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The photograph on the top right of the right page shows a road going up to a house with a tree in front of it.
The photograph on the bottom left of the right page shows a Battle in flight with the identification "C1".
The photograph on the bottom right of the right page shows a Battle in flight where fields can be seen below.]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> #1 is a starboard view of a Battle in flight.
#2 is a port view of a York on the ground.]]>
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Photo 1 is a starboard side view, air to air of a Battle, captioned 'The Battle that went up'.
Photo 2 is a port side view of a Battle on the ground.
Photo 3 and 4 are a Battle on the ground. Its starboard undercarriage leg has collapsed, captioned 'And one that came down'.]]>
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#1 is an air-to-air view of a Battle, starboard side, in flight.
#2 is a steam locomotive passing a water crane.
#3 is a Canadian street scene.
#4 is a 2nd Avenue, Rivers, Manitoba, looking east.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> Pending identification. Places]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Manitoba]]>
a prisoner of war and the Long March.]]> Stuart Green]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> deu]]> nld]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Coventry]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Bremen]]> France--Paris]]> France--Brest]]> France--Laon]]> Belgium--Ostend]]> Denmark--Langeland]]> Czech Republic]]> France]]> Germany]]> Denmark]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Warwickshire]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]> H G Adams]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Biography]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shellingford]]> United States]]> Georgia--Atlanta]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Georgia--Albany]]> Florida--Arcadia]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]> France]]> France--Biarritz]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> France--Gennevilliers]]> Germany--Kiel]]> France--Saumur]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Goes]]> Netherlands--Hoek van Holland]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Ostfriesland]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> France--Wissembourg]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Netherlands--Heerenveen]]> Germany--Traben-Trarbach]]> Germany--Fischbach]]> France--Bischwiller]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Gladbeck]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Italy]]> Italy--Udine]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Great Yarmouth]]> Slovenia--Log pod Mangartom]]> Slovenia]]> Germany]]> Served at Picton and Port Albert in Ontario, RAF Millom, RAF Harwell, RAF Sculthorpe.
Aircraft flown were Anson, Bolingbroke, Battle, Wellington, Stirling, B17.

Bill flew a total of 36 operations with 214 Squadron, only one of which was a day operation. The targets included Frisian Islands, Karlsruhe, Gennevilliers, Kiel, Brunswick, Saumur, Aulnoye, Gelsenkirchen, Goes, Stuttgart, Russelsheim, off Denmark, off Emden, Darmstadt, Wissembourg, Heereveen, Traben-Trarbach, Fischbach, Bischwiller, Bochum, Cologne & Mannheim, Essen, Saarbruken, Koblenz & Gladbeck, Mönchengladbach, Krefeld, Dortmund Ems Canal, Giessen.
His pilot for his first operation was Flight Sergeant Gilbert and his second, Squadron Leader Jeffries. For the rest of his operations his pilot was Flying Officer Corke.
During operations he fulfilled the role of bomb aimer, air gunner and second navigator at various times. As well as bombing carried out a number of Window, Mandrel and Big Ben Special Duties operations.
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The photograph on the right page shows a Fairey Battle with the numbers "9" and "1792" visible on the side of the aircraft.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]>