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Letter to John Taplin's Parents from John
He is well and has received a letter. He appreciates the pipe that he has recently received.

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Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John
He is well and has received letters. He asks for photos.

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Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John
He is well but has not had much mail.

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Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John
He has received three parcels, in total. He is well. He especially liked the clothing parcel and cigarettes from his office.

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Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John
He has been ill but is fine now.

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Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John
He has had mail and a cigarette parcel.

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Letter to John Taplin's Parents from John
He has had no mail from home. He cancels his request for shoes and shorts but is keen to get a pipe, tobacco and cigarettes.

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Letter to John Taplin's Parents from John
He asks for mail, one or two pipes, khaki shorts, swimming trunks or football shorts and chocolate.

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Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John
He has had no mail from home. He is well. He remains optimistic.

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Letter to John Taplin's Parents from John
He is well and asks for lots of letters. He mentions that they should receive a letter for his Caterpillar Club membership. He asks for shoes, slippers, tobacco and pipe.

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Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John
He is well and repeats his request for a pipe and also tobacco.

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Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John
He is well and asks for a pipe.

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Postcard to John Taplin's Mother from John
He is well and has been studying.

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Letter from John Taplin to his Parents
He asks for cigarettes. He is studying accounts.

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Letter from John Taplin to his Parents
Part of a letter but only the address side.

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Letter from John Taplin to his Parents
He is desperate for a cigarette parcel. He has been studying and hopes to be home soon.

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Letter from John Taplin to his Parents
He has received parcels of cigarettes from home. It has been very hot.

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Letter from John Taplin to his Parents
Part of his message has been censored. He asks about folk back home and hopes he will be home soon.

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Postcard to John Taplin's Parents
He hopes that they are well.

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Postcard to John Taplin's Parents
Gordon wishes them well and explains it is very hot. He signs the card as Navigator.

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Letter to John Taplin's Parents
He writes that they are fed up.

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George Read - flight engineer in W4126
Sergeant George Read - survived by parachute. Includes photographs of himself and his wife, flight engineers station in cockpit, view down from cockpit to hatch in nose of Lancaster, caterpillar club membership card, prisoners of war in Stammlager…

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Main Prisoner of War Camps in the Third Reich
A map of 41 POW camp locations. The key gives each camp's name and number.

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Letter to HW Owen from George Thom
A letter referring to the night of the crash and George's subsequent escape via Switzerland. He was caught while trying to get to Spain and sent to Paris. After the war he worked for the post office in Calgary.

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P R Trevayne - Last Flight of Stirling BK604
A detailed account of the last flight of a Stirling operation on Hamburg.

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