Photograph 2 is a head and shoulders portrait of a man, a woman and a girl, captioned 'Lloyd, Dolores & Mike Dessaint, Riverside, California. 1947.'
Photograph 3 is six aircrew with a woman in the centre of the line. They are standing in front of a four engined bomber. It is captioned 'Lefty Cowles Jock Simpson Cholly's wife, Self, Johnny Rown [?] Chollerton Hemswell 1948'
Photograph 4 is an airman in an aircraft. He has a tray of mugs. It is captioned 'Tea Up!'.
Photograph 5 is the cockpit of an aircraft with two aircrew at the front and two more behind. It is captioned 'Cholly feeds the skipper'.
Photograph 6 is two men standing beside a palm tree, They are wearing towels, captioned 'Nav. Cook & Skipper Go native. 1948 Negombo, Ceylon'.
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Photograph 2 is an airman on a rickshaw. Behind is the Celanese government building, captioned 'Bill Doran in Rickshaw before Celanese Govt. building, Colombo, 1948.'
Photograph 3 is of government buildings captioned 'G.P.O. & Big Clock, Colombo, Ceylon'.
Photograph 4 is a mosque captioned 'Mosque, Seeduwa village, Ceylon'.
Photographs 5 and 6 are local Celanese people captioned 'Natives, Negombo, Ceylon'.
Photograph 7 is anative up a palm tree captioned '"Nelson" collects coconuts'.
Photograph 8 is local people working in a field using hand tools. A supervisor stands watching. Behind are palm trees.

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Photograph 2 is an air-to-air view of a Spitfire taken from a Lincoln, captioned 'Spitfire breakaway, Shallufa Egypt 1948.'
Photograph 3 has been removed and was captioned 'No 1 A.G.S. Pembrey 1943.'
Photograph 4 is a large group of airmen arranged in four rows in front of a Lincoln. It is captioned '97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron RAF Hemswell Nov 17 '47'.
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Sri Lanka--Negombo]]> Item 1 - programme for a revue 'Let's Have Another One' taking place on RMS Scythia on 5-8 November 1945.
Item 2 - photograph of A C Coller in tropical uniform standing beside two local boys who are sitting on either side of him.
Item 3 - three women sitting on a steps in front of a wooden building. One is holding a small dog. It is captioned 'Rita, Gail, Rita'.
Item 4 - stamp with a phoenix.
Item 5 - photograph of the sign for RAF Kankesanturai.
Item 6 - photograph of a dormitory.
Item 7 - photograph of a nurse sitting on a chair, captioned 'Matron 48 IGA Bombay India'.
Item 8 - head and shoulders portrait of A C Coller in tropical uniform and wearing a brimmed hat. He has a moustache.
Item 9 - head and shoulders portrait of A C Coller in tropical uniform.
Item 10 and 11 are photographs of beds in a dormitory.
There is a handwritten caption '[obscured] Malana & Colombo holding camp. We found out, soon after getting there that the camp was often raided by gangs who would cut the moskito [sic] nets which would fall over us so I adopted a dog to sleep under my charpoy who could warn me. We also chained our tin boxes together. This worked until moving on to Negombo air station. The dog was ok with a new owner.'

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Photo 1 is an oblique aerial image of Negombo Airfield, Ceylon.
Photo 2 is an air-to-air view of a Shackleton over Malta.
Photo 3 is an air-to-air image of two Shackletons over Colombo racecourse.
Photo 4 is an air-to-air image of a Shackleton over a desert, captioned 'Over the "Bunbu" '.
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Photo 1 is a low oblique of Galle Fort with four Shackletons.
Photo 2 is a large moth at a window, captioned 'Mighty Moth'.
Photo 3 is a street scene captioned 'Colombo'.
Photo 4 is of oxen under palm trees, captioned 'Negombo'.
Photo 5 is of six airmen in shorts in front of a Shackleton, captioned 'On the strip'.]]>
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Item 1 is a sketch map of the route from UK via Malta and Aden to Ceylon.
Item 2 is One rupee note issued by the Government of Ceylon.
Item 3 is a low level aerial photograph of Minicoy Island.
Item 4 is a photograph of two huts under a palm tree captioned 'Sgts Mess Negombo'.]]>
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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]]> Photo 1 is a view of three buildings, annotated 'Dishforth'.
Photo 2 is a side view of an aircraft, annotated 'Hastings Mk 1'.
Photo 3 is an aerial view of two Ansons, annotated 'Ansons (1949)'.
Photo 4 is a view across a harbour, annotated 'Malta'.
Photo 5 is a garden annotated 'Habbaniya -Iraq'.
Photo 6 is a Hastings captioned 'Clark Field - Philippines'.
Photo 7 is a control tower captioned 'Luqa - Malta'.
Photo 8 is a view across an aircraft engine to a hangar, captioned 'Clark Field'.
Photo 9 is a view of a control tower and the rear of a Hastings 610, captioned 'Iwakuni - Japan'.
Photo 10 is an aerial view of plains and mountains, captioned 'Taegu - Korea'.
Photo 11 is a street scene, captioned 'Hiroshima - Japan'.
Photo 12 is an aerial view of an airfield, captioned 'Taegu - Korea'.
Photo 13 is a side view of a Hastings '610' on the ground, captioned 'Taegu - Korea'.
Photo 14 and 15 are street scenes, captioned 'Kure - Japan'.
Photo 16 and 17 are street scenes, captioned 'Negombo - Ceylon'.

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Photo 1 and 2 are captioned 'Negombo - Ceylon'.
Photo 1 is a riverside with canoes.
Photo 2 is a European man in shorts with six native boys, one on a bike.
Photo 3 is a street with palm trees, captioned 'Tripoli - Libya'.
Photo 4 is the old Parliament building, captioned 'Colombo'.
Photo 5 is a tree lined street, captioned 'Istres'.
Photo 6 is a view from a veranda, captioned 'Negombo'.
Photo 7 is an airman wearing an oxygen mask.
Photo 8 and 9 are Roman ruins, captioned 'Leptis Magna'.

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His crew dropped food for the starving Dutch as part of Operation Manna. After the war he served with Transport Command on Yorks. He continued moving around and spent time on B-29s then Canberras at Marham. Later he and his family were sent to Kuala Lumpur then Penang on Dakotas.
On his return he was posted to Abingdon on Beverleys. This included trips to Nairobi.
He transferred to Haydock as a radio controller, after which he left the RAF and became a teacher.]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Italy--Turin]]> England--Filey]]> England--Northallerton]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Barth]]> Malta]]> Oman--Masirah Island]]> India]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> Sri Lanka]]> Iraq--Ḥabbānīyah]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> Sri Lanka--Negombo]]> Sudan--Khartoum]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Italy]]> Sudan]]> North Africa]]> Germany]]> Iraq]]> Pakistan]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Oman]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Kent]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--London]]>