The fusing wire attached to arming mechanism, which ensures that on release the bomb is either armed or safe. The label reads Sec 5D ref 1569', 'Wire fuzing setting, Qty', 'STI ARM 85 SAT', ' MOD 1509 OK'. On the reverse of the arming mechanism…
Two telegrams telling him to report to Lord's,
RAF F2150 RAFVR, deferment of call up,
his service number 'ticket' drawn out of a hat and address of someone with a service number fifteen after Keith Thompson's.
F295 Temporary pass form allowing Keith to be absent from the Air Crew Reception Centre overnight and at week-ends.
A formal photograph of 48 airmen aircrew trainees in a field with trees and other airmen in the background.
Colour post card…
Page, annotated 'Initial Training Wing Oct - '41 - Jan '42'.
Colour postcard, captioned 'Torquay Riviera', annotated 'Our Church for Sunday parades', 'Messing and billets in long white building'.
Postcard captioned 'The Harbour and Vane Hill',…
A newspaper cutting, annotated with the date Oct 8th 1950 reporting that S.S. Orbita had been scrapped.
A 'Wings' chocolate bar wrapper.
Two small photographs, one showing a large North American style steam locomotive, the other showing a number…
Camouflaged Tiger Moth T6645, annotated 'DH 82A Tiger Moth, type flown at Fairoaks'.De Winton, Calgary DH 82C with canopies, March to May '42, 11 hrs 30 mins flying.
Nine small b/w photographs, one showing three Tiger Moths with canopies on the…
Photographs of Calgary, Alberta.
One of several small wooden buildings captioned 'Old Calgary',
One of a street scene captioned 'City lights in '42'.
One of a bridge captioned 'Over bow R'.
One of a street scene captioned 'Picture of…
Album page, captioned 'E.F.M. Expedition Force Messages'. Two EFM's to Keith from his family, an acknowledgement from Western union that the EFM Keith sent had been delivered, a Western Union flyer with pricing. Page annotated '3 phrases from a…
Three album pages, 48 small b/w photographs recording Keith Thompson's leave at Grange's Farm, Old, Alberta in March 1942. Shows Mr and Mrs Grange their family, and farming life including farm machinery and buildings, dogs, horses and sheep.
Ten photographs of Banff with snow and slush on the ground, one captioned 'Cave basin naturally warmed open air pool'.
Another, in colour captioned 'Banff 1996'.
A cartoon shows a soap box car, captioned 'Canadian paper 1942'.
A station building captioned 'Rail station only rails there now 1983'.
Photogrpahs of street scenes with cars and a motor coach, people walking by a canal, a man in RAF uniform with training flash, a woman standing in a street, a field and two…
Nine photographs showing a ferry and Niagra Falls, captioned 'Ferry from Toronto to Niagara' and a colour postcard of the Falls.
Telegram date stamped 21 June 1942 giving Keith Tompson's father his new address, No1 Manning Depot, Toronto.
Canada…
Ten photographs, one of Anson in flight captioned 'Avro Anson Mk1'.
one looking forward towards the cockpit captioned 'Inside the Anson'.
Three of countryside taken from the air captioned ' Views from outside'.
One of a woman seated in a rowing…
14 photographs, one of Keith in uniform walking down a street, the others show buildings, street scenes and people he met in Toronto.
A picture of a church is captioned 'where I met Doris'.
Other pictures are captioned 'YM Hostel', Union Station…
Eight photographs, one captioned Fl/Lt Wood RCAF Course Commander'. Others show various sports teams and sporting activities. One colour photograph of Toronto captioned '1996'.
Three photographs, two captioned ' A bevy of new sergeant air navigators, Dec '42'.
RCAF leave pass made out to Keith Thompson.
A photograph of female, head and shoulders captioned 'Tommy Adams Doris' friend'.
Four photographs of a small number…
Keith Thompson and two fellow Yorkshiremen as newly qualified LAC observers, with aircrew training flashes and observer brevet, standing in front of left engine of an Anson.
Colour post card is captioned 'Chateau Frontenac Quebec City's landmark'.…