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Safe arrival
Newspaper cutting announcing safe arrival of Oscar Jensen in England. Includes b/w full face portrait.
RAF Bomber Command Tea Towel
A Tea towel with a sketch map of Eastern England. 93 airfields are numbered and named, the different bombers are depicted and named, the Group headquarters are named and there is a quote from Winston Churchill.
Sam McCron's Certificate of Registration of Death
Sam's certificate of death.
British Gunner
A magazine article written by an American journalist about bombing operations.
Letter from Ron Dewey to his wife
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The letter to Audrey refers to an operation which resulted in a landing at Exeter before being transported back to Langar. He goes into some detail about other operations before closing with expressions of affection.
Course photographs 1942
Two photographs, first is formal photograph, 61 individuals posed in thee rows, in front of brick building with large windows. Captioned 'No 38 SFTS RAF Estavan, Saskatchewan, Canada, December 1942.
Second is of 43 aircrew trainees and four staff,…
Second is of 43 aircrew trainees and four staff,…
Chart - small scale plotting series
Map showing England western Europe.
It is unused.
It is unused.
Thatched Farm House
A thatched farm house. On the reverse 'Mellow English Farm House, From Sandy'.
Bridge across River
A three span stone bridge across a river. On the reverse 'A small part of Heaven - England'.
Examples of leaflets dropped over France
Similar to the leaflets dropped by John Allnutt and his crew during their training at 27 OTU.
Luftwaffe dropping fake leaflets
Goebbels-Henriot producing fake leaflets, such as counterfeit ‘Le Courrier de l’Air’ newspapers, dropped allegedly in…
Luftwaffe dropping fake leaflets
Goebbels-Henriot producing fake leaflets, such as counterfeit ‘Le Courrier de l’Air’ newspapers, dropped allegedly in…
Map of Northeast Europe
Maps showing England and Western Germany with very faint route to east Germany.
North Sea
An aeronautical chart of the southern part of the North Sea.
England, South
An aeronautical chart with part of a route marked on.
Map of the English Scottish borders
RAF map from the Wash to Firth of Tay, Shows relief and danger areas.
England, South
A map covering the south of England.
Strait of Dover
A 1:500000 map of the Straits of Dover, covering the South East of England, Northern France, Belgium and Southern Holland.
Gerard Waucquez
Full face portrait of a man. Captioned (struck through) 'Gerard Waucquez who brought news to England that we had met Dec 1941'.
Freddy de Greef's wedding photograph
Top - a man and a woman in winter clothes standing with tree in the background. Captioned 'Janine and Freddy de Greef, France 1941'. Bottom - an RAF officer on the left stands talking to a man in army uniform and a woman in wedding dress. Captioned…
The Horry Brothers Memoir
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A brief memoir of Frank and Freddie Horry, written by Freddie's wife, which contains a short memoir about Frank and a longer one about Freddie. There are three stories about different operations.
Sketch Map of South East England Airfields
A sketch map of airfields in the south east of England, as far south as Ipswich. It is drawn on graph paper and has a scale of 3.2 miles to 1 inch.
Autographs and mementos
Left page. Top - autograph from Jean Batten after congratulations for record flight Australia to England. Bottom - autograph from Giles Guthrie and note of England to South Africa air race with W A Scott.
Bottom right - photograph of two men…
Bottom right - photograph of two men…
Operational history of Lancaster 1B R5868
List of 135 operations flown by Lancaster R5868 from 8/9 June 1942 until 23 April 1945. List includes pilot, target, bomb load. hours flown and comments. Was with 83 Squadron at RAF Scampton and Wyton then 467 Squadron at RAF Bottesford and then RAF…
Aircrew briefing, Lincolns and men on the beach
Four photographs on an album page.
Photo 1 is a group of airmen sitting at tables, captioned 'Briefing for return trip'.
Photo 2 is of five Lincoln aircraft captioned 'Awaiting T.O. for Castle Benito'.
Photo 3 and 4 are two photographs cut in…
Photo 1 is a group of airmen sitting at tables, captioned 'Briefing for return trip'.
Photo 2 is of five Lincoln aircraft captioned 'Awaiting T.O. for Castle Benito'.
Photo 3 and 4 are two photographs cut in…
Lance & Lance Annual Cricket Match
Photo 1 is a man in a suit rowing a boat, identified as Dick Osmond.
Photo 2 is a woman leaning on a boat, identified as Lena Hodge.
Photo 3 is a couple including Arthur Thomas.
Photo 4 and 5 are two different couples in two boats.
Photo 6 is a…
Photo 2 is a woman leaning on a boat, identified as Lena Hodge.
Photo 3 is a couple including Arthur Thomas.
Photo 4 and 5 are two different couples in two boats.
Photo 6 is a…
S W England, Sheet 7
Ordnance Survey aeronautical map of the south west of England, scale 1/4 inch to one mile, sheet 7.