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A glider landing zone with a number having the nose open for unloading. Captioned '0050 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/14"// FARN' Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved. stamped '0124' and annotated 'Arnhem'.

Glider landing zone in a flat rural landscape. There is a single storey building to one side. Captioned '0051 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/147// FARN'. Reverse is printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'Arnhem'.

A glider on its back in a field. Captioned, '0048 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 P/147// FARN'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'American glider upturned at Nijmegen'.

Ribbons for medals awarded to Stanislaw Sewerin:
1939 - 1945 Star
Africa Star with clasp 'North Africa 1942 - 43'
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939 - 45
Polish Cross of Valour
Croix du Combattant Volontaire 1939 - 45
RAF…

A brass stamp with a coat of arms depicting a dragon within a banner beneath a crown with a dragon on top.

Ron, with his hand in his pocket, leans against a lorry. On reverse, 'R.A.Flynn'.

Top right: Looking across a river with a rocky bank. Captioned, 'Hunyani River'. On reverse: 'Hunyani'.
Centre: A Fairey Battle on the ground with rocks by the wheels. Captioned, 'Fairy Battle aircraft'.
Bottom left: An exposed Merlin engine with a…

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A man walks from a car, with registration number S 11683, towards a single storey corrugated building. The roof overhangs the building creating a shaded porch on which stand two men in uniform.
A man in a suit walks along the shaded…

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View of a destroyer with two funnels from the deck of another ship. Captioned, 'the flagship'.
View across the bows of four ships into the sunset. Captioned, 'sunset at sea'.
Looking down at the deck of a ship on which men in shorts…

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A ship at sea. Captioned, 'convoy escort'.
Four ships at sea, above one of which is cloud of smoke. Captioned 'destroyer on firing practice'.
Two ships at sea with twin funnels. Two further ships are close by.
View from the deck of a…

Top: A biplane behind a perimeter fence alongside a single storey square building with a flight of steps leading to the flat roof. Beyond in a flat open landscape rising to hills in the distance. A line of structures cross the scene in the middle…

From the top: One: Three servicemen in shorts and short sleeves, two in officer's caps. They are standing with two other men and lean against a lorry on which a number of benches are piled. The lorry is parked outside a brick building. Two: View of a…

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One: Through the trusses of an aircraft a tugboat is alongside a moored ship with a city behind.
Two: View of a moored ship on a quay with a nearby tugboat.
Three: Wing of an aircraft obscuring the view of a ship moored on a…

Top: Lancaster rear turret with two guns. Spent cartridge cases on the ground.
Bottom: two gun turret with man.

Photograph of King Albert, King of the Belgians, taken during the First World War. The King is sitting in front of the pilot in a two seater biplane. An army officer in uniform is standing facing the aircraft. Reverse of image labelled 'WW1 press…

A girl sitting on the running board of a car.

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Left: Mike in uniform, holding a dog, standing alongside a car. There are trees beyond. Captioned, 'an afternoon off in Norwich (May 1942)'.
Right: A woman, holding a dog, standing alongside a car. Captioned, 'same again!!'.

Left: Mike sat in a deck chair with his pipe, reading a magazine. Captioned, 'Mike July 1940 at Burnham'.
Right: Sat on a wooden bench in a suit, holding his pipe. Captioned, 'Mike again Spring 1940'.
Bottom: Mike in a suit standing on a pavement…

16 photographs.
#1 a house with palm trees.
#2 a man, donkey and cart.
#3 a boy sitting on steps beside a deck chair.
#4 is Fred and two boys with their car behind.
#5 is four boys about to dive into a pool.
#6 and 12 is a family group sitting…

An artifact annotated 'Artifact from LM381 Lancaster bomber, E2, found Kollerbeck 1944, presented Nov 2015 to GH Clarke [Brian's brother].

A man wearing jacket and tie smoking a pipe astride a motorbike registration 'KBH119 in street with houses in the background.

Six airmen leaning on a service vehicle.
On the reverse 'San Marco in Lamas, Italy 6.3.44'.

A naval ship seen from above. On the reverse 'Sorrento Italy July 1944'.

A man wearing white flying suit and helmet climbing into the rear cockpit of an aircraft. A man with glasses already sitting in front cockpit.

Three photographs.
#1 is seven rows of trainees captioned '14 ITW Bridlington 1940'.
#2 is four rows of airmen captioned '1666 Con Unit Wombleton 1942'.
#3 is four rows of airmen in khaki in front of an unidentified aircraft captioned…