Autumn
1944 off Sumatra
(Indian
Ocean Campaign Summary)
From
the magazine "Illustrated", 24
February 1945 edition
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Page
17
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Page
18
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Page 19
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page 20 (followed by
enlargements)
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late
1944 - INDIA and CEYLON/SRI
LANKA
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Dry-dock at Bombay - bottom
being scraped
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Dry dock at Bombay
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Maurice Whiteing |
Water not beer, ashore at China
Bay
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possibly China Bay again
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Beaufighters at China Bay
airfield (Trincomalee,
Ceylon/Sri Lanka)
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Inchmopola (spelling? -
not located), India -
Maurice, back row, fourth from
left
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George Cheedle, "Subby" Neil,
Maurice Whiteing on right
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Tony Fry
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Maurice Whiteing (right) and
friend
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First oranges? |
India 1944 - Maurice on right
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Katakalunda, Ceylon/Sri Lanka.
('Katakalunda'
may have been Katakurunda, a
bit south of Colombo in
6:00N 80:18E, where there
was a Royal Naval Air
Station, HMS UKUSSA,
1942-1946 - thanks to
Tim Stoneman).
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Jungle, Ulundafet (spelling?
possibly Ulunderpet),
India -
Maurice Whiteing
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Bombay Castle - sitting,
middle row left, Maurice
Whiteing; right,
Air Mechanic Albert Mackley (identified
by his grandson Mark Floyd)
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India - Maurice on left |
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"Snowball" |
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possibly
Bandalawela
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possibly
market
place, Bandalawela
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Maurice on right
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India 1944 top - Maurice
Whiteing and Tony Brown,
bottom - "Gloria" and Reg
Holton
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Kalakarunda (spelling? not
located)
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probably 1944 -
Indomitable Christmas Card,
1839 Squadron
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Indomitable Christmas Card -
probably 1944 as still
flying Barracudas
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