IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Greece]]> Syria]]> Iran]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Palembang]]> Indonesia--Tjilatjap]]> India]]> Malaysia]]> Singapore]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Cyprus]]> Cyprus--Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia]]> North Africa]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Gibraltar]]> Malta]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Bahrain]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> India--Hyderabad]]> Burma]]> Burma--Akyab (District)]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Medan]]> North Africa]]> India--Kolkata]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> 84 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Bahrain]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> India--Hyderabad]]> Burma]]> Burma--Akyab (District)]]> Burma--Toungoo]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Medan]]> Indonesia--Palembang]]> Burma--Magwe]]> Indonesia--Pakanbaru]]> Indonesia--Sumatra]]> Indonesia--Tjilatjap]]> North Africa]]> United Arab Emirates]]> India--Kolkata]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> 1942]]> John Wylie]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Kutaradja]]> Indonesia--Palembang]]> Indonesia--Musi River]]> Indonesia--Bandoeng]]> Indonesia--Sumatra]]> Indonesia--Tjirebon (Regency)]]> Indonesia--Batavia]]> Singapore]]> North Africa]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> In January 1942 he flew as part of a six aircraft ferry flight from Egypt to the Far East, travelling via Habbaniya, Bahrain, Sharja, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon and finally Sumatra. He carried out both day and night attacks on Japanese landing forces, fleet units and positions around Palembang and Java, often in difficult conditions with poor facilities and heavy losses. During the collapse of Java he escaped on foot from Kalidjati with a small mixed group before being captured near Tjilatjap.
He spent more than three years as a prisoner of war, first in solitary confinement and then in camps at Tjilatjap, Bandoeng, Changi and Kranji, taking part in work parties and camp duties until liberation in 1945. After repatriation he returned to Britain and was demobilised later that year.]]> George Milson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Claire Campbell]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Singapore]]> Great Britain]]> England--Torquay]]> England--Paignton]]> England--St. Leonards (East Sussex)]]> England--Stoke-on-Trent]]> England--Skegness]]> England--Boston]]> France]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Germany]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> Germany--Norderney]]> Malta]]> Gibraltar]]> Italy]]> Italy--Pantelleria Island]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Marsá Maṭrūḥ]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Ismailia (Province)]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Mosul]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Egypt--Suez]]> Israel]]> Israel--Tel Aviv]]> Israel--Haifa]]> Iraq--Karkūk]]> Iran]]> Iraq--Baṣrah]]> Israel--Tel Aviv]]> Malaysia]]> Malaysia--Butterworth (Pulau Pinang)]]> Sudan]]> Bahrain]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> India--Hyderabad]]> Burma]]> Burma--Akyab (District)]]> Burma--Toungoo]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Sumatra]]> Indonesia--Palembang]]> Indonesia--Medan]]> Singapore]]> Indonesia--Bandar Lampung]]> Indonesia--Batavia]]> Sri Lanka]]> Sri Lanka--Colombo]]> Indonesia--Bandoeng]]> Indonesia--Tjilatjap]]> England--Liverpool]]> New Zealand]]> England--Langham]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> North Africa]]> India--Kolkata]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> England--Torquay]]> 1939-09]]> 1942-01]]> 1942-02]]> 1945]]> R D Millar ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Mosul]]> Singapore]]> New Zealand]]> New Zealand--Wellington]]> Iraq--Baṣrah]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Libya]]> Cambodia--Kâmpôt]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct City)]]> Bahrain]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India]]> India--Allahabad]]> Burma]]> Burma--Akyab (District)]]> Burma--Toungoo]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Sumatra]]> Indonesia--Medan]]> Indonesia--Palembang]]> Malaysia]]> Malaysia--Kuantan (Pahang)]]> Malaysia--Ipoh (Perak)]]> Thailand]]> Thailand--Songkhla]]> Indonesia--Lingga (Karo)]]> Indonesia--Musi River]]> Indonesia--Batavia]]> Indonesia--Bandoeng]]> Indonesia--Tjimahi (Bandung)]]> Indonesia--Tasikmalaya]]> Indonesia--Tjilatjap]]> Indonesia--Soerabaia]]> Indonesia--Sampang]]> Indonesia--Purwokerto]]> Borneo]]> Indonesia--Tjimahi (Bandung)]]> Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]> Thailand--Bangkok]]> Australia]]> Northern Territory--Darwin]]> Queensland--Brisbane]]> New Zealand--Wellington]]> North Africa]]> Northern Territory]]> Queensland]]> India--Kolkata]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> There is a second, different, history.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> SMilsonGW937875v60018]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Bahrain]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> India--Hyderabad]]> India--Allahabad]]> Burma]]> Burma--Toungoo]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Sumatra]]> Indonesia--Medan]]> Indonesia--Palembang]]> Indonesia--Batavia]]> Malaysia--Kuantan (Pahang)]]> Indonesia--Lahat]]> Indonesia--Indramayu]]> Indonesia--Bandoeng]]> North Africa]]> Malaysia]]> Singapore]]> India--Kolkata]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> 1942-01]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-03]]> Peter Haynes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Sudan]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Suez]]> Singapore]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Bahrain]]> United Arab Emirates]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> India--Jodhpur]]> India--Allahabad]]> Burma]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Sabang (Aceh)]]> Indonesia--Sumatra]]> Indonesia--Palembang]]> Indonesia--Batavia]]> Indonesia--Tjilitjap]]> North Africa]]> India--Kolkata]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> 1942]]> George Milson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Liz McElwee]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Pakistan--Hyderabad]]> India]]> India--Kolkata]]> Burma]]> Burma--Akyab (District)]]> Burma--Toungoo]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Indonesia]]> Indonesia--Bandung]]> Indonesia--Jakarta]]> Singapore]]> North Africa]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> 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]]> Returned to England in July 1944.

Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Pembrey, Gilgil Kenya, RAF Sharjah, RAF Shandur and Celone in Italy.

Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Blenheim, Anson, Blenheim IV, Blenheim V, Baltimore, Halifax, B-24 Liberator , Wellington, Sunderland, Hudson, C-47 Dakota, Vincent.

With 244 Squadron he flew 40 day operations. These were anti-submarine patrols, shipping patrols and convoy escort duties covering the Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. His pilots for these were Flight Sergeant Cousins and Flying Officer Curtiss.
He flew 27 night bombing and minelaying operations with 178 Squadron. Target included Piraeus, Candia, Suda Bay, Salamis Straits, Chalcis, Athens, Plovdiv, Padua, Sofia, Genoa, River Danube, Bucharest, Budapest, Sezze and road communications. His pilots were Flying Officers McGinnis, Elinor and Brimacombe, Flight Lieutenant Knight and Warrant Officer Stronagh.

]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Review Oct 2024]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> Kenya]]> Kenya--Gilgil]]> North Africa]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Egypt]]> Libya]]> Libya--Al Adm]]> Arabian Sea--Gulf of Oman]]> Persian Gulf]]> Greece]]> Greece--Athens]]> Greece--Ērakleion]]> Greece--Chalkida]]> Greece--Piraeus]]> Mediterranean Sea]]> Mediterranean Sea--Salamis Straits]]> Mediterranean Sea--Suda Bay]]> Bulgaria]]> Bulgaria--Plovdiv]]> Bulgaria--Sofia]]> Italy]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Padua]]> Italy--Sezze]]> Danube River]]> Romania]]> Romania--Bucharest]]> Hungary]]> Hungary--Budapest]]> Arabian Sea]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> 1941]]> 1942-08-17]]> 1942-08-29]]> 1942-09-13]]> 1942-10-06]]> 1942-10-27]]> 1942-10-30]]> 1942-11-05]]> 1942-11-08]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-17]]> 1942-11-19]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-21]]> 1942-11-27]]> 1942-12-28]]> 1942-12-30]]> 1942-12-31]]> 1943-01-01]]> 1943-01-02]]> 1943-01-03]]> 1943-01-11]]> 1943-01-12]]> 1943-01-18]]> 1943-01-19]]> 1943-01-27]]> 1943-01-28]]> 1943-01-29]]> 1943-01-30]]> 1943-01-31]]> 1943-02-01]]> 1943-02-02]]> 1943-02-12]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-02-19]]> 1943-02-23]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-03-04]]> 1943-12-06]]> 1943-12-07]]> 1943-12-08]]> 1943-12-09]]> 1943-12-11]]> 1943-12-12]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-09]]> 1944-01-10]]> 1944-01-11]]> 1944-01-12]]> 1944-01-15]]> 1944-01-16]]> 1944-01-23]]> 1944-01-24]]> 1944-01-26]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1944-02-04]]> 1944-02-05]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1944-03-23]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-04-17]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-05]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-13]]> 1944-05-17]]> 1944-05-18]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-24]]> 1944-05-26]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-29]]> Don Gray]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> BGrayDAGrayDAv2-Transcript]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> France--Pauillac (Gironde)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Germany--Essen]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland]]> Belgium--Hasselt]]> England--Grimsby]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> France--Strasbourg]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France--Calais]]> England--Ringwood]]> Burma]]> Italy--Elmas]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India--Rājsamand (District)]]> India--Gwalior]]> India--Allahabad]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Burma--Akyab (District)]]> Burma--Myingyan (District)]]> Burma--Toungoo]]> Burma--Magwe]]> Burma--Sagaing]]> Singapore]]> Austria]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> India--Kolkata]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> France]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Libya]]> Egypt]]> North Africa]]> Burma--Ywataung]]> Belgium]]> India]]> Iraq]]> Italy]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Pakistan]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> India]]> India--Kānpur]]> Sri Lanka]]> Sri Lanka--Colombo]]> France]]> France--Marseille]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Asia--Ganges River]]> India--Allahabad]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> 1946-03]]> 1946-10]]> 1946-01]]> A Gaunt]]> J Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Maureen Clarke]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Spalding]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Liverpool]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> South Africa--Durban]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baṣrah]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Iraq--Ḥabbānīyah]]> Gaza Strip--Gaza]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Alexandria]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> Germany--Wolfsburg (Lower Saxony)]]> France]]> France--Royan]]> Czech Republic]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Egypt]]> Gaza Strip]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> North Africa]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> 1937]]> 1940-09]]> 1940-11-04]]> 1941-03]]> 1941-08-31]]> 1943-02]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-08-24]]> 1944-11-09]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-19]]> 1944-12]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-04]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-23]]> 1945-05-06]]> 1945-05]]> Wartime recollections of John (known to his friends as Jack) George Smith from Pinchbeck. He tells of life before the war, how he went on to volunteer for the RAF in August 1940 and describes his training as a wireless operator. The document includes the radio school crest and a photograph of a Battle aircraft. He describes, in detail, his long voyage from Liverpool via Cape Town, eventually arriving at RAF Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates and describes life and work on this station. He tells of medical issues and his subsequent posting to RAF Habbaniya in Iraq. Goes on to describe journey back to England overland via Gaza, Cairo and Alexandria, thence by ship. On returning he continues aircrew training at RAF Madley and Llandwrog in Wales. The document Includes photographs of Proctor, Dominie and Anson. After crewing up and starting operations on Wellington aircraft, he continues with postings to heavy conversion units and Lancaster finishing school before joining 189 Squadron at RAF Fulbeck. He then goes on to describes, in detail, operations from December 1944 to April 1945, including repatriating prisoners of war and Cook's tour to see damage to German cities. He describes life after the war including his marriage. The memoir includes photographs of Wellington. Stirling, night bombing, wedding and a page from logbook.

]]> A Gaunt]]> J Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Maureen Clarke]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Spalding]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Liverpool]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> South Africa--Durban]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baṣrah]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Iraq--Ḥabbānīyah]]> Gaza Strip--Gaza]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Alexandria]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> Germany--Wolfsburg (Lower Saxony)]]> France]]> France--Royan]]> Czech Republic]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Egypt]]> Gaza Strip]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> North Africa]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]> 1937]]> 1940-09]]> 1940-11-04]]> 1941-03]]> 1941-08-31]]> 1943-02]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-08-24]]> 1944-11-09]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-19]]> 1944-12]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-04]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-23]]> 1945-05-06]]> 1945-05]]> Photo 1 is four airman on the base of an ornamental street light on the Promenade in Tripoli, captioned 'No 1 Crew, Tripoli Harbour'.
Photo 2 is an aerial view of two pyramids at Giza, captioned 'Der Pyramids'.
Photo 3 is a side view of a York, captioned ' "M" Mike at Sharjah Iraqui Joe in front'.

Additional information kindly provided by Frank Schilder.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frank Schilder]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Libya]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> United Arab Emirates]]> North Africa]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Jīzah]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah]]>