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PShipmanJ18010017.jpg
Ten photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a woman carrying a child, captioned 'Beggar Woman'.
Photo 2 is a building, captioned 'Hindu Temple'.
Photo 3 is a stone milestone, captioned 'Milestone'.
Photo 4 is a street view, captioned 'Bunder…

PShipmanJ18010005.jpg
Five photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a marching band, captioned 'Baluchistan Pipe Band.
Photo 2 is a large building, captioned 'Cotton Exchange Karachi'.
Photo 3 is a crippled man on his knees, captioned 'Beggar'.
Photo 4 is a temple…

PShipmanJ18010028.jpg
Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a tramcar loading passengers, captioned 'Tramcar'.
Photo 2 is two bullocks and a man ploughing a padi field, captioned 'Ploughing the Paddyfields'.
Photo 3 is people boarding a train, captioned 'Scene on…

PShipmanJ18010027.jpg
Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a large building, captioned 'YMCA'.
Photo 2 is a lighthouse, captioned 'Lighthouse, Manora'.
Photo 3 is a large building captioned 'Contact Club'.
Photo 4 is a large building captioned 'R101 Airship…

PPerryWRP17050010.jpg
Top left - distant view of airport terminal, Captioned 'Control, Mauripur airport, Karachi'.
Top right - in the foreground a single storey building with three two storey building behind. Captioned 'Officer's mess and quarters, Mauripur airport,…

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EMullinsRNCochraneDH451109.pdf
A letter written by Reg Mullins to Don Cochrane. There is a discussion on wartime colleagues and getting married. Reg is a co-pilot on Lancastrians but misses his time in the RAF.

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PWrigleyJ17040014.jpg
Photograph 1 is a side view of a Lincoln, captioned ''Dirty Dog' (Lincoln RF505 'D') 97 Sqdn Karachi, Pakistan, 1948.'
Photograph 2 is ten airmen arranged in two rows, the front row of six is seated with four men standing behind. It is captioned…

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PWrigleyJ17050009.jpg
Side view of Lincoln 'RF505'. There are access ladders and bombs awaiting loading.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

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PBoldyDA17010033.jpg
A man wearing light suit and tie standing behind a desk looking at a document. To the right a man wearing suit seated. On the left a man in spectacles seated. On the desk a sign '[..]kistan Jute Association'. In the background a wooden double door.

PFordTA17110065.pdf
Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is accommodation at Mauripur, captioned 'Billets at Mauripur, nr Karachi. Group of Bearers'.
Photo 2 and 4 are oblique aerial photos of the Taj Mahal.
Photo 3 is the starboard side of an Avro York, captioned…

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BPageTJPageTJv2.pdf
Includes several b/w photographs of people and aircraft. Writes of early life and mentions beginning of the war and volunteering for the air force in January 1940. Continues with account of initial training and mustering as an airframe mechanic and…

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SCockramJC419379v10034.pdf
Two flights over three days, from Cairo West to Habbaniya and then on to Bahrain and then to Karachi in a 96 Squadron Dakota.

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MWakefieldHE174040-171016-280001.jpg
For mess at Mauripur Sind, SEAAF Christmas 1945. Includes wine list, list of toasts and Christmas day dinner menu. On the back are signatures.

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MHayhurstJM2073102-170725-03.pdf
A collection of RAF squadron badges kept in a booklet.

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PShipmanJ18010035.jpg
Nine photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is seven men, captioned 'Gang at R&I Mauripur'.
Photo 2 five men, a camel and a boy, captioned 'At Hawks Bay'.
Photo 3 is three airmen in khaki uniform and broad brimmed hats, captioned 'Off to town.…

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PShipmanJ18010025.jpg
Five photographs from an album. Photo 1 is a view from the B-24 with vague field patterns on the ground. Photo 2, 3 and 5 are the airfield with the runway pattern visible. Photo 4 is looking past the B-24 port wing to the ground. The images are…

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PShipmanJ18010036.jpg
Seven photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is two men in uniform sitting on the grass.
Photo 2 is a lorry filled with airmen, captioned 'Dinner time at R&I'.
Photo 3 and 6 are two men and a woman at a table, captioned 'Opening of Contact Club…

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PShipmanJ18010034.jpg
Seven photographs from an album.
Photo 1, 2, 3 and 4 are large groups of airmen, captioned 'RAF Strike Mauripur 1946. Lecture by Air Chief Marshall Barratt I.G. RAF'.
Photo 5 is a man in khaki and shorts on the steps of a ship, captioned 'Ron…

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MWakefieldHE174040-171016-310001.jpg
Christmas greetings and Christmas dinner menu.

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BThickettPSaundersEJv10017.jpg
Details of Sam's citation for his DSO, further training in Navigation and as an instructor. He then returned to transport in the Mediterranean. His last flight was from Malta to Cairo.
There are three photographs of his wife.

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MShipmanJ1694683-181126-06.pdf
The first edition of a magazine produced by RAF Mauripur. Articles about station life, sports reports, a film review and adverts.

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PShipmanJ18010023.jpg
Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is two men sitting on a fence, captioned 'Alf & Bob Simla/45'.
Photo 2 is a group of nine men and women, captioned 'Group at "Walterton", Simla/45'.
Photo 3 and 4 are five men ready to play tennis, captioned…

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MShipmanJ1694683-181126-020001.jpg
A programme for a boxing competition.

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PShipmanJ18010022.jpg
Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a snake charmer with a snake round his shoulders and a mongoose on a rope.
Photo 2 is a snake and a mongoose.
Photo 3 is a group of standing men, captioned 'With HE Govenor [sic] of Sind Sir Hugh Dow…

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MShipmanJ1694683-181126-12.pdf
Details of football, boxing, cricket and hockey events.

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