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Actions of the destroyer Vivaldi. Part 3
Inside the magazine of the Vivaldi, an engineer in dirty blue trousers, a naval shirt and with a helmet on his head is holding a hose pipe and trying to extinguish a raging fire with water.
Label reads “56”; signed by the author; caption…
Label reads “56”; signed by the author; caption…
Tags: arts and crafts
Actions of the destroyer Vivaldi. Part 4
On calm seas, the destroyers Vivaldi and Malocello exchange salvos with HMS Foresight (H68). The three vessels are engulfed in flames and black smoke is billowing upwards. Shells are exploding in the water near the Italian destroyer on the left of…
Tags: arts and crafts
Actions of the destroyer Vivaldi. Part 5
The destroyer Vivaldi rams the HMS Oswald (N58). Black smoke is billowing out of the main funnel.
Label reads “58”; signed by the author; “5… una delle precedent azioni dell‘eroico CCTT, lo speronamento del sommergibile inglese…
Label reads “58”; signed by the author; “5… una delle precedent azioni dell‘eroico CCTT, lo speronamento del sommergibile inglese…
Tags: arts and crafts
Actions of the destroyer Vivaldi. Part 6
On a clear day and in turbulent seas, the Vivaldi is engulfed in flames and black smoke. Figures in uniforms are trying to escape in three lifeboats that have been launched. Two figures are on deck trying to put out the flames using a hosepipe and a…
Tags: arts and crafts
Adelio Trigatti being tortured
In a prison cell, a man covered in blood and chained to the wall is being tortured by three fascists in military uniform. Irons are being heated up in a brazier in the centre of the room. Bloody hand-prints are visible on the walls amongst…
Tags: arts and crafts; Resistance
Adeste Card
Printed card with religious message. Captioned on the reverse 'To Paddy With all best wishes from me to you. M E Meally'.
Tags: faith
Aftermath of a failed attempt at defusing a bomb
Members of the Unione Nazionale Protezione Antiaerea are clearing the rubble and debris of a severely damaged terraced building. Another broken wall is visible on the right of the picture. A woman and a young girl are stopped by one of the men on the…
Aiming Point Certificate
A Lancaster with the name of its crew underneath. It refers to an operation over Genoa on 22/23 October 1942. JHP Dwyer was in the crew.
Tags: 57 Squadron; aircrew; arts and crafts; bombing; Lancaster
Aiming point certificate and aircrew
First, a sketch of a Lancaster in flight, captioned 'Duisburg, 6/7 Sept. 1942 F/Sgt Turner, Sgt Anderson, Sgt Davies, Sgt Hunter, Sgt Coombes, Sgt Cass, Sgt Osterloh. 61 Squadron.' Signed 'A Pollen P/O 1942.' Second, the damaged port engine of a…
Aiming point certificate, aircrew and Manchester
First, a sketch of a Lancaster in flight, captioned 'Wismar, 12/13.X.42 F/Sgt Turner, F/Sgt Anderson, Sgt Davies, Sgt Hunter, Sgt Coombes, Sgt Cass, Sgt Osterloh. 61 Squadron.' Signed 'A Pollen P/O 1942.' Second, four men in uniform and side caps…
Air Borne Cigar
Lancaster, B-SR, dropping a cloud of incendiaries, and showing the ABC aerials on the fuselage. Hand written caption pointing to the masts 'The A.B.C. masts a third one was under the nose'.
Tags: 101 Squadron; incendiary device; Lancaster
Air gunner
A pencil drawing of an airman wearing a knitted polo necked sweater under a uniform jacket with epaulettes and an air gunner's brevet above his left breast pocket.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; arts and crafts
Air raid precautions album
An album to contain a series of cigarette cards of national importance. Shows pictures of some of the things that the government and local authorities are working out for the protection of the general public. Includes: window protection, splinter…
Air-Forceful Cartoons
A booklet of war time cartoons. The second page contains names, addresses and signatures of colleagues.
Tags: arts and crafts; coping mechanism
Aircraft
Four aircraft one below other. There is a fifth drawing of small seaplane drawn between the top two and the faint outline of another aircraft above the bottom one.
Tags: arts and crafts
Aircraft
Top - painting of a Lancaster being bombed up. Captioned 'Winter of 43 somewhere in England. by David Shepherd'.
Bottom - photograph - view from above of a Lancaster with Spitfire and Hurricane on either wing over sea. Captioned 'Memorial in Flight,…
Bottom - photograph - view from above of a Lancaster with Spitfire and Hurricane on either wing over sea. Captioned 'Memorial in Flight,…
Aircraft design sketch
Sketch drawing of aerofoils and side view of aircraft. Surrounded by calculations and alphabetic/numeric tables. Label on frame 'Roy Chadwick CBE, 1893 - 1947'
Airman
A chalk and pastel portrait of an observer in uniform. Signed '[?] Gozling 1941'.
Tags: aircrew; arts and crafts; observer
Alec Cranswick DFC
A head and shoulders painting of Alec wearing his DFC ribbon. A second copy has his painting in a frame.
Alexander Lamb's crew
Seven airmen arranged in two rows. Underneath is annotated their crew duty. Above is a 15 Squadron crest with 1945 written on.