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By Douglas Williams 1942 194 (Transport) Sq. (R.A.F.) was formed in Oct. 1942 at Lahore, Punjab Northern India (not far from the notorious North West Frontier) under the command of the late WI Cdr …
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Frank enlisted in the RCAF on March 16th. 1943 ( his 18 th. Birthday). After training as a WAG he was posted to #5 OTU at Boundary Bay. Here he trained on B.24's and later converted to B24 Liberators. …
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By Albert Steadman The battalion was formed at Thorseby Park near Otterton, Notts, in June/July 1940, at which time I was Platoon Sergeant 15 Platoon, ‘C’ Company. On completion of training the ba …
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By Pte Len AC0Reynolds, 1st Btn Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt, 16 Column - 14th Brigade Special Force, Chindits Called up 18.1.1940. Discharged 25.11.45 Overseas to India 16.6.42. On arrival …
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By Major WAS Hyde MC MiD In taking heed of the reminder 'Before it got too late', I thought I would put to paper some thoughts of the time I spent in the Battalion. The Battalion was part and parc …
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By Brian Shelley, May 1945 We were flying along in a DC-3, or as we called it in the RAF, a Dakota, in thick cloud over Burma’s mountains. Returning from a supply drop to the 14th army, we suddenly …
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Transcript of letter from Lt. Col. Charles Walwyn to Mrs J Reeve on 13th October 1944 regarding the injuries received by Sgt James A Reeve during action at Frontier Hill [Pt 2940] Burma on 10th Oct 19 …
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The following is an extract from a letter written by Mrs Mollie Dods to her family and details her remarkable escape with her husband Samuel from Bangkok to Rangoon - and then the Japanese went there …
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by Norman Morse of Williton in Somerset It was with great interest that I read the article by Major John Hill in issue 119 of DEKHO! The article related to the documentary made by Charles Wheeler an …
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Captain Douglas Jung, Special Operations Australia Douglas Jung was born in Victoria, British Columbia on Feb 24 1924 and passed away on January 4, 2002. He will be remembered by his legion of friend …
