Browse Items (73 total)
- Collection: Woolley, Andrew James
Sort by:
Letter from C Walker to Phyllis Clark
Part of letter. Mentions things were dull as activity had stopped due to flu epidemic., but the British doctor has it under control. Says he had written to Australia house asking to be sent home via England. Comments that Australian air force men…
Tags: prisoner of war
Letter from Flight Sergeant D F Walker
Addressed dear sweetheart. Disappointed about leave and catches up with news of friends and general state of war. Continues with gossip and talk of friends. Mentions that it must have been a thrill for her to see King and Queen and continues with…
Tags: RAF Leuchars
Letter from D J Hegarty
Addressed dear sweetheart. Catches up with news of friends in England. Mentions another trips still to do before leave. Mentions that they were shot up a and the navigator and wireless operator were wounded and they crash landed on return. Concludes…
Tags: crash; RAF Coningsby
Letter to Mrs Clark from Flying Officer R Hay
Writes informing her that Dermot Hegarty was killed recently. Correspondent was his mid-upper gunner and describes aircraft's engines cut after take off. While Hay bailed out, Dermot, the rear gunner and wireless operator did not get out. He, the…
Two aircrew
Two airmen wearing tunics with, on the left half brevet and the right a pilot's brevet and holding a mug. Behind a brick wall. On the reverse 'Photo (Bomb aimer) & myself, note tea in the mug'.
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; pilot
A flight engineer
Head and shoulders portrait of a sergeant wearing tunic with flight engineer brevet and side cap.
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer
Man and girl
A men in shirtsleeves sitting on steps with a dog. To the left a young girl sits on a low wall. In the background a house with windows.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: animal
Two airmen with children
Two airman wearing tunics with sergeants rank and on the right with pilot's brevet kneeling and squatting either side of a young boy and girl toddler. In the background a baby's playpen.
Tags: aircrew; childhood in wartime; pilot
Seven airmen
Seven airmen wearing tunic or battledress, three with peaked caps, four standing behind and three squatting in front. In the background a Nissen hut. On the reverse '@ East Kirkby, 1 Bill Potner (Gilly), 2 Laurie Croft, 3 Bob Hay, 4 Scott Chelror, 5…
Tags: aircrew; Nissen hut; RAF East Kirkby
D J Hegarty - grave
Cross with wreath in graveyard for Flying Officer D J Hegarty, Royal Australian Air Force.
Four sailors
Four sailors in uniform sitting on a bench with brick building in the background. Annotated 'Gwonyth [sic] V Rider, RAF Tangmere, Chichester, 1942'.
Tags: RAF Tangmere