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Dawn Patrol
A poem titled Dawn Patrol
To the Ivory Boys
A poem titled To the Ivory Boys and signed Anon.
The Pilots
A poem titled The Pilots
The Clubberwocky
A poem titled The Clubberwocky. It is from Alice Aforethought - Guinness Carrolls. 1938.
Peter Hattersley's prisoner of war notebook
During his incarceration at Stalag Luft 3 Peter Hattersley kept a note book describing subjects that were important to him. There is a list of books that he read, his cash accounts, a list of books to read, places to visit, sailing notes, extracts…
Ode to Last Year
A three page poem about happiness with another person.
Ode to the skies - up there
24 lines of a poem about flying, signed by Peter Hattersley
Wooden box with 104 squadron crest and B-24
A small wooden box with a 104 Squadron crest, an image of a B-24 and the text 'Flak Ship'. Inside is a typed piece of paper with '1215793 F/Sgt Norton'.
The Bromoil Circle of Great Britain
A document written by Leonard W Dorricott describing his interest in Bromoil photography.
Leonard Dorricott
Head and shoulders portrait of Leonard Dorricott. On the reverse 'Feb 1946 at RAF Waddington Photograph of a pencil self-portrait via two mirrors.'
Air-Forceful Cartoons
A booklet of war time cartoons. The second page contains names, addresses and signatures of colleagues.
Caricature of Flying Officer 'Johnny' North DFC
Caricature of a man in uniform striding to the left with hands in pocket. Caption 'F/O Johnny North DFC, one of Path Finders Aces, Johnny North goes south - (Crafty 48")'.
Zola
Original cartoon drawing of woman with swirling dress used as basis of nose art for Denis Clyde-Smith's Lancaster. Annotated 'With love to the crew and ground crew of the Zola bomber from Zola'.
Turin, 9 Squadron, 18/19 November 1942
Commemorative picture of Lancaster for attack on Turin. In a circle at the top a Lancaster on the ground with engines running. Underneath a box with caption 'Turin, 9 Squadron, 18/19 November 1942'. At the bottom a box with crew names 'S/Ldr…
This stone was unlaid at Dusseldorf by 9 SQDN
Cartoon with two figures, both German officers. One is holding a candle, looking at an inscribed stone in ruined landscape. At the top in a dark sky a four engines bomber flying away in the distance. On the stone are the names of Denis Clyde-Smith's…
Interview with Rosemary Lapham
Rosemary Lapham is the daughter of Roy Chadwick CBE, the designer of the Manchester and Lancaster aircraft. She tells her father’s story. Her father was born in 1893 and when he left school at the age of fourteen he became a draughtsman at…
Interview with Les Rutherford. Four
Les Rutherford talks about the prisoner of war diary he compiled while an inmate of Belaria compound at Stalag Luft 3. Two months after arriving, he exchanged three chocolate bars for the notebook which became this personal memoir. He recollects…
Lancaster taking off
Lancaster over runway just after take off, airfield scene in background, another aircraft in circuit.
Metropolitan Police Christmas card
On the front the Metropolitan Police crest. Inside on left a salutation to 'Con and family (except me)' signed 'Dec'. Inside on the right a black and white drawing of car, policeman and mounted policeman by Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square London.
Harold Gorton
A side view cartoon of Harold Gorton. He is standing with his hands in his pockets. It is captioned 'Gort' and is signed 'Pat Rooney 1943'.
Model trains
Two model trains on track on bridge over stream. Note 'Models hand made by Keith Dexter 1933, Midland Compund Johnson Tank 4-4-0 in H.O. scale 3.5 mm/to the foot'.
Model Engineer exhibition certificate
Diploma of merit certificate awarded to K Dexter for an electrically driven working model of a Midland Compound locomotive.
Royal Air Force pilot
Head and shoulders portrait of a Royal Air Force pilot in uniform.
Leaf
A green, five lobed leaf on dark grey background, signed at the top right 'Arthur Coulton', and dated 9 April 1933. Signature at the bottom right. Captioned on the reverse 'William Arthur Coulton, Clifton, Age 8'.
Leaves
Two small overlapping oval leaves on brown background. Signed at the top right, 'Arthur Coulton, St II' and dated 29 September 1933. On the bottom right is the number seven. Captioned on the reverse: 'William Arthur Coulton, Clifton, Age 8'.