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EASCO life jacket light
An emergency red light, designed to be attached to a life jacket to allow the wearer to be located at night. The light assembly appears to be complete and has signs of wear to the black painted components.
One image shows the item fully assembled.…
One image shows the item fully assembled.…
King George VI
Left page: top, coffin of King George VI under guard; bottom, the KIng's coffin pulled by Royal naval sailors. Right page: top, progression of the coffin through people lined street; bottom left, four suited men sat at a desk with three men behind;…
Luton
Left page: view of Luton with German annotation. Right page: top left, report of rocket development. Top right, Barracuda in flight with tail wheel showing. Middle left, three airmen standing alongside a Barracuda. Middle right, lifeboat alongside…
Interview with Reginald John Herring
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Reg Herring was living in London at the start of the war with his father and elder brother. His father built a shelter that collapsed after a heavy rainfall. Reg was evacuated to Sizewell and then to near Birmingham. After the war Reg returned to…
Interview with Kenneth Edgar Neve
Ken Neve served as a runner with the Home Guard before joining the Fleet Air Arm. He was posted to RAF Henlow as an engineer.
Group photograph outside Fortfield Hotel
47 airmen and naval officers arranged in four rows outside the hotel. They are a mixture of pilots and other airmen from both forces.
Two Airmen and a Sailor
The three men are gathering firewood.
Airmen, sailor and women
A group of 17 men and women ready for a picnic. The airmen are wearing brevets.
There is a second image of the same group.
In Bob's memoirs he explains 'On a Sunday hike with the Twentieth Century Fox club. Alice Grosco (Organiser) at left in front…
There is a second image of the same group.
In Bob's memoirs he explains 'On a Sunday hike with the Twentieth Century Fox club. Alice Grosco (Organiser) at left in front…
Four Men and Two Women
An airman in a Sidcot suit, a WAAF, a second airman, an ATS, a soldier and a naval officer. The six are standing in front of a house.
On the reverse 'Hampstead. April 1942. Embarkation Leave'.
On the reverse 'Hampstead. April 1942. Embarkation Leave'.
Lieutenant Robert Johnson Abbott in front of Ship's Gun Turrets
Ronnie Abbott's father. A Sub-Lieutenant standing in front of four large guns. On the front is a handwritten message with 'HMS Orion'.
On the reverse is 'What do you go on all done by myself [indecipherable]'
Additional information about this…
On the reverse is 'What do you go on all done by myself [indecipherable]'
Additional information about this…
HMT 'Lancashire'
A single funneled ship. It is annotated 'Trooping Ship, Feb 14th 1934'.
News from Distant Lands
A newspaper cutting about the three Homewood brothers who are serving in the Army, Navy and Air Force. Three more articles cover other Boston residents on active service.
Amendment list No 106 to Air Publication 1480A
Pages from recognition handbook of British aircraft with three axis diagrams and technical information on: Harvard, Hellcat 1, Dakota, Lockheed 14, Fortress II, Halifax I, II and V, Halifax III, Walrus, R-5 helicopter
Beaufort
View from front quarter below of an airborne Bristol Beaufort.
Beaufighter
Front quarter view of airborne Bristol Beaufighter.
... just ... Chapters in a Life .. and some History
A detailed autobiography by Ivan Ure.
Barracuda
Front quarter view of a Fairey Barracuda.
Baltimore
Front view of an airborne Martin 187 Baltimore.
Wildcat
Side view of an airborne Grumman Wildcat.
Wellington
Side view of an airborne Vickers Wellington.
Typhoon
Front view of an airborne Hawker Typhoon.
Mosquito
View from below of an airborne de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito.
Hurricane
Front quarter view of an airborne Hawker Hurricane.
Beaufighter
Front quarter view of airborne Bristol Beaufighter.
Barracuda
View from below of an airborne Fairey Barracuda.