Geary, Patrick Clement. Album

Title

Geary, Patrick Clement. Album

Description

69 items. An album of photographs and clippings covering his training and service.

The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Patrick David Geary and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.

Date

2017-10-12

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Geary, PC

Collection Items

Stations that Patrick was posted to
Handwritten on the inside of the album cover. The stations include Uxbridge, Cambridge, Bassingbourne, Dumfries, Harwell, Lossiemouth, Newton, Manby, Dalcross, Regents Park, Harlow, St Andrews, Moncton NB, Prince Albert, Sask, Dauphin Man.

Lossiemouth 1940
Formal photograph of 37 airmen in greatcoats posed in three rows in front of hangar doors, captioned 'Lossiemouth 1940.'

Queen Elizabeth at Clydebank and aircraft
Two photographs, the first shows a large ship moored in a shipyard, captioned '"Queen Elizabeth" Browns Clydebank 1939.'
The second shows a number of men in overalls working on a biplane in a hangar.

Patrick with family, 1939
Patrick wearing his Herts & Essex flying club flying overalls and wings, in the back garden with his fiance, later his wife and an older couple with a younger girl. The man is wearing an Auxiliary Fire Service uniform. Captioned 'Patburn 1939.'

Herts & Essex Aero Club
Formal photograph posed in four rows in front of their clubhouse. Captioned 'Herts & Essex Aero Club, Broxbourne 1939

Aircrew course photograph
Photograph taken during aircrew basic training. Posed in three rows in a yard with the backdrop of three story buildings.

Weston pilot killed in action
Two newspaper cuttings, the first one records the award of the DFM to Patrick.
The second cutting records the death of a fellow crew member, Sergeant Harold Parrott, who had flown 13 operations with Patrick.

Two men
Two photographs the first of an army lance corporal captioned 'Bob 1941.'
The second of the man wearing a flying helmet and flying suit, captioned 'Rut 1940.'

Prince Albert 1943
Three photographs two of Patrick as a pilot trainee.
The first and third has Patrick leaning against the tail of an aircraft, the third with a fellow trainee, both captioned 'Prince Albert 1943.'
The second is of Patrick with five other airmen and…

602 City of Glasgow (B) Squadron 1935
Formal pose in six ranks in front of an open hangar door, captioned 'Annual training Northcoats (sic) 1935'. Handwritten on the photograph. Printed below the photograph caption '602. City of Glasgow (B) Squadron.'

602 Squadron annual camps
Three photographs, all of large groups in informal civilian clothes.
In the first they are posed in front of a group of motor lorries, captioned Bathing Parade "Dymchurch" 1934.
In the second they are on a stony beach.
In the third they are…

602 Squadron Leuchars
Three photographs, first is of eight airmen, posed in two rows in front of a hedge, captioned '602 Sqdn. air gunners "Leuchars" 1929'.
Second is of 20 airmen some standing some reclining in front of a large building, captioned 'Leuchars 1929'.…

Gloster Gamecock, Blackburn Bison, and Halton training airframe
Three photographs, the first is of an aircraft being lifted onto or off its tail dolly used to tow steer the aircraft when being moved on the ground, captioned 'Gloster Gamecock 1928'.
Second is of a biplane flying over open country, captioned…

Fairey IIIF
Air-to-air photograph, of Fairey III F, S1189 over open country, captioned 'Fairey IIIF 1929'.

Airmen and Forth Bridge
Three photographs, first of 12 airmen standing in front of an aircraft captioned 'Renfrew 1930'.
Second is of two aircraft in the distance, one trailing large amount of smoke, wing tip of camera aircraft in foreground left.
Third is of air to…

Fairey Flycatcher in flight
Air-to-air view of an aircraft flying over the Tay Bridge, wingtip of camera aircraft in bottom left corner, captioned 'Fairey Flycatcher 1929'. Aircraft serial is N9905

Aircraft in Scotland
Three photographs, first is an air-to-air view of three Avro 504N biplanes flying near RAF Leuchars with River Eden estuary in distance.
Second is of a crashed aircraft, with the serial H 2975, captioned 'Avro 504N P/O Phillips killed "Kilmacolm"…

Leuchars 1928
Three photographs, first is an oblique aerial photograph of RAF Leuchars from the air showing the hangars, parked biplane aircraft of several types and part of the airfield, captioned 'Leuchars 1928'.
Second shows an aircraft surrounded by…

Scotland
Three photographs, the first shows the Tay bridge from the air, captioned 'Tay Bridge'.
Second shows a large white ship moored in a dockyard, captioned 'Empress of Britain Browns Clydebank'.
Third is a newspaper clipping of four biplanes lined up…

Kilmacolm
Oblique aerial photograph of a small town on the banks of the Clyde on the outskirts of Glasgow in the 1930s, captioned 'Kilmacolm'.

Glasgow
Aerial photograph of Glasgow with Queens Park with a crowd and many motor vehicles, and Hampden football ground towards the top of the photograph, caption '602.B.129.P. Sn.72.F8343. 3.6.33 1800.F6ins.800

Blackburn
Air-to-air view of a Blackburn Blackburn reconnaissance and spotter aircraft N9828, captioned 'Blackburn 1928'.

Patrick Geary and Harry Olding
Seven items, as a memory for Harry Olding who died in an aircraft accident.
Top is a clipping of a Hart propeller with another clipping of an airman's head superimposed.
Second is Patrick post war.
Third is Harry Olding.
Fourth is an airman in a…

602 Squadron 1935
A newspaper clipping praising 602 Squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force for the variety of members they have. Patrick is a member of the RAF staff, a sergeant, at the right hand end of the rear row. Captioned 'Abbotsinch 1935'.

Abbotsinch, Renfrew, Dunoon, and Hawkinge
Six photographs, First is of two airmen, one in a bowler hat clowning with mock motorcycle with oversize tyres, single storey building and elderly civilian in back ground, captioned 'Abbotsinch 1933'.
Second is photograph of a biplane with its…
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