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A RAF pilot
Head and shoulders portrait of a pilot wearing tunic with pilot's brevet and medal ribbons (including DFC).
Meteorological notes
Showing codes/signs for meteorological data on weather charts.
Navigation data
Details of data for routes Spalding to Broxbourne to Norwich area: giving tracks, distances, courses, groundspeed and times.
D R compass drill
Instructions for using D R compass before flight, in flight, after flight and supplementary notes. Handwritten notes in right margin with drills.
Cross country details
Made out to Rosser and gives details of machine number, times, exercise number, dual or solo.
Airmanship exam
Royal Air Force volunteer reserve, elementary exam in airmanship with five questions.
Notes for completion of officer's confidential report
Explains that confidential reports would be submitted when called for on form 1369. Describes onward transmission, necessity of confidentiality, what form 1369 could not be used for and gives outline of form.
Cross country details
Made out to Rosser and gives details of machine number, times, exercise number, dual or solo.
Meteorology notes
Notes from A.P. 1234 chapter 17. Notes on atmospheric gases, water vapour, pressure, temperature and lapse rates.
Rebecca B.A.B.S. (Beam Approach Beacon System)
Technical description of system equipment and use of B.A.B.S. followed by descriptions of airfield approach Rebecca-Eureka, Gee let-down. standard beam approach with details of beams, concludes with procedures.
Approach and landing aids
Detailed description of ground controlled approach (GCA) systems, equipment, procedures, and description of airfield control radar.
Notebook
Includes, notes about Wellington, aircraft radio frequencies and operation, meteorology, flying control, fuel and oil systems, more met, signals, other aircraft systems, gee, aircraft operating data tables and other general notes.
RAF notebook
Includes: tables of fighters, multi-engine bombers, as well as national aircraft markings, drawings of aircraft, meteorology notes. Continues with notes on preparation/completion and disposal of form 2330 by RAF for flights in Great Britain and…
RAF Notebook - course notes
Covers principles of war, types of aircraft, navigation, armament, map symbols, points to be observed before/after/during flight, navigation diagrams and calculations, compasses, airmanship, RAF signals square, administration, armament, rigging,…
RAF notebook
Includes notes on the air force act, Kings regulations and air council instructions, the official secrets act, disclosure of information, communications to the press, complaints and grievances, testimonials, communication with officials, officers…
Calculations of flying hours
Calculations and total flying hours on all aircraft flown.
Page from Log book - account of Dortmund Operation
Witten on page of log book a description of daylight operation to Dortmund marshalling yard on 12 March 1945. Was the largest daylight raid ever carried out by the RAF with over 1000 bombers escorted by squadrons of P-51 and Spitfires. Give some…
Italians!
There’re no irreconcilable differences between Great Britain and Italy - only Germany is to blame for the bombing war waged on Italy. Keeping on fighting means strengthen Germany, Italy’s natural enemy.
Note
Note on envelope 'samples of leaflets dropped on Germany by RAF'.
Hitler pursuit un mirage sanglant
Article regards German claims of any victory over Moscow and the Russian army to be false. It points to a number of German spokespersons from Hitler himself to German press or radio making false reports of victory. Six examples of false claims are…
Le Courrier de l’Air No. 28, 1941
Describes how German army’s progression around Moscow is not as rapid or complete as indicated by propaganda from Berlin. They are meeting tenacious defence from Russia, preventing the German infantry from joining the Panzer Divisions. Suggests…
Luftpost, number 4, 16 June 1941
On 7th June Sir Robert Peirse, Commander in Chief of Bomber Command, reported on the British success against German vessels since 12th March. For land-based operations, they are mass producing larger aircraft with larger bombing capacity to have…
Luftpost 18, 16 September 1941
300 more American warships are now protecting shipping routes following President Roosevelt’s order on 12 September. Numbers of vessels in American navy at the outbreak of war are listed and the number will steadily increase.
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William Sebold, a…
Unverdunkelt!
Leaflet describes how the United States is fulfilling President Roosevelt’s promise of 16th March 1941 to provide Britain with ships, aircraft, tanks and weapons and how much it is producing. Many of the war materials are at no cost and on…
Nicht euer Kind
Describes the effects of sowing hatred. Hitler had talked about war for 20 years, prepared for 7 years and started it on 1st September 1939. The people whose land he has occupied and attacked are said to hate him. An ever increasing hatred is…