Garland, Victor Alan

Title

Garland, Victor Alan

Description

44 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Victor Alan Garland (b. 1924, 3030098 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 429 Squadron.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elaine Dove and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.

Date

2021-11-10

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Garland, VA

Collection Items

429 Squadron battle order for 27 April 1945
Lists fifteen crews for operations plus one spare. Víctor Garland's crew is fifth down and notes aircraft "F - PA274", captain D Williams with 18 trips, navigator W Milne, air bomber M Charlobois, FE V Garland, WOp S Schurman, mu/g G R Morey, r/g M…

Marie Occardi
Full face portrait of a amber of the women's auxiliary air force captioned 'WAAF Marie Occardi, 429 Squadron'.

Six ex-aircrew
Six men in civilian dress standing and sitting round a table by a river/lake. On the reverse ''"Punchy" Doug Williams, pilot, "Rubber Boots" Schurman W/POp, 429 Squadron RCAF. L to R front row Victor (Judy) Garland, Don Schurman W/Op (Rubber Boots),…

Dining room in officer's mess
Long tables set out for Christmas meal in dining room. On the reverse 'Officers mess Leeming Yorks
1945/46'.

Four men in Dublin
Four men in civilian dress outside Carlisle Building, corner of Burgh Quay and D'Olier Street. On the reverse 'Carlisle building. location unknown'.

Place identification kindly provided by Alan Watt, Anthony Heaney, Keith Scholey and Mark Britton…

Five airmen
Five airmen three wearing battledress and two tunics, all with brevet standing either side of a motorbike in front of a building. On the reverse '"Jock", "Red", "Judy", "Taffy", "Fwank", outside the sergeants mess Leeming 25/10/45, all set for…

Two airmen
Two airmen with sleeping bags on the tailgate of a lorry. On the reverse '1945 aircrew'.

Park of wrecked vehicles
Many wrecked vehicles in a field with two trees. On the reverse 'Europe clean up' 1945/46'.

Airman on Halifax
An airman sitting on top of front fuselage of a Halifax. Nose art "Lift for Love" and female figure and four rows of operation tally symbols. On the reverse 'Lancaster (sic) at Leeming 1945 AL-L "Lift for Love" 429 Squadron P/O Doug "Punchy"…

Three airmen
Two airmen with sleeping bags on tailgate of two lorries. A third man is lying on the ground below them. On the reverse '1945, aircrew in Europe'.

Wrecked vehicle
Front view of wrecked vehicle. On the reverse 'Europe clean up 1945/46'.

Aircrew in cockpit
An airman in shirtsleeves with flying helmet sitting in pilot's seat of a bomber. On the reverse 'Lancaster gunner'.

Airmen and Halifax
An airmen wearing flying clothes standing on the ground in front of a Halifax. Another airman perched on top of fuselage. On the reverse '"Punchy" Williams and "Rubber Boots" Schurman, 429 Squadron RCAF, P/O Doug Williams and Don Schurman (W/Op)…

MT yard RAF Leeming
View over motor transport yard and other station buildings covered in snow. On the revere 'Leeming Yorks 1945'.

MT yard RAF Leeming
View over the motor transport yard and other station buildings. On the reverse 'Leeming Yorks 1945'.

Two airmen looking out of window
Two airmen in shirtsleeves looking out of a window. On the reverse '429 Squadron 1944/45, Doug Schurman and G Russell Morey (Russ)'.

Airman on motorbike
An airman wearing battledress with brevet astride a Triumph WD (War Department) motorcycle with Nissen huts in the background. On the reverse '1945, Leeming 429 RCAF, G R Morey Russell/Russ'.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

BAFO wrecked vehicle
Front quarter view of a BAFO wrecked vehicle with garages in the background. On the reverse 'clean up Europe 1945/46'.

Wrecked vehicle
Front view of wrecked vehicle with garages in the background. On the reverse 'bomb damage 1945 Leeming (crossed out) or Belgium 1946'.

Neue Artilleriekaserne Bahrenfeld
Street with multi-storey buildings either side. On the reverse 'Europe clean up, Belgium or Germany 1945/46'.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

Rijksarchief Arnhem
Road running up from bottom with single black car. Destroyed buildings either side with gutted Rijksarchief. People in street. On the reverse 'Somewhere in Belgium or Germany [sic], post war 1945/46'.

Identification kindly provided by Frank…

Two airmen
Two airmen wearing battledress with brevet sitting outside a wooden hut. On the reverse 'Leeming, Yorks, RCAF crew'.

Lorries garages and wreckage
A pile of wreckage in front with lorries lined up in front of garages. On the reverse 'Bomb damage Leeming aerodrome'.

Seven aircrew in front of Halifax
Seven aircrew wearing parachute harnesses posing in pyramid in front of a Halifax. On the reverse 'the gen crew and "w" willy, P/O Doug Williams and crew'.

An airman
Full length image of an airman wearing tunic with white belt and side cap, standing in front of a building. On the reverse 'conversion unit 1944, who? St Athan?
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