"THE FLYING HANKS"

EDDIE HANCOCK D.F.C.(A.E.)

18.06.11 - 31.10.92

1944 - R.A.F. DEFENDING THE COUNTRY: 1975-CARING FOR THE SICK WITH ST.JOHN AMBULANCE

NORTH AFRICA /EGYPT ALBUM "WARTIME"

POST WAR ALBUM 1

POST WAR ALBUM 2

VARIOUS BITS ALBUM

JESSE LIONEL GEOFFREY HANCOCK

16.01.25 - 17.10.02

1944-5 flying with the RAF in Canada and after the war serving Plymouth as an Environmental Health Officer, seen above with his wife Thelma Jean Bickham (12.8.25), married 24.1.46. HIS ALBUMS ARE HERE:

CANADA ALBUM

NEW YORK ALBUM

NORTH AFRICA /EGYPT ALBUM "WARTIME" PAGE 1: EDDIE HANCOCK DFC


landing ground 09 western desert may - august 1941. a Wellington which missed the "goose-necks" now had the "jacks" under	Dornier 17 at Shallufa 1942 flown in by the yugoslavs	landing ground 09 western desert this WIMP missed the flightpath on landing & undercarriage collapsed - 38 squadron may-august 1941	W/T section landing ground 09 western desert may-aug 41

november 1942 south of L.G. 09 Italian lorries set on fire by the Ities, before surrendering.	western desert 1941 Jack Mann, "Free" Stephens sleeping a la Ritz	231 communications kite Percival Q6 at Abu Sueir sept 1942	western desert 1941, an abandoned Itie lorry.

western desert 1940 primitive means of refuelling a WIMP ...by hand ,..those were the days	western desert 1940	P/0 "Dopey" Draper, S101 Azeiz, western desert - sleeping off a night "op."	another "ropey" landing of a Wellington at Shallufa, Egypt in 1941. pity! 6 killed!!

The information tendered here and on the following pages is taken directly from the back of the photos. If there is nothing written on the back of some photos, then nothing will be included here - the originals are essential just photographic albums.

TECHNICAL NOTE: many of these photographs were very small "contact" print size and have been much blown up and enlarged. When you download them you will see a "ragged edge" to the image. To cure this, download the large photos to your hard drive, and use something like Paint Shop Pro to "soften/blur" the image just a tad, you will be amazed and the cure!!

Jesse's only child, his daughter Karen, now Karen Johnson - formerly Bickham, has another family history page about here Uncle Alfie who fell at Anzio, it's here.

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