Scenes on the ground and Tower Bridge

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Title

Scenes on the ground and Tower Bridge
Strip of four slides

Description

Two versions of the same strip with enlargements of all slides.
Slide 1 - captioned 'Returning load of ex-POWs (American) to Chilbolton Hants UK from Brussels'. A large group of men in various dress standing behind a Stirling with trees and building in the background.
Slide 2 - captioned 'At Stirling "Y" Yorkshire Rose 2 flown by deRome crew at GD'. Six aircrew waring battledress standing by the rear door of an aircraft.
Slide 3 - captioned 'Special flight to show Germany to section officer WAAF - Stephens in DeRome's special permission for low level flight over London arranged (capable hands'. Five aircrew wearing parachute harness and WAAF officer wearing battledress and parachute harness standing by the rear turret of a Stirling.
Slide 4 - captioned 'flying over Tower Bridge barage ballooning lowered-Stirling shard seen in Thames'. Oblique aerial photograph of Tower Bridge and river Thames and city of London. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

Coverage

Type

Format

Two strips of four slides and four b/w enlargements

Rights

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Identifier

PSladdenD16010006, PSladdenD16020006, PSladdenD16040021, PSladdenD16040022, PSladdenD16040023, PSladdenD16040024

Collection

Citation

“Scenes on the ground and Tower Bridge,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 3, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/30388.

Item Relations

This Item dcterms:relation Item: 35mm slides by Noel Chaffey 620 Squadron of WW2 1943/6 and 1954 onward