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  • Spatial Coverage is exactly "England--The Wash"

YGeachDG1394781v5.pdf
Fifth and final diary kept by David Geach chronicling his time training and on operations. He writes about his return from Canada on the Queen Elizabeth then his training in England which began with arriving at the Posting Centre in Pannal Ash,…

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PStonemanMW1801.jpg
Maurice Stoneman was posted to 57 Squadron at RAF East Kirkby as the flight engineer on Lancasters in 1943. He recalls that on returning from operations they used to fly around the Boston Stump and around Lincoln Cathedral before finally landing. In…

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SHarriganD[Ser#-DoB]v320002.mp3
Nelson Nix grew up as a child during the war. His father kept the village shop and was also a special constable and member of the Observer Corps which later became the Royal Observer Corps. The post had access to the Darkie sets which were used to…

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SWeirG19660703v080001-0026.jpg
Titled - 'Points of view from "Charlie" (Allan Lodder) over the Wash Norfolk, 27.3.45'.
Top left - view over starboard engines.
Top right - view of river with town on far side.
Bottom left - view of sea shore over starboard engines.
Bottom right…

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