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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "England--Cornwall (County)"
Prisoner of war address label
Tags: prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 6
Eulogy for Philip Jenkinson
Describes early life, joining the RAF, training and joining 10 Squadron as mid-upper gunner on Halifax. Was shot down during operation to Munich on 6/7 September 1943. After evading was capture and prisoner of war until April 1945. Goes…
Tags: 10 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; evading; Halifax; memorial; prisoner of war; shot down; training
Eulogy for Philip Jenkinson
Tags: 10 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; evading; Halifax; memorial; prisoner of war; shot down; training
Seven aircrew
Tags: aircrew
Trainee Airmen
Tags: aircrew; Initial Training Wing; training
Andrezj Jeziorski and Crew
Information supplied with the collection states -
'RAF St. Eval, 304 squadron; my crew:-
From the left:
Air gunner/radio operator Sgt. Kucharek
First pilot - F/O - AFK JEZIORSKI
Navigator - F/O -…
Tags: 304 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; navigator; pilot; RAF St Eval; wireless operator
Log Book Extracts
Odiham Flypast and sketch of route to Florida
Item 1 is a photo of nine Shackleons flying in formation.
Item 2 is a sketch map of a route from St Eval, Reykjavik, Goose Bay, Q Point, Jacksonville, Montreal, Greenwood then returning to St Eval. Titled 'Ex.…
Tags: RAF Odiham; RAF St Eval; Shackleton
St Eval to Norfolk, Va
Item 1 is a photo of a group of 12 airmen in front of a Shackleton, captioned 'C in C & Crew at Bermuda'.
Item 2 is a sketch map of the route from St Eval, Azores, Bermuda to Norfolk (Va).
Item 3 is a photo of a car…
Tags: aircrew; RAF St Eval; Shackleton
Postcard to Douglas Hudson
Nine Shackletons in formation
Tags: RAF St Eval; Shackleton
Rex Searle's flying log book.
Tags: 120 Squadron; 1666 HCU; 206 Squadron; 210 Squadron; 42 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 47 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 7; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; RAF Abingdon; RAF Colerne; RAF Dishforth; RAF East Moor; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Wombleton; Shackleton; training
Photographs and memorabilia from Keith Thompson's time at RAF St Eval, Headquarters Coastal Command and RAF Bovingdon
Handwritten copy of extract from SROs Christmas Island.
Photograph head and shoulders, from the side, sergeant in flying overalls and flying helmet…
Tags: aircrew; RAF St Eval
Course photographs RAF St Mawgan and RAF Kinloss
Tags: Lancaster; RAF Kinloss; RAF St Mawgan; Shackleton; training
Worth Matravers
Photograph of rural coast line with lattice tower in fore ground, captioned 'Ringstead…
Tags: love and romance
Forces Preliminary course E.V.T. Sennen and Worth Matravers, Dorset, May - July 1946'
Three small photographs of 20 service personnel informally posed in front of a blast wall, wooden hut and base of an aerial tower in background.
Small head…
The last take off, RAF Farewell to Lancasters
Top - newspaper cutting the 'Last Take-off - RAF says goodbye to "the Lanc"' with photograph of airborne Lancaster. Describes how last Lancaster made last operational flight - a tour of Coastal Command…
Bombs, hills and coastline
1. Target photograph showing three bombs falling towards cloud and fields. There is no caption to identify the target.
2. Target photograph. The ground is mostly obscured by…