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Warrant Officer Jack Penswick 1497486 Air Gunner
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Warrant Officer George Bailey and Horsa Gliders
Photo 2 is a Horsa being towed by a Halifax.
Photo 3 is a Horsa in D-day markings.
War changes everything
Waitresses and Woman's Auxiliary Air Force personnel
Visitors from famous Dambusters' squadron
Visit to RAF Woodhall Spa by commander United States 8th Air Force
Veterans on way to reunion
Tags: 617 Squadron; aircrew
V Group News, September 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; flight engineer; fuelling; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); H2S; Lancaster; Master Bomber; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; petrol bowser; pilot; radar; RAF Wainfleet; rivalry; service vehicle; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
V Group News, September 1943
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 1668 HCU; 207 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; pilot; propaganda; RAF Waddington; RAF Wainfleet; rivalry; take-off crash; training; wireless operator
V Group News, October 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; H2S; Master Bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; pilot; radar; rivalry; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
V Group News, November 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; H2S; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); pilot; radar; rivalry; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
V Group News, June 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb dump; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; radar; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; rivalry; service vehicle; tactical support for Normandy troops; tractor; training; wireless operator
Two veterans and a pilot in Hurricane cockpit
Two Lancasters in flight
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Tags: 617 Squadron; Lancaster; nose art
Two Lancaster aircraft airborne
Two Lancaster
Tags: 617 Squadron; Lancaster