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- Collection: Darby. Charles Arthur Hill
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Letter from Jack Darby to his Wife
He is on standby for the trip to Italy. He thinks he may be made redundant.
Letter from Jack Darby to his Wife
He is waiting to go to Italy then he expects some leave. He thanks her for the parcel.
Letter from Jack Darby to his Wife
He thanks her for her letters and advises that he may get some leave because his squadron is being disbanded.
Jack Darby's Observer Brevets
Jack's brevets.
Handley Page Halifax
A colour postcard drawing of a Halifax.
Consolidated Liberator
A colour postcard drawing of a Liberator flying over a convoy.
Two Lockheed Lightnings
A colour postcard drawing of two Lightnings engaged in a dog fight.
Two Hawker Hurricanes
A colour postcard drawing of two Hurricanes in a dog fight.
Three Westland Whirlwinds
A colour postcard drawing of three Whirlwinds.
Three Fairey Albacores
A colour postcard drawing of three Albacores attacking a convoy.
Short Sunderland
A colour postcard drawing of a Sunderland.
Two Grumman Martletts
A colour postcard drawing of two Martletts in a dog fight.
Two Boulton Paul Defiants
A colour postcard drawing of two Defiants in a dog fight with four German bombers.
Three Short Stirlings
A colour postcard drawing of three Stirlings.
Two North American Mustangs
One colour postcard drawing of two Mustangs.
Three Lockheed Venturas
A colour postcard drawing of three Venturas.
Two Mosquitos
A colour postcard drawing of two Mosquitos.
Fairey Fulmars
A drawing of four Fulmars engaged in a dog fight with three Stukas. Two Stukas have been shot down.
Spitfires
A colour postcard drawing of three Spitfires.
Ludwigshafen
A vertical target photograph of Ludwigshafen, orientated with the south west at the top. In the lower left corner is a bend in the River Rhine and the entrance to Kaiserworthhafen docks. Just visible at the bottom edge is the end of Luitpoldhafen…
Neuss
An aerial photograph of cloud-covered Neuss, near Düsseldorf. The cloud obscures all detail and all that can be seen through the cloud is a large glow, probably from the ground, and the wavy trace of a flare.
The photograph is captioned:
'1814…
The photograph is captioned:
'1814…
Saarbrucken
A vertical aerial photograph of the centre of Saarbrücken, orientated with south-east at the top and clearly showing the River Saar. Cloud and/or smoke covers parts of the town but residential areas, the railway and other details can still be seen.…
Rheydt
A vertical aerial photograph of Rheydt, near Mönchengladbach. The railways clearly stand out, one entering the image at lower right, branching out into a marshalling yard and another sweeping in from the upper right corner of the image. The centre…
Trier
A vertical aerial photograph taken during a bombing operation at Trier. Much of the detail is obscured by bomb explosions but in the bottom right corner are fields and roads.
It is captioned :
'1654 SDL 23.12.44 // 7" 17000 097 1433 Trier B
1…
It is captioned :
'1654 SDL 23.12.44 // 7" 17000 097 1433 Trier B
1…
Vohwinkel
A vertical aerial photograph of Vohwinkel, near Wuppertal, orientated so that the top edge is roughly south. The multi-track railway is obvious and runs from the lower left corner to a large marshalling yard at the mid-right edge. A branch line joins…