Mary Gardner]]>
Roger Manuel]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Personal research]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Devon]]>
England--Torquay]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
England--Cambridgeshire]]>
England--Cambridge]]>
England--Gloucestershire]]>
England--Cirencester]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Berlin]]>
Poland]]>
Poland--Szczecin]]>
Germany--Cologne]]>
Belgium]]>
Belgium--Ostend]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
England--Worcestershire]]>
France]]>
France--Calais]]>
Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
Germany--Essen]]>
Libya]]>
Libya--Tobruk]]>
Germany--Wangerooge Island]]>
Wales--Treforest]]>
Germany--Magdeburg]]>
Czech Republic]]>
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1940-10-17]]>
1940-09-20]]>
1940-11-05]]>
1940-10-28]]>
1941-04-27]]>
1942-04-22]]>
1943-05-15]]>
1943-06]]>
1943-08]]>
1943-09]]>
1943-10]]>
1943-12]]>
1944]]>
1944-02]]>
1944-04]]>
1944-06-10]]>
1944-09]]>
1945-03-18]]>
1945-04-25]]>
1945-10]]>
1954-10]]>
Peter Lovatt]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Memoir]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
United States]]>
Rhode Island--Quonset Point Naval Air Station]]>
Bahamas--Nassau]]>
New York (State)--New York]]>
Bahamas--New Providence Island]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Harrogate]]>
Scotland--Perth]]>
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]]>
Washington (D.C.)]]>
Newfoundland and Labrador]]>
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Newfoundland and Labrador--Gander]]>
Gibraltar]]>
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Massachusetts--Boston]]>
Egypt--Alamayn]]>
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Algeria--Annaba]]>
Italy--Sicily]]>
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England--Dunwich]]>
Europe--Scheldt River]]>
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Germany--Ulm]]>
Germany--Munich]]>
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Sweden--Stockholm]]>
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Portugal--Lisbon]]>
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France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]>
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Netherlands--Amsterdam]]>
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Belgium--Ieper]]>
Belgium--Mesen]]>
France--Cambrai]]>
France--Somme]]>
France--Arras]]>
France--Lens]]>
France--Calais]]>
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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]]>
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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]]>
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Sudan--Khartoum]]>
Ghana--Takoradi]]>
Libya--Cyrenaica]]>
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Egypt--Cairo]]>
Iraq]]>
Greece--Crete]]>
Libya--Tripolitania]]>
Tunisia--Mareth Line]]>
Libya--Tripoli]]>
Tunisia--Qaṣrayn]]>
Tunisia--Medenine]]>
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Malta]]>
Italy--Licata]]>
Italy--Brindisi]]>
Italy--Foggia]]>
Italy--Cassino]]>
Italy--Sangro River]]>
Italy--Termoli]]>
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Italy--Pescara]]>
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Florida]]>
Italy]]>
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Tunisia]]>
Libya]]>
Egypt]]>
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Ontario]]>
Québec]]>
Germany]]>
Croatia]]>
Czech Republic]]>
Ghana]]>
Greece]]>
Kenya]]>
Norway]]>
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Turkey]]>
Yemen (Republic)]]>
Portugal]]>
Trinidad and Tobago]]>
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England--Gloucestershire]]>
England--Lancashire]]>
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England--Lincolnshire]]>
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Germany--Herne (Arnsberg)]]>
Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]>
Libya--Banghāzī]]>
Russia (Federation)--Arkhangelʹskai︠a︡ oblastʹ]]>
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Virginia--Hampton Roads (Region)]]>
Peter Lovatt]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Personal research]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]>
Royal Air Force. 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)]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Mike Stilgoe]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
The text describes his early training then transfer to Canada learning on Ansons in the snow.
Photo 1 is Sam standing in the snow outside a hut.
Photo 2 is a ship.
Photo 3 is Sam and friend leaning on an Anson. They are wearing sidcot suits.
Photo 4 is three airmen in Sidcot suits in front of an Anson, captioned 'Wag, Ramsey and I'.
Photo 5 is an Anson in the snow.
Photo 6 is Sam and colleague wearing sidcot suits for the first time.
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Penny Thickett]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Steve Christian]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Text]]>
Text. Memoir]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--London]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
Canada]]>
Manitoba--Winnipeg]]>
Manitoba]]>
1940]]>
1941]]>
Frances Zagni]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Memoir]]>
Text. Personal research]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Shropshire]]>
England--Bridgnorth]]>
England--Lincolnshire]]>
England--Grantham]]>
England--Warwickshire]]>
England--Stratford-upon-Avon]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
Scotland--South Ayrshire]]>
Scotland--South Ayrshire]]>
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]>
England--Oxfordshire]]>
England--London]]>
England--London]]>
1939]]>
1940]]>
1941]]>
1942]]>
1943]]>
1944]]>
1945]]>
1946]]>
Pickford and Son Photographers]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
David Bloomfield]]>
Angela Gaffney]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-04]]>
Dave Davies]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Monica Emmanuelli]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
Canada]]>
New Brunswick--Moncton]]>
New Brunswick]]>
1942-07]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-05-15]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-05-14]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-05-13]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-05-12]]>
U M Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-05-11]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-05-10]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-05-09]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-05-08]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-05-07]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-05-06]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
England--London]]>
1941-05-05]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-05-03]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-05-02]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-04-30]]>
1941-05-01]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
1941-04-30]]>
Ursula Valentine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Wales--Dyfed]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
England--London]]>
1941-01-24]]>
1941-01-31]]>