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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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ALorimerH160622.mp3
Hugh Lorimer skipped school to see a flying circus and won a flight in one of the aeroplanes. He later volunteered for the RAF and began training as a wireless operator. He was, initially, posted to Special Duty Flight test flying in India. However,…

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Herbert joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and was posted, initially, to a communication flight as a fitter. He managed to transfer to aircrew and describes the enlistment process. He went to Somers, then Cootamundra for navigator training…

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ABurtenshawF180218.mp3
Francis grew up in Teddington. After school, he went to Hawker Siddeley Aircraft, where working conditions improved with modernisation. He learnt about Hurricanes, designed by Sydney Camm. They started to build smaller aircraft units over the country…

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David Wilkie was born in Edinburgh. He volunteered for the RAF and began training as a flight engineer. While training at St Athan he met his future wife, Kathleen. He was posted to 432 Squadron with a Canadian crew. He witnessed the gathering of the…

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Five photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is six people round a funeral pyre, captioned 'Creamation' [sic]
Photo 2 is a monument captioned 'Gateway to India Bombay'.
Photo 3 is a man, plough and cow, captioned 'Farmer' and 'Ploughing'.
Photo 4 is a…

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A list of 42 photographs with names and descriptions.

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PMcBeanLW16010097.jpg
Street with trees and shops either side and people walking in road. Bus on right side. Captioned 'Hornby St Bombay'.

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

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Four men in tropical uniform standing in the middle of a street in front of the Mumbai Royal Institute of Science. They each have a camera. Bert Allen is on the right. To their left are two civilian men in turbans.

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

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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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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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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 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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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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PMcBeanLW16010095.jpg
View across water many ships toed up alongside docks. Captioned 'Bombay Docks'.

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Photographs 1 and 2 are from the deck looking down at people on the quayside. Photograph 3 and 5 are a clock tower at the dockside. Photograph 4, 7, 9 and 9 are views of the docks.

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All photographs taken from the side of the ship showing people and marching soldiers on the dockside.

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Nine photographs taken from the ship looking down on people on the dockside.

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Single funnel liner tied up alongside a wharf with cranes. Captioned 'Athlone Castle - Bombay'.

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Single funnel liner tied up alongside wharf with cranes. There are several figures near bow and railway track on the right.
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