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PWellsRG17010013.jpg
Photo 1 is a group of six including Dorothy and Norma, annotated 'The family at home'.
Photo 2 is Ray and Norma, annotated 'Lincoln'.
Photo 3 is Ray and colleague, annotated 'The Mess, Germany'.
Photo 4 is four airmen annotated 'The Gang'.
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Photo 1 is The Mess, annotated 'The Mess (English Corner)'.
Photo 2 is an airport terminal annotated 'Flughafen (Home of Flyers)'.
Photo 3 is a railway station annotated 'Klein Borstal Station'.
Photo 4 is a church, annotated 'Hamburg from the…

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Photos 1 and 3 are Second World War graves, Hamburg.
Photos 2 and 6 are anti-aircraft fire towers.
Photos 4 and 5 are 1914-1918 Great War Graves, Germany.
Photo 7 is a boat annotated 'The Mess Launch "Hazel" '.
Photo 8 is a passenger engine…

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Photo 1 is a statue of the Kaiser, annotated 'The Kaiser & his "Der Tag" '.
Photo 2 is a German War Memorial.
Photo 3 is the front of a large building annotated 'Hall of Justice'.
Photo 4 and 6 is the Bismarck statue, annotated 'Bismark "Blood &…

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Photo 1 is a bomb damaged view with a launch in the foreground, annotated 'The Old city from launch'.
Photo 2 is the dockyard with cranes , annotated 'Sunken shipping dock area'.
Photo 3 is a bridge with the city behind, annotated 'Hamburg from…

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PWellsRG17010018.jpg
Photo 1 is of three airmen seated with an Alsatian, annotated 'Off duty at the mess'.
Photo 2 is three airmen sitting, annotated 'On the launch with Bill & Tich'.
Photo 3 is five airmen in the mess, annotated 'Shooting lines in the Mess!'.
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Photo 1 is bomb damaged buildings, annotated 'The price they paid'.
Photo 2 is the Mess seen from the garden.
Photo 3 is a large building annotated 'The W/O's club Hamburg' and 'The Ship & Dragon'.
Photo 4 and 5 are Dakotas annotated 'Passengers…

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PWellsRG17010022.jpg
Photo 1 is an Alsatian annotated 'Juonk. The best German I knew & a grand pal'.
Photo 2 is three airmen and the dog annotated 'After lunch at the Mess.'
Photo 3 is a man with a top hat and a long brush, annotated 'German chimney sweep'.
Photo 4 is…

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PWellsRG17010024.jpg
Photo 1 and 2 are bombed buildings, annotated 'More rubble on the outskirts'.
Photo 3 is of buildings at the side of the river.
Photo 4 is the Sergeants' Mess & house in the background.
Photo 5 is prefab houses annotated 'The houses Hitler…

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P78Sqn17010027.jpg
A large group of airmen, mostly wearing battledress some with brevet, sitting at a long table eating. Several airmen are standing watching.

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Four airmen seated at table, three have visible sergeants rank, two with brevet and one with Canada shoulder patch. On the table plates, bottles of sauce and drink and a teapot.

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P78Sqn17010029.jpg
A sergeant pilot wearing battledress with brevet sitting at a table and drinking from a teacup. On the table a plate with baked beans and a teapot.

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A form with Muriel's RAF employment locations and dates.

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The Sergeants Mess laid out for a party. On the table are crests for 50 and 61 Squadrons. On the reverse 'April 20th 1945 Sgts Mess Skellingthorpe'.

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Three photographs and four leaflets captioned 'Escape Aids & Instructions 1. Book of Do's and Don'ts in the event of capture. 2 List of phrases. 3. Photographs sewn inside battledress for use on false papers'.
Items 1 to 3 are head and shoulder…

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PProbynEA17010021.jpg
Ron and Violet with best man, two bridesmaids and a third man, in a suit. There is also a chocolate and sweet ration card for No 2 Sergeants' Mess, RAF Cosford.

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The cover of a programme of events at the Presentation of the Squadron Standards at Waddington on 15 June 1967.
A second document is an invitation to a reception in the Officers' Mess for Ernest and his wife.
A third document is an invitation to…

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Four WAAFs seated on benches at a trestle table, eating.

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For mess at Mauripur Sind, SEAAF Christmas 1945. Includes wine list, list of toasts and Christmas day dinner menu. On the back are signatures.

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RAF Snaith dinner menu with signatures on reverse.
Sgt H.E. Wakefield F/Eng written at the top.

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Menu for Christmas eve dinner 24 December 1945. On the reverse signatures and location: RAF officers' mess Mauripur, Karachi, Sind, India.

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Christmas greetings and Christmas dinner menu.

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Top left - group of five airmen, three wearing khaki uniform sitting in chairs in front of a building. Captioned 'Outside mess, Jan 1941, Heliopolis, Cairo'.
Top right - flying boat airborne above a river with trees on left bank. Captioned 'BOAC…

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Invitations for Bill Doran's wife to an annual ball, a dance and an annual ball at three different locations. after the war.

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A menu for the officers' mess.

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