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Route from where shot down to prisoner of war camp and evacuation on long march
Sketch map of Germany and Poland showing route from capture at Rastatt via Dulag Luft to Stalag Luft 7 and the long march to Luckenwalde.
Account of events during final operation and capture
Give details of how crew get together before flight. Battle order, crew briefings, manning aircraft, operation flight details, baling out, evasion route/events and kit. Notes on interrogation, and dispersal to Stalag Luft 7.
207 Squadron, Air Gunners, May 1945
50 Air Gunners in three rows, mostly seated, mostly wearing working dress.
RAF Chedburgh token ration card
For confectionery to be handed in to NAAFI when confectionary available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Seven men
A group of seven men, a mixture of British Army, RAF and one civilian.
British soldiers and Norwegian men
A group of soldiers and Norwegians in uniform. One soldier is holding a Norwegian flag.
Soldier, airmen and woman reporter
A row of seven people, a mixture of soldiers, airmen and a Norwegian reporter, Laura. Two of the men are holding Norwegian flags. On the reverse 'Best greetings from the reporter Laura[indecipherable] Honefoss'.
British and Norwegian soldiers
A head and shoulders image of three soldiers, at Honefoss.
British Army in Norway
A group of British soldiers, one saluting and holding a Norwegian flag.
There is a second copy with, on the reverse, 'The [indecipherable] Honefoss, Norway'.
There is a second copy with, on the reverse, 'The [indecipherable] Honefoss, Norway'.
Liberation of Stalag 3A
A detailed account of the events from April 19th to May 9th 1945.
Halifax and A Flight Groundcrew 192 Squadron
48 airmen, one WAAF and an officer in three rows in front of a Halifax PN431 with 'Angel' bare breasted pin up nose art.
K W Payne and crew with a Halifax
Halifax PN431 with 'Angel' nose art of a woman sitting on a cloud and putting on her stockings. Seven airmen standing in front. K W Payne is in the centre.
Servicing Wing, RAF Waddington
A large group of airmen sitting and standing in six rows in front of a Lancaster. Title 'Royal air Force Nos 463 & 467 RAAF Squadrons, Waddington Servicing Wing Bomber Command, may 1945'.
23 airmen and ground crew and Lancaster
The 23 men are arranged in two rows under the port side front of a Lancaster. The Lancaster has a large number of operations recorded on the nose. On the reverse - 'copy Fiskerton 5.45 Avro 685 Lancaster LM227 UL-I / 576 Squadron After 100th…
Roll of Honour. Killed in Action. Flight-Sergeant J. Ayers
An obituary of John Ayers who died when his aircraft crash landed in Denmark.
Crowds at St Martins in the Fields Church
Crowds celebrating the end of the war.
On the reverse 'PH JE'.
On the reverse 'PH JE'.
Crowds at Trafalgar Square
Celebrations at Trafalgar Square at the end of the war. On the reverse 'PH JE'.
Three airmen
Three airmen in front of the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain with the Lillywhites building, 25 Regent Street, London behind.
On the reverse 'PH JE'.
On the reverse 'PH JE'.
Street celebrations
A crowd of people in the street. Behind is a view of Piccadilly Circus, facing the Swan & Edgar Ltd building, Coventry Street, London.
On the reverse 'P.H.' and 'J.E.'
On the reverse 'P.H.' and 'J.E.'
Street dancing
An airman and a man dancing in the street watched by a large crowd in front of the former Swan & Edgar Ltd department store, 10 Piccadilly, London.
On the reverse 'P.H. J.E.'.
On the reverse 'P.H. J.E.'.
Street celebrations, Piccadilly Circus, St Pauls, St Martin in the Fields and Trafalgar Square
Seven photographs from an album. Taken on or after VE day.
#1 an airman and a man dancing in the street in front of the former Swan & Edgar Ltd department store, 10 Piccadilly, London.
#2 a crowd of people in the street. Behind is a view of…
#1 an airman and a man dancing in the street in front of the former Swan & Edgar Ltd department store, 10 Piccadilly, London.
#2 a crowd of people in the street. Behind is a view of…
1945
List operations January to July 1945. All wartime operations as MUG on Lancaster with F/Sgt Boden as pilot. After hostilities, missions include food dropping and repatriating prisoners of war. Bottom left - Pathfinder certificate awarding badge to…
Flying echelon, 550 Squadron, North Killingholme, May 1945
A panoramic landscape photograph of a large number of men in four rows in front of buildings..
1945 calendar with dates on 7 Squadron
Calendar mounted below a b/w photograph of rear quarter of airborne Lancaster annotated 'Best of Luck from Ken'. Title 'East West Home's Best'. Successive items show successive months flipped up with dates blocked out and document with list of months…
463 & 467 RAAF Squadrons servicing wing
Servicing wing of 463 and 467 Squadrons Royal Australian Air Force photographed at RAF Waddington in May 1945. Personnel are photographed in front of a Lancaster.