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  • Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-07"

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Top - portrait folder with photograph on right of Ken Gill wearing uniform tunic with half brevet and medal ribbons and Vera Gill either side of baby boy (Derek). Captioned on left 'Derek, 3 months, 1944 (July), Ken, Grt Grandma, Grandma and Derek'…

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Joined in 1942 and then details training and tour on 115 Squadron, gunnery course, tours as gunnery instructor. Further tour with 625 Squadron, crashed twice before another instructors tour. Mentions 14 ops on first tour and 20 on second. Comments on…

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Formal pose of the squadron in four rows in front of an aircraft, captioned 'B 10 Plumetot, Normandy'.

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EDarbyCAHWellandJ440702-0001.jpg
He describes his train journey back to RAF Barford.

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EDarbyCAHWellandJ440708.pdf
He is expecting leave at the end of his course. He notes that progress has been made at destroying V-1s. He has been at the cinema. He expects to fly solo that night. His bike is muddy and he is planning to clean it.

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EDarbyCAHWellandJ440719.pdf
He describes his return journey to camp. He has been flying with some cross-country, night bombing and fighter integration.

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EDarbyCAHWellandJ440726.pdf
He has been doing a lot of flying, some with engine and radio problems. He talks about tennis with Jean and his next leave.

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EDarbyCAHWellandJ440728.pdf
He comments on her holiday then discusses his flying. His wireless operator has been grounded because he cannot breathe at height. Norman has asked him to be his best man.

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SRoyallGL1801494v10039-51.pdf
12 pages listing 204 aircraft that were flown by No. 166 Squadron. Six columns record each aircraft's registration number, the date received, where it came from, the code letters and details of it's loss or disposal. For some aircraft the number of…

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A certificate awarding Sergeant Bird and crew the best night photographs for July 1944. The artwork comprises the outline of a Wellington, Flak bursts, searchlights and bomb explosions. It is signed by a Squadron Leader.

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25 operations completed by Ron Carter.

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Events leading to the shooting down of Ron's aircraft over Caen.

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A list of duty NCOs at three airfield locations.

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A colour postcard of a Halifax. The message reads that Dad has just arrived.

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