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The Lancaster of Tillières-sur-Avre
Details of operation and loss of Lancaster HK553 piloted by Tom Donaghy during operation to Dreux in France. Contains:
The needs of the landing of June 6 1944.
An effective German defence.
The bombing of Driex.
The Lancaster HK553 crash with…
The needs of the landing of June 6 1944.
An effective German defence.
The bombing of Driex.
The Lancaster HK553 crash with…
Lancaster and Spitfire over Ely Cathedral
Looking up from street level at a flying Lancaster with Spitfire in trail over with Ely Cathedral.
Identification kindly provided by the members of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Group.
Identification kindly provided by the members of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Group.
Lancaster airborne
Distant view of airborne Lancaster with smoke issuing from starboard outer engine. Single engine fighter below to left.
Ladder to the Lancaster - poem
Ten verse poem. Tells of the route from enlistment to operating a Lancaster. Verses cover initial and flying training, crewing up, operational training flying, leaflet dropping, crew completion and heavy conversion unit, flying Halifax and then to…
Flying Officer William Baron Kane DFC
Service history. After training as navigator/observer and bomb aimer completed a tour as Stirling bomb aimer on 75 (NZ) Squadron. Rested on training tours and the second tour as Lancaster bomb aimer on 115 Squadron. Subsequent postings to India and…
Oliver Wells in front of a Lancaster
Full length image of an RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot brevet and peaked cap. Standing in front of a Lancaster. Submitted with caption 'Wells, Oliver 7 Sqn July 43'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.
Swimming club
Left page:
Members of the polo team with 11 in swimming attire and three in suits. A shield sits alongside the group.
Right page:
The crew of Lancaster ND 345.
Top: Flight Lieutenant Donald MacKay DFC, Pilot.
Second row, from left: Pilot…
Members of the polo team with 11 in swimming attire and three in suits. A shield sits alongside the group.
Right page:
The crew of Lancaster ND 345.
Top: Flight Lieutenant Donald MacKay DFC, Pilot.
Second row, from left: Pilot…
Crew of Lancaster ND345
Top: Flight Lieutenant Donald MacKay DFC, Pilot.
Second row, from left: Pilot Officer Ronald Halperin DFC, navigator; Flight Officer James Moffat DFC, air gunner and Squadron leader Andrew Muir DFC, air gunner, wearing Sidcot suit.
Third row, from…
Second row, from left: Pilot Officer Ronald Halperin DFC, navigator; Flight Officer James Moffat DFC, air gunner and Squadron leader Andrew Muir DFC, air gunner, wearing Sidcot suit.
Third row, from…
Lancaster prototype
The Lancaster prototype parked on icy ground. The tail unit shows the small fins and central fin of the modified Manchester airframe used for the Lancaster prototype. Spitfires can be seen on the right and the tail of a Mosquito can be seen on the…
Lancaster second prototype
Air to air photographs of Lancaster in flight. Aircraft painted in camouflage. The fuselage is painted with the letter P within a ring denoting a prototype (this is the second prototype Lancaster).
Lancaster second prototype
Air to air photograph of Lancaster in flight. The fuselage shows the letter P painted within a ring denoting a prototype (this is the second prototype).
Two Lancasters
Air to air photograph of two Lancasters in white paint scheme (KC-B and KC-T) in flight. Annotated on the reverse 'NX746/KC-B Lancaster 7 617 squadron India 1946 NX782/KC-T'. Two labels are stuck to the reverse of the print. One annotated 'NX746…
61 Squadron group photo
A large group of airmen arranged in four rows in front of a Lancaster.
On the reverse is a list of the 102 men with some of their names.
On a separate sheet is the same list.
On a third sheet is a list with some of the missing names.
On the reverse is a list of the 102 men with some of their names.
On a separate sheet is the same list.
On a third sheet is a list with some of the missing names.
Just Jane, nose art
A cartoon of a naked woman sitting on a bomb.
Three Lancasters in flight
An air to air view of three Lancasters in flight. They have 617 squadron markings, 'KC and YZ'.
The furthest two have been modified with no mid-upper or front turrets and modified bomb bay.
The furthest two have been modified with no mid-upper or front turrets and modified bomb bay.
61 Squadron operations 1943
A list of 25 operations undertaken by 61 Squadron.
Flight Lieutenant Jamie Barr DFC
A biography of Jamie's time in the RAF.
Combat claims Major Wolfgang Thimmig DK
List of 23 claims between 118 June 1941 and 8 July 1944. Flew with 2.NJG 1, Stab III/NJG, III/NJG 1, Stab/NJG 4. Claims against Whitley, Wellington, Hampden, Halifax, Lancaster, B-26 and Stirling.
Lancaster claim signal
Telegram to "Der Reichsminister der Luftfahrt" stating the shooting down of a "britischen kampfflugzeuges von typ Lancaster" by Lt Spoden. Submitted with caption ' Spoden claim 11.1943'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.
Uncle Harold
Six photographs.
#1 is a head and shoulders portrait, identified on a post-it as 'Uncle H oct 18 1920'.
#2 is three men and a girl identified as 'Uncle H Geoff Dad Auntie M'.
#3 is a group of 27 airmen arranged in three rows.
#4 is a half length…
#1 is a head and shoulders portrait, identified on a post-it as 'Uncle H oct 18 1920'.
#2 is three men and a girl identified as 'Uncle H Geoff Dad Auntie M'.
#3 is a group of 27 airmen arranged in three rows.
#4 is a half length…
Saumur Tunnel
Typewritten summary of bombing of Saumur railway tunnel and bridge. Wing Commander G L Cheshire is identified as the commanding officer.
Seven aircrew in front of a Lancaster
Seven aircrew wearing Mae West standing in line in front of a Lancaster. The crew are identified from left 'Toff? Lloyd? Trevor G Muhl (Bomb Aimer), Johnny Spiers (Pilot) Carrol, Jack Harrison (Nav), Aiden Garrod' further captioned '617 Sqn 1945?'.
Family photographs
Ten photographs.
#1 a postcard of Portmellon, near Mevagissey.
#2 a woman and three boys.
#3 three airmen and wives in long dresses, at the bar.
#4 a view across a town.
#5 a side view of a Lancaster, 'J'
#6 a head and shoulders portrait of a…
#1 a postcard of Portmellon, near Mevagissey.
#2 a woman and three boys.
#3 three airmen and wives in long dresses, at the bar.
#4 a view across a town.
#5 a side view of a Lancaster, 'J'
#6 a head and shoulders portrait of a…
Fred Chadwick's commission letter, Yogi bear cartoon and Operation Rendezvous newspaper cutting
Three documents.
#1 a letter to Fred with his commission.
#2 a cartoon of Yogi bear.
#3 a newspaper cutting about Operation Rendezvous with a paragraph mentioning Fred.
#1 a letter to Fred with his commission.
#2 a cartoon of Yogi bear.
#3 a newspaper cutting about Operation Rendezvous with a paragraph mentioning Fred.
Squadron photo and groups in khaki
Three photographs. #1 is a squadron photograph of a large group arranged in five rows in front of a white Lancaster. #2 is 15 men in khaki in two rows in front of a Nissen hut. #3 is four men in khaki and shorts in front of a tent.