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Caricatures of Royal Air Force personnel
Eight drawings of caricaturing people in Royal Air Force of various ranks. All have captions explaining each drawing.
Bletchley Park
Four drawings. Top left drawing - a hut with tents in front and pathways bottom and right captioned 'RAF Church Green'. Top right drawing- a building on the left with a gate between it and a hedge. Wall and fields on the left. Captioned 'Bletchley…
Halifax Model
A pewter model of a Halifax on a stand. Information supplied with the collection identifies it as DK185. This aircraft crashed on Ilkley Moor with the loss of all crew.
Reg Lane
A head and shoulders sketch of Reg Lane.
Halifax Model
Two images of a Halifax model. It is mounted on a small stone.
Psalms of a flyer
Humorous verse about flyers with cartoon drawing of a padre on the right.
Bomber Command
Poem remembering Bomber Command airfields, countryside and bombers taking off, facing defences and returning, and those who did not return.
Imagination
Poem about the effect of losing a friend.
77 Squadron
Poem about aircrew and aircraft of 77 Squadron
To a wounded hero
Poem about losing a loved one and subsequent memories.
Stamford Bridge
Poem of memories of getting away to a little village
A Reverie
Poem, titled 'A Reverie'. Writes of June day, evenings, a winding river, sadness and remorse and losing friends.
Poem and official documents
Left page - A Lament. Poem about those left behind. By Lillian Wilson Gibson.
Right page. Top - A blank Royal Air Force Traffic Accident Report.
Bottom - Ration card for AWW1 Robinson J from RAF Pocklington.
Right page. Top - A blank Royal Air Force Traffic Accident Report.
Bottom - Ration card for AWW1 Robinson J from RAF Pocklington.
Lament
Poem lamenting death
To Gordon
Love poem about a romantic date with a young man.
Peace
Poem about men killed in action
Lost! afar in distant lands
Describes loss, the grief of survivors and hope for future redemption.
And every time that you see a plane
Poem about operations and missing airmen.
A prayer
Poem, prayer to those who fly.
Graduation Fever and Graduation Grub
Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1, 2 and 3 feature a cartoon drawn on the classroom blackboard. It includes an airman with a girl sitting on him, a drunken airman holding a union jack, a couple dancing, a coffin, a hangman, a graveyard and a…
Photo 1, 2 and 3 feature a cartoon drawn on the classroom blackboard. It includes an airman with a girl sitting on him, a drunken airman holding a union jack, a couple dancing, a coffin, a hangman, a graveyard and a…
Post card from Donald Baker to his mother
Christmas post card from Stalag Luft 1. Drawing of prisoner of war / Father Christmas on a Red Cross box.
Wandkalender 1948
The front page of a Flemish calendar. There is a colour drawing of an old woman.
Pat Norton
Pat Norton seated holding a portrait of himself in uniform with observers brevet.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Naked woman mural
A drawing on a wall of a naked woman wearing a hat. On the reverse is 'Calcutta'.
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'.