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Dornier DO 217
Photo 1 is a flying DO 217 seen from the front.
Photo 2 is a flying DO 217 seen from the rear and above.
Photo 3 is a starboard side view of a flying DO 217.
Photo 2 is a flying DO 217 seen from the rear and above.
Photo 3 is a starboard side view of a flying DO 217.
Tags: Do 217
Dornier DO 217 B1 and V4
Photo 1 is a starboard side, ground view of a DO 217 B1. It featured a dive brake on the rear fuselage which made its directional stability poor.
Photo 2 is a DO 217 V4 seen from the front. Test pilot reports indicated poor handling and performance.
Photo 2 is a DO 217 V4 seen from the front. Test pilot reports indicated poor handling and performance.
Tags: Do 217
Dornier DO 217 J2 and N2
Photo 1 is a DO 217 J2, port side on the ground. Used as a night fighter the nose was modified to house radar.
Photo 2 is a DO 217 N2, port side on the ground. Similar to the J2 but with different engines.
Photo 2 is a DO 217 N2, port side on the ground. Similar to the J2 but with different engines.
Tags: Do 217; radar; searchlight
Dornier DO 24
Photo 1 is a port side flying view of a Dutch air force DO 24.
Photo 2 is a port side view of a DO 24 splashing through water.
Photo 2 is a port side view of a DO 24 splashing through water.
Tags: Do 24
Elizabethan News
A newspaper published on the troopship enroute to North America.
Elsham Wolds
Three page history of Elsham Wolds with sketches and text by S Finn. He covers its operations in the first and second world wars.
Tags: arts and crafts; bombing; Halifax; Lancaster; RAF Elsham Wolds; Wellington
Engagement reports
A series of Luftwaffe engagement reports, some in German, some translated concerning the attacks on a four engined bomber in the early hours of 18 December 1944 probably Henry Wagner's Halifax.
Tags: 51 Squadron; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Me 110
Farmland
Four low level aerial oblique photographs of farmland. They are captioned 'Low level photographs taken from the rear turret over Little Holland. A Box Brownie Camera. 1917 vintage.'
Fighter bases back 130 miles
Newspaper cutting. The whole German fighter force operating over Normandy forced to operate from bases more that 130 miles away. Report that German propaganda about flying bombs wearing thin. Problems of German soldiers with lack of sleep in…
Flieger jockey club gala day - Stalag Luft 6
Top left - man dressed as woman with surf board. Captioned 'G37 Flieger jockey club gala day, Stalag Luft 6'.
Top middle - man dressed as woman with wide brimmed hat. Captioned 'Flieger jockey club gala day, Stalag Luft 6'.
Top right - blurred…
Top middle - man dressed as woman with wide brimmed hat. Captioned 'Flieger jockey club gala day, Stalag Luft 6'.
Top right - blurred…
Flieger jockey club gala day - Stalag Luft 6
Top left - two men dressed as Native Americans (man and woman). In the background huts. Captioned 'G36 Flieger jockey club gala day, Stalag Luft 6'.
Top middle - two men in fancy dress in front of a wall with posters. Captioned 'Flieger jockey club…
Top middle - two men in fancy dress in front of a wall with posters. Captioned 'Flieger jockey club…