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NSherlockKW171115-02.jpg
Single column press cutting, with picture, reporting promotion of KW Sherlock from Sergeant to Pilot Officer after previous information that he had been posted missing.

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NSherlockKW171115-01.jpg
Single page press cutting with picture, reporting K W Sherlock missing in action, and details of his family, education and prior civilian employment.

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DI Sharp RAF service record (RAF Form 543). Printed form with handwritten entries detailing service from enlistment to death (killed in action).

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A brief account of Albert Elson's service in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during which time he trained as an air gunner, flew 39 operations, was shot down and captured and finally repatriated. It also describes how he returned to Belgium…

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A list of the postings Elson was given when training, on operations and when instructing. Also a list of six aircraft types he flew in - Tiger Moth, Hawker Hart, Dakota, Folker, Stirling, Wellington. A small newspaper cutting is included, reporting…

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MElsonA751538-160401-02.pdf
A list of the crew members of three Wellington MkIII aircraft that took part in an operation to Mainz and were killed or captured. The aircraft tail numbers and the fates of each crewman are detailed, including burial sites.

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MElsonA751538-160401-03.pdf
A record of a forced march from Stalag VIIIA at Görlitz to Stalag IXA at Zeigenhain over a period of 31 days. A daily tally of distance walked, rations provided and sleeping locations is given. Below this is a summary of the previous march from…

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OElsonA751538-160401-01.pdf
A certificate of service in and release from the Royal Air Force for Albert Elson. It includes his aircrew category,, date of captivity, description and duration of service.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form.…

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Handwritten research note with details of the RAF raid on Leipzig 1945-04-10 including numbers and types of aircraft.

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Standard pre-printed letter of condolence from King George VI to Mrs A E Bull.

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Personal research notes relating to Lancaster Mark III, serial number ND631, KM-B, missing on operation to Leipzig 10 April 1945. Separate page referring to same operation and list of RAF bases. Further page listing grave plot numbers of Lancaster…

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Christmas card with RAF ribbon and crest on the front, inside printed 'With Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year' followed by handwritten dedication 'To my darling Mum and Pop from your Everloving Son, Albert.

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Press cutting reporting the marriage of Sub-Lieutenant Douglas G Tompkins to Miss Margaret Joyce Sandell at All Saints' Church, Bedford.

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Dorothy May's German passport including a head and shoulder portrait, personal details and scope of the pass. Includes travel stamps from the French and British Consulates.

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Paul May's duplicate conscript identification document, with a head and shoulder portrait, personal details and military postings. Includes details of Paul having sustained a wound, requiring hospital treatment.

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A history of Frieburg and the surrounding area including 'before and after' photographs showing damage caused by wartime bombing; some with annotations.

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Paul May's ancestral passport including details of three generations of his family.

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Notes on the composer and libretto for the opera. Includes advertisements and sketches.

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Notes on the composer and libretto of the opera. Includes advertisements and sketches.

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Dorothy and Pau's visitor's book including messages, poems and drawings during the period 5 April 1938 to 13 May 1945.

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BGoldsworthyRGGoldsworthyRGv2.pdf
Dick Goldsworthy trained as a navigator and was posted to Ferry Command. In August 1942, he and his crew, Pilot “Cisco”, Wireless Operator Arthur, Rear Gunner Joe Gordon (Canadian), and two others delivered a Wellington to Palestine and was posted o…

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SAudisRJ[Ser#-DoB]v020004.pdf
Vincent Peace’s Flying Log Book from 11th September 1944 until 1st January 1945. He flew as an air gunner.
Operational posting to 9 Squadron in September 1944.
Failed to return on 1st January 1945 operation to Dortmund-Ems Canal.

Served at RAF…

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SAudisRJ[Ser#-DoB]v020003.pdf
S A Morris’ Flying Log Book from 14th May 1943 until 13th May 1946. During this time trained as a bomb aimer and air gunner.
Trained at No. 31 Bombing and Gunnery School, No. 33 Air Navigation School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy…

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SAudisRJ[Ser#-DoB]v020001 2.pdf
J Lane’s Flying Log Book from 30th October 1943 until 19th June 1944. During this time trained as an air gunner.
Training starts at No. 12 Air Gunners School, 29 Operational Training Unit, 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing…

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Paul May's student identity card for the winter term including a head and shoulder portrait.
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