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  • Spatial Coverage is exactly "France--Paris"

PBeckettG20010003.jpg
Left page. Left - a view of fountain and wide path leading to palace. Centre - building across open paved square. Right - view through Arc de Triomphe. Captioned 'Left - from the steps at Versailles. Below - Versailles palace. Right - L'Arc de…

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Left page: three women wearing dresses standing in front of four men wearing suits and ties.
Right page with title '1937 Paris July-Aug'.
Top left - view of the river Seine, captioned 'above - view from top of Eiffel tower'.
Centre - crowd of…

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An extract with details of a Halifax, W7677 "O" operation on Mannheim.

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MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-01.pdf
A detailed description of an operation to Mannheim on 19 May 1942. The author describes the preparation, the operation and their safe return to the UK.

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PWainwrightJE22050022.jpg
Seven photographs from an album.
#1 Two policemen, a woman and a young girl.
#2 is the Cafe de la Paix.
#3 is a soldier, a man and Jack Wainwright at the steps of Beauvais cathedral.
#4 is two women and Jack Wainwright at the steps of the…

PWainwrightJE22050015.jpg
14 photographs from an album.
#1 is Notre Dame.
#2 is Sacre Coeur.
#3 is Les Invalides (Napoleon's Tomb).
#4 is the Opera.
#5 is Notre Dame.
#6 is Les Champs Elysees.
#7 is Rue Royale de la Madelaine.
#8 is Place Vendome.
#9 is Jardin du…

PWainwrightJE22050013.jpg
15 photographs from an album.
#1 is inside Sacre Coeur.
#2 is Sacre Coeur from La Rue de L'Abreuvoir.
#3 is Sacre Coeur from La Rue Norvins.
#4 and 5 are inside St Pierre.
#6 is inside Sacre Coeur.
#7 is Sacre Coeur and the cable railway.
#8…

PWainwrightJE22050012.jpg
12 photographs from an album.
#1 La Basilique du Sacre Coeur
#2 and 3 the gardens with the Basilique behind.
#4 Sacre Coeur interior -the Choir.
#5 Sacre Coeur facing west.
#6 Sacre Coeur from the Rue de Chevalier de la Barre.
#7 Sacre Coeur…

PWainwrightJE22030003.jpg
Seven ground crew standing in front of a Lancaster. On the reverse is a typed comment about a Rhodesian squadron bombing marshalling yards. Three of the ground crew are named.

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PWainwrightJE22020055.jpg
A soldier talking to five women. One woman is holding his arm. They are standing in a cobbled street outside the Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens.

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Six men and women seated beside the Sacre Coeur Fountains in Paris. On the reverse 'Souvenir de Paris annee 1951 en vacances'.
A second image has only five men and women and has the same message on the reverse.
A third image has six men and women…

PWainwrightJE22020013.jpg
A group, including Jack, of five walking along a tree lined pavement. On the reverse 'Vacances Paris [indecipherable 1951'.

S102SqnRAF19170809v30007.pdf
Covers period 28 January 1944 to 4 February 1944. Lists units for long range bombers, long range recce, fighter bomber, twin engine fighters, tactical recce and coastal. Followed by short note of disposition of fighters on western front. Follows a…

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Map from east of England to Germany with routes to numerous targets including Hamburg, Hanover, Magdeburg, Berlin, Leipzig, Duisburg, Essen, Kassel, Cologne, Aachen, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Stuttgart and Paris. A table at bottom right list bomb loads…

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A story of Ronald's escape after being shot down.

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PFieldPL19050056.jpg
Postcard showing a view across a square with cars and pedestrians of a large domed building with multiple arched doorways and columned windows. On the reverse '989 Paris - Place de l'Opéra'.

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German language printed form not filled out.

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Photograph of the Eifel tower.

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Postcard from the air over the city of Paris with river running left to right through the middle with bridge in centre.

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Bottom left - view of Arc de Triumph in Paris.
Three other photographs removed with mountings still visible.

PFieldPL19050026.jpg
Left - a b/w postcard of Amiens cathedral.
Right - a ticket for Folies-Bergere

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PFieldPL19050023.jpg
Left - b/w postcard with artwork of skull in candelabra. Captioned 'Cabaret du Néant - Paris-Montmartre L'ampac'aire funéraire'
Right - b/w postcard of people sitting on benches watching action on a small stage. Captioned 'Cabaret du Néant -…

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PFieldPL19050021.jpg
French language programme with lists of drinks and menu. Artwork consisting of skulls and skeletons.

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PSparkesW17010012.jpg
Top - a note explaining the railway plan in preparation for Operation Overlord, attacks on French railway system.
Top left - extract from Ned Sparkes's logbook from 1 March 1944 to 29 March 1944 with operations to Trappes, Le Mans (twice), Brest,…

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MBakerWB1392752-161128-06.pdf
First page - photograph of seven airmen wearing battledress with brevet standing in front of a Lancaster. Captioned 'Lancaster - 138 Squadron, Alf Warren (3rd from the left) mid upper gunner'. Then follows a list of thirty-one operations between 2…

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