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Drawing of man wearing check shirt and trousers holding a cigarette.

Clive Coombes grew up on Royal Air Force stations, eventually joining and serving for 37 years before retiring in 2014. During this time, he served across the globe, including in Australia and Germany, as a ground branch officer. Clive outlines his…

Jack standing in front of reproduction Wessex, squadron buildings in background. Reverse captioned '18 Sqn leaving RAF Gutersloh 1977 Helicopter specially made'.

Cutting reporting that 41 Squadron had been disbanded at RAF Coningsby in March 1977, also a small colour image of the RAF Coningsby badge and the invitation to Jessie Thompson to attend the 41 Squadron disbandment party.
A news cutting reporting…

In the foreground a man wearing glasses (Barnes Wallis) looks up to the left, shading his eyes, at a Vulcan aircraft flying low over a white two story house. In the background left are trees. On the reverse 'Vulcan over White House on BNW 90th…

View of the underneath of the Vulcan Aircraft over trees. Photograph reported to be Vulcan flying over White Hill House on Sir Barnes Wallis' 90th birthday. Donated by his daughter Mary Stopes-Roe. Additional information about this item was kindly…

View of the underneath of the Vulcan Aircraft in a climb. At the bottom trees and roofs of houses. Photograph reported to be Vulcan flying over White Hill House on Sir Barnes Wallis' 90th birthday. Donated by his daughter Mary Stopes-Roe. Additional…

Close up of the underneath of the Vulcan Aircraft. Photograph reported to be Vulcan flying over White Hill House on Sir Barnes Wallis' 90th birthday. Donated by his daughter Mary Stopes-Roe. Additional information about this item was kindly provided…

Jack Jarmey was born in Romford Essex. At the age of five. following the death of his father, Jack moved to live with his grandparents in Illfracolme. Despite excellent results in all his subjects at Grammar School Jack left school at 15 to work in…