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  • Spatial Coverage is exactly "France--Tarbes"

YPittwoodJ1291454v1.pdf
Jack's diary of events after his aircraft was shot down over France.

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This page is an entry point for a place. Please use the links below to see all relevant documents available in the Archive. This entry is also used for Tarbes-Ossun (Tarbes-Juillan) factory airfield.

SBriarsRA1299161v1.pdf
Starts with tribute to crew and has colour photograph of a 617 Squadron Lancaster over Lincoln. Writes of his joining the RAF, selection as an air gunner and his basic training. Goes on with description of gunnery training, before going to OTU at RAF…

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Five Group Newsletter, number 20, March 1944. Includes a foreword by the Air Officer Commanding, and features about processes of navigation, signals/radar, photography, gardening, Gee, flying control, H2S, decorations, tactics, flight engineers, war…

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