The donor kindly provided this additional information. 'My father recounted a number of anecdotes about his service and one concerns the entry on his service record where you will see it just says Cheddington. As you will be aware RAF Cheddington was at that time a USAAF base. I cannot verify this it is only what my father told me. The reason for the week at Cheddington was due to a dispute between Bomber Command and USAAF around the turn around time of the four engined heavies. The RAF said the Americans were taking too long compared to the RAF for engine servicing or replacements, not sure exactly but it resulted in a group of RAF personnel going to Cheddington to show them how the RAF did it. As I recall father said he was somewhat surprised to find rows of USAAF service personnel sitting on chairs in front of the aircraft while the RAF changed all four engines and brought the aircraft back on line.
He also told me about being on crash duty for the returning aircraft and of one instance when the airfield was attacked and having to run for the shelters.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1939-12-18]]> ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Text]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Princes Risborough]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Bushey]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Doncaster]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> 1939-01-26]]> 1941-07-05]]> 1941-08-02]]> 1942-10-01]]> 1942-12-28]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1952]]> 1965]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Aylesbury]]> 1939-01-26]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1941-10-13]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> 1938-07]]> On the reverse '98 Entry B Class Halton 7.5.43' and 12 signatures.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Paul Ross]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> 1943-05-07]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> 1931]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> 1930]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Great Britain]]> England--Milton Keynes]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stillgoe]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Milton Keynes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Verity Garner]]> eng]]> Physical object]]> Physical object. Clothing]]> PJonesJT17040002,
PJonesJT17040003,
PJonesJT17040004,
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Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--West Bromwich]]> England--Penrith]]> England--Newbury]]> England--Bishop Auckland]]> England--Wendover]]> Scotland--Clydebank]]> England--London]]> England--Reading]]> Scotland--Fife]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Bedford]]> England--Guildford]]> Wales--Chepstow]]> England--Bishop's Stortford]]> England--Birmingham]]> Scotland--Moray]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cumberland]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--High Wycombe]]> 1946-01-26]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Slough]]> 1944-03-21]]> #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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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Aylesbury]]> 1943-03]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Aylesbury]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Aylesbury]]> 1940]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> 1944-12-30]]> First is of the three story brick accommodation blocks arranged around a square with some apprentices running, caption '10 times round the square'.
The second is looking from the accommodation blocks out onto the square with the apprentices on parade and the Station band standing by, captioned 'A.O.C's Parade'.
Third is of 18 young men posed in three rows out side an accommodation block, captioned 'Day one in the RAF at Halton'.]]>
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