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  • Collection: Whittaker, Harry

PWhittakerH1733.jpg
Reconnaissance photograph of Stettin. Urban area shown with the Centrum being clearly visible right of centre with roads radiating out. The West Oder river is to the middle left to bottom right of the photograph and parkland lower right above the…

PWhittakerH1731.jpg
Harry standing outside a brick building and holding a camera. The shadow of the photographer is in the shot.

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PWhittakerH1725.jpg
Six photographs of Laurie.
#1 Laurie in a Sidcot suit.
#2 Laurie sitting on rocks.
#3 Laurie standing by a wooden door.
#4 Laurie sitting on a railing at a beach.
#5 a half length portrait of Laurie.
#6 a colour portrait of Laurie.

PWhittakerH1722.jpg
John standing outside a Nissen hut at RAF Downham Market.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

PWhittakerH1721.jpg
An airman at the Flight Engineer's station of a Halifax. This is a Merlin powered aircraft, the switches seen below the airman were not present on the Hercules engine variants.

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A Bomber Command, 35 Squadron cloth badge.

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A bomb aimer's station with a photograph of Harry Whittaker.

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A vertical aerial photograph taken during an operation at Julich. The top right quarter is obscured by smoke and explosions. In the bottom right is a Halifax. The image is captioned ' 2792 L.SGN 16-11-44 // 8" 15000' 1536.36 Julich R .1 HC4000 IN…

PWhittakerH1717.jpg
A target photograph of Berlin orientated with south-east to the top. In the upper right corner the Spree river winds it way through the city. In the middle of the photograph is a significant area of glare and just below this are the docks of…

PWhittakerH1715.jpg
12 Lancasters from 35 Squadron flying over New York. North Brother Island and Rikers Island can be seen in the top left of the photograph.The aircraft are in the post-war black and white colour scheme.

PWhittakerH1713.jpg
A near vertical aerial photograph of Bergen Harbour, showing its entire layout, with the town in the centre. In the town the seven-sided lake, Lille Lungegardsvannet, next to the Festplassen can be identified. Above this is the large body of water…

PWhittakerH1703.jpg
A group of soldiers arranged in five rows. On the reverse three men are named with their home town. Also 'Taken 22 June 1943 at Gloucester'.

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Eight men in two rows at the front of their 635 Squadron Lancaster.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

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A large group of airmen and ground crew arranged in four rows in front of a Lancaster. It is captioned '635 (Pathfinder) Squadron RAF Downham Market Norfolk May, 1945'.

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An incomplete certificate with no name or date.

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Seven airmen standing at the front of Halifax Mark II Series 1, DT566 'S'. Five are dressed in flying kit.
A second copy has each man named on the reverse.

SWhittakerH186316v10004.jpg
A newspaper article about Harry's DFM award.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

SWhittakerH186316v10001.jpg
Harry standing on a step beside a wooden door. On the first copy is annotated 'Harry Whittaker DFM Log Book 158 Sqd 635 Sqd 35 Sqd'.
A second has no annotation.
A third copy has ' F/Sgt Whittaker (Bombadier) (Charlie) on the reverse.
A fourth copy…

SWhittakerH186316v10030-0001.jpg
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.

SWhittakerH186316v10014-0001.jpg
Three airmen standing at the front of a Lancaster, painted in post-war white scheme. On the reverse '14th 153881 Warrant Officer H DFM 1538881 Warrant Officer HA'.

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An oblique aerial photograph of Bergen Harbour showing a number of vessels operating in the waters surrounding the town. Bergen occupies the central part of the image and in the centre left of the image can be seen the water of Lille…

PWhittakerH17010004.jpg
Seven airmen in flying kit, standing at the rear of their Halifax. 158 Squadron, Lissett, Johnny Johnson crew. A second copy is annotated '158 Sqdn RAF Lissett 4 Group 1944' and each man is identified with their crew position. Another copy has each…

PWhittakerH1723.jpg
Eight airmen seated in a tent. Information supplied with the collection states 158 squadron, Lissett, Johnny Johnson crew.
There is a second copy with details on the reverse of each man, his crew position and his address.
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