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A C-47 stands with wheel chocks visible and two men walk away from the aircraft. Buildings can be seen in the background.

A high winged monoplane inside a hangar.

Two biplane aircraft next to a single storey wooden building with a pitched roof and open windows. The first aircraft is a Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing. Utility poles and wires cross the site behind the aircraft.

Eight aircraft in a line, one of which is being refueled.

Ten Harvard aircraft on the ground with wheel chocks. A number of men walk amongst them.

Two chefs stand, arms crossed, next to tables set with crockery. On the brick chimney breast lean the United States and British flags with a portrait between them. There are open windows to one side of the chimney and further windows set high in the…

A selection of leather and metal armchairs set under an open window. The room has a wooden floor with a standard lamp and a ceramic urn standing at the base of a wooden pillar.

Top right - a woman wearing dress standing between and RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot's brevet and a servicemen wearing battledress.
Top right - an RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot's brevet standing next to a woman wearing dress outside…

Left - an RAF officer wearing uniform tunic with pilot's brevet and peaked cap holding a baby in a garden with house in the background.
Right - a woman sitting deck chair holding baby with the same RAF officer standing behind. Note under left…

Top left - two RAF airmen in uniform tunics in garden outside a building.
Top right - one airman standing in line with three formally dressed women in a garden.
Bottom left - two women sitting on chairs outside a doorway.
Bottom right - a…

Order for church service at sea. Includes hymns, order of service, prayers and liturgy.

Top left - view of team lined up on playing field. Man in sailors hat in front of camera.
Top righty - crowd on the playing field spectators beyond.
Middle - marching band on the playing field,
Bottom left - view across playing field to spectators…

Left - View across stadium with teams on playing field. Captioned 'taken at Athens Georgia, October 28th 1942'.
Top right - view of spectators at game.
Bottom right - view of spectators and playing field.

Signatures and hometowns of Americans associated with advanced flying training school, Moody field, Valdosta Georgia February 1943. Bottom left a photograph of a serviceman wearing khaki uniform and peaked cap captioned 'rack em back, a/c John C…

Note on Fred's service career.

Colour photograph of palm tree with sea beyond and mountain in the background. Captioned 'Waikiki Beach Hawaii, same island as Pearl Harbour, given by Killough who was at Pearl Harbour'.

Top - view at night of single story building - captioned 'The Candlelight'.
Left - view at night down town street. captioned 'Macon at night'.
Right - view of lighted up buildings at night. Captioned 'Macon at night'.
Bottom - Doorway at night -…

Head and shoulders portrait of a young woman signed 'with all my love Jananne'. Captioned 'Miss Jananne Duke 1942'.

Signatures with home address of Americans related to course at Cochran Field in 1942. American flag bottom left and RAF ensign bottom right.

Top left - view down a street of a church with two towers, one taller that the other. Car parked in front.
Top right - A monument with statue in front of a multi-storey building with domed tower.
Bottom - view across city square with buildings…

Top left - view looking up the side of a skyscraper. Captioned 'W.M.A.Z Macon bankers insurance building, coolest spot in town'.
Top centre - looking down from tall building at car in street. Captioned 'from the top of W.M.A.Z'.
Middle centre -…

Top left - long single story building with water tower behind. Captioned 'Cochran field from our window'.
Top centre - RAF cadets crossing street in town with car on road,
Top right - single story barrack blocks with road in front. Captioned…

A chapel with spire with trees and cars parked alongside. To the left are three barrack style buildings amongst a series of utility poles.

Top left - kit bags in barrack room. Captioned 'packed to leave'.
Top centre - men gathered round coaches - caption also for photograph below 'Fort Valley, the half way house'.
Top right - three men sitting with kit bags.
Middle left - town street…

Looking across a road junction on an airbase with utility poles to seven single storey buildings with low pitched roofs.