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  • Spatial Coverage is exactly "England--Torquay"

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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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 -…

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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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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PThompsonKG15010007.jpg
Page, annotated 'Initial Training Wing Oct - '41 - Jan '42'.
Colour postcard, captioned 'Torquay Riviera', annotated 'Our Church for Sunday parades', 'Messing and billets in long white building'.
Postcard captioned 'The Harbour and Vane Hill',…

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