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Don Bennett flying career biography
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Covers from pre-world war 2 as a lecturer at RAF Central Navigation school, writing air navigation text book. Pilot with Jersey airlines, flying boat instructor. Flying boat pilot with Imperial Airways including flying top half of Mayo composite…
Prisoner of war news
Includes prisoner of war news, articles on Prussian prisoners in fifteenth centaury, foreign language classes, life in the camps, Canadian Chaplains impressions, camp comradeship, PoW book service, a letter from Cuba, post war reconstruction,…
John Waugh training course
A group of 17 airmen arranged in three rows. On the reverse 'My course at Moncton, April 1943.
John Waugh front row middle (6th from L).
Alf Beck on his right'.
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John Waugh front row middle (6th from L).
Alf Beck on his right'.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better…
Officer's medical card
Top: Includes medical classification, lists protective inoculations and vaccination record for Horace Cooke.
Bottom: Horace's life membership card for the Royal Air Forces Association.
Bottom: Horace's life membership card for the Royal Air Forces Association.
ATC Certificate of Proficiency
A certificate awarded to Don Sparkes by the Air Training Corps.
F9 "Home & Beauty." Stalag Luft 3. Apr.43
Three men are standing behind a table, covered with a tablecloth, on which sits a basket and two cocktail glasses. The central character is wearing a shirt, jacket, bow tie and a flat peaked hat which has three letters above the peak. There are three…
F7 "Home & Beauty." Stalag Luft 3. Apr.43
A man and a man dressed as a woman hold each other on stage. The woman has one knee bent and her foot is raised in the air. She is wearing a long dress and he wears flannels and shirt. Behind on a table are two cocktail glasses, three chairs, a door…
F6 "Home & Beauty." Stalag Luft 3. Apr. 43
Two men on stage dressed as women. The one on the left is wearing a coat and hat and has a handbag on her arm. The woman on the right is wearing a dress and is staring at the other actor. Behind is a sofa, chair, painting and a fireplace. The…
F5 "Home & Beauty." Stalag Luft 3. Apr. 43
A man wearing a dress is standing on a sofa. At either end of the sofa is a man leaning over. Behind is a chair, standard lamp, a painting of a three masted ship in full sail and a fireplace. The backdrop is of curtains and a painted window.
F4 "Home & Beauty." Stalag Luft 3. Apr. 43
A man dressed as a woman is holding the hand of a man wearing a suit. Another man dressed as a woman in a coat and hat clothes is sat on a sofa. Behind is a chair, a table, a standard lamp, a painting of a three masted ship in full sail is on the…
F3 "Home & Beauty." Stalag Luft 3. Apr.43
In the centre is a man dressed as a nurse holding a baby. On either side are men in uniform. To the right is a man in pyjamas and on the left a man, dressed as a woman, is wearing a long coat. Behind is a single bed, with drapes behind, and a chair.
F2 "Home & Beauty." Stalag Luft 3. Apr 43
A man in uniform is sitting on a single bed with another standing to the left. A man, dressed as a woman in coat and hat, is standing to the right with a man in pyjamas on her left. There are chairs, a bedside lamp, drapes behind the bed and…
E35 "merchant of Venice." Stalag Luft 3. Apr 43
Two men, in period costume with turbans, facing each other. One man has his arms crossed and the other has his hand on the hilt of his sword.
E34 "Merchant of Venice." Stalag Luft 3. Apr. 43
Two men in period costume. One, with a circle of rouge on his cheek, has his hand on the shoulder of a man whose hand rests on a walking stick.
E29 "Merchant of Venice." Stalag Luft 3. Apr. 43
Eight actors in period costume with three wearing women's clothes. They are arranged in two rows with the women seated, flanked by two crouching men. Four are standing in a row behind.
E28 "Merchant of Venice." Stalag Luft 3. Apr. 43
Eight men arranged in two rows, all dressed in period costume. Three men are seated in front and five are standing behind.
E27 "Merchant of Venice." Stalag Luft 3. Apr. 43
Three men in period costume and tights stand centre stage in front of a curtain backdrop.
E26 "Merchant of Venice." Stalag Luft 3. Apr. 43
Standing centre stage a man, wearing a long patterned coat and hat with a feather holds hands with a man, dressed as a woman in a long dress.
E23 "Merchant of Venice." Stalag Luft 3. Apr. 43
A man, wearing a long dress with a scoop neck, sits centre stage. Her hand is held by a man with a circle of rouge on his cheek kneeling at her feet.
Letter from Norman Mackie to Hans-Heiri
Norman provides details of his being shot down and evading through France to Switzerland. He describes conditions in Switzerland and various re-escape plans, including trying to get hold of an aircraft to get to England with two Dutchmen. He mentions…
Absturzstelle der "Halifax"
A view of the crash site of Halifax DT747. It is an attachment to the report.
John Russell and Joan Champkin's wedding
Wedding party in a garden including the bride and groom, three bridesmaids and two men in civilian suits.
Appendix I. Malta dockyard - period of siege 1940-1943
When Italy entered the war in 1940, air raids were conducted over key military targets and peaked during the first half of 1942. Attacks ceased altogether by 1943 once Italy had surrendered. The various dockyards maintained efforts to keep ships in…
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
He has had no letters but a parcel with 200 cigarettes and tobacco have arrived. Weather is very good. They have a gramophone and he intends to buy one when he returns.
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
He reminds his mother about the £1 debt to be repaid. Weather has been glorious. They have had a boxing tournament. He is in good health and spirits.