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Ein Shemer 1946
Top left - an airman wearing desert uniform with shorts sitting on a motorbike, in the background Nissen huts. Captioned 'On the bike at Ein Shemer'. Top centre - five airmen sitting in a jeep with goal posts in the background. Captioned 'Fred,…
Spitfires at Ein Shemer and Ramat David
Top left - six Spitfires in a line in dispersal with front of vehicle on right. Captioned '32 Sqdn Aircraft R.D'. Top centre - several Spitfires in a line, captioned 'Starting Up'. Top right - line of Spitfires with several vehicles in foreground.…
Operations at Dawson Field Trans Jordan
Top left - three tents in line with flag pole with Royal Air Force flag. In the background Spitfires and vehicles. Caption 'Camp at Dawson Field Trans Jordan'. Top centre - two tents with Spitfires and vehicles in the background. Captioned 'M.T.…
Middle East
Top left - a man in Arab dress standing between two camels. Captioned 'Part of camel train'. Top right - three airmen sitting round a small table in a garden with low walls. In the background trees and buildings. Captioned 'NAAFI beer garden Ein…
On the road to Transjordan
Top left - from a hill looking down on a snaking road. Captioned 'Part of the road'. Top centre - a road with slope either side taken from the roof of a vehicle. Captioned 'View from ambulance of road'. Top right - road snaking from bottom right to…
Dawson Field
Top left - large group of men gathered round field kitchen with lorry in the background. Captioned 'Breakfast queue Dawson Field'. Top centre - four men standing round a trestle table preparing food with lorry in the background. Captioned '"Bert" &…
Middle East pictures and RAF Mafraq
Top left - a road runs from bottom then curves left to a river bridge with buildings beyond. In the background, low hills. Captioned 'River Jordan at the border'. Top centre - two airmen in shorts but no shirts sitting outside a tent. Captioned…
Ein Shemer 1946
Top left - two airmen wearing battledress and side caps standing with grounded rifles with one leaning on wall. In the background Nissen huts. Captioned 'Ready for guard'. Top centre - large group of men lined up with donkeys. Nissen hut in the…
Aircrew in the Middle East
Top left - five pilots wearing flying helmets with goggles or peaked cap gather round a briefing officer all looking at a map. Captioned 'Being briefed'. Top right - five pilots wearing flying helmets with goggles or peaked cap gather round a…
Airmen in the Middle East
Top left - nine airmen wearing battledress, laying or sitting in front of a building with one open and one closed window. Captioned 'Some of the boys'. Top right - nine airmen wearing battledress sitting in two rows in front of an open window in a…
Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Association and 32 Squadron crests
Left - Royal Air Force eagle crest; centre - hippogriff on globe crest; right 32 - 32 Squadron crest.
Nazareth and Haifa
Top left - two airmen on a street. Behind is a café, a large house, shade tree and electric pylon. Captioned ‘”Jock & Pat” in Nazareth’. Top right - a street scene. In the foreground an Arab on a donkey, in the centre is a large building…
William Arthur Coulton's wedding
Wedding group of three men and three women. The groom is in Royal Air Force uniform, the bride and bridesmaid are holding floral bouquets. The two non-uniformed men and the woman at the far left are all wearing flowers in their lapel.
Bird on a branch
A goldfinch sitting on a branch with foliage in the background. Signed 'A Coulton'.
Leaves
Two small overlapping oval leaves on brown background. Signed at the top right, 'Arthur Coulton, St II' and dated 29 September 1933. On the bottom right is the number seven. Captioned on the reverse: 'William Arthur Coulton, Clifton, Age 8'.
Leaf
A green, five lobed leaf on dark grey background, signed at the top right 'Arthur Coulton', and dated 9 April 1933. Signature at the bottom right. Captioned on the reverse 'William Arthur Coulton, Clifton, Age 8'.
Interview with William Arthur Coulton
William Coulton was born in Derbyshire and worked as an errand boy for the Co-Op until he joined the Royal Air Force in 1943, aged 18. He trained as a flight mechanic and was posted to 115 Squadron at RAF Witchford where he worked on Lancasters. He…