M L Payne]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Australia]]> South Australia--Clare]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> South Australia]]> 1945-06-28]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Ballarat]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> Queensland]]> Victoria--Rutherglen]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Darryl Harrison]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Queensland--Darling Downs]]> Queensland--Bundaberg]]> Queensland]]> L E Patison]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Australia]]> New South Wales--Wollongong]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Overloon]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> New South Wales]]> 1945-01-01]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Derbyshire]]> Australia]]> Western Australia--Perth]]> Western Australia]]> 1943-07]]>
Air Marshall Sir Ralph Sorley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Felixstowe]]> England--Eastbourne (East Sussex)]]> England--Calshot]]> England--Bembridge]]> Atlantic Ocean--Spithead Channel]]> England--Cowes]]> England--Stroud]]> Scotland--Montrose]]> England--Sunbury]]> England--London]]> Monaco]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> England--Felixstowe]]> England--Aldeburgh]]> Iraq]]> Middle East--Kurdistan]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Jordan]]> Iran]]> Middle East--Euphrates River]]> Syria]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> Singapore]]> Australia]]> Borneo]]> China--Hong Kong]]> England--Kent]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> France--Paris]]> Nigeria]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> Yugoslavia]]> Norway]]> Portugal]]> Spain]]> Denmark]]> Japan]]> Belgium]]> Argentina]]> Austria]]> Brazil]]> Canada]]> Chile]]> Greece]]> China]]> Lithuania]]> Estonia]]> England--Weybridge]]> Scotland--Island of Arran]]> England--Kingston upon Thames]]> France--Dunkerque]]> England--Hatfield (Hertfordshire)]]> Newfoundland and Labrador]]> New Brunswick]]> Maine]]> Maine--Presque Isle]]> Washington (D.C.)]]> Massachusetts--Boston]]> Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Maryland--Baltimore]]> Washington (D.C.)--Anacostia]]> Tennessee--Nashville]]> Arkansas--Little Rock]]> Texas--Dallas]]> Texas--Fort Worth]]> Texas--Midland]]> Arizona--Tucson]]> California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)]]> California--Palm Springs]]> California--Los Angeles]]> California--Beverly Hills]]> California--San Diego]]> Arizona--Winslow]]> New Mexico--Albuquerque]]> Kansas--Wichita]]> Missouri--Saint Louis]]> Ohio--Dayton]]> New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Newfoundland and Labrador--Gander]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Germany--Rheine]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> India]]> Switzerland--Zurich]]> Lebanon--Beirut]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India--Kolkata]]> Singapore]]> Indonesia--Jakarta]]> Australia]]> Northern Territory--Darwin]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> South Australia--Woomera]]> South Australia--Adelaide]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> Sri Lanka--Colombo]]> Spain--Madrid]]> South Africa--Johannesburg]]> Kenya--Nairobi]]> Sudan--Khartoum]]> Greece--Athens]]> Italy--Rome]]> Zambia--Lusaka]]> Zambia--Ndola]]> Zambia--Mbala]]> Heathrow Airport (London, England)]]> Turkey--Istanbul]]> France--Nice]]> Utah--Salt Lake City]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Atlantic Ocean--Firth of Clyde]]> Italy]]> France]]> Arizona]]> Arkansas]]> California]]> Kansas]]> Maryland]]> Massachusetts]]> Missouri]]> New Mexico]]> New York (State)]]> Ohio]]> Tennessee]]> Texas]]> Utah]]> New South Wales]]> South Australia]]> Victoria]]> Northern Territory]]> Egypt]]> Sudan]]> North Africa]]> Ontario]]> Québec]]> Germany]]> Indonesia]]> Iraq]]> Kenya]]> Lebanon]]> Netherlands]]> South Africa]]> Switzerland]]> Pakistan]]> Sri Lanka]]> Turkey]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Czech Republic]]> Slovakia]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Great Yarmouth]]> Covers his operational tour and bombing operations.]]> Bob Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Heinsberg (Heinsberg)]]> France]]> France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> United States]]> Michigan--Detroit]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> France--Châlons-en-Champagne]]> France--Caen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Sylt]]> France--Somme]]> France--Aire-sur-la-Lys]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Brest]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> France--Falaise Region]]> France--Royan]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> Sweden]]> Denmark]]> Sweden--Malmö]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> France--Calais]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Europe--Kattegat Region]]> Norway]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Denmark--Frederikshavn]]> France--Strasbourg]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Netherlands--Nijmegen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Germany--Essen]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Belgium--Charleroi]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Netherlands--Veere]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Aachen Region]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Fulda]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Osterfeld]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> Queensland--Brisbane]]> Scotland--Inverness]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Colchester]]> Germany--Merseburg Region]]> 1944]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Bendigo]]> Victoria]]> 1949-02-05]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wakefield]]> England--Nottingham]]> England--Epping]]> England--Mirfield (West Yorkshire)]]> England--London]]> Ireland--Dublin]]> Ireland--Waterford]]> England--Letchworth]]> England--Andover]]> England--Coniston (Cumbria)]]> Ireland--Naas]]> Australia]]> Western Australia--Perth]]> England--Stapleford (Nottinghamshire)]]> England--Repton]]> Scotland--Kilmarnock]]> England--Dorchester (Dorset)]]> England--Westmorland]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Jim Allen]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Laura Morgan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> BAllenJHAllenJHv20004,
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Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> United States]]> India]]> New Zealand]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Northumberland]]> Germany--Jever]]> Kuwait]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zambia--Lusaka]]> Zambia--Ndola]]> Iran--Bābul Sar]]> Germany]]> Iran]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> Australia]]> Northern Territory--Darwin]]> Germany]]> Iraq]]> Japan]]> Germany]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Africa--Rhodesia and Nyasaland]]> North Africa]]> Egypt--Ismailia (Province)]]> 1938]]> 1939-09-04]]> 1939-12-18]]> 1942]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Warrington]]> England--London]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Marlborough]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Australia]]> New South Wales]]> New South Wales--Bowral]]> 1943]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> South Australia]]> South Australia--Port Pirie]]>

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> South Australia--Adelaide]]> South Australia]]> 1943-07]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> 1941-10]]> He describes their capture, mistreatment and interrogations at various locations. After interrogations at Dulag Luft they were sent to a transit camp in Frankfurt then on by train to Heydekrug, Stalag Luft VI. Although their camp section was new it was cramped and basic. He describes camp life in detail. As the Russians got closer they were sent by train to an Army camp at Thorn. He read a copy of NCO education in the camp. These courses were extremely popular and supported by text books sent from the UK. Exams were sat and papers sent to the UK for marking. At Thorn they marched to Stammlager 357 but not for long. They then marched back to the railway and were sent to Fallingbostel. He describes the rail journey in detail, then in greater detail he describes camp life.
Later he was moved to an officer's camp at Eichstadt. This turned out to be an Army camp which refused them and they were sent to Sagan. He stayed there for a short time then was moved to Stalag Luft 3, then 111A. As the Russians neared they moved again. After a couple of days waiting in trucks they returned to their camp. The railway system was breaking down as the end of the war neared.
After the Russians reached them they were allowed out of the camp but still remained billeted there. He writes about his impressions of the Russians.
His journey home was delayed by rain that did not allow aircraft to fly.
His story ends with his retelling of the night his aircraft was shot down, his night in Brussels and his return to England.]]>
Alan McInnes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lichfield]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Stendal]]> Switzerland]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Poland]]> Italy]]> Canada]]> United States]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland--Toruń]]> Greece]]> Greece--Crete]]> Poland--Vistula River]]> England--Staverton (Northamptonshire)]]> Germany--Bad Fallingbostel]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland--Bydgoszcz]]> Poland--Poznań]]> Germany--Pasewalk]]> Germany--Neubrandenburg]]> Germany--Stavenhagen]]> Germany--Malchin (Landkreis)]]> Germany--Güstrow]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Eichstätt]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Eisenach]]> Germany--Fürth (Bavaria)]]> Germany--Treuchtlingen]]> Germany--Ingolstadt]]> Germany--Regensburg]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Plauen]]> Poland--Wrocław]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> New South Wales]]> India--Jammu and Kashmir]]> China]]> England--London]]> Germany--Elbe]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> Germany--Jüterbog]]> Ukraine--Odesa]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Brighton]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Ukraine]]> Germany--Luckenwalde]]> Poland--Poznań]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hof (Hof)]]> 1944-01-21]]>

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Physical object]]> Text]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Australia]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> New South Wales]]>

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bodenseekreis]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cochem]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Meppen]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Wiesbaden]]> New South Wales--Parkes]]> Scotland--Wigtownshire]]> South Australia--Port Pirie]]> New South Wales]]> South Australia]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-05]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-28]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-01-18]]> 1945-01-21]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-23]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-05-02]]> 1951]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Queensland]]> New South Wales--Gladstone]]> 1944-02-16]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Graben (Bavaria)]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Stade (Lower Saxony)]]> New South Wales--Narrandera]]> Queensland--Bundaberg]]> New South Wales]]> Queensland]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944-12-02]]> 1944-12-03]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-19]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-10]]> 1945-02-11]]> 1945-03-30]]> 1945-03-31]]> 1945-04-02]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-15]]> 1945-04-16]]> 1945-04-17]]> M Warburton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> Canada]]> Australia]]> England--Greater Manchester]]> England--Bolton (Greater Manchester)]]> 1944-01-27]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]>

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> South Australia]]> Victoria]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--Châtellerault]]> France--Givors]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Limoges]]> France--L'Isle-Adam]]> France--Marne]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Oise]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Poitiers]]> France--Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Bremerhaven]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Aunay-sur-Odon]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-20]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-22]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-09]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-21]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-09-05]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-18]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-26]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> South Australia--Adelaide]]> South Australia]]> 1943]]>