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Stephen Dawson's memoir notebook
The notebook contains written accounts of 32 operations to targets in Germany, Italy and France between June and November 1943 and a list of his crew. Accounts include bomb loads and descriptions of operations including Pathfinder operations while on…
Station dance. Bomber Command 1943
Multi-line poem describing a station dance.
Station dance
Eight verse poem describing a station dance.
Stardust
Five verse song or poem about Bomber Command operations
Stamford Bridge
Poem of memories of getting away to a little village
Sonnet - to a dead poet
Poem about a friend who died too soon.
Sonnet
Poem about death and afterlife.
Some passing quips with aircrew friends
A poem about a bombing operation
Six poems
Six poems, five written by Water Scott of 630 Squadron. The poems recall East Kirkby, Lancasters, lost aircrew, a memorial tree with a brass plate, an old airfield and a crew reunion.
Silent song
Three verse poem about song lying asleep in him but love would fire it.
Schlafenraum or Bedspace
A poem about prisoner of war beds complete with two drawings illustrating camp life.
Sally Lancaster
Ode to a local village girl whose mother took in washing from aircrew. Refers to 100 Squadron. Two versions both annotated 'Kathryn Reid, (half pint)' and other notes.
Reported missing
Poem about aircrew reported missing
Reg Wilson's Wartime Log
A notebook to be used for recording wartime activities. It contains an account of Reg's bale out, capture and time in Dulag Luft, Stalag 4B and Offlag 7B.Reg records his operational experiences the day he baled out. His captors were friendly but the…
Raw recruit
Three verse poem about the WAAF recruit process.
RAF Waltham Xmas eve 1943
Multi-line poem mentions forty aircrew returning from Berlin trying to land on fogbound airfield, crashed and killed on Christmas eve.
RAF Poem
Untitled poem on joining up to fight. Men leave behind their identities to become aircrew. Submitted with caption; 'RAF Poem'.
Radio roundelay
Sub-titled 'Mosquito's at Swannington impatient to land. Eight verse poem about aircraft orbiting waiting to land.
Poppies
A woman explains to his son the symbolism of the poppies. In the final line she weeps because 'the world is forgetting again'.
Poems
Document with poems attached over long poem by W King. Note that he was 'our' mid-upper gunner but did not realise he was a poet. Note and poems pinned over the same main text which is can be read on final page. First partial poem about aircrew not…
Poems
Top left - poem - cheers for the men on the ground by E Sykes 1942. Six verse poem about forgotten ground crew compared to those who fly. Top right - a reply to Mr Sykes ode (newsletter No 26) by 'Bif' Baker (No 18). Letter putting Mr Sykes to rights…
Poem of quietness I
Two verse poem about the countryside in Westmorland and walking.
Poem for a Rear Gunner and A Gunner's Vow
Two poems, the first written by Ted Russell, the second unknown.
Poem by WB Yates
Handwritten is 'Johnnie Holden - killed June 1944. Collected poems of WB Yates'. Included is 'When you are old'.
Poem at morning
Two verse poem about morning.