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- Collection: Saunders, Ernest John
The Nile and Sam Saunders
Photo 1 and 4 are bridges over the Nile.
Photo 2 is a view across the river.
Photo 3 and 5 are head and shoulders of Sam.
Tags: aircrew
Squadron Leader Booth, Wag and Len
Photo 1 is two airmen in khaki and shorts standing outside a hut.
Photo 2 is an airman sitting at a desk, captioned 'S/Ldr Booth the skipper'.
Photo 3 and 4 are a man sitting on a motorbike. One is identified as Wag…
Airman and 40 Squadron Crest
Photo 1 is a half-length portrait of a moustached airman with a towel over his shoulder.
Photo 2 is a 40 squadron crest.
Tags: 40 Squadron; aircrew
The Desert (or nearly so) - Kabrit Lake
Photo 1 is an airman identified as Donald Sharp standing outside a tent.
Photo 2 is a view across tents to the lake and a smokey steamship.
Photo 3 is a man standing outside a tent, captioned 'Our Tent'.
Photo…
El Alamein
Tags: 40 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing
The coast at El Alamein
Tags: 40 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing
Battle Area, El Alamein
Tags: 40 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing
Burning aircraft at LG 18, Western Desert
A vertical aerial photograph of a burning aircraft at LG 18, Western Desert. It is captioned 'BJ 40.NT 9/10 /10/42 8" --> 7500' LG18'.
Photo 2 is an airman standing outside a tent.
The Battle of Alamein
Tags: 40 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing
The 15th Panzer Division at El Alamein
Tags: 40 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing
The Road and Railway at Fuka
Tags: 40 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing
Burning Transport in the Leaguer of the 15th Panzer Division
Tags: 40 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing
The Coast Road at El Alamein
Tags: 40 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing
Enemy Vessel near Tobruk
Tags: 40 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing
Fires & Ack Ack at El Alamein
Battle Area, El Alamein
Tags: 40 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing
El Alamein
Photo 1 is a half-length portrait of Sam Saunders.
Photo 2 is a vertical aerial photograph of the battle at El Alamein. The view is mostly featureless with two explosions. It is captioned 'L.B.40.NT.24/25/10/42.8-->…
Tags: 40 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing
Family Photographs
Photo 1 and 7 are the same, a mother holding a child in an upstairs window.
Photo 2 is a mother holding a young girl in a garden.
Photo 3 is an airman holding a young girl in the same garden.
Photo 4 is an airman…
Tags: aircrew
Family Photographs
Photo 1 is a half length portrait of a nurse.
Photo 2 is two girls dressed in blankets.
Photo 3 is a bride and groom on their wedding day. They are standing in a garden.
Photo 4, 5, 6 and 7 are head and shoulder…
Tags: love and romance
692 Squadron and Mosquitos
163 Squadron March 1945
Photo 1 is a group of airmen arranged in three rows in front of a Mosquito.
Photo 2 is a larger group of airmen arranged in six rows in front of two Mosquitos.
Tags: 163 Squadron; aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Mosquito
Arthur Harris and a Christmas Mess
Photo 1 is Arthur Harris taking the salute.
Photo 2 is a Mess bar decorated for Christmas. There is a sign -The Jolly Butchers.