Document: A Certified True Statement of Service from the RAF Personnel Management Centre HQ. Dated March 10, 1995. Original document.
Document: A letter from the RAF Personnel Management Centre HQ regarding Ross' inquiry into his service records. Dated March 10, 1995. Original document.
Document: National Service (Armed Forces) Act, 1939 Enlistment Notice. Made out to James T. Ross. It instructs Ross to present himself to the RAF No. 1 Recruit Centre, Uxbridge on August 10, 1940. Original document.
The fonds include a collection of documents and photographs detailing Ross’ service with the RAF during the Second World War. These include aerial photographs of bombings, nightskies lit up by flak, and bombed out city streets.
The Air Force Museum of AlbertaPhoto: Anti-Aircraft fire busting across a night sky. Buildings are visible underneath the torrent of light. Circa WWII. Black and white, original.
Photo: An aerial view of the bombed out Herman Goering Works in Linz, Germany. Dated July 25, 1944. Black and white, original.
Photo: An aerial view of a bombed area of Friedrichshafen by Allied forces during the Second World War. Dated July 20, 1944. Black and white, original.
Photo: An aerial view of a valley and a roadway that runs through. Taken from an American aircraft. Circa WWII. Black and white, original.
Photo: An aircraft flies toward a naval ship in a large body of water. Dated September 2, 1941. Black and white, original.
Photo: Anti-Aircraft fire busting across a night sky. Buildings are visible underneath the torrent of light. Circa WWII. Black and white, original.