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Anti-partisan action at S. Giorgio di Nogaro
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Tags: animal; arts and crafts; Resistance
Anzio and Istres
Photo 1 is an aerial view of the beachhead at Anzio, dated Oct 12th 1944.
Sketch map 1 is a route across Sardinia and Corsica to Naples with Anzio and Rome marked.
Photo 2 is a group of men…
Tags: aircrew; crash; Resistance; Stirling
Argenta
Argenta and Padua
104/71. 12/13 MARCH 45. F8"//8200 - 28 14.50 PADUA
W 4x1000. 8x500 MkIII 22. F/O WARD…
Army history of cadet Ensign Margaret Pratt and Sergeant Charles Ward
Arthur Norman Hollis’ Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 BFTS; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); British Flying Training School Program; C-47; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; mid-air collision; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Little Rissington; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Turweston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wattisham; RAF Westcott; Stearman; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Arthur Pearce Air Force Diary 1945
Aubrey Read’s RAF observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Defiant; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Metheringham; RAF Saltby; RAF Syerston; RAF Walney Island; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
B Openshaw sight log book
B-24 in flight over Italy
Tags: 178 Squadron; B-24
B-24 in flight over the Alps
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Tags: 31 Squadron; B-24
B-24 Liberator
Tags: B-24; Wellington
B-25 bombers attack the SAICI chemical plant at Torviscosa
Tags: arts and crafts; B-25; bombing
Basil Ambrose’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; training
Bathing, camp life and Italian views
2. A young man, wearing shorts and boots, sitting in the sun. Behind him is some material suspended on posts, like a windbreak. Some towels are hanging above this and at the left edge of the photograph there is…
Battle of France Starts in the Air
BBC recording of Gordon Cruickshank
Joined RAF in 1938 and Bomber Command in 1941 as an air gunner. Started operations in 1942 and completed first tour of 31 trips at end of November 1942. Says was badly shot up on…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bombing; killed in action
Bernabè Angelo bombing survivor card
Tags: bombing; evacuation; home front
Bertie Foxlee’s flying log book for observer’s and air gunners
Tags: 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 27 OTU; 455 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 81 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Catalina; Dominie; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Lichfield; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tilstock; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Bicycle with an improvised explosive device left at a mountain check-point
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Tags: arts and crafts; Resistance
Bill Bailey and Shorty in Sorrento
Tags: 31 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew
Bill Bailey inside his B-24 rear turret
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Tags: 31 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-24