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Pilots notes Lancaster Mk 2
Pilot's notes for Lancaster II four Hercules VI or XVI engines.
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
Pilots notes Lancaster Mk 3
Pilot's notes for Lancaster III four Merlin 28 Engines.
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
Air Raid Precaution badge
Silver badge with crown and 'ARP' letters.
Air Raid Precaution service chevrons
Four red chevrons on black background for four years service.
Air Training Corp parade and A.T.C Camp
Left page - left - cadets and officers on parade being inspected. In the background trees and a building. right - a wing commander RAF and an ATC officer speaking to a cadet on parade. In the background trees and a building. Captioned '261 SQDR Air…
Aircraft
Left page - top left - head on view of a parked Lincoln. Captioned 'Avro Lincoln'. Top right - side view of a parked four engine bomber. Both top images captioned 'KM-J, 44 (Rhodesia) Sq, RAF Mildenhall'. Bottom left 'front quarter view of a parked…
Aircrew
Upper page - top left - half length image of a man wearing parachute harness and flying helmet in the cockpit of an aircraft.
Top right - three quarter length image of a man wearing parachute harness looking back from the cockpit of an aircraft.…
Top right - three quarter length image of a man wearing parachute harness looking back from the cockpit of an aircraft.…
Aircrew and other people
Left page - top left - an large group of aircrew, two rows sitting and one standing, all wearing battledress with side or peaked caps on grass in front of a Nissen hut. Captioned '44 (Rhodesia) Squadron flight engineers RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire, Nr…
Album cover
Black album cover.
Album rear cover
Black mottled rear cover for album
ATC Camp
Left page - a large group of ATC Cadets and officers lined up in front of an Argosy aircraft. Captioned - 'ATC Camp RAF Lyneham'.
On the right page a group of ATC cadets and officers sitting and standing in three rows with a hut in the background…
On the right page a group of ATC cadets and officers sitting and standing in three rows with a hut in the background…
Avro Lincoln
Upper rear quarter air-to-air view of an Avro Lincoln registration 'RA638' above clouds. On the reverse 'Avro Lincoln'.
Baby
Top left - a baby sitting in a pram.
Top right - a baby lying on a bed with pillow.
Middle left - a baby lying on a bed with pillow.
Bottom left - a baby being held on a woman's knee in a garden with house in the background.
Bottom right - a…
Top right - a baby lying on a bed with pillow.
Middle left - a baby lying on a bed with pillow.
Bottom left - a baby being held on a woman's knee in a garden with house in the background.
Bottom right - a…
Battle of Britain Flight Lancaster over Cranwell
Air-to-air view of a Lancaster letter 'KB-B' with 'City of Lincoln' nose crest and operation bomb symbols flying left to right over College Hall at RAFC Cranwell.
Bridesmaids
Two women wearing dresses and holding bouquets standing in a garden with a young girl in between them. In the background trees and parts of houses. On the reverse 'John's wedding, July 1945'.
Bullets
Two pointed bullets and one round grey object. Two views.
Canada badge
Maple leaf metal badge with 'Canada' in the centre.
Civil defence badge
Badge with crown and 'CD'.
Conversion of 600 aircraft for Tiger Force
Note mentioning marks converted in 1945 with Merlin 24 engines, m=no mid-upper turret, H2S, expected to carry 10,750lbs from Okinawa to Japan.
Couple
Half length image of an airman wearing tunic with sergeant rank and engineer brevet alongside a woman wearing white blouse and skirt. In the background a house and trees.
Course photograph and Christmas meal menu
On the left page a menu for the airmen's' mess at RAF Bridlington Christmas day 1943 meal. Annotated with some signatures, including BE Chadwick (LACW), M.E Kane (WAAF), M. Hughes (Cpl) and D. Darling.
On the right page a course photograph of a…
On the right page a course photograph of a…
Crew list
Jon Dent's crew list includes F/O K A Smith pilot, F/O Ron Winters navigator, F/O Dave Long (NZ) bomb aimer, W/O Joe Pugh wireless operator, Sgt Dell mid-upper gunner, Sgt Taffy Jones rear gunner, self flight engineer.
Day bombing Cologne
Target photograph of Cologne Melatenfriedhof area. Falling bombs on the left side and a burst of anti aircraft fire on top right.
Identification kindly provided by Frank Doerschner of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook Group.
Identification kindly provided by Frank Doerschner of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook Group.
Flight engineer
Head and shoulders side view of a sergeant wearing tunic with flight engineer brevet and side cap. In the background foliage and the roof of a house. Captioned 'Aug 44'.
Flight engineer and a couple
Top - head and shoulders image of an airman wearing tunic with flight engineer brevet and sergeant rank and side cap standing in a garden with a house in the background.
Bottom - head and shoulders image of an airman wearing tunic with flight…
Bottom - head and shoulders image of an airman wearing tunic with flight…