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PRookeFC-J17020017.jpg
Three photographs from an album.
#1 is a view of a Harvard instrument panel.
#2 is an aerial view of Miami from the west.
#3 is an aerial view of the airfield, captioned 'The airfield as it used to be'.

PRookeFC-J17020011.jpg
Two photographs from an album.
#1 is a Cornell captioned 'Some one solo'.
#2 is an airman standing at the back of a bus, captioned 'The bus that transports us'.

PRookeFC-J17020009.jpg
Three photographs from an album.
#1 Dick and Jack sitting on a fence in Miami Park.
#2 Three airmen and a dog, captioned 'The boys with Peter, RIP'.
#3 is six airmen at the Post Exchange captioned 'Post Exchange Sunday morning. Jack and I against…

PRookeFC-J17020002.jpg
The title page to the photo album with, handwritten, -
'FC Rooke RAF
A Chronicle of Events
at No.1 BFTS
Miami Oklahoma USA
From Feb 8th 1944'.

BRookeRRookeRv1.pdf
Autobiography of his early years. Mostly his training in the States.
Also included is an extract from Eleanor Roosevelt's diary, dated September 24, 1942. This includes a thank you letter from RAF trainees who were treated to American hospitality by…

PQuineJW16020253.jpg
Top left - oblique aerial photograph of a town with river running from bottom to top right. Captioned 'Miami looking S.E.'.
Middle right - oblique aerial photograph of a town in middle distance with part of cockpit coaming and tailplane visible.…

PQuineJW16020248.jpg
Top left - oblique aerial photograph of fields with buildings bottom right. Part of wing visible at bottom. Captioned 'The field from 2000''.
Top right - oblique aerial photograph of town in middle with open countryside beyond. Part of wing visible…

PQuineJW16020071.jpg
Oblique aerial photograph of fields. Railway runs up from bottom centre and crosses a road which curves away. Looking east towards Miami which is lost in the distance. At the bottom, part of aircraft. Captioned 'Miami through the mist'. Includes is a…

PQuineJW16020047.jpg
Top left - view over open countryside. Captioned 'View from Timber Hill'.
Top right - view of a stream with trees on far bank. Captioned 'Ice at Timber Hill'. Bottom left - three men wearing tunics in a wood. The man in front is carrying a woman.…

PCooperJ1602.jpg
John was a founding member and corporal at his local Air Training Corps. He would cycle to local airfields to get a flight in different aircraft. He volunteered for the RAF in 1942 and was, finally, called up to Lord’s Cricket Ground in November…
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