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Six airmen
Six airmen in two rows. John Preston is bottom right.
Tommie Kimberley
Head and shoulder portrait of Tommie in uniform with peak cap, air gunner's brevet, medal ribbons including Distinguished Flying Cross and flight lieutenant rank braid.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
45 Course - Air Gunners
25 airmen arranged in two rows. Each man has had his name added.
HB Sproates and colleague
A half length portrait of an air gunner and a pilot. Both are sergeants and they are wearing tropical uniform. On the reverse is 'Grandad', '(That's me on the left!!)' and a lot of scribbles.
HB Sproates
A half length portrait of HB Sproates. On the reverse 'Grandad' and '14/3/42'.
Defied frost-bite to aid gunner
A report of the assistance James gave to a fellow crew member leading to his being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during his first operation. Annotated '1944'.
Risked life to save gunner
Details of James assisting his crew mate whose oxygen tube had become detached and being frostbitten in the process. For these actions, on his first operation, James was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Annotated '1944'.
Robert Bruce Hatherly
A head and shoulders portrait of Robert Hatherly wearing cap and tunic with brevet and medal ribbons.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Pilot Officer Raymond Lumb
Two photographs of Raymond.
#1 A half length portrait of Raymond. He has an air gunner brevet.
#2 is a full length portrait of Raymond.
On the reverse his name has been handwritten.
#1 A half length portrait of Raymond. He has an air gunner brevet.
#2 is a full length portrait of Raymond.
On the reverse his name has been handwritten.
Raymond Keating's Gravestone
The grave of Raymond and colleague, RG Watts.
Eight Airmen
Eight airmen including Bill Foskett grouped at the tail of their B-17. Len Roose is holding their lucky horseshoe. On the reverse 'Ray Delisle (Waist Gun) Myself Ted Bonner (WOP) (Radar) (Waist Gun) Fred Barber (Engineer) Len Roose (Mid Upper) with…
Len Roose
An airman in the turret of a B-17.
On the reverse 'Len Roose On Turret'.
On the reverse 'Len Roose On Turret'.
Four Airmen
Four airmen standing under the nose of a B-17. On the reverse 'Ted Bonner (WOP) Ben Bonas (Rear Gunner) Me! Ray Delisile (Port Waist Gunner) Aug 1944 Oulton. Norfolk 214 Sqdn 100 Gp'.
Flight Sergeant H V Beckwith and aircrew
Three aircrew, H V Beckwith standing far right, holding breathing apparatus. All are wearing flying suits, Mae Wests and parachute harnesses. They are standing alongside the rear turret of a Lancaster.
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Flight Sergeant H V Beckwith
Portrait of H V Beckwith wearing his flying suit, Mae West and parachute harness. He is standing alongside the rear turret of a Lancaster aircraft, with his hand resting on one of the guns.
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Bill Foskett Biography Chapter Three
The third chapter of Bill's wartime experiences.
The first two chapters used Bill's words but the third is written by an anonymous friend.
The first two chapters used Bill's words but the third is written by an anonymous friend.
LJ Barter
Two head and shoulder portraits of LJ Barter. He is wearing his air gunner brevet and his sergeant's stripes.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
William Homewood's Operations in 51 Squadron
A list of William and crew with the date, aircraft and 37 operations.
Extract from the London Gazette
Describing operations under fire and return in a damaged aircraft leading to award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.
William Homewood and Crew
A list and photograph of the crew.
Three pilots and two gunners
LH page, three aircrew wearing life jackets, standing underneath an aircraft, captioned, 'More celebrities of 103 Squadron. The Australian HENRY brothers mark 1, mark II & mark III. all three are pilots, Mark I and II finished their tours and were…
Geoff Blamires and crew
Geoff with four aircrew that he flew with. On the reverse captioned 'L to R Geoff Blamires - Nav, Doug Maycroft - Bomb Aimer, Den Barton - Flight Engineer, Frank Farnham - Mid upper gunner, Dennis 'Danny' Josey - Pilot. The last two are bracketed…
Ivan Ure
A head and shoulders portrait of Ivan wearing his Air Gunner brevet. On the reverse 'subject' and '1940'.
Andover's Lancasters
A lecture given to Andover's Archaeology and Local History Society on 23 February 1996.
List of operations
Page is titled 'Operational details of raids carried out over Germany, Holland and France, details of our flight log book of bombing raids.' It is in the form of a table recording Date, Target, Country, Duration and Comments. The summary at the end…