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Interview with J Ebanks
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J Ebanks was from Jamaica and was a navigator in 571 Squadron at RAF Oakington, from where they carried out a number of operations to Berlin. He also refers to RAF Benson and time spent in Malaya. J Ebanks recounts, with humour, a number of…
17 Airmen and Women
A group of 17 men and women arranged in three rows in front of a concrete building. On the reverse are signatures and brief personal messages.
30 Airmen and Women
A group of 30 men and women arranged in four rows in front of a Nissen hut.
My trip from San Francisco to New York, on route to United Kingdom with RAAF 1943
Harry Shakespeare's travelogue covering a train trip from San Francisco to New York via Sacramento Kansas City, Des Moines, Chicago, Cleveland. Harry notes that facilities and infrastructure as superior to that of anything in Australia. He praises…
No 113 Air Gunners Squad
12 airmen arranged in two rows in front of wooden huts.
Maurice Stimpson and Pete
Maurice and Pete seated in a barbers with two assistants posing for their photographs. On the reverse 'Haircut time for Pete and Maurice in Albany'.
Metropolitan Police Detective Training School Group Photograph
35 men and two women arranged in four rows. On the front each man is captioned with name and rank.
Georgia
Top left - a formation of men marching in front of single story barrack blocks.
Top middle - one single story house with cars parked in the drive.
Top right - a women wearing striped dress standing on open ground with trees to the left.
Bottom…
Top middle - one single story house with cars parked in the drive.
Top right - a women wearing striped dress standing on open ground with trees to the left.
Bottom…
Interview with Hazel Carby
Hazel Carby discusses her father Carl's early life in Jamaica, his experiences training in Canada and serving as aircrew in the RAF, and how he and his family were treated in London in the post war period. She also discusses her research into her…
Three airmen
Three airmen wearing khaki uniform with half brevet, shorts and side cap sitting on a stand with an African man alongside.
Interview with Ralph Alfrado Ottey. Two
Ralph Ottey joined the RAF from Jamaica. After the war he returned to Jamaica. However, he had met the woman he was to later marry while based in the UK and returned to settle here. He settled in Boston and had a long career with a local firm. On his…
Interview with Ralph Alfrado Ottey. One
Ralph Ottey was born in Jamaica in 1924. Raised by his grandparents, he describes his education and the family hopes that he would become a teacher. He left school at 16 and a half but was too young to attend teaching college so worked for his uncle…
Eleven Airmen
11 airmen arranged in two rows. One man is in civilian clothes. Pat Norton is in the second row, second from the right.
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This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Pat Norton
Two half-length portraits of Pat Norton in uniform with Trinidad flash. One with bomb aimer's brevet the other with an observer brevet.
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These items were sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are…
Pat Norton
Pat Norton seated holding a portrait of himself in uniform with observers brevet.
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This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
VE Day Lagos
A group of Nigerians, one wearing a crown.
My Maternal Grandparents - Their Family Childhood and Wartime Experiences
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A document written as a Summer Project whilst Aidan was at school. She discusses their early years after her grandparents got married in London. During the war the family moved to Wales for safety. After the war John, (possibly her brother), became…
Communications flight personnel
A group of 12 men arranged in two rows in front of an aircraft. On the reverse each man is named.
Caribbean airmen
Group of airmen with nine NCOs and a single officer in the second row. Submitted with caption 'Caribbean airman at an RAF base'.
95 Squadron
First of George Ellams wearing topee with palm trees in the background, captioned 'First tour May 1942'.
Second is of George Ellams and with Abu Kamara, captioned 'No 95 Squadron R.A.F. Station Jui, Freetown, B.W. Africa, Abu Kamara and self'.…
Second is of George Ellams and with Abu Kamara, captioned 'No 95 Squadron R.A.F. Station Jui, Freetown, B.W. Africa, Abu Kamara and self'.…
Forces Preliminary course E.V.T. Sennen and Worth Matravers, Dorset, May - July 1946'
Colour post card of Sennen Cove annotated with 'The School' and 'Station Headquarters'.
Three small photographs of 20 service personnel informally posed in front of a blast wall, wooden hut and base of an aerial tower in background.
Small head…
Three small photographs of 20 service personnel informally posed in front of a blast wall, wooden hut and base of an aerial tower in background.
Small head…
1944/47 WAAF Life and After
Margaret Cuthill's handwritten account of her time in the WAAF, having volunteered at the age of 17.
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This item was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may…
People and bombing
Top left - three airmen in khaki uniform with side caps standing in line with trees in the background.
Top right - air-to-ground view of landscape with many bomb craters.
Middle left - an airman on bed in barrack room.
Bottom left - air to…
Top right - air-to-ground view of landscape with many bomb craters.
Middle left - an airman on bed in barrack room.
Bottom left - air to…
Group of airmen at dining table
Group of airmen sitting both sides of a long dining table on a veranda. Front left man has his arm round a locally employed steward. Several other stewards stand behind diners.
Akin Shenbanjo and young child
Akin Shenbanjo in uniform seated on the steps at the entrance to a house. He has a young child on his knee.