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Descriptions and transcripts of illustrated cards
Provides descriptions and transcriptions for six illustrated cards. PoW card with scene of palm tree to Jess on birthday. PoW card to Richard on birthday with drawing of Donald Duck in fighter aircraft. PoW card to Richard happy birthday and sketch…
Doug (Bully) Walker and Donkey Races Christmas 1944
Seven photographs from an album.
Photos 1, 2 and 3 are a man in shorts doing boxing practice, captioned 'Doug (Bully) Walker'.
Photos 4, 5, 6 and 7 are men and donkeys captioned 'Donkey Races Christmas 1944'.
Photos 1, 2 and 3 are a man in shorts doing boxing practice, captioned 'Doug (Bully) Walker'.
Photos 4, 5, 6 and 7 are men and donkeys captioned 'Donkey Races Christmas 1944'.
Drawing of four engine bomber by Richard
Colour drawing of a four engine bomber and text 'to mummy xmas 1944'.
Enschede
Page captioned, 'Enschede Xmas Party, Xmas party given to the Dutch children, by 35 wing.' Four photographs, two showing two views of a large building with windmill, of the other two one is showing the inside of a large building decorated with three…
First crew
Group of seven airmen and a note identifying the men.
Back row, from left: Sergeant Davis, navigator; Sergeant Powell, wireless operator; Sergeant Cotton, flight engineer; Sergeant Topham, rear gunner.
Front row, from left: Flying Officer…
Back row, from left: Sergeant Davis, navigator; Sergeant Powell, wireless operator; Sergeant Cotton, flight engineer; Sergeant Topham, rear gunner.
Front row, from left: Flying Officer…
Flashbacks 0 to 4
In a series of "flashbacks" the author starts with commentary on family in Poland and names recorded on visits to Poland. Continues with account of early life, school and life in Poland before the war. He mentions his first operation on 300 Squadron…
Flight Engineer, 420 Squadron RCF, Bomber Command, RAF WWII
Ben May's life and service as a flight engineer on 420 Squadron flying Halifax from January 1945. He describes life before volunteering for aircrew and being called up for the RAF in February 1944. He provides a short description of training and…
Flying hours at No 2(O) AFU RAF Millom, 1647 HCU RAF Aldergrove, 517 Squadron RAFs Brawdy and Chivenor.
Gives details of flights many for meteorological reconnaissance. Some details on 517 Squadron. Entries from 1944-08-17 to 1946-04-03. Some comments on flights and postings. First page has photographs of three men in swimming gear on a beach…
Football players
Ten men in sportswear in a field with trees behind. Five men are sat in a row with five stood behind. The central figure in the front row is holding a football. Nine of the men are wearing matching team kit and the central figure in the back row is…
Frank Dennis' memoir
Frank left school in 1937, aged 14 and worked in a local engineering company, which later became an armament factory. In 1943 Frank volunteered as a Flight Engineer in the Royal Air Force. He recalls his training and describes the operations in which…
Greetings of the season
Greetings card addressed to Irene Green page with a silhouette of man on a camel. Greetings of the season H M Forces Middle East from Robert to the family. Annotated 'Good Health, Good Luck, To You All'.
Han's war diary (Brother of Coby van Riel)
Daily diary from 28 December 1944 to December 25 1945. Mentions air raid warnings, daily what food available from central kitchen, holiday days. visit from relations and other daily activities. Also comments on weather, seeing V-1's fly over and…
In his own words
Jared describes his posting to North Africa and operations to Tunis, Bizerta, Decimomannu, Palermo, Naples, Catania, Messina, Cagliari and Pantelleria. Following Squadron disbanding Jared was sent to No 1 Air Gunners School then to 289 Squadron and…
Interview with Betty Repton
Betty (nee Jackson) worked in a library in Macclesfield before the war. When the war began, she went to Manchester to volunteer for the Air Force and trained as a telephonist. She did a course at Sheffield General Post Office before being posted to…
Interview with Helmut Köhler
Helmut Köhler (b. 1928) recalls his wartime experience as Luftwaffenhelfer. He provides a first-hand account of two attacks on Kassel, the first on the 22 October 1943 and the second in March 1944. He describes his time spent inside the air-raid…
Interview with Ian Henderson
Ian Henderson was born in Lockerbie and studied law for two years at the University of Edinburgh before joining the Royal Air Force. He travelled to Canada onboard the RMS Mauretania to train as a pilot. After two months based near Edmonton on Oxford…
Interview with James Mulhall. One
James was born in Gorton, attended Catholic schools, and became an apprentice plumber. In November 1942 he joined the Royal Air Force and trained as a mechanic at RAF St Athan before being posted to RAF Henlow to assemble Hurricanes. He then went…
Interview with John Eric Hatherly Dean
John Dean’s childhood memory of watching a Spitfire and a German aircraft having a dogfight in the sky above him spurred him to want to become a Spitfire pilot. He didn’t achieve his aim of becoming a Spitfire pilot and instead became a navigator. On…
Interview with Ray Parke. Two
Ray Parke trained as a flight engineer. During one training flight, the pilot wanted to get back to base as soon as possible because he had a date but they were flying a Stirling. The pilot made an error on landing and the wheel stayed in the ditch…
Interview with Robert William Maggs
Robert Maggs lived in London until his family were bombed out and moved to the seaside. He joined the local Air Training Corps and later volunteered for the RAF and trained as a gunner. During training his plane crashed and he was left trapped. He…
Keith Thompson's diary from July 1943 to January 1944
Keith Thompson was a sergeant navigator under training at the start of this period at 28 OTU at RAF Castle Donington, then on to a holding unit for a month. After that on to 1662 CU at RAF Blyton flying the Lancaster, until 7 November when he was…
Ken Thompson's first car and second crew
Photograph of car parked in a street, Keith Thompson and civilian standing by car, captioned 'May '44-1936 Ford 10-My first car'.
Second and third pictures, same car, somewhat battered, parked on road, houses in distance, captioned 'Topcliffe,…
Second and third pictures, same car, somewhat battered, parked on road, houses in distance, captioned 'Topcliffe,…
Ladbergen and Heilbronn
Top - target photograph of Ladbergen showing tracer, captioned '3394 METH 21/22.11.44//NTC8 4000 060 2106 LADBERGEN.Z, 12 AMN 65 DT 1 GP 500 DT 23 SECS F/L BARDEN Z 106'. Submitted with caption 'Target photo of Ladbergen dated 21-22/11/1944. The…
Lancasters issued to No. 166 squadron between September 1943 and April 1945
12 pages listing 204 aircraft that were flown by No. 166 Squadron. Six columns record each aircraft's registration number, the date received, where it came from, the code letters and details of it's loss or disposal. For some aircraft the number of…
Letter from C L Fackrell to his daughter Margaret
Writing for Christmas and the new year. Recalls news of her that mother had passed on to him. Mentions it is cold where he is and mentions the photograph he has of her. Mentions he has a dog and sends seasons greetings.