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Title
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Weston, Fred
F Weston
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-11-13
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Weston, F
Description
An account of the resource
20 items. The collection concerns Fred Weston DFC (1916 - 2012, 126909 Royal Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 101 and 620 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Catherine Millington and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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Air Gunner
Based around the WWII service of Fred Weston DFC RAFVR
Description
An account of the resource
A biography of Fred. In addition it includes histories of aircraft and squadrons he served in, Details are included of airfields he served at. Additionally there are biographies of various servicemen associated with Fred's squadrons and service.
At the end there is a biography of the officer in charge of Arnhem, Lt-Gen Sir Frederick Browning and his wife Daphne du Maurier.
Creator
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Roger Millington
Date
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2005-01
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Cambridge
England--Letchworth
Wales--Bridgend
Wales--Penrhos
Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)
Singapore
France--Cherbourg
Netherlands--Eindhoven
France--Brest
France--Boulogne-sur-Mer
France--Dunkerque
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
France--Brest
Netherlands--Rotterdam
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Berlin
Italy--Turin
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
France--L'Isle-Adam
France--Quiberon
France--Boulogne-Billancourt
Germany--Essen
France--Le Creusot
Germany--Leverkusen
France--Caen
Netherlands--Arnhem
Norway
Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Belgium--Brussels
England--Rochester (Kent)
Northern Ireland--Belfast
England--Longbridge
France--Arras
England--Darlington
Italy--Genoa
England--Longbridge
Yemen (Republic)--Aden
Europe--Frisian Islands
Germany--Peenemünde
Germany--Nuremberg
Italy--Sicily
France--Normandy
Netherlands--Arnhem
Netherlands--Eindhoven
Netherlands--Nijmegen
Wales--Pwllheli
England--Yorkshire
England--Leicester
England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)
Scotland--Edinburgh
England--Rochford
England--London
England--Cornwall (County)
Scotland--Ayr
England--Friston (East Sussex)
England--Gravesend (Kent)
England--West Malling
England--Hailsham
England--Yelverton (Devon)
England--Bentwaters NATO Air Base
England--Great Dunmow
England--Heacham
England--Weybridge
Wales--Hawarden
England--Blackpool
England--Old Sarum (Extinct city)
England--Kent
England--Folkestone
England--Hambleton (North Yorkshire)
England--York
Scotland--Scottish Borders
England--Cambridge
England--Thurleigh
England--Darlington
England--Hitchin
England--Lancashire
Italy
France
Egypt
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Great Britain
Yemen (Republic)
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
England--Bedfordshire
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Devon
England--Durham (County)
England--Sussex
England--Essex
England--Herefordshire
England--Norfolk
England--Suffolk
England--Surrey
England--Wiltshire
England--Worcestershire
England--Leicestershire
England--Swindon (Wiltshire)
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command
Royal Air Force. Fighter Command
British Army
Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Free French Air Force
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Personal research
Format
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85 sheets
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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BMillingtonRWestonFv1
1 Group
100 Group
101 Squadron
103 Squadron
105 Squadron
114 Squadron
139 Squadron
141 Squadron
148 Squadron
149 Squadron
162 Squadron
1657 HCU
1665 HCU
18 Squadron
180 Squadron
2 Group
208 Squadron
214 Squadron
239 Squadron
3 Group
301 Squadron
304 Squadron
342 Squadron
6 Group
6 Squadron
620 Squadron
7 Squadron
75 Squadron
8 Group
9 Squadron
90 Squadron
97 Squadron
99 Squadron
Advanced Flying Unit
air gunner
aircrew
B-17
B-24
B-25
bale out
Beaufighter
Blenheim
bombing
Bombing and Gunnery School
Boston
Caterpillar Club
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
crash
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Medal
ditching
evading
final resting place
Gee
Gneisenau
H2S
Halifax
Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984)
Harvard
Heavy Conversion Unit
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
Horsa
Hurricane
Ju 87
killed in action
Lancaster
Lysander
Manchester
Me 109
Meteor
mid-air collision
mine laying
Mosquito
navigator
Oboe
Operational Training Unit
P-51
Pathfinders
prisoner of war
propaganda
radar
RAF Bicester
RAF Biggin Hill
RAF Boscombe Down
RAF Bottesford
RAF Bourn
RAF Bradwell Bay
RAF Bramcote
RAF Chedburgh
RAF Chipping Warden
RAF Coltishall
RAF Drem
RAF Driffield
RAF Duxford
RAF Elsham Wolds
RAF Evanton
RAF Fairford
RAF Finningley
RAF Great Massingham
RAF Halfpenny Green
RAF Harwell
RAF Hendon
RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor
RAF Honington
RAF Hornchurch
RAF Horsham St Faith
RAF Kenley
RAF Lakenheath
RAF Leconfield
RAF Leuchars
RAF Linton on Ouse
RAF Little Snoring
RAF Ludford Magna
RAF Manston
RAF Marham
RAF Martlesham Heath
RAF Mildenhall
RAF Newmarket
RAF Newton
RAF North Luffenham
RAF Oakington
RAF Penrhos
RAF Pershore
RAF Ridgewell
RAF Shepherds Grove
RAF Sleap
RAF Stradishall
RAF Tangmere
RAF Tempsford
RAF Tilstock
RAF Tuddenham
RAF Waterbeach
RAF West Raynham
RAF Woodbridge
RAF Wratting Common
RAF Wyton
Resistance
Scharnhorst
Special Operations Executive
Spitfire
Stirling
target indicator
Tiger force
training
Typhoon
V-1
V-2
V-weapon
Wellington
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Caunter-Jackson, Frederick Arthur
Frederick Arthur Caunter-Jackson
F A Caunter-Jackson
Description
An account of the resource
Ten items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Frederick Arthur Caunter-Jackson (84035, Royal Air Force) and contains a letter, air to ground photographs, an obituary and a photographic portrait. Frederick Caunter-Jackson was killed 11/12 June 1941 flying as an observer in a 61 Squadron Hampden on an operation mine laying in Kiel bay June 11/12 1941.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Robert Jackson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-10-02
Identifier
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Jackson, FAC
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Title
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Envelope addressed to Mrs Caunter-Jackson
Description
An account of the resource
Front addressed to Mrs Caunter-Jackson. From [..] Jackson. On the reverse stamps and postmark Coventry 21 December 1943.
Date
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1943-12-21
Format
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One envelope
Type
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Physical object
Identifier
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MJacksonFAC84035-151002-01
Coverage
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Norfolk
England--Heacham
England--Warwickshire
England--Coventry
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1943-12-21
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Caunter-Jackson, Frederick Arthur
Frederick Arthur Caunter-Jackson
F A Caunter-Jackson
Description
An account of the resource
Ten items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Frederick Arthur Caunter-Jackson (84035, Royal Air Force) and contains a letter, air to ground photographs, an obituary and a photographic portrait. Frederick Caunter-Jackson was killed 11/12 June 1941 flying as an observer in a 61 Squadron Hampden on an operation mine laying in Kiel bay June 11/12 1941.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Robert Jackson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-10-02
Identifier
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Jackson, FAC
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Heacham
Description
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Oblique aerial photograph of Heacham surrounded by fields and with woods in the distance.
Date
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1941-04-25
Format
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One b/w photograph
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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PJacksonR15010001
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
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Geolocated
Temporal Coverage
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1941-04-25
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Great Britain
England--Norfolk
England--Heacham
aerial photograph
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Caunter-Jackson, Frederick Arthur
Frederick Arthur Caunter-Jackson
F A Caunter-Jackson
Description
An account of the resource
Ten items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Frederick Arthur Caunter-Jackson (84035, Royal Air Force) and contains a letter, air to ground photographs, an obituary and a photographic portrait. Frederick Caunter-Jackson was killed 11/12 June 1941 flying as an observer in a 61 Squadron Hampden on an operation mine laying in Kiel bay June 11/12 1941.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Robert Jackson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-10-02
Identifier
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Jackson, FAC
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Title
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Heacham
Description
An account of the resource
Oblique aerial photograph of Heacham with houses along roads. In the background open fields and woods.
Date
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1941-04-25
Format
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One b/w photograph
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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PJacksonR15010003
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
Conforms To
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Geolocated
Temporal Coverage
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1941-04-25
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Great Britain
England--Norfolk
England--Heacham
aerial photograph
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Caunter-Jackson, Frederick Arthur
Frederick Arthur Caunter-Jackson
F A Caunter-Jackson
Description
An account of the resource
Ten items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Frederick Arthur Caunter-Jackson (84035, Royal Air Force) and contains a letter, air to ground photographs, an obituary and a photographic portrait. Frederick Caunter-Jackson was killed 11/12 June 1941 flying as an observer in a 61 Squadron Hampden on an operation mine laying in Kiel bay June 11/12 1941.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Robert Jackson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-10-02
Identifier
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Jackson, FAC
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Title
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Heacham
Description
An account of the resource
Oblique aerial photograph of Heacham surrounded by fields. There is the shadow of a Hampden one quarter way up from centre bottom. There is part of another exposure at the top.
Date
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1941-04-25
Format
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One b/w photograph
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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PJacksonR15010005
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
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Geolocated
Temporal Coverage
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1941-04-25
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Great Britain
England--Norfolk
England--Heacham
aerial photograph
Hampden
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England--Heacham
Title
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Heacham [place]
Description
An account of the resource
This page is an entry point for a place. Please use the links below to see all relevant documents available in the Archive.
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Clark, Marion
Clarke, Marion
M Clark
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-06-23
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Clark, M
Description
An account of the resource
Ten items. The collection concerns Leading Aircraftswoman Marion Clark (Royal Air Force) and contains an audio recording and photographs. She served as a driver in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force at RAF Hemswell and RAF Ingham.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Dorothy Cole and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Transcribed document
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Transcription
Text transcribed from audio recording or document
Great Aunt Marion was the eldest of 4 siblings Ken, Pat & Dorothy. She was born in Leeds to Violet & Henry Clark, and, was educated at Burley Church School in Leeds. She was a high achiever academically and physically, being captain of the netball team, she was also taught to play golf. She had the opportunity to go on to higher education, but, due to the ill health of her Father, Marion at the age of 14 returned home to help her Mother run The Royal Oak at Swayfield. Marion had beautiful hand writing and a wonderful way with words, delivered in distinctive melodious voice, with a wonderful laugh and mischievous sense of humour.
On his way home from market Great grandfather taught Marion & Ken to drive. He was in the observer core and allowed special fuel rations. She recalled filling a 2 gallon can of petrol for 1/2 a crown.
Learning to drive stood Marion in good stead. When the war started she made the decision not to work in the ammunitions factory at Grantham – she didn't want to turn yellow! So, when war broke out in 1939, Marion secretly sent off her application form, under the age of 18! Her Father approved, her mother certainly didn't. Marion wanted to join the MT section. She scored 98% in her test for vehicle maintenance, and would remove the rotor arm to disable her vehicle – in case it fell into enemy hands. Marion drove until she was 90, and then only stopped because of the minor stroke she had.
Marion commenced her WRAF duties at Hemswell and various locations around Britain, often working 36 hours and only admitting to falling asleep at the wheel once! She said how bitterly cold it was and how she cried when her hot water bottle burst. Marion drove the length and breadth of Britain, without Sat Nav. or road signs! Delivering supplies and chauffeuring Officers and Generals to meetings, and air crew to and from their planes.
It was whilst in the forces Marion became engaged to Peter Ball a B17 bomber pilot, Peter was billeted at Stocking Hall, they met at a dance at Swayfield.
Unfortunately, like many other brave young men he failed to return from his mission, along with his crew. Marion was left to deal with the loss of her first love.
At the end of the war Marion was recruited into the W.V.S. She had postings in Germany, Singapore, Burma and Kuala Lumpur. Whilst in the Far East, Marion learnt to fly, she went solo in 1951 and gained her
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pilots licence in a Tiger Moth, under the tutorage of Don McFail and Freddy Fisk – she said he smoked such a lot his teeth were almost brown. Marion remembered delivering a 21st Birthday cake to a soldier chasing communist bandits. She parachuted the cake over the side of the Auster aircraft.
Marion loved all creatures, great or small. She remembered an Orangutan while in the Far East that lifted her skirt and looked at her face through the material, he was fascinated he could see through the material. Her friend Elizabeth used to collect moths, so, she used to make sure they flew off before Elizabeth could stick a pin through them! Marion and her flying instructor Don, also tried to save a baby elephant, when its mother was mistakenly killed.
Marion was especially fond of dogs and had many throughout her life, given or rescued. Jumpy Foster, she looked after him in Germany, he was a border terrier. Knick named Jumpy Foster because he used to jump with the parachute regiments whilst training. When Marion left Germany leaving Jumpy Foster broke her heart, she said "he came to me and looked down at my suitcase, then looked up, and he gave me a wet nose kiss goodbye. With a heavy heart, she entrusted him to the house keeper.
After the war 1949 – 52 period. Marion had a wonderful time in Fallingbostel, the invites to Balls littered the door mat. There was so much to do, squash courts, Polo ponies to ride and race, skying – Three very happy years there with The 7th armoured division that had fought in Middle East, beside the desert rats, 7th Hussars and the Queen bays. Marion was posted to Berlin but didn't want to go, she was enjoying herself so much at Fallingbostel – Marion said they were 3 of the best years of her life.
Marion returned to England in 1955 decorated with The Defence Medal, British War Medal and General Service Medal. She resumed her life, but continued to put others first, working for Lincolnshire County council, where she gained her qualifications as a Social Worker, working with Children Services and still supporting her mother in running the Three Tunns pub at Castle Bytham. She was also an active member for the Parish Council.
Marion & her mother had a caravan at Heacham in Norfolk, spending many happy hours walking with their dogs and socialising. The Clark family have always been great believers in the restorative powers of fresh air and a tipple or two. Many reckling pigs, ducks, lambs, birds, cats,
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dogs and family members have been restored with a generous dose of Brandy!
When Marion retired, she moved to Bourne with her mother. Marion now had the time to pursue her love of art and caring for animals.
Marion loved all her dogs the latter being Dachshund's Sarus, Pippa, and Brigg and finally tiny Amber her Jack Russell, her last little love, rescued from the back of a van.
Marion looked after her mother at home until she passed on, with only a brief spell in hospital at the very end. Marion was also able to stay in her home, which was her dearest wish. With the help of her carers and good neighbours:- Amber, Richard, Anne & Dave. Marion's final weeks were filled with Christmas and visits from friends and family. Her last little adventure was down to the Nags Head pub, to have lunch with her dearest friend Joan, before spending Christmas day with her family.
Marion loved to dance and Dorothy as a little girl remembers Marion frequently dancing around the kitchen, with her in her arms. Both Beverley & Tracey remember being taught to do the twist at the Three Tunns pub, with much laughter and merriment.
Life was an adventure and although towards the end of the 2015, Marion's infirmities could have laid her low. She would have none of it, she lived her life on her terms, determined, and with great dignity and strength of character.
Marion would not deviate from her chosen path, which was a good, kind one.
If she ever took your suggestion, it was because, she had already chosen that route!
We say this with great respect for a Gentle Women [sic] of a stoical era.
We will always remember her tickling laughter, when relating the recent story of her Knight in shining armour Dave. Who climbed through her upstairs window to rescue her! And Richard guiding her home from town when she was caught in heavy rain and soaked to the skin.
Last but not least a big thank you to Amber and Ann for keeping a close eye on Marion, sharing their meals with Aunt, and the most precious gift of all to Marion, their time.
[italics] We thank you all – "God Bless" [/italics]
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Marion Clark Biography
Description
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Marion's life detailed, from birth, including her days with the RAF.
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Great Britain
England--Leeds
England--Grantham
Germany--Fallingbostel (Landkreis)
Singapore
Burma
Malaysia--Kuala Lumpur
Germany--Berlin
England--Lincolnshire
England--Heacham
Germany
Malaysia
England--Norfolk
England--Yorkshire
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Text
Text. Personal research
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Three printed sheets
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MClarkM[Ser#-DoB]-170623-01
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Sue Smith
animal
B-17
entertainment
ground personnel
killed in action
RAF Hemswell
sport
Tiger Moth
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force