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Diary for P/O A Law, 58 Squadron Linton on Ouse

I have uploaded the diary to the Whitley group files folder. It is
in PDF format.
Colin

> ******************************************************************
--- In Whitley_project@..., "steven_e007"
<steven.reynolds@t...> wrote:

> Yes please, I'm certainly interested and there is plenty of space
in
> the files section!
>
> Steve
> ******************************
> --- In Whitley_project@..., "thornton271"
> <cfindlay@w...> wrote:
> > Hi
> > Good to find a group on the Whitley.
> >
> > My uncle P/O Andrew Law was a Whitley pilot. He was killed in a
> > crash (in Z6869 GE-T) in fog when diverted to Acklington on 3/4
> Sept
> > 1941.
> >
> > I have a copy of a diary he kept from joining up in Sept 1939,
> > through training to his first mission in January 1941, after
which
> > it appears to have been censored. I also have a 3 page write up
of
> a
> > ditching in the North Sea (in T4266 GE-O) on 17-18 Apr 1941,
where
> > the crew were rescued after 3 days. I have scanned/typed copies
of
> > the diary and ditching if anyone is interested.
>






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Hi Good to find a group on the Whitley. My uncle P/O Andrew Law was a Whitley pilot. He was killed in a crash (in Z6869 GE-T) in fog when diverted to...
thornton271
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Dec 4, 2005
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... Sept ... a ... ****************************************************************** Yes please, I'm certainly interested and there is plenty of space in the...
steven_e007
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Dec 5, 2005
12:21 pm

I have uploaded the diary to the Whitley group files folder. It is in PDF format. Colin ... in ... which ... of ... where ... of...
thornton271
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Dec 5, 2005
9:46 pm

Hi Colin Me again!! I have been doing some research and have found that on the night of 3/4 September 1941,nineteen aircraft were despatched and only one lost,...
Jim Jamieson
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Dec 6, 2005
9:45 pm

Hi Colin. Thanks for taking the time and trouble to upload your Uncle's Diary for everyone's benefit. It is both a fascinating historical document revealing...
Jim Jamieson
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Dec 6, 2005
10:25 pm

Jim Thanks for the comments. It is interesting to read accounts directly from the time rather than accounts written later. It gives a different perspective. I...
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Dec 7, 2005
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