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  • Temporal Coverage starts with "1938"

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A memoir by Jack of his life before and service in the R.A.F. up to 1942. Has his comments on postings and events up to 1942.

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Rex' Searles pay records

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Six photographs on an album page:
Photo 1 - a sea view, captioned 'Llanfaethlu Bay'.
Photo 2 - a beach, captioned 'Sandy Beach'.
Photo 3 - beach view, captioned 'Holyhead from Sandy Beach'.
Photo 4 - a model aircraft, captioned 'Spitfire'.
Photo…

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11 school reports from 1933 to 1938.

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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…

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Photo 1 is a man in a suit rowing a boat, identified as Dick Osmond.
Photo 2 is a woman leaning on a boat, identified as Lena Hodge.
Photo 3 is a couple including Arthur Thomas.
Photo 4 and 5 are two different couples in two boats.
Photo 6 is a…

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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 &…

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LLancasterJO103509v1.pdf
Pilots flying log book for J O Lancaster covering the period from 6 July 1937 to 15 September 1943. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Sywell, RAF Ansty, RAF Desford, RAF Sealand, RAF…

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Left page - letter from John Collier on Norfolk and Nowich Aero Club headed paper, thanking Jill Nicholls for her letter which thanked him for the flight she took with him. Right page - Title at top - 'Alex Henshaw Kings Cup 1938 and Cape records…

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Two photographs of Jill Carter.
Photo 1 is a young girl standing in a garden. Additional information supplied with the collection states 'aged 1 year 9 months, taken 2-8-38'.
Photo 2 is a young girl in a photographer's studio 'aged 3 years 5…

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Jill standing in the garden of her house. Information supplied with the collection states '1 year 9 months old, 2-8-38'.

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Eighteen men some in Army uniform, some in civilian clothes sitting and standing in front of trees. Captioned 'Some of the jocks 1938'. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

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Brown envelope with text 'Photographs, Basil Harrington, on first joining RAF 1938 and 1939. Photo of 226 Squadron with B-25 Mitchell'.

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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'.

LRobinsonFA33520v1.pdf
Flying log book for F A Robinson covering the period from 8 September 1938 to 22 January 1951. Detailing his flying training and operations flown, includes flight certificates, congratulatory messages and notes of appreciation from senior officers, a…

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Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is two young girls on trikes.
Photo 2 and 3 are three men in front of a house. They are annotated '1938 Just the three of us'.

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Five photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a group of scouts at a camp arranged in three rows. It is captioned 'Southampton 1938'.
Photo 2 is of two scouts sitting.
Photo 3 is of three scouts at work.
Photo 4 is a group of scouts at a railway…

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Ten photographs from an album.
Photos 1 to 7 are of Holland 1937.
Photos 8-10 are Southampton 1938.
Photo 1 is a scout sitting on the shoulders of a second scout.
Photo 2, 3 and 4 are scouts on a beach.
Photo 5 is a scout.
Photo 6 five scouts…

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Side view of an open topped car captioned 'KD Magnette £50, 1938'. Captioned in frame '1938 K D Magnette bought 1938 for £50. M of Supply requisitioned tubes and tires. Reason! Not taxed or insured, missing was not an excuse!'.

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LMitchellJEF550261v1.pdf
L Mitchell’s air gunner’s flying log book covering the period from 1 July 1936 to 17 September 1941. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as air gunner. He was stationed at Upper Heyford, Driffield, Boscombe Down and Linton-on-Ouse…

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

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List of events covering joining the RAF, selection for pilot, training and start of operations.

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A head and shoulders portrait of Roy Ellis. On the reverse 'To my darling Doreen, with all my love, Easter 1938'.

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LPrickettTO40427v1.pdf
Pilots flying log book for Thomas Other Prickett, covering the period from 26 October 1937 to 30 April 1940. Detailing his flying training and flying instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Sywell, RAF Netheravon, RAF Linton-on-Ouse, RAF Upavon…

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From information provided by the donor. Three photographs of Peter Baxter's time at RAF Halton.
First is of the three story brick accommodation blocks arranged around a square with some apprentices running, caption '10 times round the square'.
The…

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