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"Douglas" Combined Protractor & Parallel Rule
An envelope and plastic protractor used in navigation. Also a hand drawn graph used in navigation.
Air Navigation Plotter
A tool used by navigators on a chart to plot bearings and distances.
Bambi model scale drawing
Part of a scale drawing of a model aircraft, 'Bambi'. There is some text with basic measurements.
Blue Steel controls and indicators at crew stations
Line drawing of Vulcan rear crew station with numbering.
Blueprint of Avro 543
Side on technical drawing of a two seat single engine biplane . Captioned '2 seater. 35 hp \green, A V Roe & Co Ltd, scale 1 1/2" - 1 Foot 25-9-19, Type 543, Drawing No A.501'. On the reverse 'Roy Chadwick has initialled this blueprint'.
Calculation from Honeybourne to Base
A log sheet used for calculations for a flight from Honeybourne to Mildenhall.
Cooling pack installation
Technical line drawing of parts of aircraft and detail of components.
Cut away diagram of Browning .50 inch Gun
Cut away diagram with numbered parts. Shown with breech block in rear position.
Dead reckoning navigation – triangle of velocities
Diagram showing dead reckoning navigation with triangle of ground, air and wind speed and directions.
Drawings of aircraft sections
A drawing with an aerofoil, a fuselage and an elevator section. The aerofoil has 'USA 35b'
Field Service postcard from Robert Baker to Mr and Mrs W T Baker
Pre-printed postcard with phrases to be crossed out indicating sender was quite well, was being sent down to the base and letter follows.
Leave pass
Blank leave pass with 'HQ [...] Command' stamp,
Fuel system diagram
Twin-engine aircraft fuel system diagram indicating tanks, non return valves and pilot's on-off cocks.
H Adams memoir - training and operations
Shows maps of North Wales and the Midlands as well as an explanation of the Douglas protractor, along with diagrams of the Dalton computer and photographs of Wellington. Describes training at RAF Lichfield from end of March to 21 June 1944. Includes…
Label with personal details P Field
Card with text '907804 Sgt Field, Detmold, Germany, November 1945'.
Lancaster cockpit
Annotated photograph with numbered parts showing instrument panel and lower portion of cockpit.
Letter from Douglas Hudson in internee camp in Le Kef, Tunisia, to his parents
Writes that he has received correspondence from home and from pen friends. States he cannot write to the latter as he is only allowed two letters a month. Explains that he cannot say a great deal in letters and that politics are taboo. Explains about…
Letter from Ernest Tansley to his brother Albert's and wife Dolly
Writes about leave and catches up with family matters and travel arrangements.
Letter from Jack Hay to 'Auntie'
Complains about speed of mail and passes on new address and mentions mail received. Catches up with family news and gossip.
Letter from James Burnside to Kay
Writes that he was sitting in café in Lincoln and would remain at Wigsley for at least a fortnight. Mentions insurance policy.
Letter from Kenneth Smith to his mother
Envelope is stamped 'RAF Censor 710'. Comments on letters crossing in the post and on the weather. Mentions that food and camp are good and on large size of camp cinema. Mentions not getting newspapers but now having wireless installed so they could…
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Writes of sorting out family financial and tax issues for her mother. Mentions bomb damage to Westminster Abbey and arrival of his letters. Says she is sending parcels to Jurby.
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Thanks him for ringing as it makes her happy and cheerful knowing he is safe. Asked his views on Churchill's speech but did not like his view on using gas on Germany. Writes of how much baby Frances dislike her gas mask and that she will try and get…
Letter of condolence to Hedley Madgett's father
From Bob Grimwade thanks him for letter and sorry for news it contained. Doubly tough as Hedley had nearly completed his tour. Good chance he bailed out.
Letter to David Donaldson from his father
Catches up with family matters and news.