Photograph 2 is of a group of children standing close to a war memorial.

Photograph 3 is of the Christmas Party. Large group of children with parents, airmen and police, captioned 'December 1944.'

Photograph 4 is of a group of civilians and children at the fence outside the airfield. A large container of tins is being unpacked.

Photograph 5 is of a group of children and parents lined up at the Christmas Party.

Photograph 6 is of a man on a roller behind a horse and a bull.

Photograph 7 is of some children at the Christmas Party.

Photograph 8 is of a family in a doorway with Reginald George Cavalier, captioned 'R.G.C. with a family in the village.'
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Photographs 3 and 4 are street scenes in deep snow captioned 'Photo Sec Billet, Rue de Pont.'

Photographs 5 and 6 are of a house with a large church behind captioned 'Madam Mathia House, Jan 1945.'

Photograph 7 is Reginald George Cavalier with two women captioned 'Marie, Me, Madam, 11th Dec 1944.'

Photograph 8 is a street scene from an upstairs window of a horse, cart, man and dog.
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In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of Lincoln.]]>
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Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Greece]]> Greece--Kalamata]]> Italy]]> Italy--Livorno]]> Italy--Grottaglie]]> 1944-12]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> France--Abbeville]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> France--Le Havre]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Solingen]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Osterfeld]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> Germany--Homberg (Kassel)]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Poland]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-09]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12]]>
Includes measurements, direction indicator, hut numbers etc.]]>
D G Gray]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> Poland]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> 1944-12]]>
A Gaunt]]> J Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Spalding]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Liverpool]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> South Africa--Durban]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baṣrah]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Iraq--Ḥabbānīyah]]> Gaza Strip--Gaza]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Alexandria]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> Germany--Wolfsburg (Lower Saxony)]]> France]]> France--Royan]]> Czech Republic]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Egypt]]> Gaza Strip]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah (Emirate)]]> 1937]]> 1940-09]]> 1940-11-04]]> 1941-03]]> 1941-08-31]]> 1943-02]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-08-24]]> 1944-11-09]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-19]]> 1944-12]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-04]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-23]]> 1945-05-06]]> 1945-05]]> A Gaunt]]> J Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Spalding]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Liverpool]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Cape Town]]> South Africa--Durban]]> India]]> India--Mumbai]]> Iraq]]> Iraq--Baṣrah]]> United Arab Emirates]]> Iraq--Ḥabbānīyah]]> Gaza Strip--Gaza]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Alexandria]]> England--Herefordshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> Wales--Gwynedd]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> Germany--Giessen (Hesse)]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Houffalize]]> Germany--Wolfsburg (Lower Saxony)]]> France]]> France--Royan]]> Czech Republic]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Egypt]]> Gaza Strip]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Czech Republic--Most]]> United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah (Emirate)]]> 1937]]> 1940-09]]> 1940-11-04]]> 1941-03]]> 1941-08-31]]> 1943-02]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-08-24]]> 1944-11-09]]> 1944-12-04]]> 1944-12-06]]> 1944-12-19]]> 1944-12]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-01-04]]> 1945-01-16]]> 1945-01-13]]> 1945-02-01]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-16]]> 1945-03-20]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-04-03]]> 1945-04-23]]> 1945-05-06]]> 1945-05]]> Bottom left is a head and shoulders portrait captioned 'Muriel Griffiths Met Brawdy 1945'.
Bottom right is of two RAF officers,full length, in uniform standing in front of building entrance, captioned 'Richardson & Richard Eldridge Christmas 1944 Brawdy'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Pembrokeshire]]> 1944-12]]> 1945]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1944-12]]> There is a photo of Arthur Harris giving the salute.]]> Penny Thickett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Cochem]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-09]]> 1944-10]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Reims]]> 1944-12]]>
Photograph 2 is of a group of airmen around steaming drums. Captioned 'Jan 12th 1945. Washing Up.'

Photograph 3 is of a group of 12 airmen including Reginald George Cavalier standing in deep snow in front of a tent. Captioned 'Dec 24th 1944, 137 Wing, S.H.Q. Photographers.'

Photographs 4, 6 and 8 are of a crashed B-17. On the tail is 'L', 'O', 'MS' and '48593', the rest of the aircraft has been completely destroyed. Captioned 'Feb 1945, Crashed Flying Fortress A/C U.S.A. on Aerodrome, Vitroy (sic) en Artois. R.A.F. Vitroy [sic] en Artois'

Photograph 5 is four airmen standing outside a tent in heavy frost. Reginald George Cavalier is second on the left. Captioned 'Jan 1st 1945, Jock Sadler, Les Seymour, Hal Ashley.'

Photograph 7 is of a lorry with an airman standing beside it. There is snow on the ground and icicles on the lorry. Captioned 'Jan 1st 1945, Mitch Mitchell, Frozen Photographic Section lorry.'
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jeremy Patton]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Rutland]]> 1944-12]]>
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-12]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Slough]]> Poland]]> Poland--Opole (Voivodeship)]]> 1944-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Poland]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> 1944-12]]> Top left - large group of people in service and civilian dress at a party. Captioned 'WAAF Sgt party Leeming Dec 1944, note tinsel strips back left to form letters on curtain - "window" dropped over enemy territory to distract enemy radar. My letter to mother 1:12:44 thanked her for sending [...]'.
Top right - large group of people in service and civilian dress at a party. Captioned 'WAAF sgts mess party Dec 1944 Leeming. Shoulder flash denotes a Canadian airman - most are aircrew, some English others ground staff eg Jock charming Canadian older than rest 4th from back'.
Second row left - large group of people in service and civilian dress at a party. Captioned WAAFs sgts party Dec 1944 Leeming RCAF "Roger the lodger the S--- spelt out on blackout curtain in "Window" from a dubious ditty "Roger" [....]wearing sleeveless pullover at front of other photograph'.
Second row right - large group of people in service and civilian dress at a party. Captioned 'WAAF sgts mess party Leeming Dec 1944, L standing Molly of the farewell Molly squadron board photograph of 4.8.45, Betty Lennon with Roger C, front with [....]'.
Third row left - three members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force one standing by and two sitting on lorry running board with an airman standing to the right.
Bottom left - a man and three women sitting on a swinging bench seat.

Right page:
Top - photograph of squadron operations boards for 429, 424 and 433 Squadrons with 'Farewell Molly, Best Luck, Always' and other messages.
Bottom - smaller version of the same photograph with caption 'Squadron board at RCAF Leeming 4.8.45 "Farewell Molly". Only 427 and 429 Squadrons left at t he base, 424 and 433 were now at satellite stn "Skipton-on-Swale"'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-08-04]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> France]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Vegesack]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Aachen]]> Italy]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Berlin]]> France--Lorient]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Cologne]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Bochum]]> France--Montchanin]]> Germany--Kassel]]> France--Modane]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> France--Maubeuge Region]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> France--Bourg-en-Bresse]]> France--Saint-Médard-en-Jalles]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Sablé-sur-Sarthe]]> France--Lille]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> France--Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes)]]> France--Argentan]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Poitiers]]> France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)]]> France--Abbeville Region]]> France--Vitry-en-Artois]]> France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]> France--Creil]]> France--Caen]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Mittelland Canal]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--IJmuiden]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Pilsen Basin]]> Czech Republic--Chomutov]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> Great Britain]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-07-24]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-27]]> 1943-07-28]]> 1943-07-29]]> 1943-07-30]]> 1944-04-18]]> 1944-04-19]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-06]]> 1944-07]]> 1944-08]]> 1942-07]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-09]]> 1942-10]]> 1942-11]]> 1942-12]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-03]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-05]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-01]]> 1945-02]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-04]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-24]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-07-18]]> Officer's Mess, RAF Croft]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-12]]> Photo 1 is of six people, captioned 'Self, Joan, David, Mum, Aunt May & Dad'.
Photo 2 is of Philip Hopgood with his friend sitting on a metal fence, captioned 'Joan & Self'.
Photo 3 is a snow scene, captioned 'St Athan February 1945 The Village'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Northampton]]> Wales--South Glamorgan]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-02]]>
Bottom - mentions that Robert Palmers father flew in the first world war and it was no surprise he joined the RAF. Mentions award of DFCs and Victoria Cross with brief description of action leading to award.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-08-27]]> 1945-03-24]]>
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Geoff Burton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944-12]]>
In the second image a mine is on a trolley. Chalked on the mine is the message 'From Marg, Charlie, Little Joe Merry Xmas'.
Behind is a Halifax. An annotation reads 'Xmas 44 Leeming'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PCothliffKB15040038]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944-12]]>