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Service record for Ernest Ronald Abbott. Some items have been redacted.

Ronnie Abbott's father. A Sub-Lieutenant standing in front of four large guns. On the front is a handwritten message with 'HMS Orion'.
On the reverse is 'What do you go on all done by myself [indecipherable]'

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A list of 14 names and addresses, most in England but two in Canada.

An airman pointing out Belgium on a large map of Western Europe.

A group of 32 men arranged in three rows. On the reverse 'middle row 4 left'.

The front of a Valetta named 'Tel Special'.

Five men and two WAAFs outside an RAF building. R E Abbott is second from the left.

Two identical images of Five airmen, the middle one holding a dog.
On the first the second from the left is annotated 'Rodney Coker', the third (holding the dog) is annotated 'Pete (cheers all the best) Tunstall' and the fifth is annotated 'Jim…

Two men at a desk playing cards. The image is blurred.

An airman sleeping on a bed. On the reverse is 'TB Hospital?'

Two men in a single bed.

Several buildings, single and two storeys.

A head and shoulders portrait of Squadron Leader Abbott. On the reverse is 'Whiskers? to be or not to be? JD Bennet Bradford 65516'.

The group of eight are standing outside a pub with a sign 'Ye Olde [indecipherable] Flute'.

Six airmen in khaki and shorts drinking beer and spirits on a terrace. Squadron Leader Abbott is on the right.

A card used by Mohamed offering his services.
The reverse has handwritten notes.

The couple are standing at the entrance to a building. The man is dressed in khaki and shorts.

A group of airmen dressed in shorts, khaki and pith helmets, watched by boys.

A large building at the RAF base.

Four airmen relaxing outside around a table.

Ten camels on a desert track. On the reverse 'Aden 1935. Camel caravan on desert road'.

A postcard of the Ibrahim Pasha statue in Cairo. The reverse is printed as a postcard.

16 members of an airmen's band playing on stage.

A stall set up with an Aunt Sally game. It is decorated with RAF roundels and wings and the words 'Can you drop 'em?' Try it'.

Four photographs from Microphone Mania.
#1 Eight members of the cast of a musical.
On the reverse 'Cast of "Microphone Mania" produced at Khormaksar - 1935 by No 8 (B) Sqd'. ER Abbott is fourth from the right wearing a blazer.
#2 There is a second…