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Winston Churchill's arrival in Egypt
Churchill being received by officers as he leaves a Dakota.
Air Commodore Richard Kellet's Obituary
An obituary published in the Times with a second cutting with a correction from an air vice-marshal.
Menu - 462, 76 and 10 Squadrons
Menu with bomber aircraft at top and three squadrons named - title 16 days middle east. Several named Mediterranean towns. Signatures on the reverse.
Sightseeing
Top left - distant figure of an airmen standing in ruins. Captioned 'Don exploring'.
Top right - four airmen standing by ruined stone wall. Captioned 'David periously [sic] on the brink of the tomb'.
Bottom left - airman sitting on statue with…
Top right - four airmen standing by ruined stone wall. Captioned 'David periously [sic] on the brink of the tomb'.
Bottom left - airman sitting on statue with…
Photographs - pyramids
Title 'at Mena'.
Top left - three airmen in front of pyramid. Captioned 'outside Mena hotel; (the road leading to pyramids)'.
Top right - three airmen wearing khaki uniform and side caps with pyramid in the background.
Bottom - view from inside…
Top left - three airmen in front of pyramid. Captioned 'outside Mena hotel; (the road leading to pyramids)'.
Top right - three airmen wearing khaki uniform and side caps with pyramid in the background.
Bottom - view from inside…
Photographs aircraft and people
Top - in the foreground right, the front of a Halifax taxiing. In the distance, other bombers.
Bottom left - a ship in canal, captioned 'Suez Canal'.
Bottom centre - two airmen wearing khaki shorts and shirts standing in front of palm tree.…
Bottom left - a ship in canal, captioned 'Suez Canal'.
Bottom centre - two airmen wearing khaki shorts and shirts standing in front of palm tree.…
104 Squadron personnel occurrence report
List airmen for movements in and out as well as leave.
Receipt for parcel
From YMCA HQ MEF Cairo. Receipt for parcel from Mrs M Powell.
Invitation to a dance
Invitation form CMC sergeants mess RAF Shallufa, and ticket to dance at the Maltese club Suez.
Helmsmans certificate
Certified that Flight Sergeant Powell was tested and proficient in handling club Dinghy at Moascar other ranks sailing club.
Watch receipt
Receipt for watch from MCA watch maker shop at Ismailia.
Permission to be absent from quarters
At RAF Abu Suier. Made out for Flight Sergeant Powell N. from April to December 1946. Two similar forms The second covers January and February 1946.
Scrapbook page people and aircraft
Top left - airman wearing battledress standing by gate in wooden fence with house in the background. Captioned '?'. Top left/centre - man wearing civilian jacket and tie by the fuselage of a York. Captioned 'Postwar ? Cosford'. Top right/centre -…
Scrapbook page aircraft and people
Top left - large group of airmen wearing battledress posing in front of a B-24. Captioned 'Don't know, early lib with front turret, UK Sqdn? Blue uniform'.
Top centre - man holding sheet in sailing boat. Captioned 'on Lake Timsa, 45'.
Top right -…
Top centre - man holding sheet in sailing boat. Captioned 'on Lake Timsa, 45'.
Top right -…
Scrapbook page - aircraft and people
Top left - B-24 parked on airfield, captioned '104 a/c Foggia 45'. Top right - air-to-air view looking down on B-24 with bombs falling. Captioned 'Bomb hit B-24 but plane survives, not our plane, taken in 44'. Middle left - three airmen two wearing…
Norman Powell by B-24
An airman wearing khaki uniform with sergeant rank standing under the tail of a B-24. Another B-24 in the background.
Norman Powell by B-24
An airman wearing khaki uniform with sergeants rank standing under the tail of a B-24. Another B-24 in the background. On the reverse 'Myself by the aircraft at Cairo West, 12:7:45'. Two versions of the same image.
RAF permanent pass
Made out for Flight Sergeant N Powell for RAF Abu Sueir for 1945.
RAF Middle East identity card for Drivers of MT vehicles
Made out for Sergeant N Powell at RAF Abu Sueir.
RAF permanent pass
Made out for Flight Sergeant N I Powell N I at RAF Shallufa, Egypt.
Sergeants Mess Christmas dinner menu
Drawing of tree with birds and signs, list of food for dinner for sergeants' mess at RAF Abu Sueir. Signatures on the reverse.
Maps of Cyrenaica
Two maps. The first is of Egypt and East Libya and the second is of West Libya and Chad.
Model Horse Race
An officer bent over a horse silhouette, part of a model horse race. He is watched by many airmen. All are in khaki and shorts. On the reverse 'RAF Shallufah MEF. Victory Celebrations VE+1 day 9-5-45'.
Aircraft Clearance Form
A form allowing a flight from Heliopolis to Shallufa.
John S Hitchcock DFC AFC
A brief extract of John's service life.