J Williamson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Manchester]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Southwold]]> England--Frome]]> England--Northampton]]> England--Goole]]> England--Newark (Nottinghamshire)]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Remscheid]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> England--Bridlington]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Wales--Cardiff]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Southam (Warwickshire)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> England--Skegness]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany]]> On the reverse each man has signed his name. There is an annotation '21 Initial Training Wing Bridlington Yorkshire January 1st- February 11th 1944'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PSnowballMG21010010]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Bridlington]]> 1944-02]]> England--Bridlington]]> #1 is the Bomber Command crest
#2 is 5 Group crest
#3 is 61 Squadron crest
#4 is 101 Squadron crest
#5 is Ernest's call up paper
#6 is Ernest's acceptance into air force
#7 is a meal pass used at ITW Bridlington.]]>
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Albert remembers operations to Dessau and Magdeburg. On one operation shrapnel caught them, there was a big flash and the aircraft filled with smoke. A crew member bailed out and was taken as a prisoner of war. The last two operations were to Heligoland and Bremen, and the crew were also involved in Operation Manna. At one point, Albert was accused of selling aircraft fuel as a million gallons had gone missing, but he was not charged. After completing another mechanics course Albert went to Gibraltar. From there he returned home to be demobbed. After the war Albert finished his apprenticeship in engineering and became a fitter and turner, eventually working for ICI in Northwich. He married a girl he had met while at Hemswell. Albert didn’t keep in touch with the crew but remembered a Simpson (pilot), Pete Jenkins (bomb aimer), Wally Pyle (navigator) and Bob Hayes (rear gunner).]]> Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Bridlington]]> England--London]]> England--Northwich]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Gibraltar]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Kent]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Nigel Moore]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Bridlington]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Canada]]> 1945]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Bridlington]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Harrogate]]> Canada]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> P J Hogan]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Bridlington]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Bendigo]]> Victoria]]> 1945-05-29]]> Dick Curnock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Austria]]> Austria--Villach]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Abbotsford]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> Gibraltar]]> Germany]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bridlington]]> England--Horsham]]> England--Leicester]]> England--London]]> England--Melksham]]> Italy]]> Italy--Bari]]> Italy--Cortina d'Ampezzo]]> Italy--Naples]]> Italy--Padua]]> Italy--Ravenna]]> Italy--Rimini]]> Italy--Rome]]> Italy--Udine]]> Italy--Venice]]> Malta]]> North Africa]]> Poland--Toruń]]> Germany--Lüneburg]]> Poland]]> Lithuania]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Germany--Bad Fallingbostel]]> England--Christchurch (Dorset)]]> Québec]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> The British Prisoners of War Relatives' Association]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> Japan--Hakodate-shi]]> Malaysia--Sandakan (Sabah)]]> Korea]]> Japan--Fukuoka-shi]]> Taiwan]]> Thailand]]> Japan--Zentsūji-shi]]> Germany--Königstein (Pirna)]]> United States]]> Washington (D.C.)]]> Russia (Federation)--Vladivostok]]> Thailand--Bangkok]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> England--Worcester]]> England--Bridlington]]> England--Brighouse]]> England--Bristol]]> England--Burnley]]> England--Caterham]]> England--Clitheroe]]> England--Durham]]> England--Grimsby]]> England--Cleethorpes]]> England--Hungerford]]> England--Kendal]]> England--Newbury]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Oldham]]> England--Reading]]> England--Spen]]> Russia (Federation)--Moscow]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> Poland]]> Singapore]]> Victoria]]> Malaysia]]> Ontario]]> Germany]]> Japan]]> Russia (Federation)]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Westmorland]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1945-02]]>
Photo 2 - Wedding photograph of Woody Freamo and Lily. He is in uniform, she is wearing a dress with a fur stole over her shoulders, hat and gloves.

Photo 3 - a hotel in Bridlington, captioned 'The Expanse, North Parade, Bridlington'.

Item 4 - an invitation to a 50th wedding anniversary party for Woody and Lily Freamo, in Ontario from their children.

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1 Sewerby Cliffs
2 The Spa
3 The harbour
4 Princes Gardens
5 Sands and Spa
6 Victoria Terraces and sands

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1 South Sands, Bridlington
2 Landing, Flamborough
3 Yorkshireman, Bridlington
4 Promenade, North Shore, Bridlington
5 Bridlington
6 Thornwick Bay, Flamborough

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Photo 2 is Dorothy sitting on a beach, annotated 'Bridlington'.
Photo 3 is Ray sitting on a beach.
Photo 4 is Ray standing in a park, annotated 'Horley'.
Photo 5 is Dorothy standing by the coast, annotated 'Brighton'.
Photo 6 is Ray sitting on a low wall, smoking a pipe, annotated' Brighton'.]]>
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Photo 2 is Dorothy on a post on the beach.
Photo 3 is Ray, Dorothy, Fred and Rays mother and father on steps.
Photo 4 is Ray on a post on the beach.
Photo 5 is Ray and Dorothy on the promenade.
Photo 6 is Dorothy on the beach.
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