Identification kindly provided by Ray Moroney of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
France--Caen]]>
France--Falaise]]>
France]]>
1944-08-14]]>
Top right - view of secluded garden with trees and building in background. Captioned '"little bit of heaven" at Shaibah, behind officer's mess'.
Bottom left - cows in city street with buildings on far side. Captioned 'Sacred cows, Karachi'.
Bottom right - view from above of a camel drawn cart. Captioned 'Camel cart, Karachi'.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]>
Israel]]>
Israel--Tel Aviv]]>
Iraq]]>
Iraq--Baṣrah]]>
Pakistan]]>
Pakistan--Karachi]]>
Middle East--Palestine]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Stuart Cummins]]>
Andy Fitter]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
France]]>
France--Pas-de-Calais]]>
1944-09-20]]>
DUISBERG. R. 11 X 1000. 4 X 500. C34SECS. F/O McRITCHIE. Z. 75.'
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IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Stuart Cummins]]>
Andy Fitter]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
Germany--Duisburg]]>
1944-10-14]]>
'[ illegible] MEW, 27 11 44 //8" 18200 115 º 1508, KOLN D
1 HC 4000IN 14ANM64DT IFRCS C 35 SECS F/O CUTHILL D 149.']]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Andy Fitter]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
Germany--Cologne]]>
1944-11-27]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Freilassing]]>
1945-04-25]]>
1945-04-26]]>
2829 104/90. 8/9-APR-45. F8". NT.//9,500'.→[redacted] TRENTO
F.2x1000, 10x500 Mk III 23. F/O WARD (F/O Scott B/A), S.'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Andy Fitter]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Italy]]>
Italy--Trento]]>
1945-04-08]]>
1945-04-09]]>
Top: Eight aircrew in battledress, seven standing in a line by the open rear door of a Lancaster and one seated on the tailplane. It is captioned: 'Crew of PA 320 AY-S'.
Bottom left: Vertical aerial photograph showing roads and gutted buildings in a town or city.
Bottom right: Oblique aerial photograph showing roads and bomb damaged and gutted buildings in a town or city.
Both are captioned: 'Bomb damage at Dusseldorf [sic]'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Düsseldorf]]>
'1669. FOG. 15/16 AUG 1944. //NT. F8. 9500'. -> 020° 23.38.
VALENCE A/D. T. 3x500lb. 3x250lb. Mk 111 22 secs. SGT BIRD. K. 104.'
On the opposite page of the album is a hand written description of the operation.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Andy Fitter]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
France]]>
France--Valence (Drôme)]]>
1944-08-15]]>
1944-08-16]]>
On the opposite page of the album is a handwritten summary of the operation.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Andy Fitter]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Italy]]>
Italy--Bologna]]>
1944-08-24]]>
1944-08-25]]>
It is captioned '3128 Bin 5.6.46 //8" 4000 19.01 Hamburg 'T' F/Lt Quinton 'T' 617'.
On the reverse 'On Loan P&R Darby Woodhall Spa'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Hamburg]]>
1946-06-05]]>
It is captioned '1547 Tud 27.11.44 II 8" 19500' 114° 1507 Koln-Kalk WI 1HC 4000IN 14 GP500DT. 2ANM58DT. C37secs F/o Wade P.90'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Stuart Cummins]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Cologne]]>
1944-11-27]]>
1944-11-28]]>
It is captioned '1243 KLS 15.8.44//8" 15,500 <-- 085° 12.03 Volkel Airfield A1 12x1000. 4x500 c. 32 secs. F/L Davy G625'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Lincolnshire]]>
Netherlands]]>
Netherlands--Uden]]>
1944-08-15]]>
The photograph on the right page shows an aerial view of Niagara Falls. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending identification. Places]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Canadian Air Force]]>
North America--Niagara Falls]]>
RH page, caption 'Souvenir of the return boat trip on the Queen Mary'. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Stuart Cummins]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Lincolnshire]]>
France]]>
France--Saint-Lô]]>
1943-07-30]]>
Bottom, a group of 13 girls and a teacher taken in the main assembly hall of Headington school.
Right page: top a group of 13 children and a teacher taken in the main assembly hall of Headington school.
Bottom, view of a house in grounds, annotated, 'Bridgewater Lodge, my parent's house in the 1850's'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Mike Stilgoe]]>
Pending geolocation]]>
Pending identification. Places]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Oxfordshire]]>
England-Oxford]]>