It is captioned: "2952 MEP. 16.2.45//7" 19,000' 112º 1600 WESEL. D. 1HC4000,9ANM64DT,2GP250IT,1MC500DT. C5 SECS8 F/O O'MALLEY. F.75."

The reverse of the photograph is annotated: "[unclear] Robinson" and " No 8 [unclear]".

Also a handwritten note: "WESEL:- BOMBING THROUGH CLOUD. LANCASTER WITH ROBINSON - AIR BOMBER FIRST OVER TARGET AND ON TARGET ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT".]]>
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It is annotated "4B" and captioned: "2822 MEP. 28.1.45// 7" 20,000' 035 1413 KOLN-GREMBERG D 1HC4000IN, 9ANM64IN, 4GP250DT C 37SECS P/O O'MALLEY F.75".

Also a handwritten note: "KOLN-GREMBERG:- ATTACK ON RAILWAYS ETC. RAILWAYS MIDDLE RIGHT-TOP. ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT".]]>
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It is annotated "5B" and captioned: "2809 MEP. 22/23.1.45//NT(C)8" 19,000' 112º 2009 DUISBERG [sic]. Z 1HC4000IN, 2GP500LD. 5ANM58DT. 2GP250DT. 31 SECS P/O O'MALLEY. A.75".

The reverse of the target photograph is annotated "Robinson".

Also a handwritten note: "DUISBERG [sic]:- ZIG-ZAG FLASH CAUSED BY THE AIRCRAFT TAKING EVASIVE ACTION WHILE UNDER ATTACK BY NIGHT-FIGHTER. ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT".]]>
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It is annotated: "3B" and captioned: "2735 MEP. 11.1.45//7" 20,000' 130º 1514 KREFELD A 1HC4000IN, 12MC500DT, 4GP250DT. C.37SECS F/S O'MALLEY K.75.".

Also a handwritten note: "KREFELD:- RADAR BOMBING THROUGH CLOUD ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT".]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> 1945-01-11]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Neuss]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> It is annotated: "5B" and captioned: "2659 MEP 1/2.1.45//NT(C)7' 19,500. 360º 1944 VOHWINKEL K 1HC4000IN. 12GP500DT. 2MC500DT. 31 SECS. F/S O'MALLEY. G 75".]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-02]]> It is annotated "3B" and captioned: "2652 MEP 31.12.44//7' 19,500 090º 1444 VOHWINKEL K 1HC4000IN. 14ANM64DT. C 37SECS. F/S O'MALLEY. G. 75".

Also a handwritten note: "VOHWINKEL:- FACTORY - RAIL SITE. NOTE RAILWAYS BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER. FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT".]]>
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It is annotated "5B" and captioned: "2445. MEP. 4.12.44 //8 19,600. 109º 1412 OBERHAUSEN,YI 1 HC4000IN. 6ANM 50DT. 6GP500DT. C.36SECS. F/O O'Malley. E.75"
Also a handwritten note: "OBERHAUSEN:- WHITE SHADE CLOUD. DARK SHADE SMOKE FROM FIRES STARTED BY FIRST WAVE OF BOMBERS. ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT."]]>
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After pre-aircrew flying, he was posted to 12 Squadron for operations in 1942. After completing his first tour of 30 operations posted to 1667 Conversion Unit, then No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. In November 1944 posted to 153 Squadron for 2nd tour. Post war posting to 50 Squadron and attachment to 57 Squadron.

Served at RAF Penrhos, RAF Wickenby, RAF Faldingworth, RAF Hemswell, RAF Scampton, RAF Sturgate, Raf Waddington.

Aircraft flown were Avro Tutor, Fairey Battle, Whitley, Anson, Lancaster, Halifax.

He flew 33 night bombing and mining operations with 12 Squadron as Flight Engineer to targets including La Rochelle, North Frisian Islands, Essen, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Turin, Lorient, Milan, Bremen, Nuremberg, Saint-Nazaire, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Spezia, Stuttgart, Gulf of Danzig, Bay of Biscay, Mulheim, Wuppertal and Cologne. His pilots in 12 Squadron were Wing Commander Villiers and Squadron Leader Slade.

With 153 Squadron he flew 3 night and 1 day bombing operations to Wanne-Eickel, Bonn, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and Paderborn. Also 3 Operation Manna, 2 Operation Dodge and one Cook’s Tour. In 153 Squadron his pilots were Flying Officers White, Bolton, Searle, Freeborn, Squadron Leader Rippingale, Flight Lieutenant Ramsden and Wing Commanders Rodney and Villiers.

Also two Operation Dodge with 50 Squadron. Flight Lieutenant Lundy was his pilot in 50 Squadron.

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Nick Cornwell-Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Saskatchewan]]> Saskatchewan--Dafoe]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Milan]]> Italy--Turin]]> France]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Grevenbroich]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Nienburg (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Soest]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Troisdorf]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> 1942-11-06]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-13]]> 1942-11-14]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-21]]> 1942-12-06]]> 1942-12-07]]> 1942-12-08]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-10]]> 1942-12-17]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1942-12-30]]> 1943-01-08]]> 1943-01-13]]> 1943-01-16]]> 1943-01-17]]> 1943-01-18]]> 1943-01-23]]> 1943-02-04]]> 1943-02-05]]> 1943-02-13]]> 1943-02-14]]> 1943-02-15]]> 1943-02-16]]> 1943-02-17]]> 1943-02-18]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-02-27]]> 1943-02-28]]> 1943-03-01]]> 1943-03-02]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-04]]> 1943-03-05]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-03-08]]> 1943-03-09]]> 1943-03-10]]> 1943-03-11]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-14]]> 1943-03-15]]> 1943-03-22]]> 1943-03-26]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-01]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1944-12-02]]> 1944-12-03]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> Served at Picton and Port Albert in Ontario, RAF Millom, RAF Harwell, RAF Sculthorpe.
Aircraft flown were Anson, Bolingbroke, Battle, Wellington, Stirling, B17.

Bill flew a total of 36 operations with 214 Squadron, only one of which was a day operation. The targets included Frisian Islands, Karlsruhe, Gennevilliers, Kiel, Brunswick, Saumur, Aulnoye, Gelsenkirchen, Goes, Stuttgart, Russelsheim, off Denmark, off Emden, Darmstadt, Wissembourg, Heereveen, Traben-Trarbach, Fischbach, Bischwiller, Bochum, Cologne & Mannheim, Essen, Saarbruken, Koblenz & Gladbeck, Mönchengladbach, Krefeld, Dortmund Ems Canal, Giessen.
His pilot for his first operation was Flight Sergeant Gilbert and his second, Squadron Leader Jeffries. For the rest of his operations his pilot was Flying Officer Corke.
During operations he fulfilled the role of bomb aimer, air gunner and second navigator at various times. As well as bombing carried out a number of Window, Mandrel and Big Ben Special Duties operations.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Dülmen]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Worms]]> Germany--Mainz]]> Germany--Heide (Schleswig-Holstein)]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Lynn Corrigan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Dülmen]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Worms]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> Netherlands--Venlo]]> 1944-09-03]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-15]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-30]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-16]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-24]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-05]]> 1944-11-09]]> 1944-11-10]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-19]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-07]]> 1944-12-12]]> 1944-12-13]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-04-15]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-31]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-22]]>
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Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Oppau]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Worms]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> South Africa--East London]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Dülmen]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-09]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-16]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-12]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-12-16]]> 1945-01-20]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-13]]> Geoff Blamires]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> Geoff Blamires]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-13]]> Richard Yates]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France--Boulogne-Billancourt]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Lorient]]> 1940-10-01]]> 1941-02]]> 1941-04]]> 1941-06]]> 1941-08]]> 1941-08-16]]> 1941-11]]> 1941-11-24]]> 1941-11-30]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-03-09]]> 1942-03-13]]> 1942-05-08]]> 1942-06-08]]> Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for David Charles Davies from November 1940 to 24 March 1948 detailing his training, operational and post conflict duties. Training was with No.5 Air Observer's School at RAF Jurby and Operational Training Units at RAF Finningley and RAF Bircotes. Aircraft flown in were, Dominie, Proctor, Blenhiem, Anson, Wellington, Manchester, Oxford, Lancaster, Halifax and Stirling, He flew a total of 59 operations all with 61 Squadron, 11 daylight and 48 night operations. Pilots flown with were Pilot Officer Clarke, Flight Sergeant Turner, Squadron Leader Deas, Flight Officer Foster and Squadron Leader Beard. David flew as bomb aimer in 52 operations, wireless operator/gunner in five and air gunner in two. The operations were to Paris, Lorient, Essen, Cologne, Lübeck, Hamburg, Saarbrücken, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Kassel, Nuremberg, Saarlouis, Karlsruhe, Bremen, Duisburg, Wismar, Aachen, Genoa, Milan, Berlin, Leipzig, Schweinfurt, Stuttgart, Châteauroux, Toulouse, Tours, Brunswick, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Saumur, Cherbourg, St. Pierre du Mont (Landes), Argentan, Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais), Caen, Donges, Creil, in the Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean and North Sea including anti sub patrols, convoy escort and dinghy search.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Toulouse]]> France--Tours]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Caen]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Saarlouis]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Wismar]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Milan]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France--Châteauroux]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> France--Saint-Médard-en-Jalles]]> France--Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes)]]> France--Argentan]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Donges]]> France--Creil]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Waterford]]> Scotland--Drem]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> 1942-02-24]]> 1942-02-25]]> 1942-03-09]]> 1942-03-10]]> 1942-03-11]]> 1942-03-13]]> 1942-03-14]]> 1942-04-28]]> 1942-04-29]]> 1942-04-08]]> 1942-04-09]]> 1942-07-23]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-29]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-01]]> 1942-08-13]]> 1942-08-15]]> 1942-08-18]]> 1942-08-19]]> 1942-08-21]]> 1942-08-24]]> 1942-08-25]]> 1942-08-27]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-08-29]]> 1942-09-01]]> 1942-09-02]]> 1942-09-03]]> 1942-09-04]]> 1942-09-05]]> 1942-09-06]]> 1942-09-07]]> 1942-09-08]]> 1942-09-09]]> 1942-09-10]]> 1942-09-11]]> 1942-09-13]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-09-17]]> 1942-10-01]]> 1942-10-02]]> 1942-10-05]]> 1942-10-06]]> 1942-10-12]]> 1942-10-13]]> 1942-10-22]]> 1942-10-23]]> 1942-10-24]]> 1942-11-07]]> 1942-11-08]]> 1942-11-17]]> 1942-11-18]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-21]]> 1943-05-22]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1943-12-21]]> 1943-12-23]]> 1943-12-24]]> 1944-01-02]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-10]]> 1944-03-11]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-20]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1943-12-23]]> 1943-12-24]]> 1944-01-02]]> 1944-01-03]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-02-15]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-24]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-10]]> 1944-03-11]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-20]]> 1944-04-21]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-03]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-19]]> 1944-06-20]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-08-03]]>
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