David Boldy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--London]]> 1940-05]]> David Boldy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Janice Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--London]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Zimbabwe]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Zimbabwe--Gweru]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1939]]> 1941]]> Peter Hattersley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Steve Christian]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text. Diary]]> Text. Poetry]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> 1938]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> Ted was trained as a wireless operator and was posted to Northern Ireland to serve on a small antiaircraft observation unit. Next he went to Operational Training Units at RAF Litchfield where they crewed up. His crew was posted to 12 Squadron at RAF Wickenby. Ted’s first tour commenced on 13 May 1943. The operation had to be cancelled due to an engine catching fire. The pilot managed to extinguish the fire by going into a steep dive. Targets included the Ruhr, Berlin, Peenemünde, Cologne, Turin, Genoa and Hamburg. On the 8 October 1943 the tour ended with an operation to Stuttgart. On their leave on 22 October 1943 the crew made a BBC broadcast entitled 'Lancaster crew describes an operation'. Ted was then posted to RAF Lindholme as an instructor but then joined a second crew and was posted to RAF Binbrook with 460 Squadron. On D-Day they supported the landings by bombing batteries. In August 1945 Ted finally left the service from RAF Swinderby.
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First page: Jim in uniform, June, young woman with child, three children (one a young boy) sitting on car, young boy and girl.
Second page: Miss June Eve 1942; Marion and Chris 1952; Wedding photograph 15 July 1944, giving names of bridesmaids (Dorothy, Joyce, Joyce, Peggy, Molly); photograph of June in hospital bed, with boy playing electric organ captioned 'Christmas Day 1961, RAF Hospital Uxbridge'. ]]>
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The bombing operations he took part in are described, as is his investiture and his time in India as an administrative officer.

Cruickshank then moves to Instructing before returning to Operations including Nuremberg. He then describes the transition to civilian life after his demobilisation from the RAF, poor health and his attempt to build a business in post war Britain.

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> OJacksonN905192-171130-010002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]>
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1940-10-18]]> John Ross Mckenzie Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1940-10-20]]> John Ross Mckenzie Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1940-10-27]]> Frances Zagni]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Bridgnorth]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Grantham]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Stratford-upon-Avon]]> Wales--Dyfed]]> Wales--Aberystwyth]]> Scotland--South Ayrshire]]> Scotland--South Ayrshire]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--London]]> England--London]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> The RAF ex-POW Association]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Germany--Barth]]> Greece--Eleusis]]> Greece--Crete]]> Greece--Maleme]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bristol]]> France--Normandy]]> England--Plymouth]]> England--Stafford]]> England--London]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Newquay]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> Italy--Parma]]> Italy--Piacenza]]> Italy--Brindisi]]> Albania]]> Greece--Thessalonikē]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Scotland--St. Andrews]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> Germany--Bremen]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> France--Lorient]]> Croatia--Rijeka]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Germany--Bad Fallingbostel]]> Italy]]> France]]> Alberta]]> Germany]]> Croatia]]> Greece]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Devon]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Sussex]]> The text describes his early training then transfer to Canada learning on Ansons in the snow.
Photo 1 is Sam standing in the snow outside a hut.
Photo 2 is a ship.
Photo 3 is Sam and friend leaning on an Anson. They are wearing sidcot suits.
Photo 4 is three airmen in Sidcot suits in front of an Anson, captioned 'Wag, Ramsey and I'.
Photo 5 is an Anson in the snow.
Photo 6 is Sam and colleague wearing sidcot suits for the first time.
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