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Douglas 'Hank' Ivseson's operational diary
Douglas 'Hank' Ivseson's first tour in Europe and 16 days of operational duties in the Middle East covering the period 7 July 1941 to 26 February 1943. Hank served with 76 Squadron, 77 Squadron and 462 Squadron and flew in Whitley and Halifax…
Tags: 10 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; escaping; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Lancaster; Manchester; Mosquito; pilot; RAF Aqir; RAF Kabrit; RAF Leeming; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Middleton St George; Scharnhorst; Stirling; Tirpitz; Wellington; Whitley
Ein Shemer 1946
Top left - an airman wearing desert uniform with shorts sitting on a motorbike, in the background Nissen huts. Captioned 'On the bike at Ein Shemer'. Top centre - five airmen sitting in a jeep with goal posts in the background. Captioned 'Fred,…
Tags: 32 Squadron; Nissen hut; service vehicle; sport
Ein Shemer 1946
Top left - two airmen wearing battledress and side caps standing with grounded rifles with one leaning on wall. In the background Nissen huts. Captioned 'Ready for guard'. Top centre - large group of men lined up with donkeys. Nissen hut in the…
Tags: animal; ground personnel; Nissen hut
Ernie Pedrazzini's log book extracts
Ernie's logbook front page with his details as a flight engineer and a page from February 1946.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital…
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital…
Tags: 1664 HCU; aircrew; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; training; York
Flying Officer William Baron Kane DFC
Service history. After training as navigator/observer and bomb aimer completed a tour as Stirling bomb aimer on 75 (NZ) Squadron. Rested on training tours and the second tour as Lancaster bomb aimer on 115 Squadron. Subsequent postings to India and…
Football at RAF Lydda
A goal keeper and three players near a goal on a football pitch surrounded by a very large number of spectators. Captioned 'Football at RAF Lydda'. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.
Tags: sport
Football at RAF Lydda
A large crowd of spectators on makeshift grandstand with football pitch to the left. Captioned 'Football at RAF Lydda (stands made from shipping crates)'.
Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.
Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.
Tags: sport
Four airmen in front of an ambulance
Four airmen leaning against the back of an ambulance. All dressed in desert uniform, two in shorts, one with no top. One smoking. On the reverse caption ‘Vic “Pat” Jock. Ramat David’.
Tags: service vehicle
Group of flight engineers
27 flight engineers in half caps and desert uniform arranged in rows around a wooden barrel which is marked 'Aqir XXX'. Four men crouch either side of the barrel with one row of eight men sat behind and two rows of eight and six men standing in the…
Tags: 620 Squadron; aircrew; flight engineer; RAF Aqir
Hadera, Ramat David and Trans Jordan
Top left - 11 men in swimming gear. They are up to their knees in water. Behind are rocks. Captioned ‘Amongst the rocks Hadera’. Top centre - five airmen in desert uniform with long trousers. In the background a building and vehicles. Captioned…
Tags: service vehicle