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Group of airmen at dining table
Group of airmen sitting both sides of a long dining table on a veranda. Front left man has his arm round a locally employed steward. Several other stewards stand behind diners.
104 Squadron crest
104 Bomber squadron crest: winged halberd with arrows and lightning bolts. Motto 'Strike Hard'.
Tags: 104 Squadron
Ben Openshaw
Half-length portrait, wearing tunic and side cap with training flash. On the reverse '23/3/42'.
Tags: training
Seven military men in front of building
Five Royal Air Force and two naval personnel standing in line. All are wearing tunic with side or peaked caps. In the background a large multi-storey building.
Tags: aircrew
Four airmen standing in street
Four airmen all wearing tunic with half brevet and side caps standing in line in front of a tree. In the background left a multi-storey building with colonnade.
Tags: aircrew
Five airmen
Five airmen, two in front and three behind all wearing tunic and side caps with training flashes. Ben Openshaw is front left.
On back, handwritten '979 Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17'
On back, handwritten '979 Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17'
Tags: training
Five airmen in front of curtain
Three non-commissioned officers wearing side caps standing behind and two officers wearing peaked caps sitting in front. All are wearing tunics with brevet. Ben Openshaw is rear left.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; pilot; wireless operator
Twenty-six airmen in front of a hut
Twenty-six airmen in three rows sitting and standing in front of a building with door and window. Most are wearing khaki uniform with shorts and side or peaked caps.
Printed on back: 'This photograph was sold by RAF Station Aqir, date: 22.6.45…
Printed on back: 'This photograph was sold by RAF Station Aqir, date: 22.6.45…
Tags: RAF Aqir
Group of men sitting at a dining table
Group of eight men sitting round a dining table in a large mess dining room. The four in front are Royal Air Force sergeants. Two men on the far side of table are wearing naval uniform. In the background other tables with diners. Ben Openshaw is…
Tags: mess; military living conditions
Ben Openshaw
Two prints of the same photograph of a head and shoulders portrait of an officer wearing tunic, with observer brevet and medal ribbons, and peaked cap. On the reverse of the first photograph 'In my eyes always your image, on my lips, always your…
Tags: aircrew; love and romance; navigator; observer
Six airmen by a building
Four standing behind and two squatting in front. The right rear man is wearing khaki uniform all the others are in blue uniform. All have half brevet and sergeants stripes. In the background a single-storey white building, with overhanging eves,…
Tags: aircrew
104 Squadron football team
Eleven men in two rows in football kit. To the right in background, the corner of a building. On the reverse '104 Squadron, Sorrento Killers'. [rear row] 'Tomlin, Openshaw, Eardley, Pearson, Magee, Hawthorn'; [front row] 'Starrey, Brown, Baker, Bell,…
Tags: 104 Squadron; sport
Group of airmen in tropical uniform
Group of airmen some in shorts, others long trousers, shirts and bush jackets. Most wearing topee and one with side cap. In the background a brick building with a column. On the reverse 'leaving ITW'.
Tags: training
Group of airmen with bomb
A group of airmen in various types of uniform grouped round a bomb resting on its nose held by man in front row. In the background indistinguishable aircraft on airfield.
Tags: aircrew
A large group of airmen by the side of a building
A large group of airmen sitting and standing in four rows, All are wearing tunic and side caps, most with training flash. Man sitting in front centre is holding a 'F'. On the left side of second row, a civilian wearing shorts is standing. To the left…
Tags: training
Four men in sports kit
Two prints of the same photograph of four men standing in line with arms crossed wearing shorts and shirts. In the background single storey huts and a barrel on the left. On the reverse: 'When we won the final'.
Tags: sport