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A form for the War Dead Roll of Honour to purchase part of the roll with the name Flight Sergeant George John Hill. Also holds the location of the cemetery where he was buried.

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Two photos of James Davies grave. The reverse contains notes including the date of 1st Dec 1983.

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A letter from the Air Ministry regarding the location of a cemetery in which James is buried.

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The memoir describes, in detail, Moore's life as a civilian in Leicester, his RAF aircrew training and as an air bomber in Bomber Command. On leaving school in 1938 Moore worked as a junior auditor and a typist before joining the Royal Air Force…

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Includes badges of two special duties squadrons. The plaque would be in the allied special forces memorial grove at the national memorial arboretum. Programme of events.

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Reply to letter concerning information on the circumstances of the death of Flying Officer Derek Lahee Skinner DFC. Records show he served on 148 Squadron RAF Kabril, Egypt and was lost while a Wellington pilot on an operation to Derna and Gazala…

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Left page

-top left: Union Station, Winnipeg
-top left: Winnipeg Cenotaph
-middle left: bronze bison statues inside the Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg
-middle right: Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg
- bottom left: Broadway…

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MRobinsonHGM421304-180809-03.pdf
Report, with photographs, of several thousand people. including delegates from Britain and Canada gathering to honour the 112 allied airmen who were killed in the Haut-Marne region.

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Mark Kosky joined the ATC as a young man because he had a great interest in flying. He joined the RAFVR at the age of seventeen upon the outbreak of war. His mother was a Londoner and his father was Polish and Mark was raised in the city in the…

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Alfred Lengart was a gunner in the German Army on duty at the Möhne Dam on the night of Operation Chastise. Many years later he was invited to the Yorkshire Air Museum for the opening of the Barnes Wallis Museum. During the opening he delivered a…

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Memorial stone for L P Oughton crew with French inscription, Granges sur Vologne, France.

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A newspaper article paying tribute to David Craven's wartime service with 50 and 15 squadrons. The article was published on the day of his funeral, which was attended by members of the Air Gunners' Association.

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A list with rank, date of accident, aircraft. base, target fate, fate of crew, buried and take-off time.

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The document gives details of his birth in 1917 and his parents in Suffolk and tells us he was called up for service in 1940.
There then follows a summary of a typical training route to becoming an air gunner and it is presumed Harry followed this…

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SBraithwaiteP[Ser#-DoB]v1.pdf
Biographies of the men of Ryedale who died serving with the RAF. Research carried out by the Ryedale Family History Group.

It contains biographies of the following:

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An order of service for a rededication service held for the crew of Wellington R1397, 103 Squadron, held on 15 September 2015 at Leeuwarden Northern General Cemetery in The Netherlands. The crew are named as:
Pilot Officer Mervyn Sydney Lund…

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Harold Batchelder's views on the need for memorials.

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Order of events, hymns and prayers.

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List of events on armistice day at the Cenotaph and then remembrance (1914-1918, 1939-1945). Last page has unknown warrior epitaph.

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ARichterC251126.mp3
Carolin Richter discusses the Flightpath of Friendship, the memorial in the woods at Katzenelnbogen, and the relationship between Bomber Command navigator Arthur Lee and German soldier Rudi Balzer.

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Four men in civilian dress watching another unveil a memorial in Stadspark Steenbergen while a crowd of spectators look on. Submitted with caption 'G/Cpt Leonard Cheshire, accompanied by four men in civilian suits, helping to unveil a memorial at an…

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SHoldenMB651668v10001.pdf
A record of the operations flown by Holden and his pilot, taken from the squadron Operational Record Book and other sources.
Each operation occupies a page and includes date, aircraft, target, take off and landing times, crew list, remarks and…

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A letter from the council inviting the residents of Denton to attend a ceremony that will remember the lives of the fallen citizens who died during 'the last Great War'. The ceremony took place at the Festival Hall, Peel Street, Denton. A Book of…

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MElsonA751538-160401-02.pdf
A list of the crew members of three Wellington MkIII aircraft that took part in an operation to Mainz and were killed or captured. The aircraft tail numbers and the fates of each crewman are detailed, including burial sites.

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Clare Connor's widow and Clair. Clair is wearing her father's DFC.
On the reverse 'Clair Connor (daughter) Wife @ Cenotaph Montreal 1954'.

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