Bob Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Turkey]]> Turkey--Gallipoli]]> Australia]]> Queensland--Brisbane]]> Queensland--Ipswich]]> Queensland--Maryborough]]> New South Wales--Cootamundra]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> New South Wales--Wagga Wagga]]> New South Wales--Lindfield]]> New South Wales--Blue Mountains]]> New South Wales--Neutral Bay]]> American Samoa]]> American Samoa--Pago Pago]]> United States]]> Hawaii--Honolulu]]> California--San Francisco]]> California--Alcatraz Island]]> California--Oakland]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Oregon]]> Washington (State)--Seattle]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> Alberta--Jasper]]> Alberta--Fort Saskatchewan]]> Germany]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Tasmania]]> Italy]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Gourock]]> England--Brighton]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> France]]> France--Laon]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Germany--Wesseling]]> France--Montdidier (Picardy)]]> Austria]]> Austria--Vienna]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Queensland--Cairns]]> Saskatchewan--Saskatoon]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> North America--Niagara Falls]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Scotland--Greenock]]> Scotland--Aberdeen]]> England--Sidmouth]]> England--Salisbury]]> Scotland--Ailsa Craig]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> Scotland--Gatehouse of Fleet]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> Wales--Holyhead]]> Scotland--Paisley]]> France]]> France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]> Queensland--Bundaberg]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> Ontario--Trenton]]> Ontario--London]]> Saskatchewan]]> Québec]]> Nova Scotia]]> Manitoba]]> Bob Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Aberdeen]]> Scotland--Paisley]]> England--London]]> England--Thetford]]> Norway]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Germany]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Switzerland]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> England--Ely]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> England--Brighton]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Liverpool]]> Malta]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> Western Australia--Fremantle]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> Queensland--Ipswich Region]]> Queensland--Maryborough]]> New South Wales--Cootamundra]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> England--Sidmouth]]> Nova Scotia]]> Covers his operational tour and bombing operations.]]> Bob Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Heinsberg (Heinsberg)]]> France]]> France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> United States]]> Michigan--Detroit]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> France--Châlons-en-Champagne]]> France--Caen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Sylt]]> France--Somme]]> France--Aire-sur-la-Lys]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Brest]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> France--Falaise Region]]> France--Royan]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> Sweden]]> Denmark]]> Sweden--Malmö]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> France--Calais]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Europe--Kattegat Region]]> Norway]]> Norway--Oslo]]> Denmark--Frederikshavn]]> France--Strasbourg]]> Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Netherlands--Nijmegen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Germany--Essen]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Belgium--Charleroi]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Netherlands--Veere]]> Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Aachen Region]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Jülich]]> Germany--Fulda]]> Germany--Bottrop]]> Germany--Osterfeld]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> Queensland--Brisbane]]> Scotland--Inverness]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Colchester]]> Germany--Merseburg Region]]> 1944]]> Bob Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Australia]]> Queensland--Brisbane]]> Queensland--Ipswich]]> Queensland--Maryborough]]> New South Wales--Cootamundra]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> New South Wales--Wagga Wagga]]> Canada]]> New South Wales--Blue Mountains]]> American Samoa]]> American Samoa--Pago Pago]]> United States]]> Hawaii--Honolulu]]> California--San Francisco]]> Oregon]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Alberta--Jasper]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> Germany]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Alberta--Fort Saskatchewan]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> North America--Niagara Falls]]> Quebec--Montreal]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Greenock]]> England--Brighton]]> Nova Scotia]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Manchester]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Alberta--Lethbridge]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> England--Filey]]> England--Harrogate]]> Northern Ireland]]> England--Claygate]]> Germany--Rhineland]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Trier]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Homburg (Saarland)]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Recklinghausen (Münster)]]> Germany--Bochum]]> France--Aube]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Netherlands]]> Germany]]> New Brunswick]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> Alberta--Lethbridge]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Leuna]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Recklinghausen (Münster)]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Schmidt]]> Germany--Trier]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Northern Ireland--Down (County)]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> 1943]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-08]]> 1944-12-23]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-25]]> 1945-01-06]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-11]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-17]]> 1945-01-21]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-03-01]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-06]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-05]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-30]]> 1945-05-04]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-14]]> 1945-05-22]]> Edward King]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Map]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> 1944-06-30]]> The second clipping shows the same area a few days later after the 'Tallboys' had been used.
The last item is part of an official report on the operation that Edward took part in, it gives details of the aircraft and their squadrons that took part, a summary of the raid, 'not very accurate but the surrounding infrastructure had been damaged'. There is also a small press cutting referring to operations over northern Europe in general.]]>
Edward King]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Photograph]]> Physical object]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]> 1944-07-05]]>
Edward King]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Map]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Hesdin]]> 1944-07-09]]> The second cutting is captioned 'They don't all reach England!' There is a series of photographs indicating V-1s having exploded just after launch and one that crashed but did not explode.
The sixth is part of an official report of the raid showing the aircraft and their squadrons and a summary of the raid. There is also a newspaper cutting reporting a raid on Nucourt.]]>
Edward King]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Physical object]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> France--Nucourt]]> 1944-07-10]]>
#1 is of six airmen under the starboard wing of a Stirling, captioned 'Photograph of the crew of LM595'. #2 is a slightly enlarged version of #1 , captioned 'It is difficult to identify the crew exactly but L to R Flying Officer Alec Pyle..Sgt Spaven..Sgt Hall..Flt Sgt Crowther..Pilot Officer Pool..Flt Sgt Tomlinson'.
#3 Four crew members, captioned 'L to R Flying Officer Alec Pyle.....Pilot Officer Pool....Flight Sgt Crowther....Flight Sgt Tomlinson'.
#4 622 Squadron Group photograph under a Lancaster captioned 'The whole of 622 Squadron taken in front of Lancaster LM595, on the day prior to the fatal crash. Somewhere in there is Alec and his crew'.
#5 is five airmen, captioned 'This photograph was taken during training. Left to right:- Flt,Sgt P.AMacGovern, Sgt A. Hall. Flt Sgt. L.Tomlinson. Pilot Officer J.E.A. (Alec) Pyle. Flt Sgt E. Crowther'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Peter Deaton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottingham]]> England--Beeston (Nottinghamshire)]]> Netherlands--Bergen op Zoom]]> Belgium--Bruges]]> England--Bungay]]> England--Ely]]> Netherlands--Overflakkee]]> Belgium]]> Netherlands]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Peter and Anne Deaton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Netherlands--Overflakkee]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> 1944-07-21]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Suffolk]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> France--Laon Region]]> Germany--Bad Oldesloe]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Ravensburg]]> Germany--Recklinghausen (Münster)]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Northern Ireland--Downpatrick]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Juvincourt-et-Damary]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-02-18]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-03-02]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-09]]> 1945-03-11]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-18]]> 1945-04-20]]> 1945-04-22]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-05-10]]> 1945-05-12]]> 1945-05-14]]> 1945-05-17]]> 1945-06-18]]> 1945-06-25]]> 1945-06-29]]> 1945-07-05]]> T J and P W Jones]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Atlantic Ocean--Skagerrak]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> France]]> France--Rennes]]> Germany--Aachen]]> France--Lille]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> France--Amiens]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942-09]]> 1942-09-17]]> 1943-04]]> 1943-07]]> 1943-08-29]]> 1943-11]]> 1944-09-10]]> 1944-11]]>
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1943]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1943-11]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1942-09-03]]> 1944-03-22]]> 1943-09-11]]>
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).

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.





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A T Gamble]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Skegness]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Wales--Porthmadog]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Barrow-in-Furness]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--North Friesland Region]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Jordan]]> Jordan--Amman]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-17]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-07]]>
Dennis Moore]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Bavaria]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> S Mealing-Mills]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 2009-08-10]]> 1944-04-22]]> 1944-04-23]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> MFordTA1585520-170411-050002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> 1944-10-03]]> Alexander Lamb]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Bocholt]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04]]> 1945-05]]> A second article titled 'Norton Camp, Sheffield' is about a punishment camp where the writer was sent after cycling with a WAAF on his crossbar.]]> Bernard Dye]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sheffield]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany]]> England--Yorkshire]]>
J W Farrow, 622 squadron, is standing next to Princess Elizabeth. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by J W Farrow's son Peter Farrow.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1944-06]]>