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Scrapbook page - aircraft and people
Top left - B-24 parked on airfield, captioned '104 a/c Foggia 45'. Top right - air-to-air view looking down on B-24 with bombs falling. Captioned 'Bomb hit B-24 but plane survives, not our plane, taken in 44'. Middle left - three airmen two wearing…
Singapore 1946
Ten photographs from an album.
#1 is identified as St Andrew's Church.
#2 is identified as Singapore's Lido & swimming pool.
#3 is identified as Collier Quay.
#4 is identified as Anderson Bridge.
#5 is identified as Garrison Theatre.
#6 is…
#1 is identified as St Andrew's Church.
#2 is identified as Singapore's Lido & swimming pool.
#3 is identified as Collier Quay.
#4 is identified as Anderson Bridge.
#5 is identified as Garrison Theatre.
#6 is…
Singapore 1946
Ten photographs from an album.
#1 is identified as the public beach.
#2 is a building identified as the Law Courts.
#3 and 5 are identified as the Union Buildings.
#4 is several rickshaws waiting for passengers.
#6 is identified as the War…
#1 is identified as the public beach.
#2 is a building identified as the Law Courts.
#3 and 5 are identified as the Union Buildings.
#4 is several rickshaws waiting for passengers.
#6 is identified as the War…
Singapore 1946
11 photographs from an album.
#1 is a night shot of a building.
#2 is a view to a church with a steeple.
#3 is a beach scene at sunset, upside down.
#4 is a small temple.
#5 is a sailing boat at night
#6 is a built up area seen from above. In…
#1 is a night shot of a building.
#2 is a view to a church with a steeple.
#3 is a beach scene at sunset, upside down.
#4 is a small temple.
#5 is a sailing boat at night
#6 is a built up area seen from above. In…
Singapore 1946
14 photographs from an album.
#1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 are images of local girls.
#4 is a man carrying an umbrella, seen from behind. In front are houses.
#7 are rickshaws lined up at the side of the road at the Chinese temple.
#8 and 11 are views…
#1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 are images of local girls.
#4 is a man carrying an umbrella, seen from behind. In front are houses.
#7 are rickshaws lined up at the side of the road at the Chinese temple.
#8 and 11 are views…
Singapore 1946
11 photographs of Singapore, in an album.
#1 is a fishing boat on a beach. Behind is a village of huts and more boats.
#2 is two men.
#3 is a canoe with houses behind.
#4 is a small waterfall
#5 is a man squatting at the side of the sea. Behind…
#1 is a fishing boat on a beach. Behind is a village of huts and more boats.
#2 is two men.
#3 is a canoe with houses behind.
#4 is a small waterfall
#5 is a man squatting at the side of the sea. Behind…
Singapore 1946
Five photographs from an album.
#1 and 4 are a canoe on the river.
#2 is a tent and a camp.
#3 is a Sunderland of 209 squadron.
#5 is a 209 squadron crest.
#1 and 4 are a canoe on the river.
#2 is a tent and a camp.
#3 is a Sunderland of 209 squadron.
#5 is a 209 squadron crest.
RAF permanent pass
Made out for Flight Sergeant N I Powell N I at RAF Shallufa, Egypt.
RAF Officers record of service - Kenneth Saw
Contains personal data, mustering dates and trades, commission, course, postings, movements and duties. Includes post-war service.
Record of service, education and professional qualifications
Made out for Charles Robert Cuthill. Gives years of service in RAF and brief history of service. Includes specialist symbols - flying instructor and lists decorations.
Bill Philpott, Capri
Two officers standing next to a bay with a beach and a steep hill in the background, the reverse is captioned 'Bill Philpott, Capri 1946.
Roll of honour for Path Finder Force RAF Little Staughton
Lists casualties for 109 Squadron and 582 Squadron in 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946. Has squadron badges for both squadrons an 8 Group and two Victoria Crosses (Squadron Leader Robert A.M.Palmer V.C, D.F.C & Bar 109 Sqn and Captain Edwin E Swales V.C.,…
Man and woman
A man and a woman walking down a city street. On the reverse '1946'.
Notes about the life of Miss Mary Speirs
Covers family life, young adult life and connection to Cynthia and Peter Field as a WAAF at Huntingdon in 1941-42. Continues with description of life after the war, illness and meeting the Bahá'i faith in the 1970s. continues with account of later…
Damaged carts and boy with a bicycle
Left page:
Top - a two wheeled cart in long grass with buildings in the background left and middle.
Bottom - a four wheeled horse drawn wagon in field with stone wall and tree in the background.
Caption on spine '1946'.
Right page:
Caption on…
Top - a two wheeled cart in long grass with buildings in the background left and middle.
Bottom - a four wheeled horse drawn wagon in field with stone wall and tree in the background.
Caption on spine '1946'.
Right page:
Caption on…
John S Hitchcock DFC AFC
Explanations of why John was awarded a DFC and AFC.
Christmas card 1945
Christmas card: on the front a 1946 calendar on the left and seasons greetings from air division control commission, Germany 1945, on the right. Inside a cartoon map of part of England and northwest Europe with RAF figures traveling to Detmold and…
Hamburg operation and aircraft losses
Top - Title note Hamburg 1944 relates 431 squadron lost 48 aircraft between July 1943 and October 1944. Mentions that 5 aircraft were lost out of 17 dispatched to Hamburg om 29 July 1944.
Below - document listing all aircraft lost on squadron with…
Below - document listing all aircraft lost on squadron with…
Singapore
Top - four men wearing swimming trunks standing on a beach with building behind right. Captioned 'Changi beach, Singapore, (Norman, "Trader", Freddy, self)'.
Left - view from aircraft of large cloud. Captioned 'Cu-nim developing over Indian ocean,…
Left - view from aircraft of large cloud. Captioned 'Cu-nim developing over Indian ocean,…
Karachi, New Delhi and southern India
Top left - distant view of airport terminal, Captioned 'Control, Mauripur airport, Karachi'.
Top right - in the foreground a single storey building with three two storey building behind. Captioned 'Officer's mess and quarters, Mauripur airport,…
Top right - in the foreground a single storey building with three two storey building behind. Captioned 'Officer's mess and quarters, Mauripur airport,…
Service history
Joined in 1942 and then details training and tour on 115 Squadron, gunnery course, tours as gunnery instructor. Further tour with 625 Squadron, crashed twice before another instructors tour. Mentions 14 ops on first tour and 20 on second. Comments on…
RAF Tengah Football Team
11 men forming the RAF Tengah football team. On the reverse 'RAF Tengah Team won the match 4-Nil RAF Singapore 1946.'
Warrant Officer Samual Guyan
Samuel Guyan in front of a window with his hands in his pockets.
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'W/O Samuel Guyan DFC, Last Day 1946'.
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'W/O Samuel Guyan DFC, Last Day 1946'.
Paul Wilson's civilian pilot's flying log book. Two
Pilot's log book for Paul Wilson from 3 July 1946 to 29 August 1948 covering his civilian flying in Australia. Aircraft flown were DC-3 (C-47) and DC-4.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality…
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality…
Page from log book
Page showing courses, postings and aircrew assessments. Includes 466 Squadron. Shows E.F.T.S and other training courses as well as post operational career and pilot and other qualifications. Attached is head and shoulders portrait photograph of a…