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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1942-09"
Sam Saunder's Operations
Photo 1 is a vertical aerial photograph partly obscured by tracer fire.
Photo 2 is the 40 squadron crest.
Photo 3 is Sam in shorts and tee shirt in front of a…
Biography of Squadron Leader Lighton Verdon-Roe DFC RAFVR -156 (PFF) Squadron
Tags: 156 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; H2S; Halifax; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Breighton; RAF Shawbury; RAF South Cerney; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington
Letter concerning third batch of Ceylonese joining the RAF
Tags: aircrew; Asian heritage; C-47; ground personnel; Harvard; navigator; pilot; RAF Kenley; recruitment; Tiger Moth; training
The lucky crew
Tags: 1657 HCU; 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; military living conditions; mine laying; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Cardington; RAF Cosford; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Oakington; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; training; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Pilot's Flying Log Sheet
Tags: aircrew; Flying Training School; pilot; Tiger Moth; training
William Holmes memoir - training in Canada
Tags: Anson; RCAF Bowden; RCAF Estevan; training
Letter from Bill Akrill to Mary
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
After catching up with home news, pleased to report that they now have good news on leave: since the photography…
Letter from Bill Akrill to Mary
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Nothing definite on leave,…
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
The King is dressed in RAF uniform. Queen Elizabeth is being accompanied by a WAAF. Captioned 'R.A.F. West Raynham Sept 1942. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth. Group Capt Earl of…
107 Squadron Bostons
Photograph 2 is an air-to-air view of five Bostons, port side.
Captioned 'R.A.F. West Raynham, 107 Sqd Boston A/C. Sept 1942.'
Photograph 3 is an air-to-air view of one Boston,…
Frances Valentine in garden
Tags: prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3
Frances Valentine in garden
Tags: prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3
Frances Valentine with a book
Ursula Valentine
Tags: prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3
Two articles: 'Landings in Madagascar' and 'Huge fires in Düsseldorf'
Tags: bombing
Operational history of Lancaster 1B R5868
Tags: 467 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Bottesford; RAF Scampton; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon
No 12 Refresher Course Officers school
Tags: training
Cigarette case
Tags: heirloom
10 Service Flying Training School Dauphin
Tags: aircrew; Flying Training School; pilot; training