Browse Items (93 total)

  • Collection: Perry, Pete

BVerityHJPerryWRPv10001.jpg
Brief details of early life. Joined Royal Air Force 26 March 1941, trained as pilot in Canada. Flew operations on 106 Squadron at RAF Syerston and RAF Metheringham from June 1943 to February 1944. Instructional tour at 5 Lancaster Finishing School…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

EPerryWRPPerryHE420104-0001.jpg
Mentions leaving for destination unknown and writes a little of his activities and money.

MPerryWRP1317696-170719-010001.jpg
Note explaining why author's father and several pilots of 106 Squadron arrived singing Java Jive over the radio (R/T). Station commander was not impressed.

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

MPerryWRP1317696-170719-040001.jpg
Covers an enclosed article recently published in the magazine "Weather" in which he though Pete Perry might be interested.

PPerryWRP17020003.jpg
Cloth pilot's brevet with accompanying note explaining it was worn on battledress on flying duties and wear on left wing was due to parachute harness.

Tags: ;

PPerryWRP17020002.jpg
Identity disk (dog tag) for WRP Perry RAFVR

PPerryWRP17020004.jpg
Notes that Pete Perry was baptised on 19 August 1923.

Tags:

PPerryWRP17030001.jpg
Three-quarter length image of an RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot's brevet and medal ribbons leaning on a wooden fence with hands in pockets, with field behind and houses in the distance. On the reverse 'from the "engagement album, P.I.'.

Tags: ;

PPerryWRP17040001.jpg
Head and shoulders portrait of an RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot's brevet and medal ribbons (including DFC). On the reverse 'Flt Lt WRP Perry DFC'.

Tags: ; ;

PPerryWRP17040002.jpg
Head and shoulders portrait of an RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot's brevet and peaked cap. On the reverse 'Flying Officer WRP Perry'.

Tags: ;

PPerryWRP17050002.jpg
Top left - side view of a York parked on hardstanding, captioned 'Avro York (Almaza Airport, Cairo)'.
Bottom right - view of Ibrahim Al Lakani, El-Montaza, Heliopolis. Multi-story building with minaret tower across square with palm trees. Captioned…

Tags:

PPerryWRP17050001.jpg
Blue ring binder cover with labels 'photo album, Pete wartime abroad'.

PPerryWRP17050003.jpg
Top left - cockpit of a York with pilot visible. Captioned 'Dum Dum airport, Calcutta'.
Top right - an airman wearing shorts, shirt and peaked cap standing by the centre tail fin of a York. Captioned '"Taffy" feeling tired at Dum Dum'.
Bottom left…

Tags: ; ; ;

PPerryWRP17050004.jpg
Top left - view out of window of clouds below. Captioned 'SC over southern France'.
Top right - view out of window of clouds below. Captioned 'SC over southern France'.
Bottom left - view through window of cumulus clouds in distance. Captioned…

PPerryWRP17050005.jpg
Top left - view from aircraft of harbour with surrounding city. Captioned 'Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta'.
Top right - view of naval warship in harbour with city either side. Captioned 'HMS Gambia, Grand Harbour, Valetta'.
Bottom left - view…

PPerryWRP17050006.jpg
Top left - stone masons working on classical buildings on side of street. Captioned 'Masons at work, Valetta'.
Top right - six RAF officers wearing khaki shorts, jackets and peaked caps standing in line with trees and a hut in the background.…

PPerryWRP17050007.jpg
Top left - view of airport terminal building in the distance. Bottom of the nose of an Avro York top right. Captioned 'Terminal building, Almaza airport, Cairo'.
Top right - five RAF officers, all wearing tunics and four with peaked caps standing…

Tags:

PPerryWRP17050008.jpg
Top left - a man standing in doorway with blanket fraped round him. Captioned 'Freddy at Cairo west'.
Top right - three men floating in a swimming pool with other bathers in pool and poolside on other side of the pool. Captioned 'Heliopolis pool,…

PPerryWRP17050009.jpg
Top left - view looking down from aircraft of a city below. Captioned 'Tel Aviv, Palestine from 10,000 ft'.
Top right - view of secluded garden with trees and building in background. Captioned '"little bit of heaven" at Shaibah, behind officer's…

Tags:

PPerryWRP17050010.jpg
Top left - distant view of airport terminal, Captioned 'Control, Mauripur airport, Karachi'.
Top right - in the foreground a single storey building with three two storey building behind. Captioned 'Officer's mess and quarters, Mauripur airport,…

Tags: ;

PPerryWRP17050011.jpg
Top - four men wearing swimming trunks standing on a beach with building behind right. Captioned 'Changi beach, Singapore, (Norman, "Trader", Freddy, self)'.
Left - view from aircraft of large cloud. Captioned 'Cu-nim developing over Indian ocean,…

PPerryWRP17050012.jpg
Top left - five airmen wearing battledress and side caps standing in line behind the port wing of a Wellington. Captioned 'Wellington III, 1943, ("Shorty", Dickie, Doug, self, Jonny), North Luffenham'.
Top right - seven aircrew wearing a variety of…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

PPerryWRP17050013.jpg
Top left - four airmen standing in line under fuselage of a Lancaster. Captioned 'ground crew on "Z" Zebra, 106 Sqdn 43'.
Top right - and airman wearing battledress with half brevet sitting in wooden chair in long grass with trees and huts in the…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ;

PPerryWRP17050014.jpg
Top left - view down a valley of a distant inlet. Captioned 'Port Arthur, Lake Superior, Canada, 42'.
Top right - an airman wearing tunic standing in front of a railway track with train behind. Other figures in the distance right. Captioned 'Phil at…

PPerryWRP17050015.jpg
Top left - night view down city street with cars and buildings on the far side. Captioned '8th Avenue west, Calgary, Alberta (taken at 2110 hrs, 21.2.42)'.
Top right - three-quarter length image of two men in hiking kit standing in front of a river.…

Tags:

Output Formats

atom, dc-rdf, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2