View from below of front quarter of airborne Avro Vulcan. Notes on reverse that the world first delta bomber made appearance at Farnborough 2 September 1952.
Side view of Lancaster R5868 with bombs on trolleys in front while several men loading and working on the aircraft. Caption 'One more for game. The veteran Lancaster, S for Sugar, which has completed 99 operational flights. her captains have gained a…
Newspaper cutting relating history of the squadron from world war one and disbanded in 1919, reformed in 1923 with Vickers Virginia, re-equipped with Heyford in 1935. Moved to Oakington in 1940 in 3 Group equipped with Wellington. After a time with…
Continued correspondence on claim for Defence Medal and states he still did not qualify. Stated that he was qualified for 1939/45 star and France and Germany Star.
Writes that no trace of certificate of civil defence service in support of claim for Defence Medal could be found at their office. Asks him to supply relevant dates
States that he was not qualified for the Defence Medal but to notify them if he had performed civil defence or other qualifying service prior enlistment and if so his entitlement would be reviewed.
From an RAFVR(T) flying officer detailing George Shepherd previous service as a member of the Air Training Corps before joining the RAF and comment on character and suitability for post applied for.
Mentions St John's Wood, Bridgnorth, 11 AGS, 12 OTU, 1657 Conversion Unit, Lancaster finishing school, 115 Squadron, Pathfinder NTU, 7 Squadron. Training and operational units have associated flying hours alongside,
Information on the RAF, RCAF, RAAF, RNZAF, Indian Air Force, the Eire Air Corps, aircraft photographs and information. Air Force decorations, aviation world records. Continues with pages of information on aerodromes, RAF badges, aircraft instruments,…
Reconnaissance photograph showing city centre. Captioned 'For how much longer? A reconnaissance photograph of the bomb damage to Brunswick. For every week the war continues some German city is devastated by allied aircraft'.
Six views of bombs falling. captioned 'Down Germany way: a remarkable series of photographs showing a salvo of 1000 lb bombs falling from an Avro Lancaster. It is interesting to note how the missiles appear to point in different directions, even in…
Outline of streets can be seen amongst fire and explosions. Captioned 'Illuminated Baedecker: the streets of Hannover on fire during the recent heavy attack by Bomber Command on that city. The broad ribbon running diagonally is the Sale Strasse'.