Part 2, "No Problem Sport".Covers Alan Gamble's short flying history over France in 1945 before being shot down, and his experiences as a POW in southern Germany and subsequent liberation. The manuscript of Part 2 appears to be complete except for one or more pages missing about two thirds of the way through. This is at the beginning or the end of a fragment bound by metal clips, and could easily have become detached as the outside pages of some fragments' in Part 3 were also lost. It is therefore possible that only one page is missing.

Part 3. "Nil Desperandum".Covers Alan Gamble's post war experiences up to about 1963. This has not been read.

The manuscript of Part 3 is missing pages 24-86, 120 and 170, the latter two being the outside pages of bound fragments. (Page numbering here has assisted in reconstruction).

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.





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A T Gamble]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Skegness]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> Wales--Porthmadog]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Barrow-in-Furness]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--North Friesland Region]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Jordan]]> Jordan--Amman]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-17]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-07-03]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-08-17]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-07]]>
In the early 1970s the Lancaster PA474 was flown to RAF Waddington from RAF Henlow ostensibly to be a gate guardian. In 1973 the Lincolnshire Echo announced that it was to be moved to RAF Coltishall. A group gradually formed to oppose the move because of the Lancaster’s connections to Waddington; the Lincolnshire Lancaster Committee. A public meeting was held and the City Council agreed to adopt the Lancaster. The Lancaster moved to RAF Coltishall. The committee collected over 17,000 signatures in 15 weeks and eventually the Lancaster returned to RAF Coningsby.
The committee became Lincolnshire’s Lancaster Association so funds could be raised. While Stuart was Chair for c. 36 years, £½ million was donated to projects, including the digitisation of manuals.
Stuart describes how unfairly he felt Bomber Command and Sir Arthur Harris were treated.
Stuart lists a large number of people he has met, received letters or signatures from.]]>
Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Second generation]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Lincolnshire]]>
Bottom - photograph - view from above of a Lancaster with Spitfire and Hurricane on either wing over sea. Captioned 'Memorial in Flight, from original photograph by Arthur Gibson'.]]> David Shepherd]]> Arthur Gibson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Artwork]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Donald Fraser]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> F K Barker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1945]]> F W J Perkins]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Worcestershire]]> England--Pershore]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Bournemouth]]> Egypt]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Israel]]> Israel--Tel Aviv]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1941-05-23]]> 1943-08-13]]> 1946-05-26]]> He describes being prepared to be sent to Okinawa, but the war finished before he was sent. He was awarded a scholarship to study accountancy and successfully obtained his diploma. He then returned to Jamaica on HMT Empire Windrush.
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Heather Hughes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Paul Valleley]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Jamaica]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Filey]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Jamaica--Little London]]> Jamaica--Kingston]]> Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad]]> Trinidad and Tobago]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1942]]> 1943]]>
M J Davies]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Port Alfred]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> England--Leicestershire]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> United States]]> Oklahoma]]> Oklahoma--Ponca City]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> France]]> Ontario--St. Thomas]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Barrow-in-Furness]]> England--Herefordshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Germany]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Scotland--Aberdeenshire]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> France--Royan]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Ontario]]> New Brunswick]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1945-02-16]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-09-27]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-15]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-11]]> 1944-10-19]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-06]]> 1944-11-11]]> 1944-11-16]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-04]]> 1945-01-05]]> 1945-01-07]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-19]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-22]]> Mark Hilton]]> Vaugh Thomas Hilton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Belgium]]> Germany]]> Poland]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Ladbergen]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Plauen]]> Germany--Stade (Lower Saxony)]]> Germany--Ulm]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-10-09]]> 1944-10-26]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-04]]> 1944-11-10]]> 1944-11-21]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-12-01]]> 1944-12-02]]> 1944-12-05]]> 1944-12-17]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-18]]> 1944-12-28]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1945-01-02]]> 1945-01-14]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-22]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-05]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1942-02-20]]> 1945-03-03]]> 1945-03-07]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-04-02]]> 1945-04-04]]> 1945-04-08]]> 1945-04-10]]> 1945-04-13]]> 1946]]> Initially posted to 527 Squadron, which was Canadian, at RAF Digby and then to 695 squadron at RAF Bircham Newton working on drogue towing aircraft.
Posted overseas, he arrived at RAF Chakeri near Kampur where he worked on servicing B-24 and C-47 aircraft for South East Asia Command. He recalls that as an airframe mechanic he had to sign the Form 700 certifying that all the other trades had carried out their servicing correctly.
The local town was largely off-limits and only certain parts were allowed to be visited. The weather was very hot and in the summer hill parties were sent to the hills to escape the heat. Peter spent his 21st birthday at Darjeeling. When hostilities ceased the spent its time dismantling and scrapping B-24s aircraft. Whilst India was partitioned, Peter's demobilisation was postponed in case of tensions between India and Pakistan.
After two and a half years he was sent home via Liverpool, where he saw his first jet, and was demobilised in July 1947.
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Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Terry Holmes]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> India]]> India--Kānpur]]> India--Darjeeling]]> Pakistan]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> 1947-07]]> 1943-11]]>
Raymond Barrett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Burma]]> Tunisia]]> France--Corsica]]> Italy]]> France]]> Italy--Sicily]]> Egypt]]> Syria]]> India]]> Burma]]> Syria]]> Syria--Aleppo]]> North Africa]]>
Top right group of four airmen on a river bank or lakeside framed by trees.

Middle left an airman wearing a peaked cap sits reading at a table. Behind is the scale model of a trasnporter bridge. In the background windows with curtains.

Middle right two airmen sit eating by the rear wheels of a parked truck.

Bottom left trucks in a field. Left side is a fuel bowser and two other trucks. On the right two trucks. A man can be seen between the two groups of trucks and another at the rear of the right hand truck. In the background trees.

Bottom right inside a large tent with a row of tables. Three poles support the roof. There is a man standing on the left and another on the right.


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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Things]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> 1940-06]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Israel]]> Israel--Ramat Daṿid]]> 1946]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Angela Gaffney]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> 1943-03-25]]> ]]>
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of Lincoln.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brest]]> France--Calais]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Bremerhaven]]> Germany--Darmstadt]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Kaiserslautern]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Mönchengladbach]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> Norway--Kåfjord (Troms fylke)]]> Russia (Federation)--Arkhangelʹskai︠a︡ oblastʹ]]> 1944-09]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Saskatchewan--Swift Current]]> Saskatchewan]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1943]]> Charles E Brown]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> 1946-10]]> 1946-08-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB15060031]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> 1944]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB15090058]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]>