Browse Items (141 total)

A large group of airmen and ground crew arranged in front of a Blenheim. Information supplied with the collection states '1938 RAF Wyton 114 Squadron (C.E.L. absent on leave)'.

A large group photo of airmen arranged in six rows. Information supplied with the collection states B Yeandle is back row, 7th from left.

Half length image of a man wearing civilian shirt and trousers sitting. On the reverse 'Dick, Gower 1938'.

An obituary published in the Times with a second cutting with a correction from an air vice-marshal.

A membership card issued to Alan North.

A full length image of an airman wearing great coat and peaked cap standing on road. Captioned 'Wilkie 1938'.

Top left - full length image of an airman wearing tunic and peaked cap standing on path. Captioned 'Cranwell 1938'.
Top right - full length image of an airman wearing tunic and peaked cap. Captioned 'Wilkie 1938'.
Bottom - full length image of an…

Rex' Searles pay records

Royal Air Force volunteer reserve, elementary exam in airmanship with five questions.

An exam paper for Intermediate Airmanship. There are ten questions, candidates were to answer only eight.

Andrzej Jeziorski on a horse, named as Gezisza. Information supplied with the collection states 'Summer Vacation 1938'.

Two photographs of holiday snaps.
#1 is Arnold and his two boys, captioned ' L-R: Arnold Louis, Derek Allan, Brian Arnold Holidays - 1937'.
#2 is four children captioned 'from top: Brian, Margaret (family friend), Derek, June summer holiday -…

Full length image of ab airman wearing greatcoat and peaked cap. Captioned 'Myself 1938'.

Photo 1 is a man with a dog.
Photo 2 is man sitting on a fence.
Photo 3 is a man sitting on a tractor.
Photo 4 is a man sitting on a fence.
Photo 5 is a man standing on a brick wall.
These five images are captioned '1938 Cecil William Reid &…

Photo 1 and 2 are a woman standing in a garden, identified as Aunt Laura.
Photo 3 is Arthur's mother, standing in a garden.
Photo 4 is Arthur standing in a garden.
Photo 5 and 6 are of a man standing beside a field gun, identified as Uncle Adrian…

Three annotated items:

Item 1 : Photograph of air raid shelter with pets
caption 1 'Air Raid Shelter constructed by a firm called "Troy" in 1938. Left [undecipherable] It was 16' deep with a poisen [sic] gas free escape hatch…

Reference is from Clayton Dewandre who employed Aubrey from January 1935.

Reference is from the band master of 4th Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment Territorial Army.

Personal reference for Aubrey.

Discharged from the Band of the Lincolnshire Regiment, issued when he joined the RAF.

Head and shoulders portrait of a young man wearing tunic and peaked cap. On the reverse 'Basil first joined the RAF, S 692 A, 1938'.

Bertram kneeling with a dog.

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Top left - four women and a child standing in a winter village street with cars on the right and houses in the background.
Top right - a crowd of men and women and one child being carried making their way into a stone building with sign…

Gives dates attending school and subjects examined and list of subjects studied.

Gives dates attended Northgate school for boys, conduct and exams passed.