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John Richard Davies press cutting
J R Davies 'in memoriam' press cutting placed by family and recording his failure to return from operational flight in August 1942.
Letter from T S Davies
Letter from T S Davies to his friend Jack Smith describing flying training and forthcoming posting to Halifax bombers.
Letter from T S Davies
Letter from T S Davies to his friend Jack Smith about his current activities and complaining about poor weather and lack of action.
Letter from T S Davies
Letter from T S Davies to his friend Jack Smith describing basic aircrew training course at RAF Waddington.
Hampden
Hampden aircraft with hangar in background and a wheelbarrow and hardstanding under repair or construction in foreground.
Brief history of 1324224 (posthumous Warrant Officer) Peter Selwyn Courtney Thorne
Covers joining RAF and training initially as pilot in United Kingdom and the United States, then having failed due to poor eyesight re-mustered and trained as navigator in Canada. Flew anti-submarine patrols on Whitley then joined 102 Squadron. Lists…
Letter to William Slater from the Air Ministry
Informs him that he was to be invalided from the Royal Air Force. Gives dates of leave and departure.
Record of Service for William Slater
List airmen service and promotions, officer appointments, and postings from February 1939 to July 1948.
Flight Sergeant Peter Thorne RAF by H J S Taylor
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…
Letter from John Slater recording his wartime experiences, post war thoughts.
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Joined the RAF in February 1939 and was eventually selected for training as an air gunner. Writes of training and crewing up at OTU where he flew some operational leaflet and mining operations on Whitleys. Follows a time on Coastal Command and…
Ilford Selo film
An envelope for printed photographs. Stamped "H. J. Seaman, photographer, 13, Nevill Street, Southport".
Dorothy with her mother
Dorothy, wearing a fur collared coat, walks arm in arm with her mother. There are other people around them and trees in the background. Reverse annotated, "What do you think of this taken in Southport the other day? Mother says you will think she is…
Three women
Three women walk together. Reverse annotated, "Taken at Lord St. Southport. Connie on left of picture. Lady on right unknown" and "May" and printed "Movie photo Coronation Year 1937".
R Skepper’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
R Skepper’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 15th November 1942 until 6th September 1945. During this time trained as a navigator. Trained at No. 1 Empire Air Navigation School, No. 6 Air Observer’s School, 21 Operational Training…
Interview with Jacqui Whitehead
Jacqui Whitehead talks of how she has been involved with veterans, remembrance, and the Air Gunners Association over the last thirty years. She discusses stories of reconciliation, and how the Flightpath of Friendship and Reconciliation became a…
Aircrew with Lancaster
Seven airmen in flying gear, including life jackets and parachute harnesses, standing in front of a Lancaster with its engines running. Nose art on the aircraft depicts a native American and the word 'Cherokee'. The engine covers on the port…
Aircrew and ground crew with Lancaster
Eleven men in uniform standing and crouching in front of a Lancaster.
Five airmen
Five airmen in uniform standing and sitting outside a hut. Two are corporals. Two words painted on the side of the hut are obscured by one of the men standing on the back row. A note attached to the reverse of the image provides the following…
Lancaster aircrew
Seven airmen in flying gear, including life jackets and parachute harnesses, standing next to a Lancaster on dispersal. The aircraft has the letter 'H' on the nose.
Station football team, RAF Tuddenham
Eleven men wearing football kit and one man in uniform standing and sitting outside.