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RAF Westcott sergeants' mess subscription card
Tags: mess; RAF Westcott
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Photographic section
Two men in suits, accompanied by six men in uniform walk by three single storey buildings with corrugated walls and roofs. Captioned: 'navigator's instruction block'.
An officer shakes hands with a man in a suit outside a building with…
Parade and inspection
Thirty three men in desert uniform and topees standing to attention in three rows with rifles and fixed bayonets.
Three rows of men in desert uniform and topees stand at ease. There are buildings and utility poles and wires beyond.
A man…
Tags: aircrew; mess; military service conditions; training
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Tags: bombing; mess; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lakenheath
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; mess; RAF Methwold; sport; wireless operator
Mess hall
Bottom: Looking across a road junction and wooded area to flat roofed buildings.
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Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; crash; mess; pilot; RAF Hendon; RAF Northolt; Wellington; Whitley
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
#1 Jack writes that the new block houses are very high standard. [Although the envelope is dated 20 February 1940, he makes a comment about no flying until after Christmas.
#2 Jack talks about a farewell party. They are going to…
Tags: aircrew; mess; RAF Scampton; RAF Wigsley
Mess hall
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Extract from The Hardest Victory
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 12 Squadron; 139 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; ground personnel; mess; navigator; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Binbrook; RAF Breighton; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Wymeswold; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Large group of servicemen at mess dining in
Tags: mess
Millson's "War & Peace" Abridged
Tags: 101 Squadron; 102 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); Gneisenau; ground crew; Halifax; mess; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Benson; RAF Bourn; RAF Desford; RAF Lyneham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rochester; RAF West Raynham; recruitment; Scharnhorst; searchlight; training; Wellington; York
Officers Mess bill
Farewell party, Officers' Mess, Waddington
On the reverse 'Taken at Farewell party, Officers' Mess, Waddington. Friday 28th December 1945. 617 and 9 Squadrons posted to Far East'.
Tags: 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; entertainment; mess; observer; RAF Waddington
Letter to Alf Morrill from Sgt D Betts
Letter to William Emery from Joe Turner
Tags: mess; RAF Tuddenham; sport
Letter to William Emery from Ray Lawley
Tags: mess; RAF Bourn; RAF St Athan; sport
Gen's Story
The first part of the memoir talks of the many trials Genek went through both in attempting to rejoin his Polish Air Force unit and, once the Germans overran the country, escape to England.
Ganek…
Tags: 105 Squadron; 106 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Battle; bombing; C-47; Dulag Luft; entertainment; escaping; ground crew; hangar; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); killed in action; love and romance; Magister; mess; Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945); navigator; observer; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bramcote; RAF Carlisle; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Henlow; RAF Hucknall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Red Cross; searchlight; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 5; training; Wellington; wireless operator