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Personnel
Photograph of two men in uniform standing together in front of a corrugated and a wooden building. Annotated 'Frank Davies' and 'Henry'. The second page has a photograph depicting seven women in skirts, shirts and ties. Some are wearing work coats.…
Personnel and wedding
Annotated 'West Malling' 'Lena Smith' a photograph of her in uniform, with corporal stripes, sitting on steps with metal railings leading to the open door of a brick building. On the second page, annotated ' Edna Evans (Sutton Bridge) and Leslie…
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force personnel
On a page annotated 'West Malling', eight head and shoulder portraits of Beryl Day, Pat Wilson, Kitty Argent, Joyce Donnelly, Iris Perks, Kitty (Yttie) Hanbrick, Pat Mead and Hilda Sladdin, seven of whom are in uniform. A second page annotated 'West…
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force personnel
Six head and shoulder portraits of uniformed personnel annotated 'Hilda Jaquest, Betty Davies, Grace Allen, Betty Gay, Ivy King and Marjorie Crust'. On the second page is a full length photograph annotated ' Pat Dickens'. She is bare footed, wearing…
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force personnel
Ten head and shoulder portraits, eight in uniform. Annotated on page one Kay Clarke, Sybil Orman, Edie Nash, Pat (Eve) McKenzie and Dorothy Tidpory. On page two, Pauline Leach, Irene Hill, Pat Dickens, Peggy Hammond and Connie Conzina. Both pages…
Ditching of Flight Lieutenant Frank Butterfield and 85 Squadron photograph
Reporting on the ditching of Flight Lieutenant Frank Butterfield and the plotting of the course of his return by his wife and him collecting his honours at Buckingham Palace. A photograph of 21 airmen in three rows; four seated on the ground, four in…
Penarth and RAF Peterborough
A photograph of 24 members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in three rows; the first row of eight sat either side of a member of the Royal Air Force wearing a side cap. The second and third rows, each of eight women, are standing. All personnel…
Newspaper cuttings
Viscount Clive with his daughter Davinia Herbert; acting Squadron Leader F D Hughes who was killed in action and an annotated picture of 'Flight Lieutenant Tony Stuart' in evening dress.
The second page shows Flight Lieutenant Anthony Stuart…
The second page shows Flight Lieutenant Anthony Stuart…
Parade
Two photographs, the first of uniformed Royal Air Force personnel seated on wicker chairs in an open lorry. A man in civilian clothes stands near the lorry's cab. There is a crowd of people watching, standing between a row of shops and the road.…
Telegram from John Madge to his fiancé to arrange leave on completion of his first tour in November 1943
Telegram and envelope addressed to ACW Butler c/o sergeants mess RAF Wing ,Leighton Buzzard.
Joyce Madge
Joyce in WAAF uniform with two colleagues.
The second shows Joyce together with a small child, on the reverse a date '1 Feb 19??'
The second shows Joyce together with a small child, on the reverse a date '1 Feb 19??'
RAF Wigsley Station Sick Quarters
#1 is five ground crew standing in front of two crash trucks.
#2 is 12 men and women from the SSQ staff.
#3 is 12 men and women in front of trucks, captioned 'Staff'.
#4 is a red and white control caravan.
#5 is an ambulance.
#6 is a Nissen hut…
#2 is 12 men and women from the SSQ staff.
#3 is 12 men and women in front of trucks, captioned 'Staff'.
#4 is a red and white control caravan.
#5 is an ambulance.
#6 is a Nissen hut…
Margaret, Snowy and Sergeant Thompson
#1 is Margaret and Snowy, Harby 1944.
#2 is Snowy and a man in dressing gown and pyjamas, 1944.
#3 is three airmen and two women with a horse and buggy at Eagle, 1943.
#4 is two airmen leaning on an ambulance, captioned 'Snowy & Sgt Thompson,…
#2 is Snowy and a man in dressing gown and pyjamas, 1944.
#3 is three airmen and two women with a horse and buggy at Eagle, 1943.
#4 is two airmen leaning on an ambulance, captioned 'Snowy & Sgt Thompson,…
Robert Logan's Family
#1 is a woman in a dress, captioned 'Auntie Gwlad'.
#2 is a an airman and a woman on a street, captioned 'Margaret & Snowy'.
#3 and 7 are airmen shooting in a frosty landscape, captioned '1945 [indecipherable]' and 'F/O TI Body 1945'.
#4 is a man…
#2 is a an airman and a woman on a street, captioned 'Margaret & Snowy'.
#3 and 7 are airmen shooting in a frosty landscape, captioned '1945 [indecipherable]' and 'F/O TI Body 1945'.
#4 is a man…
Margaret Agnew, Wigsley Ground Staff and Scotland
#1 is a portrait of a woman sitting on a tree stump, captioned 'Margaret Agnew Benoni'.
#2 is Station Sick Quarters staff at RAF Wigsley. Captioned 'Berry, Duncan, Gibbs, Williams, Corthine, Hobbley, Smith, Crowther, Sinclair, Green, Rattie'. Robert…
#2 is Station Sick Quarters staff at RAF Wigsley. Captioned 'Berry, Duncan, Gibbs, Williams, Corthine, Hobbley, Smith, Crowther, Sinclair, Green, Rattie'. Robert…
Dorothy Frances Lydiard Kellett
A head and shoulders portrait of Richard's wife, in uniform. On the reverse 'Group Captain R Kellett 738 St Luft III'.
Joyce Exton Wallace
A head and shoulders portrait. She has a shoulder flash and corporal stripes on her uniform and is wearing a crenelated tie pin. On the reverse 'Me aged 18yrs 1940' and the reference B26 941.
Interview with Joyce Exton Wallace. Six
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Joyce Exton Wallace recalls a conversation with an elderly man who expressed his disgust at women wearing trousers. He had seen her tying a barrage balloon's wing down whilst up a 14 foot ladder in the playing field of St. Edward's school.
Interview with Joyce Exton Wallace. Four
Joyce Exton Wallace recalls being put on a charge for insolence to a non commissioned officer. Joyce and her colleagues had missed the last train back to camp at Stanmore after attending a dance. She was reprimanded for reacting inappropriately to…
Interview with Joyce Exton Wallace. Three
Joyce Exton Wallace recalls a time when she was with barrage balloons protecting an army barracks in Barry when a dog stole their meat ration. It was subsequently replaced by locals pooling their own meat rations.
Interview with Joyce Exton Wallace. Two
Joyce Exton Wallace recalls a misunderstanding whist giving orders to inspect the barrage balloon bed wires which was misinterpreted as an order to inspect the wires of the 16 beds in the Nissen hut.
Interview with Joyce Exton Wallace. One
Joyce Exton Wallace recalls reattaching a loose barrage balloon with the help of the commanding officer.
Members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
A group of seven members of Women’s Auxiliary Air Force holding a folded barrage balloon with another one holding the balloon bag which has handles and a printed D on the side. There are vehicles behind and a hedgerow with a utility pole and…
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
Two member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force attending to the ropes and cables of an inflated barrage balloon. The ropes are held in place by anchors. The anchors nearest the balloon itself are sack covered whilst those further away are bare blocks.…
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
A group of eight members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirtsleeves and berets folding a barrage balloon. One Fordson Sussex balloon winch tender and two further vehicles. Hedgerow with utility pole with woodland beyond.