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Ernie Pedrazzini's log book extracts
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital…
Tags: 1664 HCU; aircrew; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; training; York
Terry Ford at Bournemouth, Calcutta and Karachi
Photo 1 is a Punch and Judy show on Bournemouth beach.
Photo 2 is Terry Ford in khaki and shorts leaning on a chair, captioned 'Mauripur again'.
Photo 3 is five airmen, two sitting on steps and three standing,…
Terry Ford, Cliff and Todge
Photo 1 is Terry Ford in khaki and shorts captioned 'Self outside billet Mauripur'.
Photo 2 are Terry Ford and two men, all in swimming shorts, captioned 'Cliff, Todge and Self'.
Photo 3 is Cliff and Terry Ford.…
Tags: Raf Mauripur
Mauripur, Bholari and Taj Mahal
Photo 1 is accommodation at Mauripur, captioned 'Billets at Mauripur, nr Karachi. Group of Bearers'.
Photo 2 and 4 are oblique aerial photos of the Taj Mahal.
Photo 3 is the starboard side of an Avro York, captioned…
Avro York
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Tags: York
Homer Lawson's Documents
Item 1 is Homer's card from the Karachi Ordnance Officers' Shop.
Item 2 is a slip allowing Homer to wear five medals.
Item 3 is Homer's temporary members card for the Srinagar Club.
Tags: 77 Squadron; aircrew; entertainment
Homer Lawson’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1663 HCU; 19 OTU; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Llandwrog; Raf Mauripur; RAF Melbourne; RAF Penrhos; RAF Rufforth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with Maurice Roberts
Tabloid Course 'A' Completion Certificate
Tags: ground personnel; training
John Shipman's 1943 Diary
Tags: B-24; Beaufighter; C-47; entertainment; Hurricane; Mosquito; RAF Locking; Raf Mauripur; sport; Wellington
John Shipman's 1946 RAF Diary
RAF Mauripur Social Life
Photo 1 is two men in uniform sitting on the grass.
Photo 2 is a lorry filled with airmen, captioned 'Dinner time at R&I'.
Photo 3 and 6 are two men and a woman at a table, captioned 'Opening of Contact Club…
RAF Mauripur and Hawks Bay
Photo 1 is seven men, captioned 'Gang at R&I Mauripur'.
Photo 2 five men, a camel and a boy, captioned 'At Hawks Bay'.
Photo 3 is three airmen in khaki uniform and broad brimmed hats, captioned 'Off to town.…
RAF Mutiny and Karachi buildings
Photo 1, 2, 3 and 4 are large groups of airmen, captioned 'RAF Strike Mauripur 1946. Lecture by Air Chief Marshall Barratt I.G. RAF'.
Photo 5 is a man in khaki and shorts on the steps of a ship, captioned 'Ron…
The Trooping Apron, Mauripur
Photo 1 is a side view of an RAF Liberator, captioned 'Liberator'.
Photo 2 is a side view of a York, captioned 'Avro York'.
Photo 3 is six ground crew…
Tags: B-24; C-47; fuelling; ground personnel; Raf Mauripur; York
RAF Mauripur from the air
Tags: aerial photograph; B-24; Raf Mauripur; runway
Simla Trip and Tennis at Mauripur
Photo 1 is two men sitting on a fence, captioned 'Alf & Bob Simla/45'.
Photo 2 is a group of nine men and women, captioned 'Group at "Walterton", Simla/45'.
Photo 3 and 4 are five men ready to play tennis, captioned…
Tags: sport
Snake, Mongoose, Governor, Johnny Jenkins
Photo 1 is a snake charmer with a snake round his shoulders and a mongoose on a rope.
Photo 2 is a snake and a mongoose.
Photo 3 is a group of standing men, captioned 'With HE Govenor [sic] of Sind Sir Hugh Dow…
Tags: animal; ground personnel
Footballers and Lord Mountbatten
Photo 1 is three footballers.
Photo 2 is 11 footballers.
Both are captioned Flight Mechs XI.
Photo 3 is 14 men, captioned '23 Billet and Bearers'.
Photo 4 is Lord Mountbatten, captioned 'Lord Louis Mountbatten at…
Tags: ground crew; ground personnel; sport