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Letter from James Burnside to Kay
Comments over missing letters to her. Mentions insurance and financial issues. States that they should be getting leave on about 15th of month. Was busy over weekend and could not join her, maybe next time. Writes about nose art. Says he is keeping…
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his family
Writes that he did not have too bad a trip recently despite poor weather. Mentions that their new aircraft was quite good and now had new same nose art as previously. Catches up with news of friends/family. Mentions a friend who had gone missing on…
Loading bombs on to Lancaster
Close up of three bomb trolleys with bombs and carriers, armourer winching up bomb, nose and centre section of Lancaster with nose art.
MacNamara's Band Lancaster
Lancaster nose art of Pinocchio with a drum and Jiminy Cricket with a sousaphone. Underneath is painted 'MACNAMARA'S BAND'.
Operations are marked by quavers rather than bombs.
Operations are marked by quavers rather than bombs.
Main Ops - with crew only
Starts with account of operation to Paris on 3 May 1944 when attacked by Me 109 and writes of crew actions. Continues with list of operations giving details of target, anti-aircraft fire, flight time, some bomb loads, events, results. From 3 August…
Man in Lancaster R5868 S-Sugar cockpit
View of cockpit area and part of forward fuselage of a Lancaster with a man looking out of open cockpit side window. Below the cockpit 137 bomb symbols in 11 rows. To the right of bottom row 'No enemy plane will fly over Reich territory' On the…
Marion Clark and Colleagues
Four photographs from an album.
#1 is two WAAFs and three men sitting in the sun. It is captioned 'Joan, Roy, Bill [indecipherable] Control Officer. Behind is a Crossley 4 x 4 Fire Tender.
#2 is a pilot standing in a snowy landscape. It is…
#1 is two WAAFs and three men sitting in the sun. It is captioned 'Joan, Roy, Bill [indecipherable] Control Officer. Behind is a Crossley 4 x 4 Fire Tender.
#2 is a pilot standing in a snowy landscape. It is…
Marion Clarke and Colleagues
Eight photographs from a scrapbook.
#1 is two WAAFs and three men sitting in the sun. It is captioned 'Joan, Roy, Bill [indecipherable] Control Officer.
#2 is a pilot standing in a snowy landscape. It is captioned ' "Mac" gave me this snap on my…
#1 is two WAAFs and three men sitting in the sun. It is captioned 'Joan, Roy, Bill [indecipherable] Control Officer.
#2 is a pilot standing in a snowy landscape. It is captioned ' "Mac" gave me this snap on my…
Men on Mickey the Moocher
Ten uniformed men sitting on the nose and cockpit of a Lancaster with one in the pilot's seat. David is second left, he and two others are wearing officer's hats, four wear side caps and four are bare headed. The Lancaster is decorated with a cartoon…
Mickey the Moocher
Nose art on a Lancaster depicting Mickey Mouse pulling a bomb on a trolley towards '3rd Reich' and 'Berlin' as depicted on a signpost. There is a bomb tally of 93 painted below the cockpit of which 12 indicate daylight operations. On the reverse…
Mike Squared - operational record holder
19 airmen, ground crew and dog watching the addition of a bar to the DFC on the nose of M squared, Lancaster. Some of the men are sitting on bombs waiting to be loaded. On the reverse - M2. Record aircraft in Bomber Command. Mike squared 103 Squadron…
Nine airmen in front of a Hampden
Nine airmen, four aircrew sitting in front and five standing behind. In the background the front of a Hampden with cartoon figure dropping bomb nose art.
Noel Appleton
Noel Appleton at the controls of a Lancaster. He is seated in the cockpit with a window open and his arm resting on the ledge. The Lancaster has 36 operations marked under the cockpit. On the reverse 'Noel Appleton B. 18-9-1920 D. 13-12-2008'.
Nose art
Nose art of a woman throwing bomb at a tree with a serpent on the other side. Forward of the cockpit six bomb symbols.
Nose art
Nose art of 'Uncle Joe' [Joseph Stalin] with three rows of star symbols below the cockpit of a bomber.
Nose art on Halifax
Cartoon head and shoulders of a boy with text 'Pinocchio' underneath. Below a line of bomb symbols including two ice cream cones and a key. An airman wearing a leather jerkin and glasses is adding another symbol to the end of the row. On the reverse…
Nose art on Lancaster
Side view of the fuselage below cockpit with nose art of kangaroo holding Australian flag, and rows of bear tankards. An airman sits in the cockpit looking out of open side window.
Nose of a Halifax with nose art
Nose of a Halifax with figure of a lady 'Eve' below and behind four rows of bomb symbols.
Nose of Halifax
Nose of Halifax with nose art female figure, text 'Queenie' and two rows of bomb symbols. A step ladder stands on the other side of aircraft. Two versions of the same image, the first submitted with caption 'Queenie Original 1', and the second…
Nose of Halifax Bomber
The nose of a Halifax bomber with the pilot leaning out of the port window. It is annotated 'Macnamara 1st. Only two of her four engines visible. Note shamrock small [triangular] shaped window in nose is navigator's office'.
Nose of Lancaster with nose art
Nose of a Lancaster with cartoon devil nose art and name 'Nick the Nazi Neutralizer' and six rows of operation symbols.
On to Squadron and Ops
Photo 1 is a port side view of a Lancaster, captioned 'Our kite Beany Baker'. On the reverse of 5 '440'.
Photo 2 is of a shirtless airman sitting in the cockpit viewed from the ground. The nose art is of a Bear annotated 'Bring 'em back alive'. The…
Photo 2 is of a shirtless airman sitting in the cockpit viewed from the ground. The nose art is of a Bear annotated 'Bring 'em back alive'. The…
Page 48 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 1 - Denis in a two-seater open car holding a small dog.
Photo 2 - seven airmen at the rear of a Lancaster. They are wearing flying kit. In the background are two more Lancasters. This is also on page 6.
Photo 3 - seven airmen standing…
Photo 2 - seven airmen at the rear of a Lancaster. They are wearing flying kit. In the background are two more Lancasters. This is also on page 6.
Photo 3 - seven airmen standing…
Page 9 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Item 1 - photo of seven airmen at the front of a Lancaster. 81 operations are recorded on the nose. There are flags of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK. In the background is a second Lancaster.
Item 2 - a telegram to Flying Officer Freamo…
Item 2 - a telegram to Flying Officer Freamo…
Parked Lancaster
Side view of parked Lancaster. Has nose art of two figures and rows of operation symbols. Aircraft letter 'D'. Includes image of close up of nose art with airman in cockpit looking out of side window.