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Through a series of articles and photographs, the leaflet concludes that there will be no peace with Hitler. It notes that Hitler has consistently broken his promises about peace and broken every non-aggression agreement. He had meticulously prepared…

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Left: Three men and two women look through an open window into a wooden building, where three men look out. To the left of the window is a chalk board with writing. Annotated, '20 Mai 1940' and 'St. Nikolaus'.

Right: Three men on a stage set, one…

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LHamptonK1673270v1.pdf
Ken Hampton’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 6th August 1943 until 18th August 1945. During this time trained as a navigator, bomb aimer and air gunner.
Trained with No. 24 Bombing, Gunnery and Navigation School.…

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Map of Germany showing location of prisoner of war camps.

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Cliff mentions that he had interviewed his pilot Peter Fotherby, looking for further information about some incidents. He describes volunteering for the RAF and training as an air gunner in Ansons. He was posted to the Middle East, trained and crewed…

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Prisoner of war camps with a list of their geographical location.

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LHardyJ937372v2.pdf
Jim Hardy’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book from 4th January 1944 until 31st January 1945. Posted to 311 Ferry Training Unit as a wireless operator. In February 1944 operational posting to 40 Squadron in Italy where he became Signals…

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This special edition deals with the Moscow Conference between the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union. There is said to be a full consensus over a joint approach to military and political aspects both during the war and in the post-war…

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Two maps and a list of extra camps.
Map #1 covers Germany, Poland and Austria.
Map #2 covers Italy.
The list covers 16 camps not plotted on the first map.

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MSmithRW425992-230825-02.pdf
Bob's memoirs from his early training until he became operational.

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MFoskettW1323050-230609-09.pdf
Notes for soldiers and airmen returning home by road. It details the towns that they will pass through, starting at Villach in Austria and ends in Calais. There is a map of the route.
On the last page the times of departure and arrival are recorded.

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A series of statements from various United Nations statesmen about what will happen when Hitler is defeated. They include Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Lord Chancellor John Allse Brook Simon, the Archbishop of Canterbury…

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BUreILUreILv1.pdf
A detailed autobiography by Ivan Ure.

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BUprichardWGUprichardWGv1.pdf
Details of W G Uprichard's time in the RAF.

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A small scale map showing the location of prisoner of war camps. A typewritten note has been attached with corrections.

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Two maps of prisoner of war camps. The first covers Germany, Austria and Poland. The second covers Italy.

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BGrayDAGrayDAv2.pdf
An autobiography of Don's RAF service. It includes reminiscences of specific trips, an extract on his DFM and a footnote by his son about his sense of humour.

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An extract from a document briefly detailing JH Bird's career in the RAF. Also included is a second pilot, Pilot Officer Alexander Fraser.

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A target photograph for an operation to St. Valentin AFV and Tank Factory in Austria. Light trails and smoke obscure most of the ground but some roads are visible. It is annotated 'A5' and captioned:
'1678. FOG .20/21 AUG 1944. // NT. F8. 10400'. →…

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Two target photographs taken on separate operations to Feuersbrunn in Austria.
First photograph shows the grass field but no runways stand out. Vehicle tracks and small bomb craters can be seen. It is annotated 'A4' and captioned:
'1459 FOG. 29/30…

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A map of 41 POW camp locations. The key gives each camp's name and number.

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MPowellNI1896919-191029-03.pdf
A thirteen page collection of target photographs and sortie reports.

Page 1: Vertical aerial target photograph of Argenta. Some roads, houses and open fields are visible in the upper half of the image. There are also canals, rail tracks or roads…

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LPowellNI1896918v1.pdf
N I Powell’s Flight Engineer’s Flying Log Book covering the period from 9 August 1944 to 25 April 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as flight engineer. He was stationed at RAF St Athan (4 School of Technical Training, RAF…

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A 6 page collection of target photographs and sortie reports.

Page 1: Sortie report for an operation to Bruck Marshalling yards

Page 2:Vertical aerial target photograph of an unknown location showing some ground detail as tracer trails. Not all…

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Copies of target photographs of Innsbruck and Freilassing.
The upper image has no detail, just some glare. It is captioned:
2969. 104/101. 25/26-APR-45. F8".//NT. 9200'.→255°. 2247. FREILASSING.
G. 2x1000. 10x500. MkIII 21. F/O WARD (F/O SCOTT…

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