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Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 and 2 are a parade of airmen marching past a podium, captioned 'Shallufa - Canal Zone, Egypt'.
Photo 3 and 4 are a woman and an officer pointing to an item of interest in the distance. It is captioned…

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Nine photographs from an album.
Photo 1 and 2 are captioned 'Negombo - Ceylon'.
Photo 1 is a riverside with canoes.
Photo 2 is a European man in shorts with six native boys, one on a bike.
Photo 3 is a street with palm trees, captioned 'Tripoli -…

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Nine photographs of Jack's postings. They are dated 1950-1951.
Photo 1 is a view over Changi, Singapore.
Photo 2 is a man selling blankets, captioned 'Mauripur-Pakistan'.
Photo 3 is a building, captioned 'Temple Hill Mess'.
Photo 4 is a street…

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Aswan low dam with sluices open and Nile water flowing out.

Identification kindly provided by Gianluca Mazzanti of the Archeologi dell’Aria research group.

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A long two story building with arched windows and doorways on the far side of an open space with a few people walking.

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A port side view of a York on the ground. It is annotated 'Mountbatten's York visiting Cairo'. In front is a guard in khaki and shorts.

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MHoneyFWG915946-150421-01.pdf
A note book used by Fred as a log book.
His pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Benitz DFC and Flight Lieutenant Brown.

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Three photographs of the Suez Canal.
Photo 1 is three sail powered boats.
Photo 2 is one sail powered boat.
Photo 3 is a small jetty at the side of the canal.

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Capitulation near Stalingrad of Field Marshall Von Paulus on 30 January 1943 and General Streicher on 2 February 1943. Defeated Sixth Army comprised 330,000 men. General Giraud, High Commissioner in North Africa, working closely with General De…

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Two Dakotas, one with '38' on the nose, the other with an ambulance badge on the rear fuselage. On the reverse 'S.A.A.F. Dakota, on the Transport Flight dispersal. Fayid. May. 1947'.

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Lincoln Thor II with engines running. On the reverse 'Lincoln. Thor II. arrives at Fayid. May 1947'.

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Nine airmen, six standing and three crouched. Two men are holding baseball bats. On the reverse 'The Ex-Aden Baseball team at Kasfareet. Egypt. March. 1947.'

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Two men standing by their bikes. Behind are a row of palm trees. On the reverse 'Arthur and Jack Tour de Egypt. May. 1947.'

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A cyclist finishing a race. On the reverse ' "Monster" Doig finishing the "10" Egypt. April. 1947'.

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A cyclist speeding round a roundabout. On the reverse 'Jack cornering a road island in Port Fouad. Park in the background. Tour de Egypt May 1947'.

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Two cyclists in a race. Background is blurred. On the reverse 'Cycle Race TURA'

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A tandem bicycle with a man working on the chain. Behind is the Suez Canal. On the reverse is annotated 'The "Kiddie" putting the chain back on the BSA. Tour de Egypt May 1947'.

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A cyclist on a racing bike. Behind two airmen are watching and behind them a Nissen hut.
A second image is identical.
A third image has, on the reverse, 'Astride the 'Raleigh Sports' Fayid April 1947'.

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Two photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a half-length portrait of Sam Saunders.
Photo 2 is a vertical aerial photograph of the battle at El Alamein. The view is mostly featureless with two explosions. It is captioned 'L.B.40.NT.24/25/10/42.8-->…

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A vertical aerial photograph taken during the battle at El Alamein. It is captioned 'BA 40 NT 29/30-10-42. F8" --> 6,000' Battle Area' and annotated 'Battle Area. 3 sticks of bombs and burning transport'.

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A vertical aerial photograph of the El Alamein area. Much of the image is obscured by tracer and fires. It is captioned 'FA 40 NT 3/4.11.42 F8" -->6,500' Battle Area'.

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A vertical aerial photograph of an enemy ship captioned 'BA.40.NT.20/21/10/42. 8" -->7000.3203.N.2445.E'.

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A vertical aerial photograph taken during an operation at El Alamein. Most of the image is obscured by flashes but the sea is visible. It is captioned 'BA.40.NT.1/2/11/42. 8 -->Battle Area' and annotated 'The Mediterranean The coast road at El…

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A vertical aerial photograph showing a burning vehicle. It is captioned 'B.A.40.N.T. 24/25-10-42. 8" --> 870 296

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A vertical aerial photograph showing a road and railway. At the bottom are multiple tracer lights. It is captioned 'FA 40 NT 3/4.11.42 F8 -->6000 Battle Area' and annotated 'The road and railway at Fuka Burning transport'.
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