IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> deu]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Luton]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Harpenden]]> Atlantic Ocean--Irish Sea]]> 1942]]> 1948-06-08]]> Middle left, Winston Churchill acknowledging the crowds.
Middle right, crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace.
Bottom, the King, Queen, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret with Winston Churchill on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
Right page: top, Winston Churchill surrounded by people.
Bottom, Field Marshall Keitel signing the terms of surrender.]]>
The Times]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1945-05-08]]>
Right page: top, the Old Hall; bottom, the school cloisters.]]> The Illustrated London News]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Berkhamsted]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> British Army]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Berkhamsted]]> 1958-06]]> Middle, left, Christmas greetings.
Middle, right, best wishes at Christmas.
Bottom left, regarding diplomats.
Bottom right, German identity.
Right page, top, announcements of family engagements, marriages and births.
Top left, list of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and a list of Royal Air Force Volunteer Force members.
Middle left, lifeboat dropped to the crew of an American flying-boat. Middle right, woman with a dog in her arms in a garden.
Third row left, three women, a man and a dog in a garden.
Third row right, five women sat on a bench alongside a hedge.
Bottom left, birth announcements.
Bottom right, a group of five women with a sixth figure with tennis rackets alongside.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> eng]]> deu]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Filton]]> 1913]]> 1915]]> 1942]]> 1944]]> 1951]]>
Middle, Beaufort in flight.
Bottom, Beaufort flight annotated 'experimental'.
Right page: American journal, headlined 'Dieppe'.
Bottom, two women and a man standing in a garden.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Hawkshead]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Farnborough (Hampshire)]]>
Top right, six wedding guests including a man and woman in uniform at at Boswell House, North Elkington.
Middle left, wedding party at St. Helen’s Church, North Elkington, Lincolnshire.
Middle right, the bride and groom. Bottom, bride and groom with a man cutting a wedding cake.
Right page, left, 53 women in uniform in front of Rutland Hall, annotated, 'W.A.A.F Officers Initial Training Course, Loughborough 1941. Ursula (5th front) 1st row'.
Top right, man in tails with top hat on a path followed by a man and woman in uniform.
Bottom right, view through trees over water.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Oscar Verhoeven]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Loughborough]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Lincolnshire--Elkington]]> 1941-10]]> 1941-10-04]]>
Middle, left report of an aircraft landing on a car.
Middle centre, woman holding a baby, reports of engagements and births of babies.
Bottom left, report of the death of Lieutenant Geoffrey William Gray Walker. Bottom right girl on a beach.
Right page: report on a Renault factory.
Bottom left, eight men and two women in cricket attire with a ninth man sat on the grass in uniform.
Bottom right, eight men and five women, three wearing ties, arranged on the grass by a brick wall.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> eng]]> deu]]> fra]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Heckington]]> France]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-03-01]]>
Middle and bottom, congratulations to Bob on his award.
Right page; top, title of the Vauxhall Mirror.
Middle, report of Bob's operational career and being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Sergeant A J Spires being awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
Bottom, a group of 32 men, 30 wearing half caps and two in officer's hats, with a dog in front of a Whitley aircraft, annotated 'Bob 2nd left' and '51 Sqn April 1941'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Czech Republic]]> Italy]]> Italy--Naples]]> Italy--Taranto]]> France]]> FrAnce--Dunkerque]]> Middle East]]> 1941-04]]> 1941-06-07]]> 1941-07]]>
Middle left, aerial view of Hamburg docks.
Middle right, bombing targets and fires in Gelsenkirchen.
Bottom left, bombing of Boulogne harbour.
Bottom right, a woman holding a baby with a girl standing alongside.
Right page: a report of raids on Germany's naval harbour at Kiel.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> 1940-07-03]]> 1940-12-21]]>
Bottom, four men walking abreast, three wearing top hat and tails and one a vicar.
Right page: top left, a rural scene, top right, a view of a maltings across a river.
Middle left, an open topped car with driver annotated 'Inveraray Ash Bank Journey 1906', two children on a beach.
Middle right, the royal yacht Britannia passing under Tower Bridge.
Third row, left, two women doing the crossword and a report of business changes; centre, head and shoulder portrait of a man, annotated 'grandpa Melbourne'.
Right, a man in graduation robes, annotated 'Peter MA graduation day 1937? Clare Bridge'.
Bottom centre, Whitley MH M on the ground.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Things]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Argyll and Bute]]> Scotland--Inveraray]]> England--LOndon]]> England--Thames River]]> 1906]]> 1937]]>
Centre, seagull in flight, annotated 'original photograph taken by Bob'.
Top right, weather report; middle, attendees at a police dance, annotated 'Geoff Shaw was in the same squadron (51) as Bob, He was killed on landing at Dishforth one night after an op over Germany when bombs were stuck the undercarriage''.
Bottom left, village bridge and ford over a river. Captioned "St Michael’s, St Albans." 
Centre, cartoon goat captioned "Cuthbert".
Right, a hospital ward following a raid, annotated, 'Mile End hospital'.
Right page: top left, crest of 51 Squadron with the motto 'Swift and Sure', annotated, 'Bob was in 51 Squadron'.
Right, Royal Air Force card.
Bottom, left, head and shoulder portrait of a uniformed man, annotated, 'Peter Captain R.A.M.C.
Right, head and shoulder portrait of a woman, annotated, 'Suzanne, late 1930's'.

Additional information on Gerald Shaw is available via the IBCC Losses Database.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Artwork]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--St. Albans]]> England--London]]> 1940]]> 1941-01-28]]>
Whitley aircraft, B-DY, C-DY and E-DY, flying in formation; bottom, crashed Whitley MH-H, annotated 'Usworth 17 11 40' and 'Sketch by Bob of the end of a bombing trip over Germany. It was an emergency landing at a fighter station and the Whitley overran the runway and broke its back on a bomb dump. Bob was 'Second Joe' (pilot)'.
Right page: top, targets in Mannheim.
Bottom, a group of 60 uniformed men standing in front of a Whitley aircraft annotated '51 Sqd 16.12.40. Bob is 6th from the left'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> 1940-11-17]]> 1940-12-16]]>
Bottom, Stanley sending love and best wishes.
Right page: propaganda leaflets dropped in Italy and Germany, annotated 'war time propaganda leaflets released by the R.A.F.'.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> eng]]> ita]]> deu]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Birmingham]]> Italy]]> Germany]]>
David Robinson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Also a page with images of the log book front cover and the summary of training. Above the images it is annotated: "Below is all that's entered in his bomb aimers training log book, (Observers and Air Gunners Flying Log Book) the rest of the pages are blank."
Below the images is the statement: "I have also included my fathers and my own birth certificates."]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]>
Left page: bottom left, Bob in uniform with a woman in civilian clothes annotated 'Christmas 1940'.
Bottom right, a woman and a man outside a cathedral annotated 'Ursula with her father. Lichfield 1940?'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Photograph]]> SKeelingRV82689v10011; SKeelingRV82689v10012;
SKeelingRV82689v10013; SKeelingRV82689v10014;
SKeelingRV82689v10015;
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Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Birmingham]]> 1940-10-04]]>
Bottom left, view of a cathedral.
Bottom right, view of terraced fields.
Right page: top two rows reports family engagements; centre; a list of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves including R V Keeling.
Middle right; report of the marriage of Ursula Hartley and Pilot Officer Robert Keeling.
Bottom left and centre, reports of an operation to the Skoda works at Pilsen.
Bottom right, report from Harpenden badminton club.
Corner left, notice of the death of Pilot Officer Gerald F Shaw.]]>
The Daily Telegraph. The Observer.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Artwork]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Birmingham]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> 1940-10-04]]> 1941-01-10]]>
Right page, report of the death of the King.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> ]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Sandringham]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead)]]> 1936-12-10]]> 1936-01-20]]> Top right a fjord.
Centre right, mountains and a river.
Bottom left, a ship annotated '938 to Norway'.
Bottom right, a church.
Right page: top left, head and shoulder portrait of Bob Keeling in uniform with pilot's brevet and VR badge on his collar annotated 'Bob 1940'.
Top right, menu from the Queen's Hotel annotated 'Bob and Judy.'
Middle left, head and shoulder portrait of Bob in uniform and cap. Middle right, Bob with an open topped car, annotated 'September 1940' and 'High Northwaite'.
Bottom left, two women and a man sat on a bench.
Bottom right, two images of Bob in uniform.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Things]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1940-09]]>
Right page: reports from the Henley Royal Regatta.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Henley-on-Thames]]> 1938-07-02]]> 1938-07-03]]> Bottom, a class of 21 girls annotated 'Davenport Spring term 1936 (my last)'.
Right page: top left, report of a dance, top right a rural scene of mountains; centre, results of the ladies Challenge Plate.
Middle right, river scene annotated 'postcards home 1936'.
Bottom, group of five men and three women at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution stall.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1936]]>