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"We Will Finish the Job"
Air Gunner
At…
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"Fred" by Sylvia White (his cousin)
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Coby van Riel - personal experiences in the war 1940-45
Notice to the French
Ronald Saunders memoir
Tags: 114 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-26; Boston; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; Dominie; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Madley; RAF Weston-on-the-Green; RAF Yatesbury; training; wireless operator / air gunner
Operation Manna
An Airmans Tale
Chapter 1. Under Training.
Having been assessed in Birmingham Geoff sets off to London in August 1942 for training, at Lords. Initial training was at Bridlington then gunnery school at…
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Australian Forces 1944 Christmas Card
Plus de 1000 bombardiers a la fois sur l'Allemagne
Warship Week programme
Sam Saunder's Operations
Photo 1 is a vertical aerial photograph partly obscured by tracer fire.
Photo 2 is the 40 squadron crest.
Photo 3 is Sam in shorts and tee shirt in front of a…
Churchill
Winston Churchill and group of officers by an Avro York.
Comments on the 1944 Warsaw Air Bridge
Memoirs of Des Matthews
Four Newspaper cuttings
Item 2 is a letter thanking Sir Arthur Harris from a couple bombed out of their home in Liverpool.
Item 3 is an article titled 'Remembering Bomber H'.
Item 4 is a letter…
News-sheet of the British Prisoners of War Relatives' Association February 1945
News Sheet No 31 June 1944
News Sheet No 42 May 1945
The Kriegie July 1999
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