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PGouldS19030023.jpg
Fourteen airmen, seven sitting/squatting and seven standing all in line in front of a Lancaster.

PBriggsDW1705.jpg
Fourteen servicemen sitting and standing in two rows of seven, all are dressed in battledress uniform. Seven servicemen have aircrew brevets. Donald Briggs is standing second from the right. In the background part of a Lancaster with open bomb bay.

PCooperFA1701.jpg
Head and shoulders portrait of a female officer wearing tunic and peaked cap with trees in the background. Submitted with caption 'Frances Cooper 1950'.

PStorerB1607.jpg
Three aircrew in line standing by the rear turret of an aircraft. Frank Hobbs is on the left leaning on the elevator. All are wearing battledress and parachute harness. In the background right the front of a Wellington with a man standing on the…

SJolliffeFSW197221v10129.jpg
Frank's aircrew recruit medical, found fit for aircrew.

SJolliffeFSW197221v10005.jpg
Course held at RAF Intelligence School, London, when Frank was posted to 98 Squadron at Wahn, BAFO, Germany. B1 Pass .

PTolleyFS1503.jpg
The aircrew wearing Mae Wests are standing under the nose of Lancaster 'Y2'. The ground crew are kneeling. Frank Tolley is second from the left on the back row.

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PHoneyFWG1506.jpg
Two photographs of their wedding.
Photo 1 is the bride and groom walking past a guard of honour made up of women in uniform.
Photo 2 is the bride and groom cutting the cake. On the reverse -
'Josie & Fred Honey
Wedding Day 24 June 1942
Photo…

OHookerFJ1805487-160719-01.pdf
Issued to Fred Hooker with details of his military records.

PJonesPW16010027.jpg
A group of aircrew and one ground crew member arranged at the rear starboard side of Lancaster PA964. Six are standing and three are sitting on the tail plane. One the reverse it is captioned with the names of the aircrew.

OWhybrowFHT170690-160926-010001.jpg
A card issued to Fred Whybrow detailing his medical classification and the protective inoculations he received.

EShorthouseJSCrawford[Mrs]450305.jpg
Providing details of of the air operation following which her husband, Warrant Officer John 'Jack' Crawford, had been reported missing. Advising that Jack had been held in high regard and that his personal belongings had been safeguarded and would be…

PJonesFT1720.jpg
Front quarter view of a Halifax parked on an airfield. A petrol bowser is parked in front of the port wing and there is a step ladder by the starboard inner engine.

PBellOH21010007.jpg
A Vincent viewed from the front. Seven ground crew are refuelling it from 5 gallon petrol cans. On the reverse is handwritten 'Same again only more so'.

PBeasleyDG1714.jpg
Four images:
1. Three airman, two shirtless and one in swimming trunks, using a stirrup pump and fire buckets outside a nissen hut. Caption unreadable.
2. Two airmen (shirtless) washing down nissen hut with hose. Caption '.. AT 76 SQDN'.
3. Three…

PJohnstonR17010023.jpg
A cartoon of various mishaps with parachutes, life rafts, flares and lifejackets.

PStaniewskiJ1903.jpg
12 photographs of Josef and his crew's funeral.
#1 WAAFs and airmen holding wreaths at the graveside.
#2 coffins at the graveside
#3 airmen, Ella and Reg at the graveside.
#4 the procession of coffins.
#5 is airmen mourners
#6 and 7 are a…

PDorricottLW15090054.jpg
Six airmen standing and three squatting at the rear of a Lancaster. Leonard Dorricott is on the left. On the reverse 'George's crew & Ground Crew, Me G.C. G.C. Tony Perron R.G. Jock Flt Eng Malcolm [indecipherable] B.A. G.C. Jimmy Joyce WOP ? Mid…

PJohnstonR17010034.jpg
A cartoon of two women in protective clothing, one carrying a sign saying 'Danger Area'.

PBubbGJ16010065.jpg
Label at the top 'Leave/travel passes'. Top and bottom are two Form 295B leave documents. The top one just has an address. The bottom one is made out for Leading Aircraftsman Bubb with a leave address in Birmingham for leave between 19 October 1945…

PBubbGJ16010006.jpg
At the top, a photograph of George Bubb in battledress uniform standing in a field with low hedge in the background. In the middle a red dog tag and aircraftsman rank badge. At the bottom red and green dog tags, leading aircraftsman and lance…

PBubbGJ16010059.jpg
Five airmen, three sitting on ground, are in front; two are kneeling behind. All are wearing battledress. In the background parts of two buildings. Caption 'Grandpa with ground crew, Spilsby 1945'; on the reverse of one photograph 'Spilsby 1945'.

PHuttonGR2012.jpg
George and Barbara leaning on the promenade railings. Barbara in uniform, George dressed casually. On the reverse 'June 28th, 1945 On Ramsey Prom - just outside the Imperial'.

PHuttonGR2022.jpg
George and Barbara with a dog on the beach. On the reverse 'June 28th, 1945. On Ramsey Beach'.
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