On the reverse is written: "From Mrs R Tempest Wilsford Nr Grantham. Please return this" and in a different hand: "To Eileen. All my love, Eddie."
There is also a company stamp.]]>
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The reverse of the photograph has 44 names and three signatures.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1965-01-24]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]> 1948-09-17]]> Bottom left and right, aerial views of an airfield, annotated '4 pages to do with Bob's work as test pilot Armaments Squadron. Farnborough'.
Right page: top left and right, a lifeboat being dropped from an aircraft. Middle, lifeboat on the sea with released parachute lines.
Bottom, splash landing of a lifeboat onto the sea with parachutes attached.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Great Britain]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> Middle and bottom, congratulations to Bob on his award.
Right page; top, title of the Vauxhall Mirror.
Middle, report of Bob's operational career and being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Sergeant A J Spires being awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
Bottom, a group of 32 men, 30 wearing half caps and two in officer's hats, with a dog in front of a Whitley aircraft, annotated 'Bob 2nd left' and '51 Sqn April 1941'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Czech Republic]]> Italy]]> Italy--Naples]]> Italy--Taranto]]> France]]> FrAnce--Dunkerque]]> Middle East]]> 1941-04]]> 1941-06-07]]> 1941-07]]>
Bottom, left head and shoulder portrait of a boy, annotated 'Nov 1963''.
Bottom right, portrait of a girl with toys, annotated 'Hilly'.
Right page: top left, group of four children and a woman in a field.
Top right the Three Horseshoe pub by a canal lock.
Middle left in a wood.
Middle right, penguins.
Bottom left canal boats in a lock.
Bottom right, two children and a woman on a doorstep.]]>
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Right page: top, Berkhamsted.
Bottom, Park View Road, Berkhamsted.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Berkhamsted]]>
Bottom; six children sat in a cart.
Right page: top, a group of seven men standing alongside an aircraft with a man standing in its open doorway, annotated 'Bob was engaged in charter flying immediately after the war. This was a delegation led by Lord Burleigh (3rd from left).'
Middle; left, car parked outside a house with wooden fence.
Right, aerial view of Berkhamsted.
Bottom, left, a man and boy standing in a garden, annotated, 'Edgar and David. Park View Road'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Berkhamsted]]>
Whitley aircraft, B-DY, C-DY and E-DY, flying in formation; bottom, crashed Whitley MH-H, annotated 'Usworth 17 11 40' and 'Sketch by Bob of the end of a bombing trip over Germany. It was an emergency landing at a fighter station and the Whitley overran the runway and broke its back on a bomb dump. Bob was 'Second Joe' (pilot)'.
Right page: top, targets in Mannheim.
Bottom, a group of 60 uniformed men standing in front of a Whitley aircraft annotated '51 Sqd 16.12.40. Bob is 6th from the left'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> 1940-11-17]]> 1940-12-16]]>
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Lower photograph: portrait of Septimus Robinson in officer's uniform with his observer brevet and medal ribbons.
Between the images is the caption: "My father above far left front row and below."]]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Also a handwritten page which states: "SEPTIMUS ROBINSON 18-9-1915 - 5-3-1986 A PHOTO TAKEN IN UNIFORM. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIS RANK."]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Left page: bottom left, Bob in uniform with a woman in civilian clothes annotated 'Christmas 1940'.
Bottom right, a woman and a man outside a cathedral annotated 'Ursula with her father. Lichfield 1940?'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Photograph]]> SKeelingRV82689v10011; SKeelingRV82689v10012;
SKeelingRV82689v10013; SKeelingRV82689v10014;
SKeelingRV82689v10015;
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Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Birmingham]]> 1940-10-04]]>
Top right a fjord.
Centre right, mountains and a river.
Bottom left, a ship annotated '938 to Norway'.
Bottom right, a church.
Right page: top left, head and shoulder portrait of Bob Keeling in uniform with pilot's brevet and VR badge on his collar annotated 'Bob 1940'.
Top right, menu from the Queen's Hotel annotated 'Bob and Judy.'
Middle left, head and shoulder portrait of Bob in uniform and cap. Middle right, Bob with an open topped car, annotated 'September 1940' and 'High Northwaite'.
Bottom left, two women and a man sat on a bench.
Bottom right, two images of Bob in uniform.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Things]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1940-09]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Physical object. Decoration]]> Physical object. Clothing]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-05]]>
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> 1945]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Technical aid]]> Map. Navigation chart and navigation log]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Caen]]> 1944-07-18]]>