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  • Collection: Wainwright, John Edgar

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A policeman standing in a garden.
There is a second similar image taken at the same time.

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The three are standing beside their car.

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A view of the war memorial at Haudivillers. The reverse is blank.

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An airman standing outside a brick and concrete building. On the reverse 'How do you like the hat.'

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Jack is standing outside a brick and concrete building.

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A Dakota being serviced, starboard side view. On the reverse 'Dakota of 48 Sqdn Changi, Singapore'.

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The rose window and towers of Amiens cathedral.

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Four men and three women in the garden of the Pelletiers. The Pelletiers hid Jack when he parachuted from his Lancaster.

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Jack and a woman standing in front of a brick wall. The reverse has 'July 1st 1957'.

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Jack, M and Mme Pelletiers and their four daughters. On the reverse 'Souvenir de France annee 1951'.

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Six men and women seated beside the Sacre Coeur Fountains in Paris. On the reverse 'Souvenir de Paris annee 1951 en vacances'.
A second image has only five men and women and has the same message on the reverse.
A third image has six men and women…

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A soldier talking to five women. One woman is holding his arm. They are standing in a cobbled street outside a church.

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Six men seated at a table drinking beer. One man has sergeant's stripes on his uniform. On the reverse 'The more we are together The drunker we shall be Singapore Lido May 1946'.

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Ruins of the Saint-Étienne Church surrounded by damaged buildings. A second image shows the church in the distance viewed through twisted metal.

Identification kindly provided by Ed Strohmaier and Frank Kujat of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2…

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A half length portrait of two men and a woman.

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A family group of a man, woman and three young children standing in a garden.

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The three are standing in a garden.

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Three photographs of graves.
#1 is a view of graves. In the background a French tricolour is flying. The reverse is blank.
#2 is the grave of Jack's six crew members. Their names are recorded as is the date of their demise. On the reverse…

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A group of seven airmen, including Jack, in khaki outside a building. On the reverse each man is named and 'To Mum & Dad with love, Jack'.

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Jack in Police uniform kneeling beside a dog.
In a second photograph he is with five children.

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A head and shoulders portrait of a boy.

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Two pilots sitting reading. On the reverse 'Harold North & Pete Brothers 1942'.

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Seven ground crew standing in front of a Lancaster. On the reverse is a typed comment about a Rhodesian squadron bombing marshalling yards. Three of the ground crew are named.

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A large number of airmen celebrating the 100th Operation of 'Y' for Yorker, ND578 KM-Y. Several are holding beer glasses. The room has been hung with union flags. On the reverse 'Celebrations of the 100th trip over Germany of 'Y' York'.
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