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Aircraft Identification Friend or Foe? Part One
A book featuring aircraft likely to be encountered. Each aircraft has silhouettes, photographs and a description to assist in identification.
Aircraft recognition book
Book with photographs of six aircraft each of 40 pages with opposite lined page for notes. Some are identified.
Aircraft recognition charts
Contains British, American, German and Italian aircraft silhouettes.
Aircraft recognition list for RAF and some Luftwaffe
List of aircraft with corresponding wingspan.
Aircraft wreckage - engine
Aircraft engine with other pieces of mangled metal lying on grass in foreground. Other pieces of wreckage scattered about. Three men standing in distance. On the reverse 'Spitfire L.P. 85, RAF Leuchars/48'.
Aircrew in the Middle East
Top left - five pilots wearing flying helmets with goggles or peaked cap gather round a briefing officer all looking at a map. Captioned 'Being briefed'. Top right - five pilots wearing flying helmets with goggles or peaked cap gather round a…
Airman in a Spitfire
An airman sitting in a Spitfire. He is wearing a Mae West lifejacket.
Airman looking at a snow covered Spitfire
An airmen pointing to the words 'sunny Italy' traced in snow on the side of a snow covered Spitfire. On the reverse 'Foggia Main, Jan 45'.
Airmen grouped in front of Spitfire
Group of airmen arranged in four rows in front of a figher aircraft. They are wearing khaki and shorts. On the reverse the individuals have been named.
Albett Cluett's notes on turrets and fighter aircraft gun harmonisation
Detailed descriptions of the workings of Bristol, Boulton Paul and Fraser Nash turrets. Procedures for gun harmonisation of Hurricane, Typhoon, Beaufighter, P-51 and Spitfire
Amendment list No 100 to Air Publication 1480A
Pages from Pages from recognition handbook of British aircraft with pages containing three axis view diagrams of aircraft and printed technical information. Aircraft: Lysander, Spitfire V, Spitfire XII, Typhoon 1, Mitchell (B-25), Warwick Freighter,…
Amendment list No 99 to Air Publication 1480A
Pages from recognition handbook of British aircraft. Photographs from several aspects and aircraft data on the Brewster Bermuda 1 (double cyclone), Spitfire VII (Merlin), P47 Thunderbolt (double Wasp), Mosquito IV (Merin)
An Airman's Tale
Geoff Payne's autobiography divided into five chapters.
Chapter 1. Under Training. Covers the period between being assessed in Birmingham Geoff before setting off to London in August 1942 for training at Lords. Initial training was at RAF…
Chapter 1. Under Training. Covers the period between being assessed in Birmingham Geoff before setting off to London in August 1942 for training at Lords. Initial training was at RAF…
Half a Life, Half Remembered
Group Captain Blacklock writes of his life, from his youth to the award of his DFC by the King.
An ode to the Daylighters of 106
Eleven verse poem or song concerning a daylight operation against the Gneisenau in Brest. Mentions Spitfire escort, Me 109. On return most aircraft were damaged by anti aircraft fire. Annotated 'Written by one of our sergeants'.
Andover's Lancasters
A lecture given to Andover's Archaeology and Local History Society on 23 February 1996.
Andrew Deytrikh’s pilots flying log book. One
Pilots flying log book for Andrew Deytrikh, covering the period from 20 May 1941 to 1 February 1944. Detailing his flying training and operational flying. He was stationed at RAF Brough, RAF Montrose, RAF Grangemouth, RAF Portreath, RAF Zeals, RAF…
Andrew Deytrikh’s pilots flying log book. Two
Pilots flying log book for Andrew Deytrikh, covering the period from 20 February 1944 to 15 October 1950. Detailing his flying training, operational flying and test flying. He was stationed at RAF Hornchurch, RAF North Weald, RAF Bognor, RAF…
Arthur at work
Three photographs, one showing Arthur standing in front of a structure, the second showing him with other members of the servicing team standing in front of a tent.
The third shows a servicing team standing in front of a Spitfire parked on the…
The third shows a servicing team standing in front of a Spitfire parked on the…
Arthur Mace's sketchpad
A collection of sketches produced by Arthur. They include cartoons of a dog, pictures of women, houses, fireplaces, cars and aircraft, as well as consecutive drawings of Arthur being shot down and baling out, and diagrams of a torpedo, 60 inch…
Audio memoir
An audio account of an anti-aircraft gunner's service in Burma. Describes a B-24 crash landing near a small landing strip in Burma and discusses Spitfires burried in Burma.
Battle of Britain day programme 1945
Programme with list of ground equipment, aircraft park and flying programme. Date 15 September 1945.
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast, Elsham Wolds and Humber Bridge
Photograph 1 is of a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast with a Lancaster, Hurricane and Spitfire.
Photograph 2 is an aerial oblique photograph of modern Elsham Wolds.
Photgraph 3 is an aerial oblique photograph of the Humber bridge.…
Photograph 2 is an aerial oblique photograph of modern Elsham Wolds.
Photgraph 3 is an aerial oblique photograph of the Humber bridge.…
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in flight
Photograph 1 is a Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane of the Battle of Britain Memorial flight.
Photograph is the underside of a Lancaster in flight.
Photograph is the underside of a Lancaster in flight.
Page 30 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Air-to-air shots of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight over London for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.
Photo 1 - Lancaster flanked by Spitfires over the Thames. The Houses of Parliament and London Eye are visible…
Photo 1 - Lancaster flanked by Spitfires over the Thames. The Houses of Parliament and London Eye are visible…