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  • Collection: Coombes, Horace

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A diploma awarded to Horace for the satisfactory completion of a course in Air Gunnery.

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Horace's record from January 1943 to November 1976.

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LCoombesHS148799v1.pdf
Pilot’s flying log book for Horace Coombes covering the period from 1 November 1941 to 6 July 1951. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at USAAF A.C.T Det Lakeland Florida, USAAF A.C.T DET Gunter Field…

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A port side air to air image of a Varsity, WF412.
On the reverse 'Crown Copyright Reserved Little Rissington 28 Jan 1965'.

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LCoombesHS148799v2.pdf
Horace Coombes’ Pilot’s flying log book covering the period from 19 July 1951 to 31 March 1955.
Detailing his flying training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at RAF Dalcross (8 AFTS), RAF Ternhill (6 FTS), RAF Hullavington (1 ANS),…

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LCoombesHS148799v3.pdf
Horace Coombes' Pilot’s flying log book covering the period from 14 April 1955 to 24 May 1962.
Detailing his flying training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at RAF Shawbury (CNCS), RAF Wildenrath, RAF Manby (RAFFC) and RAF Cranwell…

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LCoombesHS148799v4.pdf
Horace Coombes' Pilot’s flying log book covering the period from 4 June 1962 to 1 June 1971.
Detailing his flying training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at RAF Manby (RAFFC), RAF Stradishall (1 ANS), RAF Oakington (5 FTS), RAF…

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A list of Horace's flying hours sub-divided into Jet and Piston and 1st Pilot and All.

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Clive Coombes grew up on Royal Air Force stations, eventually joining and serving for 37 years, before retiring in 2014. During this time, he served across worldwide, including in Australia and Germany, as a ground branch officer. Clive outlines his…

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A letter accompanying a Certificate of Proficiency. Included is an envelope which has to be presented to Horace's Commanding Officer, unopened.

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A cartoon of 17 members of the squadron

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MCoombesHS148799-200113-11.jpg
The satisfactory result of a rapid decompression test awarded to Horace Coombes.

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MCoombesHS148799-200113-06.jpg
A diploma awarded to Horace Coombes on completion of his training course.

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Two covers and a title page.

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Photo 1 and 3 are of Niagara Falls.
Photo 2 is a man in a chair seen through a doorway. He is identified as Cyril Stewart.
Photo 4 is two airmen and a soldier with Niagara Falls behind. They are identified as 'Cyril Stewart, Self and Soldier'.

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A line up of Stearmans.

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PCoombesHS20010005.jpg
Photo 1 is a side head and shoulders Of Horace in a flying suit, helmet and goggles.
Photo 2 is a half length portrait of an airman identified as Malcolm Westcott.
Photo 3 is a full length portrait of Horace in flying suit, helmet and…

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Photo 1 and 2 are of Mrs Wolfe and the Life-saving class by an outdoor swimming pool.
Photo 3 is an airman sleeping in a car, captioned 'Afternoon Siesta'.
Photo 4, 5 and 6 are views of the Boche Tower at Cypress gardens.
Photo 4 is a view of the…

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Photo 1 is a lake captioned 'Kissengen Springs'.
Photo 2 is a lake and palm trees, captioned 'Lake Mirror from the tennis courts'.
Photo 3 is a lake and palm trees, captioned 'Lake Moreton'.
Photo 4 is the Dining Room and PX.
Photos 5 and 6 are…

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PCoombesHS20010008.jpg
Photo 1 is two airmen in flying kit, captioned 'Trotter & Butcher'.
Photo 2 is two different airmen in flying kit, captioned 'Johnny Ferguson & Friend'.
Photo 3 is four airmen captioned 'Mr Baker, Gordon Hayes & Sorensen Twins'.
Photo 4 is Horace…

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Photo 1 is a man and woman standing on a pavement, captioned 'Malcolm Westcott & Betty'.
Photo 2 is a rugby match, captioned 'Scrum down'.
Photo 3 is a man and two women sitting on a bench, captioned 'Afternoon Tennis'.
Photo 4 is three men…

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PCoombesHS20010010.jpg
Photo 1 is two airmen standing at the front of a training aircraft, captioned 'Malcolm Westcott & Ginger Rawlins'.
Photo 2 is an airman standing at the front of an aircraft, captioned 'John Ferguson'.
Photo 3 is an airman on the wing and about to…

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PCoombesHS20010011.jpg
Photo 1 is an American airman identified as 2nd Lt. (Cobber) Kagan.
Photo 2 is Horace in flying kit.
Photo 3 is a port side view of a Harvard.
Photo 4 is the cockpit of an AT6A (Harvard).
Photo 5 is a port side view of a Harvard.
Horace's…

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PCoombesHS20010012.jpg
Photo 1 is two airmen and a woman, identified as 'Joan Strobel, John Dell and Self'.
Photo 2 is a seated woman and a dog, captioned 'Mrs Strobel & Wolf'.
Photo 3 is a view of the Strobel's house.
Photo 4 is three airmen, three women and Wold,…

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Photo 1 is the rockery from the Pavilion.
Photo 2 is a man in a sailing dinghy, captioned 'Fred Easton at Poole Harbour'.
Photo 3 is the sunken gardens from the Pavilion.
Photo 4 is three airmen, captioned 'John Dell, Self & Les Davies'.
Photo 5…

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