Middle and bottom, congratulations to Bob on his award.
Right page; top, title of the Vauxhall Mirror.
Middle, report of Bob's operational career and being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Sergeant A J Spires being awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
Bottom, a group of 32 men, 30 wearing half caps and two in officer's hats, with a dog in front of a Whitley aircraft, annotated 'Bob 2nd left' and '51 Sqn April 1941'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Czech Republic]]> Italy]]> Italy--Naples]]> Italy--Taranto]]> France]]> FrAnce--Dunkerque]]> Middle East]]> 1941-04]]> 1941-06-07]]> 1941-07]]>
Great Britain. Ministry of Air Transport and Aviation]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Berkhamsted]]> Australia]]> Canada]]> Europe]]> India]]> Malaya]]> Middle East]]> Great Britain. Ministry of Aviation]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Berkhamsted]]> Europe]]> Africa]]> India]]> Middle East]]>
Served in the Middle East, RAF Waddington. Aircraft flown were Fairey IIIF, Vickers Vincent, DH60 Moth, Fairey Gordon, Hawker Hind, Hawker Hart.

No operational flying.
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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]]> Middle East]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1934]]> 1935]]> 1936]]> 1937]]>
F Harrison]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> British Army]]> Middle East]]> 1941-02-02]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Middle East]]> 1946-12]]>
This recording was made around 1990, as Leslie recounts the story to his grandson, Matt Phillips.
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Matt Philips]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Gibraltar]]> Great Britain]]> Malta]]> Mediterranean Sea]]> Middle East]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Berkshire]]> 1941-07]]>

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Geoff Burton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Middle East]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Blackpool]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Russia (Federation)--Omsk]]> Russia (Federation)--Siberia]]> 1940]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> Middle East]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Alençon]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brittany]]> France--Châteaudun]]> France--Lille]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bielefeld]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nienburg (Lower Saxony)]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Urft Dam]]> Netherlands--Hoek van Holland]]> Netherlands--Ijmuiden]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Poland]]> Germany--Herne (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Herquelingue]]> France--Morsalines]]> France--Ver-Sur-Mer]]> France--Manche]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-09-29]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-25]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-04]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-12-30]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-06]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-12-08]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-06]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-06]]> 1945-04-07]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1946]]> Based at: Marshall’s Flying School Cambridge (22 Elementary Flying Training School), Ponca City (6 British Flying Training School), RAF Banff (14 AFU), RAF Wing (No. 26 OTU), RAF Waterbeach (1678 CU and 514 Squadron), RAF Lulsgate Bottom (No. 3 Flying Instructors School), RAF Feltwell (3 Lancaster Finishing School), and RAF Lyneham (511 Squadron).
Aircraft in which flown: DH82A, PT-17A, AT-6A, Oxford, Wellington III, Wellington X, Lancaster I, Lancaster II, Lancaster III, York, Lancastrian.
Records a total of 31 operations (6 day, 25 night). Targets in Belgium, France, Germany: Angers, Aulnoye, Beauvoir, Boulogne, Caen area, Cap Gris-Nez, Chalons Sur Marne, Courtrai, Duisberg, Emieville, Gelsenkirchen, Homburg, Kiel, Le Catelliers, Le Havre, Le Mans, Louvain, Massy Palaisieu, Nantes, Ouistreham, Paris Vaires, Pas de Calais - L’Hey, Rimeux, Stuttgart, Trappes (Paris), Valenciennes, Villers Bocage, Watten - Pas de Calais.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> United States]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Middle East]]> Belgium--Kortrijk]]> Belgium--Louvain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cambridge]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Angers]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Le Mans]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Nord (Department)]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Opale Coast]]> France--Paris]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Vaires-sur-Marne]]> France--Valenciennes]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Oklahoma--Ponca City]]> Scotland--Aberdeenshire]]> France--Châlons-en-Champagne]]> Oklahoma]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Ouistreham]]> France--Les Catelliers]]> France--Watten]]> France--Calvados]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-19]]> 1944-05-20]]> 1944-05-21]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-25]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-29]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-01]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-06-23]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-30]]> 1944-07-02]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-15]]> 1944-07-16]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-07-21]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1944-06-05]]>
Left - three men dressed in robes sitting on the ground inside a building working. Mounted 90 degree anticlockwise, captioned 'Mother of pearl workers'.
Right - Stone building with arched doorway with two people, one sitting ad one standing. Another man stands next to a camel on the right. Captioned 'A Judean home'.]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Right - view of dome topped building with another multi-story building on the left. Captioned 'Church of the Holy Sepulchre'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Right - view through a belfry of two church bells with city in the background. Captioned 'Crusader Belfrey [sic] (with Mount of Olives in the distance)'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Bottom - an open area with trees and city walls in the background. Captioned 'Garden of Gethsemane'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Bottom - a city street with buildings either side and and arches connecting them. Two people are walking in the street. Captioned 'Via Dolorosa'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Bottom - interior of a mosque with arched doors and domed roof. Captioned 'Dome of the Rock Moriah'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Bottom - view across rooftops to hill in the distance with tower on top. Domed building in middle ground. Captioned 'Mount of Olives'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> 1944-05]]> Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Middle East]]> 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]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Middle East]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kiel Bay]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> France--Brest]]> France--Laon]]> France--Lille]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> France--Livet-et-Gavet]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Saint-Malo]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> France--Strasbourg]]> Germany--Sylt]]> Germany--Trier]]> Germany--Wiesbaden]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Netherlands--IJssel Lake]]> Wales--Flintshire]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-04-05]]> 1944-04-06]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1944-04-25]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-04-28]]> 1944-04-29]]> 1944-04-30]]> 1944-05-01]]> 1944-05-05]]> 1944-05-06]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-28]]> 1944-05-29]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-17]]> 1944-06-18]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-06]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-11]]> 1944-07-17]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-14]]> 1944-09-15]]> 1944-09-16]]> 1944-09-18]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> 1944-09-25]]> 1944-09-26]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-09-29]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-21]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-10-31]]> 1944-11-01]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-10]]> 1944-11-11]]> C L Fackrell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> British Army]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> Middle East]]> England--London]]> 1941-11-08]]> Photo 1 is two airmen standing under the port engine of a Wellington, captioned 'Sgt Smith and North'.
Photo 2 is a Wellington in flight, captioned ' "N" for Nuts'.
Photo 3 is an airman sitting on the ground, reading It is captioned 'Sgt Geens'.
Photo 4 is four airmen in khaki and shorts walking away from a Wellington, captioned 'P/O Dougls Sgt Geens Smith'.
Photo 5 is two airmen waiting, captioned 'Skipper Douglas (Happy Soul)'.
Photo 6 is an airman standing in the desert captioned 'P/O (Bad Type) Barradale desertion & 2 escapes = cashiered & 1 years hard labour'.
Photo 7 is an airman standing under the nose of a Wellington.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PSaundersEJ20010074]]> Royal Air Force]]> North Africa]]> Middle East]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PSeaggerA16070026]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]>