Airgraphs to Douglas Cowlishaw 1942 to 1944

Airgraph letters to Douglas Cowlishaw while he was serving abroad with the RAF, from various family members and friends. [The Airgraph Service was launched by the British Post Service, in conjunction with Kodak Limited, in 1941. The new form of communication was designed to solve the problem of sending mail between Britain and the Middle East once Italy joined the Axis powers and the western and central Mediterranean Sea were under Axis control. Air transport became the only option. Equipment was set up in Cairo to allow the letters, written on specially designed stationery, to be shrunk onto microfilm and flown to the UK where they were then enlarged. The light-weight nature of the Airgraph allowed space to be saved on aircraft for other supplies and also reduced the travel time for the letters. Read more at https://alphabetilately.org/airgraph.html]