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Fairey Battle
Fairey Battle aircraft with cowling removed and undergoing maintenance or repair. Mechanic on stepladder next to aircraft.
Aircrew and ground crew with Lancaster
Eleven men in uniform standing and crouching in front of a Lancaster.
Five airmen
Five airmen in uniform standing and sitting outside a hut. Two are corporals. Two words painted on the side of the hut are obscured by one of the men standing on the back row. A note attached to the reverse of the image provides the following…
Aircrew and ground crew for Stirling K for King
Fourteen men in uniform standing and kneeling outside.
Charles Woolford's exercise book
An exercise book of handwritten technical notes and diagrams including descriptions of aircraft instruments, equipment, controls and maintenance procedures . Page one is annotated '1438113 AC1 Woolford C J 137 Entry Class 3 Hut Y6 A Squadron 1…
Charles Woolford's exercise book
An exercise book of handwritten technical notes and diagrams including workshop notes and descriptions of aircraft instruments, equipment, controls and maintenance procedures . The front cover is annotated '1438113 AC1 Woolford C J 137 Entry Class…
Ten ground crew
Ground crew standing and sitting on grass. A Lancaster is visible in the background.
Airman leaning out of cockpit
An airman in uniform leaning out of a Lancaster cockpit window. Other aircraft are visible in the background.
Three ground crew with Lancaster
Three ground crew standing next to a Lancaster.
Robert Walter Beales' diary
Nine pages from a diary covering nine days in January 1940. Beales describes in detail how he spent his last day of leave, his work in repairing various aircraft and his life at RAF Scampton.
Seven airmen sitting on bombs
Seven men in unform sitting on bombs next to an aircraft. Four are wearing side caps. The letter Q is painted on the side of the fuselage.
Lancaster N for Nan
A press cutting with a photograph of a Lancaster on the ground with five men in uniform standing next to the aircraft, two men standing on a scaffold next to the engine and two men standing on a scaffold next to the fuselage. One of these men is…
Service record of A Sharples
Typed service record of A Sharples 1941-08-23 to 1946-05-31.
Lancaster crew at war
Memoirs of Eric Baldwin and Tom Gummersall of 467 Squadron RAAF RAF Waddington. Eric Baldwin recounts several of his experiences as a mid upper gunner including flying in the wrong direction due to compass problems, parts falling off his aircraft on…
Group photograph with Lancaster
A group of RAF personnel comprising aircrew pilots and ground crew in uniform standing and sitting in front of a Lancaster. The letter Q is painted on the nose of the aircraft and a group of bomb symbols is painted beneath the cockpit. Another…
Interview with Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford volunteered for the RAF in Jamaica. He was posted to the UK in 1944 and began his precision instrument training before being finally posted to work on trainer aircraft. After the war he returned to Jamaica. He married and then returned…
Five airmen under a Lancaster
The five airmen are celebrating the aircraft's 112th operation.
James Williams
James, in uniform, walking down a set of stairs. On the reverse 'Westminster Pier, London 1945'.
Biographical letter from John Maunsell
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A letter from John Maunsell detailing his service and experiences with Bomber Command, including the training, his crew and operational duties. He was shot down in June 1944, evaded capture and returned to Britain in September 1944.
Ground Crew
The top photograph shows three men in uniform standing and one man in uniform crouching next to a car. Engine trestle behind. Captioned 'Ground Crew Frank, Woodie, Sam, Alec'.
The lower picture shows a woman in uniform standing between two…
The lower picture shows a woman in uniform standing between two…
John Maunsell's aircrew and ground crew
John Maunsell with his aircrew and ground crew, all in uniform, standing and crouching alongside a Lancaster. The letters 'DX M' (57 Sqn) and 'ND468' are painted on the side of the aircraft. The upper photograph has the caption 'Sam, Roy, Self, Tony,…
John Maunsell's photographs of pilot and ground crew
The image on the left shows a pilot, in uniform, standing in garden with a man in civilian clothes. Captioned "Bill" and his brother'.
The image on the right shows three men in uniform, one smoking a pipe, leaning against a car. Engine trestles…
The image on the right shows three men in uniform, one smoking a pipe, leaning against a car. Engine trestles…
Ronnie Schofield - caricature
Full length drawing of an airman wearing tunic, side cap and glasses. Captioned 'LAC Ronnie Schoffield [sic], "T" Tommy fitter'.
Seven airmen in front of a Lancaster
Seven airmen, four wearing battledress with half brevet, two in shirt sleeves and the other in overalls. Four standing behind and three squatting in front. Part of Lancaster in the background.
Six ground crew
Six airmen wearing overalls or battledress standing in line in font of a Lancaster. On he reverse 'Jock on the left called Eddie Simpson'.