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RAF Poem
Untitled poem on joining up to fight. Men leave behind their identities to become aircrew. Submitted with caption; 'RAF Poem'.
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.
Raw recruit
Three verse poem about the WAAF recruit process.
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…
Reported missing
Poem about aircrew reported missing
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.
Schlafenraum or Bedspace
A poem about prisoner of war beds complete with two drawings illustrating camp life.
Silent song
Three verse poem about song lying asleep in him but love would fire it.
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.
Some passing quips with aircrew friends
A poem about a bombing operation
Sonnet
Poem about death and afterlife.
Sonnet - to a dead poet
Poem about a friend who died too soon.
Stamford Bridge
Poem of memories of getting away to a little village
Stardust
Five verse song or poem about Bomber Command operations
Station dance
Eight verse poem describing a station dance.
Station dance. Bomber Command 1943
Multi-line poem describing a station dance.
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…
Sussex
Two verse poem about Sussex and love.
Take off
Poem about crews preparing for flight and taking off watched by station commander and off duty WAAFs.
Take off
Poem about crews preparing for flight and taking off watched by station commander and off duty WAAFs. Typewritten version with annotated revision notes.
Take off
Untitled version of a poem about crews preparing for flight and taking off, watched by the station commander and off-duty WAAFs. Typewritten version with annotated handwritten revision notes.
Tale End Albert by Harry Holmes
A poem about a rear gunner in the style of Albert and the Lion by Marriott Edgar made popular by Stanley Holloway.
The Awful End of Astro
An explanation of the end of astro-navigation on board bomber aircraft in addition to GEE navigation. Navigators were required to carry sextants and take three astro readings every hour. One night the wrong astro-projector settings were supplied and…
The Bomber Boys Prayer
A poem about bombers and their crew.
The Bombers
A poem about bombing with a sketch of two Whitleys flying amongst searchlights.