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Rambouillet
Reconnaissance photograph taken at high altitude showing fields and woods with Rambouillet and the Jardin Anglais in the top right-hand corner. The settlements of Gazeran, Saint-Hilarion, Orcemont and Orphin are also visible. Two areas are outlined…
Group portrait at Eastbourne Navigation School
William Barfoot is featured among a group portrait of 55 trainees at Eastbourne Navigation School, Eastbourne College, some standing, some sitting; five men in the centre of the seated row wear observer brevets and two of these are officers, one a…
Four trainees at Eastbourne Navigation School
William Barfoot is featured among four trainees at Eastbourne Navigation School. They wear uniforms without caps and two with unbuttoned tunics; two are wearing scarves and smoking pipes. One has a side cap with white flash under his arm. On the left…
Three observers at RAF Brize Norton
Group of three observers in front of a concrete hut. Two are standing behind Flying Officer William Barfoot, who is sitting in a collapsible chair with an improvised desk.
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Lawrence Memorial School
The Lawrence Memorial School is set on a grass bank.
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William Barfoot winning the quarter mile race
William Barfoot wearing singlet and shorts crosses the finish line. Captioned 'School sports at Lovedale: P.W.Barfoot winning the quarter mile race. He set up a new record for the Lawrence Memorial School', '(1935)'. This item was sent to the IBCC…
William Barfoot in uniform
William Barfoot in uniform with a Sam Browne belt standing in a garden; he is wearing a black armband on his left arm.
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Lawrence Memorial School band
William Barfoot in featured in a group portrait of some forty men and boys, two rows standing with a third row seated. They are outside an ornate building and wear uniforms with white-topped peaked caps and carry musical instruments. In the centre of…
Lawrence Memorial School prefects
Group portraits of 14 Lawrence Memorial School prefects, in military style uniforms with Sam Browne belts and swords but no hats, taken in a garden. In the middle of the front row sits a man in civilian clothes with a white dog-collar and academic…
William Barfoot’s parents with members of another family
A man, two women (one holding a baby) and a very young girl, all in civilian clothes, sit in front of a house with sunshades above the windows. Behind the group is the front of an Austin Six car with the number '1651'.
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William Barfoot sitting at a desk at RAF Castle Bromwich
Squadron Leader William Barfoot in dress uniform, sitting at a desk at RAF Castle Bromwich; he wears a navigator’s brevet and two rows of medal ribbons.
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William Barfoot sitting at a desk at RAF Castle Bromwich
Squadron Leader William Barfoot in dress uniform at RAF Castle Bromwich. He’s wearing a navigator’s brevet and two rows of medal ribbons. A safe is partially visible.
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Christmas party at RAF Castle Bromwich
Squadron Leader William Barfoot featured among a group of officers and senior non-commissioned officers having drinks in the Sergeant’s mess at RAF Castle Bromwich.
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Interview with Efrem Colombi
Efrem Colombi recalls his care-free childhood, initially in the Bergamo countryside and then in Milan. Emphasises his life-long radical anti-Clericalism and recounts how he ran away several times from Catholic boarding schools because of his…
Interview with Vittorio Finauri
Vittorio Finauri (b. 1931) remembers the first bombing of Foligno on 22 November 1943. Explains that it was completely unexpected and people were caught unprepared, so bombs aimed at nearby barracks resulted in a heavy death toll. Describes how some…
Interview with Mario Commisso
Mario Commisso remembers his early years when he lived in the Codroipo area, close to the Rivolto air base. Describes his brother being born on 28 February 1941 during a severe bombing raid during which the bombers were attacked by anti-aircraft fire…
Interview with Francesco and Maria Gigliola Rapozzi
Francesco and Maria Gigliola Rapozzi remember wartime life in Monfalcone. They recollect the day the shipyard was engulfed in flames after a severe bombing raid and mentions the high number of casualties among civilians. They remember various…
Interview with Marina Zucco
Marina Zucco recalls wartime memories in Monfalcone: how her father rented a flat conveniently located above a shelter, in which they remained for hours eating food they had brought from home; the day the ‘all clear’ sounded immediately before a…
Interview with Angelo Bencina
Angelo Bencina recalls wartime memories in Monfalcone: a cave being modified as a shelter; the descent of bright red and white target indicators at night; a bomb which nearly missed him and didn’t explode; Window radio counter-measures being…
Interview with Paolo Vivoda
Paolo Vivoda remembers a bombing attack which started moments before the show of the stage magician Delfo, his mother barely made to the shelter and was injured, others died. Paolo lost contact with his parents, only for them to reappear two days…
Letter to the family of the late David Boldy from the Air Ministry
Letter from director of accounts at the Air Ministry regarding disbursements to the family of the late Flight Sergeant David Boldy.
Letter announcing award
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Letters from The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, regarding winning the ‘Adventures’ Competition'. David’s name to appear in the 20th January issue of Crackers, he won a postal order for 2/6d
Letter from the Air Ministry to L Boldy
Letter from the Air Ministry to L Boldy, confirming that there is no connection between the identity of another man named 'Boldey' and D A Boldy listed as missing on 11 July 1942.
Interview with Santina Colombo
Santina Colombo describes her early life in a family of farmers, her father a fervent socialist. She mentions the start of the war announced on the radio and gives a detailed account of civilian life in wartime Milan: scarce food, growing vegetables…
Interview with Antonio Bozzetti
Antonio Bozzetti (b. 1924) remembers the efforts to dodge fascist paramilitary service. Describes how he avoided being enlisted because he had a reserved occupation in a factory working for the Germans. Points out he witnessed all Milan bombings and…