Airmen
Title
Airmen
Description
Top left - Two aircrew standing outside a single-storey hut at RAF Syerston. Both are wearing battledress, parachute harness and Mae Wests. The man on the left wears flying boots. On the right is Flight Lieutenant Don Curtin, wearing lace-up shoes. An adjacent label reads "1. Sgt...; 2. F/Lt Curtin"
Top right - Flight Lieutenant Don Curtin, Wing Commander Guy Gibson and Flight Lieutenant Dave Shannon (left to right) standing outside a single-storey hut, RAF Syerston. Annotation on attaching label reads: "1, Don Curtin; 2, Guy Gibson; 3, Dave Shannon". Curtin is wearing battledress and parachute harness and Mae West; Gibson is wearing battledress, a sheepskin flying jacket and peaked cap; Shannon is wearing battledress and flying boots.
Bottom left - Four airmen in an unidentified outdoor location. The two on the right are wearing greatcoats, one of whom wears a peaked cap, the other a side cap. At the left are (L to R) Flight Lieutenant Don Curtin and Flight Lieunent Dave Shannon, both wearing battledress. Shannon wears a peaked cap, Curtin a side cap. Accompanying label reads "1 Don Curtin, 2 Dave Shannon, 3, 4 Hutchinson"
Bottom right - A group of five airmen standing in an unidentified outdoor location. At least two are aircrew, wearing flying kit, parachute harness and Mae Wests. A label accompanying the photograph reads: "L to R 1, 2, 3, 4 B Oliver".
Descriptions kindly provided by the donor.
Top right - Flight Lieutenant Don Curtin, Wing Commander Guy Gibson and Flight Lieutenant Dave Shannon (left to right) standing outside a single-storey hut, RAF Syerston. Annotation on attaching label reads: "1, Don Curtin; 2, Guy Gibson; 3, Dave Shannon". Curtin is wearing battledress and parachute harness and Mae West; Gibson is wearing battledress, a sheepskin flying jacket and peaked cap; Shannon is wearing battledress and flying boots.
Bottom left - Four airmen in an unidentified outdoor location. The two on the right are wearing greatcoats, one of whom wears a peaked cap, the other a side cap. At the left are (L to R) Flight Lieutenant Don Curtin and Flight Lieunent Dave Shannon, both wearing battledress. Shannon wears a peaked cap, Curtin a side cap. Accompanying label reads "1 Don Curtin, 2 Dave Shannon, 3, 4 Hutchinson"
Bottom right - A group of five airmen standing in an unidentified outdoor location. At least two are aircrew, wearing flying kit, parachute harness and Mae Wests. A label accompanying the photograph reads: "L to R 1, 2, 3, 4 B Oliver".
Descriptions kindly provided by the donor.
Type
Format
Four b/w photographs mounted on an album page
Publisher
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
PFOMetheringhamAF26010006
Collection
Citation
“Airmen,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed October 14, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/61783.