On the reverse ' "Sand in my Shoes". Outside the Palazzo al Mare Officers Beach Venice Lido June. 1946'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Italy]]> Italy--Venice]]> 1946-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Italy]]> Italy--Venice]]> 1946-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1946-06-15]]> #2 and 3 are Margaret and Tommy Body on top of a snowy Lincoln Cathedral, Xmas 1946.
#4 is Snowy's Mum & Dad.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1945-12]]> 1946-06]]>
#2 is a car, captioned 'The original "Old Mother Riley" Mk1'.
#3 is a starboard side view of a Mosquito, captioned 'Rollo Kingsford-Smith's Mosquito AZ-R 627, PFF Squadron, Woodhall Spa July 1945'.
#4 is an airman standing in front of Blenheim Palace, captioned 'Rollo at Blenheim Palace after Victory Parade Woodstock June 1946'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Roseneath]]> England--Woodstock]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-07]]> 1946-06]]> 1947-02]]>
On the reverse 'On loan P&R Darby Woodhall Spa'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> 1946-06-05]]> It is captioned '3128 Bin 5.6.46 //8" 4000 19.01 Hamburg 'T' F/Lt Quinton 'T' 617'.
On the reverse 'On Loan P&R Darby Woodhall Spa'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> 1946-06-05]]>
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]]> 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]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Service material]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Royal Air Force. Training Command]]> Great Britain]]> Singapore]]> Germany]]> 1946-06-28]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1946-06-06]]> 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]]> 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]]> 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]]> Great Britain. Ministry of Food]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1946-06-23]]>
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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]]>
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]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1946-06-12]]> Top right - group of military personnel on parade with standards. Spectators in distance on the left. Captioned 'Egypt'.
Bottom left - military band marching to left with drummers in front row. Leader with fez and drawn sword.
Bottom right - group of military personnel marching officers leading and three in national dress behind. Captioned 'Greece'.
Right page - top left - Group of military personnel marching towards camera with leaders wheeling to their right, three French flags carried in forward ranks. Captioned 'Free French'.
Top right - large group of military personnel marching towards camera, USA flag in front. Captioned 'USA'.
Bottom left - military personnel marching left to right with shouldered rifles. Leader with standard. Captioned 'Anglo Egyptian Sudan Forces'. Bottom right - groups of military personnel marching left to right, standard bearer in centre. Rear group with shouldered rifles.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> 1946-06-08]]>
Right - three men wearing civilian suit and tie, the centre man holding a grounded furled standard with buildings in the background. Both photographs captioned 'Dedication R.A.F.A standard Walton on Thames Branch'.
Right page - titled 'Victory Parade London, leaving Hyde Park 8th June'.
Top left - parade of servicemen marching with goat mascot, with crowd of spectators behind. Captioned 'RAF Apprentices, F/S Lewis (goat)'.
Top right - Officers leading parade of men with trees in the background. Captioned 'Canadians'.
Bottom left - small party of military men on the right with one standing off to the left. More troops parading in the background. Captioned 'Southern Rhodesia'
Bottom right - party of servicemen on parade, colour party in front with shouldered rifles. Captioned 'Australia'
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Walton-on-Thames]]> England--London]]> 1946-06-08]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Pakistan]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> 1946-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> North Africa]]> 1946-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Gateshead]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Durham (County)]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1946-06-20]]> 1989-04-29]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mitchell, Mitch. Congratulatory telegrams on 18 June 1946]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Nottingham]]> 1946-06-18]]>