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

Front and back album covers. The front is printed 'Snappy Snaps' and handwritten 'Or Kormasksar [sic] Station RAF Aden'.

A single funneled ship. It is annotated 'Trooping Ship, Feb 14th 1934'.

Six airmen including Ronnie top left.

A large group of 47 airmen, including Ronnie, arranged in four rows. E R Abbott is fourth from the left on the back row.

A full length portrait of a woman standing in a garden. On the reverse 'Best of Luck from your loving Mother x' and a Gepruft stamp.

A head and shoulders portrait of a soldier. On the reverse is handwritten '[indecipherable] Andrews'.

A head and shoulders portrait of Ronnie's parents. On the reverse 'To Dear Net Wishing you a Happy New Year From Mam & Dad'. Net was Ronnie Abbott's family nickname.

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

Five pages from the album. The photographs that were stuck there have been removed. Some annotation remains.

An RAF biplane surrounded by bushes. Several tribesmen are looking on. It is annotated 'Seina 1934'.

An upside down Fairey IIIF. Five airmen are in attendance. On the reverse ' "B" Flight crash (No injuries)'.

A full length portrait of a Yemini tribesman. On the reverse 'Tribesman from the hills Aden 1935'.

Five men sailing a dinghy off the coast of Aden. On the reverse ' "The Endeavour" Aden 34'

A row of four Hinds.

A Singapore parked on a slipway. On the reverse 'No 203FB Sqd: Aden '36. From "Obstruction Pier". "House of Sin" in the background. (Also "Andy" in the foreground).

A bomb aimer's station showing the cramped location and instruments used. On the reverse 'Bomb Aimer's kitchen (Vickers Vincent)'.

A starboard side view of a Vincent. On the reverse 'The 1st Vincent. 8 Sqd.'

Four photographs from an album.
#1 an armoured car
#2 10 airmen captioned 'The Lads' Aden 1934'.
#3 a formation of three Fairey IIIFs from 8 (B) Squadron.
#4 a March past of 8 (B) Squadron on the King's Birthday.

An armoured car at RAF Aden.

Ten airmen dressed in khaki shorts and pith helmets. Behind is a row of Fairey IIIFs. On the reverse 'To all at home From Net (RAF Aden April 1934)'.

A view of the port side of three aircraft in tight formation. Markings are M J9664, P K1711, and N J9671. On the reverse: ' "B" Flight No 8 (B) Sqd. (Fairey III Fs).'

A blank sheet from the photo album. Four photographs have been removed leaving captions.

Two photographs of a French air force biplane. On the back of each is handwritten 'Visit of French Air Force from French Somaliland'.

A crashed biplane watched over by an airman in shorts and pith helmet.
On the reverse 'Crash at Al-Anod (landing Ground - Aden Protectorate) ("P" K1711 Fairey IIIF) (No injuries)'.

A group of two adults and two children standing in front of two Vickers Vincents. It is captioned 'Murbat Trip (5 planes). 100 miles from Aden'. two aircraft including K4131 are behind them.