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Envelope labelled "Mr Chew - just a personal and private matter between men"

Archives, In Storage, X003-1037/007/002/002

The text "Mr Chew - just a personal and private matter" is typed while the words "between men" are handwritten in ink. The envelope was labelled by Mr Horrocks for the attention of Mr Chew so as not to upset Mrs Chew.

Envelope with handwritten text, Thomas Rushworth Horrocks

Medal Bar of Flight Lieutenant Frederick William Arthur Hendry

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X008-8787

The DFC was awarded to Hendry on completion of a tour of operations and following his navigating a severely disabled aircraft back to the UK after severe icing resulted in the loss of engines and height over enemy territory.

Medal bar comprising: DFC, 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star (France-Germany clasp), Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, RAF Museum

Air Ministry War Room, Air Staff Operational Summary: Volume 29 Numbers 1471-1532 December 1944-January 1945

Library, In Storage, PR03736

Bound volume of Air Ministry War Room Air Staff Operational Summary: Volume 29 Numbers 1471-1532. Covers the period December 1944-January 1945.

front page for volume of air staff operational summaries, cream paper with text in black giving numbers and date information, RAF Museum

A yank in the RCAF

Archives, In Storage, B2445

This is the memoir of American Major Hubert Knilans of No. 617 Squadron detailing his time in the RCAF. He flew in Operation Taxable, a deception operation leading up to D-Day.

A yank in the RCAF | B2445

Home on one engine - Sergeant Lauderdale

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6351

Recording in which Sergeant Lauderdale, a bomber pilot, explains how he and his crew were able to return to England after losing a propeller during a raid on Germany.

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Daylight raid on Lubeck - Pilot Officer Barr

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1883

Pilot Officer Barr, leader of a flight of Stirlings, describes the flight from England and attack on the U-Boat works at Lubeck-Herrenwyk, made at low altitude and in poor visibility.

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Sergeant W.H.A. Jackson - Daylight raid on Bremen

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6379

Recording in which Sergeant Jackson gives an account of a low-level daylight raid on Bremen, including damage and injuries sustained through anti-aircraft fire.

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Target map for Nuremburg, 1944

Archives, In Storage, AC97/104/7

This target map of Nuremburg was issued in 1944. Maps like this were prepared for many German cities and were used to help RAF bomber crews identify particular targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War.

Colour printed map., © Crown

Recorded interview with Wing Commander William Reo Carr, 20 March 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6796

Bob Carr completed his RAF national service as a storeman, specialising in explosives, before continuing to serve in the RAF supply branch at various locations in the UK and abroad.

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