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Chocolate and Sugar Confectionary Card
A ration card issued to Jose.
Embarkation Card
Four embarkation cards for the ferry to Fleetwood.
Jose Hayhurst Service and Release Book
RAF Form 2520B issued to Jose, detailing her wartime service.
Jose Hayhurst's Uniform
Jose's uniform - skirt, blouse, jacket, hat and belt - both sides. The reverse of the belt has badges from friendships.
Jose Hayhurst's Dog Tags
A set of dog tags issued to Jose.
RAF Equipment Receipt
RAF Form 675 listing WAAF equipment. The form has not been completed.
Brief Statement of Service and Certificate of Discharge
RAF Form 1394 issued to Joyce on compassionate grounds
Connie Thornhill's Service and Release Book
RAF Form 2520B issued to Connie.
Audrey Maud Saunders' service and release book
Service release book for Audrey Maud Saunders (ACW1, 2149007). Contains details and instructions for release from RAF service. Saunders was a teleprinter operator in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
Kathleen Cross's service and release book
Service and release book of Mess Steward Kathleen Cross from 10 April 1946 to 13 February 1946. The statement reads 'Corporal Cross has worked hard throughout her service career and her conduct has been very good'.
Kathleen Cross' uniform
Kathleen Cross' size 5 uniform consisting of skirt, jacket, with corporal stripes, and hat. Labelled: 'Cross 2053477'.
230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Scampton 1949
86 uniformed personnel of the occupational conversion unit including three women arranged in five rows in front of a Lincoln aircraft. David is standing far right in the third row. Nine men are sat cross legged on the grass with an alsatian dog in…
On behalf of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
From Major Miss Muriel Horrell expressing thanks for Peggy's loyal and faithful service and regretting her leaving.
From the commanding officer
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Providing details of of the air operation following which her husband, Warrant Officer John 'Jack' Crawford, had been reported missing. Advising that Jack had been held in high regard and that his personal belongings had been safeguarded and would be…
Letter to Miss K R Croft from the Air Ministry
Approval of the appointment of Miss K R Croft to the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in the rank of Section Officer.
Letter from Wing Commander H W Hall
Letter from Wing Commander H W Hall of 930 Squadron [sic] to the commanding officer of 'A' Flight. The letter thanks the special Women's Auxiliary Air Force crew for their patience and skill during filming.
Loose on the wind
Starts with a poem and then a series of stories which together form the memoirs of Harold Yeoman, an officer who served in Bomber Command during the war, initially as a pilot on Wellingtons and then as an Intelligence Officer. He relates his…
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of the social activities at RAF Cark, domestic arrangements and expected timelines for postings.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of the weather and life at RAF Silverstone.
A WAAF
Portrait of WAAF in uniform, head and shoulders, photographer Harold Moyse, Muswell Hill.
Interview with Joyce Colley
Joyce Colley grew up in Leicestershire and Somerset. She was working as a trainee hairdresser before she was conscripted into the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in 1944. After training she worked as a teleprinter operator in an underground bunker. She…
Interview with Mary Stanley Foister
Mary Stanley Foister grew up in Buckinghamshire, where her father's farm was taken over as Bomber Command Headquarters. She served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force after she left school. Following training, she had a number of administrative posts…
Interview with Muriel Blake
Muriel Blake was born in 1922 in Oakham, Rutland. Being interested in flying and aeroplanes from an early age, Muriel volunteered when her job prospects ended. Called up in 1944, she joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Being too short for driver,…
Harry Brabin memoir
Harry joined the Royal Australian Air Force on 25 June 1942 as a wireless operator/air gunner and received his initial training in Australia before going to Canada for his trade training.
He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and…
He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and…
Letter to Jessie from Harry Redgrave
Three-page handwritten letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. Harry writes about life in the RAF at his station in Yorkshire including observers being posted to Scotland, training and his social life in Doncaster.