Dennis Moore]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Bavaria]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> D Cameron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--High Wycombe]]> United States]]> Florida--Lakeland]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Alabama--Dothan]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> France]]> France--Normandy]]> England--Norfolk]]> France--Le Havre]]> Florida]]> Alabama]]> Georgia]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942-03-23]]> 1942-05-10]]> 1942-08-11]]> 1943-05-21]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-25]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-04-14]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Newmarket (Suffolk)]]> The second clipping shows the same area a few days later after the 'Tallboys' had been used.
The last item is part of an official report on the operation that Edward took part in, it gives details of the aircraft and their squadrons that took part, a summary of the raid, 'not very accurate but the surrounding infrastructure had been damaged'. There is also a small press cutting referring to operations over northern Europe in general.]]>
Edward King]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Photograph]]> Physical object]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> 1944-07-05]]>
Photos 3, 4 and 5 are close ups of frozen vegetation.
They are captioned 'Met Office photos'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>

This item was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Alberta--Red Deer Region]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--London]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Brest]]> France--Isle of Ré]]> France--Laon]]> France--Lens]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Netherlands--Friesland]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Saskatchewan--Estevan]]> New Brunswick]]> Saskatchewan]]> Alberta]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-05]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-29]]> 1944-05-30]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-02]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-18]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]>

The description of this item is partially based on information provided by the donor. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Brandon]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1943-05-27]]>

The description of this item is partially based on information provided by the donor. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> ]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Brandon]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1943-05-27]]>

The description of this item is partially based on information provided by the donor. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Brandon]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1943-05-27]]>

The description of this item is partially based on information provided by the donor. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Brandon]]> England--Suffolk]]>
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The description of this item is partially based on information provided by the donor This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Brandon]]> England--Suffolk]]>

The description of this item is partially based on information provided by the donor. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Brandon]]> England--Suffolk]]>

Part 2, "No Problem Sport".Covers Alan Gamble's short flying history over France in 1945 before being shot down, and his experiences as a POW in southern Germany and subsequent liberation. The manuscript of Part 2 appears to be complete except for one or more pages missing about two thirds of the way through. This is at the beginning or the end of a fragment bound by metal clips, and could easily have become detached as the outside pages of some fragments' in Part 3 were also lost. It is therefore possible that only one page is missing.

Part 3. "Nil Desperandum".Covers Alan Gamble's post war experiences up to about 1963. This has not been read.

The manuscript of Part 3 is missing pages 24-86, 120 and 170, the latter two being the outside pages of bound fragments. (Page numbering here has assisted in reconstruction).

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.





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A T Gamble]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Skegness]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Wales--Porthmadog]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Barrow-in-Furness]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--North Friesland Region]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Jordan]]> Jordan--Amman]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-17]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-07]]>
Photo 2 is a Horsa being towed by a Halifax.
Photo 3 is a Horsa in D-day markings.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1944]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> Cara Walmsley]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Audinghen]]> France--Caen Region]]> France--Dreux]]> France--Laon]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Lisieux]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Nucourt]]> France--Paris]]> France--Paris Region]]> France--Rouen]]> France--Valenciennes]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> France--Versailles Region]]> France--Watten]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> South Africa--Oudtshoorn]]> South Africa--Port Alfred]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Ouistreham]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-02]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-05-27]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1945]]> His first or second pilots on operations were Sergeant Baker, Sergeant Bulford, Pilot Officer Saunders, Sergeant Cross, Sergeant Melville, Sergeant Bond, Sergeant Russell-Colins, Group Captain Kirkpatrick and Squadron Leader Walsh. He also lists his post war flying duties with 139 Squadron.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Denmark]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Netherlands]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Denmark--Ribe]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Erfurt]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Norderney]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Turin]]> Netherlands--Limburg]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Scotland--Angus]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940]]> 1941-08-26]]> 1941-08-27]]> 1941-08-29]]> 1941-08-30]]> 1941-09-07]]> 1941-09-08]]> 1941-09-10]]> 1941-09-11]]> 1941-09-12]]> 1941-09-13]]> 1941-09-15]]> 1941-09-16]]> 1941-09-26]]> 1941-09-28]]> 1941-09-29]]> 1941-09-30]]> 1941-10-01]]> 1941-10-20]]> 1941-10-26]]> 1942-03-25]]> 1942-03-26]]> 1942-03-28]]> 1942-03-29]]> 1942-04-28]]> 1942-05-06]]> 1942-05-07]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-05-09]]> 1942-05-17]]> 1942-05-18]]> 1942-05-29]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]> 1942-06-02]]> 1942-06-03]]> 1942-06-06]]> 1942-06-07]]> 1942-06-19]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-29]]> 1942-06-30]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-07]]> 1942-07-08]]> 1942-07-09]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-22]]> 1944-12-23]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-10]]> 1945-01-11]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-05]]> 1945-02-06]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-09]]> 1945-02-10]]> 1945-02-11]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-10]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-03-28]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-12]]> 1945-04-20]]> 1945-04-21]]> 1945-04-23]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-04-26]]> 1945-06-04]]> 1945-07-16]]> 1945-09-17]]> 1945-09-21]]> 1946]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Bocholt]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Salzgitter]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-29]]> 1945-04-06]]> 1945-04-07]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-05-01]]> 1945-05-03]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-05-11]]> 1945-05-12]]> 1945-05-13]]> 1945-05-17]]> 1945-05-19]]> 1945-05-23]]> Edward King]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Map]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> 1944-06-30]]> A second cutting shows Munich, no caption, signs of some bomb damage. ]]> Edward King]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Valenciennes]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> Edward King]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Photograph]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]>
Part 1. Bob Panton was a child during the war. One day as his father was coming towards their house Bob saw three Dornier 17 come into view. Then out of the sun came six Spitfires and a battle started in front of him. Bob saw the Dorniers shot down and rushed to the crash site with his friend to see the site. Of the surviving German aircrew one was taken to the local cottage hospital where he spat in the face of the nurse. Bob’s brother was a rear gunner in a Wellington and was traumatised when the Perspex in his turret was shot away around him. Bob joined the ATC at the earliest opportunity before joining the RAF proper and training to be a pilot. He took part in the Berlin Airlift.

Part 2. Bob Panton was fascinated with aircraft ever since a friend of his brother gave him a taxi ride on his Avro 504k. After his wartime experiences in his childhood Bob joined the RAF and trained as a pilot. He took part in the Berlin Airlift. In later years Bob became a guide showing visitors around the aircraft of the museum and hearing their own stories and experiences. ]]>
Claire Bennett]]> This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Berlin]]>
Second shows two Lancasters taxying with the caption 'Five ton Lorries', stating that Lancasters are carrying nearly 5 tons of bombs on Ruhr operations.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> The second letter is a reply to a request to send a last letter from her husband. ]]> 199 Squadron]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1943-10-15]]> 1945-10-25]]> The second letter refers to a parcel of clothing belonging to Doreen's husband.]]> Commanding Officer, RAF Mildenhall]]> Commanding Officer, RAF Lakenheath]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1943-11]]> The second asks Doreen to verify her date of birth.]]> Commanding Officer, RAF Lakenheath]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1943-09-07]]> 1943-12-08]]>