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Bridge of Sighs, on the reverse annotated 'a nice view from inside this bridge '46'.

St Marcus Church. On the reverse 'you should see inside it '46'.

The Clock tower - the Mori, annotated on the reverse '46'.

Two postcards of the Palace of the Doges, annotated on the reverse '1945' and '46'.

The church of Salute, annotated on the reverse '46'.

The Doge's Palace and the Tower Bell, annotated on the reverse '46'.

Part of the Doge's Palace, Venice, annotated on the reverse '46'.

A view of the bridge. A building behind has a red cross and a line. On the reverse 'our hotel was where the camera is.' '46'.

A panorama view of Venice with St Mark's Campanile prominent. On the reverse 'you should see the view from the top of the tower 30 lira '46'.

A busy canal scene. On the reverse 'The boat is the local bus service. We lodged at the foot of the bridge 45/6'.

Many rowing boats on the canal. On the reverse 'Oxford & Cambridge '46'.

A view along a canal with five bridges, A handwritten annotation states 'Back alleys '46'.

A postcard of the palace, looking across a canal.
An annotation states 'Its a museum now. '46'.

A postcard of the Grand Canal - The Church of Salute, Venice. Annotated ''46'.

The two men are dressed in khaki and shorts and are standing in a piazza. The image is captioned 'Ricordo di Venezia'.

A framed medal, dated 1942. Red and white stripe on a blue ribbon.

A card with a seasonal message and an image of Raphael, The Adoration of the Magi.

There’re no irreconcilable differences between Great Britain and Italy - only Germany is to blame for the bombing war waged on Italy. Keeping on fighting means strengthen Germany, Italy’s natural enemy.

Top left - an account of Peter Webb's service career. A flight engineer's brevet with photograph of seven crew underneath.
Top right - seven aircrew wearing uniform tunics with brevet standing in line.
Left middle - a drawing of a winter scene…

Describes German air force attack on the city on 14 November 1940 giving detail of civilian damage and casualties. Compares it with bombing of Genoa and Turin which it claims as military. Includes photographs of damage to Coventry.

Justifies aerial bombing as primarily aimed to industrial and military targets; claims that destruction and civilian losses are examples of collateral damage, not hatred. Stresses that operations on Italy are less intense than Luftwaffe raids on…

The leaflet has two maps of Cairo and adverts for holidays, restaurants, a book on Cpyrus [sic], language books and Arabic, French and Italian phrases.

Photo 1 is a three storey house by the coast
Photo 2 is a beach scene
Photo 3 are houses and gardens
Photo 4 is schoolchildren outside a building marked 'Colonia'
Photo 5 is schoolchildren and woods outside the Colonia.

A document issued to John Rich (1587295 Royal Air Force). Written across top 'with driver & 5 passengers 2 1/2 ton'. Printed in English and Italian.

Issued to Ted Neale to allow him access to the Accidents section of Allied Force Headquarter.