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Good-bye Berlin
Article by Carl Olssen from 'Illustrated' magazine 19 February 1944. Comments on the operations to Berlin, on the poor living conditions on all the newly built airfields, outlines the preparations for an operation throughout the station. Numerous…
Group of United States Army Air Force aircrew
Seven men standing around a table eating and drinking in a tent. There are bottles on table and one on the floor underneath. Probably taken at Tinian. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.
People and bombing
Top left - three airmen in khaki uniform with side caps standing in line with trees in the background.
Top right - air-to-ground view of landscape with many bomb craters.
Middle left - an airman on bed in barrack room.
Bottom left - air to…
Top right - air-to-ground view of landscape with many bomb craters.
Middle left - an airman on bed in barrack room.
Bottom left - air to…
Ludford Magna
One colour photograph of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Lancaster when painted as 101 Squadron aircraft SR - D, captioned ' No 101 (ABC) Squadron, Ludford Magna, Nov. '43 - June '44.'
Small b/w copy of 101 Squadron badge.
Lancaster on…
Small b/w copy of 101 Squadron badge.
Lancaster on…
Interview with Bill Ballantyne
Bill Ballantyne was in his first year at Cambridge University and a member of the Air Squadron when war was declared out in 1939. Upon joining the air force, he was posted to South Africa, where he trained as a pilot on Tiger Moths. He joined 267…
Menu Christmas Dinner RCAF Moncton 1942
Printed menu, some signatures on the front, from No 31 RAF Personnel Depot, Moncton, Canada.
RCAF Malton
Ten photographs, one of Anson in flight captioned 'Avro Anson Mk1'.
one looking forward towards the cockpit captioned 'Inside the Anson'.
Three of countryside taken from the air captioned ' Views from outside'.
One of a woman seated in a rowing…
one looking forward towards the cockpit captioned 'Inside the Anson'.
Three of countryside taken from the air captioned ' Views from outside'.
One of a woman seated in a rowing…
Group of airmen at dining table
Group of airmen sitting both sides of a long dining table on a veranda. Front left man has his arm round a locally employed steward. Several other stewards stand behind diners.
Group of men sitting at a dining table
Group of eight men sitting round a dining table in a large mess dining room. The four in front are Royal Air Force sergeants. Two men on the far side of table are wearing naval uniform. In the background other tables with diners. Ben Openshaw is…
Man in swimming trunks reading
A man in swimming trunks and sunglasses sits reading a book outside a hut. Above left a man looks out of an open window. On the right, the door of the hut is propped open.
Airmen and camp beds
A row of camp beds from front to rear outside the veranda of buildings on two sides of square. An airman wearing tunic is standing front right and others are sitting on and standing by beds in the distance. In the background trees,
Lines of huts
Two lines of grass roofed huts with telegraph wires between them. A man stands on the right front and two others in the distance on left..
Airmen playing cards
Four airmen wearing shorts and shirts sitting at a table inside a hut playing cards. On the right the legs of another man lying on a bed. On the reverse 'I bet you can't guess what we are playing'.
Ben Openshaw with hands in pocket
Ben Openshaw wearing shorts and short sleeved shirt and tie, stands with hands in pockets in front of grass roofed huts. On the reverse of the second (b/w) photograph 'The first time I put grease on my hair'.
Two airmen play-fighting while another looks on
Two airmen, one wearing long trousers and the other shorts standing play-fighting. Behind another airman wearing shorts looks on. In the background grass roofed huts and trees.
Group of airmen bowing
A group of airmen kneeling on the ground in front of a figure dressed up in sheets. Another figure stands alongside, dressed up in a towel and sheet headdress. In the background are grass roofed huts. On the reverse of the b/w photograph 'My subjects…
Airman with rifle
Almost full-length portrait. One colour and two b/w prints of same photograph of Ben Openshaw standing wearing tunic and side cap with grounded rifle in his right hand. In the background left and rear are single storey huts. On the reverse of one of…
Group of five airmen
Five men wearing shorts and shirts standing in the open. Four are pointing to the man in the middle who is tipping his hat. In the background are grass-roofed huts and trees.
Man in swimming trunks and hat
Ben Openshaw standing outside, by an open hut door wearing swimming trunks with a wide-brimmed hat and towel round his neck.
Ben Openshaw in doorway of hut
A man wearing shorts, shirt and flying helmet standing with bottle in hand and camera round neck in a doorway. On the reverse of one photograph: 'No, not drunk' and '40 Honiton Rd, Welling, Kent'.
Three men in swimming trunks
Three men wearing swimming trunks with towels round necks standing in line in front of a hut with open door and window. The man in the middle is wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
Interview with Pauline Alexander
During the war, Pauline's siblings Bernard, Guy, Robert and Peter served in the air force and army, her mother volunteered for the Red Cross, and her father volunteered as an air raid warden. Inspired by her brothers, Alexander joined Women’s…
Interview with Len Harper
Len Harper registered for the air force in April 1939, influenced by the positive experience of his brother, who had joined in January. Upon completing training at the Wireless Training School, RAF Yatesbury, he was posted to RAF Wittering, where he…
Interview with Andrew Barron. Three
Andrew said that during leisure time the crew drank, sang silly songs but didn’t really socialise much. He recalled an occasion when the Germans sent in about 200 night fighters infiltrating the main force on its ways home. They shot down a B-17…
Interview with Sheila Wilmet
Sheila Wilmet grew up in Liverpool and was fifteen when war was declared. She describes the devastation of bombing in 1941, spending nights in an Anderson shelter, and navigating unexploded bombs during her commute. She volunteered after viewing a…