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Airmen
Title 'Taken in America 1942, Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Florida'.
Top left - an airmen wearing flying jacket, helmet and goggles standing outside a barrack block.
Top right - an airmen wearing flying jacket, helmet and goggles standing leaning…
Top left - an airmen wearing flying jacket, helmet and goggles standing outside a barrack block.
Top right - an airmen wearing flying jacket, helmet and goggles standing leaning…
A group of airmen in front of an Anson
A large group of airmen wearing tunics with side caps squatting and standing in two rows in front of an Anson. One officer in centre standing has a lighter uniform and peaked cap. Annotated with signatures and home towns of many of the participants.…
Airmen
Left - an airmen wearing tunic and side cap standing in front a a tree and fence. Captioned 'October 1941 at Colton'.
Right - half-length image of two airmen wearing tunics and side caps outside a brick building with door. Captioned 'Outside the…
Right - half-length image of two airmen wearing tunics and side caps outside a brick building with door. Captioned 'Outside the…
People
Title '1942'.
Top left - three men wearing civilian shirt and tie standing behind a woman. Cars parked on right. Captioned 'Ted, Ken, George and Harold Toronto'.
Top right - half length image of two airmen wearing tunics with houses in the…
Top left - three men wearing civilian shirt and tie standing behind a woman. Cars parked on right. Captioned 'Ted, Ken, George and Harold Toronto'.
Top right - half length image of two airmen wearing tunics with houses in the…
Niagara Falls
Top left - waterfall with boat on river below. Captioned 'American Falls Niagara'.
Top right - distant view of waterfall down a river. Captioned 'Horseshoe Falls Niagara'.
Bottom - view of top of waterfall with building and road with car in…
Top right - distant view of waterfall down a river. Captioned 'Horseshoe Falls Niagara'.
Bottom - view of top of waterfall with building and road with car in…
Twenty- seven airmen in front of an Anson
Twenty-six airmen wearing tunics and side caps and one officer wearing lighter uniform and peaked cap in centre, standing in two lines in front of an Anson.
People
Left - and airmen wearing tunic and side cap, smoking a pipe standing by an open door. Captioned 'Lobban's'.
Right - a man wearing shirt and trousers standing outside a hut by a metal drum and large metal pans. Captioned 'Special Sunday morning…
Right - a man wearing shirt and trousers standing outside a hut by a metal drum and large metal pans. Captioned 'Special Sunday morning…
People
Title '1942'
Left - an airmen wearing tunic with sergeants rank and half brevet and side cap standing in a garden with trees and house in the background. Captioned 'borrowed plumes'
Right - four men, two wearing jackets, two in shirtsleeves by a…
Left - an airmen wearing tunic with sergeants rank and half brevet and side cap standing in a garden with trees and house in the background. Captioned 'borrowed plumes'
Right - four men, two wearing jackets, two in shirtsleeves by a…
RAF trainees in Canada
Photograph of four sergeants wearing tunics with half brevet and side caps. Text account of navigators who had recently graduated from training. Gives names, home addresses and location of training.
Clifford and Dot's wedding photographs
Top - wedding party of men and women including bride and groom sitting and standing in two rows in front of the window of a brick building.
Bottom left - full length image of an airman wearing flying jacket, helmet and goggles leaning against the…
Bottom left - full length image of an airman wearing flying jacket, helmet and goggles leaning against the…
Family
Top left - two woman with a child between then standing in a garden with wall and trees behind. Captioned 'Dot. Vera + Teddy'.
Bottom left - head and shoulders portrait of Vera.
Centre - half-length image of Kenneth wearing tunic with sergeants…
Bottom left - head and shoulders portrait of Vera.
Centre - half-length image of Kenneth wearing tunic with sergeants…
Kenneth and Vera Gill, wedding announcement cutting and theatre programme
Top left a programme for grand opera house Scarborough with advertisements, folded on first item, front cover on second and inside on third.
Bottom left - Kenneth and Vera Gill arm-in-arm, man wearing tunic with sergeant rank, woman wearing skirt…
Bottom left - Kenneth and Vera Gill arm-in-arm, man wearing tunic with sergeant rank, woman wearing skirt…
Mr and Mrs Gill's wedding photographs
Left - a pilot officer wearing tunic with navigator brevet with peaked cap under his arm, standing next to a woman wearing dress and carrying a bouquet of flowers.
Top right - an RAF officer wearing tunic standing in a garden by a brick…
Top right - an RAF officer wearing tunic standing in a garden by a brick…
Mr and Mrs Gill
Top left - an RAF officer wearing tunic with half brevet and peaked cap standing on steps in the doorway of a house.
Centre - a woman wearing dress with jacket over standing on steps in the doorway of a house.
Bottom left - the same man and woman…
Centre - a woman wearing dress with jacket over standing on steps in the doorway of a house.
Bottom left - the same man and woman…
Newspaper cuttings and photograph of bomber crew
Left - newspaper cutting 'Northern airmen honoured'. Gives list of name of people awarded DFC, DFM and civil awards. Includes DFC for Flying Officer Kenneth Gill.
Top right - newspaper cutting 'Leeds airman DFC'. Announced award of DFC to Flying…
Top right - newspaper cutting 'Leeds airman DFC'. Announced award of DFC to Flying…
An airman
Three-quarter length image of an airman wearing tunic with observer brevet sitting on a bench with curtain in the background. Includes photocopy of photograph.
Family
Top middle - a woman wearing skirt and blouse holding a baby standing at the bottom of steps to the door of a house.
Top right - two women wearing dresses, one holding a baby, standing in front of an RAF officer wearing tunic and peaked cap, all…
Top right - two women wearing dresses, one holding a baby, standing in front of an RAF officer wearing tunic and peaked cap, all…
Family
Top left - two women wearing dresses, one holding a baby, standing in front of an RAF officer wearing tunic and peaked cap, all standing on steps to doorway.
Top right - two women wearing dresses, one holding a baby, standing in front of another…
Top right - two women wearing dresses, one holding a baby, standing in front of another…
Course photograph and newspaper cutting
Left - A large group of airmen wearing tunics with side caps standing in two rows in front of an Anson. One officer in centre standing has a lighter uniform and peaked cap. Annotated with signatures and home towns of many of the participants.
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An airman
Full length image of an airman wearing tunic with observer brevet and side cap sitting on a bench with foliage in the background.
Aircrew gathered round urns
Eight aircrew all wearing battledress, some with brevet visible and holding cups, gathered round two urns. Another airman in background left.
Seven aircrew
Seven airmen, two wearing flying suits, the others battledress, two with Mae Wests standing in line in front of a bomber. One has a mascot tucked into his jacket.
Debriefing
Seven airman sitting round a table being debriefed by a Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer. A wing commander leans over from the right. There are papers, mugs and thermos flasks on the table. In the background another table with five airmen.
Warship diagram
Line diagram of a warship. Part of photograph in top right and title 'Emden'.
Group of aircrew gathered round equipment
A large group of aircrew standing around various items of equipment on the ground, including two pigeon boxes, parachutes and a navigator's bag. A bus and a truck in the background.