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A view of the bar on the base. On the reverse 'Xmas Bar'.

Three photographs from an album.
#1 is a head and shoulders portrait of a woman.
#2 is a head shot of an airman.
#3 is a half length portrait of Dick with a trainee's cap. It has a post-it stating 'subject'.

A food and drinks menu for a drive-in food outlet.

A busy canal scene. On the reverse 'The boat is the local bus service. We lodged at the foot of the bridge 45/6'.

A postcard of the Grand Canal - The Church of Salute, Venice. Annotated ''46'.

Many rowing boats on the canal. On the reverse 'Oxford & Cambridge '46'.

A panorama view of Venice with St Mark's Campanile prominent. On the reverse 'you should see the view from the top of the tower 30 lira '46'.

The Clock tower - the Mori, annotated on the reverse '46'.

Part of the Doge's Palace, Venice, annotated on the reverse '46'.

A view of the bridge. A building behind has a red cross and a line. On the reverse 'our hotel was where the camera is.' '46'.

Bridge of Sighs, on the reverse annotated 'a nice view from inside this bridge '46'.

A view along a canal with five bridges, A handwritten annotation states 'Back alleys '46'.

The Doge's Palace and the Tower Bell, annotated on the reverse '46'.

Two postcards of the Palace of the Doges, annotated on the reverse '1945' and '46'.

A postcard of the palace, looking across a canal.
An annotation states 'Its a museum now. '46'.

St Marcus Church. On the reverse 'you should see inside it '46'.

The church of Salute, annotated on the reverse '46'.

Four photographs from an album.
#1 is a head and shoulders portrait of a women. An attached note states 'Werwaguk Indian. Our pet waitress'.
#2 s Miami, Oklahoma, looking North across the Neosho River showing the railway junction area.
#3 is an…

Four items from a scrapbook.
#1 is an invitation to the Presentation of Wings
#2 is the Kansas City Power and Light Building
#3 is an invitation to the Wings Dinner, after the Presentation.
#4 is a newspaper cutting about a dance . Dick Rooke…

Two photographs of groups of airmen.
#1 is of trainees arranged in four rows. It is captioned 'L & M Flights Feb 10th 1944' and '3rd from Right 2nd Row'.
#2 is a group of airmen arranged in three rows and is captioned 'Instructors and students at…

Three photographs from an album.
#1 Dick and Jack sitting on a fence in Miami Park.
#2 Three airmen and a dog, captioned 'The boys with Peter, RIP'.
#3 is six airmen at the Post Exchange captioned 'Post Exchange Sunday morning. Jack and I against…

Two photographs of three Spitfires,
#1 A view of the port side of three Spitfires. Behind is a watch tower. On the reverse 'Ein Shemeer Palestine 46'.
#2 a view of the same three Spitfires but taken at the front. On the reverse 'Spitfires Palestine…

The three airmen are standing outside a brick building. On the reverse '3 Hensham Boys, Abu Sueir, 46. Ginger - Moggie Self Canal Zone RAF Ismalia'.

Dick's account statement for 101 PDC RAF Kirkham.

Two air to air photographs of a Spitfire off the wingtip of Dick's Lancaster.
#1 On the reverse 'Palestine '46 "Spit" on our starboard wing tip'.
#2 On the reverse 'Palestine '46 Spitfire (clipped wing spit)'