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PBraithwaiteW19010047.jpg
The photograph on the left page shows a Lysander, the number "460" can be seen on the under side of the aircraft's left wing. The photograph on the right page is an air-to-air photograph of a group of Lysanders flying.

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PHuntWR2002.jpg
A group of airmen and a dog on the grass in front of an aircraft. In the back right of the photograph the nose of a Lysander and some military buildings can be seen.

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PHuntWR20010018.jpg
Top left shows the prototype Lysander K6127 standing on the grass with buildings in the background.
Top Right shows T E Lawrence's grave.
Middle left shows airmen attaching bombs to an aircraft
Middle right shows a line of Hawker biplanes standing…

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MAnkersonR[Ser#-DoB]-180129-03.pdf
A list of aircraft with a brief description of each one with size, construction, engine, armament and observation details.

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MHitchcockJS740899-170926-33.jpg
A brief extract of John's service life.

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MRosserLV745193-190517-09.pdf
Calculations and total flying hours on all aircraft flown.

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MRosserLV745193-190517-060001.jpg
List flying hours on Halifax, Whitley, Wellington, Anson, Oxford, Hurricane, Defiant, Martinet, Lysander, Hind and Magister. Provides breakout of 2nd pilot, dual, 1st pilot, day and night, solo and total flying. Last page has additions of hours.

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MWierT500238-170122-01.pdf
Tadeusz record of flying at No 48 M.U for years 1952 to 1958. Lists aircraft types and hours by month.

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PMonksMA17010077.jpg
Top - view of distant line of two Lysander and a Bolingbroke parked on airfield. Bottom - view from the ground of a Bolingbroke flying left to right at low level across airfield. Captioned 'Bolingbrokes and Lysanders, 7 B&G School'.

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PBurtonE20010006.jpg
An airborne Lysander taken from below silhouetted against a cloud.

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PPeckP16010027.jpg
14 photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a port side view of a Harvard, annotated 'My Harvard (line!)'.
Photo 2 is a view of the front of a Lysander, annotated 'A Lysie' (No 1 Hangar)'
Photo 3 is an airman posing at the cockpit of a Harvard…

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MAutonJ[Ser#-DoB]-170119-050001.jpg
A summary of the RAF's operations to support Tito's Partisan army in Yugoslavia.

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PThomasAF20080039.jpg
Photo 1 is a port side flying view. This is a Mk V with a twin tail.
Photo 2 is a port side flying view from slightly above.
Photo 3 is a starboard/front ground view.

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PSearleROJ17030050.jpg
Six photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a Spitfire ZX-K, annotated 'Spitfire'.
Photo 2 is the centre section of a Hurricane with an airman in the cockpit, annotated 'Hurricane'.
Photo 3 is a side view of a Vickers Victoria.
Photo 4 is a…

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PSeaggerA16010124.jpg
Winston Churchill and an officer on a desert airfield. Behind is a Lysander and another, smaller aircraft.

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PMadgettHR19030041.jpg
Top - rear quarter view of Oxford parked on airfield. Captioned 'Airspeed Oxford'. Bottom left - line of Oxfords in middle distance. Bottom right - front quarter view of Lysander parked on airfield. Captioned 'Westland Lysander'.

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MGeachDG1394781-160401-06.pdf
The first issue of The Dafoe Digest, a magazine produced by No 5 Bombing and Gunnery School, Dafoe. Each section on the base has had a chance to write a short article about their activities.

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MCluettAV120946-150515-15.pdf
Royal Air Force notebook for workshop and laboratory records containing a large number of hand drawn wartime cartoons including aircraft caricatures. On the cover '547557 AC2 Johnson' and '1209046 LAC Cluett 1940'.

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PHemsworthR15010017.jpg
A small model of a Lysander aircraft in Royal Air Force colours and a larger model of a carriage.

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EAkrillWEAkrill[Mo]420615-0001.jpg
Writes that his bicycle has arrived and has a good ride and it is now locked it up. Describes in some detail the local countryside and type of farming. Mentions flying to Western Isles and Ireland and had fun with Lysander used as gunnery target.…

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EAkrillWEAkrill[Mo]420515-0001.jpg
Bill describes his new location in Scotland as a desolate place, comparing it unfavourably with his previous stations: 'posh hotels, fashionable seaside resorts, country mansions'. Stranraer is about 12 miles away. Mentions that there are Ansons,…

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MDarbyCAH927893-180202-010013.jpg
An aircraft recognition card with a side photograph of a flying Lysander and on the reverse three silhouettes and technical details.

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PRosserLV19010018.jpg
Top - b/w postcard photograph of four Ansons airborne in formation. Captioned 'Avro "Anson" reconnaissance aircraft'. Captioned 'Queen of the air'.
Bottom - front quarter view of an airborne Lysander. Captioned 'Valentine's aircraft recognition…

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PMooreWT1506.jpg
Bill Moore grew up in Scotland and volunteered for the Royal Air Force. He completed 36 operations as a navigator with 138 and 161 Squadrons.

Please note: The veracity of this interview has been called into question. We advise that corroborative…

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MCurnockRM1815605-171114-0920001.jpg
A leaflet with silhouettes of aircraft listed for the second grade test of the Royal Observer Corps Club. There are side, plan and head-on views of 62 aircraft. 53 views are included for the second grade test.

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