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Two airmen standing on a fuel bowser
Two airmen standing on the front of a fuel bowser, behind is the nose of a Halifax.
Two airmen sitting on a trailer
One ground crew and one aircrew sitting on the side of a trailer. Behind is a second, enclosed trailer with a Royal Air Force roundel.
Two Airmen on top of a Fire Engine
Two men standing on top of a fire engine. On the reverse: "The Fire Officers on the Job" Udine 1946'.
Two airmen on a tractor
Front view of two airmen sitting on a David Brown towing tractor.
Two airmen in front of aircraft
Pilot Bob Halewood (right) and man named Mark standing in front of a laden bomb trolley with aircraft behind. Bob is wearing a non regulation scarf about his neck. Annotated on the reverse 'Bob Halewood (right) Mark (left)'; 'Bob Halewood + Mark'.…
Two Airmen and a Halifax
Two airmen sitting on the port outer engine of a Halifax during refuelling operations.
Two Airmen
Two airmen standing in a yard, watched by two children. Behind is a convoy of trucks. Further behind is a row of houses and two church steeples.
Twenty Lancasters
Article by Carl Ollson from the Illustrated magazine published on 25 March 1944. The article covers the preparations made by the station staff to prepare the aircraft and equipment for an operation. There is a large photograph of twenty Lancasters in…
Truck stuck in Mud
A six wheel truck stuck in sabkha. The port side wheels are deep in mud.
Truck stuck in Mud
A truck stuck in sabkha. One rear wheel has sunk into the mud. Two men are looking at the problem.
Tractor pulling a line of bomb trolleys
A airman driving a tractor pulls a line of bomb trolleys each carrying two general purpose bombs past a revetment.
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To war in a Stirling - the life and times of Flight Lieutenant Stanley Robert Grafton DFC RAFVR
Cover photograph of an airman with half brevet captioned 'Pilot Officer Stan Grafton during debrief at RAF Wratting Common, following the disastrous raid on Berlin on the night of 23/24 August 1943'. Chapter one covers enlistment and training…
Tiger Moths
Top left - a line of Tiger Moths parked, in the background right a control tower. Top right - parked Tiger Moth captioned 'Tiger Moth No 72, the first kite I flew on'. Centre middle a fuel bowser in front of a Tiger Moth with man on top wing…
Tiger Moth dismantled and loaded on lorry
A Tiger Moth with wings dismantled loaded onto a lorry. There is an airman in topee on top of the aircraft. In the foreground a group of African on lookers, On the reverse 'Bush prang loaded on to a 3 toner and ready to return to camp, RAF Mount…
Three RAF officers
Two are standing inside and the other lounging on the outside of an airfield runway caravan.
Three Lancasters
Three Lancasters lining up for take-off.
Three airmen and three dogs
Three airmen wearing khaki uniform with sergeant rank crouching down, with dogs, all in front of a lorry.
Three Airmen and a Lancaster
The three airmen are wearing their flying kit and carrying parachutes. Behind a Lancaster has its engines running . It is annotated 'PL29743'.
Three airmen and a jeep
The jeep is in the foreground and the three airmen are in discussion behind it.
Thirteen airman
Thirteen airmen, air and ground crew standing under the port inner engine of a Lancaster. On the reverse 'Crew of ED655 DX-X with whom dad flew his first Op as second pilot to Turin on 12/7/43, 4th left pilot Jack Russell (USA) - then 2 groundcrew…
Thirteen aircrew
Ten aircrew standing in line all wearing Mae West standing behind a truck while three others are in the back of the truck. In the distance on the left part of a Lancaster. On the reverse 'Edwin Thomson 2nd left'.
The memories of LAC Fred Perkins
Fred's memoirs cover joining the RAF, training as an engineer and first posting to RAF Christchurch, which undertook radar research. He writes of life and flying as observer in Fairey Battle on radar measurement flights, before his unit moved to RAF…
The Boys Behind the Bombers
Five ground crew warming themselves by a fire. Behind is a Halifax and further behind is a control caravan attached to a tractor. On the reverse is a typed note with an explanation. The image is intended for publication in newspapers. Second from…
The Avro Repair Organisation. Bracebridge Heath
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A history of the Avro Repair Organisation at Bracebridge Heath. Aircraft with Category B damage were disassembled and taken to Bracebridge for repair. Contractor’s Working Parties repaired Category A damaged aircraft on their station using spares…
Ten mechanics
A group of ten mechanics in front of and sitting on a truck. One man is dressed in shorts and shirt, the rest are in boiler suits. All are holding mugs. Three are sitting on the front of a truck. Behind is a bowser.