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Old 24th Sep 2016, 09:58
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Box Brownie
 
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Flt Lt John Dunbar DFC (RIP)

Taken from two tapes

At Bombay nobody was expecting us and they knew nothing about us. I spoke to a senior officer and said that I had thirty highly experienced bods getting hot under the collar - they were all volunteers for a particular job and we were told we couldn't waste a minute. Two weeks were lost in the transit camp at Bombay before we were given train tickets Ambala in Northern India, a four day train journey. When we got off the train we saw a sign pointing to Royal Indian Air Force Station Ambali No 1 Indian Air Force Elementary Flying Training School. You would think no one would talk to me! I was sent to Coventry. Not only had I got them back on instructing, but they were to instruct in the Indan Air Force

To be continued
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