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- Tags: RAF West Freugh
- Type is exactly "Photograph"
Harry Brabin memoir
He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and…
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Bob Smith
#1 Bob in a hut with laundry hanging up to dry.
#2 A head and shoulders photograph of Bob in uniform with his navigator's brevet.
#3 A head and shoulders photograph of Bob in uniform, again with a…
RAF Stations visited by K Watson
Tags: RAF Brize Norton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Dunsfold; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Netheravon; RAF Sleap; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tarrant Rushton; RAF Tilstock; RAF West Freugh; RAF Westcott; RAF Wing; RAF Wyton; Stirling
45 Course bomb aimers
Photographs and memorabilia of Keith Thompson's time at West Freugh and on the OTU
Three photographs are captioned Port Patrick.
One, not captioned is of an aircrew sergeant standing in a country lane.…