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Vulcan
View from below of front quarter of airborne Avro Vulcan. Notes on reverse that the world first delta bomber made appearance at Farnborough 2 September 1952.
7 Squadron badge
Colour drawing of 7 Squadron crest
7 Squadron badge
Drawing of 7 Squadron crest
Hannover
Reconnaissance photograph showing city with railway lines, streets and buildings. Annotated: 'K-4134 (Supplement) dist 23E'
Lancaster bombing up
Side view of Lancaster R5868 with bombs on trolleys in front while several men loading and working on the aircraft. Caption 'One more for game. The veteran Lancaster, S for Sugar, which has completed 99 operational flights. her captains have gained a…
Newspaper cutting wedding announcement
Gives account of wedding of Flight Sergeant George Shepherd and Miss Babara Georgina Violet Wooten. Includes photograph of bride an groom.
History of 7 Squadron
Newspaper cutting relating history of the squadron from world war one and disbanded in 1919, reformed in 1923 with Vickers Virginia, re-equipped with Heyford in 1935. Moved to Oakington in 1940 in 3 Group equipped with Wellington. After a time with…
List of medal, stars and clasps
List with crosses marked for France Germany Star and War Medal.
Reference for Mr G C Shepherd
From an RAFVR(T) flying officer detailing George Shepherd previous service as a member of the Air Training Corps before joining the RAF and comment on character and suitability for post applied for.
Birth certificate
Parts of George Charles Shepherd birth certificate.
List of postings
Mentions St John's Wood, Bridgnorth, 11 AGS, 12 OTU, 1657 Conversion Unit, Lancaster finishing school, 115 Squadron, Pathfinder NTU, 7 Squadron. Training and operational units have associated flying hours alongside,
Wedding telegram
Heartfelt congratulations and wishing every happiness.
Brunswick
Reconnaissance photograph showing city centre. Captioned 'For how much longer? A reconnaissance photograph of the bomb damage to Brunswick. For every week the war continues some German city is devastated by allied aircraft'.
Falling bombs
Six views of bombs falling. captioned 'Down Germany way: a remarkable series of photographs showing a salvo of 1000 lb bombs falling from an Avro Lancaster. It is interesting to note how the missiles appear to point in different directions, even in…
Hanover
Outline of streets can be seen amongst fire and explosions. Captioned 'Illuminated Baedecker: the streets of Hannover on fire during the recent heavy attack by Bomber Command on that city. The broad ribbon running diagonally is the Sale Strasse'.
Lancasters over Hamburg
Image from above of silhouette of a Lancaster with anti-aircraft tracer lines and bomb explosions below. Captioned 'on the night of January 30th, Lancasters reached Hamburg through exceptionally stormy weather, got on their target, and in half an…
Bomb dump
An airman standing between two rows of bombs piled three high. Captioned 'Retribution in waiting: a scene in one of the many hundreds of bomb dumps in this country. Apart from all the other complicated organisation necessary to stage a heavy raid on…
Wizernes V-weapon bunker
Reconnaissance photograph showing heavily cratered area around the dome shaped Wizernes V-weapon storage site. Large craters were created by Tallboy bombs dropped by 617 Squadron on 24th June 1944. Caption 'More to be pitted: an installation in Pas…
Sinking of the Tirpitz
Account of Bomber Command sinking of the Tirpitz with 12,000 lb bombs. Discusses the use of aircraft to sink warships and the effect of explosions of ships magazines in British battleships. Includes b/w photograph of sunken ship and diagram relating…
Airborne Lancaster
Front quarter view looking down at an airborne Lancaster letters 'PG-?' flying above cloud. Captioned 'A Lancaster III on a daylight test flight above cloud'.
Dawn arrival - Lancaster
View from rear of a Lancaster in silhouette engines running with people on the right. Captioned 'Dawn arrival: an Avro Lancaster , back from a raid, taxies to its dispersal point. Judicious use of the wheel brakes, and power from two inboard…
Heinsburg
Target photograph showing bomb explosions and another Lancaster below on top right. Captioned 'Brewing up: an RAF Lancaster makes its run over the target during the daylight bombing of Heinsburg'.
Attack on ammunition dump
View from the air of burning target area. Captioned 'Up in smoke: terrific explosions occurring during a night raid by Lancasters on an ammunition dump at Sable-sur-Sarthe, near Le Mans'.
Royal visitors
King, Queen and Princess Elizabeth in centre of a large crows of servicemen. Captioned 'Royal visitors: a happy picture of the King and Queen and Princess Elizabeth during their visit to several bomber command stations. The aircrews had just returned…
After the raid
Photograph of night view with vehicles and people on ground with searchlight looking up. Building on left (control tower) has people on balcony. Captioned 'after the raid: the station commander of a Bomber Command station watches the return of his…