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MMartinWF1554690-191020-13.pdf
A list of crew during the period April to September 1944. It records the captain and navigator and their fate.

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PBoxDC18020045.jpg
A postcard of a village church. On the reverse it is addressed to Doug Box's parents and was sent by Doug. He is on his way to a new station and is waiting for a train.

BDennisFDennisFv1.pdf
In 1943 Frank completed an engineering apprenticeship and volunteered to join the Royal Air Force as a flight engineer. He completed basic training in London, where he witnessed the fatal crash of a C-47 and then went to Initial Training Wing at RAF…

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SBratleyHW755503v10025.pdf
The document relates the experience of a pilot trying to get control of their Wellington which had iced up. The author describes an incident where he was trying to get the front gunner out of his turret, and putting his torch inside his clothing, as…

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YMaceHA1295485v1 1.pdf
A diary kept during Arthur's RAF service.
There is a second diary for 1943 only and its contents are identical to the first diary.
A third diary covers 1944.

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SChadwickH1020104v10005.jpg
Two documents.
#1 is a reference from a primary school where he taught.
#2 is a course assessment.
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