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PChadwickR19040080.jpg
Three quarter length portrait of four men wearing suits and academic robes standing behind a table covered with documents. Roy Chadwick second from right wearing CBE. On the reverse 'November 30 1946, L-R Chancellor of Manchester University Sir John…

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SBondS-ODellBv10004.pdf
Completed 13 operations on 408 Squadron. Comments that he did not complete his tour as the war ended. Mentions first operation was to Bremen and last to Heligoland. Comments on his Canadian crew and mentions names and ranks, Covers his training…

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MWareingR86325-161005-80.jpg
List of crew and next of kin. Next of kin addresses.

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BMooreDMooreDv1.pdf
Dennis Moore's autobiography, compiled and edited by his son, Terry Moore.

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MBakerR1549392-200303-10.pdf
Cover, committee members, menu, toasts list and programme of music.

OHudsonJD173116-151001-020001.jpg
Contains personal information and postings/locations from joining to discharge on 28 February 1947. Notes that he was reported missing on 27 August 1940, was subsequently interned in Tunisia. Notes he was recommended for commission.

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E[Author]RoyallGL430301-0001.jpg
Front and back of an envelope, addressed to George Royall and having been redirected several times. Includes postmarks.

EChadwickRLaphamR470603-0001.jpg
Address to Miss Rosemary Chadwick, St Elphin's School, Darley Dale, Matlock. Derbyshire

BHookingsEWHookingsEWv1.pdf
Born in 1920, this covers his early life in Battersea and Morden, describing family life, school and first jobs, until he becomes an operational pilot in 1944. He describes family experiences at beginning of the war volunteering, initially, for Royal…

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MHayhurstJM2073102-170725-290001.jpg
A census form for Educational and Vocational training filled in by Jose.

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NBoxDC180611-040002.jpg
A newspaper article about the estate of Dorothy Shena.

MDarbyCAH927893-180202-08.pdf
A list of all the letters sent home by Jack from 6 February 1943 to 13 November 1945.

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EBakerRBakerWT450419-0001.jpg
Pre-printed postcard with phrases to be crossed out indicating sender was quite well, was being sent down to the base and letter follows.

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MWakefieldHE174040-171016-160001.jpg
For Lancaster aircraft Avro type 683 Mk 1 and 3. Purple cover with inside front pages and contents page.

This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.

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SKnoxRW[Ser#-DoB]v10004.jpg
Extracts from his service record.

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MSlaterWJ50613-160121-020001.jpg
Starts with account of Thorne's aircraft being shot down. Follows account of Thorne's escape from prisoner of war camp, evading, recapture and death. Then relates his meeting and experiences during posting for training in the United States. Continues…

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MKirkbrightREM1483124-190324-01.pdf
Airman’s service and pay book for Flight Sergeant Robert Kirkbright from 9 July 1941 to 20 August 1943. Includes personal details, inoculation record and a list of where he served.

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PChadwickR19030001.jpg
Four men standing in line in front of a three engine monoplane with enclosed cabin parked on grass, Registration VH-UXX and 'Faith in Australia' on rear starboard fuselage. There are four signatures over the front fuselage. On the reverse 'Pioneer…

PChadwickR19030011.jpg
Four men standing in line under the engine and port wing of a three engine monoplane with enclosed cabin parked on grass, registration VH-UXX, 'Faith in Australia'. Four signatures above the wing. On the reverse 'Australian pioneer aviator Charles…

BDennisFDennisFv1.pdf
Frank left school in 1937, aged 14 and worked in a local engineering company, which later became an armament factory. In 1943 Frank volunteered as a Flight Engineer in the Royal Air Force. He recalls his training and describes the operations in which…

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MNolanJF150621-160517-02.jpg
Dates of main events of life of J F Nolan including birth, education, army service 1939-1941, then Air Ministry AID in various locations including Vickers Armstrong and A V Roe.

PDunnFT18010052.jpg
Full length image of an airman wearing tunic with sergeant rank and half brevet standing in a garden with trellis behind. On the reverse 'Fred visiting friends at Manchester, he stayed with them before embarking for South Africa'.

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OSawyerFCA174215-190117-01.pdf
Incudes personal details, promotions from AC2 to pilot officer, medals, medical classification, inoculations, vaccinations, identity cards issued, will and a list of postings.

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NHayhurstJM170725-020001.jpg
A newspaper with details of the end of the war with Germany.

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CWhittleGG-160822-010015.jpg
Ordnance Survey air chart of North Wales and Manchester, scale 1/4 inch to one mile, sheet 4.

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