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John Cecil Preston's pilot's flying log book
J C Preston’s RCAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 25 November 1942 to 17 May 1946. It details training, 13 Air Search and Rescue (ASR) sorties and other duties as a pilot with 249 Squadron in the Middle East, over the eastern Mediterranean and…
Wedding anniversary
Tommie and Phyllis on their wedding anniversary. Tommie is sat in an armchair and Phyllis is sat on the arm. Cards and a vase of flowers are on the television set next to them.
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Thomas Kimberley wearing his medals
Tommie standing in civilian clothes with his Distinguished Flying Cross, 1949-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with Bomber Command clasp, Defence Medal and War Medal 1939-45 pinned to his jacket.
In the garden
Tommie, on the right, standing with an older man, in front of a flowering rhododendron.
Film set
Tommie, standing far right, his hands open, with two men and two women on the coast. One woman is looking through the viewfinder of a film camera and one of the men holds a clapper board whist the other man looks up at a light meter held in his hand.…
Under the balcony
Tommie, standing on the far right, with two other men. They are in casual clothes standing in front of a flowering rhododendron under a wooden balcony. A woman is sitting on the balcony looking down at the men below.
Laying down
Tommie, dressed in casual clothes, arms crossed with his head on a pillow.
In the shadows
A head and shoulder portrait Tommie in civilian clothes standing alongside a wooden beam with a brass bell and clapper.
Tommie Kimberley
Head and shoulder portrait of Tommie in uniform with peak cap, air gunner's brevet, medal ribbons including Distinguished Flying Cross and flight lieutenant rank braid.
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Tommie Kimberley's decorations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with Bomber Command clasp, Defence Medal, and War Medal 1939-45.
Rear gunner
An airman weaning flying helmet in the rear turret of a bomber.
Three airmen sitting on wing
View looking up at three airmen sitting on the wing of a bomber.
Five airmen
Group of five airmen in garden.
Lancaster nose art
Nose art of angry bee with bomb and words 'er-tag'. An airman looks out of cockpit window. Aircraft has five rows of operation tally bomb symbols.
Chocks away
Front quarter view of a Lancaster engines running while an airman pulls on rope to remove chock. Another airman on right gives thumbs up. Other Lancasters line up behind.
Lancasters in snow
Air to ground view of two Lancasters parked on snow covered ground.
Bombs in bomb bay
Loaded Lancaster bomb bay. An airman stands on the right looking up while another two inspect bomb at the rear.
Track across road and Lancaster in field
On the left the track left by aircraft as it crossed road and on the right a Lancaster wheels up with broken wing rests in a field. Some people around the aircraft.
Lancaster wheels up in field
Side view of a Lancaster resting in field wheels up with broken port wing.
Track of aircraft across road
Trail of aircraft which has run over a road into a field. A group of people stand on the side of road.
Crashed Lancaster
Lancaster wheels up in a field with four airmen standing in front of port inner engine while another pokes out of hatch on top of fuselage.
RAF officer and an woman
Head and shoulders portrait of a wing commander wearing greatcoat and peaked cap standing beside a woman wearing coat and hat.
Six airmen
Six airmen, five wearing uniform with brevet and one in the centre wearing tunic, all standing in line in front of a Lancaster. Two versions o the same image.
Four aircrew
Four airmen wearing battledress with brevet standing in front of a building.
RAF Waddington
Air-to-ground view of a standard lay out RAF airfield with buildings on the left and runways to the right,