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Five men posing in front of a Wellington aircraft. At least four are in uniform and one, in the centre, is wearing a shirt. The man on the left is a Flying Officer and pilot, at the rear, right, is an aircrew member and at the front, right, is a…

Menu with bomber aircraft at top and three squadrons named - title 16 days middle east. Several named Mediterranean towns. Signatures on the reverse.

Geoff Shattock with fellow course members on No 44 course, August 1943. On reverse caption 'No 44 course No 3 Flying Instructor School, Castle Combe, Aug 43'. Posed in four rows in front of a single storey building. Names are handwritten on the…

A summary of John's operations.

An obituary published in the Times with a second cutting with a correction from an air vice-marshal.

A newspaper cutting with an article about the Long Range Development Unit of the RAF. There is also a separate image of a Wellesley and the team of airmen and ground crew involved.

The document relates the experience of a pilot trying to get control of their Wellington which had iced up. The author describes an incident where he was trying to get the front gunner out of his turret, and putting his torch inside his clothing, as…