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  • Collection: Cothliff, Ken. Folder 1504

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Two images on one photograph of a group of airmen and women having a party in the Control Room at Leeming, 1945.

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Two images of a party held in the Leeming mess at Christmas, 1945.

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Five photographs of RAF Wombleton.
Photo 1 and 2 are the same. Three Halifaxes are parked on a snowy landscape.
Photo 3, 4 and 5 are the same. A Proctor and a Halifax on a snowy landscape.

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Six Women’s Auxiliary Air Force members grouped on the steps at RAF Leeming

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Four women in civilian clothes standing at the railing on top of a control tower. Behind is a windsock.

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Rows of WAAFs listening to a lecture. At the front a civilian is pointing to a map of Germany.

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A single track road curving towards low buildings. It is captioned 'Road leading to our billets, Tholthorpe'.

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Three airmen working in a control room. In front of them is radio equipment. The men are sat on wooden chairs with improvised cushions.

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13 airmen arranged around tables preparing for an operation.

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A tractor with a snow clearing machine on the front. It is throwing an arc of snow off the runway. A four-engined bomber can be seen in the background

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A Halifax coming into land.

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Airmen resting in the mess. A large open fire is heating the room. On the wall is a hunting scene.

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A cookie bomb on a trolley with a ground crew airman behind.

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An oblique aerial photograph of RAF Tholthorpe (disused) taken in the 1970s.

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Vertical aerial photograph taken during an attack on Metz. The centre of the image is obscured by explosions. The caption reads '2739.LMG.28/29.6.44//NT. 8" 12000 -->041° 0131 1/12 Metz Raid. L 13*500 C.23 secs W/O Irish K 429'.

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Nine airmen arranged behind the port wing of a Halifax. Additional information supplied with the collection states 'Puskas crew R2L Alvin Williams & Steve P'.

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A large group of WAAFs arranged in three rows in front of a Lancaster. Additional information supplied with the collection states 'W.Cdr Hull & female staff'.

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A group of airmen and airwoman arranged outside a building. Additional information supplied with the collection states 'Outside HQ bldg Leeming circa 1944.45'.

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A starboard side view of a flying Halifax, LV857. Information supplied with the collection states 'LV857 on its way to 35 Sqn FTR 31.3.44 51 Sqn'.

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A vertical aerial photograph taken during a bombing run. Underneath is a Halifax. A town can be seen with many bomb craters. The left centre of the image is obscured by explosions.

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Two images of mines being loaded. In the first image one mine is in position on the rack and a second is on the trolley about to be winched up. An annotation reads 'Mines'.
In the second image a mine is on a trolley. Chalked on the mine is the…

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Two views of a hangar identified as at Leeming,

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Five airmen and two women at a bar. Information supplied with the collection states 'Leeming Xmas Flying Control 1945 inc G.Capt Evans'. There is a caption but it is indecipherable.

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Large group of airmen and WAAFs grouped around a Christmas Tree.

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A blurred image of several aircraft in flight. Information supplied with the image states 'Laurie Godfrey 408 Sqn'.
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