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Parade marchpast at RAF Waddington
Tags: hangar; RAF Waddington; taxiway
Tiger Force Lancaster
Tags: 617 Squadron; Lancaster; nose art; Tiger force
Basil Ambrose's wedding
Tags: love and romance
Basil Ambrose
Tags: 467 Squadron
Don Briggs, a brief description of wartime service
Tags: 156 Squadron; aircrew; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; fitter engine; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; Master Bomber; military service conditions; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; promotion; RAF Finningley; RAF Halton; RAF Hemswell; RAF St Athan; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Wittering; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Tribute to a Pathfinder captain
Tags: 156 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing up; crewing up; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; fear; flight engineer; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; Me 110; military service conditions; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; padre; Pathfinders; perimeter track; pilot; promotion; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; searchlight; superstition; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; training; V-1; V-weapon; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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Donald Briggs
Seven aircrew
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Fourteen servicemen
Tags: aircrew; ground personnel; Lancaster
Donald Briggs and Austin 7
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer
Donald Briggs
Donald Briggs in Lancaster cockpit
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Tags: Lancaster
Donald Briggs with family
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; Pathfinders