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First Day of Training
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a group of trainees arranged in four rows, annotated 'The Old 8 Flight at Newquay'. A post-it has been added with '1st day of training'.
Photo 2 is four airmen with trainee side cap white flashes.
Photo…
Photo 1 is a group of trainees arranged in four rows, annotated 'The Old 8 Flight at Newquay'. A post-it has been added with '1st day of training'.
Photo 2 is four airmen with trainee side cap white flashes.
Photo…
Newquay Beach
Two photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a man buried in the sand surrounded by his colleagues, annotated 'And a good time was had by all'.
Photo 2 is 14 airmen in a group, annotated 'Some of the boys'.
Photo 1 is a man buried in the sand surrounded by his colleagues, annotated 'And a good time was had by all'.
Photo 2 is 14 airmen in a group, annotated 'Some of the boys'.
Log Book Extracts
Two pages from a logbook. Ralph is mentioned as a second pilot or passenger.
Andrezj Jeziorski and Crew
Five airmen standing beside their aircraft.
Information supplied with the collection states -
'RAF St. Eval, 304 squadron; my crew:-
From the left:
Air gunner/radio operator Sgt. Kucharek
First pilot - F/O - AFK JEZIORSKI
Navigator - F/O -…
Information supplied with the collection states -
'RAF St. Eval, 304 squadron; my crew:-
From the left:
Air gunner/radio operator Sgt. Kucharek
First pilot - F/O - AFK JEZIORSKI
Navigator - F/O -…
Trainee Airmen
Class of RAF cadets in four rows, submitted with caption; “No 7 ITW. Newquay, Cornwall Jan ‘43”
Airmen of front of Beachview hotel Newquay
Fifty-eight RAF personnel sitting and standing in four rows, 56 with cadet side caps, outside the Beachview hotel 3 Island Cres, Newquay.
Identification kindly provided by Kenneth R. Woolley III of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles…
Identification kindly provided by Kenneth R. Woolley III of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles…
Seven aircrew
Seven aircrew in Sidcot suits at Newquay, Cornwall, just off Island crescent, the bridge steelwork for the island is visible and cliffs and hotel on headland beyond. Three are kneeling and four are standing.
Eulogy for Philip Jenkinson
Describes early life, joining the RAF, training and joining 10 Squadron as mid-upper gunner on Halifax. Was shot down during operation to Munich on 6/7 September 1943. After evading was capture and prisoner of war until April 1945. Goes on with…
Eulogy for Philip Jenkinson
Description
Describes early life, joining the RAF, training and joining 10 Squadron as mid-upper gunner on Halifax. Was shot down during operation to Munich on 6/7 September 1943. After evading was capture and prisoner of war until April 1945. Goes…
Describes early life, joining the RAF, training and joining 10 Squadron as mid-upper gunner on Halifax. Was shot down during operation to Munich on 6/7 September 1943. After evading was capture and prisoner of war until April 1945. Goes…
Prisoner of war address label
From Mrs Jenkinson to Sergeant Leslie Philip Jenkinson at Stalag Luft 6.
Telegram
Best wished for Christmas and new year.
Message to P Jenkinson
Sorry he is leaving Newquay from his mother,
Wartime Halifax operations
Written for Cornish aviation society. Welcomes Philip Jenkinson and gives account of his training and operations on 10 Squadron Halifax. Describes being shot down and baling out. Mentions evading, capture and as a prisoner being on a tour of his…
Flight Sergeant Peter Raeburn Jenkinson DFM - life story
Covers medical problems in childhood, starting work with Bristol aircraft company in 1937, medically unfit for RAF aircrew, he was sent to work on Beaufighter at RAF Predannack where he was awarded a white feather by a young lady at a social event.…
Peter Jenkinson
Top - head and shoulders portrait of an airman wearing tunic with flight engineer brevet.
Bottom - telegram from Peter Jenkinson announcing he would be home on leave next week and passed OK.
Bottom - telegram from Peter Jenkinson announcing he would be home on leave next week and passed OK.
Telegram to Mrs I R Jenkinson
Informs he that her son Sgt P R Jenkinson was reported missing from operations on night 28 January 1945. Will inform her if any other information received.
Family at Buckingham Palace for award of Peter Jenkinson's Distinguished Flying Medal
Top - newspaper cutting noting that Warrant Officer L P Jenkinson received DFM awarded to his brother Peter.
Middle - photograph with full length image of two men either side of two women. Man on the right is wearing uniform tunic with brevet and…
Middle - photograph with full length image of two men either side of two women. Man on the right is wearing uniform tunic with brevet and…
Plaque on wall of Constantine Church
List of those local men who sacrificed their lives in the war including Peter Jenkinson. Also list local women and men who served.
Annotated 'Plaque on wall inside Constantine Church near Falmouth, Cornwall'.
Annotated 'Plaque on wall inside Constantine Church near Falmouth, Cornwall'.
Constantine Cornwall
Top - colour photograph of a church tower on the right and a two story house on the left with hedge in front and trees left and right. Captioned 'Constantine village church'.
Bottom - note with some facts about Constantine Cornwall.
Bottom - note with some facts about Constantine Cornwall.
Constantine church
In the centre a church with tower. In front a graveyard with stones. Trees left, centre and right. Caption with details.
Tommy Birch
An airman leaning on the railings at the side of a river estuary. It is captioned 'Tommy Birch Bomb Aimer 626 Sqadron [sic] Taken at Looe, Cornwall 1944'.
Sam Collens and Herbert Davy
Two airmen standing at the side of the beach. It is captioned 'Pilot Officer BA (Sam) Collens Rear Gunner Sgt Herbert Davy 626 Squadron Taken at Looe, Cornwall 1944'.
Bill Eyles service history
Enlisted in 1939, ground staff until re-mustered as aircrew, Feb 1943 to RAF St Eval, anti-submarine sweeps. May 1943 to 78 Squadron, 1943 instructing at OTU, July 1944 to 35 Squadron Pathfinders, total of 66 operations. Demobbed February 1946.
Halifax and Land's End
Top left - front quarter view of a Halifax parked on snow covered dispersal with bomb trolley in front. Captioned 'Our old "Love" in dispersal - Foulsham, Jan 1945'. Included is enlarged view of this photograph.
Top right - rock formation. Captioned…
Top right - rock formation. Captioned…
Cornwall and Northumberland
Top left - three-quarter length image of an airman standing in a field looking at a stone bridge in the middle distance. Captioned 'Ivana and Horse Bridge, Cornwall, 14.2.45'.
Top right - An airman leaning on a road sign with distances to Tavistock,…
Top right - An airman leaning on a road sign with distances to Tavistock,…