Ursula Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--London]]> 1942-04-28]]> Ursula Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1942-04-26]]> Ursula Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1942-04-12]]> Ursula Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1941-10-08]]> Ursula Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Dyfed]]> Wales--Aberystwyth]]> 1941-05-09]]> Ursula Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Dyfed]]> Wales--Aberystwyth]]> 1941-05-08]]> Thomas Waller]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 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]]> Sheila Bibb]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Eastbourne (East Sussex)]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Shropshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Heathrow Airport (London, England)]]> England--Sussex]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> Ruth Johnston]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> RAF Medical Board]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1945-07-04]]> Peter Lamprey]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Pam Locker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940-12-24]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]>

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Pam Locker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
P Potter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Wales--Carmarthenshire]]> 1943]]> P C Livingston]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1944-02-07]]> Martyn Horndern]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> John was born in 1919 to a poor but educated family. He was the youngest of eight children. At the age of 17 he started training as a teacher but war had broken out. He was accepted by the RAF as aircrew and after brief training in Jamaica was shipped to New Orleans then onward to Canada.
He trained as a Navigator and after crew selection at Kinloss, training on Whitleys he was sent to Pocklington, Yorkshire.
He completed 33 operations - there is great detail about the operations.
After the war he transferred to Transport Command and flew Hastings and Comets around the world. He was a successful athlete for the RAF.
Included is a eulogy for John written by his nephew, Mark Johnson.

An appendix covers a colleague, John Ebanks who served as a bomb aimer at RAF Oakington. He undertook 50 operations.


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Malcolm Payne]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Emma Bonson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> 1944-04-30]]> John Ross Mckenzie Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Lithuania]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Chalfont St. Giles]]> 1944-04-23]]> John Ross Mckenzie Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Lithuania]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Salcombe]]> 1944-01-16]]> John Ross Mckenzie Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Lithuania]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Salcombe]]> England--London]]> 1943-09-05]]> John Ross Mckenzie Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Lithuania]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Great Britain]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Rugby]]> England--London]]> 1943-06-29]]> John Fisher]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christine Kavanagh]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Iceland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Iceland--Reykjavík]]> J G B Burnside]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1944-01-24]]>