Banks, Peter

Banks, Peter

P Banks

17 items. The collection relates to James Henry Banks (b. 1916, 519903 Royal Air Force). He enlisted in the RAF 25 April 1935 and served as a photographer. The collection consists of two multiple page photograph albums, his service and pay book, his driving licence, statement of service and certificate of discharge, a NAAFI pass belonging to his wife, Grace Emily Banks, a pocket watch, loose photographs, and letters regarding his attempt to re-enlist in the RAF between 1948 and 1950. Also contains a RAF pocket book.

This collection includes two albums:

Album one contains photographs pre-war Harts and Harrow aircraft, of the RAF Advanced Air Striking Force in France in 1940, 2 Group aircraft and targets, and a number of aerial photographs of cities and targets in the Ruhr and the Low countries taken at low level during a sightseeing Cooks tour after VE Day.

Album two consists of a number of post-war photographs of RAF Seletar, Singapore, Burma and Cambodia.

The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Peter Banks and catalogued by Barry Hunter and Nigel Huckins, with further identification kindly provided by the Archeologi dell'Aria research group (https://www.archeologidellaria.org).

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Banks, P