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SLESSOR, MRAF Sir John Cotesworth (1897-1979)

  • SLESSOR
  • Collection
  • 1949-1968

Papers of MRAF Sir John Slessor, 1965-1968, including: correspondence regarding the Defence Review on Naval Airpower with Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Elworthy; W M Mills, Ministry of Defence; Edward Shackleton, Ministry of Defence; Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd; Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Cross, Transport Command; and others, 1965-1968, particularly debating the use of aircraft carriers. Correspondence regarding the Battle of the Atlantic with Vice Admiral Sir Peter Gretton; Capt Stephen Roskill, historian; the Air Historical Branch; the Naval Historical Branch; and others, 1966-67, including statistical analysis of efficacy of RAF and information and statistics from Air History Branch regarding U-Boat destruction, 1955. Correspondence with Capt B H Liddell Hart, 1965; with Rear Admiral Samuel Morison, USNR, 1968; with Professor Arthur Marder, 1966. Articles by Slessor relating to the Defence Review on Naval Airpower, including: 'An Integral part of the Fleet', 1964; 'The Capital Ship Complex', 1965; 'Air Power - Seabourne or Shore-based', 1965; 'Naval Air Power - Is it Worth It?', 1965; 'The Story of Jutland: Some reflections on Vol. 3 of "From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow" - Arthur J Marder', 1966; 'Air Power and the Defence Review', 1966; 'Air Power East of Suez', 1966; 'The Purchase of the F111', 1966; 'Meeting Today's Defence Needs: Virtues of Shore-Based Planes', letter to The Times , 1968; and 'The Air League's Memorandum on Defence - January 1967', 1967. Also articles by others including: 'The case for the Aircraft Carrier' by Fletcher Pratt, and response 'The Case for Land-Based Air Power' by Francis V Drake, The Reader's Digest , 1949; German, Italian and Japanese U-Boat Casualties during the War: Particulars of Destruction , (HMSO, 1946); A memorandum on Defence , The Air League, 1967; and 'Merchant Aircraft Carriers' by Kenneth Poolman, Air Pictorial , Oct 1968.

Slessor, Sir John Cotesworth, 1897-1979, Knight, Marshal of the Royal Air Force

SLADE, Gp Capt Richard Gordon (1912-1981)

  • SLADE
  • Collection
  • 1934-1960

Two pilot's flying log books, 1933-1937 and 1937-1960. Typescript 'Report on GAF (German Air Force) night fighting from the interrogation of prisoners' by Wing Cdr W K Davison, Officer Commanding 88 Sqn, RAF [1944]; typescript report by James Lansdale Hodson entitled 'Night fighters' [1944]; typescript memorandum by Slade, 'Notes for new crews' [1944]; typescript 'Report on GAF night fighter system. A post mortem' [1945]. Photograph album with uncaptioned photographs of Slade's RAF service in Egypt and Iraq, 1933-1937. Fifteen photographic negatives and 185 photographs, 1933-1960, including aerial photographs of terrain, Iraq, 1934-1937, group photographs, 1942-1945, and Fairey Aviation Limited aircraft in flight [1960], notably the Gannet and the Rotodyne.

Slade, Richard Gordon, 1912-1981, Group Captain

SKVORZOV, Lt Alexander Vasilievich (1893-1971)

  • MISC58
  • Collection
  • 1948

Self-published edition of Chinese Ink and Brush Sketches of Prisoner of War Camp Life in Hong Kong (Hong Kong, 1948) by Lt Alexander V Skvorzov, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force [1941-1945], including fourteen ink and brush sketches drawn by the author whilst he was a prisoner of war in Hong Kong, 1943-1945

Skvorzov, Alexander Vasilievich, 1893-1971, Lieutenant

Sketches, caricatures and cartoons, 1896-1958, for the Guy's Gazette

Gazette File or ink sketches and caricatures of individuals and cartoons (probably for publication in the) including drawings by 'AB' – 'R Lawrie' and 'L Salton'; by AGT Brown-'HeidbRink for anaesthesia' 1958; by Stanley W Cock - 'Piggy',1898; 'the piano pusher'; 'the man we eventually get the piano from'; Count de Bleuville, 1896, sketch of nurse standing on a chair; 'we are thanked by the clergy'; 'Wines, Pick-me-up, and bitters'; two women at a bar; 'Garrick theatre, my friend the prince', 1897; by G Sichel, 'HMS Venus' and 'A case for the anti vaccinators'; by Tom Browne, with caption pasted on the back; by RW – 'taking his part'; and by unidentified artists – sketches titled 'Lintott', 'Mr Gilford', 'T B Layton' and 'open round'.

Sketches and watercolours by physician and psychiatrist Robert Percy Smith while at school, 1864-[1869]

Papers of R P Smith comprising artworks including a sketch book containing pencil sketches and watercolours, (some incomplete) including images of the pleasure boat of the Rajah of Jehore; humorous cartoon; Knockholt House, Knockholt, Kent; Hobson's Bay, Victoria; Sir Walter Scott's memorial, Edinburgh; Stirling Castle; Rumbling Bridge, Dunkeld; Loch Lomond; Hand coloured maps of the Western Hemisphere signed Percy Smith, Enfield, 1865; and Denmark, signed by Robert Percy Smith, Jun 1864; Loose watercolours depicting a woman in peasant costume; cottage and pond in winter, ship on the rocks, [1869].

Smith, Robert Percy, 1853-1941, physician and psychiatrist

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