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Album page note 'Operational training unit'.
Top - view down wide town street with houses and shops either side. Captioned 'High Street, Morton in Mash'.
Bottom - view of town building with arches and clock tower in the middle of a town street with…

Album page note 'Italy 1944, Foggia Air Field'.
Top left - three airmen wearing khaki uniform with shorts standing in line in front of a tent.
Top right - three airmen wearing khaki uniform with shorts sitting in front of a tent.
Bottom left -…

Top left - four men wearing shorts, two with no shirts and one with sombrero, three standing and one sitting in front of an earn with round object on top. In the background a tent. Captioned 'Ted with J Prentice & two crew, killed over Naples July…

Top - a large group of airmen wearing a variety of uniform sitting and standing in six rows with buildings and trees in the background. Captioned 37 Sqn Aircrew Aug 1944'.
Note 'Brian Jeffares NZ .. Nav [....], Snowy Ayton, NZ ....[..].... J…

Top - colour artwork postcard showing a tall column monument with statue on top to the left and a white building on the right all surrounded by trees. Captioned 'State Capitol showing Confederate Monument. Montgomery Ala - 14'.
Bottom - upside down…

Top - colour artwork postcard of a Harvard with United States markings fling above cloud. Captioned 'Advanced Trainer during High Altitude Flight, Craig Field, Selma, Ala'.
Bottom - view through trees of a multi-story brick building behind high…

Full length image of Eva Scott wearing Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform standing by a window in wall of a brick house. Sister of Eric William Scott.

Two men. one wearing khaki bush jacket, the other khaki shirt and trousers standing in front of a row of beach huts.

Statuette of man wearing greatcoat and scarf wrapped round head pulling a sledge containing a box and other items.

Movado watch with white face and black leather strap. Inscribed on back 'A.M. 6B/159, 8182/42'.

1939 to 1945 Star, The Italy Star and War Medal 1939 to 1945 with ribbons.

Small white box containing badge and identity tags. Crown on lid.

Caterpillar made up of gold, green and red thread on black cloth background.

Cloth badge single wing with 'O'.

One of E W Scott's identity tags.

Black badge with winged bomb in centre surrounded by laurel leaves set between two stylized wings of oak leaves.

Metal plate with embossed writing on paracord string.

Notes that Flying Officer E W Scott had authority to wear 1939/45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star and Italy Star ribbons and emblems.

Wooden carved model of a Wellington on stand.

Dark blue covers front with 'Photos'.

Top - telegram from Air Ministry to Mrs E W Scott informing her that her husband is reported missing as result of air operations 21 October.
Bottom - letter of sympathy from OC 1237 Squadron Air Training Corps with regret that they learned E W Scott…

Informs her that her husband was missing in action from operations on night 21 Oct 1944. Gives assessment of character and mentioned he had just recommended him for commission. Gives some account of operation to marshalling yards in northern…

Confirms that her husband Flight Sergeant Eric William Scott was missing as a result of air operations. Notes he was bomb aimer on a Wellington which set off to attack marshalling yards at Maribor, Yugoslavia which failed to return. Enquiries were…

Informs her that information received through Red Cross stated that her husband was a prisoner of war.

Six newspaper cuttings.
Left - headlines 'Lincoln flight sergeant is prisoner of war'. Gives some details of family.
Middle, two cuttings concerning news that Scott was promoted and to his Air Training Corps Squadron that he was prisoner of war.…