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Trevor Danks with a model Blenheim bomber
Trevor Danks as a child holding a model Blenheim bomber that Sergeant Leslie Adams gave him. He is dressed in a suit and shorts and is outside with a fence behind him.
Sergeant Leslie Adams with his crew
Sergeant Leslie Adams and his crew on top of a Lancaster Bomber, he is fifth from the left in the photograph. Crew members can be seen in uniform, some with Mae West Lifejackets. Some are sat on the Lancaster's engine, some are on the main body and…
Sergeant Leslie Adams and Gladys
Sergeant Leslie Adams and Gladys on their wedding day, he is in an RAF Battledress with visible sergeant stripes on both arms.
Sergeant Leslie (Les) Adams
Sergeant Leslie Adams in an RAF battledress and a cap with a visible Sergeant insignia on his right arm as well as the patch for wireless operators and the patch for the RAF positioned above the rank.
Marie Meadows
Portrait of Marie Meadows in No. 1 Home Dress uniform with service cap. Image shows her left side and she has turned to face the camera but is looking beyond it.
On the reverse is written: "To Freda & Sonnie Lots of Love Marie. X Isle of Man May…
On the reverse is written: "To Freda & Sonnie Lots of Love Marie. X Isle of Man May…
Marie Meadows' service record
Service record, form F543, of Marie Meadows. Gives details such as date of birth, service engagement and the units at which she served.
Marie Meadows
Marie Meadows seated in long grass. She is wearing WAAF uniform skirt, blouse and tie and is looking at the camera. Behind her is a wire fence.
On the reverse is written: "Marie Meadows".
On the reverse is written: "Marie Meadows".
Jo Lancaster
An RAF officer, in uniform and hat, seated in an armchair and looking to his left at the camera. Above his tunic pocket is a pilot brevet and Distinguished Flying Cross medal ribbon. He is wearing gloves.
On the reverse is written: "October 1943 …
On the reverse is written: "October 1943 …
Jo Lancaster
An RAF officer standing below the left side of the nose of a Lancaster. He is wearing the uniform of a flight lieutenant, with a pilot brevet above his left tunic pocket and is standing with his feet apart and his hands in his pockets, smiling at the…
Reconnaissance photograph - Tirpitz
Fjord with smoke from scattered sources to create smokescreen. On the reverse '1140 Smoke screen over Tirpitz. Abortive attack from Russia by 9 and 617 Squadrons. 15.9.44 Taken from 14,900 ft at 10.55 hrs F/Lt Melrose'
American air base money - RAF East Kirkby
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Envelope and 10 and 5 cent value money notes.
Detail of flights from log book
Page showing sorties up to the one in Anson on which he crashed on 4 March 1940 and his first trip on return to duty on 10 October 1941.
Godfrey Edmonds information
Includes hospitalization, identify card and notes. Mentions RAF hospital Halton and number of operations at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. Two versions of this document.
William Arthur Clifford Aggett's wedding photograph
William Aggett's wedding picture with his wife Marguerite.
William Arthur Clifford Aggett's wedding photograph
William and Marguerite Aggett's wedding picture with family group.
William Arthur Clifford Aggett
William Aggett as an RAF Boy Entrant, aged 15.
William Arthur Clifford Aggett
Willaim Aggett aged 15 as a Boy Entrant in the RAF
Alfred Henry Reginald Aggett's wedding photograph with family group
Alfred Aggett's wedding picture with six family members.
Alfred Henry Reginald Aggett's wedding photograph
Alfred and Frances Aggett's wedding picture.
Lancaster ED588
Front port fuselage of Lancaster ED588 with G registration and bomb symbols designating 125 operational sorties.
Group of five airmen
Group of five airmen standing in the snow. Two are wearing officers' caps and three are in greatcoats. Two have sergeant chevrons. On reverse, handwritten note - 'Myself, Jack, Jack (Nav), Ray and Ernie.
Remains of crashed aircraft
Remains of unidentifiable crashed aircraft.
On reverse, 'STA Brodie 2594 1862111 Kingsly TER4200 c/o Sgt's RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincoln. Cattermole Can 5487'.
On reverse, 'STA Brodie 2594 1862111 Kingsly TER4200 c/o Sgt's RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincoln. Cattermole Can 5487'.
Note about J C Aston's record of service
Handwritten note describing J C Aston's record of service. It states that he was posted to 83 Sqn, RAF Wyton on 3 March 1943. His first operation was to Berlin on 29 March 1943 and his second raid was to Essen. His aircraft was shot down and crew…