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- Tags: sport
Football match in prisoner of war camp
Tags: prisoner of war; sport
Rugby Team
On the reverse of the photograph, “Back row left to right. Wing Commander Twiggs, Group Captain Evans-Evans, Group Captain Ingham”.)
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The Bochlwyd Buttress
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Fred Richardson and Classmates at the Pool
On the reverse 'F. Richardson (marked with a cross) Sutton Council School, Yorkshire Swimming Class'.
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Officers advanced school - notes for students
Pilot to Navigator - Where are we?
Tags: 100 Group; 4 Group; 425 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; bomb aimer; C-47; Caterpillar Club; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; entertainment; evading; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; military service conditions; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Bottesford; RAF Cosford; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Manston; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Snaith; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wing; Red Cross; Resistance; shot down; sport; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; Sunderland; target indicator; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Saigon and Bangkok
Photo 1 is a swimming pool at Saigon with airmen relaxing.
Photo 2 is a view from the veranda of the Transit hotel, Saigon.
Photo 3 is a view from the billets at Bangkok.
Photo 4 is the control tower at Bangkok.
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Saigon Swimming Pool
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Lebong Racecourse
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Letter from Herbert Adams to his mother
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Rivers Man - Sports Day Parade and Airmen
Photo 1 and 3 are airmen dressed up with signs about training. Two men are on horses in photo 3.
Photo 2 is seven airmen, captioned 'Waiting for the train from Brandon, Man'.
Photo 4 is six airmen sitting on the…
Tags: aircrew; RCAF Rivers; sport; training
Letter from Herbert Adams to his mother
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Tags: RAF Llandwrog; sport
Letter from Herbert Adams to F Bruce Adams
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Tommy Knox's physical training instructor's certificate
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are…
Tags: physical training; RAF Cosford; sport; training
Seeding the Storm
Tags: 19 OTU; 207 Squadron; 220 Squadron; 58 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; animal; anti-aircraft fire; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; Harvard; Lancaster; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; pilot; promotion; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Driffield; RAF Kinloss; RAF Langar; RAF Morton Hall; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Pocklington; RAF Spilsby; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Worthy Down; Shackleton; sport; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley; wireless operator
My experience as a prisoner of war in Germany 1943 - 1945
Tags: 428 Squadron; 6 Group; aircrew; bale out; bombing; C-47; crewing up; Dulag Luft; entertainment; escaping; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Middleton St George; Red Cross; shot down; sport; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 3; the long march; training
Behind Enemy Lines
Tags: 218 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Dulag Luft; entertainment; escaping; Gneisenau; Hurricane; Me 110; memorial; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Marham; RAF Tangmere; Scharnhorst; shot down; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington