IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Germany]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Arnstein (Main-Spessart)]]> Poland]]> Poland--Opole (Voivodeship)]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Canada]]> Manitoba--Brandon]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Bad Tölz]]> Manitoba]]> 1944-04-26]]> 1944-04-27]]> 1945-01-19]]> 1945-02-15]]> 1945-04-21]]> #1 is an airman on guard duty outside a large building.
#2 is the Dominion Exhibition Display Building No. 2, Brandon.
#3 is a bison lying on the ground.

Identification kindly provided by Andrew Gordon of he Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group.]]>
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#1 and 3 are driveways running through wooded areas.
#2 is looking east from corner of Princess Avenue and 12th Street, towards Brandon Court House, Manitoba with shops, cars and a few pedestrians.

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On his return he was posted to Abingdon on Beverleys. This included trips to Nairobi.
He transferred to Haydock as a radio controller, after which he left the RAF and became a teacher.]]>
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Photo 2 is 16 airmen standing on top of each other in three rows, captioned 'Moments of leisure after the exams'.
Photo 3 is an airman crouched behind a fence, captioned 'Behind the bar (S)'.
Photo 4 is eight airmen standing in uniform, captioned '48 hours'.
Photo 5 is six airmen standing in a field, captioned 'The Commission Flyers'.
Photo 6 is eight airmen, captioned 'Brandon Again'.
Photo 7 is seven airmen.]]>
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Photo 1 is a group of trainee navigators arranged in three rows in front of an Anson.
Item 2 is the menu front cover for the event taking place at the Prince Edward Hotel, Brandon.
Item 3 is the inside of the menu with a poem and the actual menu, annotated with signatures.
Item 4 is the back of the menu with a list of the participants with signatures.
Item 5 is a printed card for The Cave Supper Club, 48 Street, Winnipeg.
Item 6 is the inside of the card with a photograph of aircrew and women seated along a table. On the card are the autographs of several of the participants.]]>
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Identification kindly provided by Gianluca Mazzanti of the Archeologi dell’Aria research group.]]>
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