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  • Collection: Giddings, Leslie

SBondS-GiddingsLv10007.jpg
Half-length portrait of a sergeant wearing tunic with Canada shoulder flash.

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Side view of a Halifax parked on dispersal. A tractor is nearby.

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SBondS-GiddingsLv10005.jpg
A group of spectators waving and watching a Halifax with engines running. On the left a runway control caravan.

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Head and shoulders portrait of Leslie Giddings.

SBondS-GiddingsLv10003.pdf
Speaks a little about training and mentions cross country with Leonard Cheshire as pilot. Mentions first operation to Kassel. Gives details of aircraft involved on Leipzig operation including high loss rates. States he did not know what went wrong…

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SBondS-GiddingsLv10002.pdf
Leslie gives account of his last operation to Leipzig on 19/20 February 1944. He commences with brief description of his join up and training. He mentions operations to Kassel and Berlin, completing 7 operations completed before Leipzig. He rists…

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