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Collection of flowers laid in front of a tombstone surrounded by trees. On the reverse 'Tombe des Aviateurs de la R.A.F tombes a Verrieres le 24 Julliet 1944, 1. Melville (sans Renseiguement), 2. Kenneth Dove. No. 544055, 3. Monk. No. 52571, 4.…

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A framed memento of Albert with a colourised head and shoulders portrait of Albert, an embroidered RAF crest and a 1939 to 1945 Star and Bomber Command Clasp. There is a caption 'Flying Officer Albert Evans 157299, 44 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer…

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Ahead and shoulders portrait of Bryan Bell annotated with his name.
On the reverse 'Skipper F/O Tim Bell. Died in crash'.

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A half length portrait of Duncan MacFadyen with his name annotated on the front.
On the reverse 'Nav. Mac. (F/O) Died in crash'.

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A brief biography of Frank's work with Barnet council.

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An almost full length portrait of Frank.
Handwritten at the side is 'FO Frank Edward Claydon Killed in action on New Brunswick raid 13.01.1944 Sqn 166 130537 aged 35 yrs. Buried in Berlin Plot 14 A.3.'

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Half length image of two aircrew, both wearing battledress and peaked caps and holding tea mugs, Man on the left wears a unbuttoned lifejacket. Captioned on left 'F/O Halloran [O'Halloran], killed 4/4/45 Mersburg [sic]'. Captioned right 'F/O…

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Jeff's grave - a wooden cross with a wreath and the date 10 February 1945. On the reverse 'Binbrook Cambridge'.
Behind are the graves of Sergeant J P King, 16 January 1945 and Flying Officer S W Goodman DFM, 16 January 1945.

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Head and shoulders of Phil Hemmens with his name annotated on the front.
On the reverse 'Survived crash -died in Buchenwald. 152583. Bomb aimer. Willie. F/O Phil Hemmens'.

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above.

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A head and shoulders portrait of a pilot. On the reverse is handwritten 'Flying Officer Thompson - RAF killed flying accident RAF Wymeswold 1944' and stamped 'AM Crown Copyright Reserved'.

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above.

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Grave of one of the Lancaster aircrew marked with a cross and a French flag.
On the reverse 'Lyon la Foret. Photo taken by local people & given to British Army/smuggled film.

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Five verse poem about those left behind of lost men.

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Poem remembering those who did not live to see the end of war.

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Notes that Lancaster RF159 crashed on 7 August 1945 at Lamontelaire France. Gives details of crew members and their arrival dates on 626 Squadron. Gives latitude and longitude of crash site near Toulouse. Crew initially buried at Angles and notes…

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Four colour photographs of gravestones. Top left - for Flying Officer O M C Jones DFC, pilot, Top right - Flight Sergeant P R Jenkinson DFM, flight engineer. Bottom left - Flight Sergeant J Coles, air gunner. Bottom right - Flight Sergeant E W…

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Top left - colour photograph of snow covered ground with stone memorial with wrought iron railing in front and trees behind.
Top right - b/w photograph of several men and women some with umbrellas and some with wreaths.
Middle right - b/w…

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Top - four pilots wearing battledress with pilot's brevet standing in a street with houses in the background. Annotated 'Dermot won DFC then killed in England 16 July 1944'.
Bottom left - A pilot wearing battledress with plot's brevet standing…

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Four small fragments, captioned ' bits from 75 Squadron Stirling crash 1/12/43 on approach to R.A.F. Acklington returning damaged from an op. A/c hit a cottage on approach to airfield. 6 crew and five children killed. Location of crash North…
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