Bob Smith]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Memoir]]>
Royal Australian Air Force]]>
Royal Canadian Air Force]]>
Royal New Zealand Air Force]]>
Turkey]]>
Turkey--Gallipoli]]>
Australia]]>
Queensland--Brisbane]]>
Queensland--Ipswich]]>
Queensland--Maryborough]]>
New South Wales--Cootamundra]]>
New South Wales--Sydney]]>
New South Wales--Wagga Wagga]]>
New South Wales--Lindfield]]>
New South Wales--Blue Mountains]]>
New South Wales--Neutral Bay]]>
American Samoa]]>
American Samoa--Pago Pago]]>
United States]]>
Hawaii--Honolulu]]>
California--San Francisco]]>
California--Alcatraz Island]]>
California--Oakland]]>
Canada]]>
British Columbia--Vancouver]]>
Oregon]]>
Washington (State)--Seattle]]>
British Columbia--Vancouver]]>
Alberta--Edmonton]]>
Alberta--Jasper]]>
Alberta--Fort Saskatchewan]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]>
Alberta--Calgary]]>
Germany--Cologne]]>
Tasmania]]>
Italy]]>
Italy--Foggia]]>
Great Britain]]>
Scotland--Gourock]]>
England--Brighton]]>
Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]>
France]]>
France--Laon]]>
Belgium]]>
Belgium--Antwerp]]>
Germany--Wesseling]]>
France--Montdidier (Picardy)]]>
Austria]]>
Austria--Vienna]]>
Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]>
Queensland--Cairns]]>
Saskatchewan--Saskatoon]]>
Manitoba--Winnipeg]]>
Ontario--Toronto]]>
North America--Niagara Falls]]>
New York (State)--New York]]>
Québec--Montréal]]>
Nova Scotia--Halifax]]>
Scotland--Greenock]]>
Scotland--Aberdeen]]>
England--Sidmouth]]>
England--Salisbury]]>
Scotland--Ailsa Craig]]>
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]>
Scotland--Gatehouse of Fleet]]>
England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]>
Wales--Holyhead]]>
Scotland--Paisley]]>
France]]>
France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]>
Queensland--Bundaberg]]>
Victoria--Melbourne]]>
Ontario--Trenton]]>
Ontario--London]]>
Saskatchewan]]>
Québec]]>
Nova Scotia]]>
Manitoba]]>
Bob Smith]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
Pending review]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Memoir]]>
Royal Australian Air Force]]>
Royal New Zealand Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Royal Canadian Air Force]]>
United States Army Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
Scotland--Aberdeen]]>
Scotland--Paisley]]>
England--London]]>
England--Thetford]]>
Norway]]>
Norway--Oslo]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]>
Switzerland]]>
Germany--Stuttgart]]>
England--Ely]]>
Germany--Krefeld]]>
Germany--Chemnitz]]>
England--Brighton]]>
Netherlands]]>
Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
England--Liverpool]]>
Malta]]>
Egypt]]>
Egypt--Suez Canal]]>
Western Australia--Fremantle]]>
Victoria--Melbourne]]>
New South Wales--Sydney]]>
Queensland--Ipswich Region]]>
Queensland--Maryborough]]>
New South Wales--Cootamundra]]>
Canada]]>
Alberta--Edmonton]]>
Nova Scotia--Halifax]]>
England--Sidmouth]]>
Nova Scotia]]>
Covers his operational tour and bombing operations.]]>
Bob Smith]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Memoir]]>
Text. Personal research]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Royal New Zealand Air Force]]>
Royal Australian Air Force]]>
Royal Canadian Air Force]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Heinsberg (Heinsberg)]]>
France]]>
France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]>
Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]>
United States]]>
Michigan--Detroit]]>
Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]>
France--Châlons-en-Champagne]]>
France--Caen]]>
Germany--Kiel]]>
Germany--Flensburg]]>
Germany--Helgoland]]>
Germany--Sylt]]>
France--Somme]]>
France--Aire-sur-la-Lys]]>
France--Amiens]]>
France--Gironde Estuary]]>
Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]>
France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]>
France--Brest]]>
France--Saint-Nazaire]]>
Germany--Braunschweig]]>
France--Falaise Region]]>
France--Royan]]>
Poland--Szczecin]]>
Great Britain]]>
Scotland--Glasgow]]>
Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]>
Sweden]]>
Denmark]]>
Sweden--Malmö]]>
Netherlands]]>
Netherlands--Eindhoven]]>
France--Le Havre]]>
Germany--Neuss]]>
Germany--Düsseldorf]]>
France--Calais]]>
France--Pas-de-Calais]]>
France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]>
Europe--Kattegat Region]]>
Norway]]>
Norway--Oslo]]>
Denmark--Frederikshavn]]>
France--Strasbourg]]>
Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]>
Germany--Emmerich]]>
Netherlands--Nijmegen]]>
Germany--Duisburg]]>
Germany--Cologne]]>
Belgium]]>
Belgium--Antwerp]]>
Germany--Essen]]>
Netherlands--Vlissingen]]>
Belgium--Charleroi]]>
Germany--Leverkusen]]>
Netherlands--Veere]]>
Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]>
Germany--Dortmund]]>
Germany--Aachen Region]]>
Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]>
Germany--Jülich]]>
Germany--Fulda]]>
Germany--Bottrop]]>
Germany--Osterfeld]]>
Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]>
Australia]]>
Victoria--Melbourne]]>
New South Wales--Sydney]]>
Queensland--Brisbane]]>
Scotland--Inverness]]>
England--Blackpool]]>
England--Colchester]]>
Germany--Merseburg Region]]>
1944]]>
Covers his training.]]>
Bob Smith]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
Pending review]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Memoir]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal New Zealand Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Brighton]]>
England--Sidmouth]]>
Scotland--Aberdeen]]>
England--Salisbury]]>
Scotland--Stranraer]]>
Scotland--Ailsa Craig]]>
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]>
Scotland--Paisley]]>
Scotland--Glasgow]]>
France]]>
France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]>
Australia]]>
New South Wales--Sydney]]>
Queensland--Bundaberg]]>
Queensland--Brisbane]]>
New South Wales--Cootamundra]]>
United States]]>
California--San Francisco]]>
Canada]]>
Alberta--Edmonton]]>
Nova Scotia--Halifax]]>
Scotland--Gourock]]>
Victoria--Melbourne]]>
Manitoba--Winnipeg]]>
Ontario--Trenton]]>
Ontario--London]]>
France--Châlons-sur-Marne (Arrondissement)]]>
France--Caen]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Kiel]]>
France--Gironde Estuary]]>
Poland--Szczecin]]>
Netherlands]]>
Netherlands--Eindhoven]]>
France--Le Havre]]>
Germany--Neuss]]>
France--Calais]]>
France--Pas-de-Calais]]>
Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]>
Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]>
Germany--Duisburg]]>
Germany--Essen]]>
Germany--Leverkusen]]>
Netherlands--Vlissingen]]>
Netherlands--Veere]]>
Germany--Cologne]]>
Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]>
Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]>
Germany--Dortmund]]>
Germany--Fulda]]>
Germany--Bottrop]]>
Germany--Heinsberg (Heinsberg)]]>
Nova Scotia]]>
Manitoba]]>
Poland]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Foskett, William. Udine-Campoformido airfield]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Italy]]>
Italy--Udine]]>
1946-07]]>
On the reverse ' "Sand in my Shoes". Outside the Palazzo al Mare Officers Beach Venice Lido June. 1946'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Italy]]>
Italy--Venice]]>
1946-06]]>
On the reverse of a second copy 'Xmas Day'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Foskett, William. Udine-Campoformido airfield]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Italy]]>
Italy--Udine]]>
1945-12-25]]>
61 Staging Post]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
1945-12-25]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]>
1934-12-25]]>
JI Ham]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Sandra Jones]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Switzerland]]>
Great Britain]]>
1948-05-26]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Marlow (Buckinghamshire)]]>
England--Lincolnshire]]>
1947]]>
William Homewood]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Memoir]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
United States Army Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
South Africa]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]>
Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]>
Germany--Bochum]]>
Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]>
Germany--Duisburg]]>
Germany--Cologne]]>
Germany--Düsseldorf]]>
Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]>
Germany--Jülich]]>
Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]>
Germany--Essen]]>
Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]>
Germany--Osnabrück]]>
Germany--Oppau]]>
Germany--Hannover]]>
Germany--Hanau]]>
Germany--Saarbrücken]]>
Germany--Magdeburg]]>
Germany--Stuttgart]]>
Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]>
Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]>
Germany--Worms]]>
Germany--Kamen]]>
Germany--Heide (Schleswig-Holstein)]]>
Germany--Hamburg]]>
Germany--Dortmund]]>
Germany--Wuppertal]]>
Netherlands]]>
Netherlands--Nijmegen]]>
Germany--Helgoland]]>
Germany--Düsseldorf]]>
Germany--Dülmen]]>
1944]]>
1945]]>
Open menu airmen's mess, 42 ANS Port Elizabeth. Captioned 'The only good meal we had in the mess'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending identification. Places]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Text]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Italy]]>
Italy--Castellammare di Stabia]]>
South Africa]]>
South Africa--Port Elizabeth]]>
1945-08]]>
1942-12]]>
John Taplin]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Christine Chapman]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
408 Squadron]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Royal Canadian Air Force]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Hamburg]]>
1943-02-03]]>
1943-02-04]]>
John Taplin]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Canadian Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
John Taplin]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
England--York]]>
John Taplin]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
England--Northallerton]]>
John Taplin]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Oxfordshire]]>
John Taplin]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
John Taplin]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
John Taplin]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
John Taplin]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
John Taplin]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
The photograph on the top right of the left page shows a building with the caption "MESS HALL".
The photograph on the bottom centre of the left page shows a building with the caption "ACADEMIC BUILDING".
The photograph on the top centre of the right page shows three men in shorts on a grass field, captioned "A RINGER".
The photograph on the bottom left of the right page shows a man in a swimming pool holding a ball above his head.
The photograph on the bottom right of the right page shows some men in shorts on a diving board facing towards a swimming pool.
On the reverse of all three photographs on the left page a stamp dated "MAY 1 1942" and the words "McCOLLUM'S PHOTO SHOP ALBANY . GA." and the number "012" can be seen.
Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Frank Schilder]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Canadian Air Force]]>
United States]]>
Georgia]]>
Georgia--Albany]]>
1942-05-01]]>