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A transcript of an article in the Daily Express. It describes the liberation of prisoners of war at two camps near Fallingbostel.

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Road running up from bottom with single black car. Destroyed buildings either side with gutted Rijksarchief. People in street. On the reverse 'Somewhere in Belgium or Germany [sic], post war 1945/46'.

Identification kindly provided by Frank…

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A form containing details of the loss of Holden's aircraft and his fellow crewmen. Included are time and place of the crash, the cause, the aircraft, the bomb load and special equipment fitted. Also given is the cemetery and the grave number for each…

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A biography of Chan's life.
He flew 95 operations as Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Gunnery Leader and Cameraman with 49 and 617 Squadrons and survived nine days adrift in the North Sea. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and a rare Soviet…

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Gliders landed in fields and along trackways and dykes. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'G38'.

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Views of gliders in fields around Arnhem. All are captioned '18 Sept 44'. The reverse on all is printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved'. Two are annotated 'Arnhem' and one 'gliders on the ground Arnhem'.

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A glider landing zone with a number having the nose open for unloading. Captioned '0050 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/14"// FARN' Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved. stamped '0124' and annotated 'Arnhem'.

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Glider landing zone in a flat rural landscape. There is a single storey building to one side. Captioned '0051 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/147// FARN'. Reverse is printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'Arnhem'.

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View of the bridge at Arnhem and the surrounding town. Captioned '0021 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/147// FARN'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved', stamped '0123' and annotated 'Arnhem Bridge'.

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Hamilcar showing its tracks where it landed in a grass field. The nose of the glider is open and tracks lead from it showing a vehicle has been unloaded. Captioned '0018 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/147//FARN'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved'…

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Three Horsas in a field. The front two sections of two aircraft are detached from the rear sections, to aid unloading. One has a damaged starboard wing. Landing tracks and pieces of wreckage litter the field. Tracks lead from the open nose of one…

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View of a drop zone showing open fields covered with parachutes, the majority discarded and the rest open as paratroopers or containers land. To one side is a farm building. Captioned '6008 16?NL: 17 Sept 44 F14 CAM MLL'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown…

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Frontispiece, 'Arnhem'.

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The writer refers to a previous article in Intercom written by Ken Back. He was a glider pilot and served with 620 Squadron at RAF Leicester East

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A story of a Stirling squadron which switched from bomber to airborne support.

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A newspaper cutting referring to the honour bestowed on pilot Warrant Officer Ron Miller, RAAF.

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A leaflet with photographs, maps and text about Market Garden. It includes details of three museums commemorating the Operation. Also a list of memorial celebrations and special events. There are four pages of events in Dutch and four pages detailing…

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A handwritten list of various operations undertaken by Idwal from his training in Canada to squadron duties.

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A card sent by David and Dilys Evans. It features an air to air image of two Stirlings and a Father Christmas and sleigh. It is captioned '620 Squadron Stirling IV's over Arnhem 20th September 1944'.

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Idwal writes telling of his wartime experiences flying Stirlings with 620 Squadron. He was involved with dropping agents, Arnhem and the Rhine crossing of 1945. In particular he refers to an operation over Norway when they made a landing on an…

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Idwal thanks he for her parcel. He has met some of the troops returning from Arnhem.

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A chart and four extracts of charts.

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Starts by outlining his early career flying Hampden torpedo bombers over the Pacific Ocean from Pat Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Then mentions flying Mosquitos on a holding post before training in parachute dropping and glider towing on Whitley.…

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SClarkeBE1867619v20029.pdf
Ben's narrative after being taken prisoner of war after his aircraft was shot down.

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Ron Bedford volunteered for the Royal Air Force and was told he had the aptitude to be a pilot but re-mustered as an air gunner, to avoid waiting for call up. He reads the "Message of Welcome" letter he received in July 1942 from the Secretary of…

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