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BAllamAJAllamAJv1.pdf
Chapter 8 - Overture and Beginners. The author gives an account of his time on OTU at RAF Lossiemouth, including ground instruction, crewing up and a description of the station, as well as training on Wellington. He writes about witnessing a fatal…

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Left page - top left - an large group of aircrew, two rows sitting and one standing, all wearing battledress with side or peaked caps on grass in front of a Nissen hut. Captioned '44 (Rhodesia) Squadron flight engineers RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire, Nr…

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Top right - three airmen wearing khaki uniform and peaked caps standing in a street. Captioned 'In stinking southern Italy, Bari'.
Bottom right - two airmen wearing khaki uniform (right hand man has pilot's brevet) leaning on a metal railing by a…

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BWardCWWardCWv1.pdf
Records Charles Ward's call up to the Army and early training. Having applied and been accepted to transfer to the Royal Air Force, all transfers were cancelled due to imminent operations. He describes, in detail, fighting in Tunisia, and explains…

YPearceAT1874945v5.pdf
Some personal data and a list of operations with heights. Entries for flying days, Operations January to April 1945, Mentions leave, birthdays, train times, days out, events, news of friends and acquaintances, meetings and parties, hospital…

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Air to ground view of Bari on left and top with Molo S. Nicola top right. Submitted with caption 'Aerial photo_unknown'.

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Air-to-ground view of Bari. Submitted with caption 'Aerial photo unknown 2'.

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Four airmen wearing tropical khaki uniform standing on Bari waterfront. On the background, the Campanile della Provincia. Submitted with caption 'Unknown location'.

LAmbroseBG1604870v1.pdf
Navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers flying log book for Basil Ambrose, flight engineer, covering the period from 5 July 1944 to 11 July 1946. Detailing engineers training, flying training and operations flown and post war…

LBurnettW1825655v1.pdf
Bill Burnett’s Flying Log Book as Flight Engineer from 22 May 1944 to 20 April 1946. Initially with 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit before transferring to 5 Lancaster Finishing School and then 617 Squadron for operational duties in Europe. In January 1946…

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Three airmen walking along the street.
On the reverse 'Bari Italy 6/11/45 Bill Connelly, Red Moore and I'.

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Bill sitting on a wall, smoking his pipe.
On the reverse 'Transville Roof (Bari - Italy) Adriatic Sea - Background Nov '45'.

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PEleyNJ1604.jpg
British Army troops in front of Lancaster bomber with bomb bay open, submitted with caption; “207 Sqdn carried out several flights to Naples and Bari in Italy to bring back home the troops who were still on the continent.”)

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Charles Ward in battledress walking alongside Margaret Pratt in First Aid Nursing Yeomanry uniform in Bari. In the background a building with a doorway with two people looking on. On the reverse 'Italy, 1944, Bari'.

LHannathE649545v1.pdf
Wireless Operator/Air Gunners log book for E Hannath covering the period from 11 July 1940 to 3 June 1942. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties, including search and rescue operations of downed aircraft in the Western…

LCuttsE431716v1.pdf
Air gunner's log book for Ernest Cutts, rear gunner, covering the period 23 November 1943 to 21 September 1945. Detailing his flying training, operations and post war flying. He was stationed at RAF West Sale, RAF Litchfield, RAF Marston Moor, RAF…

MMcDermottC1119618-161216-05.pdf
A magazine of aerial photographs covering aerial views of tanks, the Eder dam after the attack by 617 squadron, Kiel, Trondheim and Heroya harbours under attack, industrial areas in Hanover, railway centres, Italian airfields and aircraft, a dummy…

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A summary of the RAF's operations to support Tito's Partisan army in Yugoslavia.

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4 RAF Personnel one holding a bottle of wine, submitted with caption; “Some of my crew at Bari, Italy, to pick up 20 Army personnel. Sept. 1945.”

PPearsonFS18030039.jpg
Four airmen wearing tropical khaki uniform (three in shorts) sitting on Molo San Nicola railings with Teatro Margherita on far side. Submitted with caption 'Venice 3'.

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