Newspaper cuttings and caricatures

Newspaper cuttings and caricatures

The first page comprises a page of caricatures annotated with quotations from the individuals pictured, including Wing Commander J Cunningham, Wing Commander Townsend, Warrant Officer Carter, Flight Lieutenant Erlwig, Staff officer Priestley, Flight Lieutenant Rawnsley, Leading Aircraftman Jordan and Joe Thomas.
The second page has Wing Commander Townsend, wearing dark glasses with a colleague and his mascot dog, Kim; a sketch of Wing Commander Townsend drawn by Capitan Cuthbert Orde and Wing Commander Guy Gibson and 18 fellow Dam Buster colleagues having collected their honours from the Queen Consort.

Page of caricatures and three newspaper cuttings in an album

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THE NIGHT FIGHTER, Wing Commander Townsend, right, with mascot Kim waits in dark glasses for the night’s operation.

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TOWNSEND: 1941

This sketch of Peter Townsend – then a wing commander with the D.S.O., D.F.C. and Bar – was drawn by Captain Cuthbert Orde in September 1941.

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WING-COMMANDER G.P. Gibson [italics] (centre) and his fellow “dam-busters” of the Möhne and Eder raid received their honours from H.M. the Queen acting as deputy for the King. This was the first occasion when a Queen Consort has held an Investiture. W/C. Gibson received his V.C. and Bar to his D.S.O., and his thirty-three comrades were all decorated. [/italics]