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Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]>
Photograph 1 is of eight airmen under the nose of a Whitley. Captioned 'Pilot Sgt B. Jones with his Ground Crew, Whitley. A/C.'

Photograph 2 is of a sergeant pilot wearing a flying helmet and pointing to the underside of an aircraft. It is is signed 'To Reg, with every best wish Bernard Jones 'Aussie' 29/7/41'.

Photographs 3, 4 and 5 are of a crashed Whitley, largely intact with bent propeller blades. Captioned 'Sgt Jones crashed Whitley A/C on the Yorkshire Moors returning from a night bombing rad on Germany. Aug.1941.'

Photograph 6 is a cartoon of a boomerang with Hitler hanging underneath. Captioned: 'The 'Mascot' on Sgt Jones Whitley A/C painted by Me, July 1941.'

Photographs 7 and 8 are of five airmen in front of a Whitley 'T'. Captioned 'Pilot Sgt B. Jones (Aussie) with his Air Crew, Whitley A/C.']]>
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During his time as a Leading Aircraftsman, he tells of working with George Stainforth, the last Schneider Trophy Pilot for Britain, and his experiences of meeting Douglas Bader whilst he was training to get his Royal Air Force wings back.
Douglas spent time in the Gold Coast, assembling aircraft such as Maryland Kitty Hawks before moving further inland to Nigeria and tells of his run-in with the Foreign Legion, before contracting Malaria and being sent home.
After recovering from Malaria, Douglas then trained as a Flight Engineer before being posted to the Heavy Conversion Unit on Handley Page Halifaxes, and then on to Avro Lancasters with 12 Squadron.
After his time in 12 Squadron, Douglas volunteered for the Pathfinder Force but was sent overseas to India and Singapore instead where he was involved in the sending home of wives and families from Siam Road, who were interred by the Japanese.
Douglas completed 32 operations, doing 2 extra operations to allow his bomb aimer to completed his tour of duty and he left the Royal Air Force with the rank of Squadron Leader.
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Photograph 3 is a three quarters portrait of Air Vice Marshal Basil Embry. Captioned 'A.V.M. Basil Embury [sic]'.

Photograph 4 is of two officers in front of a tent. Captioned 'G/C. McDonald, W/C Maher.']]>
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Photograph 2 is of a French airman standing in front of a Boston, 'C'. It is named Ville de Cherbourg. Large numbers of operations are recorded on the nose. Captioned ' S/O Massis, 342 Sqd Lorraine, July 1944.'

Photograph 3 is of three aircrew standing in front of a Boston with two ground crew standing on one wing and fuselage. Captioned 'Boston A/C, 342 Sqd Lorraine, Air Crew.' Large number of operations are recorded on the nose of the aircraft.

Photograph 4 is a front view of a Boston on the ground captioned '342 Sqd Lorraine, Boston A/C.']]>
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