"A" Flight 214 Squadron Xmas 1939

"A" Flight 214 Squadron Xmas 1939

The menu for the squadron Christmas Dinner. There are signatures of some of the participants.
A second copy contains more signatures and a newspaper cutting about the event. It is annotated 'Don't lose this please'.

1939-12-25

1939-12-26

One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations

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R. Hales.

[RAF wings]
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

“A” FLIGHT

214 Squadron Royal Air Force

XMAS, 1939

FESTIVAL HOUSE
Boxing Day
17.30 hours
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“Tower” Thomson
[Signature] G.F. Irving.
H Davis T. A. Link.
G. Wright.
J Smits
R Hill
G. Algar

First War Xmas, 1939

F Tawnsen
D H Hamilton
[Vertically] I. Mountain.
W Walker
S.G. Garbets
A. Judge
[Signature]
[Signature]
[Signature]
[vertically] S Wood
[Signature]
JNO Nicholson.
J. Patterson

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[Inserted] Fire Bug Lewy the first [/inserted]

[Underlined] Menu [/underlined]

Lamb Cutlet
Fried Eggs
Grilled Sausage
Grilled Tomatoes
Mashed Potatoes
[Inserted] C.A. Farman. [/inserted]

Sherry Trifle

Rolls and Butter
Cheese
Celery
Biscuits

Music, Bullards, ETC.

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[Underlined] “Gaiety Revels” [/underlined]

Betty Ford
Lesley Ternon
David De Milde
Walter Newman

Lots of Luck from Audrey Parker.
Diane of Diane & De Milde
Ida Cowey

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[RAF Wings]
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

“A” FLIGHT

214 Squadron Royal Air Force

XMAS, 1939

FESTIVAL HOUSE
Boxing Day
17.30 hours

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E. Hall. – T.A. Link
JNO Nicholson.
H Hales. – G.F. Irving.
“Tower” Thomson
G. Wright. – W Driver.
J Smith – DJ. Hamilton – H Davis.
R Hill

First War Xmas, 1939

G. Algar
A Tawnsen
W Walker
[Verticallly] I. Mountain
S. G. Garber
A. Judge
J. Griffiths
[Signature]
G I Hamilton

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R.A.F. PARTY IN NORWICH

Officers and men of a flight of the Royal Air Force stationed at a Norfolk aerodrome came to Norwich in two motor coaches on Boxing Night for a Christmas party. Their rendezvous was the Festival House, where they had a dinner and a concert. With the co-operation of the airmen who planned the outing, Mr. E. Guest was able to provide all the ingredients of a very good time. For the concert Mr. Walter Day was compere, and the artists included Mr. Robert Laws, Miss May Palmer, Mr. S. Pointer, Corporal Baltitude, Mr. George Taney, Mr. Billy Barton, Mr. A. J. Spencer, and Mr. Jock Arnott. For several weeks the airmen had been preparing for the party by allocating part of their pay to a combined “stocking,” and it was generally agreed this effort and the long journey they had to make to and from the city were well worth while. Some Norwich people who were invited to join the festivities were so impressed by the happy feeling existing between officers and men that they are planning to make them the guests of a Norwich association at a similar party in the near future. Autographs were freely exchanged on the menu cards which bore the R.A.F. crest, particulars of the squadron and the words, “First war Christmas, 1939.” It was indeed a Christmas to be remembered.

[Inserted] Don’t lose this, please. [/inserted]

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