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EThomson[Fam]ThomsonGB440605-0001.jpg
Glad to know that all their post had reached him. Notes that Rome had fallen. Catches up with news and gossip and comments on his news from his last letter. Comments on his flying and egg supper luxury. Continues with description of daily activities…

EThomson[Fam]ThomsonGB430721.pdf
Notifies him that food parcel is on the way also includes socks. Continues with goings on at home. Mentions going to see open air dancing and other activities. Encloses letter from another member of family. Continues with family matters and memories.…

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SBondS-WilliamsRv10006.pdf
Biography of Ron Williams. Contains photographs and scans of documents.
Chapter 1 - early life, enlistment and training.
Chapter 2 - operational training. Describes activities during training OTU including naming his crew and flying out to…

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Idwal writes that he is sending nuts and fruit if he can find wrapping paper. He is just back from Naples.

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A navigation chart of Rome and the surrounding area. Navigation tracks have been hand drawn on the chart.

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PHardyJ1946.jpg
Two photographs of four airmen sitting at a table and drinking. One man is holding a vase of flowers.
On the reverse is 'Trocadero British Officers Club Rome'.

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SBondS-DidwellNv10001-0008.pdf
Letter describes the challenges and problems of taking an ex-RAF Liberator that had been handed to the Indian Air Force at the end of the war and had now been donated back to the RAF for exhibition in museum. Details all the engineering work to get…

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The letter advises that his son has died of wounds whilst a prisoner of war.

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MGrayDA1006912-210610-09.pdf
There is announcement about the allied landings on the morning of 6 June 1944, on the northern coast of Franch. There is a further statement from General Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. He states the landings…

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PBirdJH18010052.jpg
1. The Castel Sant'Angelo and Pont Sant'Angelo, seen from Ponte Vittorio Emanuale II.
2. The Vittoriano Monument, seen from the Piazza Venezia.
3. An interior view of St Peter's Basilica, showing the Chair of St Peter.
4. Five women washing…

MBarraletAF85233-210609-10.pdf
A newspaper for relatives of prisoners of war. It has news on repatriations and events in camps, sporting and dramatic.

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

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LBonneyA651126v1.pdf
Flying Officer A. Bonney’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot, from 13th October 1942 to August 1944. Recording his training as an air gunner in Canada and England, two completed tours with 142 Squadron RAF based in…

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A chart used for navigation, covering Belfast-Rome at 1:2000000

LCurnockRM1815605v1.pdf
Navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book for R M Curnock, covering the period from 28 July 1943 to 25 February 1944 and from 18 September 1946 to 26 October 1946. He was shot down on 25 February 1944 and became a prisoner of war…

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BCurnockRMCurnockRMv1.pdf
A memoir written by Dick Curnock. It covers his wartime service and also his service after the war for the RAF. It covers his brother Sam and his accident as a pilot. Dick started his training at Lords in London, RAF Bridlington then RAF Bridgnorth…

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MCurnockRM1815605-171114-0740001.jpg
A document issued to Dick Curnock authorising him to travel by air on leave.

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Cutting 1 headlines: Russians capture Stalino, Germans thrown out of Donetz basin, enemy reduced to three railway lines westward. Cutting 2 headlines: Hitler rages at Italy, treachery of surrender, Germany to fight alone. Cutting 3 headlines: Germans…

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PCulkinJ17010088.jpg
Album page, five photographs, first is of Jack with another SNCO, urban street scene in background, captioned 'Rome 1945'. Reverse captioned 'Rome May 1945, Darling, as I was when peace was declared in Europe, yours as always Jack xxx'.
Second is…

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PSeaggerA16010127.jpg
Altar of the Fatherland with US Army cars and others in front. On the reverse 'The Kings Palace Naples'.

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The Coliseum with several pedestrians in front.

SWatsonC188489v1-1.pdf
A memoir written by Cliff Watson divided into 20 chapters.

The Earliest Years.
Born in Barnoldswick, then in Yorkshire, now in Lancashire in 1922. His father ran a wireless business until 1926. He describes his years at schools and a move to…

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Ted arrived in Portici, south of Naples from training in Palestine. He recalls a trip to Rome driven by Jesse Owens, the Olympic athlete. Afterwards he was transferred to Foggia to join 37 Squadron. There was a shortage of crews and he did not fly…

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A menu produced by the RAF 2 Base Area Rest and Leave Camp, Rome. On the reverse are several signatures.

BFortPaullMusStavesMEv1.pdf
Malcolm Staves' life in the RAF, starts with his school reports through his enlistment in 1942. He trained at Bridgnorth then was assigned to 207 Squadron at Spilsby. His colleagues included George Cearns who joined 166 Squadron and Hank Williams who…

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