IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Reg Miles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Navy]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Free French Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Margate]]> England--Wendover]]> England--Aylesbury]]> England--High Wycombe]]> England--Dover]]> England--Shrewsbury]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Penzance]]> England--Devon]]> South Africa--Bloemfontein]]> England--Taunton]]> England--Blackpool]]> Sierra Leone--Freetown]]> South Africa--Durban]]> South Africa--Muizenberg]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> South Africa--Krugersdorp]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Belgium--Ghent]]> England--Folkestone]]> France--Paris]]> France--Lens]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Essen]]> Belgium--Liège]]> France--Somain]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France--Creil Region]]> France--Saint-Vaast-La Hougue]]> France--Montrichard]]> France--Mimoyecques]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Kiel]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Norway--Bergen]]> England--Harrogate]]> Malta]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Australia]]> Queensland--Mackay]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Israel--Tel Aviv]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> West Bank--Bethlehem]]> Iraq--Baṣrah]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India--Kolkata]]> Sri Lanka--Ratmalana]]> Sri Lanka--Negombo]]> Israel--Lod]]> India--New Delhi]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> France]]> Queensland]]> Libya]]> Egypt]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> India]]> Iraq]]> Israel]]> Norway]]> South Africa]]> Pakistan]]> Sri Lanka]]> Sierra Leone]]> West Bank]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Kent]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Lancashire]]> Egypt--Jīzah]]> France--Chantilly Forest]]> 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]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PSeaggerA16070014]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Ludlow]]> England--Scarborough]]> South Africa--Durban]]> Zimbabwe--Bulawayo]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Italy--Foggia]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Hugh Donnelly]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> South African Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Italy]]> Middle East]]> South Africa]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Egypt--Sharm El-Sheikh]]> Italy--Porto Garibaldi]]> North Africa]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Chris Cann]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel Canal]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-09-01]]> 1942]]> After a transit camp in Ismailia, Bill went to Jerusalem and attended a wedding in Bethlehem. He proceeded to an Operational Training Unit at Attiyah where they trained on Wellingtons. He was posted to RAF Shallufa for conversion onto B-24s.
Bill eventually joined 37 Squadron, No. 205 Group, at Tortorella, near Foggia. He went on two operations: one to bomb a railway bridge in the north of Italy and the second to attack marshalling yards near Salzburg in Austria. After the Germans surrendered, he flew up supplies from the south to the north of Italy. The squadron then disbanded, and Bill was sent to a maintenance unit just outside Cairo, delivering aircraft. Bill left the RAF in 1947.
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Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> North Africa]]> Egypt]]> Italy]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Austria]]> Austria--Salzburg]]> West Bank--Bethlehem]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PSeaggerA16070020]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PSeaggerA16070016]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> 1944-05]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Physical object]]> 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]]> 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]]> 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]]> 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]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PSeaggerA16070026]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Middle East]]> Middle East--Jerusalem]]>