IBCC Digital Archive]]> Memoro. La banca della memoria]]> Francesca Campani]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Italy--Rome]]> Italy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Memoro. La banca della memoria]]> Peter Schulze]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Italy--Rome]]> Italy]]> 1943-07-19]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Memoro. La banca della memoria]]> Peter Schulze]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Italy--Rome]]> Italy]]> 1943-07-19]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Memoro. La banca della memoria]]> Peter Schulze]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Italy--Rome]]> Italy]]>
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> British Army]]> Italy]]> Italy--Rome]]> 1944]]> Italy--Rome]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> Italy]]> Kenya]]> South Africa]]> Sudan]]> Zambia]]> Zimbabwe]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Italy--Rome]]> Kenya--Nairobi]]> Sudan--Khartoum]]> Zambia--Ndola]]> Zimbabwe--Bulawayo]]> North Africa]]> Malcolm Staves recalls his life prior to and including his enlistment in 1942.  He describes his training, being assigned to 207 Squadron at RAF Spilsby and talks about some of his colleagues, with whom he was reunited 70 years later.  He talks about operations he undertook and the target locations. The second part of this document covers 'Exhibits', mementoes, documents and photographs of his service records.

]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Maureen Clarke]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> England--Hull]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--London]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Thuringia]]> Italy--Rome]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Altenburg (Thuringia)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> MStavesME203137-160226-050002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Italy]]> Italy--Rome]]> 1945-12-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Italy]]> Italy--Rome]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PSeaggerA16010128]]> Civilian]]> United States Army]]> Italy]]> Italy--Rome]]> Second is of Jack shaving, two other individuals, and tent in background, captioned 'Foggia Italy, re-equiped with Liberator a/c'. Reverse, captioned, 'Foggia Italy 1945'. Third is of Jack and three other individuals, street scene in background, reverse captioned 'Florence, Italy 1945'.
Fourth and fifth are of Jack and others drinking in a bar, captioned 'Florence Sept 45, coming home for the first leave in UK since 1942'. Reverse, captioned ' 5/12/45 Darling xx Taken in Florence a few months ago, love Jack xxx.']]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Italy--Rome]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Italy--Florence]]> Italy]]> 1945-12-05]]> 1945-05]]> 1945-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Wehrmacht]]> Civilian]]> Ukraine]]> Ukraine--Donet︠s︡ʹk]]> Italy]]> Italy--Rome]]> Vatican City]]> Malta]]> 1943-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> Italy]]> Italy--Rome]]> Great Britain]]> 2. The Vittoriano Monument, seen from the Piazza Venezia.
3. An interior view of St Peter's Basilica, showing the Chair of St Peter.
4. Five women washing clothes in a river, beside the ruins of the 'acquedotto di Mola', a Roman aqueduct near Formia.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Fitter]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Italy]]> Italy--Rome]]> Italy--Formia]]> The Germans have been blindsided by this audacious operation.
There are photographs of Stirling transport aircraft and paratroopers, as well as several photographs showing infantrymen landing and bringing their equipment ashore. There is shelling from the warships. A photograph shows some of the 4,000 ships and landing craft.
The French are encouraged to keep listening to the BBC and the America Broadcasting Station in Europe. They will be told how to co-operate with the liberation forces.
The date for the landings was agreed by Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt in Tehran. Statements are also included from Eisenhower, Montgomery and De Gaulle, expressing confidence in the outcome and urging support.
The allied troops in Italy have taken Rome and are advancing. Russian allies are resuming their Eastern offensive. There are photographs from Italy, including tanks in front of the Colosseum in Rome.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> fra]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> United States Army]]> France]]> Italy]]> Italy--Rome]]> 1944-06-04]]> 1944-06-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Indian Air Force]]> India]]> India--Bangalore]]> India--Pune]]> India--Delhi]]> India--Mumbai]]> United Arab Emirates--Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Saudi Arabia]]> Saudi Arabia--Jiddah]]> Italy]]> Italy--Rome]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> North Africa]]> United Arab Emirates]]> 1974-07-20]]>
Identification kindly provided by Andrew Gordon of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Italy]]> Italy--Rome]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Italy]]> Italy--Rome]]>