Burmese for Beginners
Amongst Stan’s possessions is a pamphlet with some basic sentences in ‘Burmese’ and ‘Kachin’. Kachin, the northernmost state of modern Myanmar, is some considerable distance from Stan’s usual flight routes, and I think it’s...
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Aerial Photos – 159 Squadron RAF B-24 Liberator “U” Bombing Raid on Jumbhorn – May 20th 1945
There is no entry in Stan’s flying log for this day, even though the photos are with his belongings. It may be that Stan’s period of extended leave had begun at this point and...
Aerial Photos – 355 Squadron RAF B-24 Liberator “X” Bombing Raid on Jumbhorn – February 3rd 1945
There is no entry in Stan’s flying log on this date, even though he was still with 355 Squadron and flying with his usual crew in the previous week and again by the end...
Aerial Photos – 355 Squadron RAF Liberator “X” Bombing Raid on Myingyan – February 24th 1945
There is an entry in Stan’s flying log for this day.
Aerial Photos – 159 Squadron RAF B-24 Liberator “U” Bombing Raid on Unknown Location – July 17th 1945
There is no entry in Stan’s flying log for this day, even though the photos are with his belongings. It may be that Stan’s period of extended leave had begun at this point and the...
Aerial Photos – 355 Squadron RAF B-24 Liberator Bombing Raid on Ramree Island – January 21st 1945
There is an entry in Stan’s flying log on this date.
Aerial Photos – 159 Squadron RAF B-24 Liberator Bombing Raid on Bridge TF 102 – Jumbhorn – Singapore Railway – May 17th 1945
There is no entry in Stan’s flying log for this day, even though the photos are with his belongings and the flight was piloted by Dave Gallagher. It may be that Stan’s period of...
Aerial Photos – 355 Squadron RAF B24 Liberator Bombing Raid on Moulmein – Bangkok Railway – January 1st 1945
There is an entry in Stan’s flying log on this date.
Aerial Photos – 159 Squadron RAF B-24 Liberator Bombing Raid on Rangoon – May 1st 1945
There is an entry in Stan’s flying log on this date.
The Flight Bag
This article originally featured in UCL History, February 15, 2016 What, exactly, Warrant Officer Stanley Herbert Sharrad RAF was doing on August 3rd 1945 we will probably never know. But the fact of his absence...
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