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Six photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is Peter in a toy car, captioned 'Self Birmingham 1920'.
Photo 2 is Peter and Wendy sitting in a garden, captioned 'Self & Wendy Leamington Spa 1932'.
Photo 3 is Peter with his mother, captioned ' Self &…

Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is nine airmen at the front of a B-24 'O', captioned 'Hastie & Crew Oulton 1944'.
Photo 2 is three airmen captioned 'Lawrence - self Oulton 1944'.
Photo 3 is a side view of a B-24 captioned 'Liberator O…

Two photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is three men standing in a garden, captioned ' Lawrence, Hudson self'.
Photo 2 is the same three men sitting at a table.

Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is an enlargement from photo 2. Six airmen in khaki and shorts are standing at the front of a B-24. The individuals are annotated underneath 'Jock Jim (E) Soapy Wee Jock Syd Ches' and captioned 'Hastie &…

Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is Peter Lovatt leaning on a fence, captioned 'Self -Oulton 1944'.
Photo 2 is Bob Lawrence and the same fence, captioned 'Bob Lawrence -Oulton 1944'.
Photo 3 is a modern pimage of two men standing in a…

Two photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is three airmen captioned 'Lawrence -self'.
Photo 2 is five airmen captioned 'Self Oulton'.

Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a colour image of Blickling Hall, captioned 'Blickling Hall, Nr Aylsham Norfolk'.
Photo 2 is a group of ten airmen in a football field, captioned 'Hastie, Spicer Hudson, Blickling Hall'.
Photo 3 is four…

Two photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a group of 65 airmen arranged in five rows. Some of the men are identified with handwritten annotations: Ernie, Brock, Bob, Tete, Ted, and Val. It is captioned 'No 10 AGS Walney Island 1943'.
Photo 2 is a…

Two photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a half length portrait of a woman captioned 'Wendy 1940 -IOM'.
Photo 2 is 3/4 length portrait of a trainee RAF airman and a man and woman, captioned 'Jack & Doris Ford Dunoon - 1942'.

Inside cover of Peter's album with 'SQL Lovatt UK AF' on a label.

Album covers of Peter's photograph collection.

Eight airmen grouped under the nose of a B-24

An oblique aerial photograph. Docks, warehouses and houses are visible.

Identification kindly provided by members of 'Finding the location WW1 & WW2' Facebook group.

A starboard engine over an industrial landscape.

The car is parked in a drive with a man sitting at the driver's seat of a 1920s Morris Cowley flat nose. The left side of the image is partially obscured by a double exposure.

A licence issued to Peter Lovatt in Singapore.

Peter enrolled in the Air Training Corp before joining the Royal Air Force. He went to Walney Island, the Air Gunnery School, and was given the option of becoming a Bevin Boy or an air gunner choosing the latter. Following training on Ansons he…