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Post by wheezynana on Mar 1, 2012 23:47:38 GMT 12
According to Chic's diary he boarded the ship on 1 October 1944 and left early in the morning of the 2nd. According to my research this was the Alkaid.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 2, 2012 0:01:27 GMT 12
Yes, 20/9/44 was their date for kitting, it says. The list is stamped 4 Oct 1944, so they must hae safely departed by then.
As for Boris, this is written on the top of the list. Rather than the ship name, it may well have been code for the actual movement perhaps (like Operation Boris).
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tc64
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Post by tc64 on Mar 2, 2012 19:20:33 GMT 12
Just wanted to post a few more pics, the following ones were taken by Dad after leaving Emirau on the way home, Sept-Oct 45. "Our C-47 at Torokina Airstrip, Bougainville"
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Post by tc64 on Mar 2, 2012 19:22:52 GMT 12
Their C-47 at Tontouta, New Caledonia.
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Post by tc64 on Mar 2, 2012 19:27:36 GMT 12
"Flying over Rabaul Harbour on way home"
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 2, 2012 20:13:58 GMT 12
Superb shots of the Dakotas. Neat to see one had bare metal cowls, the other is fully bare.
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Post by hori on Apr 25, 2016 17:33:27 GMT 12
Sorry Errol - no Charles Edwin in my extensive Elsmore family tree although the name Edwin does feature but not with that birthdate or anywhere close. Thanks Dave for the welcome - John Andrews was a friend of Dad's who we always knew by his nickname 'Cracker'. Getting together with Rachel this weekend........
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