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Lancaster crew
Seven airmen wearing battledress with aircrew brevet standing in line in front of the rear fuselage of a Lancaster with squadron letters 'JO-T'.
Air and ground crew in front of Lancaster
Eighteen airmen, some with aircrew brevet squatting and standing in a group in front of the rear fuselage of a Lancaster with squadron letters 'JO-T'.
RAF Waddington
Air-to-ground view of a standard lay out RAF airfield with buildings on the left and runways to the right,
Seeing off aircraft
A crowd of mainly airwomen at the end of runway, waving off aircraft.
Senior officers walk in front of Lancaster R5868 S-Sugar
Four senior RAF officers walking in front of a Lancaster which has 10 rows of operation tally symbols and words 'No enemy plane will fly over the reich territory, Herman Goering'. and letter 'S' on the port front fuselage.
Seven aircrew and Lancaster R5868 S-Sugar
Seven aircrew donning life preservers and parachute harnesses in front of a Lancaster. Aircraft has nine rows of operation tally symbols, letter 'S' and 'No enemy plane will fly over Reich territory'.
Senior officers and Mayor Les Priestley
Senior RAF officers talk to Mayor Les Priestley.
RAF Waddington freedom parade
Formation of RAF servicemen with shouldered rifles march past Midland Counties Insurance building offices in Silver Street, Lincoln with eyes left for civic dignitaries and senior officers on podium. Mayor Les Priestley, a sword bearer and a mace…
RAF Waddington freedom parade
March past with freedom scroll in front of mayor and senior officers. Crowd of dignitaries behind look on. Mayor Les Priestley and a sword bearer are visible.
Lancasters in the snow
Parked Lancaster with snow on ground in foreground. Two men stand together under starboard wingtip. Another two Lancasters in the distant background.
Damage to tail of a Manchester
Rear fuselage of a Manchester with all skin of centre fin stripped off and damage to starboard tail plane. Captioned '?add G 2238 21-5-41 "Manchester" damaged by enemy action'.
Spoof photograph
Cloud background with superimposed five servicemen on a flying carpet with machine guns, camera and barrel. On the left a signpost for Waddington - Berlin. A keep left sign hangs from the top.
RAF Waddington
Air-to-ground image of an airfield with hangars and other buildings in bottom half and airfield with part of runway in top third of image.
Airmen on Lancaster R5868
A group of airmen sit on the port wing and port inner engine of Lancaster R5868 S-Sugar. Another sits and another stands up in the cockpit. Two more are standing in front of the nose. Aircraft has eight rows of operation bomb symbols and words 'no…
100 not out
Seven airmen stand behind or sit on a 4000lb MC blockbuster bomb. Another airman is finishing adding words '100 not out' to the bomb. A senior (air commodore) RAF officer stands on the right watching. In the background the front of Lancaster R5868…
Senior RAF officers and Lancaster R5868 S-Sugar
Four senior officers, two air vice marshals a group captain and a wing commander walking out from under the front of Lancaster S-Sugar. The nose art says 'No enemy plane will fly over Reich territory'.
Marignane
Show open countryside on right with built up area on left.
Manchester and Lancasters at RAF Waddington
Six Lancasters and one Manchester (left) parked on airfield with hanger on the right. Captioned '42 Waddington 44 Sqn'.
Three airman and bomb
Three airmen standing behind a 4000lb blockbuster bomb with a Lancaster in the background with squadron letters 'PO-L'. Bomb has names of ground crew with L love.
Thomas Wilfred Peter 'Peter' Clifford
In uniform, sat at a desk, wearing his medal ribbon, engineer's brevet and Group Captain's rank braid on his cuffs.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive in…
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive in…
Sympathetic communications to his wife on Hubert's death
Three items the first is a letter from Officer Commanding 9 Squadron, the second and third are from the King one a typewritten note and the other coloured scroll.
Seven Airmen and a Lancaster
Seven crew, in flying kit, standing in front of a Lancaster. Each man is named on the reverse.
Hubert Tatley and his crew
The crew are posed in two rows, the second item is a crew list with Next of kin.
The crew list is, Sgt Hazell, L.C, Pilot, Sgt Gardiner, E , Flight Engineer, Sgt Miller, W.T, Navigator, Sgt Tatley, H.T, Bomb Aimer, Sgt Sharples, E.F. Gunner, Sgt…
The crew list is, Sgt Hazell, L.C, Pilot, Sgt Gardiner, E , Flight Engineer, Sgt Miller, W.T, Navigator, Sgt Tatley, H.T, Bomb Aimer, Sgt Sharples, E.F. Gunner, Sgt…
463 & 467 RAAF Squadrons servicing wing
Servicing wing of 463 and 467 Squadrons Royal Australian Air Force photographed at RAF Waddington in May 1945. Personnel are photographed in front of a Lancaster.
Christmas greetings 1944
A seasonal greetings card sent to F.G Miller by W. McLeod. The centre image shows a soldier with a club chasing a kangaroo, with a caption "Caught the Xmas dinner yet Frankie?"