D A Shortland]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jayne L Bailey]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Reading]]> 1946-06-21]]> Top right - air-to-ground view showing Victoria Memorial and Buckingham Palace on the right.
Bottom - newspaper cutting with photograph showing 12 Lancasters in formation over London. Caption 'The Lancasters sail over the city in today's fly-past rehearsal. St Bride's Church is on the right, a marker balloon is over the building on the left. - Evening News pictures'.]]>
Evening News]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1946-06]]>
Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-10]]> 1946-06]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1946-06-19]]> 1946-07-30]]> Great Britain. Ministry of Food]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1946-06-23]]> Great Britain. Ministry of Labour and National Service]]> Great Britain. Peterborough Join Apprenticeship Council]]> Great Britain. Building Apprenticeship and Training Council]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Peterborough]]> England--Sawtry]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> 1946-06-20]]> 1946-08-29]]> 1948-05-03]]> Letter 2 is from Cyril to his mother, dated 18th July 1943. He writes six pages explaining he is about to undertake his first operation. He explains how his estate is to be spent and how he is prepared for anything.
The punishment exercise is in the form of school lines and is dated 13/9/42 'I must remember to advance prop. pitch on the downwind leg. I must not forget to check the undercarriage on the base leg'.

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> Cyril Barton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Bradley Froggatt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1946-06-29]]> 1942-09-13]]> 1943-07-18]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941-11-11]]> 1946-06-19]]> 1946-01-26]]> 1946-06-12]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Central Depository]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> EOCRAFCentDepWarrenGH460613-0002,
EOCRAFCentDepWarrenGH460613-0003]]>
Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Birmingham]]> England--Warwickshire]]> 1946-06-13]]>
J and H Girdwood]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Ayrshire]]> Scotland--Cumnock]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Venlo]]> England--London]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1946-06-21]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-18]]> D Jones trained as a wireless operator. He learnt Morse code, the construction of the wireless and how to operates it.
Jones went to RAF Church Lawford, Warwickshire, before going to Wiltshire. Although he enjoyed it, he recalls how cold the winter was. Quite a few aircraft came back damaged, and some did not return.
D Jones refers to the droves of aircraft passing overhead on D-Day. After the war had finished he looked after German and Italian prisoners of war. He mentions the spectacular victory parade in London.
Attitudes to the West Indians were mostly good. They were pleased not to have much contact with American forces.
After the war, D Jones studied and went to teacher training college. A lot of West Indians worked in England after the war. He returned to Jamaica where there was not much recognition for his service. He reflects on his war experiences and his attitude to war now.

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Johnson, M]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Filey]]> England--London]]> Jamaica]]> 1944-06]]> 1946-06-08]]>
Mr Curnock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> ECurnockSFCurnockRM460601-0002]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicester]]> England--Leicestershire]]> 1946-06-01]]> National Association of Training Corps for Girls]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1946-06]]>
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R Hewitt]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> New South Wales--Griffith]]> New South Wales]]> Victoria]]> 1946-06-05]]>
RAF Duxford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1946-06]]> RAF Duxford]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1946-06]]> Sam Marshall]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Folkestone]]> England--Kent]]> 1946-06-21]]> T Wier]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Poland]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottingham]]> Scotland--Angus]]> Scotland--Montrose]]> England--Hucknall]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Bridgwater]]> Poland--Dęblin (Warsaw)]]> Wales--Flintshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Northern Ireland--Antrim (County)]]> 1940-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1946-06-07]]> 1948-10]]> 1951-03-27]]> 1953-09]]> 1956-07]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1946-06]]> Photograph 1 is 12 Lancasters in formation at the Fly past. It is captioned 'Victory Day Fly Past 8th June 1946'
Item 2 is a newspaper cutting referring to the fly past.
Photograph 2 is an aircraft landing. It is captioned '"C" for Charlie comes in from the "Do".']]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1946-06-08]]>
Photograph 1 is a flypast of 12 Lancasters taken from the ground. It is captioned 'Squadron triangle and Trafalgar Square' and underneath 'Nelson turned his back but no doubt someone was looking'.
Item 2 is a newspaper cutting referring to 35 Squadron and with an air-to-air photograph of six Lancasters over London. The cutting has the aircraft and Captains annotated in handwriting.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1946-06-08]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1946-06-08]]> Bottom, shows two men in sports kit, running across the grass with a rugby ball, with Halifax X9-K in the back ground, captioned 'Taffy Jones & Johnny Johnstone', '1946', 'Chivenor'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Babs Nichols]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> 1946-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Singapore]]> 1946-06-04]]> Bottom, shows two men in sports kit, running across the grass with a rugby ball, with a Halifax in the background, captioned 'Taffy Jones & Johnny Johnstone', '1946', ' Chivenor'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> 1946-06]]>