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Instrument flight certificate
Made out for satisfactory completion of course of instrument flying at Moody field Georgia.
Appointment as sergeant
Certificate appointing Frederick Sawyer as a sergeant in the 'aviation cadet basic training group'.
Debt owned by Allied Command
With thanks to Sir Arthur T Harris for support provided and complimenting him on his performance in the Caen area.
Fortress
Front quarter air-to-air view of an airborne Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
German explosive ordnance book
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Annotated Chf Tech Ken Shaw BEM. Inside cover page with title 'German explosive ordnance (bombs, fuzes, rockets, landmines, grenades and ignitors). Includes page with publisher details and contents page. Cover has Dutch title 'Koninkluke Luchtmacht…
Three aircraft dropping supplies
Three Fairchild Packet C-82 cargo aircraft dropping supplies by parachute. Three parachutes can be seen opening, with their canisters attached below them. On the reverse is written: '13B'.
American Camp at Luckenwalde
American soldiers and rows of tents. On the reverse 'The American compound 3A Luckenwalde'.
Camp Liberation
Russian and Americans liberate the camp. Russian with an accordion and a young woman. Behind are American soldiers. On the reverse 'War's over - lets have a party! Stalag 7A'.
Letter from Jimmy Doughty to his sister Winnie
Describes camp and comments that he had only been outside once to the local town Barry. Writes of his afternoon out in Barry and describe daily evening routine of fatigues or swotting. Mentions weekly exams and grading system and how well he had…
The Star, June 6th 1944
A newspaper published on D-day with news of the invasion.
The Daily Star June 8, 1944
A copy of The Star two days after D-Day. It contains war news, adverts, cartoons, local news and intimations.
Newspaper cuttings - the battle for Le Havre
Description of battles for Le Havre and generally in northern France. Mentions surrender leaflet drops along channel coast. Canadians entre Zeebrugge, Americans in Brittany. Other war news from the continent and map of battle area.
Master bomber
Article describing use of tactical and heavy bombers using precision bombing, controlled by master bombers in aid of ground forces. Master bomber ensures all bombs fall ahead of safety line to keep clear of own troops.
Flying Officer Arthur S Woolf - RAF career and experiences in WW2
First page has head and shoulders portrait of Arthur Woolf wearing uniform tunic with half brevet, medal ribbons and peaked cap. Next page has badges for Bomber Command, 5 Group and 630 Squadron.
Covers joining the RAF at age 19 and training at…
Covers joining the RAF at age 19 and training at…
Freed by Americans flown back home
Account of Flying Officer A S Woolf baling out of bomber after an attack on Stuttgart, injured and transferred to German hospital near Nancy he was liberated by American forces and flown home. On the reverse 'Japan ceases to be great naval power'…
Letter from Arthur Woolf to his parents
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Informs them he is in a United States Army medical facility and getting better.
A crowd of prisoners of war
Large closely packed crowd, some US army soldiers in foreground.
Altar of the Fatherland
Altar of the Fatherland with US Army cars and others in front. On the reverse 'The Kings Palace Naples'.
12 Photographs of Second Camp Stalag 3A
Photo 1 captioned 'View of Sleeping Bunks', shows three tiers of bunks.
Photo 2 captioned 'Table and Bench Seat' shows two men at the table, one seated.
Photo 3 is of a church, captioned 'Converted Hut by Russian POW for Worshipping'.
Photo 4 is…
Photo 2 captioned 'Table and Bench Seat' shows two men at the table, one seated.
Photo 3 is of a church, captioned 'Converted Hut by Russian POW for Worshipping'.
Photo 4 is…
Sternenbanner, London 29 November 1943
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USA propaganda leaflet covering bombs dropped on major German cities, American troops under training in the UK and the Russian front.
'Elizabethan Times' Thursday 7 January 1943
Front page of military newsheet, Series 10 Issue 1. Two cents. Covering world wide military activity. Leading articles cover advances by the allied forces in North Africa and Russian successes in the East. Shorter reports on attacks on the Japanese…
'Elizabethan News' Saturday 9 January 1943
Front page of a newsheet covering world wide military activity, Series 10 No 3, Two cents. Lead articles about Papuan campaign in the Pacific and Russian successes. Other reports cover North African campaign, German attacks on the south coast and…
Blithe Spirit Programme
Noel Coward comic play put on by the US Army Special Service, starring Annabella.
Target Frankfurt
Account of Jim Copus's last operation to Frankfurt during which his 97 Squadron Lancaster was shot down by a Me 110 night fighter. Includes the task of air gunners, the engagement by the night fighter which disabled all hydraulics including those to…
Geoffrey North rewritten account of being shot down and time as prisoner of war
A day by day account consisting of three parts. Part one covers his being shot down on 21 February 1945, his capture and journey to prisoner of war camp arriving 15 March 1945 including an mention that his train was bombed by Marauders. Part two…