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Wedding party in a garden including the bride and groom, three bridesmaids and two men in civilian suits.

Describes procedures including compiling lists, contacting the International Red Cross. Mentions work of Red Cross and St John organisations as well as service department. Continues with role of casualty branches of services and notification of next…

He wishes Terry Ford the best of luck on joining the RAF, talks about Roy Archibald's passing out parade, firing off pistol ammunition that was no longer required and a football match.

Quotations referring to the attempts to supply the Poles in Warsaw with armaments.

206 Sqdn badge and small photographs of two Shackletons. Captioned ‘No. 206 Squadron St. Eval Feb’ 56 - Jan’58 St. Mawgan Jan – May ’58 Flying – Shackleton Mk.1 (Maritime Recce)’.
Three b/w photographs captioned 'Idris, Libya, Cooling…

Lancaster, B-SR, dropping a cloud of incendiaries, and showing the ABC aerials on the fuselage. Hand written caption pointing to the masts 'The A.B.C. masts a third one was under the nose'.

Three press clippings showing the liners Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in their wartime roles, front cover of 'Souvenir Calendar 1943'.

Keith Thompson and two fellow Yorkshiremen as newly qualified LAC observers, with aircrew training flashes and observer brevet, standing in front of left engine of an Anson.
Colour post card is captioned 'Chateau Frontenac Quebec City's landmark'.…

Part of letter to Mary talking of friendship and acquaintances. Mentions that they are glad that Roy Chadwick is being recognised for his work. Writes that the Lancasters are doing great work.

RAF Woodbridge was located in in Suffolk, 10 miles (16 kms) east of Ipswich.See all Archive items | Explore nearby It opened in November 1943 and was one of three emergency landing stations, designed to be used by damaged returning aircraft, many of…

RAF Strubby was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 8 miles (13 kms) south-east of Louth.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in April 1944 as part of Coastal Command. The station transferred to 5…

RAF Middleton St George was a Bomber Command station located in County Durham, 6 miles (10 kms) east of Darlington.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in January 1941 as part of 4 Group and was first used by 78…

RAF Ludford Magna (also known as Mudford Magna) was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire 5 miles (8 kms) east of Market Rasen.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It was opened in June 1943 as part of 1 Group…

RAF Bridgnorth was located in Shropshire 13 miles ( 21 kms) south of Telford.See all Archive items | Explore nearby It opened in November 1939 as a non-flying station and was used to carry out basic recruit training. It became the Woman’s…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses At the start of the war 101 Squadron was based at RAF West Raynham in 2 Group equipped with Blenheims. In May 1941 it converted to Wellingtons and moved two months later to RAF Oakington as part of 3…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses From September 1939 to April 1940, 97 Squadron was a training squadron equipped with Whitleys based at RAF Abingdon where it became 10 Operational Training Unit. The squadron reformed in March 1941 in 5…

RAF Yatesbury was in Wiltshire, 4 miles (6 kms) east of Calne.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyIt opened in 1936 to train pilots but in 1939 the site switched to train wireless operators. 2 Radio School and 9 Radio School were established to…

RAF Winthorpe was a Bomber Command station located in Nottinghamshire, 3 miles (5 kms) north-east from Newark.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in September 1940 as part of 1 Group when it was home to 300…

RAF Tempsford was a Bomber Command station located in Bedfordshire, 3 miles (5 kms) north-east of Sandy.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyThe station was still under construction in October 1941 when the runways were…

RAF Stradishall was a Bomber Command station located in Suffolk, 10 miles (16 kms) south-west of Bury St Edmunds.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It originally opened as part of 3 Group in 1938 but in 1939 concrete…

RAF Spilsby was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 12 miles (19 kms) west from Skegness.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby Construction began in 1942 and it opened in September 1943 as part of 5 Group. 207…

RAF Snaith was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 7 miles (11 kms) south-west of Goole.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened with tarmac runways in July 1941 as part of 1 Group. 150 Squadron with…

RAF Skellingthorpe (also known as Skelly)was a Bomber Command station in Lincolnshire 2 miles (3 kms) south-west of Lincoln.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in November 1941 as part of 5 Group Bomber Command.…

RAF Sandtoft was a Bomber Command training station located in Lincolnshire, 4 miles (6 kms) south-west from Crowle.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in December 1943 with concrete runways and was part of 1…

RAF Methwold was a Bomber Command station located in Norfolk, 10 miles (16 kms) north-west of Brandon.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened with grass runways in September 1939 as part of 3 Group and as a satellite…