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SRAFIngham19410620v100003.pdf
Zosia and Stefan on their wedding day. Information supplied with the collection states that Zosia was a cook at RAF Ingham.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

SRAFIngham19410620v100001-Audio.mp3
After a challenging time being sent from country to country, Zosia Kowalska finally came to England and became a WAAF. After training, she was posted to RAF Locking where she met her future husband whilst she was working as a cook. The wedding was…

PCushwayAW16020004.jpg
A view looking along a river valley, on the left a track leads towards a rounded hill. On the reverse 'Ystwyth Valley, Cardigan. July 1939'.

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Two young women are in uniform sat with their legs in wooden stocks. Behind them there is a layered stone feature and a house, to the left there is a parked vehicle.

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Full length image of a woman wearing full length ball dress.

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Head and shoulders portrait of a young man wearing civilian jacket and tie. On the reverse '1940'

PWenhamJW17010031.jpg
Young lady sitting on pillar in formal garden. Captioned 'The Croft 1939'.

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Right hand page with caption 'Winson'.
Top - colour photograph of a young girl sitting in carriage.
Bottom - half-length b/w image of a girl.

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Young girl wearing skirt and jacket sitting in front of a Spitfire on display at Trafalgar Square. In the background multi-storey buildings, one with Bovril and BOAC advertisement.

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PBurnsideK17010009.jpg
Head and shoulders image of a girl. Two versions of the same image.

PBurnsideK17010022.jpg
Full length image of a young girl standing on tip-toe holding unfurled umbrella in front. On the reverse 'photographer's name Vera Richards, 19 Market Street Nottingham. Subjects name Kathleen Hodgson 313 Mansfield Rd Garrington, Nottingham'.

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Reports Flying Officer Kenneth Gill DFC was presumed killed after being posted missing on 21 March 1945 on his 45th operation. Gives some local history concerning Ken Gill, mentions Tirpitz operation. Also reports other RAF Yorkshiremen killed, Sgt…

PMacklinJR1810.jpg
A row of buildings line the back of a riverbank, some boats are parked up to the edge.

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Two postcards of York Minster. The first is the interior and the second is the exterior.

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Photo 1 and 2 are St Peter's School.
Photo 3 is Bootham Bar.
Photo 4 is Goodram Gate.
Photo 5 is the Shambles.
Photo 6 and 7 are the Merchant Venturer's Hall.
Photo 8 is York Minster.
Photo 9 is the inside of Clifford's Tower.
Photo 10 is the…

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Port side front of a York.

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A group of 18 RAF personnel are standing or seated around a YMCA tea car, some are holding mugs, others are smoking, others are standing in lines in front of the open side of the van. John Bagg is sitting on the running board with the white mug.…

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Two airmen working on the nose of a Halifax. Nose art is visible, including a cartoon rabbit and 'Yehudi'.

It is captioned '"Yehudi" Halifax V DK-226 coded ZL-Y 427 Squadron 6 Group RCAF Leeming Yorkshire 1943'.

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Ye Olde Saracens Head at Balsall Common, Coventry. An airman is standing outside holding a pint of beer.

Identification kindly provided by David Perrett of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Group.

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PWoolgarRLA1609.jpg
Personnel march between two rows of wooden huts. All men are wearing side caps, carry gas masks and training materials. Captioned 'Wireless Training School, Yatesbury. July, 1940'

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15 Squadron at RAF Wyton, posed in four rows in front of a Stirling.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

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The story of a Lancaster, NG358, LS-H. There are details of 12 operations during 1944/5. Dennis details the operations and his crew.

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Sent by John from prisoner of war camp to his parents and Joyce expressing his hope that he reaches home before the postcard. It includes a coloured drawing of some holly and a prisoner with a red triangle on his back looking through a barbed wire…

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A caption 'A token of appreciation of your War Service' which included a visit to Aldershot Hippodrome and a meal at the White Lion Hotel.
Item 1 is a caption.
Item 2 is a caption 'Programme of Show.
Item 3, 4 and 5 are the programme of the show -…
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