A R Witty]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> 1944-07-23]]> A R Witty]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> 1944-07-23]]> A R Witty]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> 1944-08-26]]> A R Witty]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> 1944-08-26]]>
Part 2, "No Problem Sport".Covers Alan Gamble's short flying history over France in 1945 before being shot down, and his experiences as a POW in southern Germany and subsequent liberation. The manuscript of Part 2 appears to be complete except for one or more pages missing about two thirds of the way through. This is at the beginning or the end of a fragment bound by metal clips, and could easily have become detached as the outside pages of some fragments' in Part 3 were also lost. It is therefore possible that only one page is missing.

Part 3. "Nil Desperandum".Covers Alan Gamble's post war experiences up to about 1963. This has not been read.

The manuscript of Part 3 is missing pages 24-86, 120 and 170, the latter two being the outside pages of bound fragments. (Page numbering here has assisted in reconstruction).

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.





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Ted discusses in detail his role as a flight engineer.
Ted stopped flying in September 1945. He dropped old ammunition and bombs in the North Sea and did a safety course at RAF St Athan. He was sent to a maintenance unit in Faßberg, near Belsen, and was demobilised. He became a government Senior Scientific Officer.]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Somerset]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Soltau]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Helmstedt]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Recklinghausen (Münster)]]> Germany--Wangerooge Island]]> Germany--Witten]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-09]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> India--New Delhi]]> India--Bilāspur (Chhattīsgarh : District)]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Second generation]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany--Bremerhaven]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Prince Edward Island]]> 1943]]> 1944-11-14]]> 1945]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> William Evans]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> North Africa]]> Egypt]]> Persian Gulf Region]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1939-12-14]]> Claire Bennett]]> This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943]]> 1945]]> Claire Bennett]]> This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--The Wash]]> D C Fleming]]> A W Cooper]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Gloucester]]> France]]> France--Lorient]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> France--Cannes]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-24]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-01-22]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-24]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-26]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-08]]> 1943-04-10]]> 1943-04-10]]> 1943-04-14]]> 1943-04-16]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1943-03-28]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-13]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-09-05]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-11]]> 1943-11-18]]> Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Jimmy refers to several operations with 83 Squadron to places in Norway and Germany, including cross country runs across France and Belgium. They experienced being hit by anti-aircraft fire. The final operation was to Tønsberg in Norway. They also jettisoned incendiaries into the North Sea. Jimmy moved from 83 Squadron to RAF Coningsby, followed by RAF Finningley, a Bomber Command instructors’ course, and RAF North Luffenham, a Heavy Conversion Unit. Jimmy did a number of trips to RAF Moreton in the Marsh; to dump aircraft. He was at Cambridge when demobilised.]]> Dave Pilsworth]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Norway--Tønsberg]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> France]]> Belgium]]> Germany]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Sassnitz]]> Norway--Tønsberg]]> 1943]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Boston]]> England--Lincoln]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> England--The Wash]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> 1943]]> 1944-02]]> David Sanders]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Hamilton]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Sassnitz]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Netherlands--Veere]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Norway--Tønsberg]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Denise Boneham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> England--Devon]]> England--Ilfracombe]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> ]]> Don Falgate]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Bremerhaven]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Norway--Bergen]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>