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SCheshireGL72021v10076.jpg
From Royal Aircraft Establishment. Thanks him for enlargement of Limoges. Also thanks him for information about side-slip and add some experiences.. Mentions horizon and that they have received two Mustangs for marking. Would like to call at…

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MPotterPL1878961-150914-07.pdf
Starts with account of operation to Paris on 3 May 1944 when attacked by Me 109 and writes of crew actions. Continues with list of operations giving details of target, anti-aircraft fire, flight time, some bomb loads, events, results. From 3 August…

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MJonesTJ184141-220105-120105.jpg
View from below of an airborne North American Aviation P-51 Mustang.

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MJonesTJ184141-220105-120019.jpg
Side view of airborne North American Aviation P-51 Mustang.

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MWilsonRC1389401-170113-100001.pdf
Reg's account starting when he was shot down on an operation to Berlin. After Berlin he was transferred to Frankfurt for interrogation then by train to his camp. Camp life involved food, the preparation and acquisition of extra food by theft, trading…

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BCurnockRMCurnockRMv1.pdf
A memoir written by Dick Curnock. It covers his wartime service and also his service after the war for the RAF. It covers his brother Sam and his accident as a pilot. Dick started his training at Lords in London, RAF Bridlington then RAF Bridgnorth…

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NWeedenRC170409-06.jpg
Two articles. Both provide brief descriptions of RAF attack on Bonn.

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NWeedenRC170409-07.jpg
Article describing attack on Leuna synthetic oil plant and subsequent nights operations on three other targets. This was the fourth successive night attacks by the RAF on Germany.

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MRobertsEJH[See#-DoB]-170712-02.pdf
Victoires de la RAF en 1943
Air Marshal Sir Richard Peck describes large composition and successes of RAF during 1943 whilst underlining the threat still posed by Germany.

Les machines
Maintains Anglo-American aircraft production is four times…

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MDexterKI127249-170830-17.jpg
Note '21 January 1944, Murrell, 3 Km east of Magdeburg, the night fighter Heinkel 219-A-O- was shot down by P51 Mustang. Hauptman Manfed Murer was killed when a/c crashed'.

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SDryhurstHG1332214v10018.pdf
Account of 142 Squadron crew operation to Kassel wriiten by rear gunner Bob Henderson. Was attacked by night fighter and had to bale out. Continues with account of evading and capture. Reunited with wounded crewmates and transported to prisoner of…

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NParryHP-161011-010004.jpg
Account of Lancaster attack on the Nordstern benzol plant Gelsenkirchen escorted by Spitfires and Mustangs. Captioned '28.2.45'.

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MLeadbetterJ163970-160421-010082.jpg
Three silhouettes and three photographs. On the reverse of #1, 2 and 6 is 'Mustang 1'. On the reverse of #3, 4 and 4 is 'Mustang P-51D'.
#1 is a port side silhouette.
#2 is a frontal silhouette.
#3 is front/port aerial photograph.
#4 is…

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MLeadbetterJ163970-160421-010105.jpg
A port side view of a Mustang in flight. On the reverse 'Mustang (P-51D)'.

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PPowellNI19020051.jpg
Formation of two US Army Air Force P-51 over mountainous terrain.

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LRosserLV745193v3.jpg
Witten on page of log book a description of daylight operation to Dortmund marshalling yard on 12 March 1945. Was the largest daylight raid ever carried out by the RAF with over 1000 bombers escorted by squadrons of P-51 and Spitfires. Give some…

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PCavalierRG17010040.jpg
Photographs 1 and 2 are of a crashed Mustang, AL999, behind are two Bostons and Nissen huts. Captioned 'R.A.F. Hartford Bridge Crashed Mustang A/C, French Pilot uninjured. Sept 1943.'
Photograph 3 is the port side of a Boston 'D' with invasion…

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SGillK1438901v20029.pdf
Mentions training in Canada and qualified at navigator. List training on Wellington and one operational flight while at operational training unit at RAF North Luffenham December 1942 - March 1943. Continues to list training on Halifax and Lancaster…

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LKeelingRV82689v2.pdf
Pilot's flying log book for Robert 'Bob' Keeling covering the period 1 July 1943 to 23 October 1945 when he was a test pilot with the Royal Aircraft Establishment. In addition it covers the period 14 January 1946 to 26 November 1949 when Bob was a…

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MShawSR3002545-160211-18.jpg
A list of seven aircraft recovered by Stan Shaw and his team.

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YPittwoodJ1291454v1.pdf
Jack's record of events after his aircraft was shot down over France.

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MCurnockRM1815605-171114-015.pdf
News-sheet of the RAF ex-POW Association. This edition covers The Bomber War book review, Branch reports from East Anglia and the South West, details of the ex-Services Referral Agency providing support, the cash handout to Far East POWs, 40 Squadron…

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MCurnockRM1815605-171114-012.pdf
News-sheet of the RAF ex-POW Association. This edition covers a charity motorcycle rode commemorating Roger Bushell, Charles Hancock's Long March told by his daughter, Book reviews, Alfie Fripp's revisit to Stalag Luft 3, Goings-on at Zagan, a…

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MLovattP1821369-190903-74-01.pdf
A continuation of Peter's thesis on electronic warfare during the war.

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MLovattP1821369-190903-62-01.pdf
A thesis written by Peter in 2002, for his Phd.

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