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A document with the battle order for the squadron. It lists each aircraft and each crew member for operations that night. Annotated on it is 'Taken from the Sergeant's Mess kitchen copy which was used to mark off the "Egg and Bacon" meals. The…

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Part 1. "By the Seat of his Pants". Covers from Alan Gamble's years as a schoolboy in Worthing in the late 1930's, up to joining the RAF in 1943, where he trained as a wireless operator in Blackpool. He joined 620 Squadron, which was equipped mainly…

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Gerald joined his brothers in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1943, following the Air Training Corps. He went from Melbourne and to the Initial Training School in Somers. At the Air Gunnery School in Ballarat, Gerald chose to be an air gunner…

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George Thomson had always wanted to fly. When he volunteered for the RAF he hoped to be a pilot but re-mustered as a navigator. He was posted to 15 Squadron based at RAF Mildenhall. On their first operation they were attacked by fighters three times.…

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AThomsonGB171103.mp3
George Thomson was a navigator with 15 Squadron based at RAF Mildenhall. On their nineteenth operation they came under attack and had to bale out of the aircraft. The pilot and mid-upper gunner both died. When he landed he saw a parachute stuck in a…

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An unofficial diary kept by Alexander from March 21st, 1945 to May 2nd 1945.

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W E (Bill) Lucas joined the Royal Air Force in 1940, where he trained as a fighter pilot flying Miles Magisters and Miles Masters, before being posted to RAF Lossiemouth and moving into Bomber Command where he flew the Vickers Wellington 1C. He flew…

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An article about a navigator and a bomb aimer who destroyed their maps on two occasions. They were charged with Lack of Moral Fibre.
A second article titled 'Norton Camp, Sheffield' is about a punishment camp where the writer was sent after cycling…

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SSmithRW425992v10001-0002 copy.pdf
73 pages of Bob's memoirs. Concerns his recruitment and training. Includes a list of RAAF recruits.

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SSmithRW425992v10002-0001 copy.pdf
Book No 2 Contents

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SSmithRW425992v10003-0002 copy.pdf
The third book of memoirs by Bob Smith.
Covers his operational tour and bombing operations.

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SSmithRW425992v10004-0001 copy.pdf
Contents Book 4

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SSmithRW425992v10004-0002 copy.pdf
Describes his service after completing his tour and the journey back to Australia.

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Navigation calculation sheets and chart for an operation to a V-1 site at Beauvoir.

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Calculations, observations and a chart used for an operation to Chalons-sur-Marne Railway Yards.

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Calculations, observations and chart used on an operation to Kiel.

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Calculations, observations and chart for an operation to Foret de Rocheau.

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Calculations, observations and a chart used for an operation to Eindhoven.

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Calculations, observations and chart for an operation to Le Havre.

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Calculations, observations and a chart used for an operation to Bordeaux

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Calculations, observations and a chart used for an operation to Le Havre.

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Calculations, observations and chart used for an operation to Neuss.

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Calculations, observations and chart used for an operation to Calais.

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Calculations and observations used for an operation to the Kattegat

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Calculations, observations and chart used for an operation to Kleve.

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