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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.
Hong Kong, Cairo, Malacca and Jahore
Nine photographs from an album.
#1 is the Kowloon Ferry terminal, Hong Kong.
#2 is Mena Camp, Cairo with a pyramid behind.
#3, 4 and 5 are roads and forests.
#6 is a waitress with two plates of food.
#7 is some children, sitting.
#8 and 9 are…
#1 is the Kowloon Ferry terminal, Hong Kong.
#2 is Mena Camp, Cairo with a pyramid behind.
#3, 4 and 5 are roads and forests.
#6 is a waitress with two plates of food.
#7 is some children, sitting.
#8 and 9 are…
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.
John S Hitchcock DFC AFC
Explanations of why John was awarded a DFC and AFC.
11 FIS Ballah MEF Ground Personnel and Instructors
39 airmen arranged in four rows in front of an Oxford. Some of the men are named on the reverse.
11 FIS Ballah Course 21
19 airmen arranged in two rows in front of a Harvard.
11 FIS Shallufa Course 20
14 airmen arranged in two rows in front of a building. Each man is named on the reverse.
11 FIS Shallufa Course 19
18 airmen arranged in three rows in front of a building. Each man is named on the reverse.
11 FIS Shallufa Course 17
23 airmen arranged in three rows in front of a building. Each man is named on the reverse.
11 FIS Shallufa Course 18
20 airmen arranged in three rows in front of a building. Each man is named on the reverse.
23 Airmen
23 airmen arranged in three rows in front of a building.
11 FIS Shallufa Course 15
20 airmen arranged in three rows. Each man is named on the reverse.