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Kit list
List of clothes and accessories.
Map showing route to Tromsø
Sketch map showing Norway and Sweden with route marked up the North Sea and into Tromsø and return along similar route.
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Still waiting to find out if he would get any leave. Catches up with family/friends news. Writes of not feeling well and speculates on causes. Continues to catch up with home news and gossip.
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Writing while suffering from attack of dysentery. Tries to remember a joke about a chemist. Catches up with family news and gossip.
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Catches up with gossip and family news. Writes of visiting friends at Bardney and hoped for more opportunities in future.
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Writes that he had arrived safely at his new station and describes accommodation, food and daily transport. Speculates that he would be seeing a lot of Germany.
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Writes about poor weather and that he thought summer was over. Comments on plans for upcoming leave with wife Vera and son Derek. Sets maths puzzle with diagram for his father that he has been trying to solve.
Family photographs
Top - portrait folder with photograph on right of Ken Gill wearing uniform tunic with half brevet and medal ribbons and Vera Gill either side of baby boy (Derek). Captioned on left 'Derek, 3 months, 1944 (July), Ken, Grt Grandma, Grandma and Derek'…
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Writes of journey back to camp. Mentions it was good that they were back in France and that they had not been called upon for action. Writes of radio being on constantly for communiques and hopes that this was the beginning of the end of the war.…
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Writes of recent visit from his brother. Mentions a little of recent flying. Catches up with news of correspondence. Hopes to get a posting to Scampton as he is tired of Syerston. Moans about pilots air force and mentions no more duties detailed.
Letter to Flying Officer K Gill and Flight Sergeant Overend from Beryl Derbyshire
Offers congratulations on award to both of DFC and DFM. Offers tea if they are ever in he location.
Telegram to Kenneth Gill from family
Says well done.
Postcard from Kenneth Gill to family
Photograph of a two storey building with 'Lighthouse Cafe' on the roof. Captioned 'The Lighthouse Cafe, Cranfield, Kilkeel Co Down (Telephone, Kilkeel 70)'.
On the reverse note saying he had just had tea in that cafe, staying a day or two and would…
On the reverse note saying he had just had tea in that cafe, staying a day or two and would…
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his family
Writes that he is back in England after five days in Ireland. Thanks them for book and catches up with family news. Mentions war news and talk of invasion but presumes it would not be before he stared his second tour. Talks of American hospitality on…
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his family
Writes about recent Christmas and says a little about life and training work on his camp. Listens to aircraft taking off and comments that unlike operations crews usually come back. Asks for news of friend. Comments that recent news was good and…
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his family
Writes about t he camp he was now located at. Gives detailed description of accommodation daily activities. Comments on his easy new job which suits him and means leave should not be hard to get. Mentions plans for leave and restriction on travel.
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his family
Gives some comments on recent operation. Asks if they liked photograph he sent. Writes of thinking of birthday while over target and catches up with family news.
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his family
Writes that he did not have too bad a trip recently despite poor weather. Mentions that their new aircraft was quite good and now had new same nose art as previously. Catches up with news of friends/family. Mentions a friend who had gone missing on…
Part of letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
First page is missing. Page two, blank page and page three present. Writes of person stuck in isolated location and continues gossip concerning the same individual. Catches up with news of friend and family.
Kenneth and Vera Gill
Full length image of an airman wearing tunic and peaked cap standing arm-in-arm with a woman wearing dress, both standing at the bottom of steps to door of a house. On the reverse 'Sept 1943'.
Kenneth and Vera Gill's Wedding photograph
Full length image of an airman wearing tunic with half brevet and holding peaked cap standing arm in arm with a woman wearing dress and hat and holding a wedding bouquet.
Kenneth Gill’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for K Gill, navigator, covering the period from 17 May 1942 to 21 March 1945 when he was missing on operations. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at…
Kenneth and Vera Gill's Wedding photograph
Bride and groom, wearing tunic with half brevet, standing in centre of group with two men, one in uniform to the left and an woman and a man wearing civilian suit on the right. Captioned 'Tom Parsons (9 Sqn), Arthur Gill (cousin), Joan Lambert…
Letter card from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Writes that he had been busy, operation to Berlin previous night. Describes life in the officers' mess. Mentions that Tom says he will come to Leeds and act as groomsman.
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his family
Writes about operations to Essen, Hamburg, Milan and Nuremburg. Gives detailed account of operation to Milan. Catches up with news and gossip from home and comments on weather. Writes concerning a colleague who he thought was starting his second…