airgraph

(ˈɛəˌɡrɑːf)

1. a system devised in the Second World War in which letters were photographed in miniature and sent by airmail

2. a letter sent by the airgraph system

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Two years into the Second World War, the British Airgraph service was brought in to reduce the weight and bulk of mail carried by air.

Invented by the Eastman Kodak Company, letters were written on airgraph forms, which were photographed and sent as negatives on microfilm.

How millions of words were whisked home from the frontline; Be informed

Garth Taylor came next with an item from the 'Airgraph system' employed during WWII.

Philatelic competition

features on the app include the ability to use the Airgraph function to see where and when in your day you have been subjected to the highest levels of carbon monoxide.

Gadget of the month ... cleanSpace app measures realtime air pollution intake

George sent his 1944 Christmas cards by airgraph, messages on microfilm that were flown to Britain to be printed and posted to recipients.

Christmas at war; Merseyside Tales by Stephen Guy

Sadly this was not to be possible and Ordinary Seaman O'Donnell relied on the "airgraph" service to stay in touch with developments via letter.

Lost lives turn up in a house clearance. sale; Remarkable treasure trove of one family's hopes, dreams and ultimately tragic deaths during World War Two found

This idea of a place of healing is not at all unknown to Tolkien, as he notes in an airgraph to his son Christopher in 1944: "I do not think so well of the concluding chapter of C.S.

"A far green country": Tolkien, paradise, and the end of all things in medieval literature

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