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MDaviesIDW1515585-190418-12.pdf
A leaflet with photographs, maps and text about Market Garden. It includes details of three museums commemorating the Operation. Also a list of memorial celebrations and special events. There are four pages of events in Dutch and four pages detailing…

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#1 is 25 airmen arranged in four rows.
#2 and 3 are slightly different views of a roll call parade. #2 is captioned 'Zondags-appel op de appelplaats'.
#4 is a head and shoulders portrait of Sebastian, identified on a post-it with 'French…

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A biography, written in Dutch, summarising Flying Officer John Maunsell's service with RAF Bomber Command. The document includes photographs of Maunsell, his aircrews and aircraft flown together with details of operations taken from his log book. …

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Map of island of Texel. Two versions of the same newspaper cutting with photograph showing group of people unveiling a boulder with Dutch language caption. Annotated 'Bram van Dijk and museum team mark the aircraft crash sites with boulders brought…

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Both sides of a beer mat from Holland

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Announcement of passing of Jan Prinzen.

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A report providing details of an operation from RAF Skellingthorpe on 23 September 1944 to target the Dortmund Ems Canal. The numbers of aircraft participating and lost are provided. Details of the loss of Lancaster LM718 are provided. Also…

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A biography of Alan Green with personal photographs and headlines. It covers his training in Canada and UK, his first squadron, 218, at Marham flying Wellingtons as a navigator, then Stirlings. He flew 22 operations and was shot down by friendly…

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3rd class railway ticket valid for two weeks. Issued in Gent.

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A postcard of 'The King's House' in Brussels.

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A religious service outside a church made from a camp hut. Clerics are in white with prisoners kneeling around the building. It is captioned 'De kerk in 'gevangenschap' translated as 'The Church in 'Captivity''.

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An officer hands out food to prisoners about to depart for work outside the camp. It is captioned 'De facteur der Servische gevangenen deelt proviand uit aan naar 'arbeids kommando' vertrekkende kampgenoten.' and translated as 'The facteur of the…

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A football match watched by a very large number of prisoners. It is captioned 'De appelplaats als voetbalveld met interland aspiraties' and translated as 'The parade ground as a football field with international aspirations'.

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A German guard of honour watching over prisoners laying one of their number to rest. It is captioned 'Een vuurpeleton - een geestelijker en een baar... een helaas bijna dagelijks voorkomend beeld op het Kerkhof van de krijgsgevangenen' translated as…

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Ice skating on the frozen swimming pool. It is captioned 'Wintersport in M-Stalag IVB'.

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A procession of prisoners led by clerics, through the camp. It is captioned 'De hoofd kamp straat (een processie van de Fransche krijgsgevangenen)' and translated as 'Main Camp Street (a procession of the French prisoners of war)'.

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Large numbers of prisoners clearing out the swimming pool at the camp. It is captioned 'Het jaarlijkse uitdiepen van het "zwembad" translated as 'The annual deepening of the "swimming pool". '

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Addressed to Irene and Ted, with a greeting in English but the printed greetings are in Dutch.

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An empty Dutch victory cigarette packet. These were dropped over the Netherlands to celebrate the Dutch Queen's birthday.

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Both sides of a Coca Cola mat.

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Programme for a commemoration of Mr. Ambrosius Feijes on the island of Schiermonnikoog. Including a poem by Siënna Hernandez and Schiermonnikoog’s anthem. Head and shoulders photograph of Flight Sergeant Kenneth Rutherford in uniform and full length…

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A memorial panel describing the crash of R1397 on its return journey from bombing Emden. It was shot down by a German night fighter. The crew remained unidentifiable for years until the Stichting Missing Airmen Memorial Foundation identitief the…

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A large cemetery with many graves. It is captioned 'De laatste rustplaats der in Stalag IVB overleden of omgkomen gevangenen', translated as 'The final resting place of prisoners who died or died in Stalag IVB'.

MCluettAV120946-150515-21.pdf
Covers events in 1941 and 1942 describes allied successes as the month of the great turnaround. Includes Russian front, El Alamein, Operation Torch, naval operations, Japanese setbacks and allied war leaders.

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The relation between unemployment and size of the population. A cartoon comparing the number of unemployed to the size of the population for Germany, USA, Great Britain and France.

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