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Sent from the Release Centre, giving an entitlement of £94-7-6.

Written when at the Initial Training Wing in Newquay.

To Bill's father when Bill failed to return from an operation.

Telegram to Bill's father informing him that Bill is a prisoner of war in Germany.

This is a second RAF Form 2520A, reflecting Bill's time as a prisoner of war. It was issued at RAF Hednesford, on 14 March 1946. It records Bill's service from 18 August 1941 until his release on 13 March 1946, including his time as a POW from 26 May…

Letter to Bill's father from Station Commander RAF Melbourne, regarding the disposal of Bill's effects as he has failed to return from an operation.

Head and shoulders portrait with aircrew training flash in hat.

Bill and his wife on dance floor, other couples in background.

Two studio portraits of Bill, his wife and small child

Informal, full length, walking hand in hand, Bill in check shirt and cardigan, wife in summer dress. Rock wall to one side house in background.

Bill and his wife seated at a small table.

Bill in shirt sleeves, wife in blouse and skirt, sitting on a rock wall on a very stony beach.

51 aircrew trainees posed in four rows with their supervising NCO. Bay window visible on left, trees in background.

A large number of FV 1601 Humber 1 ton trucks. All have canvas tilt hoops but no tilt, and similar loads of large boxes. They are parked on a level space in open country, hills in back ground.

Bill Brooks in swimming trunks, lying on a towel on a beach, concrete structure adjacent, buildings in far distance.

Bill standing on a rocky shoreline, hills in the background.

Bill Brooks standing at side of narrow road, a Ford Anglia 100E parked behind him, overlooking a rocky bay.

Additional identification kindly provided by Hubert Ten Doeschate.

Snow covered road winding through trees, low hills in the distance. Captioned 'Bringing civilization to Labrador'.

Beach extending around a bay, with narrow road leading to buildings and a town overlooking the bay. Some individuals either on or looking over the beach.

Lady in summer dress and sandals, gentleman in shirtsleeves, both with folded arms, garden background.

Five soldiers, one RAF leading aircraftsman and a Military Police corporal, grouped at rear of a lorry.

Forest clearing, low hills in background, captioned 'Bush-Tangle after bulldozing'. On the reverse 'Binder', '949', 7 in a circle'.

Formal portrait, head and shoulders, jacket, collar and tie. On reverse 'Front'.

Prisoners of war walking in a circle behind barbed wire, building in the background.