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Albert Millson and crew leaving their Halifax. Between them the crew have completed 228 operational flights.

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Luftpost dropped by the Royal Air Force. Article headline 'unlimited national emergency in the USA'. Other side has several articles including 'invasion dress rehearsal Crete' and 'Not yet arrived' about B-17.

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One side has map of northern Europe with increasing range rings from 1941 to 1943, Headline 'From the Maas to the Memel'. The other has information on the Royal Air Force an "V" sign.

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'We strike back' on one side and 'total war against the weak did not hurt you' with tombstones with Rotterdam, Warsaw, Leuven and Amiens.

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Contains news reference France, Holland, Poland, Norway. Two versions of the same leaflet.

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One side asks who are the plutocrats with cartoon of over indulging man. The other has articles with list of German military personnel. Delivered by the RAF.

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Claims that the RAF is getting stronger, the nights shorter, the Luftwaffe was helpless and showing several reconnaissance photographs of damage to Hamburg. Includes a quote by Churchill 'From now on we will bomb Germany on an ever larger scale,…

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Headline "What does the annexation of Poland have to do with freedom and socialism" on one side and articles on the other.

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"Le Courrier de l'Air" sent via the RAF and distributed by French patriots. Alludes to political crisis in German military. Contains other war news articles.

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Large announcements on one side and detailed articles on the other.

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Sent by the Royal Air Force askes who are the plutocrats on one side with a number of articles on the other.

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Asking what had happened to famous German U-boat commanders. Two versions of the same leaflet.

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A leaflet explaining that food supplies are to be dropped by aircraft and providing instructions on how to act.

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A biography of Jamie's time in the RAF.

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A history of Jamie Barr's crew.

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The book recounts the daring exploits, during a severe storm, of the four Else’s aircrew, an aircraft named after the newly married pilot officer’s wife. Else is undergoing repairs and they are unable to go on the latest raid. They hide Else…

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The first part of the book focuses on one of the nine German fighter planes from the First Staffel, carrying out an operation on an English convoy in the Shetland Isles. They are keen to emulate the success of their fellow crew members in the Second…

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Describes a two year delay in joining the Royal Air Force due to his reserved occupation making cables for barrage balloons. Covers recruitment and life during initial training, Recalls 'crewing up' with Harry Watkins (P), Doug 'Duggie' Hockin (N),…

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Arthur John Pugh Lee's memoir of the Battle of Berlin, of being shot down and becoming a prisoner of war. He discusses his role in the de-Nazification trial of Robert Stauch, the Burgomaster of Katzenelnbogen.

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BPayneSBelfordN-LeeAJPv1.pdf
The story of two members of a Lancaster crew from 626 Squadron at Wickenby, their operations together and their final operation over Germany.

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13 pages of German language leaflets

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BNashDCMNashDCMv1.pdf
Born in 1916, Dan spent his early childhood in Kent with his grandmother before moving back to his parents in Fulham. He left school at 16 for a job with the Hudson's Bay Fur Company and met Joyce, his future wife. With the outbreak of war, the…

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The leaflet observes that Hitler has attacked Russia on 22nd June 1941 despite a non-aggression pact. It outlines the consequences of this action in terms of civilian and military deaths. This move belies various claims from Hitler about the war in…

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Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for Thomas Kimberley covering the period 5 March 1943 to 25 September 1945. Details his training and operational duties. He flew 35 operations, 20 night time and 15 daylight, as cameraman / air gunner with…

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A leaflet in Luxembourgish with news of the war.

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