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- Tags: RAF Coningsby
Derek Gurney in the tail turret of a Lancaster
Tags: 10 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Halifax; Lancaster; RAF Coningsby
Keith Thompson's time as a Photographic Interpreter
Tags: RAF Coningsby; RAF Wyton
Page 31 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Two colour photographs of Lancasters from an online source.
Photo 1 is the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster in flight.
Photo 2 is the Canadian…
Tags: Lancaster; RAF Coningsby
Page 32 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Also front cover of Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight booklet.
Includes…
Tags: Lancaster; RAF Coningsby
Page 33 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 1 - an aerial photograph of Coningsby with arrows showing the location of the Main Guard Room and the arrival gate.
Item 2 - a location diagram…
Tags: aircrew; guard room; RAF Coningsby; Spitfire
Page 34 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 - Denis Bradbury standing at the personnel ladder of Lancaster PA474.
Photo 3 - close up of Denis standing at the personnel ladder of the Lancaster.
Photo 4 - Denis standing…
Tags: ground crew; Lancaster; RAF Coningsby
Pages 35 and 36 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 1 - the cockpit, annotated 'Pilot…
Pages 37, 38 and 39 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 - the Lancaster taxing in after landing with the nose of a second Lancaster on the left.
Photo 3 - the Lancaster parked annotated 'Parked for passengers & crew to…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; ground crew; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Coningsby
Page 40 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 - a view of a hangar and Spitfire across the wing of the RAF Lancaster.
Photo 3 - Denis and the Canadian pilot at the tail of the Canadian Lancaster, VR-A, captioned 'The…
Page 41, 42 and 43 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 - a front image of a Spitfire in the hangar.
Photos 3 and 4 - Denis Bradbury…
Page 44 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 - Dakota, annotated 'Fly-past Dakota'.
Photo 3 - Spitfire P7350, annotated 'Spitfire in hanger [sic]'
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No…
Tags: C-47; memorial; RAF Coningsby; Spitfire
Page 45 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 is a side view of the RAF Lancaster, undergoing maintenance.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: Lancaster; RAF Coningsby
Page 46 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 - an air-to-air image of a Percival Proctor.
Photo 3 - modern photograph with a side view of a Lancaster and E-7 Sentry in the distance.
Photo 4 -…
Keith Thompson's time with 41 Squadron
A news cutting reporting…
Tags: RAF Coningsby
George Charles Bedford
He was the Flight Engineer on A G Edgar's crew in 1944 on 49 Squadron at RAF Fiskerton and with 83 Squadron at RAF Coningsby.
Alan Edgar's Operations
Tags: 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Woodbridge; V-1; V-weapon
The Crew
'Vic' Prettejohns replaced original Flight engineer. Underneath is annotated the crew's names and positions.…
Arthur Tindall's service and operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Witchford; target indicator; V-weapon; wireless operator
Notes on Bomber Command
Draft history
Aircrew and Lancaster
Tags: 106 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Coningsby
Deelen airfield
Ernest Probyn, Photograph, Ration Card, Service of Thanksgiving and Warrant Officer Rank Badge
Item 1 is a three quarter length portrait of Ernes, captioned 'Warrant Officer at RAF Coningsby, No 83 Path Finder Force'.
Item 2 is an RAF ration card.
Item 3 is a pamphlet for a Service of Thanksgiving on the cessation…
Tags: 83 Squadron; aircrew; Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby
History of 106 Squadron
Tags: 106 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; FIDO; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Abingdon; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; Tallboy; target indicator; training; V-weapon
List of aircraft flown
Tags: 149 Squadron; 463 Squadron; Anson; B-29; Bolingbroke; bombing; Lancaster; Lincoln; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Mildenhall; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wyton; Shackleton; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington