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Four airmen sitting on grass with four standing behind, annotated 'Gunners 15 Sqdn May 46'.

Upper page - top left - half length image of a man wearing parachute harness and flying helmet in the cockpit of an aircraft.
Top right - three quarter length image of a man wearing parachute harness looking back from the cockpit of an aircraft.…

Lists articles of clothing and equipment returned on discharge, deficiencies of kit form and follow up signatures and charging details.

Five airmen standing under the nose of a Lancaster aircraft, annotated 'Avro Visit'. A second identical photograph is annotated 'Day trip to Avroe Woodford May 46'.

Three boys working at a forge. On the reverse 'Boys working at the Smithys Forge. At Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

A bullock cart. On the reverse 'A "Yak" outside the MT section Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.
A second image is annotated on the reverse 'The old "yak" one again Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

A view of cumulus clouds over Kandy. On the reverse 'Cloud Formations at dusk Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

Notes that fund was to be shared between 147 people who served with H M forces. Encloses cheque for £4.0.0 for addressee share.

An airman dressed in khaki standing outside huts. On the reverse ' "Dusty" outside his billet Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

An airman in shorts and khaki sitting on a fence. On the reverse 'F/O "Dusty" Miller from Dartford Kent. Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

A street view of Kandy. There are a couple of carts and one car. On the reverse 'High Street Kandy (The main street in Kandy) Ceylon May 1946.'

Three items from a photo album.
Item 1 is Homer's card from the Karachi Ordnance Officers' Shop.
Item 2 is a slip allowing Homer to wear five medals.
Item 3 is Homer's temporary members card for the Srinagar Club.

Ivor sitting on a brick wall. He is dressed in khaki and shorts. On the reverse 'Self sitting on bridge on camp road. Kandy Ceylon May 1946.'

Ivor standing at the edge of a stream with jungle around him. He is wearing shorts and khaki uniform. On the reverse 'Self "On the rocks" Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

The two men are standing on a rock ledge in a hilly forest. On the reverse 'F/O Chown and myself on the hills overlooking RAF Camp Kandy Ceylon May 1946.'

Ivor sitting on the edge of the pool. On the reverse 'Self sitting on the edge of static water pool RAF Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

The two men are standing outside a wooden hut. On the reverse 'Self and VS Peter Once Again Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

A view of the market. Two men are standing in the foreground. In the background are many people buying and selling local produce. On the reverse 'Kandy Market Ceylon May 1946'.

Left page - top left - air-to-air view front port quarter of a Lancaster. Captioned 'Lancaster Mk1 KM-Z (LL854) Operation Frontline May 1946 44 (Rhodesia) SQ'.
Bottom left - similar air-to-air view front port quarter of a Lancaster with further…

Top, photograph of a Lancastrian with its crew on a airfield with aircraft in the background, captioned 'May 1946 Gander'.
Centre left, is a photogrpah of an airman in uniform, seated with back to photographer, over looking a coastline, captioned…

The letter refers to a proposed visit to their house by Fred. The end of the letter is missing.

A view across the river with trees on both banks. On the reverse 'The Mawataganger River Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

A low building on a rise with steps and gardens leading up to it. On the reverse 'No 1. (our mess) RAF Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

A large building with one airmen walking in the front. On the reverse 'No 2 Officers' Mess RAF Kandy with "Paddy" walking along the steps Ceylon May 1946'.

Two field workers in the foreground and two in the background. They are working on a rice field. On the reverse 'Boys cutting paddy (rice) at Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.