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- Collection: Cothliff, Ken. Folder 1504
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Women’s Auxiliary Air Force personnel and Lancaster
A large group of WAAFs arranged in three rows in front of a Lancaster. Additional information supplied with the collection states 'W.Cdr Hull & female staff'.
Two Airmen
Two airmen inside an aircraft. Information supplied with the collection states 'G H Walters Vict. BC'
Three RAF Controllers
Three airmen working in a control room. In front of them is radio equipment. The men are sat on wooden chairs with improvised cushions.
Three Halifaxes
Three Halifaxes on the ground, two with their engines running.
Three Ground Crew on a Halifax Nose
Three ground crew are sitting on the nose of a Halifax. Painted on is 'The A Train' and a cartoon tiger in front of a maple leaf. 13 operations are marked with painted bombs.
Three Airmen
Three photographs of three different airmen standing outside a brick building.
Ten Airmen and a Halifax
Ten airmen in two rows in front of a Halifax. The front row is holding a flag made from ladies bloomers. The Halifax has 45 operations marked on, a woman and 'She too knows how!'
Standard 8 and Friends
Four images of a Lancaster and a Standard 8 drop head coupe. In the car is a mixture of civilian women and men. The captions read 'Leeming 1945'.
Snow clearing
A tractor with a snow clearing machine on the front. It is throwing an arc of snow off the runway. A four-engined bomber can be seen in the background
Six WAAFs at Leeming
Six Women’s Auxiliary Air Force members grouped on the steps at RAF Leeming
Seven Airmen
Seven airmen grouped at the tail of a Halifax. Two are wearing lifejackets. The image is very blurred.
Road Leading to RAF Billets
A single track road curving towards low buildings. It is captioned 'Road leading to our billets, Tholthorpe'.
Resting Airmen
Airmen resting in the mess. A large open fire is heating the room. On the wall is a hunting scene.
RAF Wombleton
Five photographs of RAF Wombleton.
Photo 1 and 2 are the same. Three Halifaxes are parked on a snowy landscape.
Photo 3, 4 and 5 are the same. A Proctor and a Halifax on a snowy landscape.
Photo 1 and 2 are the same. Three Halifaxes are parked on a snowy landscape.
Photo 3, 4 and 5 are the same. A Proctor and a Halifax on a snowy landscape.
RAF Tholthorpe
An oblique aerial photograph of RAF Tholthorpe (disused) taken in the 1970s.
RAF Leeming Mess at Christmas
Two images of a party held in the Leeming mess at Christmas, 1945.
RAF Leeming Hangar
Two views of a hangar identified as at Leeming,
RAF Leeming Control Room Christmas Party
Two images on one photograph of a group of airmen and women having a party in the Control Room at Leeming, 1945.
RAF Leeming Christmas Flying Control 1945
Five airmen and two women at a bar. Information supplied with the collection states 'Leeming Xmas Flying Control 1945 inc G.Capt Evans'. There is a caption but it is indecipherable.
Outside Head Quarters Building RAF Leeming
A group of airmen and airwoman arranged outside a building. Additional information supplied with the collection states 'Outside HQ bldg Leeming circa 1944.45'.
Nine Airmen Walking to a Halifax
Nine airmen with their backs to the camera, walking to a Halifax. They are kitted up for flying with parachute harnesses and parachutes. On the cockpit is a member of the ground crew.
Nine Airmen
Nine airmen arranged behind the port wing of a Halifax. Additional information supplied with the collection states 'Puskas crew R2L Alvin Williams & Steve P'.
Metz
Vertical aerial photograph taken during an attack on Metz. The centre of the image is obscured by explosions. The caption reads '2739.LMG.28/29.6.44//NT. 8" 12000 -->041° 0131 1/12 Metz Raid. L 13*500 C.23 secs W/O Irish K 429'.
Loading Mines
Two images of mines being loaded. In the first image one mine is in position on the rack and a second is on the trolley about to be winched up. An annotation reads 'Mines'.
In the second image a mine is on a trolley. Chalked on the mine is the…
In the second image a mine is on a trolley. Chalked on the mine is the…
Leeming Sergeants Mess Christmas 1945
Large group of airmen and WAAFs grouped around a Christmas Tree.