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Left: Mike wearing a blazer with a club crest. He has his pipe in his mouth. Captioned, 'Mike in Sunderland June 1936'.
Right: Mike wearing a striped blazer. Captioned, 'Manchester 1936 Mike'.

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A table to convert nautical miles to statute miles and kilometres. Also a map of south wets England.

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A chart used by navigators for plotting operations.

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Map showing routes from various points in England to Peenemunde as well as to Regensburg and Schweinfurt which go on to North Africa. Shows locations of German night fighter airfields. Mentions USAAF daylight operations and shows Mosquito diversion…

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Second edition 1:500,000 aviation chart covering south east England, north east France, Belgium and southern Holland.

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A half length portrait of Ron and Lynne sharing a kiss while holding Brent.
On the reverse 'Ronald Brent Bartlett Taylor infant was barely aware that this was a reunion of his parents (in England, 1944). Six months later Ron's father died on a…

APeelMG900416.mp3
Michael Peel was with the university squadron before volunteering for the RAF. He wanted to be a navigator but was encouraged to train as a pilot. He went to Canada to train in Harvards and Tiger Moths. In conversation with his son he discusses his…

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Detailing path flown, distance and time. On the reverse a map of England, Wales, northern France, Belgium, the Netherlands and western Germany.

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LLongNJ1581956v1.pdf
Norman Long's log book as bomb aimer from 26 September 1943 until 21 June 1945. Trained at 48 and 42 Air Schools, 3 AFU, 30 OTU, 1662 HCU, 1 LFS before operational posting to 460 Squadron (RAAF). Served at RAF Hixon, RAF Blyton, RAF Hemswell, RAF…

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An image of six airmen at the front of their Wellington. Underneath is a caption stating 'RAF personnel of the RAF bombing squadrons who carried out a recent successful raid on Heligoland, back in England. - Packing the duffle bag with Charts'.

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A weight and balance calculation for a B-17C flown to England by James Foulsham, 1941.

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The typewritten sheet is captioned 'Flight Test of Hudson AM-834 flown to England by James Foulsham, 1941'.

EKillenFReidKM450101.pdf
Written over a number of days. Relates the time he had at new year. Writes that he misses her but mentions a girl back home. Continues with general chat and banter. Mentions some of his activities and writes about films he had seen. Mentions upcoming…

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Writes long complaint about the poor British postal system. Broaches plan for possible meeting in London sometime.

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Newspaper cutting announcing safe arrival of Oscar Jensen in England. Includes b/w full face portrait.

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A Tea towel with a sketch map of Eastern England. 93 airfields are numbered and named, the different bombers are depicted and named, the Group headquarters are named and there is a quote from Winston Churchill.

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The letter to Audrey refers to an operation which resulted in a landing at Exeter before being transported back to Langar. He goes into some detail about other operations before closing with expressions of affection.
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