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Aircraft and North Africa scenes
Top right four uniformed men standing under the nose of a Wellington in a desert landscape. Middle left looking down Bardiyah coastline. A moustachioed man wearing traditional dress in a desert landscape with pitched tents beyond. Bottom left a group…
Aircraft crew
Six men standing alongside the fuselage of an aircraft. Four are wearing flying boots, two in flying suits and two in flying jackets. The two other men are in full overalls and work shoes.
Aircraft views
Top left looking down on a open sandy landscape with a road a cluster of buildings.
Top right a Bristol Bombay on the sandy ground with rows of pitched tents beyond
Middle right a view of clouds from an aircraft.
Bottom left two uniformed men in…
Top right a Bristol Bombay on the sandy ground with rows of pitched tents beyond
Middle right a view of clouds from an aircraft.
Bottom left two uniformed men in…
Aircraft wreckage
Top left crash site of an aircraft an open, flat desert landscape. There is a swastika on the tail of the aircraft. Top right a damaged Me 109 supported on wooden cradle, without its wheels. One propeller blade is damaged and the wings are lying on…
Airmen and aircraft
Top left a man wearing a side cap at the controls of a Wellington. Top right a group of six men standing under the nose of a Wellington. Three of the men, including one in an officer's cap, are standing and the others are crouched on the ground in…
Airmen and North Africa scenes
Top left a pilot wearing a leather flying helmet at the controls of a Wellington.
Top middle a man in shorts and flying boots standing by the rear gun turret of a Wellington.
Top right, detail of the Senussi Zawiya in Jaghbub.
Bottom left a…
Top middle a man in shorts and flying boots standing by the rear gun turret of a Wellington.
Top right, detail of the Senussi Zawiya in Jaghbub.
Bottom left a…
Amongst the tents
A man in short sleeved shirt with breast pockets, shorts and long socks standing alongside a row of pitched tents in a desert landscape.
Bochum
Target photograph of Bochum with no ground features visible through light flashes. Captioned '4' and '890 HLM. 13/14 5 43 //NT "5" 19000 - 024 0219 BOCHUM RD.T. 1x 14000. 540x 4LB. 48x 30LB P10 F/O LANE T.460.'.
Crashed aircraft
Wreckage of a Wellington aircraft, having lost its undercarriage and with a broken fuselage on rocks next to open water. On the reverse, 'Wellington Wellington'.
Duisburg
Target photograph of Duisburg with no ground features visible through light flashes. Captioned '4' and '862 HLM 12/13.5.43.//NT.8" 18000 - 200 0237 DUISBURG RD. M.IX4000. 540x4lbs.PII. F/O LANE O.460'.
Düsseldorf
Target photograph of Düsseldorf with some ground features visible. Captioned '3' and '826 BIN 11/12/6/43 // NT. 8" 18,000 - 050 01.2l DUSSELDORF RD D 1x4000lb. 600x 4lb. 30x 4lb. inc.P.II. P/O LANE Y.460'.
Ernest Olaf Lane's pilots flying log book. Three
Pilots flying log book for Ernest 'Cappy' Olaf Lane covering the period 1 May 1943 to 28 January 1945 detailing his time with 460 Squadron and operations flown. Cappy flew 22 night time operations as pilot, all in a Lancaster. The targets were Essen,…
Ernest Olaf Lane's pilots flying log book. Two
Pilot's flying log book for Ernest 'Cappy' Olaf Lane covering the period 30 April 1940 to 27 April 1943 detailing his training and operations flown with 148 Squadron. Cappy flew 29 operations, 18 as second pilot to Sergeant Lewis, Sergeant Attwell,…
Ernest Olaf Lane's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book. Four
Royal Australian Air Force flying log book for Ernest 'Cappy' Olaf Lane covering the period 1 May 1943 to 28 January 1945 detailing his time as a pilot with the Air Fighting Development Unit including low level flying and gyro sight tests. Cappy is…
Ernest Olaf Lane's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book. One
Royal Australian Air Force flying log book for Ernest 'Cappy' Olaf Lane covering the period 30 April 1940 to 15 October 1944 detailing his training and operations flown. Cappy flew 51 operations, 18 as second pilot to Sergeant Lewis, Sergeant…
GAS
The leaflet refers to a statement made by the British government on 21st April 1943, which notes that Hitler is preparing to use poison gas against Russia on the eastern front. Churchill warned the previous year that they would respond in kind by…
Ground defence training
From 1788 with personal details and training accomplishments of Flight Lieutenant Ernest Olaf Lane.
Hamburg
Target photograph of Hamburg with some ground features visible through light flashes. Captioned '4' and '1449. BIN. 24,25/7/1943 // NT. 8" 19,500' - 190 0106. HAMBURG RD. 8 1x 4000lb 3x 30lb 48x 30lb 600x 4lb PII F/O LANE O.460'.
Hamburg
Target photograph of Hamburg with no ground visible through light flashes. Captioned '4' and '1587 Bin 27/28/7/43 NT 8' 19,000' - 245 01.32 HAMBURG RD B 1x 4000lb 3x 1000lb 48x 30lb 600x 4lb PII F/L LANE 0.460'.
In the shade of a Wellington
Two men alongside a Wellington. One is standing to the starboard side and one is sat in the shade of the aircraft. A second Wellington can be seen in the background.
Local scenes
A central two storey building with three facades with single storey wings either side, set in parkland. The building has a portico and the roof extends to create a veranda on the ground floor.
Top left is a single storey building with a colonnade…
Top left is a single storey building with a colonnade…
Man in a garden
An airman with rolled up sleeves, shorts and long woollen socks standing, with his hands in his pockets, in the garden of a building. The building has a portico with a balustraded balcony, supported by columns, on the first floor.
Man with a plaster cast
Two men standing in a sandy area in front of a utility pole with single storey buildings, with deep verandas in the background. The man standing on the left has his arm in plaster and wears a sling with a short sleeved shirt and shorts. The man…
Men in greatcoats
Two servicemen wearing officer peak caps and belted greatcoats. They are standing, with their hands in their pockets at Wesley Rock, Land's End.
Identification kindly provided by Kenneth R. Woolley III of the Unidentified photos of the British…
Identification kindly provided by Kenneth R. Woolley III of the Unidentified photos of the British…
Nach Hitlers Sturz
A series of statements from various United Nations statesmen about what will happen when Hitler is defeated. They include Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Lord Chancellor John Allse Brook Simon, the Archbishop of Canterbury…