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Zola
Original cartoon drawing of woman with swirling dress used as basis of nose art for Denis Clyde-Smith's Lancaster. Annotated 'With love to the crew and ground crew of the Zola bomber from Zola'.
Tags: nose art
Your Money can Change the Balance
A cartoon of a set of scales with Churchill and Hitler on opposing sides.
Xmas Greetings
Sent by John from prisoner of war camp to his parents and Joyce expressing his hope that he reaches home before the postcard. It includes a coloured drawing of some holly and a prisoner with a red triangle on his back looking through a barbed wire…
Tags: aircrew; prisoner of war
Worth Matravers
Photograph of rocky coast line captioned 'The "Boys" at Worth'. Annotated 'From here I went to Uxbridge for my "Demob" suit, on leave from July to Sept 1946'.
Photograph of rural coast line with lattice tower in fore ground, captioned 'Ringstead…
Photograph of rural coast line with lattice tower in fore ground, captioned 'Ringstead…
Tags: love and romance; RAF Uxbridge
With love from Gertrude
Gertrude sending congratulations Squadron Leader Douglas Knox D.F.C.
Wings for Victory
On the left, under a label 'Wings for Victory', a cartoon strip highlighting the air routes uniting the allied nations with a drawing of Winston Churchill at the controls of an aircraft.
A list of engagements.
Henry, in costume, standing with a…
A list of engagements.
Henry, in costume, standing with a…
William Norman commemorative scroll
Scroll sent to the next of kin of those servicemen who died in the war from King George VI.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; killed in action
William Jones Cartoon
Two copies of a cartoon of William, annotated 'Caricature of " You Truly" by "Slash" ' and on the image 'Merry Xmas! and Happy New Year'.
Tags: aircrew
Wie Viele Sind Hier Aufmarschiert? (How many are deployed here?)
Propaganda leaflet aimed at the German speaking population pointing out that many more casualties occurred on the Eastern Front than Hitler declared. It asks how many more will die and says the answer lies with the German people.
Who won?
Two players coming off a football pitch (see goalposts in background). The words ‘Who won’, shown on the upper right, are meant for the speech balloon of the figure on the extreme left.
Below are the draft titles for other cartoons: ‘2 Women -…
Below are the draft titles for other cartoons: ‘2 Women -…
Tags: prisoner of war; sport
Whitleys at Middleton St George 1941
Page caption: 'Middleton St George 1941'
Photograph 1 is of eight airmen under the nose of a Whitley. Captioned 'Pilot Sgt B. Jones with his Ground Crew, Whitley. A/C.'
Photograph 2 is of a sergeant pilot wearing a flying helmet and pointing to…
Photograph 1 is of eight airmen under the nose of a Whitley. Captioned 'Pilot Sgt B. Jones with his Ground Crew, Whitley. A/C.'
Photograph 2 is of a sergeant pilot wearing a flying helmet and pointing to…
Whitley card, 35 Squadron crest, newspaper cutting and photograph
Top right - aircraft card with artwork of a Whitley flying over a river with buildings either side and fire on the near bank. Bursts of anti-aircraft fire round aircraft. Captioned 'Whitley bomber - long-range bomber capable of carrying very large…
Whitley Card
A painting of a Whitley, port side, in the air. On the front it is annotated with Noel's crew members and 'Stanton-Harcourt June Oxford 1942'.. On the reverse is a three view silhouette and text of the aircraft's statistics. It is further annotated…
Tags: aircrew; crash; RAF Stanton Harcourt; Whitley
Whitley
Air to air image of a Whitley above a village and fields. Captioned, 'Armstrong Whitworth 'Whitley'' and 'The "Aeroplane" photograph'.
Tags: Whitley
What's cooking?
On the left, a concert programme with hand written amendments to the sketches, compered by Henry Howard.
On the right, a cartoon wanted poster for 'Bendover Bertie' advertising a dance and buffet in aid of the Red Cross prisoner of war fund.
On the right, a cartoon wanted poster for 'Bendover Bertie' advertising a dance and buffet in aid of the Red Cross prisoner of war fund.
Tags: entertainment; RAF Halton; Red Cross