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Location
RAF Bomber Command, 115 Squadron at Witchford, near Ely

Scrubbed - Planned flights were cancelled

Blueform - A blue coloured combination airmail letter and envelope, developed during the war specifically for use to or from military personnel based overseas

Barb - Johnston’s girlfriend in Ontario

Janke - Canadian pilot and friend who trained with Johnston

Kitching, Ethel - Friend of Johnston in Canada
July 6, 1944 (Thursday)

Got up just in time for lunch. Went out to the aircraft in the afternoon and checked it all OK.

Briefed us for Paris tonight – Lord what a do! Mercifully it was scrubbed at the last minute.

Got blueforms from Barb, Mom, Janke, and Ethel Kitching.

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