Barry Green]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christine Kavanagh]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> Morocco]]> United States]]> Gibraltar]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Morocco--Tangier]]> North Africa]]> 1942]]> When Jim was about 18, he was called up to go to RAF Halton for aircraft training, after which he was sent for further training at RAF Abingdon Operational Training Unit on Hampden and Witney aircraft. He was then sent back to RAF Halton to do a fitter course and then posted to 23 Operational Training Unit at RAF Pershore working on Wellingtons. After training Jim became a leading aircraftman. In September 1943 Jim was posted to 206 Squadron on the Wirral for about two weeks. The outfit totalled about 1,000 people from the Air Force, Army and Navy. His unit was then sent to the Liverpool docks to join the troop ship Laconia heading for Bangor and then on to Azores where 8206 Maintenance Unit built an Air Force station and runway. They stayed in tents with eight people for up to a year. Over Christmas Jim was in a Portuguese hospital for about three days with a broken finger. The unit went to Casablanca then to Cornwall just before D-Day. He was put on night shift at RAF St Mawgan with 206 Squadron working on Liberators. Following a trip to Scotland they were posted at Dundee with an air salvaging and servicing unit. Here he was made acting corporal and worked with 31 Dakota Squadron. When the war ended, he was flown to Singapore, got a boat to Southampton and was discharged to complete his apprenticeship as a joiner. Jim re-joined the Air Force and went back to RAF Swinderby for four years working on Wellingtons. There he met his future wife. In 1951 the unit went to Singapore to work on Sunderlands before being posted back home. Jim left in 1966 and worked for AV Roe until joining ICL in a management job. ]]> Martyn Horndern]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Wirral]]> Scotland]]> Scotland--Dundee]]> Azores]]> North Africa]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Casablanca]]> Singapore]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1943]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-12]]> 1966]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ian Whapplington]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Pembrokeshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> Mediterranean Sea]]> India]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> North Africa]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Rabat]]> Italy]]> Egypt]]> India]]> 1942]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> MNealeETH1395951-150731-0720002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Salé]]> Morocco--Oujda]]> North Africa]]> 1946-09-13]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> British Army]]> United States Army]]> Burma]]> North Africa]]> Malta]]> Morocco]]> Papua New Guinea]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Tunisia]]> Papua New Guinea--Rabaul]]> 1943-01-07]]> The Times]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> British Army]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Oran]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Casablanca]]> North Africa]]> 1942-11]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Wehrmacht]]> British Army]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> Morocco]]> Algeria]]> Egypt]]> Tunisia]]> Great Britain]]> North Africa]]> 1942-11]]> The Times]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Wehrmacht]]> Civilian]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Casablanca]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Russia (Federation)--Volgograd]]> North Africa]]> 1943-01]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Tunisia]]> Tunisia--El Kef]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Nelson]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Tangier]]> Switzerland]]> Switzerland--Geneva]]> North Africa]]> 1940-11-29]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Tunisia]]> Tunisia--El Kef]]> Tunisia--Tunis]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Tangier]]> Switzerland]]> Switzerland--Geneva]]> North Africa]]> 1940-11-29]]> 1940-10-18]]> Rod Pickles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Graham Emmet]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> Gibraltar]]> Morocco]]> Tunisia]]> Tunisia--Tunis]]> Italy]]> Italy--Sicily]]> Italy--Salerno]]> North Africa]]> 1943-09]]> 1943-10-01]]> P Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Alan Pinchbeck]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Sūr al-Ghuzlān]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Tangier]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Nelson]]> North Africa]]> 1941-10-05]]> 1941-10-25]]> Photos 1, 2 and 3 are scenes from Cairo.
Photo 4 is a side head and shoulders profile of Sam.
Photo 5 is a Battle aircraft in flight.]]>
Penny Thicket]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Algeria--Blida]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)--Mbandaka]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Suez]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Poole (Dorset)]]> Gabon]]> Gabon--Libreville]]> Gambia]]> Gibraltar]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Limerick (County)]]> Libya]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Malta]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Casablanca]]> Morocco--Oujda]]> Nigeria]]> Nigeria--Lagos]]> Portugal]]> Portugal--Lisbon]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa]]> Sudan]]> Sudan--Khartoum]]> South Sudan]]> South Sudan--Malakal]]> Tunisia]]> Uganda]]> North Africa]]> Egypt--Alamayn]]> Gambia--Banjul]]> Sudan--Ḥalfāʼ al-Jadīdah]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)]]> England--Dorset]]> 1942-10]]> 1942-11]]> 1942-12]]> 1943-01]]>
Top right - six men swearing swimming trunks standing and sitting on a dinghy in front of the doorway of a building. Captioned 'Saida, 1944'.
Centre - looking down onto a tree and garden line boulevard. Captioned 'main boulevarde [sic] at Rabat, Morocco, taken from hotel window'.
Bottom left - three story pyramidal building with truck parked in front and palm trees either side. Captioned 'At Castel Bemito drome, Tripoli, July 45'.
Bottom right - view of desert from the air with airfield top and top right. Captioned 'Rabat-Salé aerodrome, Morocco'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Berkane]]> Morocco--Rabat]]> Libya]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> 1944]]> 1945-07]]>
Top right - view from air of coastline. Captioned 'Coast near Casablanca, Morocco, July 1945'.
Centre - Three airmen in front of a York. Captioned 'Navigator, self and the engineer in front of York at Negombo'.
Bottom left - view from air of distant snow covered mountains. Captioned 'Over France on the way home from India trip Feb 1946'.
Bottom right - view from the air of vey distant snow topped mountains. Captioned 'Over France on the way back from India, Mont Blanc 50 miles away in distance'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Sri Lanka]]> Sri Lanka--Colombo]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Casablanca]]> France]]> India]]> France--Chamonix-Mont-Blanc Region]]> 1946-02]]> 1945-10]]>
Bottom left - view of a cockpit instrument panel. Captioned 'Dove panel'.
Bottom right - Tail if a Dove parked next to a Constellation at Portela, Lisbon, Oct 47'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Casablanca]]> Portugal]]> Portugal--Lisbon]]> 1947-10]]>
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Luftwaffe]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> France--Brest]]> Russia (Federation)]]> England--Hartland]]> England--Beer Head]]> Europe--Elbe River]]> England--Dover]]> England--Folkestone]]> England--London]]> France--Bruneval]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Rostock]]> England--Norwich]]> England--Cheadle (Staffordshire)]]> England--Salcombe]]> England--Sidmouth]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Cassel]]> England--Salisbury]]> Russia (Federation)--Kola Peninsula]]> Russia (Federation)--Arkhangelʹskai︠a︡ oblastʹ]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> France--Desvres]]> France--Arcachon]]> France--Nantes]]> France--Chartres]]> France--Reims]]> England--Swanage]]> England--Malvern]]> England--Plymouth]]> France--Lorient]]> England--Lincoln]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> England--Hull]]> England--London]]> England--Bristol]]> France--Montdidier (Hauts-de-France)]]> England--Guildford]]> France--Poix-du-Nord]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Czech Republic--Pilsen Basin]]> England--Harpenden]]> France--Morlaix]]> Spain--Lugo]]> Spain--Seville]]> England--Radlett (Hertfordshire)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> France--Boulogne-Billancourt]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Schleswig-Holstein]]> Belgium--Liège]]> Germany--Bremen]]> England--High Wycombe]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> England--Sizewell]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> England--Crowborough]]> England--Huddersfield]]> Netherlands--Den Helder]]> England--Mundesley]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Europe--Baltic Sea Region]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Wolfenbüttel]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> France--Limoges]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Poland--Poznań]]> France--Dieppe]]> Turkey--Gallipoli]]> Egypt--Alamayn]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Morocco]]> Algeria]]> Italy--Sicily]]> England--Ventnor]]> England--Beachy Head]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Somme]]> France--Seine River]]> England--Southampton]]> England--Portsmouth]]> Scotland--Firth of Forth]]> Iceland]]> England--Brighton]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Cherbourg]]> England--Littlehampton]]> England--Portland Harbour]]> France--Amiens]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> France--Normandy]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Arromanches-les-Bains]]> France--Bayeux]]> Belgium--Wenduine]]> France--Beauvais]]> England--Ditchling]]> England--Henfield (West Sussex)]]> England--Canterbury]]> England--Crowborough]]> England--Dover]]> England--Chiswick]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Sweden]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Trier]]> Germany--Siegfried Line]]> Netherlands--New Maas River]]> Netherlands--Waal River]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Europe--Ardennes]]> Belgium--Bastogne]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Ulm]]> Rhine River Valley]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Grevenbroich]]> Germany--Dülmen]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kiel]]> England--Coventry]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Egypt]]> North Africa]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> Czech Republic]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Spain]]> Turkey]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> England--Milton Keynes]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Devon]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Russia (Federation)--Poli︠a︡rnyĭ (Murmanskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> Ian Le Sueur]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Germany--Landau in der Pfalz]]> Morocco]]> France--Alsace Region]]> France--Lorraine]]> France--Brest]]> France--Douarnenez]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Milford Haven]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Camberley]]> Canada]]> France--Dieppe]]> England--Kent]]> France--Somme]]> England--Shoreham-by-Sea]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Bayeux]]> Germany]]> Switzerland]]> France--Paris]]> France--Metz]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Austria--Linz]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Czech Republic]]> Slovakia]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> Poland--Wrocław]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Jersey]]> 1944-03-24]]> 1944-03-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> North Africa]]> Morocco]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> France]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Casablanca]]> Tunisia]]> 1942-11-12]]>