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Groups of men in uniform with side caps but no jackets stand outside two storey wooden buildings with suitcases, bags and other luggage.

Additional identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

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Top - view at night of single story building - captioned 'The Candlelight'.
Left - view at night down town street. captioned 'Macon at night'.
Right - view of lighted up buildings at night. Captioned 'Macon at night'.
Bottom - Doorway at night -…

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Certificate appointing Frederick Sawyer as a sergeant in the 'aviation cadet basic training group'.

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Signatures with home address of Americans related to course at Cochran Field in 1942. American flag bottom left and RAF ensign bottom right.

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Top left - view looking up the side of a skyscraper. Captioned 'W.M.A.Z Macon bankers insurance building, coolest spot in town'.
Top centre - looking down from tall building at car in street. Captioned 'from the top of W.M.A.Z'.
Middle centre -…

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Top left - long single story building with water tower behind. Captioned 'Cochran field from our window'.
Top centre - RAF cadets crossing street in town with car on road,
Top right - single story barrack blocks with road in front. Captioned…

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A number of white crosses commemorating members of the Royal Air Force. The central cross reads ‘Leading Aircraftsman 1526951 - Hedger T.H. Killed flying - Macon GA’ on the cross bar and, above ‘RAF’ and below ‘Mar 28 1942. Aged 20’.

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Top left - view from the air of open country - captioned 'dive towards earth in a PT 17 Stearman'
Top centre - view down tree lined street with house on the right. Captioned 'Melon avenue, ground is covered with wild water melons'.
Top right - view…

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Various single and two storey buildings arranged around an open space with trees beyond. Utility poles cross the site and a United States flag flies from a flagpole with a group of men at its base. There is a road in the foreground and two parked…

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LSawyerFCA174215v1.pdf
Frederick Sawyer’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 22 April 1942 to 28 July 1944, detailing training and operations as a pilot. He was stationed at RAF Theale (No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School), Souther Field (Primary Flying Training…

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A gothic revival style building with a tower, gables and lancet windows. It stands amongst other buildings behind a stand of trees. Printed 'Merce University, Macon, Georgia'.

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A building at a crossroads with a domed clocktower. A statue of a confederate soldier stands on a plinth opposite. Printed 'Bibb County Courthouse, Macon, Georgia'.

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A building in the Greek classical style with a pediment and colonnade. Printed 'City Hall, Macon, Georgia',

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A single storey house with dormer windows and a veranda in a garden with trees and bushes. Printed 'home of Sidney Lanier, Macon, Georgia'.

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An eight storey building on a corner plot with businesses on the ground floor. A sign erected on the roof reads, 'Hotel Demsey'. Labeled 'Hotel Dempsey, con, Georgia'.

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A neoclassical style building with steps up to the entrance and a portico second floor with domed roof. A pole with flying flag is to one side. Labelled 'city auditorium, Macon, GA,- 29'.

LFoskettW1323050v2.pdf
Bill Foskett’s Flying Log Book from 20th March 1942 until 9th August 1943. Training started at 3 EFTS before moving to training bases in America. Returned to England to 15 OTU from July 1943.
Served at RAF Shellingford, Souther Field USA, Cochran…

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LFoskettW1323050v1.pdf
Bill Foskett’s Aviation Supply Corporation Pilot Flight Record regarding his pilot’s training from 8th July until 2nd October 1942 at the US Army Air Force Training Detachment. Served at Souther and Cochran Fields, Georgia.
Aircraft flown were…

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BFoskettPFoskettWv10003.pdf
The third chapter of Bill's wartime experiences. (The first two chapters used Bill's words but the third is written by an anonymous friend)

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BFoskettPFoskettWv10001.pdf
The first of three chapters of Bill's wartime service. There is a second copy with handwritten edits.

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YStimpsonMC155249v1.pdf
An intermittent record of Maurice's year. It starts with some time in the UK then he travels to Perth then the US for pilot training.

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BFranceAMStimpsonMCv1.pdf
A biography of Maurice covering his birth in 1921 to his death in February 1944.

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Artists impression of rows of single story long white huts joined by covered pathways. Surrounded by trees. Captioned 'Base Hospital Area, Cochran Field, Macon, Georgia'.

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Four airman, three wearing unbuttoned tunics and the fourth carrying his tunic over his arm. Two wear side caps. They are standing in line abreast with arms round each other. In the background trees. Submitted with caption 'on a hike from cochran…

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PCameronD2136.jpg
Four airmen wearing unbuttoned tunics, who with side caps walking under and the arched brick bridge in the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Macon. Submitted with caption 'Macon Gorgia'.

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