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A newspaper cutting with three photographs. Top left is a picture of Flight Lieutenant B Botha DFC with his mascot, a dog named as 'Aircraftman Sam'. On the right side ten Lancasters are shown in flight. Bottom left is photograph of a group of…

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ATurnerLA101115.mp3
Leslie Turner worked as a pattern maker at Longbridge before he volunteered for the Air Force. He trained as an observer in South Africa and flew 33 operations as a bomb aimer with 10 Squadron.

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YWyrillWR553311v1.pdf
Covering the period February 14 1939 to August 19 1945. Describes his service in the Royal Air Force, conditions on the convoy to Africa on HMS Tamaroa, sights seen on leave and being confined to barracks before his return to England on HMS…

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PWyrillWR18020187.jpg
Top left: A man carrying goods on his head walks past a single storey building with arches around windows and a sign reading 'Fairmount Home'.
Top right: Bree Street (now Lillian Ngoyi Street) Johannesburg, South Africa, with multi storey buildings…

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A group of 61 bareheaded men in desert uniform. They are arranged in five rows outside a corrugated building. Captioned, 'Station Workshops Moffat'.
Studio portrait of a man in uniform with a woman, a girl and three boys in school…

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BWyrillWRWyrillWRv1.pdf
Family history including, early, school and village life, service with the Royal Air Force as an electrician with 242, 22 and 51 squadrons, and life after demob. Includes a photograph of a teacher and 26 children arranged in three rows, captioned…

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Expressing sympathy that George had been reported missing and offering hope that he might have been able to bailed out. Express great sorrow for their missing nephew. Hoping to post the letter from Johannesburg, South Africa by a friend. Concludes…

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A newspaper published on board the troopship returning airmen to the UK.

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A biography of Stanley used as his funeral address.

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SDunnFT1319229v10002-Transcript.pdf
Transcript of F Dunn's memoir describing life before and after joining the RAF. It includes induction and starting off in the RAF in England and then his sea voyage to South Africa, where he underwent initial training in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

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SDunnFT1319229v10002-0002.pdf
This section starts after his arrival at Durban in South Africa. It describes time in Clairwood "rest camp", visiting Durban and Christmas and New Year celebrations. It gives a long description of activities in Durban. The writer discusses South…

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Two airmen wearing khaki uniform and side caps sitting on a bench with trees and a thatched hut in the background. On the reverse 'Johannesburg Zoo Gardens'.

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

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PDoxseyJA18010062.jpg
Top left - a de Havilland Dove with nose wheel in the air at entrance to a Hangar with open door. Captioned 'Coming out of the hangar at Germiston, Johannesburg'.
Top right - view from air of several mounds of mining spoil. Captioned 'Crossing the…

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Article concerning shoe manufacturer for survey of African continent. Annotated 'Our morning paper, Monday 16/11/47'.

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PDawsonSR16010028.jpg
Top left - Stephen Dawson in airline uniform and Joy Dawson in a dress in the garden of a two story house. Captioned 'in uniform England'.

Top right - Stephen Dawson in swimming trunks sitting in a cane chair by a table under and awning in front…

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An airman in tunic and side cap is standing between two women in dresses on a railway platform. Railway tracks to the right. On the reverse 'Joyce Boytha, Ped Walker, Minky Omsdaal, Johanesburg [sic] railway station 1943'.

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Letter to brother Henry, Lil and Barbara from 75 Air School in South Africa from Arthur Wright. He describes sailing to Durban. He is impressed with the food, the city and the people. Then a 23 hour train journey to the camp. He discusses his social…

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