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G A White in civilian clothes with three civilians outside a brick building. One is holding a rabbit. On reverse, handwritten date 23.7,39 and also printed numbers 2 and 0.

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G A White in RAF No 1 uniform with chip hat and trainee flash, with civilian lady and dog. On reverse, handwritten note 'Joan' and note in different handwriting 'Arthur + Nee-Nee + Tasker'.

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George White in RAF No1 uniform with group in the countryside. On reverse, handwritten note, ' 1941 John, Mollie, Arthur and Joan'.

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An account of an air sea rescue search in the Wash.

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Description of a painting of dropping supplies as partisans waved to the crew.

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Harry Hacker was in a Reserved Occupation with the Post Office when he and his friend volunteered for the RAF. He had lived through the Liverpool Blitz. He trained as a bomb aimer and was sent to South Africa to complete his training. While enroute…

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Mark Kosky joined the ATC as a young man because he had a great interest in flying. He joined the RAFVR at the age of seventeen upon the outbreak of war. His mother was a Londoner and his father was Polish and Mark was raised in the city in the…

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Alfred Lengart was a gunner in the German Army on duty at the Möhne Dam on the night of Operation Chastise. Many years later he was invited to the Yorkshire Air Museum for the opening of the Barnes Wallis Museum. During the opening he delivered a…

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LSearleJ1803136v1.pdf
John Searle’s Pilots Flying Log Book from 18th May 1943 until 31st July 1945. Training as a pilot commenced at Nos. 16 and 28 Elementary Flying Training Schools, followed by Flying Training School Cranwell, 28 Operational Training Unit, an unnumbered…

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Certificate awarding Maurice Blower his Path Finder badge. Signed by Don Bennett.

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LBlowerMJ177993v1.pdf
Maurice Blower’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 29th June 1942 until 12th December 1945. During this time trained as a wireless operator and air gunner. Training as an air gunner started at No. 45 Air School in South Africa, and…

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LWareingS19190404v2.pdf
Stanley Wareing’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 23rd January 1943 until 8th February 1953. The first entry in this log book is as a pilot with 28 Operational Training Unit. Posted to 57 Squadron for operations in February 1943. In April posted to 97…

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LWareingS19190404v1.pdf
Stanley Wareing’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 2nd to the 13th January 1939. This log book only contains 11 days of pilot training. The certificates of qualification do show that Stanley joined 103 Squadron later as a Wellington pilot but details are…

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BAllisonTAllisonTv1.pdf
Bomber Command wartime memoirs 1939-45 by Ted Allison. He completed 35 bomber operations as wireless operator/air gunner 1941-43, which he described as being looked down upon. The introduction describes his role as a Wop/Ag and how they're replaced…

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A biographical summary of David Craven's RAF service as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner and later as a Wireless Instructor. He completed two tours of operations, took part in the opening of the Ruhr Campaign in March 1943 and was awarded the…

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Four photographs mounted on an album page.
The photograph at the top of the page shows a naval ship at sea. The ship has a mast, three funnels and a gun turret on the front. Caption reads 'HMS Burzah [ORP Burza] corvette circa 1943 Ship of Able…

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Three greetings cards and two photographs mounted on an album page.

Top row left is a card embroidered with coloured flowers and the words 'To my Sweetheart'.
Top row right is a coloured printed card depicting Christ in the manger surrounded…

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Picture of Edgar Hope Marlow and his fiancée in a garden. Reverse has sticker 'Edgar Hope Marlow + fiance [sic] Coral Tigges'.

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YCousinsHL[Ser#-DoB]v1.pdf
Handwritten notes from January to July 1941.

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A list of Peter's operations with date, squadron, operation, pilot and hours flown, day and night.

In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.

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Peter Hoare's reminiscences on H2S. He describes the naming process of the H2S by Britain and what Germany called it. He mentions the use case of H2S and the importance of operations with 106 squadron. He describes the difficulty of all factors of a…

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An article written to complement Robert Owen's article in Navigation News about 617 Squadron's successful dams operation.

In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.

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An article written by Peter Hoare 60 years after his training.

In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.

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