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]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 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. 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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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