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John 'Jack' Crawford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> British Columbia]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Manitoba]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Nova Scotia]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> Québec]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Saskatchewan]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Hörstel]]> Germany--Kaiserslautern]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Norway]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Panama]]> Panama--Panama Canal]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> United States]]> Illinois]]> Illinois--Chicago]]> New York (State)]]> New York (State)--New York]]> 1942-06-11]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-21]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-04-02]]> 1943-05-03]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-10-17]]> 1944-10-18]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-23]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-10]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-04]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-02-17]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]>

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John 'Jack' Crawford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Canada]]> British Columbia]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> 1942-12]]>
Daily Mail Reporter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Windsor]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Kingston upon Thames]]> Ontario]]> 1944-01-31]]> Top right - newspaper cutting - Lancaster lands on bomb door. Account of badly damage Lancaster with wounded crew returning from operation to Berlin.
Middle left - newspaper cutting - Bullet and inch off heart: got bomber back. Account of wounded navigator Warrant Officer Meek RCAF and gunner Pilot Officer Baker. Meek helped to get Lancaster home despite bullet in shoulder and inch from his heart. Mentions award DFC for pilot and gunner and CGM for navigator,
Bottom right - photograph of seven aircrew in a variety of flying gear standing in front of the rear fuselage of Lancaster ME584. Captioned 'Prior to [.....] flight of Jan 30-31.44, names of crew annotated but illegible'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Babs Nichols]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]>
Frederick Griffin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Scotland--Banffshire]]> England--Surrey]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Ontario--Windsor]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Ontario]]> Alberta]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Hull]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Ontario]]> Alberta]]> 1943-11-18]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Bottom - view along a beach with sea wall on the left with road and trees behind it. Captioned 'English Bay, Vancouver'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]>
Additional information kindly provided by Frank Schilder.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frank Schilder]]> Photograph]]> Canada]]> British Columbia]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]>
Photo 1 is a ship, captioned 'Princess Margeritte'.
Photo 2 is a ship captioned 'Island Packet'.
Photo 3 is a ship captioned 'The Seattle Ferry'.
Photo 4 is a girl shovelling snow.
Photo 5 is an airman, a woman and a girl.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> British Columbia--Victoria]]>
Photo 1 is the waterfront taken from the ferry.
Photo 2 is the waterfront taken from Stanley Park.
Photo 3 is a river and mountains, captioned 'A little more Rockies'.
Photo 4 is of two bridges, captioned 'Vancouver Inlet'.
Photo 5 is a ship captioned 'Victoria-Seattle Ferry Outward Bound'.
Photo 6 and 7 are a suspension bridge heading into the mist, captioned 'The Lyons [sic] Gate Bridge from Stanley Park'.
Photo 8 is the ferry heading under the Lions Gate Bridge.
Photo 9 is the ferry from Stanley Park.
Photo 10 is Sam, a woman and a girl standing beside a totem pole at the Prospect Point lookout in Stanley Park, captioned 'Me, Trudy and ?'.
Photo 11 is Sid, a woman and a girl standing beside a totem pole at the Prospect Point lookout in Stanley Park, captioned 'Sid, Trudy and ?'.
Photo 12 is a lake.
Photo 13 is a navy ship captioned 'HMCS corvette'.
Photo 14 is sea and mountains captioned 'Fisherman's Cove'.
Photo 15 is the English Beach.
Photo 16 is women in swim suits on top of the B.C. Electric float. Captioned 'Bathing Beauties - 1941'. This was taken at 579 Granville Street, Vancouver during the All Out for Victory parade, 25 August 1941.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Oscar Verhoeven]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> 1941-08-25]]>
Photo 1, 2 and 3 are views of the Rockies.
Photo 4 is Vancouver.
Photo 5 is Sam looking at a bear.
Photo 6 is a native Canadian totem pole.
Photo 7, 8 and 10 are of different women.
Photo 9 is Sam with three women.
Photo 11 and 12 are of two different women.
Photo 13 is packing to go home.
Photo 14 is a flag on the ship, going home.
Photo 15 is a gun on the ship.

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Penny Thickett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> 1941]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Nova Scotia--Digby]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> Ontario--Hamilton]]> Saskatchewan--Saskatoon]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Great Britain]]> England--Birmingham]]> Ontario]]> Saskatchewan]]> Alberta]]> Nova Scotia]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Manitoba]]> Further annotation reads '24 O.T.U. [indecipherable] 1659 F/O Black']]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Manitoba]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Ontario--Timmins]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Hamilton]]> Ontario]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Ontario--St. Thomas]]> Ontario--Brantford]]> Ontario--Burlington]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Ontario]]> Manitoba]]>