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RAF personnel
Top - six airmen, four standing an two sitting on steps. All are wearing battledress with brevet. In the background a door to a building. To the left a sign with Maltese cross. Submitted with description 'Duplicate of MAVCP:2019/M08/35 and MAVC37-15…
Various personnel
Top - five men in uniform standing in a group on steps in front of a building. The man in the centre holds a tankard. Submitted with description 'Five officers standing on steps in front of building at RAF Syerston. Date unknown. Left-right: Lt…
Women's Auxiliary Air Force members and RAF Officer
Top - a member of Women's Auxiliary Air Force standing on a bicycle wheel stand with rolls of paper under her arms. In the background a brick wall. Submitted with description 'Unidentified WAAF LACW holding rolls of maps at RAF Metheringham. Date…
Various RAF personnel
A group of RAF officers and members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force all standing apart from two who are kneeling in front. All are wearing uniform tunics. In the background trees. Captioned in white ink. Submitted with description 'Lunch at WAAF…
RAF officer, woman in military uniform and formation of Whitleys
Top- half length image of a woman in military uniform standing next to an RAF Officer. Both are wearing greatcoats. Part of a third figure on the left. Submitted with description 'Unknown male RAF officer with unidentified woman in military…
Members of Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Left - three-quarter length portrait of an airwoman wearing tunic and holding a black dog with window in the background. Captioned 'Betty Swindells' Submitted with description 'WAAF Cpl Betty Swindells in uniform, standing outside a civilian property…
Group of people in front of church
Eleven people most in uniform including one woman and another woman in civilian dress standing in a group in front of the porch of a church. Submitted with description 'A group photograph at the porch of a church. The parish name on the sign above…
Lancaster and members of Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Top rear quarter view of a parked Lancaster PB437 J9-L , with buildings in the background.
Bottom - four members of Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirtsleeves out side a Nissen hut with a Union flag above and behind. Submitted with description…
Bottom - four members of Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirtsleeves out side a Nissen hut with a Union flag above and behind. Submitted with description…
Group of people in front of church
Eleven people most in uniform including one woman and another woman in civilian dress standing in a group in front of the porch of a church. Submitted with description 'A group photograph at the porch of a church. The parish name on the sign above…
Crowd waving to Lancaster
A crown of airmen and members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, several with bicycles, waving to a Lancaster taxiing past. Submitted with description 'Imperial War Museum photo No. CH10046. Annotated "Waving the boys off at Syerston." A group of…
An RAF pilot and a Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer on a bridge
Two versions of the same image. An RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot's wings and peaked cap standing alongside an officer of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force wearing tunics and peaked cap. Both standing by the railing of a bridge over river with…
An RAF and a Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer
An RAF pilot and a Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer both wearing tunics and peaked caps sitting side by side on a fence in front of a river. They are both holding overcoats. Submitted with caption 'Don Cameron and sister, Miriam Cameron, London…
An RAF Officer, Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer and another woman standing on a path
A Woman's Auxiliary Air Force and an RAF officer both wearing tunics standing either side of a woman wearing civilian jacket and skirt. They are standing line abreast on a path with low railings and shrubbery on the left and a building in the…
Frances Cooper
Head and shoulders portrait of a female officer wearing tunic and peaked cap with trees in the background. Submitted with caption 'Frances Cooper 1950'.
Photo Collection Description
A note explaining a photo collection 'Photos non-captionned [sic] of my mother's days in the WRAF, mainly in the Far East - Singapore, (Malta)'.
Airman and WAAF
An airman and a WAAF sitting on a stone wall. Behind is the bottom half of another airman. The photograph is double exposed.
Three Airmen and Four WAAFs
A group of seven comprising four WAAFs and three airmen. One WAAF is about to get a piggy back from a second WAAF.
Women in a Rowing Boat
Four photographs of women in a rowing boat.
Photo 1 is a woman rowing.
Photo 2 and 3 are a different woman rowing. She is wearing a jersey with an RAF crest with 'Per Ardua Adastra'.
Photo 4 is a third woman wearing battledress, rowing.
Photo 1 is a woman rowing.
Photo 2 and 3 are a different woman rowing. She is wearing a jersey with an RAF crest with 'Per Ardua Adastra'.
Photo 4 is a third woman wearing battledress, rowing.
Groups of Airmen
Four photographs of groups of airmen.
Photo 1 has nine airmen grouped in front of a statue of Mercury on a plinth.
Photo 2 has the same nine airmen arranged in front of the statue.
Photo 3 has seven airman and one WAAF in front of the…
Photo 1 has nine airmen grouped in front of a statue of Mercury on a plinth.
Photo 2 has the same nine airmen arranged in front of the statue.
Photo 3 has seven airman and one WAAF in front of the…
Airman and WAAF
A full length portrait of a couple in uniform. The image has been damaged by light.
WAAF
A three quarter length portrait of a WAAF standing by the seaside. Behind her is a barbed wire fence along a seafront.
Two WAAFs
Two WAAFs shaking hands. There is a double exposure with an image of an airman's head at the foot of the photograph.
Squadron Officer WAAF
A WAAF standing and smoking. She has the insignia of a Squadron Officer.
Pilot and WAAF
A pilot and a WAAF standing outside the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth. The image is double exposed with images of a flying aircraft and a group of airmen superimposed.
Pilot and Two WAAFs
A group of three standing in the gardens of the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth.