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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1945-03"
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
102 Sqdn aircrew football team
Tags: 102 Squadron; aircrew; observer; pilot; RAF Pocklington; sport
Bomber Command No 223 Squadron, RAF Oulton, No 199 Squadron, RAF North Creake
Second is of ten individuals standing and kneeling in front of a…
199 Squadron
Second is of small car, captioned "Crew - bus", my first car bought when on ops with 199 Sqdn.'
Third is of right-hand forward nose of a…
The Londoner column
Pathfinder Bennett has plan for peace
Alexander Lamb and his crew
'My Crew "The Boys" At Wigsley March 1945 reading left to right
Front Row
Jock Bathgate (A/G)
Jack Darlow (Skipper)
Jock Lanm (A/G)
Back Row
Alf Porter (Navigator)
Bob Lane (Engineer)
Eric Gabb (Wireless…
Italy
Second is of Jack and nine other individuals, captioned 'March 1945, promoted Sergeant, Brindisi'.
Tags: ground crew; ground personnel; promotion
Group Captain Johnny Fauquier, Lancaster and Grand Slam bomb
Tags: 617 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; dispersal; Grand Slam; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Woodhall Spa
Deutschlands Zukunft
Raid Assessments
George Holmes sortie record sheet 83 Squadron
Halifax in flight
Bottom, air-to-air view of a Halifax flying over the sea from directly above captioned 'Mar 1945 517 Squadron Halifax'.
Tags: 517 Squadron; Halifax
Targets and A&AEE Boscombe Down
Top left - a note 'got to here'. Top right - an aerial oblique view of a city-scape with some large buildings and some damage visible. Captioned 'Essen' on the reverse 'Essen'.
Middle - an aerial oblique view of a…
Vimy Ridge Memorial
Photographs 9 and 10 are of the British Cemetery at Dury, captioned 'British Cemetery 1914 1918, Dury, France. March 1945.'
Tags: final resting place; memorial
On the road from Vitry en Artois to Cambria
Photograph 2 is of a destroyed German half-track, captioned 'German Tank.'
Photograph 3 and 4 are six airmen sitting on the barrel of a Tiger tank.
Photograph 5 and 6 are…
Bomb damaged V-1 site
Photographs 3, 5 and 6 are of airmen standing on the badly damaged concrete protection at the site.
Photograph 7 is of four airmen standing in a large bomb…
Tags: bombing; ground personnel; V-1; V-weapon
Krupps, Essen
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing
Personnel in front of Lancaster
Tiger Force Lancaster
Tags: 617 Squadron; Lancaster; nose art; Tiger force
Me - William Roy Peter Perry DFC
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 227 Squadron; 29 OTU; 5 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; B-17; civil defence; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Home Guard; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Manchester; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Balderton; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Metheringham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Ossington; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stirling; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Page from Ron Harrison's log book
Tags: 70 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-24; bombing
Sam Saunders Final Flights
There are three photographs of his wife.