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'Girls, girls, girls' - Stalag Luft 3
Top left - blurred image of three actors on stage. Captioned 'E12 "Girls, girls, girls", Stalag Luft 3, Mar 43'.
Top right - Blurred image of two actors on stage. Captioned ' "Girls, girls, girls", Stalag Luft 3, Mar 43'.
Second row left - two…
Top right - Blurred image of two actors on stage. Captioned ' "Girls, girls, girls", Stalag Luft 3, Mar 43'.
Second row left - two…
Interview with David Bowker
David Bowker joined the Air Force and was originally training to be a wireless operator / air gunner but remustered as a pilot. He discusses rudder lock on early versions of Halifax. Jacqueline Bowker his wife, discusses her life during the war and…
Tags: 103 Squadron; 150 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; briefing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Hurricane; lack of moral fibre; Lysander; Magister; military living conditions; military service conditions; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-); RAF Cardington; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Pershore; RAF Rufforth; RAF Shawbury; RAF Snaith; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
La Ricamerie factory
Low level oblique aerial photograph showing large bright explosions in the centre with a building to its left. Another building further left appears to be on fire. On the reverse 'Cam 2, Ops 142, Daylight/Night attack on La Ricamerie, Date 10/11-3…
Mary Wards' dog tags
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force dog tags issued to 893293 Mary Ward tied with ribbon.
'Aladdin' - Stalag Luft 3
Top left - poster showing eight characters and dancing girls and title 'Aladdin - Stalag Luft 3, 1942'. Captioned 'D33 NCOs Panto "Aladdin" Stalag Luft 3, J[..}'.
Top right - two actors on stage sitting with mannequins across their knees. Captioned…
Top right - two actors on stage sitting with mannequins across their knees. Captioned…
'Aladdin' - Stalag Luft 3
Top left - a blurred image of six actors on stage, Captioned 'D31 NCOs Panto "Aladdin" Stalag Luft 3, Jan'.
Top right - blurred image of a number of actors on stage. Captioned 'NCOs Panto "Aladdin" Stalag Luft 3, Jan 43'.
Second row left - a…
Top right - blurred image of a number of actors on stage. Captioned 'NCOs Panto "Aladdin" Stalag Luft 3, Jan 43'.
Second row left - a…
'Aladdin' and 'Girls, girls, girls' - Stalag Luft 3
Top left - seven actors on stage four in rear and three kneeling in front. Six are wearing conical hats and a man in the centre front row a dinner jacket. Captioned 'D31 NCO's Panto "Aladdin", Stalag Luft 3 Jan'.
Top right - number of actors…
Top right - number of actors…
'Aubrey Goes West' - Stalag Luft 1
Top left - Full length view of four men dressed in cowboy outfits standing in front of wooden hut. Captioned 'B10 "Aubrey Goes West", Stalag Luft 1, 41'.
Top middle - two men dressed as cowboy and cowgirl standing in front of wooden hut. Captioned…
Top middle - two men dressed as cowboy and cowgirl standing in front of wooden hut. Captioned…
'Bums on Broadway' - Stalag Luft 3
Top left - poster showing a man and a woman and title "Bums on Broadway". Captioned 'D9 poster for "Bums on Broadway"'.
Top middle - three actors on stage, two dressed in suits and the middle on in uniform with peaked cap. Captioned 'D19 "Bums on…
Top middle - three actors on stage, two dressed in suits and the middle on in uniform with peaked cap. Captioned 'D19 "Bums on…
'For the Love of Mike' - Stalag Luft 3
Top row left - blurred image of two actors on stage with window in the background. Captioned 'E33 "For the love of Mike", Stalag Luft 3, Mar 43'.
Top row right - blurred image of one actor standing over another who is sitting in an armchair. In the…
Top row right - blurred image of one actor standing over another who is sitting in an armchair. In the…
'Girls, girls, girls' - Stalag Luft 3
Top left - actor dressed as woman standing on stage. Captioned 'E10 "Girls, girls, girls", Stalag Luft 3, Mar 43'.
Top right - line of actors mostly dressed from as women with short skirts in line on stage. Captioned ' "Girls, girls, girls", Stalag…
Top right - line of actors mostly dressed from as women with short skirts in line on stage. Captioned ' "Girls, girls, girls", Stalag…
'Home and Beauty' - Stalag Luft 3
Top middle - poster and cast list for 'Home and Beauty'. Captioned 'F1 show poster'.
Centre left - four actors on stage, two in uniform, one dressed as a woman, one in pyjamas. Captioned 'F2 "Home and Beauty", Stalag Luft 3, Apr 43'.
Centre right…
Centre left - four actors on stage, two in uniform, one dressed as a woman, one in pyjamas. Captioned 'F2 "Home and Beauty", Stalag Luft 3, Apr 43'.
Centre right…
'Home and Beauty' - Stalag Luft 3
Top left - blurred image of five actors on stage in a variety of costumes. Captioned 'F8 "Home and Beauty", Stalag Luft 3, Apr 43'.
Top right - blurred image of two actors, one dressed as women embracing on stage. Captioned 'F7 "Home and Beauty",…
Top right - blurred image of two actors, one dressed as women embracing on stage. Captioned 'F7 "Home and Beauty",…
'If I don't come back' documentary newspaper cuttings
Cutting 1 is a small photograph of a Lancaster and for of the crew with the time and day of the airing of the documentary.
Cutting 2 is an explanation of the idea of why the documentary was made and some detail about what inspired it.
Cutting 3 is…
Cutting 2 is an explanation of the idea of why the documentary was made and some detail about what inspired it.
Cutting 3 is…
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; RAF Waddington
'Jack and the Beanstalk' - Stalag Luft 1
Top left - on stage, two actors dressed as women standing on the left and a man and woman sitting on the right. Captioned '[..] "Jack and the beanstalk", Stalag Luft 1, Xmas'.
Top right - head and shoulders image of two actors dressed in bonnets.…
Top right - head and shoulders image of two actors dressed in bonnets.…
'Let's Go Mad' Programme
A programme for the revue 'Let's Go Mad' presented by The Station Revue Company at RAF Boscombe Down.
Also included are a pass out and an invitation to a dance at RAF Stradishall.
Also included are a pass out and an invitation to a dance at RAF Stradishall.
'Meet Mrs Mandon' - Stalag Luft 3
Page titled 'Meet Mrs Mandon, Stalag Luft 3, Nov 1942'
Top left - Blurred image of fourteen men in two rows wearing a variety of civilian dress. Captioned '[..] "Meet Mrs Mandon", Stalag Luft 3. Nov'.
Top right - two actors, one in white waiters…
Top left - Blurred image of fourteen men in two rows wearing a variety of civilian dress. Captioned '[..] "Meet Mrs Mandon", Stalag Luft 3. Nov'.
Top right - two actors, one in white waiters…
'Ops' with the Howard Crew
Two photographs and one reverse. One shows seven aircrew posed underneath their aircraft. Four are standing behind, with two on one knee in the front row, on a tarpaulin, and the pilot sat cross-legged in the middle. They are on a dispersal. Airfield…
's-Hertogenbosch [place]
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'The Merchant of Venice' - Stalag Luft 3
Top left - poster for the "Merchant of Venice". Captioned 'E20 show poster'.
Top right - five actors in medieval costume, two as women, all on stage. Captioned ' "Merchant of Venice", Stalag Luft 3, Apr 43'.
Centre left - two actors in medieval…
Top right - five actors in medieval costume, two as women, all on stage. Captioned ' "Merchant of Venice", Stalag Luft 3, Apr 43'.
Centre left - two actors in medieval…
'The Merchant of Venice' - Stalag Luft 3
Top left - blurred image of two actors on stage dressed in medieval costume. Captioned 'E26 "Merchant of Venice", Stalag Luft 3, Apr'.
Top right - blurred image of three actors in medieval costumes on stage. Captioned ' "Merchant of Venice", Stalag…
Top right - blurred image of three actors in medieval costumes on stage. Captioned ' "Merchant of Venice", Stalag…
'Thru' the Music Sheet' - Stalag Luft 3
Top left - a line of seven actors on stage - three dressed as women. In the background a wall with music score. Captioned 'F25 "Thru' the music sheet", Stalag Luft 3, June 43'.
Top middle - poster for show "Thru' the music sheet". Captioned 'F11…
Top middle - poster for show "Thru' the music sheet". Captioned 'F11…