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Wedding photographs
Two wedding photographs.
#1 Bride, groom, best man, two bridesmaids and both sets of parents. All standing outside the church. On the reverse 'Pitsea 1945'.
#2 Bride, groom, best man and two bridesmaids walking at the church. On the reverse…
#1 Bride, groom, best man, two bridesmaids and both sets of parents. All standing outside the church. On the reverse 'Pitsea 1945'.
#2 Bride, groom, best man and two bridesmaids walking at the church. On the reverse…
Tags: aircrew; love and romance
Leigh-on-Sea [entry point]
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General Memories
Herbert's service life in an autobiography. It includes training in London, RAF Bridlington, RAF Morpeth and RAF Wymeswold. Later training as a crew was at RAF Castle Donington, RAF Lindholme and RAF Hemswell and provides detailed descriptions of his…
Tags: 12 Squadron; 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; escaping; flight engineer; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Me 262; military ethos; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridlington; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirkham; RAF Lindholme; RAF Morpeth; RAF Tilstock; RAF Wickenby; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wymeswold; searchlight; superstition; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Letter to Mrs E. Peadon
A letter to the mother of Alex Peadon informing her that her son is missing after an operation to Munchen-Gladbach. The letter includes a list of six fellow crew members.