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MSewerinS704459-240916-040001.jpg
Typewritten card granting Corporal Sewerin the right to wear a pilot's badge issued at No 16 Polish Service Flying Training School at RAF Newton. The front of the card is stamped in red with the flying school stamp and is signed by S Cwynar,…

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EThomsonGBThomson[Fam]430730.pdf
Pleased to get their letter with all their news. Now in his new camp and would let them know his new address. Says he passed his exams as had all his colleagues. Mentions colleagues from Scotland. Says he sent his parcel off. Catches up with their…

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EThomsonGBThomson[Fam]430413.pdf
Notes receipt of their letters and enclosed photographs. Comments on the latter. Writes of his activities. Comments on their news from home. Briefly mentions exams and letters he had received.

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EThomsonGBThomson[Fam]430404.pdf
Writes that he was now back in Manchester. Describes and comments on his new location and situation. Compares his location unfavourably to Glasgow but pleased that there was more to see and do locally. Mentions discipline in the camp not being too…

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YWyrillWR553311v1.pdf
Covering the period February 14 1939 to August 19 1945. Describes his service in the Royal Air Force, conditions on the convoy to Africa on HMS Tamaroa, sights seen on leave and being confined to barracks before his return to England on HMS…

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Jack writes explaining why his post is irregular. He talks about friends.

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Jack writes the mail is slow. He spent two hours in a snow storm in the rear turret.

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Jack writes that they have had a German measles outbreak. This could mean a delay in completing the course. He says keep smiling.

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Jack writes that he needs her to complete the form he sent. He has a lot to think and do on his course.

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Jack writes that he arrived safely, the scenery was amazing, they had a meal then lectures. He expects to be there a month.

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Certifying that Emily Allen has completed a full course in anti-gas training.

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Jack writes that he is being transferred to a wireless training school at Cranwell.

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LSewerinS704459v4.pdf
Pilots Flying Log Book for Master Pilot Stanislaw Sewerin covering 1 June 1956 to 3 June 1959 detailing flights with 61 Group Communication Flight at RAF Kenley and RAF Biggin Hill. Aircraft flown were Anson, Chipmunk and de Havilland Dove. Pilots…

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Jack writes warning about taking in a puppy. They have been watching films about what to expect if they are captured.

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Jack writes that he is about to move to Feltwell.

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Jack writes about his trip back to Hamble and training ground defence to new recruits. Others have been sitting Morse exams.

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Jack writes fretting about her health.

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PWyrillWR18020124.jpg
Top: A Harvard with wheel chocks. Captioned, 'Harvard'. Centre: Parts of an Oxford on the back of a flat bed 1941 Ford Stake truck, registration number G 1775. Captioned, 'crash being taken in'. Bottom left: Looking into an Oxford's aircraft's…

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LSewerinS704459v3.pdf
Pilots Flying Log Book for P2 Stanislaw Sewerin covering 5 August 1948 to 9 March 1954 detailing training with: 1 Air Navigation School at RAF Topcliffe, 3 Air Navigation School at RAF Bishops Court, 201 Advanced Flying School at RAF Swinderby, 128…

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Jack writes that he is saving sweets for his daughters. He has been trying to meet up with a friend in Norwich.

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Two men in suits, accompanied by six men in uniform walk by three single storey buildings with corrugated walls and roofs. Captioned: 'navigator's instruction block'.
An officer shakes hands with a man in a suit outside a building with…

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PWyrillWR18020038.jpg
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A man in a suit and hat stands, with his arms folded, talking to a man in desert uniform and topee. To the right is a single storey corrugated walled building with a row of open windows from which a man watches.
A man, in suit and hat…

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PWyrillWR18020034.jpg
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Thirty three men in desert uniform and topees standing to attention in three rows with rifles and fixed bayonets.
Three rows of men in desert uniform and topees stand at ease. There are buildings and utility poles and wires beyond.
A man…

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LSewerinS704459v2.pdf
Pilots Flying Log Book for Warrant Officer Stanislaw Sewerin covering 19 July 1944 to 16 July 1948 detailing day and night training flights and operations with: 18 Officer Training Unit, 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit and 300 Squadron. The period 29 June…

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PWyrillWR18010008.jpg
Reporting on awards made to cadets, including Cadet Wyrill, and a drive for more recruits.

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