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Bottom right - Arthur Pearce leaning out of the rear door of a Lancaster rear turret which is rotated fully to port.

Bottom left - newspaper cutting title 'Southwark "Pathfinder" on goodwill mission'. States that Warrant Officer A.J. Pearce of Southwark will be a rear gunner of a Lancaster of 35 Squadron when it flies to the United States on a goodwill mission. 16 Lancasters and two Yorks will visit America to take part in Air Forces day on 1 August. They will visit New York, St Louis, Los Angeles, Denver, Long Beach, San Antonio and West Palm Beach. It adds that during the war W/O Pearce completed 44 operations including some with pathfinder force. He was awarded the DFM in December 1945.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Missouri--Saint Louis]]> California--Los Angeles]]> Colorado--Denver]]> California--Long Beach]]> Florida--West Palm Beach]]> Texas--San Antonio]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Florida]]> California]]> Colorado]]> Missouri]]> New York (State)]]> Texas]]> 1946-08-01]]> 1945-12]]>

Middle left - photograph of B-17 facing left.

Middle right air-to-air view of four Lancasters in formation over a city.

Third row left - air-to-ground view of Los Angeles, the tall building is the LA City Hall.

Third row right - Lancaster in light paint scheme parked on ground at air show surrounded by spectators.

Bottom left - Avro York at airshow surrounded by spectators.

Bottom right - air-to-ground view of a city with square grid roads and tall buildings.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> New York (State)]]> California]]> California--Los Angeles]]> 1946-07]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> California]]> California--Los Angeles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Pending review]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States]]> California]]> California--Los Angeles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> United States]]> California]]> California--Los Angeles]]> California--Los Angeles]]> Roy Chadwick]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Sale]]> United States]]> California--Los Angeles]]> California--San Francisco]]> Washington (State)--Seattle]]> California]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1943-10-17]]> Item 2 is a photograph of three men and two women, captioned 'Some of the stars about town'.
Item 3, 4, 5 and 6 are photographs of several airmen standing with actresses at the studios.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> California]]> California--Los Angeles]]> 1946]]>
Photograph 2 is the Hollywood Bowl with a printed comment.
Item 1 is a newspaper cutting from the Los Angeles Times. There is a photograph of seven Lancasters and a line of airmen.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> California]]> California--Los Angeles]]> 1946-07]]>
Item 2 is a newspaper cutting with the weather.
Item 3 is a newspaper cutting 'RAF Planes Here for Fete'. 15 Lancasters arrive at Long Beach.
Item 4 is a newspaper cutting of Air Commodore Frank Whittle and two women.The page is captioned '28th July - 3rd August 1946'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Roger Dunsford]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> California]]> California--Los Angeles]]> 1946-07]]> 1946-08]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Azores]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> California]]> Colorado]]> Massachusetts]]> Missouri]]> Texas]]> Washington (D.C.)]]> California--Los Angeles]]> Colorado--Denver]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Massachusetts--West Springfield]]> New York (State)]]> Newfoundland and Labrador]]> Texas--San Antonio]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> Illinois--Belleville]]> Illinois]]> 1946-07]]> 1946-08]]>