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A group of ten airmen standing behind two rows of seven kneeling and four sitting Women's Auxiliary Air Force members. Five airmen wear peak caps and five side caps; two have half brevets on their uniform, one wears corporal stripes and one officer…

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Top left - full length image of an airman wearing battledress standing in long grass with a single story hut in the background. Captioned 'Mike'.
Bottom left - three-quarter length image of an airman wearing tunic and smoking a cigarette. Trees in…

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Over 50 airmen and Women's Auxiliary Air Force personnel in four rows (front row seated). On the reverse 'HT Ansell Front 3 from left'.

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A group of airmen and air women in uniform with some civilian women at a party in a Nissen hut. On the reverse 'April 12th Thorlthorpe'.

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Several airmen are visible sitting in a bus while a Women's Auxiliary Air Force corporal closes one of the rear doors. Two other men stand behind the bus. Two aircrew wearing Mae West/parachute harnesses stand to the left behind the bus. On the…

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Six airmen and member of Women's Auxiliary Air Force sitting round a table covered with documents, a mug and flask. In the background, other servicemen. Submitted with caption 'JB873 Briefing'.

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A large group of airmen and one WAAF arranged formally in three rows. On the reverse each individual is named. The photographer's stamp reads 'Colin Ross. 7 Ickenham Road Ruislip. Middlesex'.

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Several airmen are visible sitting in a bus with rear doors open. Three people including one woman and a man wearing Mae West stand to the rear of the bus. Three men, two wearing Mae West stand to the left and one man is walking past a car on the…

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Seven photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is groups of airmen on parade, annotated '1-4-43'.
Photo 2 is two men arms lined, one man in goggles, at the coast.
Photo 3 is four WAAFs beside a stone and thatch structure.
Photo 4 and 5 are groups of…

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A head and shoulders portrait of a woman in WAAF uniform.

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Head and shoulders portrait photograph of a Woman's Auxiliary Air Force airwoman in tunic and peaked cap.

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Front sheet of the album with Ruth's service number, rank and base.

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Tells of early life in London, joining the Woman's Auxiliary Air Force in 1941 and training as a driver. Relates experiences at RAF Scampton and then with 57 Squadron as a tractor driver pulling bomb trolleys. Subsequently went to East Kirkby.…

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An RAF pilot and a Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer both wearing tunics and peaked caps sitting side by side on a fence in front of a river. They are both holding overcoats. Submitted with caption 'Don Cameron and sister, Miriam Cameron, London…

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A Woman's Auxiliary Air Force and an RAF officer both wearing tunics standing either side of a woman wearing civilian jacket and skirt. They are standing line abreast on a path with low railings and shrubbery on the left and a building in the…

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Two versions of the same image. An RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot's wings and peaked cap standing alongside an officer of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force wearing tunics and peaked cap. Both standing by the railing of a bridge over river with…

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A colleague of Joyce Exton Wallace wearing miniature Polish wings. It is annotated 'To Cpl Exton From Anne'.

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

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A WAAF at the controls of an aircraft. On the reverse 'Mum - at the controls -RAF Iraq'.

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A WAAF in a horse drawn carriage, in front of ruins. On the reverse 'Malta. Your mum - in a Gharry RAF Malta 1944/5 en-route from HQ Air Command, Singapore to UK.' and, in pencil 'Mum in Malta Mum RAF Malta 1944'.

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A WAAF sitting on a donkey cart. On the reverse 'Mum - with RAF crew enroute from Singapore & Malta'.

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A cartoon of three parachute section WAAFs distressed by demands from airmen. The demands are annotated.
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