IBCC Digital Archive]]>
pol]]>
Text]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
David Bloomfield]]>
Claire Monk]]>
pol]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
Photo 2 is a half length portrait of a woman, Matka Maryla z Sawickich with her arms crossed. Behind is a garden.
Photo 3 is a young man in uniform walking along a pavement.
Item 4 is a newspaper cutting with a photo of six men, dated 1917. One of the men is identified as Juljan Stachiewicz.]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Teresa Boyes]]>
pol]]>
Photograph]]>
Text]]>
Civilian]]>
1917]]>
The name of the Mother is Stachiewicz Maryla. The surname is often written first, but with the God mother’s name it is written after the first name.
]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Teresa Boyes]]>
pol]]>
Text]]>
Civilian]]>
Poland]]>
Poland--Warsaw]]>
1919-01-05]]>
Photo 2 is a young woman in a coat with a man in a coat seated. The image is taken from inside a building with the two people framed by the doorway.
Photo 3 is a man and a young woman sitting outside a building.
Photo 4 is a woman squatting with a drawing board on her knees. She is inside a wooden building.
Photo 5 is a landscape of a lake with a large building in the centre. It has two towers.
]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
pol]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Poland]]>
Poland--Hajnowka]]>
1939-07]]>
1939-08]]>
Item 2 is a newspaper cutting of a RWD8, high wing monoplane, with a Polish registration, SP-ANL annotated 'The most popular plane the Polish RWD.8 used for training and recreation.'
Item 3 is a newspaper cutting of four PZL P.11Cs in the air.
Item 4 is a Polish language newspaper cutting with a photo of an unidentified high wing, radial engined monoplane 'City of Warsaw', dated 1934.
Item 5 is a newspaper cutting in colour of a PWS26 in Polish Air Force colours.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Teresa Boyes]]>
pol]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Photograph]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
Civilian]]>
Poland]]>
1929]]>
1934]]>
We got stuck in the sand near Garwolin.
Photo 2 is five people with a caption with their names 'Maciek Miszewski, Jerzy Rajewski, Jan Rabek NN.
Photo 3 is the same group as photo 2 with a caption in Polish 'Poszukiwanie żywności' 'In search of food'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Teresa Boyes]]>
pol]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
Poland]]>
Poland--Toruń]]>
Poland--Brześć Kujawski]]>
1939-09]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Map]]>
PStachiewiczM17010009]]>
Civilian]]>
Western Europe]]>
Eastern Europe]]>
Southern Europe]]>
Item 1 is a receipt for money paid to the Treasury in Bucharest written in Polish, dated 8 January 1940.
Item 2 is a photo of a queue outside railings with soldiers controlling access.
Item 3 is a photo of a car with two men leaning on it. Behind is a street scene with more cars and people.
Item 4 is a a document from the Polish consulate in Belgrade but written Serbian, dated 9 January 1940.
Item 5 is a second class train ticket. It is written in Romanian and reads
'With passenger Identification'
No:
Wagon:
Bench:
Seat:']]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Teresa Boyes]]>
pol]]>
Text]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Romania]]>
Serbia]]>
Romania--Bucharest]]>
Serbia--Belgrade]]>
1940-01-08]]>
1940-01-09]]>
Photo 2 is the Monument of Philopappos, by the Acropolis.
Photo 3 is eight men standing in front of the Erechtheum.
Photo 4 is a view of the Acropolis.
Photo 5 is 11 men seated on stones in front of the Parthenon.
Photo 6 is nine men standing in front of the Caryatid porch on the Acropolis.
Photo 7 is a view of the Acropolis.
Photo 8 is eight men standing inside the Parthenon.
Photo 9 is ten men arranged on the steps of a Greek ruin.
Photo 10 is ten men standing in front of the Parthenon.
Photo 11 is the Agora of Athens.]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
pol]]>
Photograph]]>
PStachiewiczM17010012]]>
Civilian]]>
Greece]]>
Greece--Athens]]>
1940-01]]>
Item 1 is a ticket with a handwritten name and cabin number.
Item 2 is a ship taken from another ship.
Item 3 is a ticket referring to Mieczysław Stachiewicz and issued by Organe d'Accueil Franco-Polonais, dated 30 January 1940.
Item 4 is a photo of the volcano at Stromboli taken from a ship.
Item 5 is a head and shoulders photo of Mieczysław Stachiewicz. It is attached to a pass issued by the Polish Army in France, dated 2 March 1940.
Item 6 is a business card of Gabriel Bousquet.]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
pol]]>
fra]]>
Text]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Greece]]>
France]]>
Italy]]>
Greece--Piraeus]]>
France--Marseille]]>
Italy--Stromboli]]>
1940-01-30]]>
1940-03-02]]>
Photo 1 is two lines of soldiers.
Photo 2 is a column of civilians led by two soldiers.
Photo 3 is a group of civilians walking under an arch. A French and Polish flag are flying from the same pole.
Photo 4 is a column of civilians carrying bedding rolls in the camp.
Photo 5 is a parade of men arranged around a memorial.
Photo 6 is a parade of soldiers in berets and coats.
Photo 7 is a group of civilians carrying suitcases walking under an archc.
Photo 8 is the raising of a French and a Polish flag beside a memorial.
]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
pol]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
France]]>
France--Septfonds]]>
1940]]>
Item 2 is a post it note in Polish.
Item 3 and 4 are small tickets marked 'Controle' with Mieczysław Stachiewicz name handwritten on.
Item 5 is a badge in red, white and blue with 'Secours National' - National Help]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
pol]]>
fra]]>
Text]]>
Civilian]]>
France]]>
France--Lyon]]>
1940]]>
Photo 2 is a group of men in a dormitory. There are no beds and the bedding is on the floor. The men are in uniform.
Photo 3 is a group of men outside in a yard.
Photo 4 is civilians being addressed by an officer. The closest civilian to the officer has his hands in his pockets.
]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
pol]]>
Photograph]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
France]]>
France--Lyon]]>
1940]]>
Photo 2 are seagulls and clouds
Photo 3 is some men at the side of the ship as it is cruising along.
Photo 4 is three men in uniform on the ship.
Photo 5 is a building at the side of the river.
Photo 6 is a group of men, one in uniform, standing at the railings of the ship.
Photo 7 is a naval vessel approaching the ship.
]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
pol]]>
Photograph]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
France]]>
Great Britain]]>
Atlantic Ocean]]>
England--Liverpool]]>
France--Saint-Jean-de-Luz]]>
England--Lancashire]]>
1940-06]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
David Bloomfield]]>
Angela Gaffney]]>
pol]]>
eng]]>
Artwork]]>
Text]]>
Civilian]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
Item 2 is a political cartoon with Jo Stalin, Hitler, Nazis and a soldier with Poland under his arm. They appear to be gambling for Poland.
Item 3 is an officer shouting at three people on beds on the floor. He is saying 'I live like that, too'.
Item 4 is two men chasing a dog.
Item 5 is three officers around a table,
Item 6 is an officer smoking a pipe and sitting on a bench watching four men doing exercises.
The cartoons are all signed by Gierek and dated 40.
Item 7 is Polish text referring to P-783584 Stryjecki Stanislaw Olgierd who died in an aircraft crash off Morayshire in Scotland on 28.07.42.]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
David Bloomfield]]>
Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]>
pol]]>
Photograph]]>
Artwork]]>
Text]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
Great Britain]]>
Scotland--Burghead]]>
Scotland--Inverness]]>
1942-07-28]]>
Photo 1 is a wall decoration, fireplace, chair and a ceiling light.
Photo 2 is a wall decoration of two women walking together.
Photo 3 is a wall decoration of an officer and a bare breasted woman dancing. Underneath is a label saying'Allied' in Polish.]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
pol]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
Great Britain]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
pol]]>
Photograph]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Blackpool]]>
England--Lancashire]]>
Items 3 and 4 are airmen marching.
Item 5 is a pass from RAF Weeton, dated 17 October 1940.]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Artwork]]>
Photograph]]>
Text]]>
Text. Service material]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Blackpool]]>
England--Lancashire]]>
1940-10-17]]>
Photo 2 is a half length portrait of a civilian woman in a coat. She has an RAF badge and is wearing a head scarf.
Photo 3 is a person in shorts playing golf.
Photos 4, 5, 6 and 7 are two women, an airman and a child standing at the entrance to a house.
Item 8 is a business card for Mrs A. Parker, landlady.]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Text]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Blackpool]]>
England--Lancashire]]>
Photo 2 is Peterborough Cathedral.
Photo 3 is two women and a dog standing at the back of a van.
Photo 4 is a sergeant sitting on a bench, smoking. Behind are other airmen and civilians.
Photo 5 is five airmen standing with a door frame at the entrance to a wooden hut.
Photo 6 is two airmen standing with a door frame at the entrance to a wooden hut.
Photo 7 is six airmen standing with a door frame outside a wooden hut.
Item 8 is a cloth badge.
]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]>
pol]]>
Photograph]]>
Physical object. Decoration]]>
Physical object]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Cambridgeshire]]>
Item 2 is a photograph of a Wellington in flight.
Item 3 is a sketch for a flight from Bromcote to Yorkshire (Gool), Carlisle, Isle of Man, North Wales and back to Bromcote.
Item 4 is a photograph of an airman carrying a chart, captioned 'Sp. ppulk Skarzynski'.
Item 5 is a pilot at the controls of his aircraft.]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
pol]]>
Photograph]]>
Map]]>
Text]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Nuneaton]]>
England--Warwickshire]]>
1941-11-01]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>
Great Britain]]>
Mieczysław Stachiewicz]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]>
pol]]>
Text]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]>