Browse Items (28 total)
- Collection: Watson, Joan. Watson, K. Album
Ju 52 under service
On the reverse 'Fl Sgt Watson was detained by transportation difficulties. Lt John F [indecipherable]uish'.
Tags: aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Ju 52
Flight Engineer's Examinations
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; Stirling
Anzio and Istres
Photo 1 is an aerial view of the beachhead at Anzio, dated Oct 12th 1944.
Sketch map 1 is a route across Sardinia and Corsica to Naples with Anzio and Rome marked.
Photo 2 is a group of men…
Tags: aircrew; crash; Resistance; Stirling
Operations, D Day and The Old Robin Hood
Item 1 is a newspaper cutting about Germans giving an aircrew champagne, then surrendering.
Item 2 is a handwritten list of three operations and their dates.
Item 3 is a photograph of a number of Stirlings…
Quonset for Exercise 'Mariner'
Tags: 220 Squadron; aircrew; RAF St Eval; Shackleton
Odiham Flypast and sketch of route to Florida
Item 1 is a photo of nine Shackleons flying in formation.
Item 2 is a sketch map of a route from St Eval, Reykjavik, Goose Bay, Q Point, Jacksonville, Montreal, Greenwood then returning to St Eval. Titled 'Ex.…
Tags: RAF Odiham; RAF St Eval; Shackleton
Avro Shackleton GR1
Tags: Shackleton
St Eval to Norfolk, Va
Item 1 is a photo of a group of 12 airmen in front of a Shackleton, captioned 'C in C & Crew at Bermuda'.
Item 2 is a sketch map of the route from St Eval, Azores, Bermuda to Norfolk (Va).
Item 3 is a photo of a car…
Tags: aircrew; RAF St Eval; Shackleton
UK to Ceylon
Item 1 is a sketch map of the route from UK via Malta and Aden to Ceylon.
Item 2 is One rupee note issued by the Government of Ceylon.
Item 3 is a low level aerial photograph of Minicoy Island.
Item 4 is a photograph…
Tags: mess
Galle, Colombo and Negombo
Photo 1 is a low oblique of Galle Fort with four Shackletons.
Photo 2 is a large moth at a window, captioned 'Mighty Moth'.
Photo 3 is a street scene captioned 'Colombo'.
Photo 4 is of oxen under palm trees,…
Tags: aircrew; Shackleton
Flying Shackletons and Ceylon
Photo 1 is an oblique aerial image of Negombo Airfield, Ceylon.
Photo 2 is an air-to-air view of a Shackleton over Malta.
Photo 3 is an air-to-air image of two Shackletons over Colombo racecourse.
Photo 4 is…
Tags: Shackleton
Squadron Leader Labands Crew for Operation 'Scull'
Tags: aircrew; Shackleton
Iced Tailplane, Crash Site and Crew List
Item 1 is an inflight photo showing ice forming, captioned 'Ice forming on Lanc, tailplane'.
Item 2 is an aerial photograph of a hill captioned 'Site of fatal crash of 120 Squadron 'D' A/C'.
Item 3 is 120 Squadron Crew…
Tags: 120 Squadron; aircrew; crash; Lancaster
Christmas Parade RAF Kinloss
The parade has a piper and a drummer in kilts.
Photo 1 is seen from the port side, photo 2 from the starboard and photo 3 is seen from the front. Various…
Tags: aircrew; ground personnel; RAF Kinloss
Aircrew briefing, Lincolns and men on the beach
Photo 1 is a group of airmen sitting at tables, captioned 'Briefing for return trip'.
Photo 2 is of five Lincoln aircraft captioned 'Awaiting T.O. for Castle Benito'.
Photo 3 and 4 are two photographs cut in…
Tags: 44 Squadron; aircrew; Lincoln
Shallufa
Photo 1 is seven Egyptians captioned 'Mess staff Shallufa'.
Photo 2 is a man lying on a bed captioned 'YT at Shallufa'.
Tags: mess; RAF Shallufa
Wyton Crew Room, Lancastrian and Shallufa RANAD Chart
Item 1 is a photograph of eight airmen captioned 'Crew Room Wyton'.
Item 2 is a chart of Shallufa, Egypt captioned 'RANAD for Shallufa'.
Item 3 is a photograph of a Lancastrian captioned 'Lancastrian loading for…
Tags: aircrew; Lancastrian; RAF Shallufa; RAF Wyton
Damaged Lincoln, ground crew and Mess bill
Item 1 is K Watson's mess bill for May 1949, Sergeants' Mess, RAF Shallufa.
Item 2 is a photo of the damage to the Lincoln after hitting a marker pole, captioned 'Kite after striking marker pole, Shallufa'.
Item 3…
Tags: ground crew; ground personnel; Lincoln; mess; RAF Shallufa
Aerial views of Lincoln
Photo 1 and 5 are views under the aircraft. Photo 1 is captioned 'Bomb bay view 4000' .
Photo 2 is K Watson in flying helmet and oxygen mask, captioned 'Self portrait ?!!'.
Photo 3 is a vertical photo…
Tags: aerial photograph; aircrew; Stirling
Shackletons in Service
No 44/55 (Rhodesia) Squadron Fortnightly Return of Flying Personnel
220 Squadron Crew List
Tags: 220 Squadron; aircrew