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Bill Gibson - "A Tour of My Life in the Royal Air Force 1942 - 1945"

Subject: William (Bill) Gibson

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My Father, William Gibson, was a London policeman. Although this was a reserved occupation, in 1942 he volunteered to join the RAF, at a time when things were going badly.

Timeline

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28 September 1942: ACRC Regents Park, London, UK

17 October 1942: No. 1 ITW., Babbacombe, Devon, UK

2 April 1943: Grading School, Fairoaks, Surrey, UK?

28 May 1943: ACD.C., Manchester, UK

2 July 1943: USA

4 July 1943: No. 31 P.D., Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

6 July 1943: 34 E.F.T.S., Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada

28 July 1943: No. 3 M.D., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

4 September 1943: No. 2 A.O.S., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

28 January 1944: 31 P.D., Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

22 February 1944: Scotland, UK

25 February 1944: Harrogate, UK

September 1944: Kinloss, Scotland, UK

January 1945: Lindholme, Nr Doncaster, UK

February 1945: Hemswell, Lincs, UK

11 March 1945: Essen, Germany

12 March 1945: Dortmund, Germany

16 March 1943: Nuremberg, Germany

4 April 1945: Potsdam, Germany

9 April 1945: Kiel, Germany

19 April 1945: Heligoland, Germany

25 April 1945: Berchtesgaden, Germany

30 April 1945: The Hague, Netherlands

30 April 1945: Rotterdam, Netherlands

30 April 1945: Leiden, Netherlands

8 May 1945: Rotterdam, Netherlands