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Night bombing
Night target photograph showing explosions and anti-aircraft fire.
Pages from flying log book
Four pages from wireless operators log book. January, February, March and April 1946. Aircraft Lancaster. Includes local flying and trip to Italy and France.
Parade, Royal Observer Corps and Spitfires
Left page - top left - partially obscured image of marching troops.
Right - troops on parade with standard in front.
Bottom left - two members of Royal Observer Corps standing leaning on the propeller of a twin engine aircraft.
Bottom middle…
Right - troops on parade with standard in front.
Bottom left - two members of Royal Observer Corps standing leaning on the propeller of a twin engine aircraft.
Bottom middle…
People
Top left - an airman wearing uniform tunic standing arm in arm with a woman in a garden with fence and houses behind.
Top right - the same man and woman standing the other way round - he has half brevet on his tunic. Same fence and houses in the…
Top right - the same man and woman standing the other way round - he has half brevet on his tunic. Same fence and houses in the…
People
Top - two men and a baby standing in a garden. Man on the left holds a baby. Man on the right wears uniform tunic with half brevet and flight sergeant rank. On the ground a child's push trolley and in the background a house.
Centre - two thumbnail…
Centre - two thumbnail…
People
Top left - a bride wearing wedding dress sitting at a table with window in the background.
Top right - an airman wearing tunic with half brevet standing in a garden with tees in the background.
Bottom left - an airman wearing tunic lying on grass…
Top right - an airman wearing tunic with half brevet standing in a garden with tees in the background.
Bottom left - an airman wearing tunic lying on grass…
People
Top - a course photograph of a large number of airmen wearing tunic and side caps sitting and standing in four rows. In the centre front row and officer wearing peaked cap.
Left middle - Half length image of four people (two men and two women)…
Left middle - Half length image of four people (two men and two women)…
People
Top left - head and shoulders portrait of a woman wearing jacket with wings broach.
Top right - a woman sitting in grass at the sea side.
Middle right - a woman wearing jacket and skirt standing in front of a large rock. Middle - a woman standing…
Top right - a woman sitting in grass at the sea side.
Middle right - a woman wearing jacket and skirt standing in front of a large rock. Middle - a woman standing…
R.A.F.A Standard and victory parade London
Left page - left - three men wearing civilian suit and tie, the centre man holding a hoisted standard, standing in front of a stone church.
Right - three men wearing civilian suit and tie, the centre man holding a grounded furled standard with…
Right - three men wearing civilian suit and tie, the centre man holding a grounded furled standard with…
RAF airman's cap badge
RAF crown and wreath metal cap badge
RAF Officer's cap badge
Gold wire crown and eagle cap badge.
RAF personnel and wife
On the left page top - a photograph of five aircrew wearing tunics with brevet standing in line in a garden. Captioned '23 July 1945, John Parker, F/O White (bomb aimer), self, F/O K A Smith (Skipper), George Wellington'.
Bottom - half length…
Bottom - half length…
Reunion
Top page - top - four men wearing civilian jacket and tie sitting at a round table with blue table cloth, glasses and flowers.
Bottom - three men wearing civilian Jacket and tie sitting at a round table with blue table cloth, flowers and glasses.
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Bottom - three men wearing civilian Jacket and tie sitting at a round table with blue table cloth, flowers and glasses.
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Rolls-Royce Merlin 20 aero-motor
Cutaway diagram of aircraft engine with numbered parts and annotation.
Royal Observer Corps badge
Crown art top, blue surround with 'Royal Observer Corps, Forewarned is forearmed'. In the centre metal embossed image of a man watching.
Spitfire
Air-to-air view of Spitfire Mk 16 TE405 F-JVM of the Central Gunnery School over open countryside.
Spitfire
Ait-to-air view of Spitfire Mk 16 TE405 F-JVM of the Central Gunnery School with clouds below. The wingtip of aircraft from which photograph is taken is visible bottom left.
Spitfire
Air-to-air view of Spitfire Mk 16 TE405 F-JVM of the Central Gunnery School banking away. In the background clouds.
Spitfire, Dragon Fly, Vulcan, Rapide and Lancaster
Left page - top left - air-to-air view from below astern of a Spitfire registration 'PS94[..]'.
Top right - view from underneath of an Avro Vulcan. Captioned 'Avro Vulcan'.
Middle right - rear quarter view of the front part of a D H Rapide.…
Top right - view from underneath of an Avro Vulcan. Captioned 'Avro Vulcan'.
Middle right - rear quarter view of the front part of a D H Rapide.…
Tiger Force July 1945
On the right side a squadron photograph of a largen number of aircrew sitting and standing in front of a Lancaster. In centre front row a dog sits. Captioned 'Tiger Force, July 1945, RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire O.S. TF450650'. On the left side a 44…
Twenty-two airmen
On the right of two album pages. Twenty-two men wearing tunic or battledress, some with brevet sitting and standing in three rows with trees and part of a building in the background. Captioned 'RAF White Waltham, No 9 Course officer training RAFVR(T)…
Unofficial Bomber Command medal
Silver medal with RAF wreaths and crown one side and four engine bomber on the other side with 1939-1945 and words 'A tribute to the aircrew of Bomber Command'. Ribbon light blue, dark blue outers with orange central stripe.
Veteran's badge
Armed forces veteran's badge in presentation box.
Vickers Viking and RAF and air sea rescue launch
Left page - forward part of a Vickers Viking with several personnel in a group standing in front. Some men are wearing greatcoats and one a flying suit. Captioned 'A.M. Film Unit 26.1.47, Vickers Armstrong Wisley, photographing "King Flight" before S…
Victory parade
Left page - top left - group of military personnel marching top left with spectators in background left. Captioned 'Iraq'.
Top right - group of military personnel on parade with standards. Spectators in distance on the left. Captioned 'Egypt'.…
Top right - group of military personnel on parade with standards. Spectators in distance on the left. Captioned 'Egypt'.…