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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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]]> Bob Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Turkey]]> Turkey--Gallipoli]]> Australia]]> Queensland--Brisbane]]> Queensland--Ipswich]]> Queensland--Maryborough]]> New South Wales--Cootamundra]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> New South Wales--Wagga Wagga]]> New South Wales--Lindfield]]> New South Wales--Blue Mountains]]> New South Wales--Neutral Bay]]> American Samoa]]> American Samoa--Pago Pago]]> United States]]> Hawaii--Honolulu]]> California--San Francisco]]> California--Alcatraz Island]]> California--Oakland]]> Canada]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Oregon]]> Washington (State)--Seattle]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> Alberta--Jasper]]> Alberta--Fort Saskatchewan]]> Germany]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Tasmania]]> Italy]]> Italy--Foggia]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Gourock]]> England--Brighton]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> France]]> France--Laon]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Germany--Wesseling]]> France--Montdidier (Picardy)]]> Austria]]> Austria--Vienna]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Queensland--Cairns]]> Saskatchewan--Saskatoon]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> North America--Niagara Falls]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> Scotland--Greenock]]> Scotland--Aberdeen]]> England--Sidmouth]]> England--Salisbury]]> Scotland--Ailsa Craig]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> Scotland--Gatehouse of Fleet]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> Wales--Holyhead]]> Scotland--Paisley]]> France]]> France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer]]> Queensland--Bundaberg]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> Ontario--Trenton]]> Ontario--London]]> Saskatchewan]]> Québec]]> Nova Scotia]]> Manitoba]]> Includes copies of his identity cards, certificate of service and discharge and a cartoon about the role of the observer. ]]> Bob Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Bob Smith]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Australia]]> Queensland--Brisbane]]> Queensland--Ipswich]]> Queensland--Maryborough]]> New South Wales--Cootamundra]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> New South Wales--Wagga Wagga]]> Canada]]> New South Wales--Blue Mountains]]> American Samoa]]> American Samoa--Pago Pago]]> United States]]> Hawaii--Honolulu]]> California--San Francisco]]> Oregon]]> British Columbia--Vancouver]]> Alberta--Jasper]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> Germany]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Nova Scotia--Halifax]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Alberta--Fort Saskatchewan]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> North America--Niagara Falls]]> Quebec--Montreal]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Greenock]]> England--Brighton]]> Nova Scotia]]> The for men are identified in Bob's memoirs as Bob Smith, Eric Sutton, Noel Hooper and Lou Brimblecombe.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> 1943-07-27]]> The three men are identified in Bob's memoirs as Eric Sutton, Bob Smith and Keith Mills.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Edmonton]]> 1943-07-27]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Places]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]>
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Greece]]> Greece--Athens]]> 1944-11-15]]>
There is a second copy with handwritten edits.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Foskett, William. Biography]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> ]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxford]]> England--London]]> England--Newquay]]> United States]]> Georgia--Macon]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]>
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
Philip James Anstey]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Poland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hanau]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Merseburg]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> 1940-10-02]]> 1940-10-08]]> 1940-10-10]]> 1940-10-22]]> 1940-10-28]]> 1940-11-01]]> 1940-11-12]]> 1940-11-14]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Great Britain]]> 1940-12-16]]>
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> British Army]]> Edward C Partridge]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> 1945-03-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> British Army]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1944]]> The photograph on the top right of the left page shows the SS Normandie half submerged in New York harbour.
The photograph on the bottom right of the left page shows New York Municipal Building, Centre Street.
The photograph on the right of the page shows a group of military personnel with the caption "PILOTS & OBS. COURSE No.20" and the names of the military personnel photographed.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Alan Brammer]]> Frank Schilder]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> United States]]> New York (State)]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Canada]]> British Columbia]]> British Columbia--Cowichan Valley]]>

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Underneath is handwritten 'Frank Edward Claydon 13/14 January 1944 130537 166 Sqn'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Cosgrove, Teddy. Album]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leeds]]> England--Devon]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Vegesack]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> France]]> Germany]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Rhineland]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Bexhill]]>