Diary -1946

Diary -1946

Diary for 1946 January to March and October with a few entries some military and some personal. Some addresses of colleagues.

1946

printed booklet with handwritten entries

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COLLINS GEM DIARY
No.364

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JANUARY 1946
Tues. 1

Wed. 2

Thurs. 3

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Fri. 4
LAST – LIB; TAKEN.
KILO.FORTY.
WE. FLEW. IT. DOWN

Sat. 5
6:2:46!
236. Wing.
C. System.
Wings [indecipherable word] F/O.

Sun 6
1890077. SGT. CLIFTON. C.W.
[underlined] 104. SQDN [/underlined]:-

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Mon. 7
PARCEL. POSTED.
[underlined] HOME [/underlined].

Tues. 8

Wed. 9

Thur. 10

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Fri. 11

Sat. 12

Sun. 13

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FEBRUARY 1946

Mon. 4
REMMITANCE. OF.
£60..0..0d. SENT. HOME.

Tues. 5
MY. SKIPPER. NAV; [symbol]
GUNNER. POSTED
22. P.T.C.

Wed. 6

Thur. 7

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Fri. 8
POSTED. TO. 231. WING.

Sat. 9
1851428. W./O. J. COLE.
47. Claron. Rd.
Bitterne Park.
Southampton.

Sun. 10

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Mon. 11

Tues. 12
RECEIVED. NO. MAIL. OR. CARD.
FROM. MOTHER.
MY, 21. BIRTHDAY.
RECEIVED. NO. MAIL. FROM.
HOME. FOR. [symbol] WEEKS.

Wed. 13

Thur. 14

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1897059. F/SGT,

Fri. 15
76. St James Rd,
Surbitone [sic]. “POP.”
Surrey
Dennis. Thursfield.

Sat. 16
“Vioron”
High Park Crescent.
Seddgley [sic]. SEDDGLEY [sic].
NR; DUDLEY. WORC;

Sun 17
MR; W. GLOSS.

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Mon. 18

Tues. 19

Wed. 20

Thur. 21
LEB;

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Fri. 22

Sat. 23

Sun. 24

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Mon. 25

Tues. 26

Wed. 27
STILL. NO. SIGNS. OF.
MAIL. FROM. HOME.

Thur. 28

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MARCH 1946

Fri. 1

Sat. 2

Sun. 3

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OCTOBER 1946

Mon. 14

Tues. 15
12/9. 6 gallons petrol.
2 1/2 hours overtime.

Wed. 16

Thur. 17

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Fri. 18

Sat. 19

Sun. 20

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