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A copy of 429 Squadron's crest with 'Approved George R.I.'.

A port side sketch of a Halifax 'I'.

A blessing for aircrew and ground personnel

A bomb bay loaded with bombs and incendiaries.

A vertical aerial photograph taken during the bombing of a dockyard. An aircraft is visible as a silhouette below. The dock is identified in the inventory as Lorient.

A vertical aerial photograph taken during a bombing operation. A Halifax is directly underneath heading towards a town. To the left of the town are numerous bomb explosions. Bomb craters can be see in the fields, some in lines and others in…

Five airmen at the rear of Lancaster, DS848, 'QO-R'.

Two images of a Halifax model. It is mounted on a small stone.

Eight airmen and ground crew posing on and behind a laden bomb trolley. Painted on the bombs is 'Hitler's Haunters Ghost Sqdn 2000 Sortie'.
Behind is a Lancaster 'P', identified in the Inventory as 'KB760 NA-P'.

A list of names of the airmen and ground crew in the squadron photograph.

A document of 84 of the images in this collection. There is a thumbnail of the image, a caption and a credit.

Gunther Rall was raised in Stuttgart and, as a youngster, enjoyed outdoor and sporting activities. He was also a Boy Scout. He became a cadet in the army and joined the 13th Infantry Regiment. He met a friend in the air force and decided it was the…