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  • Collection: Terras, Robert Wallace

PTerrasRW1907.jpg
Twelve airmen, five squatting in front and seven standing. Some are wearing overalls, other uniform. Three in rear have visible aircrew brevet. They are in front of a Lancaster.

On the reverse 'R Terras, I don't know who these people are. 83…

PTerrasRW1906.jpg
Tea bag with tags: "Nederland zal herrijzen" "Uit vrij Nederl.-Indië een groet, Houdt Moed!" ("The Netherlands shall rise again" "A greeting from Free Dutch East Indies, take courage!)

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Left - head and shoulders portrait of Robert Terras wearing tunic and side cap.
Right - half length portrait of him wearing tunic and peaked cap.

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Thirty-six airmen and two airwomen sitting and standing in three rows in front of a brick building. On the reverse 'Engine and Airframe mechanics "B" Flight, 83 Squadron (Lancaster) "Pathfinders" RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire'.

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Small brown box with text 'PoW, Shrewsbury, Camp'. For storing matches - German prisoners of war.

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Two identity discs (dog tags) for R W Terras linked with canvas strip.

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Half-length portrait of an airman seated wearing tunic and peaked cap.

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Full face portrait of Robert Terras wearing tunic and side cap.

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Description of 83 Squadron ground crew reunion for former Bradford airmen at RAF Coningsby. Also covers fifth reunion of 170 Squadron.

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Handwritten note to NCO I/C guardroom for LAC Davenport and Guy. Signed out from 83 Squadron B flight.

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Diagram showing fuel cock positions for refuelling port tanks.

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For LAC Terras R.W. with 83 Squadron stamp.

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Robert Terras's RAF Chedburgh ration card for chocolate and sugar confectionary.

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MTerras1050292-150303-01.pdf
List of names, and nickname, with service number and place of origin. Robert Wallace Terras is first on the list.

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Complete history of the aircraft from 1942 to placement in RAF Museum. Delivered to 83 Squadron at RAF Scampton. Lists all flights with crews and provides details of operations and other sorties. First operation was on 8/9 July 1942. Was founder…

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Includes work activity and complaints of cold. Mentions continuing to work during enemy bombing as comments on severity of raid. Mention of bombing Cardiff, defensive anti-aircraft fire. Goes on with 3rd Jan mentions frosty morning and working on…

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Reporting letter from recruiting centre with instructions to report to centre and instructions.

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Entry for activities on 18 January including cold weather, work on Hampden aircraft and bombing attack on base he was working at.
Entry for activities on 26 February - working on aircraft hydraulic system, and then going to cinema.
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For confectionery to be handed in to NAAFI when confectionary available.

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MTerrasRW1050292-190610-040001.jpg
Cutting from book with notes on self-sealing tanks with diagrams. Reverse side has notes on Junkers fuselage construction.

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MTerrasRW1050292-190610-030001.jpg
Cutting from book with diagram of petrol tanks and notes on self sealing tanks. Reverse side has truncated notes about Junkers self sealing tanks and diagram of de-icing system.

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MTerrasRW1050292-190610-020001.jpg
From printed book a photograph of crack in leading edge of the wing of He 111 which had run into cable of barrage balloon. Reverse has photograph of torpedo loading on a Beaufort.

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MTerrasRW1050292-190610-01.pdf
Notes on rivets, metallurgy, production of iron and steel, patch repairs to solid drum tubes, fuselage skin repairs, main plane skin repairs, trailing edge repairs, further repairs to: cowling panels, hulls and flouts. Continues with hardening and…

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Luftpost dropped by the Royal Air Force. Article headline 'unlimited national emergency in the USA'. Other side has several articles including 'invasion dress rehearsal Crete' and 'Not yet arrived' about B-17.

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One side has map of northern Europe with increasing range rings from 1941 to 1943, Headline 'From the Maas to the Memel'. The other has information on the Royal Air Force an "V" sign.

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