Heather Hughes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christina Brown]]> Heather Hughes]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> New York (State)]]> J H Thomas]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> New South Wales--Albury]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> New South Wales--Narrandera]]> Victoria--Point Cook]]> United States]]> California--San Francisco]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Greenock]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Rugby]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> France--Nieppe Forest]]> France--Falaise]]> France--Somain]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Lumbres]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> California]]> New York (State)]]> New South Wales]]> Victoria]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-12]]> 1942-09-12]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1943-02-07]]> 1943-06-16]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1944-07-12]]> 1944-07-17]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-15]]> 1944-08-16]]> 1944-08-18]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-09]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-20]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-14]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-30]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-22]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-12]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-12]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Canada]]> 1943-03-04]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> England--Newark (Nottinghamshire)]]> Netherlands]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1944-09]]> Jean Macartney]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary. Allocated S Coulter]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Luckenwalde]]> New York (State)--New York]]> New York (State)]]> Jean Macartney]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> England--Norfolk]]> New York (State)--New York]]> New York (State)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> He joined the Local Defence Volunteers at first then realised he did not want to become infantry. He did mount road blocks and fire watches. He applied to join the RAF and was accepted. Training was at Blackpool, then Bicester, then Fairoaks.
At Heaton Park he was assessed as a future Navigator and was sent to Canada via New York on the Queen Elizabeth.
Then they were sent by train to Three Rivers, Manitoba via Moncton.
On completion of that stage of the training he came back via Liverpool. Further training was at Lossiemouth then operations at Leconfield. His aircraft engines started losing power on the way to Stuttgart and he bailed out. After some time they were captured by Germans.
They were sent by train to Frankfurt for interrogation then onwards to Stalag Luft VII. As the Russians advanced they were marched to Stalag III. They were eventually helped to escape by the Americans and he ended up in Brussels before being flown to the UK. This section ends with photographs taken during his training.
The Long March.
A document written by a Senior British Officer to the Russian authorities. Food supplies were inadequate and the Russians refused to allow the Americans to release the prisoners.
Report of a Forced March made by Occupants of Stalag Luft 7, Germany.
The report describes in detail the miseries endured by the POWs on a daily basis.]]>
JF Neilson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Blackpool]]> Scotland--Gourock]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Manitoba]]> England--Liverpool]]> Wales--Anglesey]]> Ireland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Firth of Clyde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> France]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Poland]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--London]]> Scotland--Airdrie]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Europe--Elbe River]]> Scotland--Stirling (Stirling)]]> Germany]]> New Brunswick]]>
Jim Cahir]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Panama--Panama Canal]]> New York (State)]]> Panama]]> 1943-08-20]]> He continued in the RAF after the war getting involved in secret radar trials. On leaving the RAF he got very bored with civilian life and rejoined to assist in the Korean war. Not required in Korea he joined Shorts as a staff pilot. Later he rejoined the RAF for two years.]]> Jim Eley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Ludlow]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Manchester]]> Scotland--Gourock]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Saskatchewan]]> Saskatchewan--Weyburn]]> Saskatchewan--Moose Jaw]]> Saskatchewan--Regina]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> England--Harrogate]]> England--Filey]]> England--Snitterfield]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Italy--Naples]]> Italy--Bari]]> England--Rochester (Kent)]]> Korea]]> England--Oakington]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Italy]]> New York (State)]]> New Brunswick]]> Germany]]> Nova Scotia]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Kent]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Manitoba]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1948]]> 1949]]> 1950]]> 1951]]> 1952]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]>
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
John 'Jack' Crawford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> British Columbia]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Manitoba]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Nova Scotia]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> Québec]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Saskatchewan]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Hörstel]]> Germany--Kaiserslautern]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Norway]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Panama]]> Panama--Panama Canal]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> United States]]> Illinois]]> Illinois--Chicago]]> New York (State)]]> New York (State)--New York]]> 1942-06-11]]> 1942-06-20]]> 1942-06-22]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-21]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-04-02]]> 1943-05-03]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-11]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-06]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-10-17]]> 1944-10-18]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-20]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-11-23]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-10]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-03]]> 1945-01-04]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-02-17]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-02]]>
John Stockbridge]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> EStockbridgeJFordTA430707-0002,
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Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Québec--Saguenay]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Saskatchewan--Weyburn]]> New York (State)]]> Québec]]> New Brunswick]]> Saskatchewan]]> 1943-07-07]]>
K Gill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Wales--Pembrokeshire]]> Wales--Milford Haven]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Washington (D.C.)]]> Georgia]]> Georgia--Atlanta]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Florida]]> Florida--Arcadia]]> Florida--Sarasota]]> Florida]]> Georgia]]> New York (State)]]> New Brunswick]]> 1942-01]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-03]]> 1942-03-24]]> 1942-04]]> 1942-05]]> John was born in 1919 to a poor but educated family. He was the youngest of eight children. At the age of 17 he started training as a teacher but war had broken out. He was accepted by the RAF as aircrew and after brief training in Jamaica was shipped to New Orleans then onward to Canada.
He trained as a Navigator and after crew selection at Kinloss, training on Whitleys he was sent to Pocklington, Yorkshire.
He completed 33 operations - there is great detail about the operations.
After the war he transferred to Transport Command and flew Hastings and Comets around the world. He was a successful athlete for the RAF.
Included is a eulogy for John written by his nephew, Mark Johnson.

An appendix covers a colleague, John Ebanks who served as a bomb aimer at RAF Oakington. He undertook 50 operations.


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Mark Johnson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Jamaica--Pedro Plains]]> Cayman Islands]]> Jamaica--Ocho Rios]]> Jamaica--Kingston]]> Belize]]> United States]]> Louisiana--New Orleans]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Iceland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Sri Lanka]]> West Indies]]> Australia]]> New Zealand]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Munich]]> Italy--Turin]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> England--Liverpool]]> France--Ardennes]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Dülmen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Goch]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Reichswald]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Worms]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Witten]]> Italy--Naples]]> France--Marseille]]> Europe--English Channel Region]]> China--Hong Kong]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany]]> Jamaica]]> Italy]]> France]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Jamaica--Saint Elizabeth]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Wangerooge Island]]> Louisiana]]> New York (State)]]> Ontario]]> Québec]]> New Brunswick]]> Nova Scotia]]> China]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Lancashire]]> Jamaica--Saint Ann's Bay]]>
Sometimes Dennis was on special night duty alone in a hut a mile away from the control tower. His job was to operate the lighting system on receiving an order from the control tower. He referred to a memorable incident when a Lancaster landed safely and some of the crew kissed the ground.
When the invasion of Normandy began Dennis was transferred to a C-47 squadron. At the end of the war he went up in a Halifax to retrace some of the routes the bombers had taken and to witness the devastation. He left the RAF in 1947. In 1981 Dennis was seconded to the City University of New York.
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Bomber Command]]> United States]]> Rhode Island--Quonset Point Naval Air Station]]> Bahamas--Nassau]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Bahamas--New Providence Island]]> England--Harrogate]]> Scotland--Perth]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> England--Warrington]]> England--Blackpool]]> Luxembourg]]> France]]> Belgium]]> Netherlands]]> France--Dunkerque]]> England--Dover]]> England--Grantham]]> England--Torquay]]> Wales--Aberystwyth]]> Iceland]]> Greenland]]> Sierra Leone]]> Russia (Federation)--Murmansk]]> Singapore]]> France--Saint-Malo]]> Denmark]]> Sweden]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Netherlands--Ameland Island]]> England--Grimsby]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Lundy Island]]> Germany--Cologne]]> North Carolina]]> North Carolina--Cape Hatteras]]> Aruba]]> Curaçao]]> Iceland--Reykjavík]]> Greenland--Narsarssuak]]> Canada]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Rhode Island]]> New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Gulf of Mexico]]> Caribbean Sea]]> Virginia]]> Florida--Miami]]> Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base]]> Puerto Rico--San Juan]]> Cuba]]> Florida--West Palm Beach]]> Cuba--Caimanera]]> India]]> Sierra Leone--Freetown]]> Jamaica]]> Jamaica--Kingston]]> Jamaica--Montego Bay]]> Virginia--Norfolk]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Washington (D.C.)]]> Newfoundland and Labrador]]> Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad]]> North America--Saint Lawrence River]]> Newfoundland and Labrador--Happy Valley-Goose Bay]]> Bahamas]]> Florida]]> New York (State)]]> Great Britain]]> Ontario]]> Québec]]> Germany]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Trinidad and Tobago]]> North America--Niagara Falls]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Devon]]> England--Kent]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Russia (Federation)--Arkhangelʹskai︠a︡ oblastʹ]]> Virginia--Hampton Roads (Region)]]> Peter Lovatt]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. 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Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Aschaffenburg]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Ulm]]> Germany--Munich]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> France--Ardennes]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Grevenbroich]]> Germany--Dülmen]]> France--Metz]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Zeitz]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> England--Dungeness]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Wiesbaden]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Worms]]> Germany--Pforzheim]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Europe--Lake Constance]]> Germany--Bergkamen]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> France--Aube]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> England--Feltwell]]> England--Croydon]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Sweden--Stockholm]]> Czech Republic--Prague]]> Italy--Florence]]> Portugal--Lisbon]]> Monaco--Monte-Carlo]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Netherlands--Venlo]]> Netherlands--Amsterdam]]> France--Paris]]> France--Lyon]]> France--Digne]]> France--Nevers]]> France--Lille]]> Norway--Ålesund]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> France--Bailleul (Nord)]]> Belgium--Ieper]]> Belgium--Mesen]]> France--Cambrai]]> France--Somme]]> France--Arras]]> France--Lens]]> France--Calais]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> France--Brest]]> France--Lorient]]> France--La Pallice]]> Egypt--Suez]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> Cyprus]]> Turkey--Gallipoli]]> Black Sea--Dardanelles Strait]]> Turkey--İmroz Island]]> Turkey--İzmir]]> Greece--Lesbos (Municipality)]]> Greece--Thasos Island]]> Greece--Chios (Municipality)]]> Greece--Thasos]]> Bulgaria]]> Turkey--Istanbul]]> Europe--Macedonia]]> Greece--Kavala]]> Kenya--Nairobi]]> Africa--Rhodesia and Nyasaland]]> Tanzania]]> Sudan]]> Eritrea]]> Ethiopia]]> Sudan--Kassalā]]> Eritrea--Asmara]]> Yemen (Republic)--Perim Island]]> Ethiopia--Addis Ababa]]> Sudan--Khartoum]]> Ghana--Takoradi]]> Libya--Cyrenaica]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Iraq]]> Greece--Crete]]> Libya--Tripolitania]]> Tunisia--Mareth Line]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Tunisia--Qaṣrayn]]> Tunisia--Medenine]]> Italy--Pantelleria Island]]> Malta]]> Italy--Licata]]> Italy--Brindisi]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Italy--Cassino]]> Italy--Sangro River]]> Italy--Termoli]]> Yugoslavia]]> Croatia--Split]]> Croatia--Vis Island]]> Italy--Loreto]]> Italy--Pescara]]> Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad]]> North America--Saint Lawrence River]]> Newfoundland and Labrador--Happy Valley-Goose Bay]]> Bahamas]]> Florida]]> Italy]]> Poland]]> Massachusetts]]> New York (State)]]> Algeria]]> Tunisia]]> Libya]]> Egypt]]> North Africa]]> Ontario]]> Québec]]> Germany]]> Croatia]]> Czech Republic]]> Ghana]]> Greece]]> Kenya]]> Norway]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Turkey]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Portugal]]> Trinidad and Tobago]]> North America--Niagara Falls]]> France--Reims]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Germany--Monheim (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Greece--Thessalonikē]]> Germany--Herne (Arnsberg)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> Russia (Federation)--Arkhangelʹskai︠a︡ oblastʹ]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Jersey]]> Virginia--Hampton Roads (Region)]]> Part 2. On return was posted to air observers school and was packing to go. Arrive in Toronto and did tour including Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland and Detroit as well as other locations in Canada. Writes about training schedule at observer school at Malton Ontario.]]> R C Weeden]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> New York (State)--Buffalo]]> New York (State)--Erie County]]> Ohio--Cleveland]]> Michigan--Detroit]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Malton]]> Ontario--Windsor]]> Ontario--London]]> Ontario--Hamilton]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> Michigan]]> New York (State)]]> Ohio]]> Ontario]]> 1943-05-17]]> R C Weeden]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> New York (State)]]> New Brunswick]]> Atlantic Ocean]]> 1943-03-03]]> R C Weeden]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Huron (County)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> New York (State)]]> Ontario]]> 1943-10-04]]> R C Weeden]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Huron (County)]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> New York (State)]]> Ontario]]> 1943-10-19]]> R C Weeden]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Huron (County)]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Michigan--Detroit]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> Michigan]]> New York (State)]]> Ontario]]> 1943-05-25]]> Sergeant H E Shakespeare]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> California--San Francisco]]> California--Oakland]]> California--Sacramento]]> Utah--Salt Lake City]]> Colorado]]> Colorado--Grand Junction]]> Colorado--Red Cliff]]> Nevada--Elko]]> Colorado--Salida]]> Colorado--Pueblo]]> Kansas--Council Grove]]> Kansas--Lyndon]]> Kansas--Ottawa]]> Kansas--Paola]]> Kansas--Kansas City]]> Missouri]]> Iowa--Des Moines]]> Illinois]]> Illinois--Sycamore]]> Illinois--Chicago]]> Lake Michigan]]> Indiana]]> Indiana--South Bend]]> Michigan]]> Ohio--Toledo]]> Ohio--Cleveland]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Missouri--Saint Joseph]]> 1943]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-05-27]]> Cyril was chosen to move to 617 Squadron as an armourer when the squadron formed at RAF Scampton. He met Barnes Wallis and knew Guy Gibson, often taking his dog for a walk. Cyril flew in one of the Lancasters as they carried out a test run over the Derwent Water dam. Cyril's memory of the day of Eder, Möhne and Sorpe operation was marred by a tragic event at the base. His friend had a 'dear John' letter from his girlfriend and took his own life in front of Cyril. After the war Cyril moved to Canada and was involved with the destruction of war equipment not longer needed. He was saddened by the fact that along with armaments, they had to destroy clothing which would have been gratefully received by families in England. During his periods of leave he and fellow RAF colleagues went to New York. They were treated in his words like 'Royalty' and put up in hotels for free and were introduced to Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Cyril also remembers going up the Empire State Building when later the same day a B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed into it in during thick fog. Cyril return by Ship to England in September 1946.
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Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Illinois--Chicago]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Illinois]]> New York (State)]]>