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Autograph book. One
An autograph book with pages of various colours. The front cover depicts some hills, a deer and a cottage, with the words: "Frae Bonnie Scotland". Inside the cover is written: "450052. A.C.W/2 Stephens. M. Hillside, Countesswells, Aberdeenshire,…
Autograph book. Two
An autograph book with pages of various colours. Inside the cover is written: "Please return to. 450052. Steve M. RAF station Abingdon Berks. 21-8-41.".
Many of the pages contain short poems, quotations or messages of good will and are signed and…
Many of the pages contain short poems, quotations or messages of good will and are signed and…
Fairey Battle
Fairey Battle aircraft with cowling removed and undergoing maintenance or repair. Mechanic on stepladder next to aircraft.
Five airmen
Five airmen in uniform standing and sitting outside a hut. Two are corporals. Two words painted on the side of the hut are obscured by one of the men standing on the back row. A note attached to the reverse of the image provides the following…
Bomb dump personnel, RAF Tuddenham
Thirty nine men in uniform standing and sitting outside. Several of the men on the front row are corporals. Two men on the front row have dogs.
Charles Woolford's exercise book
An exercise book of handwritten technical notes and diagrams including descriptions of aircraft instruments, equipment, controls and maintenance procedures . Page one is annotated '1438113 AC1 Woolford C J 137 Entry Class 3 Hut Y6 A Squadron 1…
Charles Woolford's exercise book
An exercise book of handwritten technical notes and diagrams including workshop notes and descriptions of aircraft instruments, equipment, controls and maintenance procedures . The front cover is annotated '1438113 AC1 Woolford C J 137 Entry Class…
Charles Woolford's exercise book
An exercise book of handwritten technical notes and diagrams describing aircraft instruments, equipment, controls and inspection and testing procedures. The front cover is annotated with Charles Woolford's name, service number and some indecipherable…
Charles Woolford's exercise book
An exercise book of handwritten technical notes and diagrams describing aircraft instruments, engine components and controls. The front cover is annotated ' 1438113 A C J Woolford [indecipherable] Entry Class 3, [third line of text indecipherable]'.
Arthur Sharples
Arthur Sharples in RAF uniform with chip hat.
Arthur Sharples
Arthur Sharples in RAF uniform with chip hat. On reverse: 'Post Card, Carte Postale' and franked 'Cancelled. This is not a postcard'.
Alfred Clayton and other members of 5 Group Signals Section HQ
Alfred Clayton and other members of Signals Section HQ, No. 5 Group, RAF, May 1945. On reverse, note: 'Clayton GPO Sigs'. Sticker attached: 'ALFRED CLAYTON, 4th from right front row, light coloured suit'.
Letter from Chaplain W Hillary Way to Mrs North
Adds sympathy to that received from others. Writes he had no idea what had happened to her son but that there was still hope in future.
George Edward Gadd biography
A short biography of Sergeant George Gadd, containing information about his death, his family and his civilian life and boxing prowess before joining the Royal Air Force.
It also states that his name can be found on the Dunstable War memorial and…
It also states that his name can be found on the Dunstable War memorial and…
George Edward Gadd
Personal research on George Edward Gadd by his younger brother. It describes how he died and how his parents found out about his death on their way to visit him. It also mentions his amateur boxing and engagement to Kathleen Smith, a farmer's…
Ten ground crew
Ground crew standing and sitting on grass. A Lancaster is visible in the background.
Airman leaning out of cockpit
An airman in uniform leaning out of a Lancaster cockpit window. Other aircraft are visible in the background.
Three ground crew with Lancaster
Three ground crew standing next to a Lancaster.
Robert Walter Beales' diary
Nine pages from a diary covering nine days in January 1940. Beales describes in detail how he spent his last day of leave, his work in repairing various aircraft and his life at RAF Scampton.
Seven airmen sitting on bombs
Seven men in unform sitting on bombs next to an aircraft. Four are wearing side caps. The letter Q is painted on the side of the fuselage.
Lancaster N for Nan
A press cutting with a photograph of a Lancaster on the ground with five men in uniform standing next to the aircraft, two men standing on a scaffold next to the engine and two men standing on a scaffold next to the fuselage. One of these men is…
Eric and Iris Baldwin's wedding and other photographs
Top left - bride and groom and five other airmen standing in line. Captioned 'group wedding photograph of crew attending ceremony'.
Top right - head and shoulders portrait of an airwoman, captioned 'Mrs I Baldwin (nee Mathews) LACW pay accounts…
Top right - head and shoulders portrait of an airwoman, captioned 'Mrs I Baldwin (nee Mathews) LACW pay accounts…
Iris Baldwin
Head and shoulders portrait on an airwoman wearing tunic. Note 'Iris Baldwin (nee Mathews) Leading Air (RAF - Woman) - pay clerk RAF Bardney and Waddington 1942'.
Lancaster crew at war
Memoirs of Eric Baldwin and Tom Gummersall of 467 Squadron RAAF RAF Waddington. Eric Baldwin recounts several of his experiences as a mid upper gunner including flying in the wrong direction due to compass problems, parts falling off his aircraft on…
Airmen and Halifax
Seven airmen standing in front of starboard wing of a Halifax. A man is also in the cockpit.