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Selwyn Jaques Lupton in front of aircraft
S J Lupton wearing flying kit and standing in front of a Stearman training aircraft. Picture taken after his first solo flight while training in Florida.
Group of airmen outside hangar
Large group of airmen outside hangar, surrounding aircraft engine, wearing training flashes. Explanatory note: 'Howard Dowker, 430255, left of prop blade, second row up'.
E H Riding
E H Riding in RAF uniform while under training, wearing cadet hat band. He is standing next to old cannon, with a car in the background.
Ground Crew
The top photograph shows three men in uniform standing and one man in uniform crouching next to a car. Engine trestle behind. Captioned 'Ground Crew Frank, Woodie, Sam, Alec'.
The lower picture shows a woman in uniform standing between two…
The lower picture shows a woman in uniform standing between two…
John Maunsell's photographs of pilot and ground crew
The image on the left shows a pilot, in uniform, standing in garden with a man in civilian clothes. Captioned "Bill" and his brother'.
The image on the right shows three men in uniform, one smoking a pipe, leaning against a car. Engine trestles…
The image on the right shows three men in uniform, one smoking a pipe, leaning against a car. Engine trestles…
Two airmen and car
Two airmen wearing battledress leaning on the rear of a car by a building. Man on the right is warrant officer with half brevet.
Aircraft crash site
Three airmen stand amongst the wreckage of an aircraft. Behind is a single storey building with a pitched roof, a parked van and utility poles.
Wreckage
A triangular piece of aircraft wreckage with three bolts attached and a central round port.
B-29 at RAF Wyton
A group of airmen standing behind a NAAFI van with B-29 behind them on taxiway. On the reverse 'Wyton 1950'.
Two airmen on a motorbike
Two airmen, the driver is a flight sergeant sitting on an AJS motorbike in front of a hut.
Eva Pearson sitting on front of lorry
A woman wearing shirt and trousers with dog, sitting on the front bumper of a Thames lorry in front of a building. On the reverse 'Eva Marion Pearson, wife, RAF Wyton'.
Six men
Six men, four in uniform, two sitting on bonnet of a lorry, and four (two in uniform and two civilian dress standing in front). In the background single story huts and terraced houses.
Gliders
Two airmen walk between two lines of gliders. Reverse is printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'GH20'.
Gliders and tugs
Gliders and their tugs above cultivated fields in a flat landscape. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'R136C neg 27' and 'Gliders and tugs landing/crossing of Rhine'. Photograph includes Horsa gliders and Stirling tugs.
Unloaded gliders
A glider landing zone with a number having the nose open for unloading. Captioned '0050 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/14"// FARN' Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved. stamped '0124' and annotated 'Arnhem'.
Glider landing zone
Glider landing zone in a flat rural landscape. There is a single storey building to one side. Captioned '0051 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/147// FARN'. Reverse is printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'Arnhem'.
Upturned glider
A glider on its back in a field. Captioned, '0048 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 P/147// FARN'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'American glider upturned at Nijmegen'.
Stanislaw Sewerin's medal ribbons
Ribbons for medals awarded to Stanislaw Sewerin:
1939 - 1945 Star
Africa Star with clasp 'North Africa 1942 - 43'
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939 - 45
Polish Cross of Valour
Croix du Combattant Volontaire 1939 - 45
RAF…
1939 - 1945 Star
Africa Star with clasp 'North Africa 1942 - 43'
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939 - 45
Polish Cross of Valour
Croix du Combattant Volontaire 1939 - 45
RAF…
Stamp
A brass stamp with a coat of arms depicting a dragon within a banner beneath a crown with a dragon on top.
Sergeant Flynn
Ron, with his hand in his pocket, leans against a lorry. On reverse, 'R.A.Flynn'.
African Sunset
Top right: Looking across a river with a rocky bank. Captioned, 'Hunyani River'. On reverse: 'Hunyani'.
Centre: A Fairey Battle on the ground with rocks by the wheels. Captioned, 'Fairy Battle aircraft'.
Bottom left: An exposed Merlin engine with a…
Centre: A Fairey Battle on the ground with rocks by the wheels. Captioned, 'Fairy Battle aircraft'.
Bottom left: An exposed Merlin engine with a…
Headquarters
From top:
A man walks from a car, with registration number S 11683, towards a single storey corrugated building. The roof overhangs the building creating a shaded porch on which stand two men in uniform.
A man in a suit walks along the shaded…
A man walks from a car, with registration number S 11683, towards a single storey corrugated building. The roof overhangs the building creating a shaded porch on which stand two men in uniform.
A man in a suit walks along the shaded…
The flagship
From Top:
View of a destroyer with two funnels from the deck of another ship. Captioned, 'the flagship'.
View across the bows of four ships into the sunset. Captioned, 'sunset at sea'.
Looking down at the deck of a ship on which men in shorts…
View of a destroyer with two funnels from the deck of another ship. Captioned, 'the flagship'.
View across the bows of four ships into the sunset. Captioned, 'sunset at sea'.
Looking down at the deck of a ship on which men in shorts…
Convoy escort
From Top:
A ship at sea. Captioned, 'convoy escort'.
Four ships at sea, above one of which is cloud of smoke. Captioned 'destroyer on firing practice'.
Two ships at sea with twin funnels. Two further ships are close by.
View from the deck of a…
A ship at sea. Captioned, 'convoy escort'.
Four ships at sea, above one of which is cloud of smoke. Captioned 'destroyer on firing practice'.
Two ships at sea with twin funnels. Two further ships are close by.
View from the deck of a…
Biplane and cityscape
Top: A biplane behind a perimeter fence alongside a single storey square building with a flight of steps leading to the flat roof. Beyond in a flat open landscape rising to hills in the distance. A line of structures cross the scene in the middle…