A note attached to the letter states that he was lost in action 48 hours later.]]> Arnold Christian]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Moray]]> 1941-05-06]]> Arthur Hope]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Germany]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> 1943-12-20]]> Australian Red Cross London Advisory Committee]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> France]]> France--Haute-Marne]]> France--Arc-en-Barrois]]> 1945-07-06]]> ]]> B Clark]]> M Warburton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> 1943-11-30]]> 1943-12-01]]> 1943-12-02]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-04]]> 1943-12-05]]> 1943-12-06]]> 1943-12-07]]> 1943-12-08]]> 1943-12-09]]> 1943-12-10]]> 1943-12-11]]> 1943-12-12]]> 1943-12-13]]> 1943-12-14]]> 1943-12-15]]> 1943-12-16]]> 1943-12-17]]> 1943-12-18]]> 1943-12-19]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1944-01-01]]> 1944-01-02]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-27]]> B Clark]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> 1943-12-20]]> 1944-01-01]]> 1944-01-02]]> 1944-01-05]]> 1944-01-14]]> 1944-01-20]]> 1944-01-21]]> 1944-01-27]]> B Harries]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> 1939-09-04]]> B Hunt]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Poetry]]> Barnet Council]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Barnet Press]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> George did well at school and he was fascinated by aeroplanes. He enlisted, joined Bomber Command but was shot down over Nuremberg in March 1945. His grave is in Burgoberbach, near Ansbach.
Her mother has added a footnote about the appalling waste of life.]]>
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Bethany Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1942]]> Bill Lanning]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Great Britain]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Kent]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> France]]> France--Morbecque]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Calais]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-12-23]]> Blackburn Assurance Company Ltd]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. 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Joined RAF in 1938 and Bomber Command in 1941 as an air gunner. Started operations in 1942 and completed first tour of 31 trips at end of November 1942. Says was badly shot up on last trip to Hamburg returning with two wounded and one killed. Completed second operational tour with operation to Clermond Ferrand.

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