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SHammentNW1335642v10030.jpg
List serial (personnel), transport, destination and remarks - Gladstone Dock

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SHammentNW1335642v10034-0001.jpg
Lists by category, rank or trade and disposal destination. Part 1,2 and 3.

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MNorthJLG1378280-180704-080001.jpg
Was wireless operator/air gunner. Flew 1440 hours wartime mostly on instructional flying. Outlines initial RAF training in Blackpool followed by ground posting at RAF Syerston with 304 and 305 Squadrons until radio and flying courses and returning to…

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MDaviesIDW1515585-190418-06.pdf
Temporary orders and notices. It includes a New Year's message to all ranks, awards to airmen, award of explosive course, flight engineer leader's school, flying instructor courses, sport, Auster, Halifax and Lancaster notes and other equipment.

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LEllisEL183959v1.pdf
Pilot’s flying log book for Flying Officer Ernest Lewis Ellis from 28 November 1941 to 23 February 1945 when he failed to return from his 23rd operation. Training with 19 EFTS and 12 SFTS in Canada. Posted to England in 1943 for further training with…

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EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]411028.pdf
Writes that he had heard no more about leaving. Asks after friends and mentions that they had been issued a towel and a pair of shoes. Gives new address.

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EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]411025.pdf
Mentions leaving Scarborough and arriving at Wilmslow. Mentions pay and money he was sending them.

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EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]411023.pdf
Writes he is enclosing postal order for 20 shillings. Gives his new address in Canada but does not know when he will go, but he is looking forward to it.

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EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]411011.pdf
Says he will try and get postal order to include in this letter. Catches up with news of friends and family. Mentions colleague in hospital with flu. Makes some comments about men in his hut.

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EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]411008.pdf
Writes about pay and how much he was sending home. Mentions drawing tropical and civilian kit and walking out dressed as they were going to the USA.

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EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]411007.pdf
Writes that he had now moved to Wilmslow and been promoted to LAC. Mentions compatriots who came with him to new location. Complains that new location was not as good as Scarborough because while food and accommodation were OK, there was nothing to…

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EEllis[Mrs]EllisEL[Date]-010001.jpg
Addressed to 1238597 LAC E L Ellis RAF Wimslow [sic].

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BDixonMDixonMv1.pdf
Margaret describes, in detail, her early life and service as a nurse in the WAAF.

Margaret Dixon was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1926 and grew up in a close-knit family, moving frequently due to her father’s Army work. Her childhood was lively…

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LAllamAJ657570v1.pdf
Pilot's Flying Log Book for A.J. Allam. Covers the period from 11 September 1944 to 16 July 1945 detailing his final training and operational flights. Listed at the back are all the stations he was posted to: RAF Wilmslow, RAF Dalcross, RAF Sywell,…

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BBarryCGBarryCGv1.pdf
Cynthia starts with a description of feelings and actions at beginning of the war. Her mother had tried to persuade her to join land army and she mentions brief experience and unsuitability for farming. So she decided to join the RAF. She describes…

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PFieldPL19080003.jpg
left page:
Top - course photograph with a large group of members of Women's Auxiliary Air Force sitting and standing in three rows with wooden hut in the background. Captioned 'Senior NCOs Admin Course, RAF Wilmslow, March 1944'.
Bottom - document…

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LPackhamG1214349v1.jpg
A list, taken from Geoff's logbook, of RAF stations where he served or was trained.

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