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Left page:
Top left: Union Station.
Top right: WW1 Memorial.
Middle left: Bison sculptures inside the Manitoba Legislature.
Middle right: Manitoba Legislature building.
Bottom left: Westminster United Church.
Right page:
Five buildings…

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MRobinsonHGM421304-180809-03.pdf
Report, with photographs, of several thousand people. including delegates from Britain and Canada gathering to honour the 112 allied airmen who were killed in the Haut-Marne region.

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AKoskyM[Date]-01.mp3
Mark Kosky joined the ATC as a young man because he had a great interest in flying. He joined the RAFVR at the age of seventeen upon the outbreak of war. His mother was a Londoner and his father was Polish and Mark was raised in the city in the…

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Alfred Lengart was a gunner in the German Army on duty at the Möhne Dam on the night of Operation Chastise. Many years later he was invited to the Yorkshire Air Museum for the opening of the Barnes Wallis Museum. During the opening he delivered a…

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Memorial stone for L P Oughton crew with French inscription, Granges sur Vologne, France.

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A newspaper article paying tribute to David Craven's wartime service with 50 and 15 squadrons. The article was published on the day of his funeral, which was attended by members of the Air Gunners' Association.

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A list with rank, date of accident, aircraft. base, target fate, fate of crew, buried and take-off time.

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The document gives details of his birth in 1917 and his parents in Suffolk and tells us he was called up for service in 1940.
There then follows a summary of a typical training route to becoming an air gunner and it is presumed Harry followed this…

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SBraithwaiteP[Ser#-DoB]v1.pdf
Biographies of the men of Ryedale who died serving with the RAF. Research carried out by the Ryedale Family History Group.

It contains biographies of the following:

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MCoxJJ921698-180801-01.pdf
An order of service for a rededication service held for the crew of Wellington R1397, 103 Squadron, held on 15 September 2015 at Leeuwarden Northern General Cemetery in The Netherlands. The crew are named as:
Pilot Officer Mervyn Sydney Lund…

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Harold Batchelder's views on the need for memorials.

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Order of events, hymns and prayers.

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List of events on armistice day at the Cenotaph and then remembrance (1914-1918, 1939-1945). Last page has unknown warrior epitaph.

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ARichterC251126.mp3
Carolin Richter discusses the Flightpath of Friendship, the memorial in the woods at Katzenelnbogen, and the relationship between Bomber Command navigator Arthur Lee and German soldier Rudi Balzer.

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Four men in civilian dress watching another unveil a memorial in Stadspark Steenbergen while a crowd of spectators look on. Submitted with caption 'G/Cpt Leonard Cheshire, accompanied by four men in civilian suits, helping to unveil a memorial at an…

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SHoldenMB651668v10001.pdf
A record of the operations flown by Holden and his pilot, taken from the squadron Operational Record Book and other sources.
Each operation occupies a page and includes date, aircraft, target, take off and landing times, crew list, remarks and…

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A letter from the council inviting the residents of Denton to attend a ceremony that will remember the lives of the fallen citizens who died during 'the last Great War'. The ceremony took place at the Festival Hall, Peel Street, Denton. A Book of…

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MElsonA751538-160401-02.pdf
A list of the crew members of three Wellington MkIII aircraft that took part in an operation to Mainz and were killed or captured. The aircraft tail numbers and the fates of each crewman are detailed, including burial sites.

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Clare Connor's widow and Clair. Clair is wearing her father's DFC.
On the reverse 'Clair Connor (daughter) Wife @ Cenotaph Montreal 1954'.

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An order of service to commemorate Clare.

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MForshawB1038479-190508-02.pdf
A memorial service commemorating the airmen who died on the night of 27/28th April 1944 at Heiteren and Appenwihr in Alsace.

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The letter from the Ministry of Defence, is a reply to her enquiry about her father. No trace of he or his crew or aircraft was ever found.

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Memorial stone erected in memory of the allied aicrews who collided above the village of Lignières-de-Touraine on 15 July 1944. Plaque in front of fence with vegetable garden behind. French colours, Canadian, British and Australian flags.…

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Memorial stone plaque with name of R W Sandover.

In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of Lincoln.

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At St Andrew's church Plymouth in October 1946. Includes hymns, lessons, prayers and blessing. Includes name Sandover R W and Sandover W T.

In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of…

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