Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Central Depository]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1946-08]]> George and Helen]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sheffield]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Windsor]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1946-08]]> Top right - view across lake of a town in the distance. Captioned 'Zurich from Zurichsee, Sept 46'.
Centre - view of buildings in city centre - Captioned 'Zurich'.
Bottom left - view of church steeple and upper part of building. Captioned 'Church at Meilen, Zurichsee, Aug 46'.
Bottom right - view over town rooftops with lake and mountain in the distance. Captioned 'Zurich town and lake from Dolder, Aug 46'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Switzerland]]> Switzerland--Zurich]]> 1946-08]]> 1946-09]]>
Top right - view over swimming pool with building behind. Captioned 'Dolder pool, Zurich, Aug 46 (automatic wave machine in operation)'.
Centre - looking up hill to a hotel with three spires. Captioned 'Dolder hotel, Zurich, Aug 46'.
Bottom left - view of three story house with veranda, trees behind and shrubs in front. Captioned 'Chalet near Luzern, Aug 46'.
Bottom right - View down onto swimming pool. Captioned 'Dolder swimming pool, Zurich'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Switzerland]]> Switzerland--Zurich]]> Switzerland--Lucerne]]> 1946-08]]>
M Usherwood]]> The Daily Telegraph]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> France--Brest]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Le Creusot]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Peenemünde]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Munich]]> France--Calais]]> France--Caen]]> France--Falaise]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Goch]]> Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942-08]]> 1940-11-20]]> 1941-03-11]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1943-08]]> 1946-07]]> 1946-08]]> 1943]]> There are two leave passes from Hampstead Norris for Ernest Probyn.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Berkshire]]> 1946-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1946-08]]> The first advises that Kenneth's final payment of 10/7 has been paid into his bank.
The second advises that £13 and 2 shillings will be paid, dated July 1946.
The third advises that £10 and 4 shillings will be paid, dated August 1946.
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Base Accounts Officer, RAF Innsworth]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Newport (Isle of Wight)]]> England--Hampshire]]> 1946-07]]> 1946-08]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> 1946-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Somalia]]> Somalia--Boosaaso]]> 1946-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Somalia]]> Somalia--Boosaaso]]> 1946-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> 1946-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> 1946-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]> Yemen (Republic)]]> 1946-08]]> Photo 2 is three airmen outside the terminal of RAF Pomigliano. One airman is identified as F/Lt Ken Strang.
Photo 3 is an airman outside the terminal, identified as F/O G Alexamder.
Photo 4 is a postcard of the Piazzo Municipio, Naples.
Photo 5 is a panorama of San Martino with Mt Etna smoking in the distance.
Photo 6 is six airmen outside the terminal. The central three are identified as F/O AF Thomas, DFM, F/O TC Walsh and F/O G Alexander.
Photo 7 is an airman standing with his luggage, identified as F/O TC Walsh.
Photo 8 is a postcard of Stazione Centrale, Naples.


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IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Italy]]> Italy--Naples]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> 1946-08]]>
Raymond Barrett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Diary]]> Royal Air Force]]> Burma]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> Egypt]]> Sri Lanka]]> Sri Lanka--Colombo]]> 1946-07]]> 1946-08]]> Photo 2 is the nose of a Wellington with an airman leaning on the propeller.
Photo 3 is a side view of a Lancaster, captioned 'Lancaster Lindholme O.C.U. 1947'.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> 1946-08]]> 1946-09]]> 1947]]>
Top right above - an air-to-ground view of a B-17 airborne.
Top right below - view from the rear turret of an airfield after take off.
Second row left - a Lockheed Constellation parked in front of a hangar.
Second row right - a B-29 parked on airfield hard standing.
Third row left a Sikorsky H-5 hovering over crowd of spectators.
Third row right and air to ground view of a city with tall buildings in the distance.
Bottom left - Fairchild C-82 Packet taking off.
Bottom right - Fairchild C-82 Packet on fly-past.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> United States Army Air Force]]> United States]]> New York (State)]]> 1946-07-17]]> 1946-08]]>

Article states that 16 Lancasters of 35 Pathfinder Squadron will arrive 27 July 1946 on three day visit to Denver area. They arrived in the United States at Mitchel Field New York on 17 July 1946. Mentions they will visit Scott Field Bellevue. Long Beach California, San Antonio, Morrison Field West Palm Beach and Andrews Field Washington DC. Mentions party consists of 110 enlisted men m 20 warrant officers and 61 officers. Mentions would have been part of Tiger Force.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> United States]]> Colorado--Denver]]> California--Long Beach]]> Texas--San Antonio]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Illinois--Belleville]]> Florida--West Palm Beach]]> Maryland]]> Washington (D.C.)]]> Florida]]> California]]> Colorado]]> Illinois]]> New York (State)]]> Texas]]> 1946-07]]> 1946-08]]>
Bottom newspaper cutting with two photographs, on left - Lancaster parked with several men around it. Right - Lancaster on ground viewed from port front quarter. In the background further Lancasters lined up. Text notes that some of planes pictured were used by members of 35 (Pathfinder) Squadron in offensive against Germany. The crew were awarded 295 DFCs, 173 DFMs and 19 Service Orders. 35 Squadron was scheduled to join AAF in a mass air offensive against Japan.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> United States]]> Colorado--Denver]]> Colorado]]> 1946-07]]> 1946-08]]>
Middle right - photograph of C-47 on left facing, B-25 middle facing away and Lancaster on the right.

Bottom - newspaper cutting with photograph of seven Lancasters in light paint scheme parked on airfield at Long Beach California with crews standing in front. In front of them a welcoming party. Caption 'Smart Line -up. Due back any day now, the 16 Lancasters on No 35 Squadron are shown inspected at Long Beach California during the US Army Air Force Day celebrations'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> United States]]> California--Long Beach]]> New York (State)--New York]]> California]]> New York (State)]]> 1946-07]]> 1946-08]]>

Bottom left - a newspaper cutting 'Fly-Past', notes that five south Londoners will have aerial view as they take part in RAF fly-past: F/O Frank Baker DFC (ex Mosquito navigato)r; F/O Brundrift (navigator); W/O A J Pearce DFM; F/Sgt B Ford (air gunners in Lancaster) and W/O S Pritchard (navigator in 248 Squadron Mosquito).]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Bradley Froggatt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> United States]]> Washington (D.C.)]]> New Jersey--Atlantic City]]> Texas--San Antonio]]> Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Maryland--Baltimore]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Maryland]]> New Jersey]]> Texas]]> 1946-07]]> 1946-08]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> United States]]> Colorado--Denver]]> Colorado]]> 1946-07]]> 1946-08]]> Top right - eight Lancasters in light paint scheme parked in pairs on an airfield with runway behind and buildings on far side.
Middle left - a line of Lancasters in light paint scheme parked on airfield with crews lined up in front of each.
Middle right - reception party with large group or British and United States servicemen standing an a large room with sign 'Welcome RAF'.
Bottom - crews lined up in front of Lancaster. In the foreground are an officer in flying suit and two others in uniform tunic, one of whom is shaking hands with the USAAF aircrew officer. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> United States]]> Illinois--Belleville]]> Illinois]]> 1946-07]]> 1946-08]]>

Top right - photograph of two Lancasters in light paint scheme parked on airfield with welcoming spectators and band.

Middle top - photograph of a Fairchild C-82 Packet and C-47s.

Middle below - an airfield by the side of a river.

Middle right - newspaper article 'Local airmen were guests of film stars'. Notes that Warrant Officer Arthur Pearce and AC1 J B Lumsden had met film stars Mary Pickford in Beverley Hills, Hollywood.

Bottom left - photograph of the Spruce Goose (Hughes H-4 Hercules) by waterside.

Bottom right - photograph of C54 Skymaster on runway]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Washington (D.C.)]]> New York (State)]]> California--Beverly Hills]]> 1946-07]]> 1946-08]]>