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Covers cleaning, drying, components and markings and remarks.

States that assemblies and subassemblies from Lancaster and Hampden that were repaired or salvaged. Comments on repairs and process.

Covers system, condition of bins, steel, collection, sacking and labelling and remarks.

Notifies him of upgrading to examiner and that he will be stationed at L.M.S Rly Co Derby. Covers some financial and domestic issues.

Covers quarantine stores, raw material stores, finished parts stores and remarks.

Covers preparation, electrolyte, cleaning after treatment and tests.

Covers cleaning prior to treatment, treatment, quenching, tests and heat treatment of steel to inspection instruction M.407.

Covers installation of cables, approved solder, insulation resistance, identification of cables ands bonding.

Notifies him of move for training to Aeronautical Inspection Directorate school in Bristol. Continues with description of training, comments on possible future employment once he passes training, domestic arrangements and reporting instructions.

List of places and dates where Frank Nolan studied or worked. Of note were placements at Vickers Armstrong at Squires Gate, A V Roe at Chadderton and various ministry of aircraft production aeronautical inspection directorate locations.

Report on processes. Letter on reverse concerning orders.

Report of where riveting is carried out in factory and how it is conducted. Includes heat treatment control. On the reverse letter concerning an order.

Instructions for riveting. Drawing of furniture unit with dimensions on reverse.

Covers quarantine inspection, storage, moulding, inspection after moulding and storage,

Instruction for carrying out plating.

Request that he report for duty as inspector-in-charge, aeronautical inspection directorate, Liverpool district on 9 March 1942.

Offering him, subject to conditions to be appointed as examiner in the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate in Liverpool.

Process check on protective treatments to D.T.D.902"A", "B" & "BE" Shops. Includes details for Hampden and Lancaster components, aileron structures and remarks. Two versions of same item.

Writes enclosing the Flying Log Book of Sergeant J R Davies and includes typed ‘Certificate of Death of Sgt John Richard Davies who lost his life on 3 August 1944.'

A Christmas card with a vase of flowers on the front.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

Head and shoulders side view of an airman wearing battledress with flight engineer brevet. He has number board on his left shoulder. Wooden wall in background. On the reverse handwritten addresses.

List and next of kin of crew of James Lee's aircraft. Includes Wing Commander C L Gomm, Flying Officer T J Phillips, Flying Officer A H Rearden, Pilot Officer H N Pritchard, Warrant Officer L L McKenny.

Notes covering electrics, theory of flight, engineering science, supercharging, power, fuel consumption and engine use in various stages of flight.

Describes crash of HS-125 in which Harold Dryhurst was killed.

Account of scattering ashes of Harold Dryhurst over Stansted airport. He was killed in an aircraft crash. Includes accounts of funeral and of accident.