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  • Spatial Coverage is exactly "France--Paris"

MCurnockRM1815605-171114-013.pdf
The News Sheet of the Canadian Prisoner of War Relatives Association. This edition covers Victory in Europe, the death of President Roosevelt, the liberation of Canadian POWs, assembly centres for released POWs, the seizure of German POW records,…

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George Reid Williamson dressed in a pinstriped jacket and dark trousers, leaning against a wood and wire fence, whilst reading a newspaper and smoking a cigarette. A wooded area is in the background. On the reverse ‘In the Bois de Boulogne during…

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George Reid Williamson, smartly dressed in civilian clothes with a tartan tie, stands on a rooftop looking at the camera. Trees and buildings are seen in the background.

Tentaively identified as Paris by Cunin Yves and Charles Woodham of the…

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Biography of Roger Calvert detailing his training as navigator in Canada and the United Kingdom and his operational career flying Mosquito aircraft on night intruder operations. The account includes brief details of two significant events, losing…

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This page is an entry point for a place. This heading is also used for: Colombes, Villeneuve marshalling yards, Gennevilliers, Noisy-le-Sec, Argenteuil, and La Chapelle. Please use the links below to see all relevant documents available in the…

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Shows three bomb loads, one for most aircraft and two for one aircraft each. Includes timings, preselection settings, Window, route and method. Annotated 'Gennvilliers'. On the reverse bombing notes including marking by Mosquito and hand drawn map…

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Shows one bomb load for squadron. Includes preselection settings, Window, effort level and method including target marking by Pathfinder Mosquito. On the reverse, route, wave details and heights.

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Shows single bomb load for squadron. Includes preselection settings, Window, zero hour and effort level. Describes method including target marking by Pathfinder Mosquito. On the reverse the route and notes.

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Shows four bomb loads for four, seven, two and two aircraft respectively. Details distributor and preselection settings and other information. Includes timing, window, weights, H+ times for waves one to three and notes on illumination. On the reverse…

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B[Author]JosephDv1.pdf
Includes David Joseph's service in the RAF, his training in Canada and his operations on Halifaxes at RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor and his movements after being shot down 18 March 1944 and becoming a prisoner of war.

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Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Log Book
The Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Log Book covering the period 15 June 1941 to the 16 August 1963. Manning qualified first as an Air Gunner on the 4 July 1941 and second as a flight engineer on the 1 September 1941. He was commissioned on the 4…

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Celebrates the achievements of the allies of Yugoslavia and describes the progress towards the goal of world peace.

The first article, "The Foreign Policy of the U.S.A.", is written by U.S. Minister of the Foreign Affairs Cordell Hull. It deals…

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MCruickshankG629128-150428-01.pdf
52 playing cards listing 53 individual operations. The 52nd card (10 of diamonds) shows promotions from A.C. 1 to Pilot Officer. Operations 32, 35 and 38 are all listed on the four of hearts.

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Five Group Newsletter, number 23, June 1944. Includes a foreword by the Air Officer Commanding, and features about gunnery, air bombing, navigation, armament, navigation training, public relations, signals, gardening, equipment, air sea rescue,…

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At top - title: 'Operations, 50 44 630 Squadrons, Manchester aircraft 333 1/2 operational hours, Lancaster aircraft'.
On the left and right - RAF bases and operations carried out from them.
On the right - a map on northern Europe and United…

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Five Group Newsletter, number 24, July 1944. Includes a foreword by the Air Officer Commanding, and features about second thoughts for pilots, gardening, war effort, signals, armament, war savings, navigation, radar navigation, navigation training,…

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Article 1: Accounts of operations against munition works in Paris, factories in the Ruhr and operations involving over 1000 bombers on Cologne. Goes on with accounts of RAF operations in the Middle East and German communique about Cologne. Article 2:…

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Article 1. Headlines: advance into Burma, no contact with enemy, troops pushing on. Article 2. Headlines: Col. Britton speaks again - and is heard, be ready, remember 1918. BBC European broadcaster spoke on Christmas night telling people to chalk up…

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Photo 1 is a head and shoulders image of Arthur Thomas, taken in 1951.
Photo 2 is a postcard of the outside of the Louvre.
Photo 3 is a postcard of the Apollo's Gallery in the Louvre.
Photo 4 is an outside view of the Louvre from La Place du…

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Photo 1 is the kitchens in the Conciergerie.
Photo 2 is the Great Hall in the Conciergerie.
Photo 3 is the Conciergerie from across the Seine.
Photo 4 is Pont au Change across to the Conciergerie.

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Photo 1 is a postcard of Notre Dame, Ile de la Cite from the Seine.
Photo 2 is a postcard of La Fleche of Notre Dame and a view of the Seine.
Photo 3 is the east end of Notre Dame.
Photo 4 is the west front of Notre Dame.

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Photo 1 is the exterior of La Sainte-Chapelle.
Photo 2 is the interior showing the Upper Chapel, Sanctuary and Piscina.
Photo 3 is the lower chapel interior.

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Photo 1 is a postcard of the Sacre-Coeur at Montmartree.
Photo 2 is the Sacre-Coeur, looking up the staircase.
Photo 3 is the church of St Pierre-de-Montmartre.
Photo 4 is a street scene in Montmartre with the Sacre-Coeur in the background.
Photo…

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Photo 1 is a view from the top of the Arc towards Sacre-Coeur.
Photo 2 is the Arc taken from the Champs Elysees.
Photo 3 is from the top of the Arc looking along the Champs Elysees.
Photo 4 is a postcard with an aerial view of the Arc de…

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Photo 1 is the courtyard of the Hotel de Cluny.
Photo 2 is a side view of the Opera.
Photo 3 is the Luxembourg Palace.
Photo 4 is the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, the Louvre and Tuileries Gardens.
Photo 5 is the Eiffel tower from the Court of…
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