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Men and women walking along a pleasure pier above a beach where people are sunbathing and swimming. Printed 'P.C.6 - The 1000 ft pier at Panama City Beach, Fla. "On the Gulf of Mexico"'.

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Two ships at sea. Labeled 'greetings from Panama City beach, Florida'.

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A busy beach scene with people swimming. A row of single story buildings sit behind the beach with trees beyond. Labeled P.C.5 - bathing in the Gulf of Mexico at Panama City beach, near Panama City, Fla'.

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View out to sea through a row of palm trees. Labeled 'Sunrise on the Florida Coast'.

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People swimming in the sea wit open sided beach huts, a raised tower with buildings, palm trees and parked cars behind. Labelled 'P.C. 13 - bathing at Long Beach resort, Panama City, Fla'.

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A group of people lying and standing on the sand. There is a raised platform with two people at under an umbrella with covered cafes, palm trees and parked cars beyond. Labelled 'P.C.16 - On the white sands of Long Beach Resort, "The World's Most…

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Peter Greenwood was born February 2, 1926, in Halifax, and grew up in the Yorkshire countryside, where his father ran a dairy business. He studied at Sowerby Bridge Grammar School with a particular interest in physics and chemistry. He was later…

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SBondS-HornerLv10001.pdf
Lionel Horner’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book as an Air Navigator from 29th June 1942 until 10th September 1945.
Navigation training at the Pan American Airways Navigation Section, Miami and then Advanced Flying Unit in England. Posted to 29…

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BNashDCMNashDCMv1.pdf
Born in 1916, Dan spent his early childhood in Kent with his grandmother before moving back to his parents in Fulham. He left school at 16 for a job with the Hudson's Bay Fur Company and met Joyce, his future wife. With the outbreak of war, the…

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Details the service career of Douglas 'Hank' Iveson including operations to prevent the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau leaving port, damage sustained to his Halifax aircraft, low level attacks on Tirpitz, participation in the 1,000 aircraft raids, the…

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PBraithwaiteW19010025.jpg
The photograph on the left of the left page shows Florida State Capitol Building.
The photograph on the top right of the left page shows a house with a porch.
The photograph on the bottom right of the left page shows the Administration Building…

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LDrinkellWG55113v1.pdf
Pilot’s Flying Log book for Flt Lt William Drinkell from 11th June 1942 to 31st March 1947. Initial flying training in Canada and USA. Advanced pilot training in England with 6 AFU, 14 OTU, and LFS before operational posting to 50 Squadron. Post…

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PLovattP19140030.jpg
An oblique aerial photograph of the west end of the Venetian Causeway Bridge. The docks were known as the Steamship docks but have now been filled in.

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PLovattP19140028.jpg
Two oblique aerial photographs of the beach looking north.

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PLovattP19140027.jpg
An oblique aerial photograph of downtown Miami.

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PLovattP19140018.jpg
An oblique aerial photograph of Miami South Beach.

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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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PWilsonRC1749.jpg
Three colour postcards.
#1 a Halifax of 35 Squadron, in flight.
#2 Albany, Georgia - Pecan trees and a hunter with aircraft above.
#3 Lakeland, Florida. Orange trees, fishing and houses.

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PWilsonRC1740.jpg
Reg in leather flying jacket holding his flying equipment.

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PWilsonRC1739.jpg
A naval officer with a full beard and Reg Wilson outside a building.

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MWilsonRC1389401-170113-61.jpg
A card issued to Reg by his flying school.

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Reg advises that he has completed primary training and has been on leave at West Palm Beach.

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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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PWilsonRC17160029.jpg
Reg lying on the grass on his arms, pointing at the camera. Information supplied with the collection states 'Florida, February 1942'.

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