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Flight engineer brevet
Half brevet with 'E'.
Flight engineer's notes for Lancaster aircraft
Flight engineer's notes for Lancaster Avro Type 683 Mk 1 and 3.
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.
Flying times and figures
Table of flying times for flight engineer on Stirling, Lancaster and Lincoln. Totals hours 602:25. Column of figures on second page.
Four aircrew
Four airmen wearing tunics, three with half brevet, one with pilot's brevet, two have sergeants rank standing in line in a garden with tree and parts of houses in the background. On the reverse 'Wedding, groom and best man and friends'.
Four aircrew in front of a Lancaster
Four aircrew, one wearing tunic with half brevet, three wearing battledress, one with pilot's brevet and the others half brevet. All wear side caps. In the background part of the front fuselage and two starboard engines of a Lancaster. The man at the…
Hitler - Spoof last will and testament
Spoof last will and testament of Adolf Hitler
House with woman and girl in front
A woman and girl standing in front of a brick build semi-detached two story house with low brick walls round gardens. On the reverse 'Stringhams Copse, Send March, Ripley, Surrey'.
John Dent engineer course notebook
Covers Merlin engines, airframes, hydraulics, instruments and electrics. Detailed handwritten notes and diagrams of Lancaster aircraft systems, some b/w photographs and printed pages cut out, wiring circuit diagrams, emergency equipment,…
John Dent's decorations
Five medals with ribbons: 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Royal Observer Corps Medal. Front and rear views.
John Dent's flying log book
Flying log book for J Dent, flight engineer, covering the period from 25 August 1944 to 8 May 1947. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and post war duties with 44 Squadron, air ministry film unit and 148 Squadron. He was stationed at RAF…
Lancaster
Type 464 (Provisioning) Lancaster parked on grass with elevated platforms on the left. On the reverse 'Dam Buster, RAF Mildenhall'.
Lancaster
Air-to-air view of a Lancaster at low level over the sea. Coastline in the distance. The Lancaster has the post-European war colour scheme designed for the Tiger Force.
Lancaster
Front quarter view of the starboard side of a white Lancaster with rear fuselage door open, parked.
Lancaster
Air-to-air view of the top of a Lancaster registration 'RE172' flying over over the south Manchester areas of Withington, Fallowfield and Ladybarn. On the reverse 'Lancaster BIII, made A.V.Roe (Yeadon) Merlin 224 (March/June 45)'.
Lancaster
Top page - top - air-to-air view of starboard side of a Lancaster with light coloured top, registration TW661'.
Bottom - front quarter view of a Lancaster with undercarriage up, flying just above the ground over an airfield. Hangars in the…
Bottom - front quarter view of a Lancaster with undercarriage up, flying just above the ground over an airfield. Hangars in the…
Lancaster and aircrew
Top page - title caption 'RAF Aston Down (Gloucestershire) Air Ministry Film Unit'.
Top - four aircrew all wearing battledress with brevet standing in line with a dog in front, all in front of a Lancaster. In the distant background other aircraft…
Top - four aircrew all wearing battledress with brevet standing in line with a dog in front, all in front of a Lancaster. In the distant background other aircraft…
Lancaster and bombs
Left page - top left - air-to-air view front port quarter of a Lancaster. Captioned 'Lancaster Mk1 KM-Z (LL854) Operation Frontline May 1946 44 (Rhodesia) SQ'.
Bottom left - similar air-to-air view front port quarter of a Lancaster with further…
Bottom left - similar air-to-air view front port quarter of a Lancaster with further…
Lancaster and people
Left page - left - distant airborne Lancaster giving display over air filed with spectators in the foreground.
Right - two men wearing jacket and tie talking, On the left two women turned away are talking. All are inside a room.
Right page - head…
Right - two men wearing jacket and tie talking, On the left two women turned away are talking. All are inside a room.
Right page - head…
Lancaster and personnel
Left page - left - view of the bottom of an airborne Lancaster in bank to the left. Registration TW661'. Hangars in the background at bottom. On the right six thumbprint sized head and shoulders portraits of an airman wearing tunic with half brevet…
Lancaster, Spitfire and poster
Left page - top left, air-to-air view of a distant Lancaster flying to the right with undercarriage down,
Top right - air-to-air view of a distant Lancaster flying to the right with undercarriage down,
Bottom left - air-to-air view from slightly…
Top right - air-to-air view of a distant Lancaster flying to the right with undercarriage down,
Bottom left - air-to-air view from slightly…
List of operations
Details of fourteen operations between 1 November 1944 and 7 January 1945.
Man looking out of cockpit window
A man in shirtsleeves and tie looking out of the starboard side cockpit window of a Lancaster.
Mittelland Canal
Reconnaissance photograph showing concentration of bomb craters in the target area where canal crossed a small river.
Model Lancaster
Top page - top - Front quarter view of a large model Lancaster in the open with people standing around.
Bottom - rear quarter view of a large model Lancaster with people standing round and one man holding port wing tip.
Bottom page - front…
Bottom - rear quarter view of a large model Lancaster with people standing round and one man holding port wing tip.
Bottom page - front…
National registration identity card
Made out for John A Dent containing addresses.