IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Ismailia (Province)]]> North Africa]]> 1946-04]]> 1946-12]]> 1946-01]]> 1946-02]]> Top left/centre - man wearing civilian jacket and tie by the fuselage of a York. Captioned 'Postwar ? Cosford'.
Top right/centre - seven aircrew by the tail plane of a b-24. captioned 'Landed behind German lines to deliver food to troops, last op'.
Top right - man in sailing boat holding sheet. captioned 'Norman photo of JC on lake near Ishmila [sic] NR, Abu Suier King Farouk's old yacht'.
Bottom left - two airmen sitting on a rock with sphinx and pyramid in the background. Captioned 'Egypt 45'.
Bottom left/centre - man in civilian dress point up to the tail plane of a York. Captioned 'Postwar Cosford'.
Bottom right/centre - an airman with life preserver and holding a flying helmet, sitting on a chair in front of a tent. Captioned 'typical line shooting photo to send home - "me in flying gear on bomber sqdn", Norman first sqdn in Italy'.
Right middle - airborne view out of aircraft of two starboard engines. Captioned 'Flying exercise 4 Tiger Force JC photo box camera'.
Bottom right - close up view of remains of crashed and burned aircraft. Captioned '1st Lincoln bomber to replace libs fot Tiger Force Japan, crashed on Abu Suier runway 1945'. [nb. actually a Lancaster Mk 7 NX732 which crashed 11 April 1946]]]>
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Jack married in 1951 and had two children, went back to the footplate until 1961. After that he worked as a manager of a fancy goods shop and eventually moved to Bridlington.]]>
David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Cumbria]]> Egypt]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> North Africa]]> 1945-04]]> 1946-02]]>