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Air and ground crew standing outside a hut
Eight men in RAF uniforms pose for a photo outside a dugout hut. One man is holding a mascot of a small figure.
Text on rear: 'Air crew & ground crew taken outside dispersal hut built by ground crew for [illegible]'
Text on rear: 'Air crew & ground crew taken outside dispersal hut built by ground crew for [illegible]'
Air and ground crew in front of a Wellington
A group of 10 men in RAF uniforms in front of the right side engine of a Wellington bomber on a paved area.
Text on rear:
'Back row - The air crew
P/O Crookshank - Wireless op
F/S Brown – Rear gunner
W/O Sorge – Pilot
Sgt Hodges – Bomb…
Text on rear:
'Back row - The air crew
P/O Crookshank - Wireless op
F/S Brown – Rear gunner
W/O Sorge – Pilot
Sgt Hodges – Bomb…
Three airmen
Three airmen, two wearing overcoats and the other a tunic standing in front of a bi-plane. On the reverse '3 of B flight love Harry'.
Letter from Janet Steven to C Hewitt
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Thanks her for the forms which were about her uncle Laurence (Paddy) Kelley who was airframe mechanic for part of his service at RAF Scampton.
Five airmen in front of a tent
Five airmen, one with Sergeant chevrons, in front of a tent. Label on top right of picture 'Instrument Section'. On reverse, handwritten note - 'My father, F W Clarke, is on the far right. Was in Bomber Command including 106 and 617 Squadrons. He was…
Aircrew an aircraft
Top - Seven airmen wearing battledress and side caps in an outdoors location. The annotation on the rear of the phtograph, largely repeated on the album page, reads: "106 - Syerston 1943. Standing L To R: 1. Pilot EJ Foulsham (RAAF), 3 [sic] M/U…
Lancaster and target photograph
Top - 106 Squadron Lancaster W4118, ZN-Y "Admiral Prune" at a dispersal, RAF Syerston, November 1942. The aircraft is being loaded with sea mines by a group of armourers and there is an airman sitting in the pilot's position. In the background is…
Aircrew and ground crew
Aircrew and ground crew in front of a Lancaster
Sergeant Leslie Adams with his crew
Sergeant Leslie Adams and his aircrew and ground crew on top of a Lancaster, he is fifth from the left in the photograph. Some aircrew are wearing Mae West lifejackets. Some are sat on the Lancaster's engine, some are on the main body and one member…
Ground crew
Eight airmen standing in line by the nose of a B-24 with many rows of lightning flash operation tallies. Submitted with caption 'Ground crew'.
Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.
Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.
The forgotten men
Short poem praising the work of ground crew. Mentions hard work maintaining and fixing aircraft including fitters, riggers and armourers. Mentions pay is small. When you hear of the RAF's good deeds don't only think of the pilots and machines but…
Lancaster maintenance
Nine aircraftsmen in and around a Lancaster aircraft. Wheeled maintenance platforms are in place to allow access to the open engines. A bicycle, mugs and items of clothing are on the ground to the front.
Lancaster servicing
Six aircraftsmen on a maintenance platform alongside a Lancaster aircraft. One man has his sleeves rolled up and is working on the starboard inner engine. A seventh man is sitting in the pilot's position.
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Crashed aircraft and two figures
Crashed four engine bomber in background; anguished airmen points (at gremlin?); groundcrew airman with spanner and cigarette looks unconcerned.
Stirling Mark I BF439 LS D
A Stirling with the letters D LS painted on the fuselage parked with nine ground crew standing around the aircraft. There is a scaffold tower positioned beneath one of the port engines and part of the engine cowling has been removed.
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Ryedale Family History Group biographies
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Biographies of the men of Ryedale who died serving with the RAF. Research carried out by the Ryedale Family History Group.
It contains biographies of the following:
It contains biographies of the following:
Three photographs - airmen
Top left - an airman standing at the back of a Lancaster. Submitted with caption 'An airman (an NCO fitter) wearing overalls at rear of a Lancaster. Annotated on rear: "Alan Strudwick clearing snow off the tail plane of 'G' George Metheringham…
Two photographs of Lancasters
Top - four airmen lying on grass, two sitting in a gantry and one with gas cylinder trolley. In the background the front of a Lancaster parked on dispersal. Submitted with caption 'A Lancaster at a dispersal, with its engines running. Seven airmen…
Seventeen airmen
Seventeen airmen standing in front of a Lancaster. Submitted with caption 'Seventeen airmen stood in front of a Lancaster, and two airmen kneeling on the right wing. Annotated: "Syerston Autumn 1943. From the situation either ZN-F, ZN-G or ZN-H"'.
Two photographs of airmen
Top - fourteen airmen one lying in front other squatting and standing with station buildings in the background. Submitted with caption 'Fourteen airmen in an outdoor location. Rear row shows seven men standing. Front row, shows; six men kneeling, and…
Groundcrew and people in civilian dress
Top - eight groundcrew in front of Lancaster PB676. Submitted with caption 'Eight ground crew. The annotation on the rear of the photograph reads: "Left to Right: Bernard Miles, Howard Main, Hank Nicholson, Lofty Guy, Paddy Donnachie, Stan Brickles,…
Bomber Command casualties during the war
A summary of the numbers of casualties amongst air and ground crew. Figures are also provided for the air forces of 'Empire' countries and there is a table comparing the losses of The United States Air Force and Bomber Command.
O for Oboe crew
Page 25 of Marjorie Rogers' diary. Seven photographs of the crew and groundstaff of "O" for Oboe. Photographs 1, 2,4,5,6 and 7 are various airmen and ground staff. 9 Squadron code WS is visible.#3 is a front view of their Lancaster.
Squadron personnel in front of Lancaster
Group of 211 servicemen in uniform with a dog mascot arranged in five rows in front of a Lancaster. Captioned '97 (Straits Settlement) Squadron, RAF, 1945.
The item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive in digital form: no better quality images are…
The item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive in digital form: no better quality images are…