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Documents

The front cover of a thick technical volume relating to the operation of the Lancaster.

The flight engineer would be expected to be familiar with all the
technical details of his aircraft

A large amount of details was recorded about each operation

Periodically, your logbook would be countersigned by the Commanding Officer

A typical identity card. This example being the property of AC2 Priestley.

Even in time of war other matters would sometimes intervene. However, in this case it seems that permission to play for the Station hockey team was not approved.

The Officers Mess Christmas Menu for 1939. The calm before the storm........at this point 49Sqn had only lost one Anson and two Hampdens.

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