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  • Temporal Coverage starts with "1951"

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Photo 1 is the courtyard of the Hotel de Cluny.
Photo 2 is a side view of the Opera.
Photo 3 is the Luxembourg Palace.
Photo 4 is the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, the Louvre and Tuileries Gardens.
Photo 5 is the Eiffel tower from the Court of…

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Photo 1 is the bedchamber of Louis XIV.
Photo 2 is the mill in the hamlet built for Marie-Antoinette.
Photo 3 is the chamber of war.
Photo 4 is the anteroom of the Queen's state apartments.
Photo 5 is the Royal Court with the Marble Court of…

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Photo 1 is a view of the festival from the river.
Photo 2 is the shot tower at the exhibition.
Photo 3 is a night view of the festival from the river.

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Photo 1 and 2 are St Peter's School.
Photo 3 is Bootham Bar.
Photo 4 is Goodram Gate.
Photo 5 is the Shambles.
Photo 6 and 7 are the Merchant Venturer's Hall.
Photo 8 is York Minster.
Photo 9 is the inside of Clifford's Tower.
Photo 10 is the…

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Photo 1 is a postcard of Glastonbury Abbey.
Photo 2 is a street view of the George and Pilgrims Inn.
Photo 3 and 5 are Glastonbury Abbey.
Photo 4 is a postcard of the ancient well in the crypt of Glastonbury abbey.
Photo 6 is a postcard of the…

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No 3 Signal Officers Junior Specialist

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An Avro Lincoln RA682 that has swung on landing and the undercarriage collapsed. The propellers are all showing damage. It is annotated 'SCM 2780/G Crashed Aircraft 24.4.51'.

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Seven photographs on an album page.

Photo 1 is a lifeboat being dropped by parachutes.
Photo 2 is of Inverkiething [sic] Ferry with the Forth bridge behind.
Photo 3 is a bridge with Inverness castle behind.
Photo 4 is a blurred image, captioned…

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Four items on an album page.
Item 1 is an inflight photo showing ice forming, captioned 'Ice forming on Lanc, tailplane'.
Item 2 is an aerial photograph of a hill captioned 'Site of fatal crash of 120 Squadron 'D' A/C'.
Item 3 is 120 Squadron Crew…

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A baby in a pram.

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Clara's grave festooned with flowers. Information supplied with the collection states 'Clara Thorpe (Diver)’s grave at Welling Kent. Died 2nd May 1951.'

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Nine RAF personnel standing in a group with Flight Lieutenant Basil Harrington, third from left, shaking hands with mayor. In the background RAF lorries. On the reverse 'RAF Recruiting Team 1951'.

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Nine RAF personnel all wearing tunic standing in line. A mayor ins third from left and Basil Harrington is fourth from left holding leash of St Bernard dog. In the background RAF lorries. On the reverse 'Recruiting West Country 1951'.

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Basil Harrington with Raff the St Bernard in front of a large crowd of men, women and children sitting in stand. On the reverse '"Raff" collecting for the Affray Fund at Yeovil sports May 1951'.

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RAF Personnel and civilians in front of brickwall with 2 windows, submitted with caption; “RFS Oakington flying Harvards. June 1951.”

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Eight RAF personnel (at least 7 of whom are pilots) standing in front of a late model spitfire, submitted with caption; “Flying the Spitfire 22 and the Vampire 5 at 102 RFS North Luffenham, June 1951.”

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Jim Eley sitting on the port wing of a De Haviland Vampire Jet, submitted with caption; “First experience in a jet. North Luffenham June 1951.”)

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RAF intersection football medal 1950/1951 and presentation box.

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On the left a woman sitting on a bench offering a bone to a dog sitting on the bench between the woman and a young girl on the right looking on. In the background a fence. Submitted with caption; 'Wyn & Joan Colson (Billy’s Sister) 1951'.

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Account of two 10 Squadron airmen being reunited with their aircraft after 54 years. Kevin Murphy and Philip Jenkinson met to admire a model of their Halifax made from wreckage of their aircraft. Gives account of their bail out and evading. Notes…

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Top left - cemetery wall with motor bike parked in front, In the distance trees.
Top right - close up of grave crosses with Flight Sergeant PR Jenkinson's in the centre,
Captions 'Durnbach War Grave Cemetery in 1951' and Durnbach War Grave…

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Nine photographs of Jack's postings. They are dated 1950-1951.
Photo 1 is a view over Changi, Singapore.
Photo 2 is a man selling blankets, captioned 'Mauripur-Pakistan'.
Photo 3 is a building, captioned 'Temple Hill Mess'.
Photo 4 is a street…

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Nine photographs from an album.
Photo 1 and 2 are captioned 'Negombo - Ceylon'.
Photo 1 is a riverside with canoes.
Photo 2 is a European man in shorts with six native boys, one on a bike.
Photo 3 is a street with palm trees, captioned 'Tripoli -…

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Hogan P J Officers records - directorate of postings brown file cover

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Describes log books. Mentions August 1943 accident leading to no entries for September 1943. Gained commission in RAF in 1948. Mentions flying first jet in November 1948 and two incidents while flying and that he had shortened his name from…
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