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Wedding and Honeymoon
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Top left - Stephen and Joy Dawson in centre of wedding photograph of nine people in front of church door. Captioned 'Most important half'.
Top right - Stephen and Joy Dawson stand in front of wedding party photograph of group in…
Top left - Stephen and Joy Dawson in centre of wedding photograph of nine people in front of church door. Captioned 'Most important half'.
Top right - Stephen and Joy Dawson stand in front of wedding party photograph of group in…
Tags: love and romance
Wedding
Full length portrait of a wedding couple. Women on the left wearing wedding dress and carrying bouquet and a man on the right in suit. In the background a wooden door.
Tags: love and romance
Wedding
Left - missing photograph captioned 'Connie and his first love'.
Right - full length image of a sergeant pilot wearing tunic with brevet arm-in-arm with a woman wearing jacket, skirt and hat. Captioned 'Bride and Bridegroom, Mr & Mrs John Phillips'.
Right - full length image of a sergeant pilot wearing tunic with brevet arm-in-arm with a woman wearing jacket, skirt and hat. Captioned 'Bride and Bridegroom, Mr & Mrs John Phillips'.
Tags: aircrew; love and romance; pilot
Wedding
Right page - top left - a bride and groom standing with building in the background.
Tags: love and romance
Wedding
A group of three couples standing in a row in their wedding clothes with George Nixon and Olive as the central couple. George and one other man are in civilian clothes and one is in RAF uniform. All three women are wearing wedding dresses, floral…
Tags: love and romance
Wedding
Left page:
top, a group comprising bride and groom, seven bridesmaids and two couples, annotated 'Kay Tomlinson's wedding'.
Bottom, four men walking abreast, three wearing top hat and tails and one a vicar.
Right page:
Top left, a copy of…
top, a group comprising bride and groom, seven bridesmaids and two couples, annotated 'Kay Tomlinson's wedding'.
Bottom, four men walking abreast, three wearing top hat and tails and one a vicar.
Right page:
Top left, a copy of…
Tags: 51 Squadron; love and romance; Whitley
Weather Observations by Aircraft Crew
Observed weather during a cross country flight (training?).
Weather forecast Stettin operation 5 - 6 Jan 1944
Typewritten F2330 for operation, captioned (handwritten) 'Weather route to Stettin 5 - 6th Jan '44'. in remarks on form 'Stettin - airborne 23.50 hrs Duration 9 hrs 20 mins'.
We're On Tonight
A description of what happened before and during and operation. The battle order was posted, the crew checked over their aircraft, the bomb load was planned, the crew received their briefing, dinner was eaten (bacon and eggs), they dressed,…
We were only just beginning to enjoy our teenage years
A poem sent to Betty Turner's friend Billy to celebrate their 80th. Betty describes the wartime hardships she endured, hint at the bereavement after the loss of the men she loved, stresses the sense of duty toward her country, friendship and…
We shall fight on unconquerable
Top - article subsidiary headline: US hears premiers words. Round up of news from France and broadcast by prime minister Winston Churchill relayed to the United States. Bottom - article headline every man to arms accompanied by photograph of RAF…
We raid Berlin twice in a day
Article headlines: 'We raid Berlin twice in a day', Goering is "Blown Off the Air" by RAF, explosions heard over wireless, only one bomber missing. Recounts two daylight attacks on Berlin on 10th anniversary of Nazi Germany. Operation carried out by…
We Meet the "PA"
A cartoon of three WAAFs meeting an officer who is saying 'Ehctually I'm a Proffessional ARTIST'[sic]
We meet again
Billy Strachan, Lancaster pilot, is standing by the nose of a Lancaster 'F'. Caption mentions his interest in ethnic minorities who flew in Bomber Command.
Tags: African heritage; Lancaster; RAF Fiskerton
We have under arms now in this island over 1250000 men
On the left main article with 7 photographs showing groups of soldiers after disembarkation from Dunkirk, lines of civilians at recruiting stations, soldiers with a dog and a group of sailors. On the right an article - what to do if this country is…
Tags: animal
We have to make all Travelling Bags with the AM Stamp
A cartoon of four WAAFs collecting travelling bags whilst an airman is shouting for his parachute bag.
We are Sent to Study the Intricacies of Dinghy Section for Three Weeks
A cartoon of two WAAFs working on dinghies.
We are Innoculated
A cartoon of two WAAFs with throbbing arms after being inoculated by a medical officer.
Waving aircraft off
Large group of personnel (one holding a dog) waving with Lancasters in the distance.
Watten V2 bunker
Target photograph showing forest area in top half with smoke from bomb explosions. Many craters are visible in this wooded area. Cleared area where tracks converge in this wooded area top centre, just edged by clouds. Bunker itself is just below and…