Paul Espin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Australia]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Netherlands]]> United States]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1945-02]]> 1945-08]]> Ken Turnham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Andrew Panton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1944]]>
PS two days later in which he describes the day before (Sunday), how he went to chapel and was invited to tea by the Bates family, who were very hospitable. There were a number of people there and they had a most enjoyable time.

Today they were moved to Armament Flight and hope to start flying again tomorrow. Describes his crew and how he feels about it - 'I trust I may be worthy of their trust and capable to undertaking my duty in their safety'.

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William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1942-11]]>
R Barker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Barth]]> 1944-08-20]]> Joe Harrison]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Alan Pinchbeck]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> BHarrisonJSHarrisonJSv10002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> 1943-09-27]]> ]]> Judy Hodgson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Essex]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-08-08]]> A C H Sharpe]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> 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]]> 1944-06-03]]> D D Christie]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> 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]]> 1944-06-02]]> A Hickman]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steven Baldwin]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-05-02]]> Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> 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]]> 1944-05-20]]> 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]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-03-12]]> 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--Warwickshire]]> 1944-02-03]]> F N Lawrence]]> 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--Yorkshire]]> 1944-01-24]]> H Goodwin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-05-17]]> T J McLean]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Ross-shire]]> 1944-01-31]]> Andrew Bain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1943-07]]> Andrew Bain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1943-07]]>
The text ends with a multilingual appeal to pass the flyer to the Germans.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> United States. United States Army Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Steve Baldwin]]> deu]]> rus]]> ita]]> Text]]> MNealeETH1395951-150731-0140002]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Wehrmacht]]> Germany]]> 1944]]>
#2 Designated pilots-navigators or bomb aimers at Heaton Park then sent to Bridgnorth to await a ship to South Africa. Ted went to Port Elizabeth at 42 Air School to train, then Cairo.
#3 A letter referring to Ted's service history and his deafness. Over the years he attempted to get a disability pension but only received small lump sums. He details fellow aircrew who have been treated differently to him. Then he discusses a Canadian pilot, Kurt Lavack, who had survived a landing accident which Ted witnessed at close hand, when an unreleased bomb exploded. The pilot, Kurt, was later given a substantial pension by his own (Canadian)government and the British government. The letter concludes that at the age of 80 he deserves to be treated better.]]>
Ted Neale]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Bloemfontein]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]>
Harry Redgrave]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400912-0002,
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Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1940-09]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sam Harper-Coulson]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> England--Northumberland]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> 1943]]> 1944-01-17]]> 1956]]> Gemma Clapton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Steph Jackson]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Italy]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> 1945]]> James says that a separate briefing was held for wireless operators to inform them of callsigns and code words to be used before the main briefing. James was also the mid-under gun operator when the aircraft required one. James’ crew only flew four operations over Berlin being near the end of the war; he mentions a mis-identified target incident and an attack by a night fighter. James’ account also details being involved in the Operation Dodge and Operation Manna, as well as recalling a time that he was invited to fly in a Mosquito which he described as ‘a terrific aircraft’. James continue to serve until 1947 until he de-mobilised due to his ‘dislike of a lack of flying’. James retired from active service as a warrant officer. He would work as a delivery driver until retiring in 1997. James recalls that he kept in contact with three members of his crew until 2015.]]> Brian Wright]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Alex Joy]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Steph Jackson]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]>