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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "England--Oxfordshire"
Propaganda leaflets
Middle, left report of an aircraft landing on a car.
Middle centre, woman holding a baby, reports of engagements and births of babies.
Bottom left, report of the death of Lieutenant Geoffrey William…
Headington School
Bottom, a group of 13 girls and a teacher taken in the main assembly hall of Headington school.
Right page: top a group of 13 children and a…
Tags: aerial photograph
Henley Royal Regatta
Right page: reports from the Henley Royal Regatta.
Tags: sport
Schooldays
Bottom, a class of 21 girls annotated 'Davenport Spring term 1936 (my last)'.
Right page: top left, report of a dance, top right a rural scene of mountains;…
Tags: sport
Coronation
Right page: reports of various sporting events together with a report of the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Lansdowne Tabor…
William Elliot Siddle
Tags: 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Wyton; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Margaret, RKS, Tommy Body and Snow's Mum and Dad
#2 and 3 are Margaret and Tommy Body on top of a snowy Lincoln Cathedral, Xmas 1946.
#4 is Snowy's Mum & Dad.
Tags: aircrew
Warrant Officer Bob Burns
No 166 Squadron history
Page one begins with the reformation of the squadron in 1936 and gives details of the aircraft operated, the stations flown from and the roles the squadron played in training and operations.…
Tags: 10 OTU; 103 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mine laying; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kirmington; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Scampton; take-off crash; training; Wellington; Whitley
Crew Drills Completed at 16 OTU
Frank Jolliffe Recruits Duty Notice
Tags: recruitment
Frank Jolliffe aircrew medical board
Lewis Victor Rosser
More news of Oxford prisoners
Tags: prisoner of war
People
Top middle - three-quarter length b/w photograph of an airman wearing tunic with half brevet standing in a room. Captioned 'F/O Jim Derrnocly…
Percy Pickard, Alan Broadley, and F Parsons
Tags: missing in action; prisoner of war
W A Franklin, Cyril Andrews, and J F R Read
Bottom left - newspaper cutting with head and shoulders b/w photograph announcing…
Tags: aircrew; killed in action; pilot
Weddings
Bottom left - newspaper cutting - Parker-O'Brien wedding announcement.
Top right…
Tags: crash; love and romance; prisoner of war
H T Hathaway, J R Perkins, and E W Perkins
Tags: aircrew; missing in action; observer; pilot; prisoner of war
Newspaper cuttings and 35 Squadron crest
Bottom left - newspaper cutting Mr Cyril Leonard. Announces his death and gives some biographic…
Tags: 35 Squadron; aircrew; killed in action; pilot
Wedding and service life
Top right - newspaper cutting - long service…
Edward Perkins
Right - newspaper cutting with b/w photograph of fifteen aircrew mostly wearing battledress with brevet sitting and standing in three…
Tags: aircrew; pilot; prisoner of war; Spitfire
Example of sending and plotting abbreviated weather report
Tags: RAF Abingdon