Jeffrey, Stanley Ernest
Title
Jeffrey, Stanley Ernest
Stanley Ernest Jeffrey
Stanley E Jeffrey
Stanley Jeffrey
S E Jeffrey
S Jeffrey
Description
24 Items concerning Stanley Ernest Jeffrey (1139581 Royal Air Force) who served as a mechanic engineer groundcrew with 102 Squadron at RAF Topcliffe and RAF Pocklington. Collection contains air force documents, engineering course training notebooks, photographs of aircraft and people and includes two oral history interviews.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Stanley Jeffrey and catalogued by Nigel Huckins
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Stanley Jeffrey and catalogued by Nigel Huckins
Date
2016-05-18
2016-06-13
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Jeffrey, SE
Collection Items
102 Squadron personnel 1941
Approximately 400 personnel sitting and standing in four rows in front of a hangar. All are wearing tunics and side or peaked caps. Captioned '102 Squadron Ground Staff 1941'.
RAF Topcliffe Christmas dinner menu 1941
At top holly and Royal Air Force eagle badge and photograph of an officer wearing peaked cap and pilot's brevet. From the commanding officer and senior NCOs wishing all a Happy X-mas. Followed by menu. Christmas 1941. On the reverse some signatures.
Stanley Jeffrey engineer course notes
Handwritten notes include: care and custody of tools, use of tools, identification of nuts and bolts, elementary engines, care and maintenance of engines, Kestrel engine description and assembly, Pegasus engine description and assembly, airscrews,…
Stanley Jeffrey's mechanical engineer course notes
Handwritten notes include: boost controls, various valves, rev counter, engine installation, heaters, fire extinguishers, oil filter maintenance and aerodrome ground signals.
Air and groundcrew in front of a Halifax
Fifty-six personnel in four rows in front of a four engine bomber. All personnel are wearing tunic and side caps apart from two officers in the back row. Officer in the centre of rear row has pilot's brevet and man on his right a half brevet.
Twenty-five groundcrew in front of a Halifax
Twenty-five airmen in a mixture of uniform in four rows, front sitting, next squatting and the other two standing. In the background the port inner and outer engines of a four engine bomber. On the reverse 'Pocklington 1943, Groundcrew A Flight'.
Ten air and ground crew in front of a Halifax
Back row, five men stranding two groundcrew wearing battledress at either end an three aircrew wearing parachutes in between. In front three aircrew wearing parachutes squat between two other airmen wearing battledress. In the background part of a…
Air and groundcrew in front of a Halifax
Seven aircrew wearing a variety of flying kit, including three with parachutes, stand in a row. Squatting in front are four airmen. On the reverse 'Pocklington 1943 DY-E (Easy), L-R, Back row: Canadian air gunner (midupper), Front row: X, Sgt…
Seven aircrew in front of a Halifax
Seven aircrew stand inline wearing a variety of flying kit or battledress. In the background the nose and port inner engine if a Halifax. The naked lady nose art has been erased but 'Eve' remains. Four rows of bomb symbols on lower nose and letter…
Air and groundcrew on top of a Halifax
Two versions of the same photograph. Eleven personnel, a mix of air and ground crew sitting on top of a Halifax. One in front of cockpit and one standing in cockpit with peaked hat. Others strung along the top of aircraft and inner port wing. On the…
Seven groundcrew in front of a Halifax
Seven airmen standing in line. All wear battledress except third from left who wears tunic. Left hand man has sergeant stripes. In the background the starboard man undercarriage and part of starboard inner engine of a bomber.
Six airmen and a pilot alongside Halifax
Five men standing in a row, four airmen with a pilot with peaked cap standing in the centre. In front, two further airmen squatting down. All are wearing battledress. Aircraft letter 'E' right, on part of rear fuselage of a bomber
Halifax on dispersal
Front quarter view of a Halifax with engines running. A man is pulling away the chock from the starboard main undercarriage. On the reverse 'Pocklington 1943. DY-E, Stan Jeffrey removing chocks pre take-off'
Nose of a Halifax with nose art
Nose of a Halifax with figure of a lady 'Eve' below and behind four rows of bomb symbols.
Two men stranding by the rear turret of a Halifax
Two men wearing battledress stand each holding one of the guns of the rear turret of a bomber.
Three men sitting on the nose of a Halifax
Three aircrew sitting on the nose of a Halifax in front of the cockpit. The man on the left has o a May West and the man in the middle wears battledress. Underneath on the fuselage nose art of a the figure of a naked lady. In the background trees.
Two men stranding by the rear turret of a Halifax
Two versions of the same photograph. Two men wearing battledress stand each holding one of the guns of the rear turret of a bomber. On the reverse of the first photo 'L - R Stan Jeffrey - Cpl?'.
Six men in front of a Halifax
A group of four men standing in line under the nose of a four engine bomber. Another two men stand further back to the right.
Two men sitting on a bomb trolley
Two versions of the same photograph. Two men in uniform sitting on a bomb trolley behind the port wing of a Halifax. On the reverse of the first photograph 'L - R Stan Jeffrey - Eric Pinnock, bombing up for night op 1942'.
Stanley Jeffrey's Royal Air Force service and release book
Show service from 12 March 1941 until release 10 May 1946. Reports that he was a skilled engine mechanic.
Stanley Jeffrey's grade book
National Sevice grade card. Gives address and grade 1 (one). on the reverse gives age and height.
Stanley Jeffrey's Royal Air Force Pass Book
Pass book valid 1945-1946 with entries for October 1945 to February 1946. Includes F295B with leave address details and accounts tear off slip.
Interview with Stanley Ernest Jeffrey. One
Stan Jeffrey was a flight mechanic at RAF Pocklington. He discusses the camaraderie between the ground and air crews. He would stick chewing gum to the undercarriage as a good luck charm. Shortly after the end of the war, the ground crew were taken…
Collection Tree
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