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Rheydt
A clear, vertical, aerial photograph taken during a bombing operation at Rheydt, a borough of Mönchengladbach, orientated with south-east at the top edge. There are open fields visible in the upper left, upper right and the lower right corners of…
Rheydt
A vertical aerial photograph of Rheydt, near Mönchengladbach. The railways clearly stand out, one entering the image at lower right, branching out into a marshalling yard and another sweeping in from the upper right corner of the image. The centre…
Rheydt
A target photograph taken on an operation to Rheydt. The ground detail is obscured by glare and light trails. Photograph is captioned:
'2533 SKELL 19/20.9.44 // NT (C) 8" 11000 ← 014° 2153
RHEYDT RD.Z. 1x2000, 12 'J' x 500. 21 secs. F/O.…
'2533 SKELL 19/20.9.44 // NT (C) 8" 11000 ← 014° 2153
RHEYDT RD.Z. 1x2000, 12 'J' x 500. 21 secs. F/O.…
Pesaro
A target photograph in an album, taken on an operation to Pesaro in Italy. Roads, fields and buildings are visible and in the centre, a flash of light. The photograph is annotated 'A6' and captioned: '731. FOG. 26/27 AUG. 44 // NT. 8" 9000' -→…
Pesaro
A target photograph taken during an operation to Pesaro, Italy. The clear image is orientated with south at its upper edge. The Adriatic and the cliffs to the SE of Pesaro can be seen with the Strada Statale 16 running along the narrow beach. Inland…
Pas de Calais
Target photograph. Fields and several minor roads visible. Much of the image is dotted with smoke from bomb bursts or Anti-aircraft fire and glare obscures right hand side. A Lancaster can be seen flying below. Annotated '3B' and captioned '1750 MEP…
Norman Powell's Operations
A 6 page collection of target photographs and sortie reports.
Page 1: Sortie report for an operation to Bruck Marshalling yards
Page 2:Vertical aerial target photograph of an unknown location showing some ground detail as tracer trails. Not all…
Page 1: Sortie report for an operation to Bruck Marshalling yards
Page 2:Vertical aerial target photograph of an unknown location showing some ground detail as tracer trails. Not all…
Norman Powell's Operations
A thirteen page collection of target photographs and sortie reports.
Page 1: Vertical aerial target photograph of Argenta. Some roads, houses and open fields are visible in the upper half of the image. There are also canals, rail tracks or roads…
Page 1: Vertical aerial target photograph of Argenta. Some roads, houses and open fields are visible in the upper half of the image. There are also canals, rail tracks or roads…
Nordstern
The three navigation sheets give details of the planned routes out and back as well as observations and events during the operation. The map plots the routes to be flown.
Note from the Navigation Officer 'Satisfactory. Why not use 40[degree] method…
Note from the Navigation Officer 'Satisfactory. Why not use 40[degree] method…
Neuss
An aerial photograph of cloud-covered Neuss, near Düsseldorf. The cloud obscures all detail and all that can be seen through the cloud is a large glow, probably from the ground, and the wavy trace of a flare.
The photograph is captioned:
'1814…
The photograph is captioned:
'1814…
Neuss
Target photograph of an operation to Neuss. Only a large area of glare, roughly in the middle, is visible. It is annotated '5B' and captioned:
'1787 MEP 23/24.9.44//NT 8" 19,000 ← 055 º 2127
NEUSS. H1. 11 x 1000. 4 x 500. 31 SECS. F/S…
'1787 MEP 23/24.9.44//NT 8" 19,000 ← 055 º 2127
NEUSS. H1. 11 x 1000. 4 x 500. 31 SECS. F/S…
Mount Vesuvius and Taranto War Memorial
1. A view looking east, over buildings and roof tops, towards Mount Vesuvius.
2. The War Memorial in Taranto.
3. An airman in uniform, with a pipe in his mouth, posing on a terrace against a metal railing. The view behind is Mount Vesuvius.
4. Two…
2. The War Memorial in Taranto.
3. An airman in uniform, with a pipe in his mouth, posing on a terrace against a metal railing. The view behind is Mount Vesuvius.
4. Two…
Tags: aircrew
Monfalcone
Daylight vertical aerial photograph of an operation in progress on Porto Monfalcone with Solvay works and CRDA facilities, orientated with West at the upper edge. The ground detail is clear and explosions and smoke cover much of the port itself with…
Miskolc
A target photograph for an operation to Miskolc Marshalling Yards. No ground detail is visible, it is dark or obscured by light. The photograph is annotated 'A12' and captioned:
'1701. FOG. 22/23 AUG 44 // NT 8" 9000' ->200° 23.30.
MISKOLC.…
Milan Marshalling Yards N. Italy
A target photograph for an operation to Milan. Some roads are visible and Target Indicators have been laid across, what appears to be, several railway tracks. The photograph is annotated 'A4' and captioned:
'1524. FOG. 10/11 July 44 // NT8" 6200'…
'1524. FOG. 10/11 July 44 // NT8" 6200'…
Ludwigshafen
A vertical target photograph of Ludwigshafen, orientated with the south west at the top. In the lower left corner is a bend in the River Rhine and the entrance to Kaiserworthhafen docks. Just visible at the bottom edge is the end of Luitpoldhafen…
Ladbergen
A target photograph taken on an operation to Ladbergen. There is a large area of glare with some trails of light but no ground detail.
It is annotated '7B' and captioned:
'3517 SKELL.4/5.11.44//NT.8" 11400' 074° 1936 LADBERGEN. Z. 14 ANM 65DN.…
It is annotated '7B' and captioned:
'3517 SKELL.4/5.11.44//NT.8" 11400' 074° 1936 LADBERGEN. Z. 14 ANM 65DN.…
Kraljevo Marshalling Yards
Target photograph for an operation to Kraljevo. Apart from some light and smoke in the central lower part, much of the ground detail is clear. At top centre is the circular 'Square of Serbian Warriors', with a residential area below. The Ibar river…
Kiel
Target photograph for an operation to Kiel. It shows light trails and smoke, including multiple Flax bursts but no ground detail. It is annotated '5B' and captioned:
'2493. TUD. 9/10-4-45. //NT. (C). 7". 19,000'. 081 º 2243. KEIL. F.
1HC4000IN. 8…
'2493. TUD. 9/10-4-45. //NT. (C). 7". 19,000'. 081 º 2243. KEIL. F.
1HC4000IN. 8…
Kiel
Operation 24 for the crew. Three navigation log sheets showing the route to be flown and the observations taken. A plotting map showing the route to the target. A target photograph in which a large area of bright light obscures everything on the…
JH Bird and crew
Three photographs of JH Bird and his crew.
1. A Flight Sergeant airman wearing uniform and a Mae West life jacket. He is standing beside the rear turret of a Wellington aircraft. The photograph is captioned: 'JOE REAR GUNNER'
2. JH Bird sitting in…
1. A Flight Sergeant airman wearing uniform and a Mae West life jacket. He is standing beside the rear turret of a Wellington aircraft. The photograph is captioned: 'JOE REAR GUNNER'
2. JH Bird sitting in…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; navigator; nose art; pilot; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Sylvia Trapp
Sylvia was born in Mansfield where her father was a miner and her mother had worked at Lawns Mills. She had two brothers and a sister. Sylvia was 15 when she left school to work at the hosiery mills and recalls the German manager being deported. She…
Interview with Mieczyslaw Maryszczak
Mieczyslaw Maryszczak was born in Bokyivka, Ukraine and served in the Polish Army and then the Polish Air Force. An early memory of the war is throwing bread to starving Russian prisoners being marched from Lviv to Podlesice. At seventeen he was in…
Interview with Gilbert Gray
Gilbert Gray grew up in Dunfermline, joining the Air Training Corps before enlisting in the Royal Air Force as a flight engineer in 1940, aged 18 years. He trained at RAF St Athan in Wales, graduated as a sergeant and was posted onto Lancasters. He…
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