A Robb]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1944-03-28]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]>
Part 2, "No Problem Sport".Covers Alan Gamble's short flying history over France in 1945 before being shot down, and his experiences as a POW in southern Germany and subsequent liberation. The manuscript of Part 2 appears to be complete except for one or more pages missing about two thirds of the way through. This is at the beginning or the end of a fragment bound by metal clips, and could easily have become detached as the outside pages of some fragments' in Part 3 were also lost. It is therefore possible that only one page is missing.

Part 3. "Nil Desperandum".Covers Alan Gamble's post war experiences up to about 1963. This has not been read.

The manuscript of Part 3 is missing pages 24-86, 120 and 170, the latter two being the outside pages of bound fragments. (Page numbering here has assisted in reconstruction).

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.





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A T Gamble]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Skegness]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Wales--Porthmadog]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Barrow-in-Furness]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--North Friesland Region]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Jordan]]> Jordan--Amman]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-17]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-07]]>
Aeronautics Syerston]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--London]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> Andrew Panton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> England--Chatham (Kent)]]> England--Kent]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]>
Label reads “82”; signed by the author; caption reads “17 AGOSTO 1943. Sicilia. Dopo la caduta di Catania, la Marcia di Montgomeri [Montgomery] fù tuttavia lenta, e del ritardo avevano merito anche i soldati italiani. Quanto fosse stata grossa la battaglia, lo si riconosce dall’avere il generale inglese, rassomigliato a El Alamein, l’attacco contro la nobilissima, e massacrata città. E l’alto prezzo pagato per conquistarla, aveva talmente esasperato gli inglesi, che trovato poi a Messina, ferito e ammalato il colonello Leto, che di quella eroica resistenza era stato l’anima, lo serviziarono e lo maltrattarono. A Regalbuto e a Centuripe la battaglia infuriò come tempesta, ed alla stazione di Valledolmo davanti ad Agrigento, il 10o bersaglieri a dorso nudo, con pochi mezzi, affamati, affrontarono, i carri armati inglesi e li fermarono, finchè non caddero quasi tutti. “

Caption translates as: “17 August 1943, Sicily. After the fall of Catania, Montgomery proceeded slowly. Credit also went to Italian soldiers. The scale of the battle could be gauged by the statement of the British general, who compared the attack of the most noble, blood-stained city to the battle of El Alamein. The vast death toll paid by the British to conquer the city aggravated them in the extreme: they eventually found colonel Leto, who lead the resistance, wounded and sick but, nonetheless, mistreated and abused him. In Regalbuto and Centuripe, the battle raged like a storm. At the station of Valledolmo, near Agrigento, the 10th bersaglieri batallion, bare-chested, with a shortage of materiel and food, faced the British panzers and stopped them, until most fell”]]>
Angiolino Filiputti]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Francesca Campani]]> Alessandro Pesaro]]> Helen Durham]]> Giulia Banti]]> Maureen Clarke]]> ita]]> Artwork]]> Italy--Sicily]]> Italy]]> 1943-08-17]]>
C P Wonghley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-08-25]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> Chris Johnson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Croydon]]> England--Suffolk]]> France]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1939]]> 1940-07-10]]> 1940-08-15]]> 1940-12-25]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-06-27]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-23]]> 1943-08-29]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1944]]> 1945-08]]> 1946]]> 1947-05]]> Colin Bednall]]> Daily Mail]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Angela Gaffney]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> D Mitchell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1943-08-20]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> D Richlings]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Northallerton]]> England--London]]> 1944-01-02]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> D Richlings]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> D Souter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> D Souter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-09-01]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> D Souter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-11-24]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> D Souter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1944-10-16]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> D Souter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> D Souter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-11-28]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> E Lees]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Nottingham]]> 1943-08-25]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> E Richardson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> E Stamp]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> Evening Standard]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. 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Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-08-20]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> G S Skipper]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]>