Jack Jones is front row, third from right.

#1 On the reverse -
'Would you like an orange mum - or maybe a banana - perhaps a tea, eh!
I'm Squad leader of this mob.
My boys! as it were
Chap on my left is Lambert. the one right at the back is Wardlaw. 2 of my mates.
Happy Xmas.
Picton'.
# 2 On the reverse -
'Oranges & bananas
You can almost taste them - or would you prefer a cup of tea?'
#3 On the reverse are the men's signatures and last three digits of their service number.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.]]>
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Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]> 1942]]> There is a second copy with handwritten edits.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Foskett, William. Biography]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> ]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxford]]> England--London]]> England--Newquay]]> United States]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> The first two chapters used Bill's words but the third is written by an anonymous friend.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Foskett, William. Biography]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shellingford]]> United States]]> Georgia--Atlanta]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Florida--Arcadia]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]> France]]> France--Biarritz]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> France--Gennevilliers]]> Germany--Kiel]]> France--Saumur]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Goes]]> Netherlands--Hoek van Holland]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Ostfriesland]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> France--Wissembourg]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Netherlands--Heerenveen]]> Germany--Traben-Trarbach]]> Germany--Fischbach]]> France--Bischwiller]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Gladbeck]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Italy]]> Italy--Udine]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Great Yarmouth]]> Slovenia--Log pod Mangartom]]> Slovenia]]> Germany]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Foskett, William. Biography]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Gourock]]> India]]> England--London]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> England--Shellingford]]> United States]]> Georgia--Cochran]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Picton]]> 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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Three photographs of a burning aircraft captioned 'Fighting the fire.', 'Where there is smoke there is fire.' and 'Almost under control'.
The fourth clearly of a wrecked Bolingbroke, 'The fire is out'.]]>
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Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]> 1942-08-18]]> The photograph on the top right of the left page shows an aerial view of Picton airfield with a runway in the background. A wing of an aircraft can be seen in the foreground.
The photograph on the bottom left of the left page shows an aerial view of fields near the shores of Lake Ontario, Black River village in the distance.
The photograph on the bottom right of the left page shows an aerial view of some fields.
The photograph on the bottom left of the right page shows an airmen operating a machine gun whilst inside an aircraft.
The photograph on the bottom centre of the right page shows the tail of an aircraft.
The photograph on the bottom right of the right page shows practice bombs attached to the underside of an aircraft.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.]]>
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Top middle - missing photograph.
Top right - view across lawn to the Stone Church, Chapel Street, Picton with tower left and tree right.
Bottom left - missing photograph.
Bottom middle - an airman wearing tunic and side cap sitting on the ground.
Bottom right - two airmen wearing tunics and side caps sitting on a wooden fence.]]>
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