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Two articles: 'Landings in Madagascar' and 'Huge fires in Düsseldorf'
First article: 'Landings in Madagascar, three points occupied, little opposition. Account of British Empire forces landing in Madagascar'. Includes sketch map. Second article: 'Huge fires in Düsseldorf, powerful raid by RAF bombers. defences worn…
Two articles: 'Conduct of the war' and 'Day raid on Danzig'
First article: 'Conduct of the war, censure motion to proceed, double debate'. Covers parliamentary no confidence motion and prospective debate on loss of Libya and general conduct of the war. Some believe this is ill advised and offers account of…
Two articles and a rhyme. The viceroy's term, Darlan a danger to the allies and so help me Darlan
Article 1. Headlines: the viceroy's term, Lord Linlithgow caries on, another six months, a record period. Concerns Lord Linlithgow remaining viceroy to India. Article 2. Headlines: Darlan a danger to allies, general Catroux's attack, non…
Two articles and a photograph: Germans driven beyond Kotelnikovo, murder plot in Algiers and photograph entitled clearing a wadi
Article 1. Headlines: Germans driven beyond Kotelnikovo, falling back along the railway, threat by soviet left wing, fierce enemy resistance at Millerovo. Article 2. Headlines: murder plot in Algiers, twelve arrested, threat to Giraud and U.S…
Two articles
Article 1 headlines: 'Three Soviet columns nearing Pecs, 'Two bridgeheads'. Article 2 headline: 'Spitfires blew up V2 warheads'.
Twenty year treaty with Russia
Sub headlines: full partnership in war, M. Molotov's visit to London and Washington, United action for victory. Article announcing treaty between Great Britain and Soviet Russia. Sections titled: Second Front in 1942, Mr Eden's Sp[each. M. Molotov in…
Tunis and Bizerta captured and fleeing Germans chased towards Cape Bon
Article 1. The Times headlines: Tunis and Bizerta captured, official announcement of allied victory, relentless bombing by allied aircraft. Article 2. The Observer headlines: Fleeing Germans chased towards Cape Bon, British tanks aim to cut line of…
Training programme for 12 February 1944
Lists training for 12 and 13 February 1944. Training includes flying and ground training. Flying involved check rides, cross country, formation flying and weapons ranges. Ground includes aircraft cleaning, link training, dinghy drills and 25 yard…
Trainees at Scarborough
Head and shoulders portrait group photograph of D Swains with two other aircrew cadets, captioned “Scarborough – June 1944” with handwritten details of the individuals.
Trainee airmen
A group of trainee airmen arranged in nine rows. The front row are the senior officers and trainers. The back rows are the trainees with training flashes in their caps. On the reverse are 14 signatures and '84867'.
Träume und Tatsachen
The leaflet provides an overview of the strategic situation around mid-1943 pointing out that the tide has turned in favour of the allied, victory is inevitable and fighting futile. Provides evidence of the overwhelming superiority of the allies on…
To Manageress at Salvation Army
A letter to the Manageress of the Salvation Army unit requesting tea and cakes for 30 men 'whose games period has been cancelled and are now engaged in Barrack room cleaning'.
To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
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Three-page (undated) handwritten letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. Harry writes about life at RAF Dumfries including the conditions they are living in.
Three letters from Robert Stott's wife
Letters from Agnes Stott to a fellow crew member's father, comments on confusion about regular crew member who did not fly with them on their last operation and telling him that she had received formal notice that Robert had died.
Three Groups of Trainee Airmen
Three photographs of trainee airmen.
Photo 1 is 11 airmen arranged in two rows.
Photo 2 is ten airmen arranged in two rows.
Photo 3 is 11 airmen arranged in two rows.
Their names are written under each photo.
Behind each group is the same wooden…
Photo 1 is 11 airmen arranged in two rows.
Photo 2 is ten airmen arranged in two rows.
Photo 3 is 11 airmen arranged in two rows.
Their names are written under each photo.
Behind each group is the same wooden…
Three children sitting on ground
A girl and baby and a boy sitting on a mat with foliage behind. On the reverse 'The Roe Children?'.
Three children sitting on ground
A girl on the left with a chicken in her lap, a boy in the middle and a baby on the right all sitting on a mat on the ground with bushes in the background. On the reverse 'The A V Roe Children'.
Three articles: General Giraud to succeed Darlan, advance from Sirte and Russian advance into Ukraine
Article 1. Headlines: General Giraud to succeed Darlan, unanimous election by imperial council, public calm after assassination, General de Gaulle to visit Washington. Article 2. Headlines: advance from Sirte, eighth army progress, approaching the…
This was a German oil plant
Shows the effects of an operation that destroyed the synthetic oil plant at Zeitz. Captioned 'My last operation 16 Jan. 45'.
They were a fine body of men
Photograph shows a group of home guard men on parade on a road in front of several stone buildings. At the front are two officers behind are three rows of men in uniform with side caps. Three men stand in front of the first row, the two outside men…
The Woodpecker, February 1944
A magazine produced by the 42 Air School, South Africa. News, articles, jokes and cartoons about airmen at the school.
The Woodpecker
42 Air School magazine, January 1944.
The Royal Air Force at Mitchel Field
Photograph 1 is a line of airmen and a guard of honour in front of a Lancaster. Item 1 is a newspaper cutting referring to the arrival of the Lancasters over New York. Item 2 refers to the arrival of the Lancasters and includes an air to air shot of…
The Roll of Honour
A newspaper cutting with a list of RAF personnel either missing or killed in active service. Roy Ellis is reported missing.
The Roll of Honour
Roy Ellis is now reported as presumed killed in action. There is a handwritten annotation 'Times 15.5.44'