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Arthur Pearce's air gunners flying log book
Air gunners' flying log book for A T Pearce, covering the period from 2 December 1943 to 25 November 1946. It details his flying training, operations flown and post war flying. Arthur Pearce was stationed at: RAF Bishops Court, RAF Seighford, RAF…
London
Air to ground view of the Thames and four bridges including Waterloo Bridge. Somerset House and the Strand bottom right.
Formation of Lancasters
Formation of five Lancasters in distance below over open countryside bottom middle. A further four single aircraft behind.
Young girl in front of Meteor
Young girl wearing skirt and jacket standing in front of a Meteor RA476. In the background another aircraft and tall buildings.
Vulcan airborne
Vulcan on the right at low level, taken from the ground, flying to the left. Blurred spectators in foreground.
Formation of Lancasters
Air-to-air view of formation of six Lancasters with a light paint scheme. Only the nose of the nearest aircraft is visible.
Blurred view of airfield
Taken over the wing of aircraft with other indistinct aircraft in the background.
Boston
Air to ground view of Boston's central business district, Charles river curves from bottom left to bottom right.
Vulcan at air show
Vulcan at low level on left flying to the right. In the foreground spectators' heads.
View from turret
View of a town below with grid of streets.
Praia da Vitoria
Air to ground view of a town with coast running left to right with sea beyond. Church middle right.
Lancaster over river Tamar estuary
Air-to-air view of Lancaster flying over river Tamar estuary, south of Saltash looking west up the Lynher river. Several ships below.
Lancasters parked
Row of 35 Squadron Lancasters with light paint scheme parked on airfield hard-standing.
Rear turret
View of the rear turret of a bomber
Scott Field
Air to ground view of Scott Field surrounded by open countryside.
Gander Airfield
Air-to-ground view of Gander airfield looking south west . Main runway from mid left to bottom right. Hangars and other buildings below and above runway. Subsidiary runway on right River on left.
New York
Partial view of New York out of rear turret. There is part of a tail of a Lancaster bottom right. In the distance Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, and 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Los Angeles
City with many buildings and grid road structure. Taller buildings towards the top and LA river running right to left across the top. The dog legged road is W 8th St in the Westlake South area of the city.
Praia da Vitoria
Open countryside in foreground. Coast running mid left to right. Small town towards right side with sea beyond.
Kelly Field
Air to ground view of Kelly Field taken from turret. Barrel of gun visible top left. Hangars on the ground bottom left with aircraft parked on their right.
Coastline
Air to ground view of coastal low cliffs run bottom left to right with open countryside beyond.
Approaching runway Long Beach Army Airfield, California
Air to ground view from cockpit of runway threshold of Long Beach Army Airfield, California. Aircraft on taxiway to left and cars parked on perimeter track in foreground.
The Spruce Goose
Looking across water from boat to sea-wall. Large eight-engined sea plane on land behind sea-wall. Oil tank to the left and crane to the right.
US Navy airship
Ground to air view of a United States Navy Airship flying to left rear.
City
Air to ground view of city with tall buildings in the centre