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A list of 16 aircraft and crew lost between May and November 1942 from 301 Squadron.
Business card for P/O Harry William Bock, Polish Air Force.

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Full face portrait of a woman. On the reverse Polish handwriting.

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RAF Propaganda Newspaper ("Luftpost") aimed at the German-speaking population. Page 1: Shows a Luftwaffe document scheduling hospitals as the primary targets of bombing attacks. Page 2. Article asking where the final victory that Hitler promised his…

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Propaganda leaflet aimed at the German-speaking population. The leaflet explains Churchill's intention of striking back with RAF bombing attacks on strategic targets in retaliation for Germany's indiscriminate attacks on 11 countries.

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Asserts German party leaders want to make the German people afraid of peace as it would mean the end of the party and any new beginnings for the German people.

A quotation from Roosevelt indicates that although they will punish the leaders from…

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The German government imposed an unnecessary war on its country despite assurances to the contrary about both the war and territorial expansion in Europe. This has threatened the German state and its law. Peaceful consultation could have prevented…

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In this communiqué, dated 23rd April 1945, Allied Leaders Joseph Stalin, Harry Truman and Winston Churchill remind German commanders and officers of their responsibilities for the safety and well-being of all allied prisoners of war. They outline…

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Original Pamphlet that was dropped on 2.10.1944 in the area of the Scheldt. The Pamphlet warned the people living in the Scheldt river area for the imminent allied air and artillery bombardment followed by a large infantry attack. The pamphlet warns…

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Freedom does not perish. A Dutch language newspaper dropped by the RAF.

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Leaflet describes how the United States is fulfilling President Roosevelt’s promise of 16th March 1941 to provide Britain with ships, aircraft, tanks and weapons and how much it is producing. Many of the war materials are at no cost and on…

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Photographs and short obituaries of P-1611 Niemczyk Maksymilian and P-1591 Balicki Roman.

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The packs are in a presentation case from the Amsterdam museum. They were presented to Ted Leaviss and all the other attendees to the 40 year celebration of Operation Manna in Holland in 1985.
Additional information about this item was kindly…

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Janek Radonski (right) and an airman. Both are wearing tunics and standing in front of a low fence with foliage behind. On the reverse handwritten Polish caption and a note 'Right'.

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Propaganda booklet about total war containing photographs quotes and text about bombing.

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Left page: top left, list of members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Top right, Queen Mary standing with a woman in uniform and 13 men, one in uniform, identified as Bob.
Middle, left, Christmas greetings.
Middle, right, best wishes at…

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Twenty-five men and six women sitting and standing in three rows. All men are wearing suit and tie and women wear long skirts and jackets. Roy Chadwick is centre of front row. In the background a building with open windows.

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President Roosevelt, speaking on behalf of the Allies, solemnly promises that all Holocaust perpetrators will be prosecuted. This applies not only to the leaders but to the ranks and file who carried out their orders, in Germany and elsewhere. Those…

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Stresses that the Allied Mission pays 100 Lire a day to each labourer working at the Casoni improvised landing strip.

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Complains that only 15 civilian labourers showed up, most of them without tools, instead of the 50 partisans expected. No tools are available.

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Comandante Scaramuccia states that construction works have started with the first stage consisting of levelling out the ground. Progression is currently hampered by a scarcity of labourers, tools and supplies.

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A Soviet Union Displaced Persons camp entrance. An entrance sign can be seen.

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A newsletter issued for propaganda purposes, in German

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Six airmen wearing flying jackets and helmets standing in line in front of a Wellington. On the reverse a handwritten note in Polish.

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Disparages Field Marshal Milch’s statement from 19th May 1941 by referring to the superior strength of the RAF, the plane-building capacity of the United States and Canada, and war production of United Nations. Göring and Hitler still in power…

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Three identical images of Reginald and Fanny on their wedding day.
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