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Telegram to Robert Palmers father
Announces award of Victoria Cross to his son and outlines citation of actions.
Flight engineer's notes for Lancaster aircraft
For Lancaster aircraft Avro type 683 Mk 1 and 3. Purple cover with inside front pages and contents page.
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
Lancaster - instructional course handbook
Lancaster Avro type '683' Mk 1 & II, instructional course handbook, inside first pages. Name of holder Sgt E A Blake, 617 Squadron.
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
Letter to Mrs Wareing from Reverend A W Steedman
Letter of condolence to Joan Wareing from the Padre of the RAF station at Little Staughton. Also mentions he has acted as effects officer and her husbands effects have been sent to the central depository.
Summary of medical board
For Pilot Officer Wakefield with medical classification fit A1B(N.V.C=). Return to AGSB.
Letter to Mr Madgett from Air Ministry Accounts
Concerns financial matters for Hedley Madgett's estate.
Letter from Arthur Woolf to his parents
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Informs them he is in a United States Army medical facility and getting better.
Telegram from Arthur Woolf to his parents
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Advises them he had arrived back in England at RAF hospital Wroughton.
Letter from Arthur Woolf to his parents
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Writes that he is glad to be back in England and to catch up with news. Asks if they received any of his letters from German prisoner of war hospital. Relates his last days as prisoner and liberation by American forces and journey home. Continues…
Souvenir piece of Lancaster
Piece of metal with note that this was a piece of Arthur Woolf's Lancaster retrieved from crash site during visit to a French family who helped him after he baled out.
50 years ago
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…
460 Squadron Operations
List of 44 operations between 20 July 1944 and 5 October 1944. Twenty-one operations have a tick alongside.
Letter to Ron Riding's Parents
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The letter from the Chief Draughtsman at Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto Ltd expresses delight that Ron has returned to the UK, safely.
A Warrior on Wings
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This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
Note from Air Officer Command 5 Group
To officer commanding Conningsby Base RAF Woodhall Spa passing on congratulations on success of Saumur tunnel operation.
Lancaster commemorative drawing
A commemorative drawing of a Lancaster on the ground with its engines running. Below is written: 'MILAN 44 SQUADRON 14/15 FEBRUARY 1943' and below that: 'F/LT WALKER, F/SGT WARD, F/SGT CHARNOCK, SGT GOLDSMITH, SGT HUBBARD, SGT DAVIES.' It is signed…
Postcard to Bill Foskett
A postcard of the First Baptist Church, Thomaston, Georgia. On the reverse is a message from AB Hawkes.
Statement of Abele Torracchi about some Allied servicemen
Abele Torracchi claims that on 10 or 12 September 1943 he was in his grocer’s shop in Striglianella, near Montale (Pistoia), when ten or twelve allied prisoners of war arrived. He gave them food, a map, and information about Germans movements. On…
Aboukir Boat Club
A membership card for the Aboukir Boat Club issued to Rex Searle.
Letter to Miss LM Hill from AC Hill
AC Hill writes to his sister from Egypt about photographs that he sent and girls at his sister's work.
Fred Hill was Jack’s youngest brother-in-law.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Fred Hill was Jack’s youngest brother-in-law.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Letter to Miss Eleanor Howard from AC Hill
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He expresses regret that he missed his sister's wedding and looks forward to seeing her when he gets back.
Fred Hill was Jack’s youngest brother-in-law.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Fred Hill was Jack’s youngest brother-in-law.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Notification of final payment of allowances and amount due for war gratuity and post war credit
To Flying Officer L Hadfield stating final payment of £7:6:11. Includes payment arrangements and war gratuity payment totalling £84:9:0.
Postagram to Maurice Stimpson from Arthur Harris
The postagram congratulates Maurice on the award of his DFC.
Letter to Homer Lawson from Acme Welders
A letter to Homer asking him to return to work
Frank Jolliffe's Confidential Report for Extended Service Commission
Frank was a still a Pilot Officer at RAF Tuddenham having been commissioned in March.