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Navigation Log
Incomplete log. Water damaged.
Navigation Log
Log of a flight from Suez. Water damaged.
Naples August 1945, No 42 ANS Port Elizabeth
LH page, captioned 'Italy - England passenger service August 1945', four photographs of Naples and Castellammare di Stabia.
RH page four photographs of No 42 ANS.
RH page four photographs of No 42 ANS.
Mustang
View from below of an airborne North American Aviation P-51 Mustang.
Mustang
Side view of airborne North American Aviation P-51 Mustang.
Mosquito
View from below of an airborne de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito.
Mosquito
Head on view of an airborne de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito.
Mosquito
Side view of an airborne de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito.
Meteorology Excercise Book
An excercise book kept by Ted Neale with his meteorology notes. Recorded at No 19 AN 42 Air School, Port Elizabeth.
Memoirs of Des Matthews
The author was shot down over Linz, Austria whilst bombing a Panzer works. The other six in his crew perished. He was taken to Dulag Luft at Frankfurt then Stalag Luft VII. In January his camp was evacuated and he joined the Long March to the west,…
List of Prisoners Executed after the Mass Escape
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Two typed sheets with handwritten annotations listing the escapees.
List of Friends
A list of friends and colleagues.
Liberator
Head on view of an airborne Consolidated B-24 Liberator.
Liberator
Side view of an airborne Consolidated B-24 Liberator.
Liberator
Side view of an airborne Consolidated B-24 Liberator.
Letter from Charles Turner to his mother and family
In the letter he complains that his mother hasn't written to him, he misses mild beer, tripe and black pudding. He describes going out for drinks with a WAAF and meeting South African air force pilots and more girls, then they all went for dinner and…
Kittyhawk
Side view of airborne Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
Tomahawk / Kittyhawk.
Tomahawk / Kittyhawk.
Kittyhawk
View from below of an airborne Curtiss P-40.
John Martin's memoir
The story of John Martin's last operation, how he was shot down, escaped the aircraft and was captured. He was interrogated at Dulag Luft in Frankfurt then transferred to various Stalg Luft camps. His story covers in his life until he was repatriated…
Jack Holton South African Air Force Pilot
A head and shoulders portrait of Jack Holton.
Italian war memories
Ted Neale describes the aircrew and circumstances leading to their baling out near Nereto, Tortoreto, Italy. Some of the crew were captured, but Ted was sheltered by local people. He met up with an English army corporal and travelled by boat to…
Interview with Jack Robertson Millin
Jack Millin was working for his father as a painter and decorator before he volunteered for the RAF. He was a Civil Defence bicycle messenger and joined the ATC. When he joined the RAF he trained as a wireless operator/air gunner and was posted to…
Interview with Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey was born in Stafford. After finishing school he went to work for the Post Office Telephones service as a telegram boy. He decided to join the Royal Air Force and began training as a rear gunner at RAF Dalcross. He joined 31 Squadron of…
Interview with Alan Payne
Alan Payne was born in Wendover, Buckinghamshire. He volunteered for aircrew with the Royal Air Force and after initial training was sent to South Africa where he trained as an observer. When he returned to the UK, he was allocated the role of bomb…
Hurricane
Front quarter view of an airborne Hawker Hurricane.