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Menus for aircrews at Christmas 1945.

Eight photographs.
#1and 2 a small group positioned outside a thatched hut.
#3 three men on the beach.
These three are noted as Cochin (Kochi) at Xmas 1945.
#4 Regal cinema, Bombay
#5 Eros cinema, Bombay
#6 Horse racing
#7 Gateway to India…

Idwal writes from Bari, Italy where his aircraft has broken down. They are in a small camp and the food is marvelous. Christmas dinner was very good.

The menu for Christmas dinner. On the reverse are signatures and comments from some of the attendees.

Two seated men with others in the background. On the reverse 'Christmas Day 1945. In the Sergeants' Mess. Campoformido Udine Italy'.
On the reverse of a second copy 'Xmas Day'.

A card issued by 61 Staging Post, Officers' Mess. It includes the menu and on the reverse signatures collected on the day.

Christmas card: on the front a 1946 calendar on the left and seasons greetings from air division control commission, Germany 1945, on the right. Inside a cartoon map of part of England and northwest Europe with RAF figures traveling to Detmold and…

Four servicemen standing in line. The two on the right are wearing khaki uniform tunics. The two on the left are wearing khaki trousers and blue battledress tops. In the background city buildings. On the reverse 'Christmas day 1945 with F/Sgt…

Seven men and a woman, the men wearing a variety of uniform standing behind a lorry. Two men are holding tankards. On the reverse 'Christmas day 1945'.

Two images on one photograph of a group of airmen and women having a party in the Control Room at Leeming, 1945.

Two images of a party held in the Leeming mess at Christmas, 1945.

Large group of airmen and WAAFs grouped around a Christmas Tree.

Details of football, boxing, cricket and hockey events.

A menu produced by the RAF 2 Base Area Rest and Leave Camp, Rome. On the reverse are several signatures.

The menu for the Officers Mess 1945 Christmas dinner at RAF Seletar

Christmas dinner menu 1945 from RAF Chivenor. 24 signatures on reverse.