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B/W photocopy of 149 Squadron crest - horseshoe with lightning bolt, moto 'Fortis Nocte'. Page annotated 'This belongs to John Doxsey, room 25'.

Cutaway diagram of a Handley Page Heyford with annotation and bomb load diagram. Chevron oil company advertisement on reverse.

Four aircrew wearing flying jackets and two airmen wearing overalls walking towards the front of a Wellington parked with engines running. In the background a hangar.

Top left - view of moonrise through trees. Captioned 'Moon rising over the sea'.
Top right - view of waves out to sea with coast background left. Captioned 'Surf at Sekondi'.
Bottom left - man standing in surf casting net, sunken ship on horizon.…

Top left - huts on a hill with trees. Captioned 'Takoradi RAF camp in early days 1940'.
Top right - view up at airborne aircraft with trees at bottom. Captioned 'Bombay coming in at sunset'.
Bottom left - fishing boats and huts. captioned 'Fishing…

Top left - view of buildings from veranda. Captioned 'RAF camp Takoradi'.
Top middle - distant view of aircraft high in sky with tree at bottom. Captioned 'Convoy setting out for Cairo'.
Top right - view out to sea with headland on right and…

Top left - view of cathedral across rooftops. Captioned 'Lagos cathedral 1941'.
Top middle - two airmen wearing khaki uniform and shirts squatting with vehicles in the background. Captioned 'with Bisley convoy at Yola, Nigeria in 1942'. Top right -…

Top left - dawn view over parked aircraft. Captioned 'Waiting for dawn with Maryland convoy at El Fasher, S. Sudan'.
Top middle - view from air of mountainous region. Captioned 'Jebel Simbel (Lion Hill), 9000 ft high in Sudan'.
Top right -two…

Top left - group of five airmen, three wearing khaki uniform sitting in chairs in front of a building. Captioned 'Outside mess, Jan 1941, Heliopolis, Cairo'.
Top right - flying boat airborne above a river with trees on left bank. Captioned 'BOAC…

Top left - sailing vessels on river with trees on bank behind. Captioned 'Felucca at Geziran, Cairo'.
Top middle - view of river with falls. Captioned 'Source of the Nile at Ripon Falls, Jinja, on Lake Victoria, Uganda'.
Top right - sailing vessel…

Top left - view of distant mountains. Captioned 'Extinct volcano of Rongai, Kenya'
Top middle - two story white building with balconies and veranda. Captioned 'Imperial Hotel at Kampala, Uganda'.
Top right - view over a town with single story…

Top left- river with fall in centre. Captioned 'Stanley Falls at Stanleyville, Belgium Congo'.
Top middle - waterfall with man and woman standing on rock outcrop on right, other figures behind. Captioned 'Tshapo Falls on Congo river'.
Top right -…

Top left - view of buildings with rivers in the background. Captioned 'Leopoldville, capital of Belgium Congo'.
Top middle - distant view up a road of memorial with two columns. Cyclist in foreground. Captioned 'King Albert memorial at…

Six men, three wearing flying jackets and two overalls walking towards the front of a Wellington with engines running. Another man stands by aircraft ladder under the nose.

A group of airmen, some aircrew sitting in a room with maps on walls. Three men are sitting on chairs on a dais while another stands alongside. A group are sitting in chairs on the left and another group on the right. Many are holding cups.

Top left - seven men, most earing shorts sitting on a low wall with sea in the background. Captioned 'At Saidia, Morocco summer 1944'.
Top right - six men swearing swimming trunks standing and sitting on a dinghy in front of the doorway of a…

Top left - wireless operator at station by window inside aircraft. Captioned 'In Liberator between Tripoli and Cairo, July 45'.
Top middle - Five aircrew wearing khaki uniform standing in front of the fuselage of an aircraft. Captioned 'Crew with…

Top left - front quarter view of a York parked on hardstanding. Captioned 'Our York at Negombo, Colombo, Ceylon Oct 45'.
Top right - view from air of coastline. Captioned 'Coast near Casablanca, Morocco, July 1945'.
Centre - Three airmen in front…

Top left - view on landing from aircraft window of airport buildings including control tower. Runway in foreground. Captioned 'Taken just as we landed at Dum-Dum aerodrome, Calcutta, March 46'.
Top right - snake charmer with snake in basket.…

Top left - view from air of river with city on far side and bridge in the centre. Captioned 'Ganges river at Cawnpore, India, March 1946'. [actually downstream from Cawnpore (Kanpur) at Allahabad (Prayagraj)]. Top right - view along the top of the…

View across river Severn with part of a ferry in the foreground with cars and people at bow watching. A pier and jetty leads out from far bank with people and vehicles waiting at the end. On the far bank buildings and trees.

Identification kindly…

Four men wearing civilian clothing and hats sitting on open ground with snow covered Mount Kilimanjaro in the background.

Identification kindly provide by Sabino Sirio Talamo, of the 'In viaggio tra le culture del mondo' Facebook Group.

Line of many cars queueing on a road with buildings in the background. In the foreground a SS Jaguar sports saloon 1.5 litre being loaded onto a boat with men standing round.

Place identification kindly provide by the Eileen Brooks of the…

A vessel loaded with cars and people standing by jetty on side of river Severn. People lined up to board and part of a car visible waiting on the right.

Identification kindly provide by the Eileen Brooks of the Unidentified photos of the British…