Browse Items (361 total)
- Collection: Gould, Simon
Sort by:
Seven aircrew
Seven aircrew in flying kit standing in line. Signatures appended for four.
Seven aircrew and Lancaster R5868 S-Sugar
Seven aircrew donning life preservers and parachute harnesses in front of a Lancaster. Aircraft has nine rows of operation tally symbols, letter 'S' and 'No enemy plane will fly over Reich territory'.
Briefing
Aircrew sit at tables for briefing. Maps on walls.
Debrief
Seven aircrew round a table with debriefing officer.
Two officers
Two officers in an office, one seated with Australia shoulder flash and the other standing looking at a document. Window behind.
Lancaster nose art
View of front of Lancaster with pilot looking out of cockpit window. On the fuselage nose art of skull and crossbones and name 'Piratical Pete'.
Thirteen airmen
Seven aircrew stand behind six crouching airmen all at the tail of a Lancaster.
Lancaster on dispersal
Front quarter view of a Lancaster parked on dispersal. Three airmen stand separately at the front. Aircraft has skull and crossbones nose art.
Nose art
Nose art of 'Uncle Joe' [Joseph Stalin] with three rows of star symbols below the cockpit of a bomber.
Bombing up
Two airmen in the process of loading a bomb in bomb bay of a Lancaster.
Seven aircrew in front of Lancaster
Seven aircrew wearing Mae Wests and parachute harness standing in line in front of a Lancaster.
Seven airmen and two airwomen
Seven airmen and two women sitting on top of a vehicle with a Lancaster and another airman pulling a bomb trolley in the background.
Six airmen and an airwoman
Six airmen and one airwoman standing around or sitting in a car with a Lancaster in the background. The car registration is BMP726 and it has 'The Menace' painted above the windscreen.
Airman and car
An airman wearing battledress with his foot on the running board of a car which is parked in front of a Lancaster.
Fourteen airmen and an airwomen
Fourteen airmen in a group standing, squatting and standing with an airwoman sitting centre of front row. In the background the front of a Lancaster with bow legged man nose art and the words 'How Stap Me'
Nine airmen
Nine airmen squatting down in front of a Lancaster.
Three airmen
Three airmen wearing tunics, one behind with hands on shoulders of the two in front.
Lancaster crew
Seven aircrew in a variety of dress, five standing and two squatting in front. In the background the front of a Lancaster with Koala bear and bomb nose art and name 'LIZ'BETH'.
Joe Freeman and his chicks
Seven aircrew wearing battledress with brevet standing in line. Captioned 'Joe Freeman and his chicks'.
Senior officers walk in front of Lancaster R5868 S-Sugar
Four senior RAF officers walking in front of a Lancaster which has 10 rows of operation tally symbols and words 'No enemy plane will fly over the reich territory, Herman Goering'. and letter 'S' on the port front fuselage.
Lancaster Taxiing
A stream of Lancaster taxiing in line astern.
Lancasters parked in snow
A row of five Lancaster parked with snow on the ground. A tractor on the left with bomb on trolley.
Seeing off aircraft
A crowd of mainly airwomen at the end of runway, waving off aircraft.
Bombing up a Lancaster
Front quarter view of Lancaster with bomb being loaded by ground crew. Fuel bowser in front. Aircraft has devil nose art with words 'Nick the Nazi Neutralizer'. Gantry by port inner and an airman on top of wing.
Seven airmen
Seven airmen some with brevet visible standing in line in front of a Lancaster.