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SGillK1438901v10039-0030.jpg
Seven airmen, two wearing flying suits, the others battledress, two with Mae Wests standing in line in front of a bomber. One has a mascot tucked into his jacket.

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Bride and groom, wearing tunic with half brevet, standing in centre of group with two men, one in uniform to the left and an woman and a man wearing civilian suit on the right. Captioned 'Tom Parsons (9 Sqn), Arthur Gill (cousin), Joan Lambert…

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Top - half-length image of an airman wearing tunic with navigator's brevet and sergeant rank sitting in an open doorway.
Bottom - three-quarter length portrait of an airmen wearing tunic with observer's brevet and sergeant rank sitting on a bench…

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Two cloth brevets, for a navigator and an observer plus a Stalag IVB dog tag.

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Top - a large group of trainee airmen wearing greatcoats and side caps sitting and standing in three rows in front of a brick building with large windows criss-crossed with blast tape. On the reverse signatures. Captioned 1 - 'Heaven help poor old…

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Seven airmen wearing a variety of flying kit standing in line in front of the rear fuselage of a Lancaster (registration ME584 squadron letter "Y"). Captioned 'Jimmie Hall wireless op Scot (marked with cross), Jack Meek observer Canada, Bill…

PDidcoteWG2101.jpg
On the left eight ground crew sitting and standing wearing belted leather jerkins. One man has a bandage on his head. On the right, six members of aircrew. They are standing underneath an aircraft.
1944-45. Far right: W G Didcote; standing, fourth…

PDidcoteWG2102.jpg
W G Didcote's crew with 115 Squadron standing in front of a Lancaster. 1944-45. Third from right: W G Didcote; third from left: B A Rowe-Evans.

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PMitchellG1601.jpg
Six airmen in battledress laughing and smoking cigarettes standing by the rear turret of a Lancaster.

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A photograph taken of the three crew under the front of a Halifax on the day of its first flight. It is captioned 'Halifax Maiden Flight 25.10.39
Crew: Navigator S/L A L Christian
Observer - EA Wright Esq
Pilot - Maj JLBH Cordes (Retd)
at; RAF…

PJonesFT1722.jpg
Seven aircrew wearing battledress with brevet standing in line in front of a Halifax.

PRosserLV19010006.jpg
Titled 'No 11 Course A Squad observers commencing 3.12.40'. Five airmen, four wearing tunics with half brevet and one a greatcoat, all wearing side caps sitting in a row. Names left to right 'Sgts Beckett S N, Bryer R, McMaster W F, McAlonan O,…

PRosserLV19010013.jpg
Left - three airmen wearing battledress with half brevet and sergeants rank, standing arm in arm with foliage in the background.
Top right - small coloured player's cigarette card with artwork of a Whitley. Captioned 'Armstrong Whitworth "Whitley"…

PRosserLV19010023.jpg
Top left - newspaper cutting with b/w full face portrait, concerning Sergeant H T Hathaway RAF who had been reported missing. Top right - newspaper cutting with b/w photograph of eight men in uniform, one in suit and tie (middle front row) and…

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Eight men arranged in two rows.

PLovattP19140044.jpg
Four men, three of them pilots, standing outside a Nissen hut.
There is a second slightly cropped version.

PHitchcockJS17050001.jpg
Six airmen standing in a row in front of a Wellington. Two of the men are pilots.

PHitchcockJS17050002.jpg
Six men in a row at the entrance to a brick building. Two of the men are pilots.

PRidingRH21010011.jpg
Two photographs from an album.
#1 is two sergeant airmen, Ron and a colleague, sporting brevets, in front of an Anson.
#2 is a group of four trainee airmen posing at the side of a jetty. They are wearing khaki uniforms.

PRidingRH21010013.jpg
Two photographs from an album.
#1 is Ron in uniform standing beside a locomotive being replenished with water.
#2 is Ron in uniform standing in front of Ansons one is marked 6543.

PRidingRH21020001.jpg
A head and shoulders portrait of Ron in uniform with an Observer brevet.
On the reverse is handwritten 'To my Dearest People with all my love your ever loving son, Ron'.

PRidingRH21020010.jpg
Two identical images of Ron, in uniform, standing beside a wooden shingled building.

PRidingRH21030001.jpg
37 airmen arranged in four rows in front of a hangar.
On the reverse ' "C" Flight RAF Station Greenwood Nova Scotia No 36 OTU Hudson III
Back Row Pilots RCAF
2nd Row Standing Observers RAF
3rd Row Seated Air Gunners RCAF
Front Row Kneeling…

PRidingRH21030006.jpg
Two head and shoulders portrait of Ron taken at the same time, one with hat and one without.
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