Adams, Kenneth Reginald
Title
Adams, Kenneth Reginald
Adams, KR
Description
20 items. The collection concerns Kenneth Reginald Adams (b. 1924, 1819498, 189400 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book and photographs. He flew 33 operations as an air gunner with 408 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Alan Kenneth Adams and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Alan Kenneth Adams and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Date
2021-02-10
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Adams, KR
Collection Items
Lancaster - the Linton Lion
View of the front fuselage of a Lancaster parked outside hangar. Nose art shows a roaring lion shouting 'press on!' with title above of 'The Linton Lion'. The tail of another Lancaster is visible parked on the left. Submitted with caption 'thumbnail…
Airman in rear turret
An airman wearing peaked cap sitting in the rear turret of an aircraft. Submitted with caption 'thumbnail_Rear Turret'.
St Ghislain
Target photograph showing some bomb explosions visible as well as smoke and glare. Another Lancaster at bottom left below. Captioned ''2996 LTN 1-2.5.44//NT 8" 8500 >058 0005, St Ghislain. "M", 14x1000, F/L Easton "A", 408'. Submitted with caption…
Lancaster Mk 2
A head on view of a Lancaster parked on dispersal with bombs on the right and another Lancaster behind in the distance on the left. Submitted with caption 'thumbnail_Lanc II'.
Four airmen and a Lancaster
Four airmen wearing battledress standing under the bomb bay of a Lancaster with Lion nose art and letter 'L'.
Kenneth Reginald Adams
Half-length portrait of an RAF pilot officer wearing tunic with air gunner brevet and medal ribbons, and side cap. Submitted with caption 'thumbnail_Kenneth Reginald Adams
Three airmen on damaged Lancaster Mk 2
Three aircrew wearing battledress with brevet and side caps sitting on top of wing behind an engine with considerable damage to trailing edge and flaps of wing. Submitted with caption 'thumbnail_Ken on right'.
Kenneth Adams and mid-upper turret
An airman wearing battledress and side cap sitting on the top of fuselage of bomber leaning on mid-upper turret. Submitted with caption 'thumbnail_Ken in Mid Upper'.
Kenneth Adams and Lancaster
An airmen wearing battledress and peaked cap leaning out of the cockpit window of a Lancaster with 'Linton Lion' lion nose art. The lion is shouting 'press on!'
Siracourt V1 bunker
Target Photograph of Siracourt V1 bunker. Many bomb craters throughout photograph but concentrated on the village of Siracourt which contains the V1 bunker itself which is the rectangular object lower right. This area appears totally destroyed. Main…
Calais
Target photograph on an operation to Calais. Beach and sea can be seen on the left of the image while glare from target indicators and smoke are visible on the right. Some ground detail is visible but not clear. The photograph is annotated '5B' and…
L Hey flying bomb site
Target photograph showing bomb strikes, smoke and many craters on open countryside . Target obscured by smoke. Crashed aircraft with trail across fields top centre. Captioned '3B, Not taken with bombing, 6055 LTN 28.8.44// 8" 14,000 >065 1957.5, L…
Airman by mid-upper turret
An airman wearing battledress and peaked cap sitting on top of fuselage just behind the mid-upper turret of a bomber. Submitted with caption 'Ken with Mid Upper'.
Airmen looking through damaged wing of a Lancaster
Three airmen looking down through holes in bomber wing. Submitted with caption 'Ken on right inspects'.
Three airmen
Three airmen wearing battledress and side caps sitting on an engine of a Lancaster Mk 2. Submitted with caption 'Ken on left'.
Three airmen and a damaged Lancaster wing
Three airmen, two sitting on top of starboard wing and one standing below all looking at damage holes in Lancaster Mk 2 wing. Submitted with caption 'inspection'.
Three airmen and a damaged Lancaster
Three aircrew, two wearing battledress and the other a tunic, all wit side caps looking up a holes in the damaged wing of a Lancaster Mk 2. In the background a hangar. Submitted with caption 'crew inspect'.
Newspaper cutting - Sergeant Kenneth Adams
Gives some service history and that he was promoted quickly. Includes full face portrait photograph.
Kenneth Adams - navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Navigator's , air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book for Ken Adams, air gunner. Covers period from 16 June 1943 to 18 November 1944. Details his training and operational flying. He was stationed at RAF Andreas, RAF Ossington, RAF Gamston, RAF…
Collection Tree
- Adams, Kenneth Reginald