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William Jones Cartoon
Two copies of a cartoon of William, annotated 'Caricature of " You Truly" by "Slash" ' and on the image 'Merry Xmas! and Happy New Year'.
"Our Crew December 18, 1944
A poem about the loss of Halifax, WL-U.
A second sheet states 'Written by Dale Plante niece to Allan Kurtzhals'.
A second sheet states 'Written by Dale Plante niece to Allan Kurtzhals'.
Five Cartoons by K.Francis Lewis
Cartoon 1 is a patient undergoing an X-ray surrounded by spiders, captioned "Take a deep breath - hold it - thank you Ward 16 RAF Hospital Northallerton'.
Cartoon 2 is a man in a hospital bed. Its is annotated 'Miles & Miles of Smiles? Oooh! Oooh!…
Cartoon 2 is a man in a hospital bed. Its is annotated 'Miles & Miles of Smiles? Oooh! Oooh!…
Dennis Moore Autobiography
Dennis Moore's autobiography, compiled and edited by his son, Terry Moore.
Account of Wellington making emergency landing on German occupied airfield
Gives account of event when Wellington W5421 of 12 Squadron landed on fire at Antwerp Deurne on 5/6 August 1941. Notes that all crew except Jack Newton became prisoners of war He became the first airman to reach UK using the Comète escape line.…
Naked woman mural
A drawing on a wall of a naked woman wearing a hat. On the reverse is 'Calcutta'.
Letter from Robert Wareing to his wife Joan
He writes that the months of waiting are dragging, but to be patient. He mentions that he has been making a few drawings in his Prisoner of War log book and one of his room-mates has given him a painting of the view outside of their window to put in…
An ode to the Daylighters of 106
Eleven verse poem or song concerning a daylight operation against the Gneisenau in Brest. Mentions Spitfire escort, Me 109. On return most aircraft were damaged by anti aircraft fire. Annotated 'Written by one of our sergeants'.
Flower Embroidery
A vase and flowers embroidery
Cherub on a Leaf
A cherub lying on a leaf with a dragonfly. Handwritten on it is '1944 4th May casting from aluminium alloy Lancaster crash ME749 Bernard Citeaux'.
On the reverse is stamped 'Depos 207'.
On the reverse is stamped 'Depos 207'.
Frank Fertich's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
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Frank Fertich’s Flying Log book as air gunner covering the period from 24 January 1944 to 17 April 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as air gunner. He was stationed at RCAF Mont Joli (9 B&GS), RAF Wellesbourne Mountford (22…
Robert Wareing's prisoner of war log
He says there is much time to reflect while in prisoner of war camp. He writes of his life prior to becoming a prisoner. his wife, her qualities, what attracted her to him and her activities. He continues with comment on the support of friends. He…
Our Joan
Four verse poem concerning Joan
Another 'Op'
A poem about flying operations.
Jimmy
A poem about a colleague who was missing in action.
To every man there
A religious poem about the ascent of the soul
Landing Incident Cartoon
Cartoon of a landed Tiger Moth with pilots standing to the side, surrounded by kittens with the caption; “Don’t ever land like that again Sutton!!” Submitted with caption; “Comical”.
Hill Topics Vol. 1 No. 2 December 1943
A newsletter produced by the No 31 Bombing and Gunnery School, Picton, Ontario. It contains stories, mini-biographies of station personnel, poems, reviews of Picton cafes, a pantomime, news and views, sport and entertainment and cartoons.
1944 Christmas menu
Menu for Christmas meal at RAF Abu Sueir in 1944. Decorated border and artwork top and bottom.
Cartoon
Cartoon from John Allnutt's time in UK with images of people and aircraft.
Caricature
Drawing of man wearing check shirt and trousers holding a cigarette.
Stardust
Five verse song or poem about Bomber Command operations
Blind flight certificate
From Napier Field, Alabama certifies Donald Cameron had successfully completed course of instrument flying. Cartoon goose artwork. Submitted with caption 'Blind Flight Certificate Napier Field Alabama 1943 Don Cameron 173516'.
Martinet and Milfield airfield
Top - titled 'Milfield X Squadron'. Copy of a painting of side view of an airborne Martinet in brown and green camouflage flying to left with fields below. Captioned 'A Martinet flying over Milfield. Copied from a painting by Noel Wooding'.
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