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Letter from James Canniff to Jack
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Asks Jack to forgive for the delayed letter, writes he is home on seven days leave. Asks if he has heard the news today of the Lancaster. Writes it is a smashing aircraft, and asks when Jack will next get leave as home gives them the 'willies'.
Letter from James Canniff to Jack
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Sergeant James Canniff thanks Jack for the letter which his mother had sent on to him, writing he is glad to hear he is okay. James tells him that he is currently staying at Stockport, and tells Jack of how superb the Lancaster he has been flying in…
Four airmen standing by a Lancaster
Four airmen standing in by a Lancaster with the registration "Q-PO".
Three airmen standing by a Lancaster
Three airmen standing at the rear turret of a Lancaster.
11 airmen standing in front of a Lancaster
Airmen standing in front of a Lancaster. Various illustrations can be seen around the cockpit, such as a bombing tally, a kangaroo, a swastika, and the inscription "FLAK SHIP".
Lancaster on a dispersal
A Lancaster standing on the dispersal. Ladders can be seen resting against the aircraft, with a man standing by the aircraft near the bomb bay doors.
Airman standing on a ladder by a Lancaster
An Aircrewman standing on a ladder by the bomb bay doors of a Lancaster.
Airman leaning against a Lancaster
An airman leaning by the bomb bay doors of a Lancaster.
An airman sitting on a Lancaster engine
An airman sitting on a Lancaster engine holding on to the propeller with his left hand. Some engine trestles and a hut can be seen behind him. Boards have been placed in the mud leading to the door of the hut.
Airman looking out of a Lancaster cockpit
An airmen looking out of a Lancaster cockpit. A crest with the inscription "RAAF" is seen on the side of the aircraft below the cockpit.
Eight airmen standing below a Lancaster
Eight airmen standing below a Lancaster engine. Ladders can be seen propped against the aircraft in the background.
463 & 467 RAAF Squadrons servicing wing
Servicing wing of 463 and 467 Squadrons Royal Australian Air Force photographed at RAF Waddington in May 1945. Personnel are photographed in front of a Lancaster.
Don Nicholson audio recording. One
Don was a Flight Engineer with No 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron in 1944-45 at Dunholme Lodge and later at Spilsby and completed 31 operations.
Don lists his 31 operations and recounts how having arrived for the briefing for his first operation, he was…
Don lists his 31 operations and recounts how having arrived for the briefing for his first operation, he was…
Don Nicholson audio recording. Two
The recording starts with the sound of Merlin engines. Don Nicholson lost his first crew when he was grounded on medical grounds and they were killed in action. He became the spare flight engineer on the squadron. He flew with different pilots until…
Save me an Egg
An operation undertaken to attack Wesseling, near Cologne. The aircraft suffered engine and fuel line damage and ditched in the North Sea. The crew survived the ditching and were rescued by a launch.
Excerpt from Robert George Sharland’s Log book
Four pages with dates recorded from 2nd August 1943 to 27th April 1944. In this excerpt, Robert George Sharland is recorded to have undertaken 27 flights, 18 being in the day and 9 being at night. The first page details Sharland’s training and…
William Fisher Martin’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
William Martin’s Flying Log Book as Air Navigator from 27th November 1942 until 27th June 1946. Trained as a navigator at No. 1 CNS Rivers, Canada,. Posted to Scotland to 4 AFU in 1943. Further training in 1660 and 1654 CUs. Posted for operations…
Commemorative cross
A metal cross nailed to a tree in memoriam to the crew of Lancaster ND409. The cross includes the date 28/4/1944, 156 Squadron, and the initials of the crew including Robert George Sharland. It is on private land near Tuttlingen, Bavaria, Germany.
Flying Lancaster
An air-to-air view of a Lancaster. The image is showing the rear of the aircraft.
Lancaster III ND471 Record Card
Air Ministry Form 78 with details of Lancaster ND471
Presumed killed
Cutting reports that Sgt Fred Roberts of Mardy reported missing on 5 January 1943 was now presumed killed.
Elizabethan News October 19, 1942
A newspaper issued on board the Queen Elizabeth.
Fred Roberts, letter to his wife
Letter sends belated birthday greetings and a poem, Tail-end Tommy.
Journey's End
A pencil drawing of a Lancaster bomber with the two starboard engines on fire. The aircraft is caught in searchlights and flak is exploding around it. It has a roundel on the fuselage with the identification letters N and I either side.
'Bailing Out' and 'Rear Gunner Inspects'
Two pencil drawings by John. On the left an airman about to leave an open doorway of an aircraft with one of its engines on fire. He is wearing a flying suit and boots with an observer's parachute and chest harness. On the right an airman, wearing a…