Sawyer, Frederick Charles Archibald

Title

Sawyer, Frederick Charles Archibald
F C A Sawyer

Description

57 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Frederick Charles Archibald Sawyer (174215 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, and an album with 39 items. He flew operations as a pilot with 434 Squadron and was killed 29 July 1944.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Evelyn Gratton and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.

Additional information on Frederick Charles Archibald Sawyer is available via the IBCC Losses Database.

Date

2019-01-17

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Sawyer, FCA

Collection Items

Wedding cake
Wedding cake on a table with flowered vase, tiered stand, jug and plates. In the background a crowd of guests. On the reverse 'Sawyer's cake, Apr 29 1944'.

Cutting wedding cake
Groom wearing RAF uniform tunic with pilot's brevet and bride cutting wedding cake. On the reverse 'Mum and Fred cake'.

Wedding photograph
Bride with bouquet and groom wearing uniform tunic with pilot's brevet standing in the middle of a group consisting of other two further couples, both men in RAF uniform. In the background another older couple coming through church door. On the…

Frederick Sawyer's wedding
Bride and groom, an RAF flight sergeant wearing uniform tunic with pilot's brevet and his bride with a bouquet standing in front of a stone build church. On the reverse 'Fred and Mum, Apr 29 1944 wedding'.

Wedding photograph
Group of people including three servicemen in uniform including the groom, the bride and two other ladies accompanying the other airmen and two older couples. On the reverse 'Mr Sawyer, Nanna, Audrey Inman, Fred, Mum, Rusty, Margaret (Person) Henty,…

Frederick Sawyer
Head and shoulders portrait of an airman wearing uniform tunic and side cap.

Frederick Sawyer
Head and shoulder portrait of an RAF sergeant wearing tunic with pilot's brevet.

Letter from Buckingham Palace to Frederick Sawyer's wife
King and Queen offer sympathy over her loss.

Letter from Air Ministry to Fredrick Sawyer's wife
Informs her that in view of the lapse of time and the absence of further news regarding her husband, they must regretfully concludes that he had lost his life.

Servicemen
Top right - a woman wearing dress standing between and RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot's brevet and a servicemen wearing battledress.
Top right - an RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot's brevet standing next to a woman wearing dress outside…

RAF officer, woman and baby
Left - an RAF officer wearing uniform tunic with pilot's brevet and peaked cap holding a baby in a garden with house in the background.
Right - a woman sitting deck chair holding baby with the same RAF officer standing behind. Note under left…

Photographs - people
Top left - two RAF airmen in uniform tunics in garden outside a building.
Top right - one airman standing in line with three formally dressed women in a garden.
Bottom left - two women sitting on chairs outside a doorway.
Bottom right - a…

Order of service
Order for church service at sea. Includes hymns, order of service, prayers and liturgy.

Five photographs - American football
Top left - view of team lined up on playing field. Man in sailors hat in front of camera.
Top righty - crowd on the playing field spectators beyond.
Middle - marching band on the playing field,
Bottom left - view across playing field to spectators…

Three photographs - American football
Left - View across stadium with teams on playing field. Captioned 'taken at Athens Georgia, October 28th 1942'.
Top right - view of spectators at game.
Bottom right - view of spectators and playing field.

Advanced flying training school signatures and photograph
Signatures and hometowns of Americans associated with advanced flying training school, Moody field, Valdosta Georgia February 1943. Bottom left a photograph of a serviceman wearing khaki uniform and peaked cap captioned 'rack em back, a/c John C…

Note on Frederick Sawyer's service career
Note on Fred's service career.

Instrument flight certificate
Made out for satisfactory completion of course of instrument flying at Moody field Georgia.

Waikiki beach
Colour photograph of palm tree with sea beyond and mountain in the background. Captioned 'Waikiki Beach Hawaii, same island as Pearl Harbour, given by Killough who was at Pearl Harbour'.

Night scenes
Top - view at night of single story building - captioned 'The Candlelight'.
Left - view at night down town street. captioned 'Macon at night'.
Right - view of lighted up buildings at night. Captioned 'Macon at night'.
Bottom - Doorway at night -…

Appointment as sergeant
Certificate appointing Frederick Sawyer as a sergeant in the 'aviation cadet basic training group'.

Miss Jananne Duke
Head and shoulders portrait of a young woman signed 'with all my love Jananne'. Captioned 'Miss Jananne Duke 1942'.

Basic school Cochran Field Macon Georgia - November 1942 - signatures
Signatures with home address of Americans related to course at Cochran Field in 1942. American flag bottom left and RAF ensign bottom right.

Birmingham Alabama
Top left - view down a street of a church with two towers, one taller that the other. Car parked in front.
Top right - A monument with statue in front of a multi-storey building with domed tower.
Bottom - view across city square with buildings…

Macon Georgia
Top left - view looking up the side of a skyscraper. Captioned 'W.M.A.Z Macon bankers insurance building, coolest spot in town'.
Top centre - looking down from tall building at car in street. Captioned 'from the top of W.M.A.Z'.
Middle centre -…
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