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Seven airmen on port side of Lancaster ME679
Seven airmen on port side of a Lancaster. On reverse of picture, 'Back from left - M I Boyle DFC (Pilot, J W Higdon (Mid Upper Gunner), H Dixon (Navigator), M P Butler (Rear Gunner). Front row left D R Waddell (Bomb Aimer, M Webb (Wireless Operator),…
Biplane and Royal Flying Corp personnel
Ten men arranged around a Bristol F2 Fighter fuselage with the wings and fabric covering removed.
Tags: ground crew; ground personnel; training
Crash site
Top: A structure made of metal girders sits lop sided. To the right is the upper wing tip of a Hawker Demon. In the foreground is a two wheeled trolley and one wheel of a motorbike is to the left.
Bottom: A damaged Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 sits…
Bottom: A damaged Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 sits…
Tags: crash
Overseas service
From the top: One: Three servicemen in shorts and short sleeves, two in officer's caps. They are standing with two other men and lean against a lorry on which a number of benches are piled. The lorry is parked outside a brick building. Two: View of a…
Tags: animal; service vehicle
Letter to William Emery from Joe Turner
Joe writes in reply to Bill's letter. He writes about football, communal friends and the weather.
Tags: mess; RAF Tuddenham; sport
Letter to William Emery from Ray Lawley
Ray writes about a football match, the Club dance and asks what he will do after the war.
Tags: mess; RAF Bourn; RAF St Athan; sport
Equipment requests
Two notes.
#1 requests electric circuit wire materials and tyre repair/ new bicycle materials.
#2 tyre repair materials
#1 requests electric circuit wire materials and tyre repair/ new bicycle materials.
#2 tyre repair materials
Tags: prisoner of war; Stalag 3A
Letter from John Mansell to his parents
John writes he has received two letters. He asks for shorts and swimming trunks for next summer.
Tags: prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3
Postcard from John Mansell to his family
John complains he has only had two letters this month. A sentence has been blacked out by the censor. He asks for a towel.
Tags: prisoner of war; sport; Stalag Luft 3
Postcard to John Mansell's mother from Bernard Cooksley
Bernard writes that he is pleased John is OK and thanks her for the cigarettes.
The censor has blacked out one or two words.
[Bernard was a crew mate of John]
The censor has blacked out one or two words.
[Bernard was a crew mate of John]
Tags: prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3
Sergeant Blaydon
An airman wearing flying suit, helmet, harness and life preserver sitting by the engineer's panel inside a Wellington. On the reverse 'Sgt Blaydon ("BB"), 2cd W/Op)'.
Sergeant Goldingay
An airman wearing flying suit, parachute harness and flying helmet standing inside the astrodome of a Wellington. . On the reverse 'Sgt Goldingay ("Goldy")(Observer).'
Seven aircrew in front of Lancaster
Seven aircrew wearing battledress with brevet standing in line in front of the port wing of a Lancaster. Names have been written against each man.
The crew is:
Navigator: Flying Officer N.H Kobelke
Wireless Operator: Flying Officer M.J.…
The crew is:
Navigator: Flying Officer N.H Kobelke
Wireless Operator: Flying Officer M.J.…
Letter from Alan North to Joan Strong
Alan writes that he should be getting leave from 22nd December for 12 days. He has been flying patrols despite the weather.
[some pages are missing]
[some pages are missing]
Tags: 98 Squadron; aircrew; navigator; pilot
Airmen with a Vicker's K machine gun in a Fairey Battle
An airmen standing in an aircraft holding on to a machine gun.
Aircraft and T E Lawrence's grave
Top left shows the prototype Lysander K6127 standing on the grass with buildings in the background.
Top Right shows T E Lawrence's grave.
Middle left shows airmen attaching bombs to a Hawker Hart.
Middle right shows a line of Hawker Harts standing…
Top Right shows T E Lawrence's grave.
Middle left shows airmen attaching bombs to a Hawker Hart.
Middle right shows a line of Hawker Harts standing…
A group of men mending a puncture
Four bareheaded, uniformed men changing the wheel of a 1932 Ford V8 Phaeton with the top up, having removed their jackets. The registration of the car begins B 57 and there is a wheel separate to the car. John is crouching at the back of the group.…
Tags: aircrew
Aircraft
Left page - left - airborne Sunderland of 210 Squadron.
Right - Junkers Ju-90 outside a hangar in 1937.
Right page - left view of ground from Tiger Moth.
Right - view from airborne Tiger Moth. Captioned 'Views from a Tiger Schimt'.
Right - Junkers Ju-90 outside a hangar in 1937.
Right page - left view of ground from Tiger Moth.
Right - view from airborne Tiger Moth. Captioned 'Views from a Tiger Schimt'.
Tags: 210 Squadron; Sunderland; Tiger Moth
Airmen and newspaper cutting
Top left - full length image of an airman wearing battledress standing in long grass with a single story hut in the background. Captioned 'Mike'.
Bottom left - three-quarter length image of an airman wearing tunic and smoking a cigarette. Trees in…
Bottom left - three-quarter length image of an airman wearing tunic and smoking a cigarette. Trees in…