The reverse of the photograph reads: "br 6L ASPring".]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--St. Andrews]]> 1941-10-01]]>

On the reverse '9 West-End road billets - left to right, Inglis - Penicuik, Reid - Cardenden, Hay - Glasgow, White - Hawick, Little - Maxwell Town Dumfries, Lauder - Duns-Scotland, McDonald - Edinburgh, Cpl Arnold - Morecomb, McMaster - Oban, Leith - Kirkaldy, Doughty - Preston Pans/Edinburgh, Money - Glasgow, Jenkins - Glasgow, Menzies - Dundee'.

In the photograph is Kathlen's future husband, Andrew Reid from Cardenden in Fife was an aircraft engineer who served in North Africa and Italy

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Midlothian]]> Scotland--Penicuik]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--Cardenden]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Scotland--Roxburghshire]]> Scotland--Hawick]]> Scotland--Dumfries]]> Scotland--Berwickshire]]> Scotland--Duns]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Morecambe]]> Scotland--Argyll and Bute]]> Scotland--Oban]]> Scotland--Kirkcaldy]]> Scotland--Prestonpans]]> Scotland--Dundee]]> England--Lincolnshire]]>
Jim Taylor]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> Scotland--Angus]]> Scotland--Brechin]]> England--Southampton]]> Scotland--Lanark]]> England--London]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Sussex]]> Belgium]]> Ethiopia]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Liverpool]]> Scotland--Motherwell]]> Gibraltar]]> Malta]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Egypt--Alexandria]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> Sudan--Port Sudan]]> Indian Ocean--Strait of Mandab]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> England--Sandringham]]> Yemen (Republic)--Ḥaḍramawt (Province)]]> Somalia]]> Iraq]]> Somalia--Burao]]> Middle East--Rubʻ al-Khali]]> Scotland--Wishaw]]> England--Sandhurst (Berkshire)]]> Egypt--Suez]]> Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city)]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Morocco--Tangier]]> France--Marseille]]> England--Newmarket (Suffolk)]]> Yemen (Republic)--Ḍāliʻ]]> 1932]]> 1933]]> 1934]]> 1935]]> 1936]]> 1937]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> New Brunswick--Chatham]]> United States]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Florida--Arcadia]]> Florida]]> Georgia]]> New Brunswick]]> 1943-06-26]]> 1943-07-26]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Scotland--Fife]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1941-07-07]]> 1941-07-26]]> 1941-10-03]]> 1941-10-12]]> 1941-10-17]]> 1941-11-22]]> 1941-12-13]]> 1941-12-16]]> 1941-12-27]]> K Gill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Babs Nichols]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Leeds]]> England--London]]> Scotland--Fife]]> 1941]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--Leuchars]]> 1941]]>
Identification kindly provided by Alastair Disley of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Group.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--St. Andrews]]>

Identification kindly provided by Stefan Clarke, Colin Patchett and Emma Vick of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Group.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--St. Andrews]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Verity Garner]]> eng]]> Physical object]]> Physical object. Clothing]]> PJonesJT17040002,
PJonesJT17040003,
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Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--West Bromwich]]> England--Penrith]]> England--Newbury]]> England--Bishop Auckland]]> England--Wendover]]> Scotland--Clydebank]]> England--London]]> England--Reading]]> Scotland--Fife]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Bedford]]> England--Guildford]]> Wales--Chepstow]]> England--Bishop's Stortford]]> England--Birmingham]]> Scotland--Moray]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cumberland]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]>
Right - a toddler standing leaning with hands against wall. Captioned 'Don's little son Lance'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Fife]]> D F Walker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Fife]]> 1944-03-15]]> In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of Lincoln.]]> Peter Russell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--St. Andrews]]> Northern Ireland]]> Northern Ireland--Antrim (County)]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Eastbourne (East Sussex)]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Bridgnorth]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> France--Angers]]> Germany]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Harburg (Landkreis)]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Saint-Vith]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Goch]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Poland]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Witten]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Great Britain]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Swindon (Wiltshire)]]> 1939]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-10-23]]> 1944-10-28]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-09]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-19]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-22]]> 1944-12-25]]> 1944-12-26]]> 1944-12-27]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-04]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-12]]> 1945-03-18]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-05-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--Leuchars]]> 1948]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> BThomsonIThomsonTv10002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Fife]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--Burntisland]]> This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]> 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. Coastal Command]]> France]]> Gibraltar]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Essex]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1944-04-11]]> 1944-04-12]]> 1944-05-08]]> 1944-05-31]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-10]]> 1944-06-11]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-07-18]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-08-01]]> 1944-08-02]]> 1944-08-03]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-20]]> 1944-08-21]]> 1944-08-24]]> 1944-08-25]]> 1944-08-26]]> 1944-08-27]]> 1944-08-28]]> 1944-08-31]]> 1944-09-01]]> 1944-09-09]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-09-13]]> 1944-09-14]]> 1944-09-17]]> 1944-09-18]]> 1944-09-19]]> 1944-09-21]]> 1944-11-01]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1945-01-21]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-04-11]]> 1945-04-12]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-20]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-05-30]]> A E Clark]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--St. Andrews]]> 1943-05-19]]> Rod Pickles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Yvonne Walker]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> Sri Lanka]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Liverpool]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--Saint-Malo]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> India--Mumbai]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Sri Lanka--Colombo]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Germany]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1944]]> ]]> Gary Rushbrooke]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> Great Britain]]> Burma]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--London]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Rotherham]]> England--Sheffield]]> Germany]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--St. Andrews]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> 1943]]> Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--Crail]]> Germany]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Poland]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> From Canada, Freddie went to RAF Staverton where he became a bomb aimer. He transferred to a unit where he crewed up and was made a flight sergeant. Further courses were taken on twin engine and four engine aircraft. In December 1944, Freddie was assigned to 149 Squadron at RAF Methwold, a satellite of RAF Mildenhall, where they converted onto Lancasters.
Freddie describes operations to Krefeld, Saarbrücken, Dresden and Kiel. He also was involved in two food drops to The Hague. They became known as Gee-H Squadron for their greater navigation accuracy. They did classified work doing line overlaps: photographs in sequence of certain areas in Germany. Freddie also refers to Cook’s Tours at the end of the war. He was involved in flying back prisoners of war from Juvincourt in France and Pomigliano in Italy.
After the war, Freddie was appointed bomb aimer at the RAF Bomb Ballistics Unit at RAF Martlesham Heath whose operations were secret. They flew in Lancasters and Mosquitos through Orford Ness, a peacetime experimental station, which tested the accuracy of a wide number of bombs.
After Freddie’s career in the plastics industry, he became a local councillor and chairman of the council. His housing work continued with various governance roles for a housing association.
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Andrew Sadler]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Blackpool]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--St. Andrews]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> France]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Italy]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]>