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  • Spatial Coverage is exactly "England--Ely"

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Jack writes about family. His leg is keeping him at Ely, he is not ready to move.

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Jack writes about family. He spent the day in the solarium in the warmth.

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Jack writes that he has little news. He has had visitors.

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Jack writes that he is about to get 21 or 28 days leave, then back to Ely.

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Jack writes that one of his friends is trying to arrange a visit to him in hospital. The new sister appears to be better but strict. One patient had 14 days leave and spent three days celebrating his squadron's VC.

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Jack writes that he has received two letters from her. He writes about friends. He prefers Ely to Halton but accepts its a step closer to getting home.

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Jack writes that he has to wait a week before getting fitted with his calliper. Until then he can't get leave. He is not as happy as at Ely. He describes his daily routine.

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Jack writes that he has no news about leave. He has a calliper now for his leg and is getting used to it.

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Jack writes from Ely hospital. He writes about her visit, the kids and her ginger hair colour. A friend dropped in to see him.

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Jack writes that he received her letter with news that Brenda is better. He will send them chocolate at the weekend. He talks about friends who were in hospital when he was in.

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Looking up from street level at a flying Lancaster with Spitfire in trail over with Ely Cathedral.

Identification kindly provided by the members of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Group.

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A diary kept during Arthur's RAF service.
There is a second diary for 1943 only and its contents are identical to the first diary.
A third diary covers 1944.

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Distant view of a Lancaster with undercarriage down on approach. On the reverse 'Taken from the road Ely - Sutton returning from ops. No Didwell. Vic Edwards ex LAC electrician Mepal 43-45'. Two versions of the same image.

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Alan writes that he will be home on leave on Friday. He has been to Ely cathedral.

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In 1943 Frank completed an engineering apprenticeship and volunteered to join the Royal Air Force as a flight engineer. He completed basic training in London, where he witnessed the fatal crash of a C-47 and then went to Initial Training Wing at RAF…

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View of cathedral with two towers. On the reverse 'Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambs, Mr George Charles Shepherd, 14 Gladstone Terrace, Brentons Lane, West Norwood, London SE27'.

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View across river with swan centre left and part of bridge on right. On the reverse 'On Ely River 8/9/44'.

Identification kindly provided by Phillip Judge of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Facebook Group.

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Describes his service after completing his tour and the journey back to Australia.

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S Guyans’ Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book covering the period 24 January 1943 to 17 Mar 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as air gunner. He was stationed at RAF Penrhos (9 [O] AFU), RAF Marham (1483 Gunnery Flight), RAF…

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A biography of Alec written by his step sister's husband. He details the family history, his search for the grave site, his visit to the grave in 1992 and their research on the crash.

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Photo 1 is a vertical close up of Ely Cathedral.
Photo 2 is Ray Wells and a navigator.
Photo 3 is a vertical view of the cathedral and surrounding streets.

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A list kept by Ray of stations that he served or visited.

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Geoff Payne's autobiography divided into five chapters.

Chapter 1. Under Training. Covers the period between being assessed in Birmingham Geoff before setting off to London in August 1942 for training at Lords. Initial training was at RAF…

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Two items from a photo album.
Item 1 is a newspaper cutting about 75 Squadron, dated 1943.
Item 2 is a vertical aerial photograph taken during a training exercise, annotated ' C.1. N.U. 10-3-45 F7" F/Lt Guinane' and captioned ' "G.H." Simulated…

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A description of an operation over Berlin when the crew had to travel with all their personal kit because they were transferring to a new airfield.

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