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- Collection: Frederick Sawyer. Photograph album
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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…
Album cover
Album cover with drawing of a bomber aircraft
American heroes day parade
Photograph of British servicemen in khaki uniform marching through town with spectators behind. Titled 'American heroes day 12 July 1942'. Captioned 'Albany Georgia USA, the British march through, Royal Air Force cadets class 43 B'.
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.…
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…
Appointment as sergeant
Certificate appointing Frederick Sawyer as a sergeant in the 'aviation cadet basic training group'.
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…
Bride and groom
An RAF flight sergeant wearing uniform tunic with pilot's brevet standing next to his bride wearing skirt suit and holding bouquet. In the background a stone built building.
Canada
Top left - a woman wearing overcoat and carrying a hat standing in the open with a building in the background, captioned 'Hi'.
Top centre - view down railway track of station platforms, captioned 'our train to the south.
Top right - a group of RAF…
Top centre - view down railway track of station platforms, captioned 'our train to the south.
Top right - a group of RAF…
Canada
Top left - a waterfall through woods - captioned 'Riviere de Lupe'.
Top centre left - view down river of distant bridge - captioned 'Riviere de Lupe'.
Top centre right - view of river rapids - captioned ''Riviere de Lupe'.
Top right - view of…
Top centre left - view down river of distant bridge - captioned 'Riviere de Lupe'.
Top centre right - view of river rapids - captioned ''Riviere de Lupe'.
Top right - view of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Instrument flight certificate
Made out for satisfactory completion of course of instrument flying at Moody field Georgia.
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 -…
Miss Jananne Duke
Head and shoulders portrait of a young woman signed 'with all my love Jananne'. Captioned 'Miss Jananne Duke 1942'.
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 -…
Note on Frederick Sawyer's service career
Note on Fred's service career.
Order of service
Order for church service at sea. Includes hymns, order of service, prayers and liturgy.
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…
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…
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…