Rooke, Francis Charles, Dick, and J

Title

Rooke, Francis Charles, Dick, and J
Francis Charles Rooke
F C Rooke
Dick Rooke
J Rooke
J Fletcher

Description

134 items. The collection concerns "Dick" Rooke, Francis Charles Rooke (Royal Air Force) and J Rooke (nee Fletcher) and contains his log book, documents, an album and photographs. He served as a pilot and flew on Operation Manna operations with 100 Squadron.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by David Rooke and catalogued by Barry Hunter.

Date

2017-05-13

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Rooke, FC-J

Collection Items

More about Mike Squared
A newspaper cutting about Lancaster Mike Squared which completed 140 operations and Joan Rooke's time in the WAAF.

Envelope addressed to Dick Rooke
An On His Majesty's Service envelope sent to Dick.

RAF Volunteer Reserve - Postponement of Enlistment
RAF Form 2150 issued to Dick Rooke.

RAF Volunteer Reserve Notice Paper
RAF Form 2168 issued to volunteers.

Dick Rooke's Inoculation Certificate
RAF Form 1657A issued to Dick for Yellow Fever.

Statement of Account
Dick's account statement for 101 PDC RAF Kirkham.

Letter to Dick Rooke from his Dental Officer
The letter advises that his form 632a will be sent after he is released by the Ministry of Labour.

For Johnny
A poem by John Pudney.

RAF Shallufa Christmas Menu 1946
The menu for the Sergeants Mess Christmas dinner. It is signed by the waiters and is annotated 'The German POW staff of waiters at the Sergeants Mess. RAF Station Shallufa MEF December 25th 1946.'

Air to air P-38 Lightning
An air to air view of the port side of a P-38 Lightning.
On the reverse is handwritten 'P.38 (Lightning) USAAF. Taken just off the coast of Sicily'.

Venezia - Ponte dei Sospiri
Bridge of Sighs, on the reverse annotated 'a nice view from inside this bridge '46'.

Venezia - Chiesa si S. Marco
St Marcus Church. On the reverse 'you should see inside it '46'.

Venezia - Torre dell'orologio - I Mori
The Clock tower - the Mori, annotated on the reverse '46'.

Venezia - Palazzo Ducale
Two postcards of the Palace of the Doges, annotated on the reverse '1945' and '46'.

Venezia - Chiesa della Salute
The church of Salute, annotated on the reverse '46'.

Venezia - Palazzo Ducale - Torre S. Marco
The Doge's Palace and the Tower Bell, annotated on the reverse '46'.

Venezia - Porta della Carta
Part of the Doge's Palace, Venice, annotated on the reverse '46'.

Venezia - Ponte di Rialto
A view of the bridge. A building behind has a red cross and a line. On the reverse 'our hotel was where the camera is.' '46'.

Venezia -Panorama View
A panorama view of Venice with St Mark's Campanile prominent. On the reverse 'you should see the view from the top of the tower 30 lira '46'.

Fuller and Robbo
The two airmen are standing outside with the barracks behind. On the reverse 'Fuller & Robbo - my oppo'.

RAF Shallufa
A general view over Shallufa with a barracks building with four radio masts in the background. On the reverse 'Shallufa '46'.

Spitfire air to air
Two air to air photographs of a Spitfire off the wingtip of Dick's Lancaster.
#1 On the reverse 'Palestine '46 "Spit" on our starboard wing tip'.
#2 On the reverse 'Palestine '46 Spitfire (clipped wing spit)'

Dick Rooke
Dick wearing an oxygen mask in the pilot's seat of a Lancaster. On the reverse 'Me during fighter affiliation exercises Palestine '46'.

Venezia Ponte di Rialto
A busy canal scene. On the reverse 'The boat is the local bus service. We lodged at the foot of the bridge 45/6'.

Venezia Canal Grande
Many rowing boats on the canal. On the reverse 'Oxford & Cambridge '46'.
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