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462 Squadron coin and Bomber Command Clasp
A coin with 426 squadron crest emblem in a plastic case. Bomber Command Clasp on a 1939-1945 Star ribbon.
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This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: 462 Squadron
462 Squadron Pilots
Titled '462 Sqn Pilots - March 1945 at Foulsham (100 Gp S.D.).
Twenty-one pilots sitting and standing in three rows. All wearing battledress with pilot's brevet. Name underneath and other names on left and right.
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Twenty-one pilots sitting and standing in three rows. All wearing battledress with pilot's brevet. Name underneath and other names on left and right.
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Tags: 100 Group; 462 Squadron; aircrew; pilot; RAF Foulsham
A navigator
Three-quarter length image of an airman wearing battledress with half brevet standing in front of a low wall with trees in the background. On the reverse 'July 43, Church Broughton, D Verne Westley, Navigator, Midland Jc. W.A.'.
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Tags: aircrew; navigator; RAF Church Broughton
Accounts of three operations
Lists crew and then provides description of operations to Berlin (first operation), Leipzig and Schweinfurt between the 15 and 25 February 1944. Describes events, including bomb load and distances.
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Air gunner
Full length image of an airman wearing battledress with half brevet and peaked cap standing with open countryside in the background. On the reverse '1944, F/O Tom C Drake Brockman, mid upper gunner of Z Zebra'.
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Tags: air gunner; aircrew
Aircraft losses, accidents
List of Halifax, Wellington and Mosquito aircraft lost from 192 and 462 Squadrons from December 1943 to April 1945. Gives aircraft registration, date, description of incident, some with captain named.
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Aircraft recognition lesson
Instructions for preparation of an aircraft recognition lecture to the air gunners instructors course. Lists the aircraft to be covered.
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Tags: air gunner; aircrew; RAF Manby; training
Airman
Head and shoulders portrait of an airmen wearing battledress with brevet and side cap.
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This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: aircrew
Airman and two women in Brighton
In the foreground an airman wearing battledress with brevet and peaked hat stands alongside two women wearing skirts and blouses. In the background a multi-story hotel (Metropole). Submitted with caption 'Brighton'.
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Tags: aircrew
Airman and woman
On the left an airman wearing tunic with sergeant rank, wireless operator badge and half brevet. Standing alongside on the right a woman wearing skirt and jacket.
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Tags: aircrew
Airman by rear turret
An airman with parachute harness over his shoulder holding on of the guns in the rear turret of a Halifax.
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This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Halifax
Airman in barrack room
An airman wearing short sleeved shirt and tie sitting on a bed in a barrack room with long shelf above his head and clothing hanging on racks under the shelf. Submitted with caption 'Inside Hut'.
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Airman in cockpit
View from inside aircraft of an airman in the left hand pilot's seat. Submitted with caption 'PDW Austor Mallala Jul 43'.
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This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: aircrew; military service conditions; pilot; training
Alexander Taylor Royal Australian Air Force observer's, air gunner's and w/t operator's flying log book
Observer’s, air gunner’s and W/T operators flying log book for A Taylor, wireless operator, covering the period from 25 January 1943 to 3 November 1951. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAAF Parkes, RAAF Port…
Tags: 1652 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; RAF Driffield; RAF Foulsham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington; wireless operator