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BGrayDAGrayDAv2.pdf
An autobiography of Don's RAF service. It includes reminiscences of specific trips, an extract on his DFM and a footnote by his son about his sense of humour.

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SCockramJC419379v10034.pdf
Two flights over three days, from Cairo West to Habbaniya and then on to Bahrain and then to Karachi in a 96 Squadron Dakota.

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BTaylorJTayorJv1.pdf
An autobiography of Jim Taylor's time in the RAF, before the war. He spent time training with Oliver Bell, who is recorded in the memoir.

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PHanneJH20030021.jpg
The menu for the squadron Christmas dinner. On the reverse 'British Saloon Hinaidi Photo Department'.

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PHanneJH20010031.jpg
Four photographs from an album.
#1 is the statue King Faisal I of Iraq on horseback.
#2 is a statue Statue of Lieutenant-General Stanley Maude on horseback.
#3 is a view across buildings to hills.
#4 is the front of a hotel.

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PHanneJH20010030.jpg
Four photographs from an album.
#1 is of three Valentia/Victoria aircraft watched by a group of Iraqis.
#2 is a starboard side view of a biplane, N74 with red cross markings.
#3 is a parachute drop.
#4 is an Iraqi registered DH80 Puss Moth,…

PHanneJH20010029.jpg
Three photographs from an album.
#1 and 2 are similar. A group of men are boarding one bus with a second articulated bus off to one side.
#3 is the large articulated bus with a few men standing around. The buses were operated between Baghdad and…

PHanneJH20010015.jpg
Four photographs from an album.
#1 is the Taq Kasra, 20 miles south of Baghdad.
#2 is the Lion of Babylon statue.
#3 is an aerial view of Fallujah Bridge over a Euphrates.
#4 is an aerial view of RAF Hinaidi, Baghdad.

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PHanneJH20010011.jpg
Five photographs from an album.
#1 is the statue of King Faisal I of Iraq on horseback in Baghdad
#2 is a mosque and minaret.
#3 is a cemetery with war graves.
#4 is a tall square tower.
#5 is the Mausoleum of Hadrat Sheikh Marouf al Karkhi with…

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B[Author]HanneJHv1.pdf
A biography of Jack, as he was known, from his birth to his early death.
Jack Hanne enlisted on his eighteenth birthday in 1931, he rose through the ranks to become a proficient pilot, serving overseas in Iraq and Karachi. By 1939, he was flying…

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MLovattP1821369-190903-75.pdf
A detailed analysis of very early aircraft and their flying characteristics.

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BLovattPHastieRv2.pdf
A biography of Roy Hastie.

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PPerryWRP17050009.jpg
Top left - view looking down from aircraft of a city below. Captioned 'Tel Aviv, Palestine from 10,000 ft'.
Top right - view of secluded garden with trees and building in background. Captioned '"little bit of heaven" at Shaibah, behind officer's…

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MHayhurstJM2073102-170725-03.pdf
A collection of RAF squadron badges kept in a booklet.

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PFearnsideAK18010007.jpg
A military building with Baghdad West in English and Arabic on a sign over a gated entrance.

BMarshCGoldbyJLv10001.jpg
A biography covering John's training and service in the RAF.

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PPriceAP19020024.jpg
Top - broken rear fuselage of a crashed aircraft. Captioned 'KLM airliner crashed Rhatra Wells, Arabia'.
Bottom - front quarter view of an Oxford parked with engines running and man in cockpit window. Captioned 'Oxford'.

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PScottEW1712.jpg
Top left - a large group of airmen wearing khaki uniform sitting and standing in four rows in front of a Wellington. At front middle a sign '37 Sqdn, B Flight'.
Top right - two airmen wearing khaki shirt and shorts sitting on a wall. The man on the…

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MScottEW188329-170406-05.jpg
Map showing Mediterranean Sea and surrounding countries. Provides a history of of the group who provided the only mobile force of heavy bombers in the Mediterranean theatre. Wellington, Halifax and B-24 acted as a tactical force attacking…

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SScottEW188329v10010.jpg
Six newspaper cuttings.
Left - headlines 'Lincoln flight sergeant is prisoner of war'. Gives some details of family.
Middle, two cuttings concerning news that Scott was promoted and to his Air Training Corps Squadron that he was prisoner of war.…

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BSmithJSmithJv1.pdf
Second version. Covers life before the war and volunteering for the RAF in August 1940 and continues with an account of training as a wireless operator. The article includes radio school crest and photograph of a Battle aircraft. He describes his…

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BSmithJSmithJv1-2.pdf
Wartime recollections of John (known to his friends as Jack) George Smith from Pinchbeck. He tells of life before the war, how he went on to volunteer for the RAF in August 1940 and describes his training as a wireless operator. The document includes…

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B[Author]ParkerEv1.pdf
Titled Eric's Story it details Eric's life from birth in Liverpool. He joined the RAF on his 18th birthday in January 1942. Initial training was at Paignton then he was shipped to Canada. He failed to progress as a pilot and was transferred to a…

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Five photographs on a card with a man, his wife, their hanging and skulls and bones. The text reads '(Butcher) Aboudy ibn Fethy Tchawoush & his wife. Sentenced to death and hanged in public For Slaughtering Children and selling their meat in the…

PStewartEC17110052.jpg
A plain church with a bell. On the reverse 'RAF Sightseeing Malta - ? Floriana'.

Correction kindly provided by Matthias Cantow of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group.