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Bomber command operations
A summary of operations undertaken on the night of 20/21 March 1945. Details the part taken by 50 Squadron including pre take off routine, operations record, battle order, targets and casualties, including Lancaster ME441 W.
Studying a map
A group of five airmen, one with officer's s cap, sat on the ground in front of a Lancaster studying a map. The bomb doors are open and a member of ground crew is on a ladder attending to one of the starboard engines.
Sitting on the prop
A group of five airmen, three sat on a Lancaster propeller. On reverse,' This will give you an idea of the size of one of the engines. Some of our ground crew sitting on the prop'.
With ground crew
11 airmen arranged in three rows in open ground. On reverse, 'Some of the crew with some of the ground crew'. together with signature of the 'rear gunner, J G White bomb aimer H Aspinall engineer'.
Airmen
A group of 13 airmen and 3 women arranged in two rows under the fuselage of a Lancaster with open bomb doors.
Interview with Colin Bell
Colin Bell spent eighteen months as a newly qualified pilot instructing trainees in America. He completed 50 operations as a pilot on Mosquitos on the Light Night Striking Force.
Colin talks of his entry interview into the RAF, his time at an…
Colin talks of his entry interview into the RAF, his time at an…
William Carruthers, his aircrew, and ground crew
Seven aircrew and 3 ground crew beneath port inner engine of Lancaster, aircrew standing at rear, ground crew kneeling at front. On reverse, 'Bill Carruthers 2nd from right back row'.
Air and ground crew
Seven aircrew and two ground personnel standing and squatting in front of a Lancaster. Text indicates pilot Flight Lieutenant Wesble Perry DFC RAAF, Pilot Officer G Schmerberg, navigator, Flight Sergeant Park, WOp, Pilot Officer R Conway RAAF, bomb…
Loading a 6 pounder gun onto a Horsa
With its side hinged nose open a gun is guided up a ramp into the fuselage of a Horsa glider by a group of seven airmen. Reverse printed 'A.M.Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'R136C beg 5' and 'Loading up of Horsa Mk 2 at Woodbridge, 6 Pdr…
Leslie Arthur Turner, his crew and groundcrew
Seven aircrew and three groundcrew beneath port inner engine of Halifax, groundcrew wearing leather jerkins.
Interview with Leslie Turner
Leslie Turner worked as a pattern maker at Longbridge before he volunteered for the Air Force. He trained as an observer in South Africa and flew 33 operations as a bomb aimer with 10 Squadron.
RAF Station Hurn
Airmen attaching tow lines to a Horsa glider. On the left the rear of an Albemarle can be seen. Reverse, printed 'A.M Crown Copyright Reserved' and stamped 'Photographic section 29 Nov 1943 RAF official, Crown copyright reserved, RAF station Hurn'…
Lancasters flying in formation and aircrew
Seven photographs mounted in three rows on the left hand page. The top row of photographs show airmen in uniform standing outside. The tail of a Lancaster can be seen in the background of the image on the top row, right. On the second row the picture…
Training aircraft
Top: A Harvard with wheel chocks. Captioned, 'Harvard'. Centre: Parts of an Oxford on the back of a flat bed 1941 Ford Stake truck, registration number G 1775. Captioned, 'crash being taken in'. Bottom left: Looking into an Oxford's aircraft's…
Station workshops, Moffat
From top:
A group of 61 bareheaded men in desert uniform. They are arranged in five rows outside a corrugated building. Captioned, 'Station Workshops Moffat'.
Studio portrait of a man in uniform with a woman, a girl and three boys in school…
A group of 61 bareheaded men in desert uniform. They are arranged in five rows outside a corrugated building. Captioned, 'Station Workshops Moffat'.
Studio portrait of a man in uniform with a woman, a girl and three boys in school…
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Jack writes that the weather has been 'lousy'. Pay parade has been unpleasant in the cold weather. He has been to the cinema.
Ground crew
Left: Two sergeants, wearing leather jerkins, work on the engine of an aircraft. One sits at the top of a set of steps and the second, with gauntlets stands below.
Right top: 61 men in desert uniform arranged in five rows in front of a corrugated…
Right top: 61 men in desert uniform arranged in five rows in front of a corrugated…
William Wyrill's service and release book
Service in the Royal Air Force, 14 February 1939 to 11 October 1949, then released as class A. William served as an electrician and was awarded the defence and victory medals.
Certificate of service and discharge
Personal information and details of service for William Raymond Wyrill.
William Raymond Wyrill
Family history including, early, school and village life, service with the Royal Air Force as an electrician with 242, 22 and 51 squadrons, and life after demob. Includes a photograph of a teacher and 26 children arranged in three rows, captioned…
Ground personnel and Lancaster
42 airmen in uniform and side caps arranged in three rows in front of Avro Lancaster PO E of 467 Squadron.
Biplane and Royal Flying Corp personnel
Ten men arranged around a biplane fuselage with the wings and fabric covering removed.
Hawker Hardys and Fairey Gordons
From the top: One: A line of four Hawker Hardys with equipment to one side. Two: A Fairey Gordon with damaged propeller, its nose and starboard wing tip on the ground and tail elevated in the air. Roundels are on the wings and a man stands to one…
Certificate of service
Personal details and qualities, dates of service, courses attended and decorations awarded, of aircraft fitter Flight Sergeant Trevor Blewitt. Confirms Trevor's date of discharge as 5 October 1953 following 24 years service.
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Mosquito notes for ground personnel
This item is available only at the University of Lincoln.