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Possible title page for album - Pilot Officer Mervyn Adder, 20 August 1922 - 15 March 1944.

Baby wearing white outfit lying on fur rug. Captioned 'Mervyn Adder as a baby - 1922'.

Baby wearing white outfit lying on fur rug. Captioned 'Mervyn Adder as a baby - 1922'.

Top - two young men sitting on a beach with a boat behind them. Sea wall on the left.
Bottom - two boys in school uniform with shorts and caps standing by a coach.
Captioned 'My Father Alexander Adder and younger brother Mervyn'.

Two boys wearing shorts standing either side of a seated girl. Captioned 'Mervyn with older brother Alex and sister Edith c. 1927'.

Four boys wearing jackets and shorts sitting on a wall with a female wearing dress on the right. In the background rocks and sea. Captioned 'A day at the seaside with friends c 1930. Mervyn is on the left next to big brother Alex'.

Reports from Kingston upon Hull Grammar School from autumn term 1934 to spring term 1939.

School badge for Hull grammar school junior.

Group of twenty-one schoolboys with cups and shields prizes. Standing and sitting in five rows. Captioned 'Hull Grammar School prizegiving c1936. Mervyn is on the second row from the bottom above the small medal. Dad could remember the dark-haired…

Group of twenty-one schoolboys with cups and shields prizes. Standing and sitting in five rows. Explanatory text on the right states photograph taken in 1936 of Hull grammar school prizegiving. Mervyn Adder was second row from the front, third from…

Twelve boys in football kit sitting and standing in two rows with wooden building in background. Captioned 'Mervyn Adder (front row. extreme right) in a Hull Grammar School football team c1934. The boy on the front row, second left is Bob Baxter a…

Full length image of four men wearing jackets standing in line with hands in pockets. A brick wall on the right and house in the background.

A young man wearing jacket sitting on a rock with breaking waves of sea in the background.

Four young woman and three young men sitting on grass dune with sea in the background.

Three young men wearing jackets sitting on rocks with sea in the background.

Written to his brother who was pilot training in Canada. Asks after Joan and mentions recent activities in Scunthorpe. Mentions he is now in the RAF and describes initial activities and train journey and meeting someone who had missed their…

A man wearing jacket and tie and a woman wearing jacket and waving, both sitting in a open topped Jowett car with houses in the background. Captioned 'Arthur and Molly Crewe were parents of Ron Crewe a friend of Mervyn and Alex. No wonder Ron was a…

Letter and accompanying explanatory text. Sorry to hear that Alex had been grounded and asked about his future. Catches up with news of a number of friends as well as sister Edith and other family members. Mentions his social life and meeting girl…

Letter and accompanying explanatory text. Writes he is still waiting for his call up papers. Describes events when girl friend came over including a dance and supper before dropping her off at her uncles where she was staying. Asks after Joan.…

A large group of airmen wearing tunics and side caps sitting and standing in four rows. An officer wearing peaked cap seated in centre of second row. Captioned '7th Flight, B Squadron, A.C.R.C. London, April 1942'.

Letter with explanatory note. Writes of recent posting to Scarborough and complains about training activities undertaken. Catches up with family news. States that food is good but not enough of it and comments on weather and his accommodation. Asks…

Letter and explanatory note. Catches up with news of friends. Writes of visit by his parents to Scarborough and describes activities including dinner at the Victoria hotel. Mentions receiving inoculation and being confined to barracks. Writes of…

Letter and explanatory note. Comments on Alex's new course and news. Mentions exams he had taken and provided results. Mentions his sister visiting with friend previous Sunday and possible future visits. Mentions recent invasion exercises and…

Letter and explanatory note. Congratulates him on exams and promotion. Comments on his posting to Brough East Yorkshire and was enjoying flying. Mentions journey and short visit home. Describes discipline, daily routine as well as his flying so far.

Letter and explanatory note. Writes of life at his new posting at RAF Bridgnorth. Describes typical days activities and mentions that they did not get late passes except Saturdays and no rail travel allowed so 48 hours leaves. Writes that town has 58…