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17 airmen
17 men arranged in three rows. They are in Sidcot suits and are standing in the snow. Some have trainee flashes in their caps.
22 airmen
22 men arranged in three rows in front of an Anson in a hangar. Alan is arrowed -back row, third from right.
On the reverse 'Please identify Date:-
Occasion :-
William Allan RAF VR Navigator Mosquito bombers Pathfinder…
On the reverse 'Please identify Date:-
Occasion :-
William Allan RAF VR Navigator Mosquito bombers Pathfinder…
12 airmen
12 airmen arranged in two rows in front of a brick hut. On the reverse 'Please return this [redacted] 1583475 139/Wing 98 BC. 69%'.
Course photograph
A large group of airmen arranged in three rows in front of an Anson. Alan North is arrowed, back row, fourth from right. On the reverse 'Qualified prob as Navigator prob in Canada'.
Briefing
Seven airmen being briefed for an operation. They are seated at tables with charts. On the reverse 'Briefing'.
Ruler
A ruler with various scales controlled by a rotating knob.
Air Training Corps enrollment card
ATC membership card for Alan North.
MRCP Bombing
A list of the crew of three aircraft with results of a bombing exercise.
On the reverse is a quotation from Madame Bovary.
On the reverse is a quotation from Madame Bovary.
Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum
A leaflet for the planetarium in Chicago.
RCAF Leave or Pass form
A leave pass issued to Alan North.
Doug Arrowsmith
Four photographs of Dour Arrowsmith.
Two in sergeants uniform and two as an officer with medal ribbons.
Two in sergeants uniform and two as an officer with medal ribbons.
Doug Arrowsmith in Snifter
Doug Arrowsmith leaning from the cockpit of a Lancaster.
Below the cockpit the nose art is of a dog 'Snifter' that has just urinated on a swastika on an outline of Germany.
Below the cockpit the nose art is of a dog 'Snifter' that has just urinated on a swastika on an outline of Germany.
Lancaster take off
Front quarter view of Lancaster with engines running being waved off by ground personnel. Other aircraft and a van in the distance.
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…
Ten airmen in front of Lancaster
Ten airmen, six aircrew standing and three men squatting and one sitting in front. All in front of a Lancaster with three rows of operation symbols.
Senior office shaking hands with aircrew
An air marshal shaking hands with an airmen wearing battledress with observer brevet. Three other aircrew are in line up and two other officers, one a wing commander, looking on. In the background a Lancaster.
Lancaster nose art
Badge of Australian commonwealth imperial forces and three rows of operation symbols and one swastika. A airmen wearing flying helmet gives thumbs up out of open cockpit window.
Eight aircrew
Eight aircrew, six standing outside and two in fuselage door of a Lancaster registration 'LM440'.
Seven aircrew and Lancaster
Seven aircrew all wearing Mae West standing in line in front of the port inner engine of a Lancaster. Aircraft has two rows of operation symbols below cockpit.
Spitfire
Air-to-air image of a Spitfire close formatting on a Lancaster, taken from the bomber.
Buildings and car park
Cars and a trailer parked outside a single story building surrounded by trees. Barbed wire coils on left,
Lancaster nose art
Two figures playing "two up", one wearing long trousers and another wearing shorts, both with hats, painted below cockpit. Six rows of operation symbols and letter 'D'. The names 'Bluey & Curly' and 'Jack' are also painted on the aircraft. On the…
Seven aircrew
Seven aircrew, all wearing Mae West, three squatting and the others standing by the nose of a Lancaster. A trolley accumulator in the background.
Eleven airmen and Lancaster
Four airmen wearing leather jerkins squat in front while seven aircrew, one with tunic, the others battledress, all with brevet, standing in front of port wing of a Lancaster. Engine trestles in the background.
Bombed synthetic oil plant at Politz
Reconnaissance photograph of severely bomb damaged synthetic oil plant at Politz. Many bomb craters and destroyed buildings.