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Certificate of enrolment
ACW2 Nicholls JE, No 2011088 on 19 June 1942. Stamped 8 June 1942
Memories of RAF Elvington
Posted to motor transport section of 77 Squadron at RAF Elvington in November 1942. Writes of duties, location and social activities. Mentions commanders and feeling part of the squadron. Posted to RAF Sandtoft in 1944. Gives dates of service June…
Set of identity disks
Two identity 'dog tags' orange and green. Orange has name Nicholls WAAF 2011688. Green unreadable.
Women's Auxiliary Air Force badge
Gold wreath with crown surrounding blue background and gold 'WAAF'. At bottom `1939-46'.
MT section RAF Sandtoft
Six servicemen wearing variety of uniform standing and six members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force sitting in front. Left front has a dog. In the background right, part of a hut. On the reverse 'MT Section, Sandtoft Aug 1944'.
Servicewoman
Head and shoulders portrait of a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force wearing tunic. On the reverse 'Remember this night darling, W, 13/9/44'.
Sylvia
Head and shoulders portrait of a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force wearing battledress. On the reverse 'To Nicky with best wishes from one of good old TT scroungers, Sylvia'.
Aileen
Head and shoulders portrait of a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force wearing battledress. On the reverse 'To Jill, the sweetest friend I have, Aileen'.
Betty
Head and shoulders portrait of a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force wearing tunic with corporal rank, On the reverse 'To Jill, one of the best from Betty 1943 xxxxxx'.
Jill Nicholls
Head and shoulders portrait of member of Women's Auxiliary Air Force wearing tunic and Cap.
Six photographs of people
Left page. Six men, three wearing Mae West and one in peaked cap and flying boots holding a teddy bear standing interspersed with three members of Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
Right page. Top - 36 members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force sitting…
Right page. Top - 36 members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force sitting…
Two photographs of people
Right page. Top a large group of servicemen and women, some sitting on the floor and other standing in a room decorated with bunting.
Bottom - two servicemen one wearing tunic and two members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirtsleeves…
Bottom - two servicemen one wearing tunic and two members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirtsleeves…
Photographs of people and aircraft and newspaper cutting
Left page. Top - Ground operations. Photograph of farm workers piling hay on a rick with a Halifax bomber behind.
Bottom - a large group of airmen, some with brevet standing in three rows wearing variety of uniform and caps.
Right page. Top left…
Bottom - a large group of airmen, some with brevet standing in three rows wearing variety of uniform and caps.
Right page. Top left…
Jill Nicholls mentioned in despatches
Cover letter and certificate for mentioned in dispatches award announced in London Gazette to Leading Aircraftwoman J E K Nicholls.
Reply to application to join Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Reply from WAAF recruiting office to Jill Nicholls application to join and noting that she would attend medical examination. On the reverse Form 2150W not filled in.
Jill Nicholl's MT course notebook
Includes don'ts for MT drivers, technical terms, notes on vehicle chassis and drive shafts, brakes, bearings, care and maintenance, inspections, controls and engines. Goes on with using maps and routes. Continues with lubricating systems, accident…
Letter from Corporal S Manasay
Letter from a Womwn's Auxilliary Air Force friend or colleague stationed at Maison Blanche in Algeria. Catching up with news and writing of her experiences in North Africa. She talks of other service woman as well as local people. She mentions her…
Sam Saunder's UK Training and Malta
A description of Sam's further training in the UK then operations at Malta.
Photo 1 is an informal group photograph with airmen, two WAAFs and three dummies.
Photo 2 is an air-to-air view of a Wellington.
Photo 1 is an informal group photograph with airmen, two WAAFs and three dummies.
Photo 2 is an air-to-air view of a Wellington.
Halifax Taking-Off
Halifax, 'SE-U' taking off watched by two women and five airmen. Information supplied with the collection dates it as 10.12.43 at RAF Tholthorpe.
Information supplied with the collection states 'Croft 10 December 1943. WAAFs wave farewell to the…
Information supplied with the collection states 'Croft 10 December 1943. WAAFs wave farewell to the…
Seven Airmen and Two WAAFs
Seven airmen sitting in a Nissen hut. The walls behind have been decorated with paintings or chalk drawings. Two WAAFs are working in the background.
Four Airmen and a WAAF
The four airmen are in a parachute store and are examining a drogue chute. A WAAF is looking on.
The image is annotated 'PL22178'.
The image is annotated 'PL22178'.
Halifax Taking Off
Three identical images of a Halifax, SE-U, taking off witnessed by two women and five airmen.
One is annotated 'S3.R 19900192-051#3'.
A fourth image is taken a few seconds later with the same people in the foreground.
One is annotated 'S3.R 19900192-051#3'.
A fourth image is taken a few seconds later with the same people in the foreground.
RAF Leeming Control Room Christmas Party
Two images on one photograph of a group of airmen and women having a party in the Control Room at Leeming, 1945.
Six WAAFs at Leeming
Six Women’s Auxiliary Air Force members grouped on the steps at RAF Leeming
Lecture to WAAFs
Rows of WAAFs listening to a lecture. At the front a civilian is pointing to a map of Germany.