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115 Squadron photograph
A large group of airmen in uniform sitting and standing in four rows in a field with trees in the background. Captioned 115 Squadron'.
1942 Royal Air Force diary
Information on the RAF, RCAF, RAAF, RNZAF, Indian Air Force, the Eire Air Corps, aircraft photographs and information. Air Force decorations, aviation world records. Continues with pages of information on aerodromes, RAF badges, aircraft instruments,…
1944
Gives account of flying in April 1944 as air gunner on Wellington from log book remarks. In June notes moving to Stirling for conversion and transfer to LFS as mid upper gunner. Gives account of first war operation on 7 Squadron on 7 August 1944.…
1944 continued
List operations on 27 August as MUG and skipper awarded DFM. Continues to list operations through September, October, November and December 1944. All in Lancaster with F/Sgt Boden as pilot. Includes photograph of a large group of airmen wearing…
1945
List operations January to July 1945. All wartime operations as MUG on Lancaster with F/Sgt Boden as pilot. After hostilities, missions include food dropping and repatriating prisoners of war. Bottom left - Pathfinder certificate awarding badge to…
1945 calendar with dates on 7 Squadron
Calendar mounted below a b/w photograph of rear quarter of airborne Lancaster annotated 'Best of Luck from Ken'. Title 'East West Home's Best'. Successive items show successive months flipped up with dates blocked out and document with list of months…
1945 continued
Top - photograph of a large number of airmen wearing battledress sitting and standing in 6 rows. Captioned '7 Squadron Pathfinder Force. 6th row: Sgts Hill, Shaughnessy, Stedman, Short, Yule, Woolloff, Wood, Boden. 5th row: Sgts F/Sgt Earl, F/Sgt…
1946
From diary gives brief details of activities from January to August 1946. Includes leave and passes, promotion, sport, lectures, air tests, flying, parades, drill, entertainment, cinema. Makes reference to briefing for exercise bombing of Heligoland…
1st Dragoon Guards cap badge
Metal badge with double headed eagle and shield.
7 Squadron badge
Metal badge with 7 Squadron crest
7 Squadron badge
Drawing of 7 Squadron crest
7 Squadron badge
Colour drawing of 7 Squadron crest
After the raid
Photograph of night view with vehicles and people on ground with searchlight looking up. Building on left (control tower) has people on balcony. Captioned 'after the raid: the station commander of a Bomber Command station watches the return of his…
Air Gunner Association badge
Blue surround with winged bullet in centre. Negative version with mirror text 'Air Gunners Association' and 'vigilantia et virtute'
Air gunner badge
Metal badge of bullet with wings.
Air gunner brevet
Three cloth air gunner brevets
Air gunner brevet
Mess kit brevet with silver and gold wire thread.
Air gunner brevet badge
A Perspex air gunner brevet badge
Air gunners of 7 PFF Squadron
Top - photograph of a large group of airmen wearing tunics with air gunner brevet and peaked or side caps; sitting and standing in five rows with Lancaster in the background. Captioned 'The air gunners of 7 P.F.F. Sqn, W/Cdr Davies DSO DFC (B Flt),…
Air Training Corps
Top left - head and shoulders image of an airman wearing tunic and side cap. Captioned Sgt G C Shepherd - 1942'. Top right - air training corps certificate of service. Bottom left - image of four RAF officers standing in line with brick building and…
Air Training Corps badge
Metal badge with eagle and 'W', Air Training Corps on surround with moto 'Venture. Adventure' below.
Air Training Corps badge
Metal badge with eagle and Air Training Corps on surround with moto 'Venture. Adventure' below.
Air Vice-Marshall D C T Bennett
Head and shoulders portrait of an officer wearing tunic with pilot brevet, Pathfinder badge and medal ribbons and peaked cap. Captioned 'Air Vice-Marshal D C T Bennett CB, DSO the navigation expert who has received the Russian Order of Alexander…
Airborne Lancaster
An airborne Lancaster on right edge of image just above runway with undercarriage down. On the reverse 'Cut Lane'.