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PScottEW17020044.jpg
Top left - view out of window of town buildings, with street and cars in middle distance.
Top middle - view of multi-story buildings on right side and telegraph wires down centre.
Top right - view across flat roof of distant multi-story…

PScottEW17020045.jpg
Top left - two airmen one standing up in open topped car reaching up to palm tree and the other standing alongside. Captioned 'Pulling Cocanuts [sic]'.
Top middle - a man wearing swimming trunks lying on sandy beach with building in the…

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PBowerFG20010025.jpg
Photo 1 is a lake full of flamingos.
Photo 2 is a close up of a flamingo.
Photo 3 is a parrot on a branch.
Photo 4 is palm trees at sunset.

PBowerFG20010035.jpg
Photo 1 is a marina with several boats.
Photo 2 is two boats at the quayside.
Photo 3 is the skyline of Miami taken from across the water.

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Photo 1 is a group of nine airmen standing outside a building.
Photo 2 is an airman sitting on the front of a car.
Photo 3 is two men with tennis rackets, annotated 'Bill Hart & Mac'.
Photo 4 is a man on the shoulders of another trying to reach…

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PBowerFG20010022.jpg
Photo 1 is a street scene at the Hotel Roxy corner.
Photo 2 is a street scene with a skyscraper in the background
Photo 3 is the skyline looking across the sea.
Photo 4 is a crowd on a pier looking at a large fish suspended by its tail.
Photo 5…

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PBowerFG20010036.jpg
Photo 1 is a street scene with high rise buildings behind.
Photo 2 is an aerial oblique of Miami.
Photo 3 is an aerial oblique of Miami port.
Photo 4 is a busy street scene.

PBowerFG20010040.jpg
Photo 1 is a large round section of a building, identified as Coral Gables, City Hall.
Photo 2 is a line of palm trees in a park.

PBowerFG20010049.jpg
Photo 1 is a postcard of an aerial view of Miami annotated 'Miami, Fla [indecipherable] as seen from the Goodyear Blimp' and '058 RL Simpson'.
Photo 2 is the skyline of Miami at night.
Photo 3 is a postcard view across water to the Miami skyline.…

PAnsellAV1614.jpg
People on sandy beach are sunbathing, swimming or standing. A line of palms is visible in the background. On the reverse 'Matheson Hammock. Miami. April 5th 1942'.

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A letter from Jack Lawrence to Terry Ford telling him about the course and subjects he is studying while at Naval Air School in Pensacola, Florida, and their social activities.

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EDorricottLWVarious41-42.pdf
Note book containing 84 pages of letters covering the period 1 September 1941 to 4 July 1942. It covers his training in the UK, Canada and the USA. He describes, in detail, his social life and eating arrangements but very little about the actual…

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LDorricottLW1230753v1.pdf
Royal Canadian Air Force observer's and air gunner's flying log book for Sergeant Leonard Dorricott from 27 November 1942 to 21 January 1946. Detailing training schedule, instructional duties and operations flown. Trained in Miami, Florida and served…

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PDorricottLW15090046.jpg
Leonard Dorricott and two men wearing swimming trunks are sitting on a chain fence by a swimming pool. Leonard Dorricott is on the right. There are palm trees in the background.

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LQuineJW185297v1.pdf
Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book for J W Quine, covering the period from August 1942 to 18 January 1946. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and post war flying with 582 squadron. He was stationed at Miami, RCAF Edmonton,…

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Bob Culpin worked for the civil service before joining the RAF in 1941. He was posted to Alabama for pilot training but was remustered and instead, completed a navigation course in Miami. When he returned to Great Britain, Culpin formed a…

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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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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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BLovattPHastieRv2.pdf
A biography of Roy Hastie.

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PBowerFG20010051.jpg
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,

LBowerFG1575473v1.pdf
Flying log book for F G Bower covering the period from 25 June 1942 to 4 April 1943. Detailing his flying training, including course certificate until his death on Active Service. He was stationed at Pan-American Airways Observer School, Miami, USA…

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MBowerFG1575473-200123-040001.jpg
A list of addresses where F G Bower stayed interspersed with names and addresses of colleagues.

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PBowerFG20010044.jpg
Photo 1 and 2 are F G Bower standing with parrots.
Photo 3 is a view of tropical plants.
Photo 4 is a round building annotated 'Coral Gables City Hall'.
Photo 5 is a parrot on a branch.
Photo 6 is tropical plants.
Photo 7 is a flamingo standing…

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PBowerFG20010003.jpg
Photo 1 is F G Bower and a woman standing in a garden.
Photo 2 is two men sitting on a train, annotated 'Corpl Booth & Bewsher in Train'.
Photo 3 is a man working in a garden with a boy looking on.
Photo 4 is three men dressed for tennis with…

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