RAF Sorties Records

https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25934797

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posted on 2024-06-05, 19:40 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

<p dir="ltr">The contributor's grandmother lived in a village (Walters Ash) near the RAF base. She had a job to record sorties across Europe (leaflet drops, food drops, bombings).</p><p>Alfred Knocks (code breaker) lived in a village nearby.</p>

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Item list and details

1. Sortie Book 2. Sortie Book (RAF) 3. Sortie SO Book 136 GR 4. Receipt 5. Shopping Pass 6. Phonebook 7. Hand drawings

Person the story/items relate to

Hilda Bristow Frederick William Bristow

Person who shared the story/items

(David) Jonathan Bristow

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

Grandmother, Grandfather

Type of submission

Shared at Theale Library, Berkshire on 14 November 2023.

Record ID

99437 | TLI011

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Keywords

Their Finest Hour World War Two Air Force Armed Forces Britain British Europe European Food Military RAF Royal Air Force

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CC BY 4.0