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Top left - view across open ground of a white two story building with palm trees in front. Captioned 'Our barrack hut'.
Top middle - a man dress in white saluting while standing by a wheel barrow on a path. Two officers approaching from the right…

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Left - a tall tower alongside other municipal buildings surrounded by palm trees. Captioned 'Commercial Tower, Sarasota'.
Top right - an airman wearing tunic and side cap standing outside a building with tiled porch roof and striped awning with…

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Top left - an airman wearing khaki uniform standing with five parrots on arms and head. Wooden building in the background and captioned 'Stan Gage'.
Top middle - view through car windscreen of road with palm tress either side.
Top right - two…

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Left - colour postcard with artwork map of southern Florida.
Top middle - view across water to far shore with trees and houses.
Top right - parrot in a cage.
Bottom middle - two alligators.
Bottom right - a woman wearing shorts preparing food…

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Titled 'March 1942, Primary Training Florida'.
Top left - view of three story building across a lake, Captioned 'Punta Gorda Fla'.
Top middle - view of a multi-story building through trees. Captioned 'Punta Gorda'
Top right - view of a mansion…

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Top left - view across an open air swimming pool. Captioned 'Lido swimming pool, Sarasota Fla'.
Top middle - three airmen wearing tunics and side caps sitting on a wall with water in the background. Captioned 'Darky, Stan & myself, Sarasota'.
Top…

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Top left - view down on swimming pool with palm trees in foreground. Captioned 'Swimming pool, Lydo, Sarasota, Mexican Gulf'.
Top right - view across waters to tree lined shore. Palm trees on nearside. Captioned 'Siesta Keys, Mexican Gulf'.
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Top - in centre a bus with cars either side. Captioned 'Sarasota bus leaving Carlstrom'.
Bottom left - cat at petrol station with two men standing behind. Captioned 'gassing up the car'.
Bottom right - six airmen sitting on the front of a car…

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Top - train on track in middle of town with a figure standing in front. Building on the right and car of left. Captioned 'Traffic stops while the daily special leaves Sarasota'.
Bottom left - view of sea across shore, captioned 'view of Siesta Keys…

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Top left - three man band outside a building with glass doors. Captioned 'entertainment while waiting for ferry at St Petersburg'.
Bottom left - two boats on sea, one moored on left the other underway. Captioned 'The ferry coming in from Pinney…

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Photo 1 is the flying boat terminal at Dinner Key Miami.
Photo 2 is a Sikorsky S-42 flying boat.
Photo 3 is an aerial view of the terminal with two flying boats alongside,

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Two US Navy flying boats on a ramp. Several airmen are standing to one side. On the reverse 'Getting ready at 9am on the ramp. 2nd plane is Catalina'.

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Four men, three wearing khaki uniform shirt and trousers and the fourth a white shirt and tie standing in line inside a room with door to the left and picture on wall behind. Submitted with caption 'At Instructors House Mr Ross, Lakeland Florida'.

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Top left - long legged bird in garden with buildings and trees in the background. Captioned 'Heron, Jungle gardens, Sarasota'.
Bottom right - peacock in front of a bush. Captioned 'Proud peacock, tropical gardens'.

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Top left - view of wooden church surrounded by trees. Captioned 'The church, Turner Field, Georgia'.
Bottom right - view from biplane of open countryside. captioned 'The swamps of Florida taken from PT17 in the air'.

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Newspaper cutting with three air-to-air view photographs of Lancasters.

Article states that 16 Lancasters of 35 Pathfinder Squadron will arrive 27 July 1946 on three day visit to Denver area. They arrived in the United States at Mitchel Field New…

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Thirty six airmen wearing khaki uniform and side caps sitting and standing in three rows. They are all holding scrolls. On the wall behind United States and British flags. Captioned 'First graduating Class of British cadets at Calstrom field, August…

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Identity card with personal details and photograph.

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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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On the left side a Harvard with main wheels on the ground and tail wheel still up landing on a grass surface. In the background a track and low trees. On the reverse 'One of the boys landing on satellite drome at Eglin Field, Florida'.

MOHaraHF655736-161121-05.pdf
Lambeth notebook with daily diary covering 25 to 30 June 1941 during journey from Iceland towards Canada on HMS Ranpura. Followed by account crossing from Greenock, Scotland to Iceland on ship Royal Ulsterman, stopover in Iceland, journey on HMS…

LOHaraHF655736v2.pdf
Herbert O'Hara's pilot log book from the Lincoln School of Aeronautics, Lakeland Florida, from 21 July 1941 to 12 December 1942. Aircraft flown were Stearman, Anson and Oxford. He was taught landings, take offs, spins and stalls.

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Arthur Spencer joined the Royal Air Force after leaving school. He began pilot training in Florida but then re-mustered as a navigator and trained in Pensacola. He completed two tours of operations as a navigator with 97 Squadron at RAF Woodhall Spa…
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