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Lancasters flying in formation and aircrew
Seven photographs mounted in three rows on the left hand page. The top row of photographs show airmen in uniform standing outside. The tail of a Lancaster can be seen in the background of the image on the top row, right. On the second row the picture…
Ron Flynn on a beach
Ron stands, with his hand in his pocket, on a sand dune. The sea crashes against cliffs in the background with a house overlooking the sea. On reverse, 'R.A.Flynn'.
African scenes
Top: A man in flying suit, boots, gloves and helmet with goggles and oxygen mask. He leans, with arms crossed, against the corrugated wall of a building with open doors.
Centre, left: A single storey building with a veranda leading to doors. Above…
Centre, left: A single storey building with a veranda leading to doors. Above…
Street scenes
Top left: A man carrying goods on his head walks past a single storey building with arches around windows and a sign reading 'Fairmount Home'.
Top right: A street with multi storey buildings busy with vehicles and people .
2nd row, left: A stone…
Top right: A street with multi storey buildings busy with vehicles and people .
2nd row, left: A stone…
African scenes
Top left: Rocky outcrops rise up either side of a gulley. Captioned, 'river bed dried up'.
Top right: Two stork like birds. Captioned, 'secretary bird'.
Centre: A group of three men and five children in front of buildings.
Bottom left: Men playing…
Top right: Two stork like birds. Captioned, 'secretary bird'.
Centre: A group of three men and five children in front of buildings.
Bottom left: Men playing…
Group photograph with Canberra
55 men comprising RAF officers and aircrew with Air Training Corps cadets arranged in three rows in front of a Canberra. In the background is a hangar with the initials MT mounted at the apex.
Parade
Men in uniform marching along a road with a church tower and a windmill in the background. On the pavement, in front of houses, is a group of women and children watching.
Sports day
Top: A group of children run towards a tape with men watching next to a flag with a roundel on. In the distance is a two storey building with a concertina roof.
Bottom: A marching band wearing kilts. To one side is an open sided marque and a…
Bottom: A marching band wearing kilts. To one side is an open sided marque and a…
Sports day
Top: Twelve men running towards a tape stretch across an open space at chest height. They are watched by more men and there are buildings, one with a concertina roof, in the distance.
Bottom: A crowd of men, women and children are sit and stand…
Bottom: A crowd of men, women and children are sit and stand…
Children
A group of 86 children arranged in rows with five women and one man in uniform at the centre. They are outside a plain wall with a colonnade to one side,
Biplane and cityscape
Top: A biplane behind a perimeter fence alongside a single storey square building with a flight of steps leading to the flat roof. Beyond in a flat open landscape rising to hills in the distance. A line of structures cross the scene in the middle…
Street scenes
Top: A pathway crossing on open space the trees leading to a row of buildings and a grass roofed shaded area. Beyond is a single storey building with a dome on the roof
Bottom: Two men herding cattle amongst multi storey buildings. Two further men…
Bottom: Two men herding cattle amongst multi storey buildings. Two further men…
Views
Left page: Left: Men, carrying bundles on their shoulders, loading a ship. Right: Inside of a church looking towards the altar with windows above. Right page: Left: A street scene looking along a road with vehicles and pedestrians and multi storey…
Overseas service
From the top: One: Three servicemen in shorts and short sleeves, two in officer's caps. They are standing with two other men and lean against a lorry on which a number of benches are piled. The lorry is parked outside a brick building. Two: View of a…
Hawker Hardys
From the top: One: An air to air view of a two seater Hawker Hardy with identification number K4318 on the fuselage. Two: An air to air view of a Hardy. Three: Hardy K4318 in flight over a river and buildings set in a grid pattern. Four: Three Hardys…
Aerial views
From the top:
One: Through the trusses of an aircraft a tugboat is alongside a moored ship with a city behind.
Two: View of a moored ship on a quay with a nearby tugboat.
Three: Wing of an aircraft obscuring the view of a ship moored on a…
One: Through the trusses of an aircraft a tugboat is alongside a moored ship with a city behind.
Two: View of a moored ship on a quay with a nearby tugboat.
Three: Wing of an aircraft obscuring the view of a ship moored on a…
Kit bags and bus transport
A pile of kit bags by the open door of a coach near which are groups of men in uniform, without their jackets. Another two coaches are parked along the road, one with the sign 'Special' on the front. Opposite are buildings one with a sign for 'Dixon…
Coastline
A single track railway runs along the coast with utility poles with wires above. A man in uniform and side cap stands with his leg resting on a wooden fence.
Airbase chapel
A chapel with spire with trees and cars parked alongside. To the left are three barrack style buildings amongst a series of utility poles.
Reconnaissance Photograph
Vertical reconnaissance photograph captioned '5005 RA362 140 18 May 43// F34 12" (TB)', showing fields and roads leading to a large town in the top right of the image.
Reconnaissance photograph
Vertical reconnaissance photograph captioned 'RA596 140 15 Jul 43// FIOA 12' TB', showing fields and roads. Buildings in small towns or villages are also visible. One of a series of reconnaissance photographs printed on thin bright alloy.
Three people in town
A man and two women, all in civilian clothes walking on town pavement with shops and other buildings around.
RAF people and buildings
Top left - a group of airmen sitting on a bench and the ground in front of a brick building. Top right - a single story brick building with small tower at right angle to another two story building. Possible officers mess. Second row - a group of…
48 airmen
A group of 48 trainee airmen with four trainers. They are arranged in five rows outside a 'Refreshment Lounge'.
Aerial Photograph
A vertical aerial photograph taken during a bombing operation. Much of the ground detail is visible.
It is captioned ' 1 HRS 380 101 NT Z 11.9.41'.
It is captioned ' 1 HRS 380 101 NT Z 11.9.41'.