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]]> Adam Sutch]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Southeast Asia]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> United States]]> Alabama--Montgomery]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Saskatchewan--Swift Current]]> Saskatchewan--Moose Jaw]]> Alberta--Medicine Hat]]> Alberta--Innisfail]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--London]]> Saskatchewan]]> Alberta]]> 1941-11-18]]> Harry Redgrave]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM391116-0002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bexhill]]> England--Sussex]]> 1939-11]]> Harry Redgrave]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Poetry]]> ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400126-0002,
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Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire]]> 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--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> 1944-02-29]]> 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]]> A J Ward]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Loughborough]]> 1944-03-03]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> 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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Provides a detailed description of his and others experiences in decompression chamber including anoxia. Mentions recent operations to Milan. Enclosed is a medical confidential sick report concerning decompression training dated 17 August 1942 but with Bill's signatures on the back, showing how it changed during the decompression chamber experience.]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Italy]]> Italy--Milan]]> 1942-10]]>
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 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--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--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Chalfont St. Giles]]> 1944-04-23]]> Ursula Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Dyfed]]> Wales--Aberystwyth]]> 1941-05-08]]> 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]]> 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]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1942-04-12]]> 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--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--London]]> 1942-04-28]]> Ursula Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Karl Williams]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Salcombe]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Lithuania]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> 1944-04-10]]> Ursula Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Chalfont St. Giles]]> 1945-08-12]]> Ursula Valentine]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]>



























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