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See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 428 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed in November 1942 at RAF Dalton as part of 4 Group equipped with Wellingtons. It transferred to the Canadian 6 Group in January 1943 and moved to RAF Middleton…

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A squadron group of Royal Air Force personnel sitting and standing in rows in front of a Wellington. There are two men standing up through the cockpit roof of the aircraft. A number of personnel have numbers appended above or below them. On the…

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See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 429 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed at RAF East Moor with Wellingtons in November 1942 as part of 4 Group. In April 1943 it transferredto the Canadian 6 Group in April 1943 and in August 1943 it…

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A copy of 429 Squadron's crest with 'Approved George R.I.'.

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A group of 42 airmen arranged in four rows. Bill Lord is second from left, second row from top.

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43 trainees arranged in four rows.

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Top - squadron photograph of a large number of airmen sitting and standing in three rows in front of, and on top of the wings, engines and cockpit of a Halifax, Captioned 'No 431 Squadron RCAF March 1944, C.O. Wing Commander W Newsum DFC "Big Bill",…

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See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 431 Squadron a Canadian squadron formed in November 1942 as part of 4 Group but transferred to the Canadian 6 Group before it became operational. It was originally based at RAF Burn and equipped with…

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A Lancaster that has landed with its wheels up. From information kindly supplied by the donor. 'This picture shows how my tour of ops ended. My tour started with a crash when I went on my 2nd dickey trip & the crew brought back a 500lb bomb that…

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Black and white copy of 431 Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron with moto 'The Hatiten Ronteriios'

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See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 432 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed with Wellingtons at RAF Skipton on Swale in May 1943 as part of the Canadian 6 Group. The squadron moved to RAF East Moor in September 1943 and the following…

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Two images of 432 Squadron arranged in nine or so rows in front and on top of a Halifax.
The first image is of the port side and the second is the starboard side.
In front is a bomb on a trolley with 'Easie Squadron' chalked on.
The images have…

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See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 433 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed at RAF Skipton on Swale in September 1943. It flew Halifaxes as part of the Canadian 6 Group. It became operational in January 1944 and continued with…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 434 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed in June 1943 at RAF Tholthorpe. Flying Halifaxes the squadron was part of the Canadian 6 Group. The squadron moved to RAF Croft in December 1943 and in…

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Map shows Holland, Belgium and West Germany outlined in red. Caption with title and 'An operational record and roll of honour' at top. Table of figures in black at upper left. A route in black is marked through Holland to Germany and return.

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A group of 44 airmen. The first row is sitting cross legged on the ground, the second row is sitting, the third row is standing and the fourth row is standing on a bench. They are grouped in 4 groups of eleven, separated by a small gap. Behind is a…

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A group of 44 arranged in four rows.

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Left page. Three aircrew standing against the port side of a Lancaster rear fuselage. Two characters of the three letter aircraft code are visible either side of the roundel. The person in the centre is wearing battledress and an officer's peaked cap…

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Two rows of pilots in front sitting and two rows of wireless operator / air gunners standing behind. All wearing tunic with peaked or side caps. In the background a building with windows in the roof and two telegraph poles. Stephen Dawson is second…

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A Squadron crest and Introduction

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See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 44 Squadron was reformed in March 1937 and flew Hampdens from RAF Waddington as part of 5 Group at the start of the war. In December 1941 it was the first squadron to introduce Lancasters to operational…

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Six page document courtesy of the late Allen White - 44 Squadron Historian. Reproduces narratives from three 44 Squadron crews involved in the operation. Overall the operation lost 37 crews from 120 launched against Wesserling oil refinery near…

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Squadron crest with elephant and 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron Royal Air Force, motto 'fulmina regis iusta'.

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Hard book cover annotated 'Secret' with label '44 Squadron Briefing Reports'.

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Contains lists of promotions, movements and movement corrections for airmen on 44 Squadron.

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