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MTerras1050292-150303-01.pdf
List of names, and nickname, with service number and place of origin. Robert Wallace Terras is first on the list.

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SBondS-GraftonSv10002.pdf
Cover photograph of an airman with half brevet captioned 'Pilot Officer Stan Grafton during debrief at RAF Wratting Common, following the disastrous raid on Berlin on the night of 23/24 August 1943'. Chapter one covers enlistment and training…

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PClaydonFE22010005.jpg
Four rows of trainees arranged in front of St John the Apostle church, Montpellier road, Torquay.

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BGardnerM-ManuelRWickhamHWv1.pdf
Recalls Harry's joining the RAF and describes his initial, then basic and advanced aircrew training. Follows move to operational training unit, and joining 102 Squadron flying Whitley. Mentions operations to Berlin, Stettin and Duisburg. Converted to…

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PDunnFT18010005.jpg
Full length image of an airman wearing tunic with sergeant rank and bomb aimer brevet, and side cap, sitting on a stone wall holding a book.

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PHawkesRW17010006.jpg
12 photographs from an album.
#1 a group of trainees arranged in four rows, captioned ' 'C' flight ISQD 13 ITW Torquay (1943)'
#2 is a head and shoulders portrait of Robert Wilfred Hawkes with a trainees cap.
#3 is three trainee airmen standing…

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EDoughtyJCDoughtyW430715.pdf
Writes of jumping into the sea and relates his and a colleagues experiences, including being watched by holiday makers. Concludes with a little gossip and a sketch of a sergeant pushing a man into the sea.

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EDoughtyJCDoughtyW430708-0001.jpg
Writes that had not replied to her letter but it had only just arrived (envelope enclosed showing address changes chasing him around). Comments on his training activities which include swimming and dinghy drill.

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EDoughtyJCDoughtyW[Date]-020001.jpg
Thanks her for postal order. Writes of his routine during training in Torquay. Mentions recent journey back to base.

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BLovattPHastieRv2.pdf
A biography of Roy Hastie.

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BLovattPHastieRv1.pdf
An incomplete biography of Roy Hastie. Only pages 1 to 46, 104 to 106, 128 to 133 and 34 additional unnumbered pages are included.

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BWilsonRCWilsonRCv1.pdf
Reg summarises Bomber Command's role in the war then details his personal experiences from training days. He covers in detail the navigational techniques he used. He describes the operation he was on when he was shot down.

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MWellsRG1686349-170403-08.jpg
A brief list of Ray's RAF career on an RAF form.

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MWellsRG1686349-170403-020001.jpg
A list kept by Ray of stations that he served or visited.

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BWittyARWittyARv1.pdf
History of wartime experiences of Ronald Witty. Starts with schooling and early employment just before the war in Hull. Mentions German bombing of Hull and volunteering for the RAF. Describes training in London and Torquay before departing on a troop…

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ELordWCJBennettLR430708-0001.jpg
He writes enclosing a cheque, explains he was on leave in Torquay but got recalled, he asks if Euny has written to her, he talks about the 'bonus' being 'grand', asks about Stan who is a prisoner of war and he hopes she has a good holiday.

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BYeomanHTYeomanHTv1-01.pdf
Starts with a poem and then a series of stories which together form the memoirs of Harold Yeoman, an officer who served in Bomber Command during the war, initially as a pilot on Wellingtons and then as an Intelligence Officer. He relates his…

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SJenkinsonPR1826262v10018.jpg
Full face portrait of an officer wearing tunic with pilot's brevet and peaked cap. Captioned with details and that he was pilot of Peter Jenkinson's Lancaster shot down 28 January 1945 all crew killed.
Two notes giving biographic details and record…

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PLeadbetterJ16040007.jpg
Four airmen heading to the beach. Three have rolled up towels, the fourth has a football.

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PLeadbetterJ16040005.jpg
Ten airmen arranged in two rows on the beach. They are dressed for physical training. On the reverse 'Torquay 1942'.

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PLeadbetterJ16040004.jpg
The three men are sitting on the beach at Torquay. They are dressed for physical training.

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EGreenAWGreenWH-[Mo]-G4011XX-0001.jpg
Alan writes during his training at Torquay. He had just heard about the bombing of Coventry, where his family lived. He has arranged leave to visit his family. His course has finished and he has been made Guard Commander.

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EGreenAWGreenWH-[Mo][Date]-010001.jpg
Alan writes from Torquay during his training. He had just arrived in pitch black then the next day turned up at the receiving unit. There are lectures and physical training. He will then move to an Initial Training Wing in about a week. Then he…

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PHughesCL16010065.jpg
Top left - view of Oddicombe beach, Torquay with hills inland.
Top right - view from Oddicombe beach looking towards Babbacombe beach and cliffs.
Centre middle - view down onto rocky promontory in sea at Babbacombe beach, Torquay.
Bottom left -…

SBakerDA19210428v20015.jpg
Green card '9th Oct 1940/Torquay Paignton'
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