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  • Spatial Coverage is exactly "Washington (State)"

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Bob's memoirs from his early training until he became operational.

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He starts by writing about the Wright brothers first flight then tells a story that happened to him in May 1941. Six pilots flew B17s from Seattle to UK. En route they stopped at Wright Field. The ensuing publicity attracted Orville Wright to come to…

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An air-to-air view of a B-17 in flight over snow capped mountains. On the reverse 'Via RL Ward' and [indecipherable]. On a separate sheet 'B-17 12599 "Tug Boat Annie".'

Place tentatively identification as Washington State by Gianluca Mazzanti of…

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Bob Leedham was a flight engineer who carried out 21 operations on Stirlings. At the beginning of the war Bob was an apprentice motor mechanic and, along with other apprentices, was left to operate the garage when all the engineers were called up. In…

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Postcard to Rosemary Chadwick from Roy Chadwick written while airborne between Los Angeles to San Francisco. Sends love to all. Postmarked Seattle, Washington State. On the front a photograph of a United Airlines DC 3.

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