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- Tags: RAF Coningsby
Keith Thompson's time with 41 Squadron
A news cutting reporting…
Tags: RAF Coningsby
Page 46 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 - an air-to-air image of a Percival Proctor.
Photo 3 - modern photograph with a side view of a Lancaster and E-7 Sentry in the distance.
Photo 4 -…
Page 45 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 is a side view of the RAF Lancaster, undergoing maintenance.
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Tags: Lancaster; RAF Coningsby
Page 44 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 - Dakota, annotated 'Fly-past Dakota'.
Photo 3 - Spitfire P7350, annotated 'Spitfire in hanger [sic]'
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No…
Tags: C-47; memorial; RAF Coningsby; Spitfire
Page 41, 42 and 43 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 - a front image of a Spitfire in the hangar.
Photos 3 and 4 - Denis Bradbury…
Page 40 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 - a view of a hangar and Spitfire across the wing of the RAF Lancaster.
Photo 3 - Denis and the Canadian pilot at the tail of the Canadian Lancaster, VR-A, captioned 'The…
Pages 37, 38 and 39 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 - the Lancaster taxing in after landing with the nose of a second Lancaster on the left.
Photo 3 - the Lancaster parked annotated 'Parked for passengers & crew to…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; ground crew; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Coningsby
Pages 35 and 36 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 1 - the cockpit, annotated 'Pilot…
Page 34 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 2 - Denis Bradbury standing at the personnel ladder of Lancaster PA474.
Photo 3 - close up of Denis standing at the personnel ladder of the Lancaster.
Photo 4 - Denis standing…
Tags: ground crew; Lancaster; RAF Coningsby
Page 33 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 1 - an aerial photograph of Coningsby with arrows showing the location of the Main Guard Room and the arrival gate.
Item 2 - a location diagram…
Tags: aircrew; guard room; RAF Coningsby; Spitfire
Page 32 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Also front cover of Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight booklet.
Includes…
Tags: Lancaster; RAF Coningsby
Page 31 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Two colour photographs of Lancasters from an online source.
Photo 1 is the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster in flight.
Photo 2 is the Canadian…
Tags: Lancaster; RAF Coningsby
Keith Thompson's time as a Photographic Interpreter
Derek Gurney in the tail turret of a Lancaster
Tags: 10 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Halifax; Lancaster; RAF Coningsby
Harold Kirby’s flight engineers log book
Tags: 1661 HCU; 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); crash; flight engineer; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
V Group News, April 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; radar; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Waddington; RAF Wainfleet; rivalry; sport; training; wireless operator
Service record from August 1942 until November 1946 November
Tags: 1661 HCU; 460 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); crash; fitter airframe; forced landing; ground crew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mechanics airframe; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Binbrook; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halton; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; recruitment; Stirling; training
V Group News, March 1944
Tags: 5 Group; Absent Without Leave; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; FIDO; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; ground personnel; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Scampton; RAF Waddington; rivalry; sport; training; wireless operator
V Group News, January 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; incendiary device; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Wainfleet; rivalry; sport; training; wireless operator
Interview with Sheila Wilmet
Tags: bomb dump; bombing; FIDO; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground personnel; home front; meteorological officer; military living conditions; Nissen hut; perception of bombing war; radar; RAF Bottesford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Langar; RAF Spilsby; shelter; Window; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force