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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,…
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'.
Hitler - Spoof last will and testament
Spoof last will and testament of Adolf Hitler
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…
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'.
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.
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.
Flight engineer brevet
Half brevet with 'E'.
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…
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'.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
Civil defence badge
Badge with crown and 'CD'.
Canada badge
Maple leaf metal badge with 'Canada' in the centre.
Bullets
Two pointed bullets and one round grey object. Two views.
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'.
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.
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…
Avro Lincoln
Upper rear quarter air-to-air view of an Avro Lincoln registration 'RA638' above clouds. On the reverse 'Avro Lincoln'.
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…
Album rear cover
Black mottled rear cover for album
Album cover
Black album cover.