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Dresden
A summary of Operation Thunderclap and the bombing of Dresden with estimates of casualties.
United States Army Air Force pilot's badge
Metal badge
Note from General Eisenhower on eve of D-Day
Note to all allied expeditionary force personnel about to embark on the invasion of Normandy.
Memoir of Emilia Garland (nee Ocardi). WAAF 429 Squadron.
Recounts life in Glasgow (Clydebank) at the beginning of the war. Incudes tales of bliztz bombing, blackout, sirens and evacuation. Talks of continuing business though blitz. Eventually tired of hard work in family business, despite parental…
Bomber Command casualties during the war
A summary of the numbers of casualties amongst air and ground crew. Figures are also provided for the air forces of 'Empire' countries and there is a table comparing the losses of The United States Air Force and Bomber Command.
4000 tons on Essen in heaviest day raid
Page 18 of Marjorie Rogers' diary. Ken's 19th operation was to Essen, which is covered by a newspaper cutting. His 20th operation was to Dortmund which is covered in a second cutting. His 21st, 22nd and 23rd operations were to Arnsberg, these are…
Wesley Williams
A full length photograph of Wesley.
11 American airmen
11 airmen arranged in two rows. Each man and his trade are named on the reverse.
B-24 Liberator tail
The tail of a B-24, serial '440168'.
US Army-Navy Excellence badge
A badge awarded by the US Army/Navy for excellence.
Letter from George Milson
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George writes to his family hoping their Christmas went well. He describes his Christmas in the camp. Later he describes new arrivals into the camp.
Twenty Four Squadron
PA Haynes' memories of his time with 24 squadron.
Passenger transportation record
Travel warrant for Flying Officer V D Knox.
Flying and popular aviating
A special Royal Air Force issue introducing the film, 'Wings for the Eagle', in praise of the workers of America's aircraft industry with images of airmen working on the engines of a Stirling on the cover and a P-38 and silhouettes of flying aircraft…
Cartoon of aircraft loading bombs and ammunition
Two men are loading two small bombs and numerous boxes of ammunition into a B-17. One man is saying 'Anything strike you as a bit odd, mate?'
Aircraft recognition book
Book with photographs of six aircraft each of 40 pages with opposite lined page for notes. Some are identified.
B-29 at RAF Wyton
A group of airmen standing behind a NAAFI van with B-29 behind them on taxiway. On the reverse 'Wyton 1950'.
Newspaper cutting - three big blows on rocket, fly bomb depots
Article concerning operations by Lancaster and Halifax against flying bomb and rocket depots in France. Gives details of daylight operations near Paris. Also mentions B-17 operations against German communications and oil.
American instructor and four RAF trainees
Instructor on left, trainees on right, all wearing US uniform, trainees wearing RAF caps. Standing next to a Stearman training aircraft. Unidentified squadron watermark top right of picture, 'Fortune Favours the Bold'. Edward Gearon is standing in…
Looking down from a Stirling
View from a Stirling across the starboard engines. Below is a flat agricultural landscape. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'R136 Cam 3 Neg 19'.