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Travel warrant for Flying Officer V D Knox.

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Personal notes including on a conference, civilian witness and injury reports, long range navigational aids, Squadron merges and moves, officer responsibilities, runway conditions and downgrading of files.

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Tokens for the officer's mess.

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Marked 'secret' a report of 4 Group including training, accidents, signals, navigation, engineering and electrical, equipment, armament, air sea rescue, flying control, intelligence, aerodrome defence, organisation, physical fitness and honours and…

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A collection personal notes including language, trips taken, operations, living conditions and screening. Includes an announcement of the wedding of Patricia Anne Moore Wiggett to Flying Officer James Crockett Davidson.

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With Flying Officer Knox as captain and Flying officer Davidson, navigator; Flight Sergeant Rogers, wireless operator; Flight Sergeant Nicholson, flight engineer; Sergeants Thorn and Burden, gunners. Details flights, targets, weather and…

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Service sheet including prayers and hymns.

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Production of Lover's Leap and a report on Mickey Rooney and Ginger Rogers.

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Douglas is sent congratulations on his award and news of friends.

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Stamped 'RAF Censor 56' Douglas sends Christmas greetings to his parents, gran and Aunt Ada. He hopes that the next year will bring victory and peace.

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Stamped 'RAF Censor 937' Douglas wishes his parents a happy Christmas and describes his day including what he has eaten, parade, and attending a service in the church tent. Douglas describes the tradition of officers serving the airmen and mess…

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Stamped 'RAF Censor 56' Douglas write to his parents and comments on the state of the post and missing some letters from home. He says he had attended a concert party and an inferior show by ENSA.

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Douglas' mother acknowledges receipt of the telegram.

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Magazine published for the allied forces and covers Christmas celebrations, an update of hostilities, night bombing, an army advance, naval convoy, Norwegian maned fuel tankers, winter offensive by Russia and news from Britain and the Commonwealth.…

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Victor Douglas’s diary runs from January to end March 1943. He is credited with 46 missions with the same Halifax aircrew: J.C. Davidson (Navigator) J.D. Rogers (Wireless Operator) G.H. Nicholson (Flight Engineer) E. Thorn(Mid Upper Gunner) L. Burden…

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Douglas Knox's service history from 27 June 1940 to 5 May 1946 including personal details, postings, decorations and promotions.

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Target photograph of Tobruk including falling bombs and anti-aircraft tracer trails. Captioned, 'S.I. H.D. 462 NT 8/9/9/1942 F/B - Tobruk. 11500'.

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A building with seven columns and an inscription on its frontispiece with gardens in front. The road alongside has cars and trams travelling along it.

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View along a city road with buildings on either side. To the left is the multi storey Immobilia building, in the art deco style, with curved façade and balconies on each floor.

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View of a road bridge crossing a river. There are structures in the water and the far bank is lined with palm trees. Captioned, 'Nile Bridge, Khedive, Tomail'.

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31 airmen arranged in four rows in the sand with tents beyond. Douglas is standing far right in shorts and the man sat in the centre front row is holding a dog. On reverse, 'Wyatt,- -, Clack, Clulow, Lally, Falhoushi, Buggé; --, Grubben, Raymond,…

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An airman in shorts and uniform jacket with pilot's brevet and officer's cap sits on a camp bed in the sand next to packed kit bags and a hurricane lamp. Behind there is a group of men, erected tents and more permanent buildings. On reverse, 'Waiting…

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30 airmen and a dog arranged in four rows on sand with tents behind. Douglas, wearing shorts, is standing far right with his arms crossed. On reverse, 'Christmas 1942 pre - lunch Egypt'.

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SKnoxVD63842v10022.pdf
A communication to the men and women of Bomber Command from Air Chief Marshall A T Harris in which he summarises the impact of Bomber Command. References the disruption of enemy communications, industrial output and submarine training; striking…

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Julian Michalski escaped from Poland at the age of twenty. He joined with other Polish evacuees in France and escaped when that country also fell. He went to North Africa and then to the Middle East before volunteering for the RAF. After arriving in…

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