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On the reverse '149 Squadron Bomber Command, P/O Charlie Watson F/Eng, F/Sgt Tom Smith DFM Wireless Op, Sgt Doug Bacon gunner, Sgt Cyril Marjoram gunner, Sgt Chalky White navigator, Sgt Bill Holmes DFC pilot "Skipper", F/O Harry Stannus bomb aimer'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Guernon]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
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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).

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Photo 2 is a vertical aerial photograph of an unidentified location. The image is very clear and shows a cluster of bombs exploding. ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Steve Baldwin]]> Pending geolocation]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-12-31]]> Below the photograph is a caption in Urdu.
On the reverse of the photograph is typewritten:
'Heavy long-distance "Wellington" bombers.'
A second caption, 'Engine room aboard a British submarine.' is crossed out.
Below these captions is more Urdu text.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Fitter]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]>
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