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Letter from Terry Ford to his family. He writes about the weather, that he is now solo as his cousin Roy gave him extra instruction and about correspondence received.

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Letter from Terry Ford to his family. He writes that he is now awaiting his next posting and that he has had a good time doing different social activities. He describes falling through the ice and into the river and having to run back to base as it…

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Letter from Terry Ford to his family. He writes that he is in Winnipeg on leave for 13 days. He mentions that he had his wallet stolen before going on leave but his colleagues collected $25 so that he could still go on leave. He writes about his…

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Letter from Terry Ford to his mother and father. He writes that he is sending them socks and stocking with his friend Don as he is coming home.

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Letter from Terry to his family. He writes that his course has completed and he will be coming home soon. He mentions where some of his colleagues are being posted to. He also writes that he would have liked to stay in Canada a bit longer as the pay…

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Letter from Terry Ford to his family. He writes about family, friends and colleagues, about his social activities and his exams.

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Letter from Terry Ford to his family. He writes about family and friends, his social activities, and that his course is now coming to an end and is looking forward to finding out where he goes next.

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Letter from Terry Ford to his family. He writes about his weekend off and his activities, about the weather and about his course which is going well.

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Letter from Terry Ford to his family. He writes about correspondence he has received; about being congratulated on receiving his wings and commission; about family and friends; that he is enjoying his course and that he will be going on a 48 hour…

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Letter from Terry Ford to his parents. He writes thanking them for all the correspondence he has received. He writes about family, friends, about his social activities and his course which he is finding quite complicated.

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Letter from Terry Ford to his parents. He writes that he has been invited to go to New York with his uncle; that he had a day off; about the weather; going to the cinema and that the course is quite interesting. He also asks how all his family are.

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The telegram advises Terry Ford's father than he has received his wings and commission.

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Neill Chapman’s diary entries from 27th May to 1st June including a list of crew members and the results of their bombing trials.

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Pilots flying log book for W E Lucas, covering the period from 7 November 1940 to 18 February 1946. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Derby, RAF Montrose, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Honington,…

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Two photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is Terry Ford and his flight engineer, taken during flight from the bomb aimer's position.
Photo 2 is Terry Ford and his flight engineer taken from behind.

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PFordTA17110056.pdf
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is an airman at the ladder at the rear of a Lancaster, captioned 'D_-Day 50th Anniversary Who is This?'
Photo 2 is Terry Ford's crew standing in front of a Nissen hut, captioned 'Paddy Glover Reg Chappie…

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PFordTA17110055.pdf
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is Terry Ford at the ladder of his Lancaster, captioned 'Self. At entrance to our kite Y Yoke before going to Le Havre'.
Photo 2 is 14 Lancasters flying in formation, seen from the ground and captioned '75…

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PFordTA17110052.pdf
Two photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a head and shoulders image of Terry Ford at the controls of a Stirling, captioned 'Myself landing a Stirling III at Con unit, Chedburgh'.
Photo 2 is Harry in the rear turret of a Stirling, captioned 'Harry…

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PFordTA17110050.pdf
Two photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is three airmen and a steward in a cabin. They have large cases, captioned 'Inside of Cabin, Queen Elizabeth'.
Photo 2 is an airman in flying kit, carrying an aerial camera, captioned 'After a trip round Gulf…

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PFordTA17110049.pdf
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is an airman wearing an large hat, captioned Pete with Vic Cooney's hat. Size 7 5/8'.
Photo 2 is an unclear image of a cabin with two portholes, captioned 'Cabin of Q.E.'
Photo 3 is a view through a…

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PFordTA17110047.pdf
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is an airman and two civilians sitting in front of a sign for a park, captioned 'Pete Phil & Self at Prince Edward National Park.
Photo 2 is two civilians and an airman standing in front of a farm, captioned…

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PFordTA17110045.pdf
24 airmen arranged in three rows. All the airmen have pilot's wings.

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PFordTA17110042.pdf
Two photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a mock suicide of a man in pajamas hanging from a rope, captioned 'Frank couldn't face wings test'.
Photo 2 is a flying image of the starboard side of a Harvard '92', captioned 'SELF in formation with Don…

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PFordTA17110015.pdf
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is Alan Farrar in flying kit, standing in front of a Tiger Moth.
Photo 2 is Leo Harris in flying kit, standing in front of a Tiger Moth.
Photo 3 is an aerial photgraph of several Tiger Moths parked on a…

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PFordTA17110014.pdf
Six photographs from an album.
Photos 1, 2, 3 and 4 are head shots of Terry Ford flying, wearing a helmet and goggles.
Photo 5 is five airmen arranged around a table, captioned 'Crew Room'.
Photo 6 is an aerial photograp of a town viewed through…

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