With Ann on Saturday
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Category Archives: World War II
Elvington Air Museum
Pictures from Saturday’s trip to the former RAF station near York.
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Elvington Air Museum on Sunday
It was nice to see Ann and the dogs at the weekend. Also good to see the Dakota and the Devon out of the hangar undergoing engine tests.
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Scarborough
With Ann, planes and trains…
Jack Delano March 1943
At the Acheson, Topeka & Santa Fe yard in March 1943. Jack is my favourite photographer of that period.
Thanks to Shorpy.
More RAF choir
The RAF station at Mullaghmore (do follow this link to controltowers.co.uk)
RAF Choir
In Northern Ireland 1944/5…
RAF Redhills Lake
Can 1945. Dad is seated…
Christmas Day 1945
At the RAF Station at Redhills Lake near Madras..
Christmas 1943
The menu for Christmas Day 1943…
ARP lapel badge & chevrons
I believe each chevron represents a year’s service.
A frequency meter…
Just a thing I have in my dining room.
Unit Routine Orders 22/9/1943
My father’s housekeeping skills were a little better than mine…
RAF Uniform
Not looking it’s best, this is my father’s WWII RAF jacket. It’s not doing too bad after 70+ years I suppose…
Stormont 1937
No difficulty in recognising the building behind my mother this time… it’s the Northern Ireland Parliament Building better known as Stormont…
In 1937 the building was just five years old and the Portland stone is brilliant white. After the air raids that devastated Belfast in April and May 1941 it was decided to camouflage Stormont with a coating of bitumen and cow dung as can be seen in this photo from the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum‘s collection…
Although this was removed after the war, the stone was permanently stained and it never looked as bright again.
Instructions to Students 1938 and 1940
In addition to the School Certificate papers I blogged earlier I have the Senior School Certificate papers my mother took in 1940. I will scan and blog them in the future, but for now I thought I’d draw your attention to the three extra Instructions that had been added in 1940.
First the 1938 version…
Now, in the 1940 version, see the additional instructions IX, X and XI…
Southern Railway
Its contribution to the war effort, or how plywood won the war…
One of many films available from SouthernRailway Films on YouTube.
Rockin' Brian 