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RAF brass button
Brass button with crown and eagle.
Glider pilot badge
Blue background with two birds wings outspread and "G" above"
Three medals
Three medals: military General Service Medal 1793-1814, Crimea War 1854-1856, War Medal 1939-1945.
Medal ribbons
Ribbons for Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star and Cadet Forces Medal.
Medal ribbons
Medal ribbons made up for uniform. Defence Medal, France and Germany Star, 1939-45 Star, War Medal 1939-45 and Distinguished Flying Medal.
Medal ribbons strips
Medal ribbons made into uniform strips. cadet forces medal, defence medal, France and Germany Star, Aircrew Europe Star, War Medal 1939-45.1939-45 Star.
George Charles Shepherd's decorations
Distinguished Flying Medal, 1939-45 star, France and Germany star, defence medal, war medal 1939-45, cadet forces medal.
Medal recognition card
One side has various medal with ribbons the other side has descriptions.
Wedding photograph
Three-quarter length image of groom wearing tunic with air gunner brevet, Pathfinder badge and medal ribbons standing beside bride wearing white wedding dress and holding bouquet. In the background steps.
Wedding photograph
Full length image of groom wearing tunic with air gunner brevet, Pathfinder badge and medal ribbons standing beside bride wearing white wedding dress and holding bouquet. In the background steps, door and part of column.
Wedding photograph
Full length image of groom wearing tunic with air gunner brevet, Pathfinder badge and medal ribbons standing beside bride wearing white wedding dress and holding bouquet. In the background steps and door.
Wedding group photograph
Large group of people including Air Training Corps cadets, servicemen and civilians standing around bride, in wedding dress and groom in uniform.
Wedding group photograph
Bride wearing wedding dress and groom wearing uniform in the centre of a group on men women and children.
Wedding group photograph
Bride and groom in the centre of a group with servicemen in uniform at rear and men women and children in front.
Wedding group photograph
Bride and groom standing with a four RAF airmen all wearing tunics with brevet.
Envelope
Envelop with text "operation sunbronze, Pomigliano (Italy), Istres (France), June 1946.
Newspaper cuttings - award of Distinguished Flying Medal
Two cuttings noting that Flight Sergeant George Charles Shepherd had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
Newspaper cutting ATC party
Reports on party given by 1481 Squadron Air Training Corps for parents and friends. Flight Sergeant Shepherd was guest.
Lancasters
View from under the port wing on an aircraft on a parked Lancaster letters 'LS-N'. Captioned 'Five-ton lorries: the Lancaster bombing the Ruhr cities are now carrying nearly 5 tons of bombs per aircraft'.
Caen
Shows daylight bombing of industrial area. Captioned 'the Caen steelworks in flames after the attack. The concentration of bombing is phenomenal when it is remembered that some 50 aircraft took part'.
Air Vice-Marshall D C T Bennett
Head and shoulders portrait of an officer wearing tunic with pilot brevet, Pathfinder badge and medal ribbons and peaked cap. Captioned 'Air Vice-Marshal D C T Bennett CB, DSO the navigation expert who has received the Russian Order of Alexander…
Cologne suspension bridge
Photograph show river left to ring with downed bridge. Captioned 'Traffic suspension: all that remains of the Cologne suspension bridge after RAF bomber command attack on October 28 las.....'.
Lancaster taking off
Photograph of Lancaster from rear as it is just airborne. Captioned 'Friedrichshafen and North Africa: H for Harry, one of a force of Lancasters taking off for the raid on the Zeppelin works on the shores of Lake Constance. After leaving the target…
Lancaster bombing
View from front of airborne Lancaster with bombs falling. Complete cloud cover below. Captioned 'through the overcast: a Lancaster bombs an air torpedo launching site through 10/10ths cloud'.
Convoy of Lancaster parts
Convoy of lorries with dismembered parts of aircraft, front fuselage, rear fuselage and wings. Captioned 'Cavalcade: a crashed Lancaster moves off to a repair depot in line astern'.