Two photographs - aircrew and Lancaster

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Title

Two photographs - aircrew and Lancaster

Description

Top - two air gunners standing in front of rear turret of a Lancaster 'submitted with caption 'Two aircrew, wearing battledress, stood at the rear of a Lancaster. Annotated: "Left- Vic Cole's mid upper and rear gunners. The mid upper baled out on the way to Berlin, the rest of the crew returned safely, despite fighter damage and went on to complete a tour of 30 operations"'.
Bottom - front quarter view of a parked Lancaster with others in far distance, submitted with caption 'A Lancaster parked in an outdoor location. Photograph annotated: "V.L Coles 'G' George" A further annotation to this photograph, higher up the album page reads: "Below Vic's kite ZN-G Admiral Easilope Left J. Harding M.U. Gunner Right M.D.Parkinson"'.

Spatial Coverage

Type

Format

Two b/w photographs mounted on an album page

Rights

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.

Identifier

PFOMetheringhamAF25030013

Citation

“Two photographs - aircrew and Lancaster,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 16, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/58509.