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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "France--Corsica"
Letter from Idwal Davies to his mother
Gen's Story
The first part of the memoir talks of the many trials Genek went through both in attempting to rejoin his Polish Air Force unit and, once the Germans overran the country, escape to England.
Ganek…
Tags: 105 Squadron; 106 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Battle; bombing; C-47; Dulag Luft; entertainment; escaping; ground crew; hangar; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); killed in action; love and romance; Magister; mess; Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945); navigator; observer; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bramcote; RAF Carlisle; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Henlow; RAF Hucknall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Red Cross; searchlight; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 5; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Flt Lt John Whymark DSO DFC
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 148 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; flight mechanic; ground crew; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); RAF Debden; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Kabrit; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Weald; RAF Old Sarum; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; searchlight; training; Wellington
Coordinates of crash site
Position of crash
Route of Jack's final flight
My overseas service by Raymond Barrett
Ray Barrett's record of service and postings
Tags: ground crew; ground personnel; RAF St Athan
Joseph Wilson's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 1663 HCU; 20 OTU; 624 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 109; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Blida; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Penrhos; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Tempsford; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington