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EMaunsellJ[Recipient][Date]-01.pdf
A letter from John Maunsell detailing his service and experiences with Bomber Command, including the training, his crew and operational duties. He was shot down in June 1944, evaded capture and returned to Britain in September 1944.

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BLafileZMaunsellJv1.pdf
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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PBellC2501.jpg
Colin Bell spent eighteen months as a newly qualified pilot instructing trainees in America. He completed 50 operations as a pilot on Mosquitos on the Light Night Striking Force.
Colin talks of his entry interview into the RAF, his time at an…

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PSawyerFCA19020026.jpg
Top left - view down a street of a church with two towers, one taller that the other. Car parked in front.
Top right - A monument with statue in front of a multi-storey building with domed tower.
Bottom - view across city square with buildings…

PShattockGF18020099.jpg
A list of place where Geoffrey was based.

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PShattockGF18020035.jpg
Five B-26 Martin Marauders on a grass airfield with buildings and hangars beyond. labelled 'M-38-Visiting ships, showing part of barracks and part of hangars. Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Al.' and 'photo by southeast air corp training center'.

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PShattockGF18020033.jpg
A street scene of a fountain , in the middle of a road, leading to a white building with a dome. The street is lined with shops, cars and people. Labeled 'M-27 - Dexter Avenue, looking east, showing state capitol, Montgomery, Ala.'.

PShattockGF18020025.jpg
Two storey red brick building with a portico entrance. Labeled 'New city hall and auditorium, Montgomery, ALA, - 4'.

PShattockGF18020011.jpg
A city with houses, gardens, industrial and public buildings arranged along intersecting roads. Labeled 'Aerial view of Dothan, Ala.'

MKethroR156044-210721-05.pdf
A compilation of Rowland's service in the RAF, throughout WW2.

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EKethroRKethro[Mo-Fa]411201.pdf
Rowland writes that he has flown solo. He has been socialising with a family that moved to Canada from Leeds. The cotton fields are full of African Americans doing the labouring.

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PKethroR21010010.jpg
Seven photographs from an album.
#1 is airmen waiting for a train at Trenton station, Ontario.
#2 is airmen waiting at Camden station.
#3 and 4 are airmen socialising with the Fetners at Columbia, South Carolina. Both images have airmen on the…

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PKethroR21010008.jpg
Seven photographs from an album.
#1 is the daily parade at Maxwell Field.
#2 is the view from the YMCA, New York.
#3 and 4 are views from the Empire State building, New York.
#5 is a Stearman at Camden with Sid and Jack.
#6 is huts at Maxwell…

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PKethroR21010007.jpg
Six photographs from an album.
#1 is Jim (Columbia), a dog.
#2 is Leading Aircraftman Pritchard's grave. He was killed taking off on his first solo at Camden.
#3 is an airman identified as Payne, studying for.
#4 is an airman, Chris Bailey.…

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PKethroR21010006.jpg
Three photographs from an album.
#1 is Rowland in leather flying kit. Behind is a row of Stearmans. It is captioned 'Camden S.C.'
#2 is three airmen in khaki, captioned 'Three Yobs. Maxwell Field'.
#3 is a large wooden hut identified as Maxwell…

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PKethroR21010005.jpg
Five photographs from an album.
#1 is an unidentified city view.
#2 is the airmen's bunks at Camden.
#3 is two airmen at Camden. Behind are rows of Stearmans.
#4 is seven airmen in khaki, captioned 'Some of the boys'.
#5 is the pistol range at…

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PKethroR21010004.jpg
Six photographs from an album.
#1 is a street scene, 34 Street, New York.
#2 and 3 are different views of the frozen St Lawrence River, Canada.
#4 is two men in gym clothes. identified as 'Jack and Taffy'.
#5 is a public park, Main Park,…

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PKethroR21010003.jpg
Six photographs from an album.
#1 is an airman in khaki and leather flying jacket and trousers. He is identified as Graham (Turnover) Eider.
#2 is several airmen. Two are identified as Jack and our Instructor'.
#3 is an airman in flying kit,…

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PKethroR21010002.jpg
Three photographs from an album.
#1 is three men standing in front of wooden huts. They are captioned 'Local lads at Maxwell Field'.
#2 is a view of Montgomery taken from the US State building.
#3 is an airman leaning on a car, captioned 'Maxwell…

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EGriffinLShattockGF431213-0001.jpg
Letter to Geoff asking for his news, lamenting the death of both someone known to her and and David who trained with Geoff. It also includes a review of her families lives and how things have changed in the year since Geoff was in the USA.

PShattockGF18010021.jpg
First is of four trainees including Geoff with shouldered rifles, posed in a carpark, caption Tom, Dave, Sid and myself taken outside our barracks, Maxwell Field, Nov 1941 . Second is of Geoff and two other trainees posed outside their barracks.…

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SShattockGF1317240v10007.jpg
The front page of Maxwell Field newspaper for November 15th 1941. There is a photograph and mention in an article reporting the arrival of a new batch of trainees, 750 of which were British. On the reverse Geoff has recorded a timetable for a day at…

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LShattockGF1317240v1.pdf
Geoffrey Shattock’s RCAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 19 December 1941 to 21 June 1946, detailing training and operations as a pilot and flying instructor, including post-war duties in Transport Command. He was stationed at: Souther Field Americus…

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MShattockGF1317240-180311-05.pdf
Covers a wide variety subjects including the details of life at the base and the progress of the war in the SW Pacific.

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MGallupR171215-170521-06.jpg
A diploma awarded to Roy

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