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PWrightJA18010004.jpg
Aircraft squadron letter J with 11 individuals: front row, kneeling five groundcrew, rear row standing six aircrew.

PWrightJA18010001.jpg
Left side of Halifax Mk 2 nose, with nine ground crew standing in two rows, airfield dispersal background.

Nose art visible showing number of operations and character illustration.

PCothliffKB15110084.jpg
Halifax, LK640, 'SE-Q' undergoing maintenance by two ground crew. On the nose is a cartoon woman named 'Queenie' Each crewman has his name painted on at their respective stations. Three bombs are painted on.
Information supplied with the collection…

PSearleROJ17060011.jpg
Six photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is three airmen under the nose of Halifax 'W'.
Photo 2 is one airman standing under the nose of Halifax 'W'.
Photo 3 is the nose of Halifax 'W'.
Photo 4 is nine airmen at the rear of Halifax 'W'.
Photo 5 is…

PMitchellRK15010006.jpg
Two ground crew, their tanker and a refuelling a Halifax.
A second image shows the top half of a Halifax.

PMilesRJ16040083.jpg
A starboard view of the front of a Halifax being refuelled and loaded with bombs.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.

PUreIL18020011.jpg
A squadron grouped in front of a Halifax.
On the reverse is a signature [indecipherable].

PMilesRJ16040066.jpg
A port side view of a Halifax under maintenance with engine trestles and engine covers. A member of the ground crew is working on one engine.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are…

PUreIL18020019.jpg
A port side view of a Halifax on dispersal under maintenance. On the reverse 'Marston Moor 1942/3 Property of Ivan Ure, [redacted]. Question: How many working on the aircraft "E" for Edward? No prize'.

PWilsonRC1737.jpg
A Halifax with several ground crew at work on and around it. Information supplied with the collection states 'CH10434 - Working on a Halifax 23 Jun 43'

PMilesRJ16020036.jpg
A man identified as a rigger at the rear of Halifax 'Victor'.

P78Sqn17010025.jpg
Image taken over the port wing of a Halifax looking to front fuselage. One airman working on the port inner engine. Another airman stands by the gantry standing by the port inner engine.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in…

PCothliffKB15110080.jpg
Three Halifaxes on the ground framed by a fourth. One Halifax is running its engines watched by four ground crew.
It is annotated 'PL40185'.
Information supplied with the collection identifies the aircraft as 'KW-U' and 'KW-S' and states 'Evocative…

PGouldS19080018.jpg
Hampden parked on grass with a group of airmen standing under aircraft nose.

SGouldS[Ser#-DoB]v10007.jpg
Front quarter view of Hampden RE184 parked on airfield with a group of ground crew gathered in front.

PDawsonSR16010429.jpg
Left page title 'Handley Page Hampden No 50 Squadron Lindholme and Swinderby, 1941'.

Top - pilot wearing heavy jacket and flying helmet in the opened cockpit of a Hampden. Caption 'Sergeant Pilot'.

Middle - two aircrew and two ground crew…

MWarrenHJ619608-160425-02.pdf
Form 407, RAF Large Note Book, belonging to Harold Warren, and consisting of 90 pages of notes and drawings relative to his training.

BBrabinHWBrabinHWv1.pdf
Harry joined the Royal Australian Air Force on 25 June 1942 as a wireless operator/air gunner and received his initial training in Australia before going to Canada for his trade training.

He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and…

PThomasAF20070006.jpg
Photo 1 is a port side view of an He 45.
Photo 2 is a font view of an He 46 being serviced by three ground crew. A second He 46 is in the background.
Photo 3 is a port side view of a flying He 46.

PSturrockH1501.jpg
Henry Sturrock's crew in two rows with bushes behind.
Henry Sturrock's crew and six ground crew in front of a Halifax. The pilot is holding a small dog.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

PDavyH1715.jpg
Nine airmen arranged at the tail of a Lancaster. The seven crew are joined by two ground crew.

PLawsonHA16010008.jpg
Nine images from a photo album.
Photo 1 is seven airmen standing in front of a Halifax.
Photo 2 is five airmen sitting and crouched on grass.
Photo 3 is an airman inside an aircraft.
Photo 4 is five airmen standing in front of a Nissen…

PLawsonHA1605.jpg
12 airmen arranged in two rowsin front of their Halifax. The Halifax has the Ol'Ram nose art.

PBellOH21010050.jpg
Two photographs of a Hucks starter vehicle. The first is the vehicle with a crew of three. The second is the vehicle linked to the propeller of a Bristol F2B Fighter. On the reverse 'Remember the old Huck starter?'
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