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BBrabinHWBrabinHWv1.pdf
Harry joined the Royal Australian Air Force on 25 June 1942 as a wireless operator/air gunner and received his initial training in Australia before going to Canada for his trade training.

He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and…

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Left page: top, notice of the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Pilot Officer R.V.Keeling.
Middle and bottom, congratulations to Bob on his award.
Right page; top, title of the Vauxhall Mirror.
Middle, report of Bob's operational career…

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SHarriganD[Ser#-DoB]v610006.mp3
Interview in three parts.

Part 1.
Doug Marsh was the son of a Royal Navy officer and moved around quite a bit as a child between Kent and Lincolnshire. When his father retired from the Navy his parents bought a fish and chip shop in Grimsby but…

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SHarriganD[Ser#-DoB]v340002.mp3
John Langston flew operations as a navigator with 630, 189 and 617 Squadrons.

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SHarriganD[Ser#-DoB]v290002.mp3
Basil Fish volunteered for the RAF in 1941 from Manchester University where he was a student and a member of the University Air Squadron. He was posted to 617 Squadron at RAF Woodhall Spa. On one flight his aircraft crashed on return and although…

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SHarriganD[Ser#-DoB]v270002.mp3
James Douglas Hudson followed a friend to join the RAF. He trained as a navigator and was posted to 101 Squadron at RAF West Raynham. On his final operational flight with the squadron he ran out of fuel and crashed. He was taken prisoner by the Vichy…

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MSmithRW425992-230825-02.pdf
Bob's memoirs from his early training until he became operational.

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A log sheet used for calculations for a flight from Honeybourne to Mildenhall.

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Calculations used for an operation to Stettin.

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Calculations, observations and chart used for an operation to Homburg.

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Calculations, observations and chart used for an operation to Dortmund.

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Calculations, observations and chart used for an operation to Bottrop

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Calculations, observations and chart used for an operation to Cologne.

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Calculations, observations and chart used for an operation to Fulda.

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Calculations, observations and chart used for an operation to Gelsenkirchen.

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Calculations, observations and chart used for an operation to Heinsberg.

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Calculations, observations and chart for an operation to Dortmund.

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Calculations, observations and chart for an operation to Castrop Rauxel.

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Calculations, observations and chart for an operation to Cologne.

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SSmithRW425992v20023-0001.jpg
Calculations, observations and chart for an operation to Westkapelle.

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SSmithRW425992v20022-0001.jpg
Calculations, observations and chart for an operation to Vlissingen.

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SSmithRW425992v20021-0001.jpg
Calculations, observations and chart for an operation to Leverkusen.

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SSmithRW425992v20020-0001.jpg
Calculations, observations and chart for an operation to Essen.

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Calculations, observations and chart for an operation to Neuss.

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Calculations, observations and chart for an operation to Duisburg.
There is a second set of calculations.

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