Photograph 2 is of nine airmen and four airwomen in three rows outside a building. A sign reads 'Dental Centre and Laboratory 17 I.T.W.'
Photograph 3 is a three quarters portrait of an airwoman and an officer.
Photographs 4, 5 and 7 are of airmen on parade.
Photograph 6 is a three quarters portrait of three nurses.
Photograph 8 is of an airman being examined by a dentist with a dental nurse looking on.
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Please note: The veracity of this interview has been called into question. We advise that corroborative research is undertaken to establish the accuracy of some of the details mentioned and events witnessed.]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> France]]> France--Istres]]> Netherlands]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zambia]]>
Adam Sutch]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> South Africa]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dresden]]> 1945]]> John had his commissioning interview on the same day as his wedding and joined 170 Squadron at RAF Hemswell in December 1944 where he carried out eight operations. He describes one of the eight operations to Bottrop when they were hit by anti-aircraft fire but managed to return safely.
John volunteered for the Pathfinders and was posted to 582 Squadron at RAF Little Staughton, flying Lancasters. He explains how they initially acted in a supporter role before progressing to dropping flares and markers.
John took part in Operation Manna in Rotterdam and fetched some prisoners of war from Juvincourt in France. He then went to RAF Dunkeswell where he test flew some Lancasters before returning to RAF Little Staughton from where he was demobbed. He describes the Cook’s tours he did for groundcrew and WAAFs.]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> 1941]]> Posted to 44 Squadron his first flight was a Second Dicky flight with another crew to Stettin in April 1943. Though their aircraft was not hit, one flying alongside was and caught fire - there were no survivors. The worst operation that Jim recounts is one to Peenemünde. After dropping their bombs, they were attacked and damaged by a night fighter. Their pilot managed to get them back on three engines. As they landed at RAF Dunholme Lodge, only one wheel was working, and they spun off the runway crashing with no casualties. The pilot and navigator were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Jim was mentioned in dispatches. After 30 operations Jim became an instructor based at RAF Silverstone. After the war he worked as a teacher.]]> Denise Boneham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--London]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Trenton]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> Ontario]]> 1941-06]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-11]]> 1943-04]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--London]]> 1941-06]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--London]]> 1941]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Kent]]> England--London]]> 1941-06-30]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Kent]]> England--London]]> 1941-06-24]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Kent]]> England--London]]> 1941-07-03]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Wilmslow]]> Ontario]]> 1941-08-05]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Wilmslow]]> England--Stratford-upon-Avon]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Saskatchewan--Swift Current]]> Alberta--Medicine Hat]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--Banff]]> Alberta--Lake Louise]]> Manitoba]]> Saskatchewan--Moose Jaw]]> Saskatchewan--Regina]]> England--London]]> Saskatchewan]]> Alberta]]> Nova Scotia]]> Québec--Rivière-du-Loup]]> Québec]]> 1941]]> RAF Harrogate and RAF Llandwrog on Ansons, were followed by Wellingtons at an Operational Training Unit at RAF Moreton in the Marsh. Maurice crewed up with Australians and trained on Gee navigation. He eventually moved to the 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Wigsley on Lancasters. The war finished before going on operations.
Maurice went to Leicester East on C-47 where he did a course on pannier dropping and glider towing (Hadrian gliders). He went from Lyneham to Karchi, stopping off in Sardinia. Maurice was stationed at Mauripur. He travelled to Calcutta and Chittagong, then Rangoon and 194 Squadron at Mingaladon airport. They did airline work in the Far East, ferrying VIPs, including Compton Mackenzie. Navigation was with Eureka and dead reckoning. He finished at Hong Kong where Maurice married. Demobilisation was in August 1947.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> Photo 1 is Rex in uniform sitting on a wall.
Photo 2 is Scarborough castle from the north.
Photo 3 and 4 are Rex's girlfriend on the rocks.
Photo 5 is a postcard of North Bay, Scarborough.]]>
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