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B[Author]ParkerEv1.pdf
Titled Eric's Story it details Eric's life from birth in Liverpool. He joined the RAF on his 18th birthday in January 1942. Initial training was at Paignton then he was shipped to Canada. He failed to progress as a pilot and was transferred to a…

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BPayneGPayneGv1.pdf
Geoff Payne's autobiography divided into five chapters.

Chapter 1. Under Training.
Having been assessed in Birmingham Geoff sets off to London in August 1942 for training, at Lords. Initial training was at Bridlington then gunnery school at…

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One one side a notice for a grand Christmas part to be held on boxing day in the NAAFI. On the other side handwritten notes with names and times.

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A woman wearing coverall lifting a coiled belt of .303 ammunition from several piles of the same on a bench. In the background an officer mostly obscured by the woman. On the wall to the left posters of pin ups and glamour models.

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Several airmen are visible sitting in a bus while a Women's Auxiliary Air Force corporal closes one of the rear doors. Two other men stand behind the bus. Two aircrew wearing Mae West/parachute harnesses stand to the left behind the bus. On the…

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Several airmen are visible sitting in a bus with rear doors open. Three people including one woman and a man wearing Mae West stand to the rear of the bus. Three men, two wearing Mae West stand to the left and one man is walking past a car on the…

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A large group of RAF personnel including members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force sitting and standing in three rows with a building in the background. Titled 'Duty Staff of: Flying Control, Crash Tender and Ambulance and Met office RAF Breighton'.…

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Six airmen and member of Women's Auxiliary Air Force sitting round a table covered with documents, a mug and flask. In the background, other servicemen. Submitted with caption 'JB873 Briefing'.

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Left and right images of a large group of Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force wearing tunics and skirts, sitting and standing in five rows with corrugated iron huts in the background. Submitted with captions '78 Sqn WAAFs LHS' and '78 Sqn…

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RAF Form 543 recording Muriel's service record

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A form with Muriel's RAF employment locations and dates.

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A group of six RAF personnel with Muriel Meen second from the left. On the reverse '1941-1942 Muriel second left'.

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Individual seated on wooden folding chair at a wooden folding table, two brick walls, one with a poster exhorting everyone to 'Ask their hairdresser for a Liberty Cut'. The other has a large sink and two taps.

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Four WAAFs seated on benches at a trestle table, eating.

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A WAAF full length, standing alongside a large tree, Nissen hut in background.

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Shows the interior of a barrack room, some of the beds made up
some broken down showing the mattress biscuits and blankets. Note the coal stove, and the clothing on hangers and the lino floor with small bedside mats. Captioned 'Binbrook Lanc Hut…

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Shows a WAAF barrack hut with women sitting on their beds reading or sewing. Captioned 'R.A.F. Binbrook Lanc hut 2'.

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Babs Howes hanging out some washing. Large tree and a building in the background.

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Two WAAFs, full length, standing in a hut doorway.

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A head and shoulders portrait of Rochelle Burns in uniform.

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Five WAAFs, Beattie Hayman, Kathleen Selby, Kath Lewin, Vi Dodd, Jean Murdoch standing in a row, full length, trees fields and hedges in the background.

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Posed in two rows, two officers, a Warrant Officer and two NCOs seated, eight WAAFs standing. Wooden building with sign 'S.H.Q' is the background. Corporal Kathleen Selby is third from left.

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Head and shoulders portrait of Ruth Johnston in uniform.

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A full length image of Ruth in WAAF uniform. She is carrying her greatcoat.

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Front sheet of the album with Ruth's service number, rank and base.

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