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Shackletons in Service
Two pages from The Aeroplane magazine with details of the arrival of Shackletons in squadron service at RAF Kinloss. There are seven images of Shackletons (in flight an on the ground) and aircrew with a brief description of the aircraft's duties.
Frank jolliffe's Annual Confidential Report second half of 1950
Frank was employed as a Navigator / Bomb Aimer on the Experimental Flight at Farnborough, good report and fit for promotion.
Harold Beech at Snelland railway station
Harold Beech in railway worker’s uniform, with peaked cap, standing in front of a level crossing gate at Snelland railway station. On the left is a signal box and behind him, alongside the two rail tracks, is a semaphore railway signal. Harold…
Friends and family
Left page.
Top - three women and a man sitting on chairs in a garden. The man has a young girl on his lap. In the background a open patio door in a house. Captioned 'Elsie Hirst, "Nana" and "Gan-Gan"'.
Bottom - Joy and Stephen Dawson at the…
Top - three women and a man sitting on chairs in a garden. The man has a young girl on his lap. In the background a open patio door in a house. Captioned 'Elsie Hirst, "Nana" and "Gan-Gan"'.
Bottom - Joy and Stephen Dawson at the…
Family summer 1951
Left page title 'June 51'.
Top two images of a group of three sitting in a garden. Top left - Joy Dawson in the middle with daughter on her lap. Top right - Stephen Dawson now on the right with daughter on lap.
Middle - Joy Dawson sitting on a…
Top two images of a group of three sitting in a garden. Top left - Joy Dawson in the middle with daughter on her lap. Top right - Stephen Dawson now on the right with daughter on lap.
Middle - Joy Dawson sitting on a…
Holidays
Left page. Title 'Holiday for another, July 51'.
Top left - Christine Dawson paddling on beach with a man kneeling holding her hand. Top right - Christine Dawson squatting on sand at beach. Captioned 'Hunstanton'.
Middle and bottom left - Tow…
Top left - Christine Dawson paddling on beach with a man kneeling holding her hand. Top right - Christine Dawson squatting on sand at beach. Captioned 'Hunstanton'.
Middle and bottom left - Tow…
Friend and beach
Right page.
Top left - Christine Dawson riding on a toy horse in a garden with fence in the background. Top right - Christine Dawson between a woman kneeling and a man squatting in a garden. Middle - a woman standing in a garden holding Christine…
Top left - Christine Dawson riding on a toy horse in a garden with fence in the background. Top right - Christine Dawson between a woman kneeling and a man squatting in a garden. Middle - a woman standing in a garden holding Christine…
Family visits and at home
Left page.
Top left - Stephen Dawson wearing blazer and tie kneeling down in garden. Top right - Christine Dawson kneeling in garden with cat. Captioned 'Garden of Mrs Lane [..]'.
Middle - Christine Dawson standing with a woman leaning over her…
Top left - Stephen Dawson wearing blazer and tie kneeling down in garden. Top right - Christine Dawson kneeling in garden with cat. Captioned 'Garden of Mrs Lane [..]'.
Middle - Christine Dawson standing with a woman leaning over her…
Geoffrey North Royal Air Forces Association membership card - Frinton and Walton
Membership book with three annual subscription receipts for 1951/52/53 attached for Frinton and Walton branch.
Aircraft histories of Tiger Moth aircraft flown by Denis Clyde-Smith
Histories of twelve Tiger Moth aircraft flown by Denis Clyde Smith while undergoing ab-initio training at Sywell.
Reg Manning's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
The Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Log Book covering the period 15 June 1941 to the 16 August 1963. Manning qualified first as an Air Gunner on the 4 July 1941 and second as a flight engineer on the 1 September 1941. He was commissioned on the 4…
Proof copy of Esso advertisement
Framed painting shows Lancaster being fitted with an engine in the nose to act as a flying test bed, Vampire nose and tail also visible. advertisement reads 'A Dart turbo-prop engine being installed in the nose of a Lancaster at the Rolls Royce…
Skylon and Dome of Discovery
In the foreground a floating pier on the Thames. In the background the Festival of Britain showground with the Skylon and the Dome of Discovery.
Penny Turner
A girl wearing a flowered dress with cat in her arms stands in front of a bicycle leaning against a brick wall. On the reverse 'Penny aged 13, Sept 1951'.
Man in doorway
Full length portrait of a man wearing blazer and tie standing on step outside the door of a house. On the reverse 'Sept 1951 Grandpa outside dining room'.
Grandpa Turner on a boat
A man wearing white jumper, trousers and boots sits holding the tiller in the back of a boat at sea. In the background a sea shore and buildings. On the reverse 'September 1951, To Penelope from Grandpa Turner with lots of love, This photo was taken…
Terence Leedham's career
Joined Royal Air Force in 1936 as a Halton apprentice armourer. Promoted to flight sergeant at the beginning of the war he began a long association with 57 Squadron then flying Blenheims as part of British Expeditionary Force in France followed by…
Terence Leedham's life
Top left first page - three-quarter length portrait of an airman wearing tunic and side cap. Text notes that he joined Royal Air Force in 1936 as a Halton apprentice armourer. Promoted to flight sergeant at the beginning of the war he began a long…
Geoff and Peter Packham sidecar racing
Geoff Packham and his brother Peter partaking in motor bike and sidecar racing.
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Rex Searle's flying log book.
Flying log book for R O J Searle, Flight Engineer, covering the period from 25 June 1944 to13 July 1945 and from 17 August 1951 to 14 September 1964. Detailing his training as a flight engineer and a full tour of operations flown with Bomber Command…
Arthur Thomas and the Louvre
Photo 1 is a head and shoulders image of Arthur Thomas, taken in 1951.
Photo 2 is a postcard of the outside of the Louvre.
Photo 3 is a postcard of the Apollo's Gallery in the Louvre.
Photo 4 is an outside view of the Louvre from La Place du…
Photo 2 is a postcard of the outside of the Louvre.
Photo 3 is a postcard of the Apollo's Gallery in the Louvre.
Photo 4 is an outside view of the Louvre from La Place du…
The Conciergerie, Paris
Photo 1 is the kitchens in the Conciergerie.
Photo 2 is the Great Hall in the Conciergerie.
Photo 3 is the Conciergerie from across the Seine.
Photo 4 is Pont au Change across to the Conciergerie.
Photo 2 is the Great Hall in the Conciergerie.
Photo 3 is the Conciergerie from across the Seine.
Photo 4 is Pont au Change across to the Conciergerie.
Notre Dame
Photo 1 is a postcard of Notre Dame, Ile de la Cite from the Seine.
Photo 2 is a postcard of La Fleche of Notre Dame and a view of the Seine.
Photo 3 is the east end of Notre Dame.
Photo 4 is the west front of Notre Dame.
Photo 2 is a postcard of La Fleche of Notre Dame and a view of the Seine.
Photo 3 is the east end of Notre Dame.
Photo 4 is the west front of Notre Dame.
La Sainte-Chapelle
Photo 1 is the exterior of La Sainte-Chapelle.
Photo 2 is the interior showing the Upper Chapel, Sanctuary and Piscina.
Photo 3 is the lower chapel interior.
Photo 2 is the interior showing the Upper Chapel, Sanctuary and Piscina.
Photo 3 is the lower chapel interior.
Sacre Couer and Montmartre
Photo 1 is a postcard of the Sacre-Coeur at Montmartree.
Photo 2 is the Sacre-Coeur, looking up the staircase.
Photo 3 is the church of St Pierre-de-Montmartre.
Photo 4 is a street scene in Montmartre with the Sacre-Coeur in the background.
Photo…
Photo 2 is the Sacre-Coeur, looking up the staircase.
Photo 3 is the church of St Pierre-de-Montmartre.
Photo 4 is a street scene in Montmartre with the Sacre-Coeur in the background.
Photo…