Albert Victor Cluett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Training material]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1942-12]]> Andrew Sadler]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941-06]]> 1942-12]]> 1945-12-20]]> Australia. Royal Australian Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Photograph]]> MSouthwellDE422987-160424-010002]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> New South Wales]]> 1942-12]]> Betty Turner]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1942-12]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Second generation]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Manchester]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia]]> United States]]> Florida]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Milan]]> Netherlands]]> England--Rutland]]> Germany--Hesse]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Lancashire]]> China--Hong Kong]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> 1942-12]]> 1943-02]]> 1943-03-11]]> 1943-05-12]]> 1944-06-22]]> Dave Davies]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Monica Emmanuelli]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Manitoba]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> 1942-12]]> David Geach]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> United States]]> Saskatchewan]]> Manitoba]]> Saskatchewan--Regina]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> New York (State)--New York]]> New York (State)]]> New Brunswick]]> 1942-12]]> 1943-01]]> 1943-02]]> 1943-03]]> David Geach]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> United States]]> Massachusetts--Boston]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Saskatchewan]]> Saskatchewan--Saskatoon]]> Massachusetts]]> New York (State)]]> Québec]]> New Brunswick]]> Manitoba]]> 1942-10]]> 1942-11]]> 1942-12]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> 1942-12]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> E.W. Colvill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Benjamin Turner]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Navy]]> Malta]]> Malta--Isla]]> Malta--Cospicua]]> 1939]]> 1939-09]]> 1940]]> 1940-05]]> 1940-06-11]]> 1941]]> 1941-06]]> 1942]]> 1942-02-23]]> 1942-04]]> 1942-07]]> 1942-08-01]]> 1942-12]]> 1943]]> 1943-01-18]]> 1943-02]]> 1943-04]]> 1943-10]]> 1943-11-01]]> Ellis Edwards]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Dianne Kinsella]]> Sally Des Forges]]> Emily Jennings]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Doncaster]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1942-12]]> Ellis Edwards]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Hamilton]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland]]> England--Suffolk]]> Scotland--Moray]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> 1942-12]]> 1943-01]]> G L Cheshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1942-12]]> Glen Turner]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Belgium]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> New Zealand]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> New Zealand--Dunedin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942-12]]> 1943-10-12]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-05]]> 1945-06-29]]> 1945-10]]>
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John 'Jack' Crawford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Canada]]> British Columbia]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> 1942-12]]>
Keith Thompson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Diary]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> 1942-07]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-09]]> 1942-10]]> 1942-11]]> 1942-12]]> 1943-01]]> 1943-02]]> 1943-03]]> 1943-04]]> 1943-05]]> 1943-06]]> 1943-07]]> Photos 1, 2 and 3 are scenes from Cairo.
Photo 4 is a side head and shoulders profile of Sam.
Photo 5 is a Battle aircraft in flight.]]>
Penny Thicket]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Algeria--Blida]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)--Mbandaka]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Suez]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Poole (Dorset)]]> Gabon]]> Gabon--Libreville]]> Gambia]]> Gibraltar]]> Ireland]]> Ireland--Limerick (County)]]> Libya]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Malta]]> Morocco]]> Morocco--Casablanca]]> Morocco--Oujda]]> Nigeria]]> Nigeria--Lagos]]> Portugal]]> Portugal--Lisbon]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa]]> Sudan]]> Sudan--Khartoum]]> South Sudan]]> South Sudan--Malakal]]> Tunisia]]> Uganda]]> North Africa]]> Egypt--Alamayn]]> Gambia--Banjul]]> Sudan--Ḥalfāʼ al-Jadīdah]]> Libya--Banghāzī]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)]]> England--Dorset]]> 1942-10]]> 1942-11]]> 1942-12]]> 1943-01]]>
RAF Whitley Bay]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> MNealeETH1395951-150731-0730002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Whitley Bay]]> England--Northumberland]]> 1942-12]]> Terry Ford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> EFordTAFord[Fam]430106-0002,
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Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Manitoba--Neepawa]]> Saskatchewan--Weyburn]]> Saskatchewan]]> Manitoba]]> 1942-12]]> 1943-01-06]]>
W Holmes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Nova Scotia--Amherst]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Alberta--Innisfail]]> Saskatchewan--Estevan]]> Ontario--Ottawa]]> Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's]]> Ontario]]> Québec]]> Saskatchewan]]> Alberta]]> Newfoundland and Labrador]]> Nova Scotia]]> Manitoba]]> 1942-07]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-09]]> 1942-10]]> 1942-11]]> 1942-12]]> 1943-01]]> 1943-02]]> 1943-03]]> 1943-04]]>
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William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1942-12]]>

Describes his crew in some detail - has every confidence in them, and hopes he 'knows his stuff' as well.

Flying was cancelled on Sunday, so was able to go to chapel and to supper with his new local friends.

Bill mentions he will not be home for Christmas, since they are starting their last 5-6 weeks soon, but should get a break and is looking forward to that.

Was able to go to the cinema to see 'Jungle Book'.]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> EAkrillWEAkrill[Mo]421208-0002
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Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1942-12]]>

Has received a gift from the 'Comforts Fund'.]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1942-12]]>

They have been working very hard and have managed to get a day off tomorrow. Expecting to go into Oxford and go to a theatre in the evening.

The landing field at Upper Heyford is now unsafe, so they have had to the satellite station at Hinton in the Hedges. This has made the chasing about even worse.

Most of the Christmas activities planned seem to involve drinking, so Bill is not looking forward to that side of it. He mentions that there are some other men who he gets on with - 'nice chaps', but there are also some very loud Canadians and Americans. Most of the Canadians are not like this at all.

Sends Christmas greetings in case not able to write again.

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William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1942-12]]>

Have just been moved in operational flights and should be finished in 6-8 weeks.



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William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1942-12]]>