B17 Take Off at Glatton Airfield
A USAAF 8th B17 after take off from Glatton Airfield and banking towards the Woolpack Inn top left which sat on the old Great...
USAAF 8th on Long Causeway (1945)
Members of the Glatton Airfield based USAAF 8th 457th Bomb Group marching on Long Causeway to celebrate VE Day in May 1945
Northamptonshire Battery Royal Field Artillery Unit
The Northamptonshire Battery Royal Field Artillery unit of the Territorial Force with families outside of their HQ on Queen Street during the Great War...
USAAF 8th on Bridge Street
Members of the Glatton Airfield based USAAF 8th 457th Bomb Group marching on Bridge Street to celebrate VE Day in May 1945
Peterborough National Servicemen
A group of Peterborough National Servicemen pictured in the 1950s at Quebec Barracks in Northampton
Peterborough POW Escapees (1944)
Two fantastic newspaper clippings from 1944 featuring the brave exploits of three local POW escapees
RAF Westwood (1938)
Two images captured at RAF Westwood in 1938 which, at the time, was home to the RAF's 7th Flying Training School
RAF Theatre, Westwood Airfield (1943)
A fascinating programme of wartime entertainment on the opening night of the RAF Theatre on the Westwood Airfield in 1943. The billing was made...
Private Joyce Wilkins
Peterborough born Private Joyce Wilkins serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service.
I believe this may be 1922 Peterborough born Joyce who married Charles Middleton in...
Letter from Jack Hibbert, Old Fletton (1916)
A 1916 Great War "Field Service Card" delivering the brief and stark message ..... "I am quite well" !
The card was sent by 17...
