Diary of Wing Commander Edward Lloyd Fleming, January 1944- January 1945 - Part 1

NOTES FROM 1943

6SFTS [[?]] [[?]]
PD643   10/1.

R.J.DEANS    Benalla  (125 Bridge St)

Prescupbo   B9701 ([[?]])

 

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NOTES

430678 P/O WINDMILL A.D. 1 WAGS RAAF BALLARAT VIC.

430359 SGT BUTLER K.J.

V145007 CPL KEYES

429316 SGT FORESTER H.P.    KILLED

VF514802 PTE GRABHAM S. 10 ARCS CLUB ELIZ. ST MELB VIC.

 

NOTES

TELEGRAMS: - RYDERMAC SOUTHERNS LONDON

LADY FRANCES RYDER C.B.E.

MISS MACDONALD OF THE ISLES C.B.E.

FLAT B

21 CADOGAN GDNS

SLOANE SQ   LONDON SN 3

(AT HOME 10AM -10 PM INC. SAT. 9 SUN.).

TELS :- SLO 5871 LADY F. RYDER C.B.E.

6822   MISS MACDONALD C.B.E.

5871   MRS WALLIS  M.B.E.

6822   MRD FRY.

 

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Ian Homewood

Australia House

London.    Eng

Dick Ivory

W.A.G.    Eng

 

Dr Robert Stiang       Dolly & Ruth

128 Trilsonce Hill Rd

Bridgeport

Connecticut

 

Alan Frazer

Station CFRX

Toronto.  Montrel   Canada

 

Rex E Phillips 

c/o Barclay Bank

Johannasburg

Pretoria S. Africa

[[Transwual?]]

 

417361

SGT WOLLASTON

(EASTCOURNE).

MEMORANDA

 

Shiela Grabham

97 Grey St         (A.C.F. parcel)

 Sraralgon  Vic

(VF 514802-PTE. S.T.M. GR.- 10 ARCS [[?]]-Eliz St MELB)

 

Margaret Slearn     (Skullcap)

Illabrook S.S.  722 (122)

 

S.L. Bunyip No.2229

(Polo Sweater)

Malvern A.C.l. (Balaklava).

 

MRS   DUNCAN

JOSEPHINE BULLWINKLE

69 PETTITS LANE

ROMFORD  {JOSE. BRENDA]

ESSEX  

 

MEMORANDA

Vivienne heatley

129 Junes Rd

Durban S. Africa

 

Mr Short 129 Junes Rd  Durban  S. Africa

 

G.H. PALMER       Phone:- F6280

c/o E.S. LAWRENCE & CO PTY LTD

BORSDORFF'S BUILDINGS

277 FLINDERS LAND

MELBOURNE

MRS BRIDGE     C         Phone. C.M. 11

7 HIDS COPSE RD

CUNMOR HILL     (HIDS WARREN")

BERKS. OXFORD

 

BRIDGET WILSON       Phone Ox 8

SHEPHERD'S CLOSE"

HINKSEY HILL

BERKS   OXFORD    [MRS HORDER] 

MEMORANDA

x MRS HARRISON        PHONE C.H. 173

' ORTNER'

HIDS COPSE RD

[[?]] HILL

OXFORD

 

x MRS ROBERT DUNCAN   C       PHONE:- VAL 3748

254 CRANBROOK RD,

ILFORD    [AUNT [[?]], MARG [[?]] ]

 

x MISS PAT. WADE       C

M 8 JESMOND RD.

NEWCASTLE

 

x x R BALLARD

67 LONDON RD

STOCKTON HEATH     No 8 bus

 

x MRS H. WHEELER         GEOFF BLACKER'S AUNT

"WATERLOO HOUSE"        (MRS CRANWELL).

EPSOM SURREY

 

MR B.A.LEVINSON          (DUDLEY'S UNCLE).

199 PICCADILLY

LONDON W,

 

MEMORANDA

 

x MRS JANE KIDDIE         (MARGARET [[?]])

7 GRIERSON SQUARE     GRANTON

EDINBURGH

 

DR HARRIE DRURY        PHONE MITCHIN 1057

64 STRATHMORE AVE         [MR DRURY]

HITCHIN HERTS

 

x MISS EDNA SLADE         [MRS SLADE'S DAUGTHER]

113 ALEXANDER RD         PHONE:- MAI 7504

ST. JOHN WOOD    LONDON NW8

 

x MR F. MOLD      C

20 KERSWELL RD.,

ST THOMAS, EXETER, DEVON

 

DR ERIC YULE

NUNCATER

WARICKSHIRE

 

MRS BRYANT SMITH.     [AUNT PHYLLIS]

LLANDRINDON WELLS,     [SISTER]

RADNORSHIRE, WALES

JANUARY, 1944

SATURDAY 1

New Year's Day-Commonwealth Day

I spent the morning in bed and

got up a bit before lunch, did

some washing & eventually went

over to lunch. In the afternoon I did

a [[?]] with chips Carpenter & [[?]]

a bit of a blue fit, we were

asked the pressure of the [[?]]

[[?]] told 4 & 5 lbs sq, " F/L Mebasken said we

were wrong tho' we were right &[[?]]

bad to pump up a leg. Then we came

in & [[?]] a period of [[?]]. I

had tea & went to the [[?]] pictures

The show was "Scarlet Pimpernel"

About face" & very good. We

got to bed as soon as possible

as it was very cold & we were

not flying

 

JANUARY, 1944

Sunday 2

2nd after Christmas

Church parade as usual & a good address

by Padre [[?]] who is being posted.

We went to the flight but I was not

flying either before or after lunch.

I did some line  after tea & finished the

A.T.S. link syllabus then we went to

lay the flare path but after doing a

bit we heard that it was suckled

so came in. I got my [[hair?]] a bit

singed when our flare exploded. I

came back to the hut & had a shower

& a shave & eventually hit the hay

 

MEMORANDA

 

x SUE WAINWRIGHT

VIOLET  WARR         PHONE OX477661   x

2 ROLLESTON Ave

STANTON WARCOURT. WARRINGTON LANCS.

 

REV'D 7 MRS J.H. MARTIN        [MRS SLADE]

32 MANSFIELD RD

ESSEX

 

x DAISY MOSS         PHONE:- PER50 x

4 DEERMURST TERRACE

PINVIN, NR. PERSWORE, WORE.

 

MRS RUSELL LEWIS

10 SOYUTHERN DRIVE         [KAY BRIDGE].

ANLABY PARK HULL

 

LUCY CARDONA

3 SOUTHERN RD., [BRADNSMERE].

E, FINCHELY N. LONDON

 

 

MEMORANDA

 

JANUARY, 1944

Monday 3

I went down to the flight and just

sat around for a while & then did a

[[spot?]] of I.F. it went f