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PHilderCA18010004.jpg
Four photographs in an album. Each photograph shows a sergeant in uniform having an award pinned to his chest by an officer. In each photograph a second officer is standing at a microphone and rows of airmen are standing in the background. Album…

PHilderCA18010003.jpg
Informal portrait of four sergeants in uniform standing outside. Annotated 'Sergeants!!!! Ginger, Reg, Joe & Charles'.

ENorthWANorth[Fa-Mo]430718.pdf
Alan writes that his course is pretty tough compared with Cambridge. He sailed across in a large luxury liner, the food was good. Chocolate, fruit and cigarettes were for sale in unlimited quantities. The sea became rough and many were sick. Then…

YCrawfordJ[Ser#-DoB]v1.pdf
Covering the period 3 December 1941 to 1945 it details Jack's initial training, sailing from New Zealand to Canada and subsequent train journey, visiting a fox farm, canoeing, taking exams and getting the results and trips in the snow. Qualifying as…

PSteainstreetA18020008.jpg
Three photographs from an album.
#1 is the preserved steam locomotive, Countess of Dufferin at Winnipeg.
#2 is the Sun Life Building, Montreal.
#3 is a street scene with trams.

PSteainstreetA18020007.jpg
Three photographs from an album.
#1 is the outside of the Rio cinema.
#2 is a Bison statue at the steps leading into the Manitoba Legislature.
#3 is a large room with high ceilings. A man is standing working at a desk.

EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]430707.pdf
Writes about meeting friend and that friend had washed out of pilot training. Mentions mail from other friends. Writes that the weather was now so hot that he was flying very early in the day. Mentions that his friend had been sent home to New…

EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]421102.pdf
Catches up with news from home. Writes about adventures while horse riding. Describes flight to Winnipeg to pick up Bolingbroke. Mentions that Canadian winter had started. Still no news on date to go home.

EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]420502.pdf
Reports on mail received. Catches up with news of service friends. Catches up with family gossip and news of other friends. Wonders how rationing effects them and mentions how it was in Canada. Comments on a sortie to Winnipeg. Writes about his…

EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]420124.pdf
Acknowledges receipt of their letters and wonders why they had not received any from him. Mentions he passed his end of course exams, that he now had 100 hours flying and comments on cross country flight. Writes that he will be posted to another…

EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]411230.pdf
Writes that he had received many letters from home and while they had had none from him, he had written every week. Describes his leave in Winnipeg and gives extensive details of his Canadian hosts and his activities while there. Mentions upcoming…

EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]411214.pdf
Says he had been flying almost every day and that he had gone solo. Comment on his flying training, his pay, cost of living, graduation dance for previous course and the fact that it was snowing. Mentions getting a letter from a girl in Wigan as well…

PEllisEL21010023.jpg
Left page - four airmen wearing battledress with pilot's brevet standing in the doorway of a hut.
Right page - left - interior of room with chairs. Captioned 'Hall of the Winter Club'.
Right - view over airfield with hangar and parked aircraft.…

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PEllisEL21010010.jpg
Left page - left - airborne Stirling.
Right - two airmen standing by the engine of a crashed aircraft.
Right page - left - view down city street. Captioned 'Portage Avenue, Winnipeg'.
Right - two story building with car in front. Captioned…

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OMcGaughranJE427410-171017-020001.jpg
RAF Form 64 issued to Jim.

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MMcGaughranJE427410-171017-010001.jpg
Jim's copy of the programme for his graduation. It includes a list of all the graduates and their town and country of origin.

BBurnsDRBurnsDRv1.pdf
Draft of memoir with contents page - giving service history. Followed by pages with reference to photographs for name and rank, deferred service, ground training dates and places, training in Canada, back home for service flying, 5 Group, 51 base,…

PBurnsDR22030023.jpg
Half-length image of an airman wearing tunic with sergeant rank and observers brevet and side cap. Buildings in the background. Three versions of the same image. Submitted with caption 'Sgt Bob Burns- Graduation leave- on way home- 'Happy with brevet…

PGearyPC17010002.jpg
Handwritten on the inside of the album cover. The stations include Uxbridge, Cambridge, Bassingbourne, Dumfries, Harwell, Lossiemouth, Newton, Manby, Dalcross, Regents Park, Harlow, St Andrews, Moncton NB, Prince Albert, Sask, Dauphin Man.

PGearyPC17010037.jpg
Patrick with fellow course member standing in front of a Cessna Crane, captioned 'Dauphin 1943'.

PGearyPC17010038.jpg
Three pages, the first has five photographs, the first two are of the country, the first has a lake surrounded by trees, captioned 'Clear Lake Manitoba'.
The second of rolling hills captioned 'Calgary Foothills.'
The other three have woman…
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