Fit Aircrew and Wet Drill at Bintree Mill
Title
Fit Aircrew and Wet Drill at Bintree Mill
Description
Eleven photographs from an album.
1 to 3 are captioned 'Fit Aircrew!!'.
#1 Two airmen in swimming trunks. Behind is a woman with a horse. It is annotated 'Mike Simpson and Jock Douglas'.
#2 is a man climbing along a horizontal rope.
#3 is a man resting on a chair outside a camouflaged hut.
4 to 5 are captioned 'Wet drill at Bintree Mill'.
#4 and 8 are the same - five men trying to right an upturned life raft.
#5 is the liferaft vertical as the men watch.
#6 and 11 are the same - two life rafts with several men sitting inside.
#7 is seven men inside a life raft. One man is about to jump out.
#9 is two life rafts full of men.
#10 is four airmen sitting on a low wall.
1 to 3 are captioned 'Fit Aircrew!!'.
#1 Two airmen in swimming trunks. Behind is a woman with a horse. It is annotated 'Mike Simpson and Jock Douglas'.
#2 is a man climbing along a horizontal rope.
#3 is a man resting on a chair outside a camouflaged hut.
4 to 5 are captioned 'Wet drill at Bintree Mill'.
#4 and 8 are the same - five men trying to right an upturned life raft.
#5 is the liferaft vertical as the men watch.
#6 and 11 are the same - two life rafts with several men sitting inside.
#7 is seven men inside a life raft. One man is about to jump out.
#9 is two life rafts full of men.
#10 is four airmen sitting on a low wall.
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Language
Type
Format
Seven b/w photographs on an album page
Publisher
Rights
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Identifier
PHolmanAW19010008, PHolmanAW19010087
Collection
Citation
“Fit Aircrew and Wet Drill at Bintree Mill,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/46607.