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Aircraft
Top left is a Boulton Paul Overstrand.
Top right a Vickers Vincent with personnel standing around it.
Bottom left shows an Anson.
Bottom right shows an interior of an aircraft.
Top right a Vickers Vincent with personnel standing around it.
Bottom left shows an Anson.
Bottom right shows an interior of an aircraft.
Harrow and crashed Anson
Top left and bottom right images show photographs of a crashed K6199, B-220 Anson at RAF Bircham Newton.
The top right and bottom left show airmen standing around a Harrow K6949.
Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.
The top right and bottom left show airmen standing around a Harrow K6949.
Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.
Bircham Newton buildngs
The top two photographs show hangars and accommodation blocks, while the bottom photograph shows another building at Bricham Newton.
Men at Uxbridge
The top centre photograph shows two men in swimming trunks both holding cigarettes.
Centre left shows men on parade outside accommodation blocks.
Middle centre shows five men in military uniform standing outside a building.
Centre right shows a…
Centre left shows men on parade outside accommodation blocks.
Middle centre shows five men in military uniform standing outside a building.
Centre right shows a…
Men at Manston
Top left and bottom right photographs both show men outside a building and the centre photo shows various buildings at Manston.
Airmen outside wooden huts
A group of RAF personnel outside some wooden huts behind them. Accompanying the photograph is a newspaper cutting describing the change of training methods for aircrew.
Airmen outside station headquarters
A group of RAF personnel outside station headquarters. On the reverse are the date "July 1941" ant the signatures: B S Burgess, R W Jaad, J.Thomson, [indecipherable], Weni Dwels, Twiddle, L Gow, W Mackenzie, Y G Grant, F Levias O’Rillp, D E…
Jean Thompson with WAAF personnel
Jean Thompson is standing with two other women, all wearing Women's Auxiliary Air Force uniforms. On the reverse:
"1. Edith 2. Me [Jean Thompson] 3. Beryl" "J 6195"
"1. Edith 2. Me [Jean Thompson] 3. Beryl" "J 6195"
Women crossing the track
Five women, carrying bundles on their heads, crossing a railway track. Two of the women also carry young children tied to their backs. A sixth, unburdened woman, leads the others. There are piles of stones and cut length of wood alongside with…
Men pushing a carriage
Two men pushing a carriage on a metal track, which runs alongside a roadway. The carriage has a slated seat with metal framework on it.
Palm trees
Looking up into the canopy of the palm trees.
Hippopotamus
A river scene with the heads of two hippos showing above the surface. The river bank, beyond the hippos is covered in vegetation and trees.
Three in a boat
John, sat right with Harry, holding a pipe and between them a woman wearing sunglasses. There are two topees on the table in front of them.
Harry in the bow of the boat
Harry, with his arms crossed and wearing his topee, in a boat in the river. He is sat beneath a klaxon attached to one of the boat's uprights. His sleeves are rolled up showing a watch on his wrist. There is a camera case on the table in front of…
Harry on a boat
Harry, with two women, both wearing sunglasses on a boat on a river. There are two topees on the table in the centre of the boat. The forested shoreline can be seen across the river.
WAAF personnel
A collection of photographs. Some are head and shoulder portraits. The other photographs show groups of women wearing Women's Auxiliary Air Force uniforms.
A group on a boat
Two women and two men on a boat. The man on the left is Harry, who is holding a pipe. There are two topees on the table in the centre of the boat. Both women are wearing sunglasses and one, wearing a headscarf, is holding a box camera,
John on a boat
John, wearing his topee and with his sleeves rolled up, sat in a boat on a river. He is sat under a klaxon attached to one of the boat's uprights.
A covered wooden boat
A group of four women and two men in a boat covered with a canopied roof. The boat is moored by rope on a river and there is a klaxon attached to one of the boat's uprights in the bow.
Four portraits of WAAF personnel
Four head and shoulder portrait photographs of Women's Auxiliary Air Force personnel wearing WAAF uniforms. Top left: Beryl, bottom left: Pat 'Little Dot', bottom right: Pamela Hiosell.
On the reverse of two of the portraits are hand written…
On the reverse of two of the portraits are hand written…
An open wooden boat
Four men, each holding single oars, sat in an open boat, two at the bow and two at the stern. There are four empty cushioned seats in the centre of the boat.
WAAF personnel working
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force a seated at desks using teletypes. Signatures on the the reverse: Lee Pickering, Fay Parker, [indecipherable] Watson, M. Rhicles.
Harry at the Victoria Falls
Harry sitting on the edge of the gorge overlooking the Victoria Falls. He is wearing long woollen socks, shorts and a shirt with the sleeves rolled up showing a watch on his wrist.
In the gorge
The Zambezi river running through the gorge with the Victoria Falls obscured by spray.
Victoria Falls
Views of the Victoria Falls framed by the gorge.