Top right - two men wearing RAF tunic standing either side of a sailor. Captioned 'You, Me and Us two'.
Bottom left - on the left middle a skyscraper, to the right a building with many columns in front. Between the two to the front a white memorial. Captioned 'St Louis'. B
ottom right - in the foreground parkland with trees. On the horizon the tops of several buildings. Captioned 'Hospital, St Louis'. Included are individual scans of all four photographs.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> Missouri]]> Missouri--Saint Louis]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> Missouri]]> Missouri--Saint Louis]]> Top right - In the centre a man wearing tunic and with hands clasped in front stands amid masses of flora with wooden roof on left. Captioned '"Well" if it is'nt [sic] Ginger'.
Bottom left - Inside a large greenhouse a lamppost surrounded by flora. Captioned 'What time is that I see?'.
Bottom right - a star of flowers surrounded by flower bed with a man and woman looking on at the bottom. Captioned 'The American Star in flowers'. Includes scans of all four photographs.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> Missouri]]> Missouri--Saint Louis]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> United States]]> Missouri]]> Missouri--Saint Louis]]> Middle left - oblique aerial photograph over wing of farmland. Captioned '1000' over Mindenmines'.
Bottom right - oblique aerial photograph of forest and open countryside. Captioned 'Just after take off'. Includes individual scans of all three photographs.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> Oklahoma]]> Missouri]]> Oklahoma--Miami]]> Missouri--Mindenmines]]>

Bottom right - Arthur Pearce leaning out of the rear door of a Lancaster rear turret which is rotated fully to port.

Bottom left - newspaper cutting title 'Southwark "Pathfinder" on goodwill mission'. States that Warrant Officer A.J. Pearce of Southwark will be a rear gunner of a Lancaster of 35 Squadron when it flies to the United States on a goodwill mission. 16 Lancasters and two Yorks will visit America to take part in Air Forces day on 1 August. They will visit New York, St Louis, Los Angeles, Denver, Long Beach, San Antonio and West Palm Beach. It adds that during the war W/O Pearce completed 44 operations including some with pathfinder force. He was awarded the DFM in December 1945.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Missouri--Saint Louis]]> California--Los Angeles]]> Colorado--Denver]]> California--Long Beach]]> Florida--West Palm Beach]]> Texas--San Antonio]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Florida]]> California]]> Colorado]]> Missouri]]> New York (State)]]> Texas]]> 1946-08-01]]> 1945-12]]>
Item 2 is a newspaper cutting about 5000 spectators viewing the Royal Air Force at Scott Field, St Louis.
Item 3 is a programme for St Louis Municipal Opera. There are several lipstick kiss marks and signatures.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Angela Gaffney]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States]]> Missouri]]> Illinois--Belleville]]> Illinois]]> 1946-07]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States]]> Missouri]]> Illinois--Belleville]]> Illinois]]> 1946-07]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Azores]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> United States]]> California]]> Colorado]]> Massachusetts]]> Missouri]]> Texas]]> Washington (D.C.)]]> California--Los Angeles]]> Colorado--Denver]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Massachusetts--West Springfield]]> New York (State)]]> Newfoundland and Labrador]]> Texas--San Antonio]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> Illinois--Belleville]]> Illinois]]> 1946-07]]> 1946-08]]> Sergeant H E Shakespeare]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States]]> California--San Francisco]]> California--Oakland]]> California--Sacramento]]> Utah--Salt Lake City]]> Colorado]]> Colorado--Grand Junction]]> Colorado--Red Cliff]]> Nevada--Elko]]> Colorado--Salida]]> Colorado--Pueblo]]> Kansas--Council Grove]]> Kansas--Lyndon]]> Kansas--Ottawa]]> Kansas--Paola]]> Kansas--Kansas City]]> Missouri]]> Iowa--Des Moines]]> Illinois]]> Illinois--Sycamore]]> Illinois--Chicago]]> Lake Michigan]]> Indiana]]> Indiana--South Bend]]> Michigan]]> Ohio--Toledo]]> Ohio--Cleveland]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Missouri--Saint Joseph]]> 1943]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-05-27]]> Air Marshall Sir Ralph Sorley]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Felixstowe]]> England--Eastbourne (East Sussex)]]> England--Calshot]]> England--Bembridge]]> Atlantic Ocean--Spithead Channel]]> England--Cowes]]> England--Stroud]]> Scotland--Montrose]]> England--Sunbury]]> England--London]]> Monaco]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Iraq--Baghdad]]> England--Felixstowe]]> England--Aldeburgh]]> Iraq]]> Middle East--Kurdistan]]> Middle East--Palestine]]> Jordan]]> Iran]]> Middle East--Euphrates River]]> Syria]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> Singapore]]> Australia]]> Borneo]]> China--Hong Kong]]> England--Kent]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> France--Paris]]> Nigeria]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> Yugoslavia]]> Norway]]> Portugal]]> Spain]]> Denmark]]> Japan]]> Belgium]]> Argentina]]> Austria]]> Brazil]]> Canada]]> Chile]]> Greece]]> China]]> Lithuania]]> Estonia]]> England--Weybridge]]> Scotland--Island of Arran]]> England--Kingston upon Thames]]> France--Dunkerque]]> England--Hatfield (Hertfordshire)]]> Newfoundland and Labrador]]> New Brunswick]]> Maine]]> Maine--Presque Isle]]> Washington (D.C.)]]> Massachusetts--Boston]]> Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Maryland--Baltimore]]> Washington (D.C.)--Anacostia]]> Tennessee--Nashville]]> Arkansas--Little Rock]]> Texas--Dallas]]> Texas--Fort Worth]]> Texas--Midland]]> Arizona--Tucson]]> California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)]]> California--Palm Springs]]> California--Los Angeles]]> California--Beverly Hills]]> California--San Diego]]> Arizona--Winslow]]> New Mexico--Albuquerque]]> Kansas--Wichita]]> Missouri--Saint Louis]]> Ohio--Dayton]]> New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Newfoundland and Labrador--Gander]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> Germany--Rheine]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> India]]> Switzerland--Zurich]]> Lebanon--Beirut]]> Pakistan--Karachi]]> India--Kolkata]]> Singapore]]> Indonesia--Jakarta]]> Australia]]> Northern Territory--Darwin]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> South Australia--Woomera]]> South Australia--Adelaide]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> Sri Lanka--Colombo]]> Spain--Madrid]]> South Africa--Johannesburg]]> Kenya--Nairobi]]> Sudan--Khartoum]]> Greece--Athens]]> Italy--Rome]]> Zambia--Lusaka]]> Zambia--Ndola]]> Zambia--Mbala]]> Heathrow Airport (London, England)]]> Turkey--Istanbul]]> France--Nice]]> Utah--Salt Lake City]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Atlantic Ocean--Firth of Clyde]]> Italy]]> France]]> Arizona]]> Arkansas]]> California]]> Kansas]]> Maryland]]> Massachusetts]]> Missouri]]> New Mexico]]> New York (State)]]> Ohio]]> Tennessee]]> Texas]]> Utah]]> New South Wales]]> South Australia]]> Victoria]]> Northern Territory]]> Egypt]]> Sudan]]> North Africa]]> Ontario]]> Québec]]> Germany]]> Indonesia]]> Iraq]]> Kenya]]> Lebanon]]> Netherlands]]> South Africa]]> Switzerland]]> Pakistan]]> Sri Lanka]]> Turkey]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Czech Republic]]> Slovakia]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Great Yarmouth]]>