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Branch news
Reports from various Royal Air Force Association branches including meetings, resignations and appointments, advertising efforts, grievances, social events and the loss of members including Flight Officer Aspin DFC and Flight Officer Preston DFC.…
Frank Truswell's service history
A handwritten list of the various courses and stations where Frank served.
Harold Newey
Harold in uniform with side cap. On reverse, 'mother's cousin Harold' and stamped 'W R Buckley, Regent Studio, Cocker Sqr, Blackpool, N.S.'.
Victor Wells
Head and shoulder portrait of Victor in uniform with side cap. On reverse 'Sgt V Wells, 61 Sandringham Avenue, Whiston, Nr. Rotherham' also stamped Valette Studio 32, Bank Hey St., Blackpool' and 'Oct.17.1940'.
This is ridiculous - we should bale out
Mentions that he was in air cadets and then covers training as a wireless operator and eventual posting to 550 Squadron. Recalls events of 12 July 1944 on an operation to Revigny in France when the crew were forced to abandon their aircraft over…
Service documents
Permission for David to be absent from quarters and notes reading 'Douglas. 350' and 'Sgt. Tracy C. 68 Sandgate Blackpool'.
Conversation with Eric Clarke
Starts with discussion of Hampden and then getting Manchester and subsequently Lancaster. Relates some Manchester operations including 1000 bomber raid. Provides anecdotes about Manchester operations. Continues with account of joining up and…
Dan Nash memoir
Born in 1916, Dan spent his early childhood in Kent with his grandmother before moving back to his parents in Fulham. He left school at 16 for a job with the Hudson's Bay Fur Company and met Joyce, his future wife. With the outbreak of war, the…
Rows of airmen
A group of 48 airmen in uniform, 46 wearing side caps and 2 with officer caps. They are arranged in four rows on grass with a terrace of residential buildings with chimneys beyond. Thomas is second right in the third row from the front. On reverse,…
Group of airmen
A group of 46 airmen in uniform, 45 wearing side caps and one with an officer's cap. The men are arranged in four rows on the pavement outside Springfield House with the number 13 above the door. Thomas is sitting, front row, seventh right, with his…
Springfield House
A group of 46 airmen in uniform outside a terraced property. They are arranged in four rows and the property has the number 13 above the door. On reverse 'Blackpool Tom McMahon front row seventh from left'. [sic, Tom McMahon is seventh from right].
Young airman
Half portrait of Thomas in his uniform and half cap. On reverse is a stamp reading 'Portrait BB Promenade Blackpool Phone 2188 No.4893' and 'Thomas McMahon'.
Józef Staniewski
A head and shoulders portrait of Józef.
On the reverse 'Souvenier [sic] to Reg from Josef'.
There is a second identical copy with, on the reverse 'To Dear Ella with Best Wishes and Kind Regards - from Josef Blackpool 8/XII 1940'.
On the reverse 'Souvenier [sic] to Reg from Josef'.
There is a second identical copy with, on the reverse 'To Dear Ella with Best Wishes and Kind Regards - from Josef Blackpool 8/XII 1940'.
Three airmen
Three airmen standing with arms linked.
On the reverse 'To Ella and Reg from [indecipherable] 18th January 1941'
On the reverse 'To Ella and Reg from [indecipherable] 18th January 1941'
Airman and a woman
A head and shoulders portrait of the two with a pier and Blackpool Tower in the background. The airman has a Poland shoulder badge. On the reverse '1940'.
Two airmen and a woman
A head and shoulders portrait of the three at the seaside. On the right is Józef with a Polish crest on his hat. On the reverse '1940'.
Two airmen
A head and shoulders portrait of two men. Josef is on the right. On the reverse '1940'.
Five airmen including Józef Staniewski and a woman
The six are sitting on the railings of the esplanade at Blackpool. On the reverse '1940'.
Józef Staniewski and two women
Józef is sitting between two women on a park bench. On the reverse 'Blackpool Sept 1940'.
Funeral, Józef, Ella and Dusky
Seven photographs on a page.
#1, 2 and 6 are the funeral at Newark.
#1 is annotated 'Funeral at Newark (Ella & Reg 2nd and 3rd from right)'.
#3 is Józef and Ella standing in the back garden of 12 Browning Road Coventry and is annotated.
#4 is…
#1, 2 and 6 are the funeral at Newark.
#1 is annotated 'Funeral at Newark (Ella & Reg 2nd and 3rd from right)'.
#3 is Józef and Ella standing in the back garden of 12 Browning Road Coventry and is annotated.
#4 is…
Reg Sharlot, Józef Staniewski and colleagues
Four photographs on a sheet.
#1 is a head and shoulders portrait of Józef Staniewski, annotated 'Souvenir to Reg from Joseph'.
#2 is three airmen, annotated '14.1.41' and 'Blackpool (Reverse on separate sheet)'.
#3 is two airmen annotated 'Joseph…
#1 is a head and shoulders portrait of Józef Staniewski, annotated 'Souvenir to Reg from Joseph'.
#2 is three airmen, annotated '14.1.41' and 'Blackpool (Reverse on separate sheet)'.
#3 is two airmen annotated 'Joseph…
Letter from Doug Box to his parents
He has received a parcel from his parents. He sent them watches. He writes about family and friends. He is going to see a film.
A Tour of Operations with RAF Bomber Command No XV/15 Squadron Mildenhall
The third book of memoirs by Bob Smith.
Covers his operational tour and bombing operations.
Covers his operational tour and bombing operations.
26 Trainee Airmen
The 26 men are grouped in three rows on the pavement outside Mrs Baker 35 Tottingham House.
On the reverse 'Blackpool 1941 I wonder how many made it. Property of Ivan Ure, Hayling Island'. And on a post-it 'subject back row 5th from left'.
On the reverse 'Blackpool 1941 I wonder how many made it. Property of Ivan Ure, Hayling Island'. And on a post-it 'subject back row 5th from left'.
The Years up to the Outbreak of the Second World War and How it Affected Me
A part autobiography of Ivan's pre-war life.