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Halifax airborne
Air-to-air view of Halifax 'DT-A' flying right to left over open countryside with some clouds below. Nose art partially visible.
Halifax airborne
Air-to-air view of Halifax 'DT-A' flying right to left over open countryside. Nose art visible.
Halifax airbourne
Air-to-air view of Halifax 'DT-A' flying right to left over open countryside. Nose art visible and clouds on horizon in background.
Halifax airborne
Air-to-air view of Halifax 'DT-A' flying from right to left over open countryside. Nose art visible. In the background clouds.
Halifax airborne
Air-to-air view of Halifax 'DT-A' with clouds and open country below. Nose art partially visible.
Halifax airborne
Air-to-air view looking down on Halifax 'DT-A'. Nose art visible. In the background, open countryside.
Halifax airborne
Air-to-air view of Halifax 'DT-A' flying from right to left. Visible nose art. In the background open countryside and clouds on the horizon.
Halifax airborne
Air-to-air view of Halifax 'DT-A' flying from right to left over open countryside. Nose art visible.
Halifax airborne
Air-to-air view of Halifax 'DT-A' flying from right to left over open countryside with clouds in the background. Nose art visible.
Halifax airborne
Air-to-air view of Halifax 'DT-A' flying from right to left. Visible nose art. In the background open countryside and clouds on the horizon.
Halifax airborne
Air-to-air view of Halifax 'DT-A flying from right to left over open farmland. Nose art visible.
Group of personnel in front of Halifax
Fifty Royal Air Force personnel sitting and standing in four rows in front of a Halifax. There is a pilot in second row centre right wearing peaked cap. Nose art on the aircraft is a showgirl with hat.
Aircrew and Halifax
Top - eleven personnel, mostly aircrew standing in line in front of the nose of a Halifax. They are wearing a variety of uniform or flying clothing. The Halifax has nose art showing a reclining lady with letters 'Sleepy Gal'. Bottom - eight aircrew…
Royal Air Force personnel and aircraft
Top left - eight aircrew, some in flying clothing and Mae Wests standing in front of a Halifax. Visible is the port engine, part of the fuselage and the bomb bay. David Donaldson is on the right.
Top right - nose art showing a woman throwing a bomb…
Top right - nose art showing a woman throwing a bomb…
Seven retired airmen
Seven retired airmen from O for Oboe, standing at the nose of a Lancaster.
Lancaster
A side view of a Lancaster under service. Nose art indicates 33 operations. Four men are visible on the ground.
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'.
Aircrew in front of Lancaster
Seven aircrew, six standing, one seated, in front of Lancaster, V, on an airfield dispersal. All the men are in flying suits and boots. Behind the crew, under the aircraft, can be seen one other man in uniform. Nose art with head and shoulders of a…
Halifax
The nose of a Halifax bomber. It has a code 'S' on the undercarriage flap. There is nose art of a figure. The aircraft has chocks under the main wheels. On the reverse is 'Ronald Bailey'.
Victor Azzaro and crew on a Lancaster
Six airmen sitting on top of a Lancaster cockpit with the pilot seated inside. Victor Azzaro is third from the left. Six airmen are wearing peaked caps and one a side cap. The nose art indicates at least 65 operations were completed.
Six aircrew in front of a Wellington
Six aircrew in front of Wellington D, parked in front of a building with chocks on wheels. Nose art of Donald Duck pointing at ducklings visible on aircraft. Four aircrew are wearing peaked caps and two side caps.
From left to right are relation,…
From left to right are relation,…
Interview with Susanne Pescott
Susanne Pescott talks about her father, Flight Lieutenant Harold Arthur Lawson DFC, who worked as an engineer before joining the RAF in 1941, where he served as a navigator. After completing his training, he was posted to RAF Rufforth and from there…
Sid Bunce with 115 Squadron ground crew
Eleven ground crew in front of centre section of Lancaster, on the reverse '115 Squadron, RAF Witchford, Sid Bunce second from right standing'. Nose art on aircraft indicating 30 completed operations. Airman on bicycle in background.
Interview with Harry Hodgson
Harry Hodgson was ground crew during the war. He was based with 10 Squadron, working on Halifax Bombers at RAF Melbourne. Harry said it was a very busy time patching up the holes from both anti-aircraft fire and bullets on the Halifax. He remembers…
Interview with Geoff Green
William Green was born in Kings Lynn in Norfolk and joined the Royal Air Force when he was 17 and a half at the outbreak of war, becoming a rear gunner on Lancasters and, eventually, rising to the rank of squadron leader.He tells about going on to…