Mailly-le-Camp and aircrew
Title
Mailly-le-Camp and aircrew
Description
Top - target photograph showing fields on the left and a built up area with rows of buildings on the right. There is a four engine bomber below bottom left. Captioned '529 METH. 3/4.5.44//NT 8" 6,500' 219 degrees 00.17, MAILY.Rd.F 1x4000HC 16x500MC. 16 sec. F/SGT FOX F/106'. Submitted with description 'Target photo of Mailly-le-Camp military depot on 3-4/05/1944. The pilot was F/Sgt E C Fox, flying Lancaster ND511 ZN-N. Note the Lancaster at a lower height, left centre of the image'.
Bottom - seven aircrew, three sitting in front and four standing behind. All are wearing tunics with brevet and side or peaked caps. In the background are huts. Submitted with description 'Photograph of seven aircrew in uniform, seated and standing outdoors; date unknown but location is believed to be RAF Metheringham. The photo is annotated "F/Lt McIntyre's 'Hot Shots' ". The crew members have signed the photograph but although the majority of the signatures are not legible it appears that name of the pilot (seated centre) is Peter McIntyre, who joined 106 Sqn in January 1945, transferring away in May 1945'
Bottom - seven aircrew, three sitting in front and four standing behind. All are wearing tunics with brevet and side or peaked caps. In the background are huts. Submitted with description 'Photograph of seven aircrew in uniform, seated and standing outdoors; date unknown but location is believed to be RAF Metheringham. The photo is annotated "F/Lt McIntyre's 'Hot Shots' ". The crew members have signed the photograph but although the majority of the signatures are not legible it appears that name of the pilot (seated centre) is Peter McIntyre, who joined 106 Sqn in January 1945, transferring away in May 1945'
Date
1944-05-03
1944-05-04
Type
Format
Two b/w photographs mounted on an album page
Conforms To
Publisher
Rights
This content is property of the Royal Air Force Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre.
Identifier
PFOMetheringhamAF19040013
Collection
Citation
“Mailly-le-Camp and aircrew,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 1, 2023, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/31255.
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