Browse Items (3668 total)
- Tags: Lancaster
Sort by:
Flight Sergeant H V Beckwith and aircrew
Three aircrew, H V Beckwith standing far right, holding breathing apparatus. All are wearing flying suits, Mae Wests and parachute harnesses. They are standing alongside the rear turret of a Lancaster.
Additional information about this item has…
Additional information about this item has…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Lancaster
Crew in the last days
Top row, from left;
A group of 13 uniformed airmen arranged in two rows outside an open window in a tile fronted building. Seven are standing all with half caps with six seated in front, including two officers. The individuals are annotated, from…
A group of 13 uniformed airmen arranged in two rows outside an open window in a tile fronted building. Seven are standing all with half caps with six seated in front, including two officers. The individuals are annotated, from…
Crew mates and Edna
Top left, annotated 'The crashed Lancaster 29 August 1944';
Centre, a group of seven airmen standing under the fuselage of a Lancaster, wearing Mae Wests, annotated from left 'Jack Crawford, Doug Looms, Dave Cook, Tom Dykins, Bert Jackson, Paul…
Centre, a group of seven airmen standing under the fuselage of a Lancaster, wearing Mae Wests, annotated from left 'Jack Crawford, Doug Looms, Dave Cook, Tom Dykins, Bert Jackson, Paul…
Flying Officer Francis Hosier's Record of Service
A list of Francis' service record.
Christmas Card from Dick Rooke
A card with a Lancaster photographed at sunset. On the reverse is 104 Squadron's crest. It is inscribed 'Best Wishes to All From Dick RAF Shallufa Egypt'.
Tags: 104 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; RAF Shallufa
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…
104 Squadron group photograph
A group photograph of air and ground crew arranged in front of a Lancaster.
On the reverse -
'104 Sqdn RAF Abu Sueir MEF
May 1946
Complement 112 Crew members 7 136 ground crew.
W/O Rooke'.
On the reverse -
'104 Sqdn RAF Abu Sueir MEF
May 1946
Complement 112 Crew members 7 136 ground crew.
W/O Rooke'.
Flight Lieutenant Hopps and crew
Seven airmen grouped under the starboard engine of their Lancaster.
On the reverse -
'103 Sq
F/Lt Hopps (Pilot)
F/Sgt Jonny Roberts (Nav)
Sgt Imeson Bob (Flt Eng)
P/O Olsberg (Bomb Aimer)
Sgt Red Black (AG)
Sgt Ray Thomas (WT/AG)
Sgt James…
On the reverse -
'103 Sq
F/Lt Hopps (Pilot)
F/Sgt Jonny Roberts (Nav)
Sgt Imeson Bob (Flt Eng)
P/O Olsberg (Bomb Aimer)
Sgt Red Black (AG)
Sgt Ray Thomas (WT/AG)
Sgt James…
Feathered engine
A starboard outer engine that has been feathered.
On the reverse -
'Feathered
Starboard outer engine
Over the Med
2/46
going to land at El [Aouina] Tunis
Inspection. On our way to Al Caire'.
On the reverse -
'Feathered
Starboard outer engine
Over the Med
2/46
going to land at El [Aouina] Tunis
Inspection. On our way to Al Caire'.
Tags: Lancaster
Lancaster painting
A painting of a Lancaster in flight.
On the reverse -
'My aircraft
Q for Queenie
or
Q - Quadriga (4 horse chariot)
100 Sqdn
Elsham Wolds
Call sign - Shopboy from
-Curlwig Q Queenie'.
On the reverse -
'My aircraft
Q for Queenie
or
Q - Quadriga (4 horse chariot)
100 Sqdn
Elsham Wolds
Call sign - Shopboy from
-Curlwig Q Queenie'.
Conversation with Hamish Mahaddie. Two
Hamish Mahaddie was selected during a tour of operations to become the recruiter for the Pathfinders working closely with Don Bennett. He discusses the changing technology of aircraft during the war years. He personally flew the Whitleys, Stirlings,…
Septimus Robinson's crew
Seven aircrew pose in front of a Lancaster. Standing at the rear are four non commissioned officers. Crouched at the front are Septimus Robinson (far left), an officer pilot and another non commissioned officer aircrew member.
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; Lancaster; pilot
Septimus Robinson and crew
Upper photograph: seven aircrew pose in front of a Lancaster. Standing at the rear are four non commissioned officers . Crouched at the front are Septimus Robinson (far left), an officer pilot and another non commissioned officer aircrew member.
…
…
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; Lancaster; observer; pilot
Squadron photograph
A formal photograph of 107 aircrew arranged in four rows, seated and standing, in front of a Lancaster. Each man is identified by a number from one to 107. A second image is a crop of the first, showing six men at the far right of the group.
Tags: 75 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster
75 Squadron personnel
A group of some 350 RAF personnel standing and sitting, on and in front of, a Lancaster. The photograph is mounted on a page, which is captioned: "SQUADRON 75 NEW ZEALAND".
Tags: 75 Squadron; aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster
Dick Rooke
Dick wearing an oxygen mask in the pilot's seat of a Lancaster. On the reverse 'Me during fighter affiliation exercises Palestine '46'.
Tags: aircrew; Lancaster; military service conditions; pilot
More about Mike Squared
A newspaper cutting about Lancaster Mike Squared which completed 140 operations and Joan Rooke's time in the WAAF.
Armaments squadron
Left page: top left and right, damage to the undercarriage of an aircraft. Middle right, aerial view of aircraft on the ground.
Bottom left and right, aerial views of an airfield, annotated '4 pages to do with Bob's work as test pilot Armaments…
Bottom left and right, aerial views of an airfield, annotated '4 pages to do with Bob's work as test pilot Armaments…
Tags: aerial photograph; air sea rescue; aircrew; Halifax; Lancaster; pilot