| Summary: | Letters, memoranda, photographs and ephemera relating to William Rathbone IX's service as armament officer for the Auxiliary Air Force (No. 601, County of London Fighter Squadron) and then for the Path Finder Force; include official letter of his appointment to the A.A.F. and Notice of Calling Out, 1939(1); internal memoranda, lists of instructions etc, including memos from Nicholas Rathbone to W.R. concerning mechanisms of an enemy incendiary bomb, 1940 (11); collection of propaganda leaflets in French and German to be dropped over enemy lines (13-59); newscuttings concerning A.A.F. Squadron 601, c.1940 (60-65); several photographs (black and white; size range between 123x84mm-292x242mm),with some negatives, including group photograph of the H.Q. Path Finder Force, Dec 1944 , with list of names (66); photographs of aircraft in flight and in process of loading with bombs (81-87); photographs of meeting in the P.F.F. command centre (88, 106); series of aerial photogaphs illustrating stages in bomb drops and illumination of targets c. 1942 (90-104); collection of light-hearted cartoons, caricatures, typed notes and songs based on air force life, including two caricatures of W.R. (108-128); typescript notes on the history of the P.F.F. technique and the Armament Division (129-131) |
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