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Record of service
Covers all postings in service including training in England and the United States and operations on 158 Squadron flying Halifax after which he was a pilot instructor.
Georgia and Florida
Top left - view of wooden church surrounded by trees. Captioned 'The church, Turner Field, Georgia'.
Bottom right - view from biplane of open countryside. captioned 'The swamps of Florida taken from PT17 in the air'.
Bottom right - view from biplane of open countryside. captioned 'The swamps of Florida taken from PT17 in the air'.
Florida scenes
Titled 'March 1942, Primary Training Florida'.
Top left - view of three story building across a lake, Captioned 'Punta Gorda Fla'.
Top middle - view of a multi-story building through trees. Captioned 'Punta Gorda'
Top right - view of a mansion…
Top left - view of three story building across a lake, Captioned 'Punta Gorda Fla'.
Top middle - view of a multi-story building through trees. Captioned 'Punta Gorda'
Top right - view of a mansion…
Florida scenes
Top left - view across an open air swimming pool. Captioned 'Lido swimming pool, Sarasota Fla'.
Top middle - three airmen wearing tunics and side caps sitting on a wall with water in the background. Captioned 'Darky, Stan & myself, Sarasota'.
Top…
Top middle - three airmen wearing tunics and side caps sitting on a wall with water in the background. Captioned 'Darky, Stan & myself, Sarasota'.
Top…
Carlstrom Field
Top left - Stearman biplanes in line and taxiing on airfield. One aircraft airborne. Captioned 'The operation strip Carlstrom'.
Top middle - lines of biplanes and a single engine low wing monoplane in the centre al parked on airfield. Captioned…
Top middle - lines of biplanes and a single engine low wing monoplane in the centre al parked on airfield. Captioned…
Florida
Top left - view across open ground of a white two story building with palm trees in front. Captioned 'Our barrack hut'.
Top middle - a man dress in white saluting while standing by a wheel barrow on a path. Two officers approaching from the right…
Top middle - a man dress in white saluting while standing by a wheel barrow on a path. Two officers approaching from the right…
The Gulf of Mexico and Florida
Top left - three men wearing swimming trunks on a wooden raft or pier in the sea. Captioned 'After a dip in the Gulf'.
Top middle - view across beach with buildings in palm trees in the distance.
Top right - piles of sacks of mail. Captioned 'The…
Top middle - view across beach with buildings in palm trees in the distance.
Top right - piles of sacks of mail. Captioned 'The…
Florida
Left - a tall tower alongside other municipal buildings surrounded by palm trees. Captioned 'Commercial Tower, Sarasota'.
Top right - an airman wearing tunic and side cap standing outside a building with tiled porch roof and striped awning with…
Top right - an airman wearing tunic and side cap standing outside a building with tiled porch roof and striped awning with…
Florida
Top left - an airman wearing khaki uniform standing with five parrots on arms and head. Wooden building in the background and captioned 'Stan Gage'.
Top middle - view through car windscreen of road with palm tress either side.
Top right - two…
Top middle - view through car windscreen of road with palm tress either side.
Top right - two…
The Everglades and Miami
Title 'The Everglades Fla and hitching to Miami'.
Top left - an airman wearing khaki uniform standing alongside a car. In the background trees and a cabin.
Top middle - view across water of a hut on far bank with reeds and trees in the background.…
Top left - an airman wearing khaki uniform standing alongside a car. In the background trees and a cabin.
Top middle - view across water of a hut on far bank with reeds and trees in the background.…
Yachting in Sarasota
Top left - three men in the rear of a boat on the water with shoreline in the background.
Bottom right - two men on shore and one on jetty with sail boat tied alongside. Boats on far side of creek with trees on bank.
Bottom right - two men on shore and one on jetty with sail boat tied alongside. Boats on far side of creek with trees on bank.
Miami Beach Florida
Five photographic postcards.
Top left - view of bridge over river with palm trees on banks. captioned 'Indian Creek and 41st Street Bridge. Miami Beach'.
Top middle - view of tower beyond a lake with trees either side. Captioned 'Bok Tower at Lake…
Top left - view of bridge over river with palm trees on banks. captioned 'Indian Creek and 41st Street Bridge. Miami Beach'.
Top middle - view of tower beyond a lake with trees either side. Captioned 'Bok Tower at Lake…
Miami Florida
Four photographic postcards.
Top left - view across water of silhouette city skyline with bow of yacht in right foreground, Captioned 'Moon over Miami'.
Top right - view of street with multi-story buildings either side, people on sidewalks and cars…
Top left - view across water of silhouette city skyline with bow of yacht in right foreground, Captioned 'Moon over Miami'.
Top right - view of street with multi-story buildings either side, people on sidewalks and cars…
Miami Florida
One colour and three b/w postcards.
Top left - colour artwork postcard of a stadium surrounded by car parks and city buildings behind. Captioned 'Orange Bowl Stadium. Home of the hurricanes, Miami Florida'.
Top right - multi-storey buildings on the…
Top left - colour artwork postcard of a stadium surrounded by car parks and city buildings behind. Captioned 'Orange Bowl Stadium. Home of the hurricanes, Miami Florida'.
Top right - multi-storey buildings on the…
Miami Florida
Top left - view out of window of town buildings, with street and cars in middle distance.
Top middle - view of multi-story buildings on right side and telegraph wires down centre.
Top right - view across flat roof of distant multi-story…
Top middle - view of multi-story buildings on right side and telegraph wires down centre.
Top right - view across flat roof of distant multi-story…
Miami Florida
Top left - two airmen one standing up in open topped car reaching up to palm tree and the other standing alongside. Captioned 'Pulling Cocanuts [sic]'.
Top middle - a man wearing swimming trunks lying on sandy beach with building in the…
Top middle - a man wearing swimming trunks lying on sandy beach with building in the…
Florida
Left - colour postcard with artwork map of southern Florida.
Top middle - view across water to far shore with trees and houses.
Top right - parrot in a cage.
Bottom middle - two alligators.
Bottom right - a woman wearing shorts preparing food…
Top middle - view across water to far shore with trees and houses.
Top right - parrot in a cage.
Bottom middle - two alligators.
Bottom right - a woman wearing shorts preparing food…
Sarasota Florida
Top - colour artwork postcard of a swimming pool with two story decking and many people with beach and sea in background. Captioned 'S-6 - The Sarasota Lido, showing Gulf of Mexico, Sarasota, Fla'.
Bottom - colour artwork postcard with two views.…
Bottom - colour artwork postcard with two views.…
The memoir of Eric William Scott
Text and numerous b/w photographs (some of which are also located in sub-collection albums) covering from immediately before and during World War II - (1939-1946). First page has colour photographs and description of prisoner of war medal. Continues…
Eric Scott pilot's flying log book
Pilots flying log book for Eric Scott from 23 November 1941 to 17 July 1942. It covers his initial flying training in England and then in Florida and Alabama in the USA. Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Stearman, Vultee and Harvard. He landed on a…
Cadet's handbook
Book given to students training at the Riddle Aeronautical Institute, Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Florida, United States. Starts with some history of institute and airfield. Gives general advice to students, outlines objectives of the course and gives…
Edward King's RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Edward J King’s Navigator’s Flying Log Book covering the period 30 January 1942 to 18 May 1946. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as Navigator. He was stationed at RAF Prestwick (3 RS), RAF Wrexham and RAF Honiley (96 Squadron),…
Notice to Airmen
A poem about the perils of flying.
Cyril James Sunbathing
Cyril in swimming trunks sitting on a beach. On the reverse 'Relaxing on the beach at Pensacola'.
Vultee Valiant
A port side view of a US Navy Valiant '03155', '58'. On the reverse 'SNO' and '920T'.