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- Collection: Field, Peter L and Cynthia G
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RAF and family photographs
Top left - a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force standing in front of a brick wall. Captioned 'Taken by Ian Hay during my telephonist training July 1940 at the Firs Worcester'.
Top centre - two members of the Women's' Auxiliary Air Force in…
Top centre - two members of the Women's' Auxiliary Air Force in…
Women's Auxiliary Air Force, RAF and RCAF people.
left page:
Top - course photograph with a large group of members of Women's Auxiliary Air Force sitting and standing in three rows with wooden hut in the background. Captioned 'Senior NCOs Admin Course, RAF Wilmslow, March 1944'.
Bottom - document…
Top - course photograph with a large group of members of Women's Auxiliary Air Force sitting and standing in three rows with wooden hut in the background. Captioned 'Senior NCOs Admin Course, RAF Wilmslow, March 1944'.
Bottom - document…
Parties at Leeming and squadron board
left page:
Top left - large group of people in service and civilian dress at a party. Captioned 'WAAF Sgt party Leeming Dec 1944, note tinsel strips back left to form letters on curtain - "window" dropped over enemy territory to distract enemy…
Top left - large group of people in service and civilian dress at a party. Captioned 'WAAF Sgt party Leeming Dec 1944, note tinsel strips back left to form letters on curtain - "window" dropped over enemy territory to distract enemy…
Cook's tour photographs
Left page:
Top - oblique aerial photograph of a bombed city with destroyed buildings.
Middle left - smaller version of enlarged photograph above. Captioned 'Lancaster flight from Skipton-on-Swale on a sight seeing trip over the Ruhr, shells of…
Top - oblique aerial photograph of a bombed city with destroyed buildings.
Middle left - smaller version of enlarged photograph above. Captioned 'Lancaster flight from Skipton-on-Swale on a sight seeing trip over the Ruhr, shells of…
Letter from C G Barry to her mother
Letter mounted on four pages of album. Writes of her activities at RAF Leeming and catches up with family news. Gives reasons for not coming home on leave for Christmas. Describes shirt and pillow cases she had just bought. Writes about several…
Letter from C G Barry to her mother and photographs
Letter mounted over seven album pages with envelope with last page of letter on seventh album page. Next page has four b/w photographs. Letter gives excuses for not having written. Catches up with family news. Explains they could not get off camp…
Photographs of servicewomen
Left page:
Top left - head an shoulder portrait of a woman in military uniform.
Top right - head an shoulder portrait of a woman in military uniform.
Bottom - head an shoulders portrait of a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in uniform.
Top left - head an shoulder portrait of a woman in military uniform.
Top right - head an shoulder portrait of a woman in military uniform.
Bottom - head an shoulders portrait of a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in uniform.
Peter and Cynthia Field and friends 1996
Left page:
Top - a woman wearing blue jacket by a door and the backs of two other people in a room with plants.
Middle - a man and woman looking at a Mynah bird in a cage.
Bottom - two men and a woman standing in a garden outside a…
Top - a woman wearing blue jacket by a door and the backs of two other people in a room with plants.
Middle - a man and woman looking at a Mynah bird in a cage.
Bottom - two men and a woman standing in a garden outside a…
Family and friends
Left page:
Top - a man and woman both with walking sticks on a lawn with ornamental glass pavilion behind.
Bottom - closer view of same couple as above in same location.
Captioned 'Botanical gardens 1996. Peter and Sue coming away from the…
Top - a man and woman both with walking sticks on a lawn with ornamental glass pavilion behind.
Bottom - closer view of same couple as above in same location.
Captioned 'Botanical gardens 1996. Peter and Sue coming away from the…
Family and friends
Left page - at bottom a man and lady sitting alongside each other. Captioned '2003 Richard, David at 246 MVR, Sue, Mum, Dad, James, David in garden before paved over and screen out in, Richard, Sharon in their engagement year'.
Right page - a woman…
Right page - a woman…
Family
Left page:
Top - three young men sprawling on grass. Captioned 'Edward, David, James, Lyon? 2003, Richard at home with ball.
Bottom - a young man with football on driveway with garage on left and house in background..
Top - three young men sprawling on grass. Captioned 'Edward, David, James, Lyon? 2003, Richard at home with ball.
Bottom - a young man with football on driveway with garage on left and house in background..
Wedding
Right page - top left - a bride and groom standing with building in the background.
Two children
A young boy and girl sitting on a pile of logs.
Handwritten notes
Disorganised notes with dates, names of people and events.
Letter from Sergeant Ian Hay to his father
Writes about his training and that he was now operational and describes his aircrew role as rear gunner and second wireless operator in an Anson. Continues with description of his activities in the local town and on base.
Description of enclosures concerning flying accident 24 September 1940
List and describes enclosures A, B, C, D, E and F. A is map of are round Rothes and some details of crash. B - a cairn marking crash site rebuilt by friend. C flying accident card. D - the wreckage. E another photo of wreckage. F photo taken near…
Enclosure B - cairn
Top - photograph of cairn
Bottom - Photograph view from are of cairn over open ground.
Separate page - note with details that Ian Hay's father erected the original cairn on the summit of Ben Aigan. It did not mark the actual crash site.
Bottom - Photograph view from are of cairn over open ground.
Separate page - note with details that Ian Hay's father erected the original cairn on the summit of Ben Aigan. It did not mark the actual crash site.
Enclosure A - map
Copy of part of map of Rothes and Charlestown of Aberlour - showing Rothes on left and Ben Aigan on the right.
Enclosure C - flying accident card
Made out for Whitley from 29 OTU on 24 September 1940. Location Ben Aigan. Gives some details of crash.
Enclosure D - photograph
Image of wreckage of aircraft on hillside
Enclosure E - photograph
Image of wreckage of aircraft looking downhill through trees to village in the distance.
Enclosure F - photograph
Photograph down hillside to valley with village and part of river.
Letter to Squadron Leader J V Hay from RAF director of personnel services
Gives some details of the crash of a Whitley in which his son was the wireless operator and was killed. Note that court of enquiry was unable to allocate responsibility for the accident.
Ian Hay RAF personnel document
Gives personal details, enlistment dates, recommendation for training as aircrew and list of postings. Killed 24 September 1940.
Notes referring to text pages
Retrospective after the death in a crash during a flight from RAF Kinloss on 24 September 1940. Author knew Ian Hay's sister well and writes of visiting his grave in Inverness. Mentions cairn raise by Hay's father near crash site and finding out more…