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LWindmillSA174076v3.pdf
Pilot flying log book for S A Windmill, covering the period from 4 January 1942 to 30 September 1942. Detailing his flying training. He was stationed at RAF Cambridge, USAF Lakeland, USAF Gunter Field and USAF Craig Field. Aircraft flow in were Tiger…

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MWindmillSA174076-160422-03.jpg
Covers all postings in service including training in England and the United States and operations on 158 Squadron flying Halifax after which he was a pilot instructor.

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PScottEW17020028.jpg
Left - colour postcard of old tombstone in Wetumpka Alabama with a long name starting with Henry Ritter.
Right - full length image of two airmen wearing khaki uniform and side caps standing arm in arm with trees in the background.

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PScottEW17020048.jpg
Top left - colour artwork postcard of view across a river with trees on far bank and city in the distance. Captioned 'M-14 - Scene on Alabama River by Moonlight, Montgomery, Ala'.
Bottom left - colour artwork postcard of a white three story mansion…

PScottEW17020049.jpg
Top left - part of a house. captioned 'Boyce Street'.
Top middle - view looking up a monument column with statue at the bottom.
Top right - a fountain in the foreground and formal rectangular park extending into the distance where a tall structure…

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PScottEW17020050.jpg
Air-to-air view of a single engine low wing monoplane with single pilot in front cockpit. Aircraft number '0893'. Captioned 'BT 13, Gunter Field, Montgomery, Alabama, May 1942'.

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PScottEW17020066.jpg
Top - colour artwork postcard showing a tall column monument with statue on top to the left and a white building on the right all surrounded by trees. Captioned 'State Capitol showing Confederate Monument. Montgomery Ala - 14'.
Bottom - upside down…

PScottEW17020067.jpg
Top - colour artwork postcard of a Harvard with United States markings fling above cloud. Captioned 'Advanced Trainer during High Altitude Flight, Craig Field, Selma, Ala'.
Bottom - view through trees of a multi-story brick building behind high…

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LScottEW188329v2.pdf
Pilots flying log book for Eric Scott from 23 November 1941 to 17 July 1942. It covers his initial flying training in England and then in Florida and Alabama in the USA. Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Stearman, Vultee and Harvard. He landed on a…

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MGallupR171215-170521-05.jpg
A certificate awarded to Toy for satisfactorily completing a course of Instrument Flying.

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

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

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

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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.'.

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

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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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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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