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Seven aircrew in and around the door of a Lancaster. All are wearing flying clothing.

Head and shoulders portrait of an airman wearing tunic and side cap.

Top - head and shoulders portrait of a woman wearing dress and necklace. Captioned 'Mervyn's finaceé [sic], Mary Bootyman, later Pearce. She married but often wore Mervyn's ring.
Bottom - newspaper cutting announcing engagement between Mary and…

Note about a poem written by Mervyn's fiancé Mary and a note written by Mervyn's sister Edith. Neither document in collection.

Head and shoulders portrait of a sergeant airman wearing tunic with navigator brevet.

Mentions tracing the crew who were all buried together. Did not find pilot, so assumed survived the war. Pilot survived because he happened to be wearing a parachute.

Five airmen wearing battledress or tunic with brevet and side caps, standing in line underneath a bomber.

From officer detailed to supervise the collection of his son's personal belongings advising actions taken to safeguard effects. Effects dispatch to central depository RAF Colnbrook.

Artwork drawing and description of imperial war graves commission headstones. Stamped 'Specimen Olny'.

Notes on history of use of aircraft mentioning mail, locating shoals of herring, air surveys, air taxi services, air ambulance,. Mentions routes taken by cargo boats. Experiments with small planes in Iceland. Mentions strategic importance of Iceland,…

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Team chart for match with names in positions.

Two boys wearing shorts and jackets sitting side by side on top of a ridge. On the reverse 'Alex and Mervyn Adder (younger right)'.