabwe--Bulawayo]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Italy]]> South Africa]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> 1944-03]]> th birthday, his early induction and training in the RAF. He travelled to Canada to continue his pilot training. On return to the UK he undertook advance flying training at RAF Ossington, and operational training and other activities at RAF North Luffenham. He was posted to 106 Squadron at RAF Syerston and the memoir describes activities and operations while on the squadron, including a long description of an operation to Turin. He was awarded DFC at end of his first tour. He records his activities as an instructor at 5 Lancaster Finishing School, before going to 227 Squadron at RAF Balderton as an instructor. He eventually returned to 106 Squadron for a second tour in March 1945 where he carried out a further three operations before the end of the war. The memoir also covers Tiger Force, Cook's tour and bringing troops back from Italy. It concludes with life in transport command after the war and his life after demob.]]> W R P Perry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> Maureen Clarke]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Tunbridge Wells]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Devon]]> England--Plymouth]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> England--London]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> Germany]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Alberta]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-03-26]]> 1941-04]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-03]]> 1957-01]]> K Gill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Leeds]]> England--Scarborough]]> 1944-09-04]]> K Gill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Leeds]]> England--Scarborough]]> 1944-08-26]]> Bottom left - Kenneth and Vera Gill arm-in-arm, man wearing tunic with sergeant rank, woman wearing skirt and jacket, standing in front of a bay window in brick house.
Right - newspaper cutting announcing marriage of Pilot Officer Kenneth Gill and Miss Vera Longdon.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Leeds]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PStimpsonMC19060006]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> 1941-10]]> Maurice Stimpson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Ashbourne]]> England--Halstead Region (Essex)]]> England--Scarborough]]> United States]]> New York (State)--Albany]]> Florida--Quincy]]> Florida--Lake City]]> England--Harrogate]]> England--Walsall]]> England--Cheltenham]]> England--Heysham]]> England--London]]> England--Esher]]> England--Bournemouth]]> England--Seaton (Devon)]]> Wales--Cardiff]]> England--Lowestoft]]> Florida]]> New York (State)]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Essex]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Sheringham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Harrow]]> England--London]]> England--Scarborough]]> Scotland--Perth]]> England--Manchester]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> United States]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Georgia--Valdosta]]> Georgia--Macon]]> England--Harrogate]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Munich]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> France]]> Georgia]]> New Brunswick]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> M Adder]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Hull]]> England--London]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> Norway--Lofoten]]> 1942-02-28]]> 1942-04-25]]> 1942-09]]> M Adder]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> M Adder]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> 1942-05-16]]> M Adder]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> 1942-04-29]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]>