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Lysander
Lysander aircraft with airman wearing RAF tropical kit standing under port wing. Aircraft serial 2339. Hangar in the background.
Hampden
Hampden aircraft with hangar in background and a wheelbarrow and hardstanding under repair or construction in foreground.
Group of airmen outside hangar
Large group of airmen outside hangar, surrounding aircraft engine, wearing training flashes. Explanatory note: 'Howard Dowker, 430255, left of prop blade, second row up'.
Fourteen trainee airmen
Fourteen trainee leading aircraftmen inside a hangar, wearing chip hats with trainee white flash.
Five aircrew next to a Lancaster
Five aircrew standing on a ladder on port side of Lancaster with crew autographs, names unclear. A hangar, service lorry and nissen huts can be seen in the background. On reverse, 'FRANKISH. To Mr and Mrs Enderby. Wishing you all the very best.…
Lancaster taxying
A front/port side view of Lancaster, PA474 taxying. A hangar in the background.
John Maunsell passing out
John Maunsell in uniform shaking hands with an officer. The photograph shows the two men standing outside in front of a hangar. Captioned 'Passing Out, Air Commodore [indecipherable]'.
RAF Driffield
Inclined aerial photograph of station buildings with hangars on left with airfield out of shot to left. On the reverse 'RAF Driffield 12 Sep 1945'.
Lancaster in fog
Rear quarter view of Lancaster parked on dispersal on a foggy day with hangar in the background. 50 Squadron code VN is visible.
25 Squadron photograph
A large group of airmen sitting and standing in three rows in front of a Mosquito with hangar in the background. Six versions of the same image, three titled '25 Squadron' and one captioned 'Fighter Command'. On the reverse of one is a partially…
4 Group Digest, February 1945
A monthly report on operations, photography, signals, armament, gunnery, bombing, navigation, flying control, gardening, operational training, accidents, air & sea rescue, organisation, aerodrome defence, equipment, public relations and honours and…
Letter to Flight Lieutenant A D Webb
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Enclosing a copy of the lyrics of 'Ops on a Whitley', to be sung to the tune of Waltzing Matilda.
Diary 1944
Covering the period 2 February to 11 May 1944 Douglas records aircraft incidents including accidents, causes and fatalities.Additional information on Flying Officer Hugh Barkley is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
1945 Russian at Wyton
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Three men in uniform chatting. In the background bombs on trolley and hangar. On the reverse '1945 Russians at Wyton'. Submitted with information 'Photo "1945 Russians at Wyton", AVM Don Bennett next to Russian (Soviet) officer'. Additional…
A large group of aircrew
A large group of airmen sitting and standing in five rows, wearing battledress, some with pilot's brevet and others with half brevet. In the background a hangar door.
Group photograph with Canberra
55 men comprising RAF officers and aircrew with Air Training Corps cadets arranged in three rows in front of a Canberra. In the background is a hangar with the initials MT mounted at the apex.
Race in kilts
A group of men in kilts run towards a tape stretch in front of them. A hangar with a concertina roof stands behind and there is a flagpole and flag to one side.
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…
Presentation of Fighter Command Communication Squadron badge
Two officers in uniform standing on opposite sides of a table covered with the union flag. The officer on the left is presenting a framed picture of the communication squadron badge to the officer on the right. A fighter aircraft is visible in a…
Fighter Command Communication Squadron presentation ceremony
Seven officers in uniform standing to attention on an airfield. The officer on the left of the line up has a framed picture in his left hand. The officer at the front is saluting. A fighter aircraft can be seen in one of the hangars in the…
Cessna Airmaster inside a hangar
A high winged monoplane inside a hangar.
Station HQ Souther Field near Americus, Georgia.
A building with pitched roof to one side of a large open space on which goal posts are set and a man is walking. To the left is a flagpole from which the United States flag flies. Utility posts are erected on the building and across the site. Other…
Fifteen airmen by a runway
Fifteen airmen wearing flying suits and helmets stand and sit around a group of buildings by a runway on which there is a Stearman. There is a car parked to one side.
Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.
Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.
St Omer/Longuenesse
One vertical aerial photograph and a typewritten report (K 1411) interpreting photographs taken on 4 October 1942 following a daylight attack (2 October 1942) on the aerodrome and village of Longuenesse. The report describes damage to hangars in the…
To war in a Wimpy - the life and times of Flight Sergeant Ron Williams RAF
Biography of Ron Williams. Contains photographs and scans of documents.
Chapter 1 - early life, enlistment and training.
Chapter 2 - operational training. Describes activities during training OTU including naming his crew and flying out to…
Chapter 1 - early life, enlistment and training.
Chapter 2 - operational training. Describes activities during training OTU including naming his crew and flying out to…