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                <text>131 items and 3 sub-collections with 59 items. The collection is from the Royal Air Force Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre and contains photographs of aircraft, aircrew, other RAF personnel and places. Includes some target and reconnaissance photographs. Many items are concerned with 106 Squadron at RAF Metheringham and RAF Syerston.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/collections/show/4082"&gt;Album 1&lt;/a&gt; - air and ground crew. Contains 20 items. Photographs of air and ground crew, many from 106 Squadron. One message from air officer commanding group and attendees at ceremony.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/collections/show/4085"&gt;Album 2&lt;/a&gt; - aircrew and target/reconnaissance photographs. Contains 20 items.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/collections/show/4086"&gt;Album 3&lt;/a&gt; - Photographs mostly of 106 Squadron and some documents. Contains 19 items.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The collection has been licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive by the RAF Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.</text>
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                <text>This content is property of the Royal Air Force Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre.</text>
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              <text>Top - a group of servicemen and Women's Auxiliary Air Force members all wearing uniform tunic, two kneeling in front and the other standing with trees in the background. Submitted with description 'Lunch at WAAF Officers' Mess Syerston Sep 1943. Left to right: (standing) W/Cdr R E Baxter, F/Lt Cobb, S/Ldr Cousens, S/O Yvonne Raven, S/O Susan Sandeman-Allen, S/Ldr Howroyd, S/O Jean Barrow, W/Cdr Penman; (seated) F/O Eve Bennett plus a WAAF S/O "Mary"'.&#13;
Left - an RAF officer wearing tunic and peaked cap standing outside a door marked 'commanding officer adjutant'. Submitted with description 'F/Lt Charles Martin, Adjutant 106 Sqn. Outside his office, RAF Metheringham'. &#13;
Middle right - seven aircrew wearing battledress with side or peaked caps, three sitting in front and four standing behind. In the background a hut with windows. Submitted with description 'W/Cdr R E Baxter and his crew at RAF Skellingthorpe, April 1943. Left to right - standing: Sgt's Taylor, Coulton, Thursby and Berry. Seated: P/O Moore, W/Cdr Baxter and F/O Horobin'.&#13;
Bottom right - a group of man an women at a social gathering. Submitted with description 'Men and women in dinner dress at a social gathering. Date and place unknown'.</text>
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              <text>This content is property of the Royal Air Force Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre.</text>
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