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Letter from David Boldy to his father about being stationed in Scotland and visiting Edinburgh.

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EBoldyDABoldyAD400609.pdf
Letter from David Boldy to his father about being stationed in Scotland, waiting to start the air observers school. He has visited Edinburgh and been swimming locally.

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AGrahamFJ170611.mp3
Johnny Graham wanted to join the RAF as soon as he was of age. His grandmother asked him not to because she had lost her only son in the First World War. However, he joined the RAF on his 19th birthday and trained, initially, as an armourer. He then…

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Margaret Cuthill volunteered for the WAAF in Edinburgh. She went for her basic training at RAF Wilmslow before completing her training as a teleprinter operator at RAF Cranwell. She was then posted, initially, to 14 Maintenance Unit. After the war…

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David Wilkie was born in Edinburgh. He volunteered for the RAF and began training as a flight engineer. While training at St Athan he met his future wife, Kathleen. He was posted to 432 Squadron with a Canadian crew. He witnessed the gathering of the…

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A letter and envelope from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. Harry writes about life at Redbrae including his flying training, flying rifles to Edinburgh, a Fokker plane crashing with no serious injuries and an air raid exercise.

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BCuthillMSFHCuthillMSFHv1.pdf
Margaret Cuthill's handwritten account of her time in the WAAF, having volunteered at the age of 17.

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Pat Rumfitt was born in 1927 and experienced a privileged upbringing as an only child, living in Kent before the war. She describes the resilient attitude to bombing in Bromley, walking to their flooded Anderson Shelter in her dressing gown and…

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YGeachDG1394781v2.pdf
First of David Geach's diaries, covering training in London, Brighton and St. Andrews from 9 February 1942 to 16 June 1942.

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YGeachDG1394781v5.pdf
Fifth and final diary kept by David Geach chronicling his time training and on operations. He writes about his return from Canada on the Queen Elizabeth then his training in England which began with arriving at the Posting Centre in Pannal Ash,…

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Photo 1 is Edinburgh Castle viewed from Princess Street gardens.
Photo 2 is a postcard of Princess Street looking west with the Scott monument.
Photo 3 is a postcard of Edinburgh Castle and the Ross fountain in the gardens.
Photo 4 is a postcard…

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Photo 1 is a view of the outside.
Photos 2 and 3 are postcards of the Palace with Arthur's Seat in the background.
Photo 4 is Queen Mary's bedroom.

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Jim Moffat, in uniform, standing beside the guns at Edinburgh Castle.

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Jim Moffat, in uniform standing in front of the cannons at Edinburgh Castle.

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EAdamsHGAdamsBHB440822.pdf
Writes he is now at new station after completing conversion and went on leave in Edinburgh while the rest of his crew went to London. Mentions that his wallet and fountain pen had been stolen while on leave. On the train back someone took his bag…

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Photograph of Ken with an unidentified individual, upper torso, leaning on a canon, other canon in background, Post it note 'Subject left ? Edinburgh'.

BDowardATansleyEHv3.pdf
Covers background, marriage, civilian occupation and family. Followed by service history including basic and flying training in England and the United States and then advanced flying training and operational conversion back home. Posted to 57…

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Letter with missing content (torn in half). Thanks for the letter and invites her to visit if she is nearby.

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Comments on reliability of mail lately. Mentions leave and activities in Edinburgh with other members of crew. Writes of family issue with Kevin. A large part of this letter is damaged and unreadable.

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Pencil drawing caricature of an RAAF officer wearing peaked cap and holding a glass. On the reverse 'Believe it or not but it is supposed to be me in a pub in Edinburgh one night'.

EHoganPJHoganM440929.pdf
Writes a little of recent activities and discusses state of parcels on arrival. Writes about fatalism of aircrew and then goes on to describe recent leave in Sussex and Edinburgh and other parts of Scotland then finishing in Sheffield.

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Half length portrait of an officer wearing tunic with air gunner brevet. On the reverse 'Jas Bacon & Sons Ltd, 130 Princes Street, Edinburgh'.

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For Scottish services verses the Royal Australian Air Force.

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Top left - view down a wet town street with two story buildings either side. On the right a pub. Submitted with caption 'Coach & Horses Gloucester, 8.7.44'.
Top right - photograph removed. Captioned 'Kay Ferry, Idlicote - Shipston, 23.7.44'.
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