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Top left shows a hangar under construction. Other buildings and houses can be seen in the background.
Top right shows rows of bi-planes standing on the grass.
Bottom left shows aircraft under maintenance in an aircraft hangar.
Bottom right…

Top left shows a hangar under construction.
Top right shows a bi-plane standing on its nose with a broken propeller, with airmen standing around it. Another bi-plane can be seen in the background.
Bottom left shows bi-planes undergoing maintenance…

Six photographs all annotated with Gibraltar showing various scenes.
Top left shows a women on a donkey which is carrying baskets. Standing next to the donkey is a boy. They are standing on Winston Churchill way looking south. Moorish Castle on…

Robert Sharland’s brother Derek Sharland serving in the Army in Egypt. He is wearing a pair of headphones and holding a microphone. A service vehicle in the background.

18 men on motorcycles, four men in background near truck. Decipherable registration plates: “BHA 682” and “43304111”. Reverse: “Love you [indecipherable] from Jim, xxx” and “V 462”.

A street including the Carlton Hotel and other two storey buildings with a covered terrace at ground level along its length. There is a multi storey building at the far end of the street with cars and other vehicles parked along either side. A single…

Seven uniformed men arranged on the bonnet of a car with an eighth man in uniform at the wheel. Three men are wearing peaked caps, four wear half caps and one is bareheaded. One of the men hold a pair of gloves in his hand. Half brevets and sergeant…

Three photographs from an album.
#1 is a twin engined aircraft seen from the rear.
#2 is two airmen standing outside a wooden shingle hut.
#3 is three airmen standing outside their barracks on a snowy day.

A woman wearing overalls sat at a bench working on a piece of equipment.

See through bag and plant material, dried leaves, flowers and ferns. Red ribbon on left side.

A framed medal, dated 1942. Red and white stripe on a blue ribbon.

A woman wearing an overcoat standing by a car. Captioned 'best wishes, Marion'. On the reverse 'December 1942, "Happy Landings"'.

Three photographs from an album.
#1 is three men standing in front of wooden huts. They are captioned 'Local lads at Maxwell Field'.
#2 is a view of Montgomery taken from the US State building.
#3 is an airman leaning on a car, captioned 'Maxwell…

Geoff sitting on Ariel motorcycle with a small dog sitting on fuel tank, parked outside an ivy covered building. On the reverse caption 'Geoffrey Francis Shattock outside his family home Blanchflower Farm, North Petherton, nr Bridgewater, Somerset.…

A wing and undercarriage section in a lake. On the reverse 'The oleo leg - of stainless steel was still as new [indecipherable]'

Six photographs, First is of two airmen, one in a bowler hat clowning with mock motorcycle with oversize tyres, single storey building and elderly civilian in back ground, captioned 'Abbotsinch 1933'.
Second is photograph of a biplane with its…

Two items, a newspaper clipping reporting the award of the DFM to Patrick.
Second is photograph of aircraft accident, captioned 'P/O Land killed Kilmacolm 1931'. The aircraft was J8603.

Three items first is photograph of Patrick seated, reading, captioned Prince Albert 1943.
Second is a photograph of a crashed aircraft captioned 'Leuchars 1929'.
Third is a newspaper clipping reporting that an ATC cadet P. Geary visited RAF…

Top left: A F Nye astride a motorbike. On reverse, 'speed king MI*'.
Top right: Six men on a motorbike. On reverse, 'six men on a byke'.
Bottom left: Licensing star mounted on a building'. On reverse: 'What is it?'
Bottom right: Man standing…

A boat close to the shore on a sea with waves and white horses; a concrete wall along the shoreline.

Nine photographs from an album.
#1 12 members of the family.
#2 a head and shoulders portrait of a woman.
#3 a profile head and shoulders portrait of a woman.
#4 three men and the family car.
#5 two men and a woman beside the family car.
#6 is…

The three are standing beside their car.

A pilot seated at his controls, taken from the bomb aimers position.

Two ships in port. Dockside with cranes and buildings.

A landing craft underway with ramp partially lowered.