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Rockall islet
Oblique aerial photograph of Rockall islet, with rock centre of photograph. Captioned: '6012. AC26. Earls Colne 10 Apr’45//K20 6 1/2'.
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Tags: aerial photograph; RAF Earls Colne
Halifax towing Horsa
Air to air view of a Halifax Mk 3 towing a Horsa over a built up area set in a rural landscape. Captioned '6002. AC19 Earls Colne 24 Mar.45// K20. 6 1/2'. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality…
Tags: Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Horsa; RAF Earls Colne
Halifax Mk 3 in flight
Air to air view of a Halifax Mk III flying over a country landscape. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.
Tags: Halifax; Halifax Mk 3
Operation Market Garden parachute drop zone
Oblique aerial photograph taken during the drop showing a field and wood landscape covered with parachutes, the majority discarded and the rest open as paratroopers land. Identified as west of Wolfheze in the area known as Drop Zone ‘X’. The…
Tags: aerial photograph
Glider landing zone at Wolfheze
Reconnaissance photograph of gliders which have landed in a field, showing skid marks. The majority of the gliders are Horsa's, with three of the larger Hamilcar gliders visible in the field to the right. This is drop zone Z for Operation Market…
Tags: aerial photograph; Hamilcar; Horsa
Bridges on the Waal river at Nijmegen
Reconnaissance photograph of a bend in the Waal river at Nijmegen, spanned by two cantilever bridges. The Waalbrug road bridge to the left and the Snelbinder rail bridge to the right. There are docks along river bank and jetties on the opposite side.…
Halifax Mk 3 in flight
Air to air view of a Halifax Mk 3 silhouetted against the sky. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.
Tags: Halifax; Halifax Mk 3
Damaged Halifax
Badly damaged fuselage of Halifax Mk 3 NA 698 coded 7C-D; men’s legs and a static line are visible protruding from the bottom of the fuselage. This is the aircraft that Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer, Rosemary Britton stowed away in during…
Tags: 296 Squadron; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3
Halifax towing Hamilcar glider
Air to air view of a Halifax towing a Hamilcar glider above a military camp set in open countryside. Both aircraft carry invasion stripes. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are…
Rambouillet
Reconnaissance photograph taken at high altitude showing fields and woods with Rambouillet and the Jardin Anglais in the top right-hand corner. The settlements of Gazeran, Saint-Hilarion, Orcemont and Orphin are also visible. Two areas are outlined…
Group portrait at Eastbourne Navigation School
William Barfoot is featured among a group portrait of 55 trainees at Eastbourne Navigation School, Eastbourne College, some standing, some sitting; five men in the centre of the seated row wear observer brevets and two of these are officers, one a…
Tags: African heritage; aircrew; observer; training
Four trainees at Eastbourne Navigation School
William Barfoot is featured among four trainees at Eastbourne Navigation School. They wear uniforms without caps and two with unbuttoned tunics; two are wearing scarves and smoking pipes. One has a side cap with white flash under his arm. On the left…
Tags: training
Three observers at RAF Brize Norton
Group of three observers in front of a concrete hut. Two are standing behind Flying Officer William Barfoot, who is sitting in a collapsible chair with an improvised desk.
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Tags: aircrew; observer; RAF Brize Norton
William Barfoot winning the quarter mile race
William Barfoot wearing singlet and shorts crosses the finish line. Captioned 'School sports at Lovedale: P.W.Barfoot winning the quarter mile race. He set up a new record for the Lawrence Memorial School', '(1935)'. This item was sent to the IBCC…
Tags: sport
William Barfoot sitting at a desk at RAF Castle Bromwich
Squadron Leader William Barfoot in dress uniform, sitting at a desk at RAF Castle Bromwich; he wears a navigator’s brevet and two rows of medal ribbons.
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The description of this item is partially based on information provided by the donor. This…
Tags: aircrew; navigator; RAF Castle Bromwich
William Barfoot sitting at a desk at RAF Castle Bromwich
Squadron Leader William Barfoot in dress uniform at RAF Castle Bromwich. He’s wearing a navigator’s brevet and two rows of medal ribbons. A safe is partially visible.
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Tags: aircrew; navigator; RAF Castle Bromwich
Christmas party at RAF Castle Bromwich
Squadron Leader William Barfoot featured among a group of officers and senior non-commissioned officers having drinks in the Sergeant’s mess at RAF Castle Bromwich.
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Tags: mess; RAF Castle Bromwich
Manchester
The article features a photograph the nose and an annotated picture of the whole aircraft in flight. Captioedn 'David rear gunner in this this before Lancasters'.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Manchester