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ATurnerLA101115.mp3
Leslie Turner worked as a pattern maker at Longbridge before he volunteered for the Air Force. He trained as an observer in South Africa and flew 33 operations as a bomb aimer with 10 Squadron.

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SBondS-ODellBv10004.pdf
Completed 13 operations on 408 Squadron. Comments that he did not complete his tour as the war ended. Mentions first operation was to Bremen and last to Heligoland. Comments on his Canadian crew and mentions names and ranks, Covers his training…

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SBondS-DidwellNv10001-0008.pdf
Letter describes the challenges and problems of taking an ex-RAF Liberator that had been handed to the Indian Air Force at the end of the war and had now been donated back to the RAF for exhibition in museum. Details all the engineering work to get…

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PSparkesDJ21070005.jpg
11 photographs of Bombay scenes.
#1 Eros theatre.
#2 Strand cinema.
#3 NM Wadia Art Deco building.
#4 is the back of the Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai.
#5 apartment blocks.
#6 Prince of Wales museum.
#7 Regal cinema
#8 Taj mahal hotel
#9 sports…

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PSparkesDJ21070004.jpg
Eleven photographs of various buildings and Don Sparkes.
#1 is the NM Petit Fasli Agiary in Bombay.
#2 is the Sodawaterwala Agiarie Parsi fire temple, Mumbai.
#3 and 11 are the Gateway of India, Bombay.
#4 is a street scene.
#5 is a view of…

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A group of people waiting at a bus shelter. Behind are buildings belonging to the University of Mumbai.

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A souvenir programme for the dance.

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PNyeAF22010130.jpg
Top left: Serviceman with flying insignia. On reverse, 'Tod'.
Top centre: Man smoking pip, writing at a desk in barracks. On reverse, 'writing home'.
Bottom left: Man standing outside building denoted 12. On reverse, 'Les'.
Bottom centre: Gateway…

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An electric multiple unit passenger train numbered 4 in a station with a covered roof. On the head unit, the sign reads "Churchgate". A second track is alongside the platform on which a number of men in Indian dress stand. There are electric wires…

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The brick built historic railway station in Mumbai, now the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, with a statue of Indian politician and lawyer Sir Pherozeshah Mehta to one side.

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Men standing alongside the Gateway, across an open space, with cars parked in front of the structure. On the reverse is noted 'Gateway of India, Mumbai built 1911'.

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The wide promenade at Marine Drive Mumbai with people sitting on benches facing the sea. Multiple buildings across the road from the promenade with cars on the tree lined road.

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Multiple ships moored and afloat in Mumbai port; low buildings along the shore. City with multiple storied buildings adjacent.

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A cargo ship moored in port with a second ship next to it. Floating crane and two barges visible; long, low buildings in the background.

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A city shoreline with various buildings, some with domes and towers taken from a ship. Various boats on the sea closer to the shore.

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Two ships in port. Dockside with cranes and buildings.

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Military personnel queuing to embark on a ship from a portside with rails. Moveable low fencing to control the orderly flow of hundreds of men carrying kit bags and other items. Row of parked trucks next to a large building with a ‘no smoking’…

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A four storey flat roofed building with balconies in the top three floors on a corner position on a street with pavement. A sign for the 'Cafe Victory & Stores' on the ground floor, with a few steps leading up to the entrance. A group of servicemen,…

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Mumbai water front with the Gateway monument and the Taj Mahal Hotel. The reverse is printed as a postcard.

BSmithJSmithJv1.pdf
Second version. Covers life before the war and volunteering for the RAF in August 1940 and continues with an account of training as a wireless operator. The article includes radio school crest and photograph of a Battle aircraft. He describes his…

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BSmithJSmithJv1-2.pdf
Wartime recollections of John (known to his friends as Jack) George Smith from Pinchbeck. He tells of life before the war, how he went on to volunteer for the RAF in August 1940 and describes his training as a wireless operator. The document includes…

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PPhillipsD18010025.jpg
Three-quarter length view of three officers wearing khaki uniform and peaked caps standing in line in front of a single story building. On the reverse 'Bombay, July 1946, P Card: A Horrocks'.

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Three men wearing Khaki uniform and shorts standing in line in front of a single story building. On the reverse 'Bombay, July 1946, "Paddy" Smythe, Alan Horrocks'.

BMooreDMooreDv1.pdf
Dennis Moore's autobiography, compiled and edited by his son, Terry Moore.

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Five photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is captioned Butch standing in the garden at 10 The Mall.
Photo 2 is captioned Ernie on the beach at Bombay.
Photo 3 is captioned No 10 The Mall (Our billet) taken from the NW. Typical Indian House, looks…

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