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50 Squadron anniversary event badge marked 'HA M LA'.

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

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Hand written table titled 'April - June 1942, losses in chronological order 50 Squadron, code : VN, Base : Skellingthorpe'. During this period the squadron was operating the Manchester. The last two entries are for August and September.

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Drawing shows 50 Squadron Lancaster flying over destroyed buildings, dropping candles on parachutes to illuminate the ruins below while an airman crawls on the wing to take a photograph. A sign points to Kassel and an officer is saying 'Hermann! you…

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Approximately 170 members of 50 Squadron in five tiered rows in front of a Lancaster. Front row consists of officers with peaked caps and a dog. Second row mixed officers with peaked caps toward the centre and airmen with side caps towards the ends.…

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A large group of men wearing suit and tie sitting and standing in a room. On the reverse '50 Squadron reunion, Fred below man with glass - diagram showing position of Leslie'.

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50 trainee airmen and instructors arranged on the steps at Regents Park. On the reverse 'see folder. Regents Park Aug. 43'.

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A group of 50 trainees and officers arranged in five rows at stone steps.

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A group of 50 trainees arranged in four rows. A post it note states 'Grandad [Ron] top row, 4th from right'.

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50 men arranged in four rows.

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The memoir covers Sergeant Officer A Yates' time as a prisoner of war from September 1942 to April 1945. He was initially imprisoned in Stalag VIIIB in Upper Silesia, he was evacuated with 30,000 others to escape the advancing Russian Army. He and a…

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Newspaper cutting reporting number of bomber command aircrew killed and comparing it to combined Army casualties from D-Day to the end of the war.

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#1 is a programme for a 50/61 squadron dining in night.
#2 is a programme for a 5-/61 squadron annual reunion dinner.
#3 is a colour photograph of a soldier.
#4 and 5 are tickets for No. 50 squadron Disbandment Ceremony.

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A newspaper cutting with reports on USAAF and RAF operations. On the reverse is general news.

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Course details for the 51 air gunner initial training school and enemy aircraft gunnery school.

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12 airmen arranged in three rows. George Stone is back row, far right.

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13 airmen arranged in two rows. Each man is annotated with his name. On the reverse 'Subject Front Centre'.

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13 airmen arranged in two rows. Each man has had his name annotated on the image. Pilot Officer Lord is in the centre wearing a greatcoat and gloves.

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses In 1939, 51 Squadron was first at RAF Linton on Ouse and then RAF Dishforth in 4 Group flying Whitleys. Between May and October 1942 the squadron was loaned to Coastal Command. It returned to Bomber…

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Squadron crest cloth badges for 51 Squadron and 20 Operational Training Unit.

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Seven aircrew all wearing Mae West and parachute harnesses standing by, or on, a ladder in front of the starboard inner engine of a Halifax. Accompanied by note reading '51 Squadron 1943, Self, Sgt Curtis W/Op, Sgt Moronay - bomb aimer, Sgt Gracey -…

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A group of 51 trainee airmen arranged in five rows. On the reverse are six handwritten signatures.

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51 airmen and instructors arranged in four rows. On the reverse each man is named and the date is '1943?'

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See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 514 Squadron was formed as part of 3 Group in September 1943 at RAF Foulsham equipped with the radial engined Lancaster Mk 2. The squadron became operational in early November 1943 just before moving to…

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A reunion dinner menu with the signatures of many who attended.
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