Ivan Ure]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> Royal Navy]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Isle of Wight]]> Norway]]> Scotland--Argyllshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Westbourne (West Sussex)]]> England--London]]> England--Hayling Island]]> England--Evenley]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Blackpool]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> Lithuania]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Lithuania--Klaipėda]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland--Białogard]]> Poland--Pyrzyce (Powiat)]]> Germany--Lauenburg]]> Germany--Lüneburg]]> Germany--Rheine]]> England--London]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Dublin]]> Ireland--Cork]]> Austria]]> Austria--Vienna]]> Libya]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Jīzah]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> Kuwait]]> Bahrain]]> Iran]]> Iran--Tehran]]> Scotland--Oban]]> ]]> A Dorricott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nicki Brain]]> Alan Pinchbeck]]> Karl Williams]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text. Diary]]> Text]]> ]]> British Army]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Burma]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> China]]> China--Hong Kong]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> Great Britain]]> England--Southampton]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> India--Kolkata]]> Malta]]> Singapore]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> North Africa]]> England--Hampshire]]> 1914]]> 1915]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> North Africa]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> North Africa]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> North Africa]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> North Africa]]> Denise Boneham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Cyprus]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> Libya]]> North Africa]]> Cyprus--Nicosia]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Essex]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Surrey]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> 1945]]> 1947]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> North Africa]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> 1947-05]]> Jim Taylor]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> Scotland--Angus]]> Scotland--Brechin]]> England--Southampton]]> Scotland--Lanark]]> England--London]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Sussex]]> Belgium]]> Ethiopia]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Liverpool]]> Scotland--Motherwell]]> Gibraltar]]> Malta]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Egypt--Alexandria]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> Sudan--Port Sudan]]> Indian Ocean--Strait of Mandab]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> England--Sandringham]]> Yemen (Republic)--Ḥaḍramawt (Province)]]> Somalia]]> Iraq]]> Somalia--Burao]]> Middle East--Rubʻ al-Khali]]> Scotland--Wishaw]]> England--Sandhurst (Berkshire)]]> Egypt--Suez]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Morocco--Tangier]]> France--Marseille]]> England--Newmarket (Suffolk)]]> Yemen (Republic)--Ḍāliʻ]]> 1932]]> 1933]]> 1934]]> 1935]]> 1936]]> 1937]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> John Shipman]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> Great Britain]]> England--Melton Mowbray]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> North Africa]]> England--Leicestershire]]> 1946]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Australia]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Western Australia--Fremantle]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> England--Liverpool]]> Western Australia]]> New South Wales]]> North Africa]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1945]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> North Africa]]> Training continued on Whitleys before a transfer to Acaster Malbis for yet more training, followed by the heavy conversion unit at Marston Moor, on Halifaxes.
His first operational posting was 51 Squadron at Snaith. He covers each operation in detail. Interspersed with the details are explanations of electronic systems and tactics used.
During one operation he was shot down and parachuted behind the German lines. Eventually he was taken prisoner, interrogated then transferred to Stalag Luft 7. As the Russians got nearer they were forced to walk west. Later they were transferred by train to Stalag IIIA.
The account then jumps to reunions in the 1980s, then returns to the last few days at the camp as the war ends.
He reached home on 15th May.

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Henry Wagner]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Henley-on-Thames]]> England--Reading]]> England--London]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Hull]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Liverpool]]> South Africa--Durban]]> South Africa--East London]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Italy--Sicily]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> England--Harrogate]]> England--Whitley Bay]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Falmouth]]> England--York]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Essen]]> England--Beachy Head]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> England--Derby]]> Germany--Soest]]> England--Nottingham]]> Germany--Hildesheim]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Alps]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Italy]]> Algeria]]> Libya]]> Egypt]]> North Africa]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> South Africa]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Schönebeck (Schönebeck)]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> North Africa]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> He was stationed at RAF Yatesbury (No.2 Radio School), RAF Aqir (No. 76 Operational Training Unit and No. 26 Anti-Aircraft Cooperation Unit), RAF Abu Sueir (1675 Heavy Conversion Unit), RAF Khormaksar (Aden Communication Flight).
Aircraft in which flown: Proctor, Dominie, Wellington X, Liberator VI, Baltimore, Ventura, Albacore, Beechcraft, Mosquito, Anson.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> Israel]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]>
Photo 1 is a view of a jetty captioned 'Station on Suez Canal'.
Photo 2 is a civilian man in shirt and trousers, captioned 'Alf Staley'.
Photo 3 and 6 are a group of seven men on the deck, captioned 'On board HMT Strathnaver'.
Photo 4 is a landing craft full of people, captioned 'Boarding HMT Strathnaver at Port Said'.
Photo 5 is an airman in khaki and shorts, captioned 'Outside 23 Billet'.
Photo 7 is a liner captioned 'Dutch boat in Suez canal'.
Photo 8 is five women standing at the rail on deck, captioned 'Concert Party On Board'.

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> North Africa]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> 1947-05]]> Photo 1 is a ship, captioned 'HMS British Dilibance [sic] (Tanker) in Suez'.
Photo 2 is a view of a wooded area, captioned 'Ismaila Army Camp from Suez Canal'.
Photo 3 is a naval ship, captioned 'Destroyer R72 (In Suez)'
Photo 4 is a view of the coast captioned 'Aden from HMT Strathnaver'.
Photo 5 is a liner captioned 'Louis Pasteur in Prt Said'.]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> 1947-05]]> Frank Hobbs]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> North Africa]]> 1942-04-25]]> Great Britain. Red Cross and St John war organisation. Prisoners of war department]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Angola]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Cuba]]> Cyprus]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Prague]]> Ethiopia]]> Ethiopia--Addis Ababa]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> France]]> France--Toulon]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bautzen Region]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Goldberg (Schwerin)]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Hohnstein (Grafschaft)]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Luckenwalde]]> Germany--Ravensburg]]> Germany--Sandbostel]]> Germany--Schönfeld]]> Iran]]> Kenya]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Northern Rhodesia]]> Sri Lanka]]> Sri Lanka--Colombo]]> Switzerland]]> Switzerland--Geneva]]> Turkey]]> Turkey--Istanbul]]> Ukraine]]> North Africa]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Karlovy Vary]]> Germany--Moosburg an der Isar]]> Ukraine--Odesa]]> Germany--Mühlberg (Bad Liebenwerda)]]> Czech Republic--Cheb]]> Lithuania]]> Angola--Luanda (Luanda)]]> 1945-05]]>