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Operations order 4 January 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 4/5 January 1945. Fourth member of each crew is underlined and some are ticked. Crews third from left in second row, left and right side of fourth row are crossed out. Includes timings and duty…
Flight Lieutenant Strachan's crew
Seven airmen in two rows. The front row is kneeling and four men at the back are standing. They are dressed in lifejackets and parachutes. Leonard Dorricott is first on the left. One man is kneeling and holding a spotted toy leopard. The pilot, Billy…
Flight Lieutenant Strachan's crew
Seven airmen standing in front of a Lancaster. They are wearing lifejackets and parachutes. One man is holding a toy leopard. Leonard Dorricott is second left. On the reverse of one photograph 'April 1945 Taffy Morgan Bomb Aimer LWD Nav Bill Lund…
Amazing saga of "G for George"
Covers the men maintaining the Lancaster 'G for George' as well as some of the aircrew. here are photographs of various crew members and the aircraft. 'The Daily Sketch', 17 March 1944.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster; pilot; propaganda
Operations order 24 February 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on 24 February 1945. Fourth member of each crew is underlined in red. Includes reserves and duty personnel.
Operations order 3 March 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 3/4 March 1945. Some members of each crew are ticked. Right hand crew in second row is crossed out. Includes duty personnel.
Operations order 6 March 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 6/7 March 1945. Includes duty personnel. Fourth member of each crew is underlined.
Operations order 7 March 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on 7/8 March 1945. Includes duty personnel. Crew second from left in third row has been crossed out.
Operations order 18 February 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operation on night 18/19 February 1944. Includes timings an duty personnel. On the reverse handwritten notes on bomb loads and calculations.
Operations order 16 April 1945
List crews and aircraft for operations on night 16/17 April 1945. Includes two crews with second pilot. One or two crew members from each crew are underlined in red. Includes duty personnel.
Operations order 24 February 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 24/25 February 1944. One member of each crew is underlined and ticked. Includes duty personnel and timings.
Operations order 19 February 1944
List crews and aircraft for operations on night 19/20 February 1944. One member of each crew is underlined and ticked. Includes timings and duty personnel.
Operations order 7 July 1944
Lists 18 crews and aircraft for operations on night 7/8 July 1944. Five standby crews are allocated aircraft 'U G Z X F'. all aircraft have a figure '65' annotated except two which have '59' and one with 'MC'. Included duty personnel.
Operations order 12 June 1941
Lists 17 crews of four with aircraft for bombing and four crews for gardening which are crossed through in red. All bombing crews have a time slot appended with the length in brackets.
Operations order 27 May 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 27/28 May 1944. One member of each crew is underlined and ticked. Includes timings and duty personnel. Three names are annotated 'F Lt Dobson, Johnstone and P/O McCullum'. On the reverse a short…
Operations order 24 July 1944
List crews and aircraft for operations on night 24/25 July 1945. Includes duty personnel. On the reverse part of a medical form, not filled in and scribbled over in blue.
Operations order 14 August 1944
List crews and aircraft for operations on 15 August 1944. One member of each crew is underlined and ticked. Heights are annotated against each aircraft.Includes duty personnel and timings.
Operations order 7 September 1944
List crews and aircraft for operations on night 7/8/ September 1944. One member of each crew is underlined.and ticked. Some crew members have crosses appended alongside. Standby crew has aircraft letter 'Q' annotated alongside. Includes duty…
Operations order 26 September 1944
List crews and aircraft for operations on night 26/27 September 1944. Fourth member of each crew is underlined in green. Standby crew has aircraft 'T' annotated alongside. Includes duty personnel. On the reverse extensive handwritten bombing and…
Operations order 19 October 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on 19/20 October 1944. One member of each crew is underlined in blue and two crews are circled in blue with '18 1/2' annotated alongside left crew in top row. Includes timings and duty personnel. On the reverse…
Operations order 11 November 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on 11/12 November 1944. One member of each crew is underlined. Includes duty personnel.
Operations order 15 February 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operational flying. One crew member on each crew is underlined and ticked. Includes timings and duty personnel.
Operations order 6 December 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations 6/7 December 1944. One member of each crew is underlined. Includes, duty, reserve crews and duty personnel as well as timings. On the reverse title 'Next of Kin for crew of Lancaster Mk1 DB.751.G. missing on…
Operations order 11 April 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations 11/12 April 1945. One crew member for some crews is ticked. Includes duty personnel. Standby crew 1 is annotated 'K'.
Operations order 14 April 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations 14/15 April 1944. One crew member in each crew is underlined and ticked. Includes duty personnel and timings.