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A man an a woman standing outside a house
On the left a lady with dark coat standing next to a sergeant wearing Royal Canadian Air Force greatcoat and side cap. In the background a house with windows and a wooden balcony. Captioned 'Allan and his Mother Clara Emily Boothe Bye......your…
Two men standing outside a house
On the left a man wearing dark civilian overcoat and hat. On the right a sergeant wearing an Royal Canadian Air Force greatcoat and side cap. In the background a house with windows and wooden balcony. Captioned 'Allan and his father George Bye'.…
Pilot climbing into a Harvard
Front quarter view of a Harvard with a man wearing flying suit entering the front cockpit. Captioned 'Allen beside plane...may have been taken here before leaving for the war, so not sure if it was a Blenheim [sic]'. additional information about this…
George Bye
Head and shoulders portrait of a sergeant wearing tunic with pilot's brevet.
John Beisly personnel documentation
Royal Air Force document giving personal details of John Beisly. Enlisted 13 April 1943 released 22 May 1947. Lists his postings an promotions. Notes qualification as flight engineer and posting to 433 Squadron on 4 August 1944.
Record of John Beisley's 30 operations
Summary of bombing operations with 433 Squadron from 11 August 1944 to 26 March 1945, Flew as flight engineer on Halifax and then converted to Lancaster December / January 44/45.
Facilities matrix, wireless school final examination and communication notes
First page is matrix of facilities aviation actions. Second part is No 4 training command RCAF No 3 wireless school final examination. Followed by several pages of instructions and instructional notes. Then wiring diagrams, fault finding, more test…
Halifaxes
Two Halifaxes viewed from a third. One Halifax is coded 'PT-C'.
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Airman on a Halifax
An airman standing on the starboard wing of a Halifax. A second airman is watching out of the cockpit window.
Les Lauzon, Reg Miles and Gordon Wallis
Three airmen at the rear of Halifax 'Victor'.
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Les Lauzon
Les, in flying kit, standing beside a Halifax.
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Les Lauzon on a Bomb
Les, sitting on a bomb, in flying kit.
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Four Airmen
The four men are sitting on top of a fuselage. They are in full flying kit.
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Eight Airmen
The eight men are sitting on the wing of a Halifax.
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Chris, Eugene, Les, Gordon, Reg and Jim
Six airmen standing at the rear of their Halifax. They are dressed in flying kit. Their names have been added to one copy of the image
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Les Lauzon and Reg Miles
Three images of two airmen playing about with bombs.
Photo 1 and 3 are the same. One man has the finned end of a bomb placed over his head.
Photo 2 the fin is about to be placed over the head of a sitting airman.
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Photo 1 and 3 are the same. One man has the finned end of a bomb placed over his head.
Photo 2 the fin is about to be placed over the head of a sitting airman.
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Les Lauzon and Reg Miles
Les and Reg sitting on a row of bombs, captioned 'Les Lauzon Pilot and Reg Miles Flight Engineer'.
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432 Squadron RCAF
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…
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…
Vic Motherwell and WAAF
The two are in the cockpit of an aircraft, smiling at each other.
Vic Motherwell and Moose Heimpel
Three Canadian airmen standing in front of an aircraft. The caption at the top states 'Vic thanking Moose for find him + his crew after ditching from raid on Keil' and at the bottom 'Vic Motherwell Moose Heimpel'.
Squadron Leader Krugger
A head and shoulders portrait of an airman identified in the accompanying data as Krugger. His wearing a DFC ribbon.
Wellington and Crews
14 airmen arranged in two rows in front of a Wellington. They are dressed casually in tropical kit, some topless. 23 operations are marked on the nose of the Wellington.
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Halifax 'Beryle'
A Halifax nose with 12 airmen perched on top. Each man is identified by name, trade, air force and home town.
The nose art is a cartoon of a woman, painted 'Tak Yer Time I'm Easy'. 56 bombs are painted on. Under the cockpit is 'Beryle'.
There is a…
The nose art is a cartoon of a woman, painted 'Tak Yer Time I'm Easy'. 56 bombs are painted on. Under the cockpit is 'Beryle'.
There is a…
Halifax 'City of London'
The nose of a Halifax with nose art, "Let's Get Crackin" and 'City of London'. The nose art is a cartoon owl in a kilt, sporran, walking stick and a tam o'shanter cap. Under the cockpit window is five maple leaves arranged in a circle.
21 airmen are…
21 airmen are…
Jack Leadbetter and 47 Trainees
A group of 48 trainee airmen arranged in three rows in a basketball gym. Jack is back row, sixth from right. On the reverse 'Jack top back row looking right' and stamped 'RCAF Photograph Crown Copyright'.