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Alistair Montgomery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> British Army]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Bury St. Edmunds]]> England--Felixstowe]]> India]]> Japan]]> 1940]]>
David Boldy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Karl Williams]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Ipswich]]> England--Colchester]]> England--Felixstowe]]> England--Essex]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1939-07]]> 1941]]>
The bombing operations he took part in are described, as is his investiture and his time in India as an administrative officer.

Cruickshank then moves to Instructing before returning to Operations including Nuremberg. He then describes the transition to civilian life after his demobilisation from the RAF, poor health and his attempt to build a business in post war Britain.

Some of the photographs mentioned were donated separately and some are recorded as separate items.]]>
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