34 airmen arranged in three groups, captioned 'Senior NCOs of 269 Squadron photographed with the Squadron Commander at Montrose September 1939'. Each man is named underneath and John Bentley Weightman is circled in red.
The letter is described as coming from Ken's archives held by Reg Saville, a historian at Langton Matravers.
In the letter Tom writes about losing their pilot due to illness. They have moved from Upwood to a more basic station where they live in…
Letter to Geoff asking for his news, lamenting the death of both someone known to her and and David who trained with Geoff. It also includes a review of her families lives and how things have changed in the year since Geoff was in the USA.
An excerpt from a letter from Flight Lieutenant AC Wallace, his navigator, to Geoff Shattock describing an operation on the 20th of April to Rostock when the gunner in a fellow Stirling opened fire on them, injuring Geoff and damaging the aircraft.
The first cutting refers to the award of the DFM to Patrick Geary and receiving the medal at Buckingham Palace.
The second is from the Prince Albert Daily Herald. It reports an interview with Patrick and a fellow trainee Corporal Phillip Finch, both…
The transcript has a note 'Prince Albert March 1943'. The interview records, amongst other things, that Patrick was there to train as a pilot, he was awarded the DFM for shooting down two Me 109s on a raid on Brest in July 1941, and presented with…