#1 a group of trainees arranged in four rows, captioned ' 'C' flight ISQD 13 ITW Torquay (1943)'
#2 is a head and shoulders portrait of Robert Wilfred Hawkes with a trainees cap.
#3 is three trainee airmen standing in front of their huts, captioned 'Moncton, New Brunswick 1943'.
#4 and 7 are men and their kit bags, captioned 'Posting from Mountain View'.
#5 is three airmen in front of a Bolingbroke at Mountain View, 1943.
#6 is a front view of a Bolingbroke at Mountain View, 1943.
#8 is a group of trainees leaning over the promenade balustrade which is strewn with barbed wire, captioned Dinghy Drill' 'From "Daily Mirror" Torquay'.
#9 and 10 are Robert Wilfred Hawkes and colleague walking along Torbay road, Torquay in trainee uniform.
#11 is a head and shoulders portrait of Robert Wilfred Hawkes in khaki and a trainee cap.
#12 is a view of Chatham with a hut in the snow.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Places]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Torquay]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> New Brunswick--Chatham]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Trenton]]> Ontario--Belleville]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1943]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> 1942-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> 1943-07]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> 1943-04]]> Two notes giving biographic details and record of service.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson
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Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--East Lothian]]> England--Devon]]> England--Torquay]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Peterborough]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Stafford]]> 1945-01-28]]> 1940-05-08]]> 1946-11-05]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945-01-15]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Torquay]]> 1942]]> 3 Squadron, RAF]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Torquay]]> 1943-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> 1943]]> Photo 2 is a head and shoulders portrait of Doug Petty with a pipe in his mouth, captioned 'Newly commissioned Pilot Officer 1944'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> Photo 2 is a head and shoulders portrait of an airman in a khaki top, captioned 'Leeming 1944'.
Photos 3 and 4 are two different groups of seven and eleven airmen at the side of an aircraft, captioned 'Leeming'.
Photo 5 is a group of five airmen, captioned 'Leeming'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1943]]> 1944]]>
Colour postcard, captioned 'Torquay Riviera', annotated 'Our Church for Sunday parades', 'Messing and billets in long white building'.
Postcard captioned 'The Harbour and Vane Hill', annotated 'Headquarters', 'Square bashing area'. This was St James’ Hotel, Victoria Parade, Torquay.
Postcard captioned 'The Harbour'.
Formal photograph of 48 airmen aircrew trainees and three staff, in front of St John the Apostle church, Montpellier road, Torquay.
Keith's Leave or Duty Ration Card issued by HQ No 3 Initial Training Wing.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> England--Torquay]]> 1941]]> 1942-01]]>