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A Thought for the Quiet Hour by Patience Strong
A printed copy of The Hymn for the Royal Air Force.
Mere Gen March 1944
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a 29 page duplicated magazine produced by the personnel of Branston Mere Y station. All the items are original, mainly 'in' jokes consisting of stories, jokes, poems and cartoons.
Mere Gen 1st Birthday edition
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A duplicated magazine, produced by the personnel of Branston Mere Y station. It includes 'in' jokes, stories, poems, cartoons and a
a crossword puzzle.
a crossword puzzle.
Mere Gen Christmas 1943
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A duplicated magazine produced by the personnel at Branston Mere Y station. It contains 'in' jokes, stories, a quiz, poems and cartoons.
Mere Gen 1942
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A duplicated magazine, produced by the personnel at Branston Mere. It includes 'in' jokes, poems, cartoons, and a ghost story.
The Hunger Winter
Extract from 'The Hunger Winter' by Henri Van Der Zee
The Clubberwocky
A poem titled The Clubberwocky. It is from Alice Aforethought - Guinness Carrolls. 1938.
The Pilots
A poem titled The Pilots
To the Ivory Boys
A poem titled To the Ivory Boys and signed Anon.
Dawn Patrol
A poem titled Dawn Patrol
The Homing Bomber
Poem written on RAF Waddington notepaper called The Homing Bomber. It describes a damaged bomber and its wounded crew making its way back to the UK.
Poem 'Spare a Thought', ticket to investiture at Buckingham palace, and Belgian bank notes
On the left a poem by Pte K R Hobbs (5th Northants Regt) entitled 'Spare a Thought' concerning mothers waiting in vain, Below ticket No 100 for entry of witness to investiture at Buckingham Palace. On the right, 20, 10 and 5 franc Belgian banknotes.
This above all, to thine own self be true
Text reads 'This above all, to thine own self be true, and then it must follow, as the night the day. Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell. Wm. Shakespeare (Hamlet).'.
The Bombers
A poem about bombing with a sketch of two Whitleys flying amongst searchlights.
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.
Owing to wind and rain
Four verse poem about life as aircrew and setting his aircraft on fire.
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…
To a bomber pilot
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Poem dedicated to bomber pilot
Fifty years on
Poem of four verses of seven lines each in remembrance of those who flew and the freedom that they died for.
Poem for a Rear Gunner and A Gunner's Vow
Two poems, the first written by Ted Russell, the second unknown.
Tom Whitehead's Wartime log for British prisoners
Belonging to Sergeant Tom Whitehead, B.P.O.W. 1051, Stalag Luft 6. Contains newspaper cutting with news of Tom Whitehead as prisoner of war. Main dates of events and locations from shoot down to liberation. Includes a poem 'Joe', cartoon, diet sheet,…
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…
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…
Poem - 'The Battle for Egypt'
Poem about El Alamein. Two versions of first page, one (entitled 'The Battle of Egypt') with handwritten caption 'Written whilst sitting on seashore, near RAF St Athan, South Wales'. The other version of first page (titled changed to 'The Battle for…
"B" for Baker
Fourteen verse poem concerning Lancaster B for Baker. Individual verses for all aircrew