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Keith Thompson's very early service
Two telegrams telling him to report to Lord's,
RAF F2150 RAFVR, deferment of call up,
his service number 'ticket' drawn out of a hat and address of someone with a service number fifteen after Keith Thompson's.
RAF F2150 RAFVR, deferment of call up,
his service number 'ticket' drawn out of a hat and address of someone with a service number fifteen after Keith Thompson's.
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,…
Knaresborough and Carlisle
Photograph of the river and bridge at Knaresborough captioned 'Knaresborough'.
Photograph of two sergeant aircrew and three ladies captioned 'Tom, Bill & A.T.S. girls.
Three photographs of women in Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform, one…
Photograph of two sergeant aircrew and three ladies captioned 'Tom, Bill & A.T.S. girls.
Three photographs of women in Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform, one…
Leipzig
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Leipzig.
Ludford Magna
One colour photograph of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Lancaster when painted as 101 Squadron aircraft SR - D, captioned ' No 101 (ABC) Squadron, Ludford Magna, Nov. '43 - June '44.'
Small b/w copy of 101 Squadron badge.
Lancaster on…
Small b/w copy of 101 Squadron badge.
Lancaster on…
Lyon
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Lyon.
Maintenon Munitions Dump
Navigation calculations and chart for operation to Maintenon.
Map and photographs of Keith Thompson's service on Christmas Island
Two photographs captioned 'Hickam Field, Pearl Harbour is next door'. Photograph of island from the air captioned 'Good bye Honolulu 2 July '56'. Page annotated 19 Jan '57, 5 a/c of 206 flew west to the Azores, Bermuda, across the States to San…
Menu Christmas Dinner RCAF Moncton 1942
Printed menu, some signatures on the front, from No 31 RAF Personnel Depot, Moncton, Canada.
Navigators plotting map
Map shows areas to be avoided during operations
Notes about operations on Lancaster
Rough handwritten notes in pencil covering Lancaster operations on 101 and 199 Squadrons.
Nuremberg
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Nuremberg.
Order of Service for Thanksgiving service for the victory in the Battle of Britain 1957
Service took place at Westminster Abbey on September 15th 1957, Order of Service annotated 'A party of S.N.C.O. aircrew lined the steps of the abbey'.
Orleans
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Orleans.
Photographs and memorabilia from Keith Thompson's time at RAF St Eval, Headquarters Coastal Command and RAF Bovingdon
Photograph of 13 ladies standing in front of a coach, captioned 'Wives Club outing St Eval'.
Handwritten copy of extract from SROs Christmas Island.
Photograph head and shoulders, from the side, sergeant in flying overalls and flying helmet…
Handwritten copy of extract from SROs Christmas Island.
Photograph head and shoulders, from the side, sergeant in flying overalls and flying helmet…
Photographs and memorabilia of Keith Thompson's first journey to Christmas Island June - July 1956
First is a cutting, of two Shackletons in flight, ship in background, captioned 'Coastal Command Shackletons'.
Two photographs of street scenes captioned 'Townsville East Australia'.
Two photographs captioned 'The village Figi', annotated '…
Two photographs of street scenes captioned 'Townsville East Australia'.
Two photographs captioned 'The village Figi', annotated '…
Photographs and memorabilia of Keith Thompson's first journey to Christmas Island June-July 1956
206 Sqdn badge and small photographs of two Shackletons. Captioned ‘No. 206 Squadron St. Eval Feb’ 56 - Jan’58 St. Mawgan Jan – May ’58 Flying – Shackleton Mk.1 (Maritime Recce)’.
Three b/w photographs captioned 'Idris, Libya, Cooling off'.
One…
Three b/w photographs captioned 'Idris, Libya, Cooling off'.
One…
Photographs and memorabilia of Keith Thompson's time at West Freugh and on the OTU
Eight photographs and a newspaper cutting, the cutting has four Wellingtons in flight, captioned 'Vickers Wellington bombers'.
Three photographs are captioned Port Patrick.
One, not captioned is of an aircrew sergeant standing in a country lane.…
Three photographs are captioned Port Patrick.
One, not captioned is of an aircrew sergeant standing in a country lane.…
Photographs and memorabilia of Keith Thompson's time on Christmas Island 1957
Photograph of city captioned 'San Francisco from the "Top of the Mark"'.
First photograph eight individuals in shorts or swimming trunks in front of lean-to on beach captioned, 'Most of the crew at the SAR beach hut'.
Second is individual in…
First photograph eight individuals in shorts or swimming trunks in front of lean-to on beach captioned, 'Most of the crew at the SAR beach hut'.
Second is individual in…
Photographs and post cards from Keith Thompson's time in Singapore
Two couples, seated, Mess Bar in background, captioned 'A formal dance with Renee and Chas Tanner, the corsages were fresh orchids'.
Second photograph five individuals, seated Mess bar in the background, captioned 'Beach combers Bar-B-Que, Jess and…
Second photograph five individuals, seated Mess bar in the background, captioned 'Beach combers Bar-B-Que, Jess and…
Post war German bomb damage
Low level aerial photograph of damaged buildings, captioned 'Krupps, Essen'. The starboard wing and outboard engine of an aircraft are visable.
Photograph of a destroyed bridge over a river, captioned, 'Last bridge over the Rhine-Remagen'.
copy of…
Photograph of a destroyed bridge over a river, captioned, 'Last bridge over the Rhine-Remagen'.
copy of…
Postcards from Keith Thompson's time in Singapore
Calendar pages for September and October 1968 and four colour postcards, one of Singapore River, one of C.K.Tang' offices, one of Empress Place and one of an urban street scene.
Postcard of the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin.
Postcard of the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin.
Programme for 199 and 171 Squadron disbandment ceremony
Ceremony was at RAF North Creake on 3rd August 1945, programme includes a message from Air Officer Commanding 100 Group Air Vice Marshal Addison, Order of Service, and Programme of events. The words for the hymns used in the service are also…
Programme for disbandment ceremony of 171 and 199 Squadrons
Event took place at RAF North Creake 3rd August 1945, and included, lunch, a service, a march past, salute taken by Air Vice Marshal E B Addison. In the evening a dance in one of the hangars.
Programme for Graduation Ceremony, RCAF Malton, when Keith Thompson was awarded his brevet
Printed programme for Graduation Ceremony for air navigators and air bombers at no 1 Air Observers School.