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Interview with Anne Morgan Rose Harcombe
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Anne Morgan Rose Harcombe was born in London in 1938 and was evacuated, with her mother, at the start of the war to live with her mother’s family in South Wales
Interview with Anthony Edward Mason
Anthony Edward Mason grew up in the area around RAF Waddington and was aged seven when the Second World War commenced. He recalls some of the war time activities there, such as aircraft taking off at night and coming in to land in the morning. Tony…
Interview with Dennis Brader
Dennis was twelve at the commencement of the Second Word War. He does not recall any air raid drills while at school. Dennis had a variety of occupations after leaving school, aged fourteen, before obtaining a job at RAF Wickenby as a groundsman.…
Interview with Bernard Bell
Bernard can remember seeing much of the bomber action with the aircraft almost turning the sky black as they all left to participate in the ops over Occupied Europe. Bernard recounts how the RAF personnel were made welcome and well respected in…
Interview with Christopher Francis Allison
Christoper Franciss Allison, born 1925, (3007708, Royal Air Force) answers questions from school children about what it was like to fly in a Lancaster. He served as a flight engineer on 166 Squadron at RAF Kirmington and was demobbed after two…
Interview with Cliff Thorpe and Roy Smith
Cliff Thorpe and Roy Smith grew up in the village of Elsham while RAF Elsham Wolds was operational.
Interview with Reginald John Herring
Reg Herring was living in London with his father and elder brother at the start of the war. His father built a shelter that collapsed after a heavy rainfall. Reg was evacuated to Sizewell and then to near Birmingham. After the war Reg returned to…
Interview with Bob Panton
Bob Panton was a child during the war. One day as his father was coming towards their house Bob saw three Dornier 17 come into view. Then out of the sun came six Spitfires and a battle started in front of him. Bob saw the Dorniers shot down and,…
Interview with Nelson Nix
Nelson Nix grew up during the war. His father kept the village shop and was also a special constable and member of the Observer Corps, which later became the Royal Observer Corps. The post had access to the Darkie sets which were used to guide…
18 children from Belsen
15 young chidren, three older boys, some of the young ones have bunches of flowers. Two adults one RAF the other a female in uniform. They are standing in a playground buildings in the background.
On the reverse, handwritten 'Belsen'.
On the reverse, handwritten 'Belsen'.
The RAF Greeting
A calendar for a child. A child is in an aeroplane with a dog. There is also an enamel metal RAF badge. On the reverse 'All the best to you David, & boys of the Crew, Betty'. The front is signed by David's crew and has bombs indicating…
A child inspects the wreckage of Pilot Officer Tansley's Lancaster
On the right a child wearing coat looks at smoking wreckage on the left which is in front of a single story house. Other houses to the right. Captioned 'A child inspects the wreckage of P/O Tansley's Lancaster at Trebbin, Germany'. Additional…
A child inspects the wreckage of Pilot Officer Tansley's Lancaster
A child wearing coat on the right looks at wreckage on the left. Captioned 'A child inspects the wreckage of P/O Tansleys Lancaster at Trebbin, Germany'. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.
A survivor of the Voghera bombings (informant A)
The interviewee reminisces about her wartime experiences in the Voghera countryside, at the time when her three brothers where enlisted and how difficult it was for her parents to run the farm. She remembers how she narrowly escaped an aircraft…
Account of German witness to crash of John Valentines aircraft
Written by one of Philip Floyd's (pilot of John Valentine's aircraft) brother Michael's children based on conversations with parents. Recounts a letter to a German newspaper from a Werner Gerlach who as a young 15 year old boy witnessed the shooting…
Albert, Phyllis and Raymond
Photo 1 is Albert holding Raymond.
Photo 2 is Phyllis holding Raymond.
Photo 3, 4 and 5 are Raymond in a pram, captioned 'Raymond at 10 mths'.
Photo 2 is Phyllis holding Raymond.
Photo 3, 4 and 5 are Raymond in a pram, captioned 'Raymond at 10 mths'.
Albert, Phyllis and Raymond
Photo 1 is Raymond and his mother.
Photo 2 is Raymond with his mother and father.
Photo 3 is Raymond with Albert, his father.
Photo 4 is Raymond with his grandfather and grandmother.
Photo 5 is Raymond with a ball.
Photo 6 is Phyllis with…
Photo 2 is Raymond with his mother and father.
Photo 3 is Raymond with Albert, his father.
Photo 4 is Raymond with his grandfather and grandmother.
Photo 5 is Raymond with a ball.
Photo 6 is Phyllis with…
Anne Doward nee Tansley
Biography of Ernest Tansley's daughter Anne. Writes of background and family. Gives service history of her father including joining, training in England and the United States and eventual posting to 57 Squadron at RAF Scampton. Writes of her memories…
Babies Anti-Gas Helmets
Advice that the helmet can be collected.
Baby Book (Rosemary McNamara)
The book describes journey and events of the journey from S Rhodesia to UK in June 1942 and then staying with her father's parents. It lists events growing up: teeth and first words. Two b/w photographs of baby in pram and other children. It carries…
Battle of Britain: RAF on offensive
Front page - contains Churchill battle of Britain quote.Subsidiary headlines: dictators talk four hours; French general's appeal from London, let all children go to safety. Photograph of evacuated children sitting in row with crowd behind them.
Bob Butler with his nephew at his sister's home
Bob Butler in uniform standing in his sister's garden at 53 Davies Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham with his nephew, Dick Heslop. One annotated on the reverse: '53 Davies Road', 'May 1941'. One annotated on the reverse: 'R.W.H and Bob (Rbt. Butler)…
Bob Huntly and Brian
Bob in uniform holding a baby, Brian. On the reverse '1944 Brian and Dad'.
There is a second identical copy. On the reverse '4'.
There is a second identical copy. On the reverse '4'.
Bob Huntly and Family
Photo 1 and 4 are Bob, in uniform, captioned 'Dad'.
Photo 2 and 3 are Bob's wife, captioned 'Mum'.
Photo 5 is a young man, captioned 'Jim'.
Photo 6 is Bob's wife's parents holding a toddler, captioned 'Raymond, Nan & Pop'.
Photo 7 is two women…
Photo 2 and 3 are Bob's wife, captioned 'Mum'.
Photo 5 is a young man, captioned 'Jim'.
Photo 6 is Bob's wife's parents holding a toddler, captioned 'Raymond, Nan & Pop'.
Photo 7 is two women…
Bob Huntly and Family
Photo 1 is Bob and a baby, captioned 'Bob with Michael at 11 weeks'.
Photo 2 and 3 are Elsie with a baby, captioned 'Else with Michael'.
Photo 4 is a woman sitting under a tree, captioned 'Mum'.
Photo 5 is a woman leaning on a car, captioned…
Photo 2 and 3 are Elsie with a baby, captioned 'Else with Michael'.
Photo 4 is a woman sitting under a tree, captioned 'Mum'.
Photo 5 is a woman leaning on a car, captioned…