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- Collection: Frederick Sawyer. Photograph album
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Servicemen
Top right - a woman wearing dress standing between and RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot's brevet and a servicemen wearing battledress.
Top right - an RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot's brevet standing next to a woman wearing dress outside…
Top right - an RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot's brevet standing next to a woman wearing dress outside…
RAF officer, woman and baby
Left - an RAF officer wearing uniform tunic with pilot's brevet and peaked cap holding a baby in a garden with house in the background.
Right - a woman sitting deck chair holding baby with the same RAF officer standing behind. Note under left…
Right - a woman sitting deck chair holding baby with the same RAF officer standing behind. Note under left…
Photographs - people
Top left - two RAF airmen in uniform tunics in garden outside a building.
Top right - one airman standing in line with three formally dressed women in a garden.
Bottom left - two women sitting on chairs outside a doorway.
Bottom right - a…
Top right - one airman standing in line with three formally dressed women in a garden.
Bottom left - two women sitting on chairs outside a doorway.
Bottom right - a…
Order of service
Order for church service at sea. Includes hymns, order of service, prayers and liturgy.
Five photographs - American football
Top left - view of team lined up on playing field. Man in sailors hat in front of camera.
Top righty - crowd on the playing field spectators beyond.
Middle - marching band on the playing field,
Bottom left - view across playing field to spectators…
Top righty - crowd on the playing field spectators beyond.
Middle - marching band on the playing field,
Bottom left - view across playing field to spectators…
Three photographs - American football
Left - View across stadium with teams on playing field. Captioned 'taken at Athens Georgia, October 28th 1942'.
Top right - view of spectators at game.
Bottom right - view of spectators and playing field.
Top right - view of spectators at game.
Bottom right - view of spectators and playing field.
Advanced flying training school signatures and photograph
Signatures and hometowns of Americans associated with advanced flying training school, Moody field, Valdosta Georgia February 1943. Bottom left a photograph of a serviceman wearing khaki uniform and peaked cap captioned 'rack em back, a/c John C…
Note on Frederick Sawyer's service career
Note on Fred's service career.
Instrument flight certificate
Made out for satisfactory completion of course of instrument flying at Moody field Georgia.
Waikiki beach
Colour photograph of palm tree with sea beyond and mountain in the background. Captioned 'Waikiki Beach Hawaii, same island as Pearl Harbour, given by Killough who was at Pearl Harbour'.
Night scenes
Top - view at night of single story building - captioned 'The Candlelight'.
Left - view at night down town street. captioned 'Macon at night'.
Right - view of lighted up buildings at night. Captioned 'Macon at night'.
Bottom - Doorway at night -…
Left - view at night down town street. captioned 'Macon at night'.
Right - view of lighted up buildings at night. Captioned 'Macon at night'.
Bottom - Doorway at night -…
Appointment as sergeant
Certificate appointing Frederick Sawyer as a sergeant in the 'aviation cadet basic training group'.
Miss Jananne Duke
Head and shoulders portrait of a young woman signed 'with all my love Jananne'. Captioned 'Miss Jananne Duke 1942'.
Basic school Cochran Field Macon Georgia - November 1942 - signatures
Signatures with home address of Americans related to course at Cochran Field in 1942. American flag bottom left and RAF ensign bottom right.
Birmingham Alabama
Top left - view down a street of a church with two towers, one taller that the other. Car parked in front.
Top right - A monument with statue in front of a multi-storey building with domed tower.
Bottom - view across city square with buildings…
Top right - A monument with statue in front of a multi-storey building with domed tower.
Bottom - view across city square with buildings…
Macon Georgia
Top left - view looking up the side of a skyscraper. Captioned 'W.M.A.Z Macon bankers insurance building, coolest spot in town'.
Top centre - looking down from tall building at car in street. Captioned 'from the top of W.M.A.Z'.
Middle centre -…
Top centre - looking down from tall building at car in street. Captioned 'from the top of W.M.A.Z'.
Middle centre -…
Cochran field Georgia
Top left - long single story building with water tower behind. Captioned 'Cochran field from our window'.
Top centre - RAF cadets crossing street in town with car on road,
Top right - single story barrack blocks with road in front. Captioned…
Top centre - RAF cadets crossing street in town with car on road,
Top right - single story barrack blocks with road in front. Captioned…
Ten photographs - people and travelling
Top left - kit bags in barrack room. Captioned 'packed to leave'.
Top centre - men gathered round coaches - caption also for photograph below 'Fort Valley, the half way house'.
Top right - three men sitting with kit bags.
Middle left - town street…
Top centre - men gathered round coaches - caption also for photograph below 'Fort Valley, the half way house'.
Top right - three men sitting with kit bags.
Middle left - town street…
Americus Georgia
Top left - a man sitting at table inside a room writing. Captioned 'the boys write home'.
Top centre - a large white building with columned portico and domed roof. Captioned 'Methodist church Americus'.
Top right - a man sitting at table in barrack…
Top centre - a large white building with columned portico and domed roof. Captioned 'Methodist church Americus'.
Top right - a man sitting at table in barrack…
Souther field
Top left - view of distant buildings. Captioned 'Souther field mess hall, left rear'.
Top centre - parade of men marching. In the distance a long two story building with water tower behind. Captioned 'the day of victory for British cadets'.
Top…
Top centre - parade of men marching. In the distance a long two story building with water tower behind. Captioned 'the day of victory for British cadets'.
Top…
Georgia and flying
Top left - view from the air of open country - captioned 'dive towards earth in a PT 17 Stearman'
Top centre - view down tree lined street with house on the right. Captioned 'Melon avenue, ground is covered with wild water melons'.
Top right - view…
Top centre - view down tree lined street with house on the right. Captioned 'Melon avenue, ground is covered with wild water melons'.
Top right - view…
Georgia flying
Top left - view from the air of a small town - captioned McRae, Georgia'.
Top centre - air-to air view of distant Tiger Moths. Captioned 'Formation'.
Top right - air-to-air view of two Tiger Moths in the distance. Captioned 'on the…
Top centre - air-to air view of distant Tiger Moths. Captioned 'Formation'.
Top right - air-to-air view of two Tiger Moths in the distance. Captioned 'on the…
Flying
Top left - air to ground view of a small town and tree's captioned '"Leslie at 2000 ft'.
Top centre - a man standing in doorway wearing leather flying jacket and holding flying helmet. Captioned 'Just me'.
Top right - view from the air of open…
Top centre - a man standing in doorway wearing leather flying jacket and holding flying helmet. Captioned 'Just me'.
Top right - view from the air of open…
Americus and Souther field
Top - a large building with columned portico and trees to both sides. captioned 'First Methodist church Americus'.
Middle left - a distant long two story building with another at right angles on the right. Water tower behind the distant building.…
Middle left - a distant long two story building with another at right angles on the right. Water tower behind the distant building.…
Ten photographs - Albany and Turner field
Top left - view up a track to a large white house, Captioned 'Albany house'.
Top centre - three servicemen walking down a town street lined with palm trees. Captioned 'Main street Albany, Sunday morning'.
Top right - view across fields - captioned…
Top centre - three servicemen walking down a town street lined with palm trees. Captioned 'Main street Albany, Sunday morning'.
Top right - view across fields - captioned…