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Interview with Jack (John) Perry
Jack (John) Perry was orphaned at the age of six. He lived with family, a Children’s Home and various foster homes. Named Jack by his parents he was forced to be known as John when in children's homes, a name he continued to use during his RAF…
Interview with Honor Saunders
Honor Saunders lived through the London Blitz. She was initially evacuated but returned to London. Her father was a fire watcher and on one occasion took her to the road bridge near her home to watch London burning. Their own home was damaged by a…
Deutschlands Zukunft
Reports that the American Army has crossed the Rhine near Mainz and provides a summary of President Roosevelt’s report to the American Congress on the Yalta Conference: the need for Germany’s unconditional surrender; the nature of Germany’s…
Interview with Wal Goodwin
Wal Goodwin grew up near Melbourne, was conscripted in the Australian Army but was discharged due to his father’s reserved farming occupation. He later volunteered for the Australian Air Force and received his initial training of meteorology, Morse…
David and the RAF
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Account of Wing Commander David Donaldson's RAF career from his early interest in flying and joining the Royal Air Force volunteer reserve in 1934, call up in 1939 and operational tours on 149 Squadron, 57 Squadron, flight commander 156 Squadron…
Cyril Charles Goff's pilot’s flying log book. One
Pilot’s flying log book for Pilot Officer Cyril Charles Goff from 24 February 1942 to 18 October 1943, detailing training schedule and operations flown. Served at RAF Sleap, RAF Tilstock (Whitchurch Heath), RAF Newton, RAF Shawbury and RAF Grimsby…
Cigarette packet
An empty Dutch victory cigarette packet. These were dropped over the Netherlands to celebrate the Dutch Queen's birthday.
De verhouding tusschen werkloosheid en grootte der bevolking cartoon
The relation between unemployment and size of the population. A cartoon comparing the number of unemployed to the size of the population for Germany, USA, Great Britain and France.
Propaganda photograph
Newspaper cutting of two aircrew in cockpit of an aircraft. David Donaldson is on the left. Propaganda banners at the bottom.
From Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, dated Thursday 31 December 1942.
From Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, dated Thursday 31 December 1942.
Propaganda leaflet dropped prior to Operation Manna
Propaganda leaflet issued by Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces to the people of occupied Holland, advising and instructing them on how to deal with relief food drops. Original in Dutch and English translation.
A háború elveszett
The war is lost and Hungarian people must rebel against the Germans and their allies. In order to save their country they have to sabotage transportation, damage industrial plants and factories, resort to strike, walkout and mass demonstration. The…
Te Is Mosod Kezeidet?
President Roosevelt, speaking on behalf of the Allies, solemnly promises that all Holocaust perpetrators will be prosecuted. This applies not only to the leaders but to the ranks and file who carried out their orders, in Germany and elsewhere. Those…
Români
A Romanian language propaganda leaflet dropped by the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Force.
A Kedesdelem Ara
Hungary is one of the few countries still aligned with Germany despite widespread damage inflicted by Allied bombing: MAVAG works, Szolnok, Szob, Budapest East and South, Baja, Nyiregyhaza, Cegled, Miskolc, Szekesfehervar, Hatvan, Csap, Szatmar,…
Cinci Ani de Minciunu Naziste
Five years of Nazi lying [Romanian]. A propaganda leaflet dropped on Romania by the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Force. It includes a list of statements made by senior Nazis. On the reverse is a list of Allied radio stations…
Ploestii in Ceata
A propaganda leaflet in Romanian referring to Ploestii oil refinery.
Pobjeda, November 1944
Celebrates the achievements of the allies of Yugoslavia and describes the progress towards the goal of world peace.
The first article, "The Foreign Policy of the U.S.A.", is written by U.S. Minister of the Foreign Affairs Cordell Hull. It deals…
The first article, "The Foreign Policy of the U.S.A.", is written by U.S. Minister of the Foreign Affairs Cordell Hull. It deals…
Italia Combatte
Italian language newspaper
Luftpost Ausgabe Süd, Nummer 40
Propaganda leaflet to be dropped in Germany and Austria.
Luftpost Ausgabe Süd Nummer 25
Propaganda newsletter to be dropped in Germany and Austria.
Eichenlaubträger Generalfeldmarschall Paulus an die Deutsche Wehrmacht und das Deutsche Volk
A call from the German Field Marshall Friedrich Paulus to his comrades and to the German people via radio 'Freies Deutschland' while he is a prisoner of war in Russia. After a call for reflection in August 1944 he feels he has to speak again despite…
Luftpost Ausgabe Süd, Nummer 28
Propaganda leaflet to be dropped Germany and Austria.
Propaganda leaflet
A leaflet dropped into Russian speaking territory by the RAF/USAAF
Soldaten-Nachrichten
A newsletter issued for propaganda purposes, in German