Initially he served on Wellingtons at Snaith. He describes individual operations starting with Emden. After 30 operations he was transferred to an Operational Training Unit as an instructor, firstly to Lichfield then to Church Broughton. He then transferred to a Heavy Conversion Unit, training on Halifaxes and Lancasters, based at Skellingthorpe and Swinderby. He was then posted to Waddington with 463 Squadron, RAAF. After several operations he transferred to a specialist gunnery course before returning to 463. Bombing operations were switched to France to assist in hampering German reinforcements after D-day. He describes the various roles of the crew during a flight and how targets were decided by the High Command. He concludes with aids to bombers -GEE, H2S, Oboe and Pathfinders. Also he describes counter measures such as ABC, Tidal and Window.

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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).

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> 1945-04-18]]> Training continued on Whitleys before a transfer to Acaster Malbis for yet more training, followed by the heavy conversion unit at Marston Moor, on Halifaxes.
His first operational posting was 51 Squadron at Snaith. He covers each operation in detail. Interspersed with the details are explanations of electronic systems and tactics used.
During one operation he was shot down and parachuted behind the German lines. Eventually he was taken prisoner, interrogated then transferred to Stalag Luft 7. As the Russians got nearer they were forced to walk west. Later they were transferred by train to Stalag IIIA.
The account then jumps to reunions in the 1980s, then returns to the last few days at the camp as the war ends.
He reached home on 15th May.

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Hancock]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Denmark]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kamen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Neuss]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Ulm]]> Germany--Wiesbaden]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-09]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-10-25]]> 1944-10-26]]> 1944-11-01]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-18]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-28]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1944-12-02]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-12]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-08]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1945-01-29]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-02-28]]> 1945-02-29]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-24]]> 1945-04-02]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1945-04-14]]> 1945-04-15]]> 1945-04-16]]> 1945-05-17]]>