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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;…

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…

47 airmen and naval officers arranged in four rows outside the hotel. They are a mixture of pilots and other airmen from both forces.

The three men are gathering firewood.

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…

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'.

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]'

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A single funneled ship. It is annotated 'Trooping Ship, Feb 14th 1934'.

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.

View from front quarter below of an airborne Bristol Beaufort.

Front quarter view of airborne Bristol Beaufighter.

Front quarter view of a Fairey Barracuda.

Front view of an airborne Martin 187 Baltimore.

Side view of an airborne Grumman Wildcat.

Side view of an airborne Vickers Wellington.

Front view of an airborne Hawker Typhoon.

View from below of an airborne de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito.

Front quarter view of an airborne Hawker Hurricane.

Front quarter view of airborne Bristol Beaufighter.

View from below of an airborne Fairey Barracuda.

Side view of an airborne Martin 187 Baltimore.

View from front of an airborne Grumman Wildcat.

View from below of an airborne Vickers Wellington.

Side view of an airborne Hawker Typhoon.

Head on view of an airborne de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito.