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The Gen Crew
'W Hough M.U.G.
R Bridge R/G
P. Rahill F/E
S Highfield WOP
B Vineberg B.A.
J.F. Ness Pilot
all the best
M.A. Catty Nav'
We're On Tonight
'Ops' with the Howard Crew
Andrew Bain's crew on his final operation
'Date 23rd Aug 1943
Target Berlin
A/C Stirling III EE 5938'X'
Capt WO Fear T,
Nav Sgt Ruddy G.H.
AB Sgt Bain A,
W,Op Sgt Woolcott, D.G,
FE Sgt Munro C,
M.U. Sgt Holmes J.A.C, (Can),
R.Gnr F S Davidson…
Keith Thompson's first tour crew
Keith Thompson's second tour crew
V Group News, September 1943
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 1668 HCU; 207 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; pilot; propaganda; RAF Waddington; RAF Wainfleet; rivalry; take-off crash; training; wireless operator
Tom Wharmby's crew biographies
Flying Officer Ronald Herman Downes Cook, wireless operator/ air gunner;
Sergeant Ronald Hughes, navigator;
Sergeant John…
John Guyer Wilson
Tags: 199 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; training
V Group News, January 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; incendiary device; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Wainfleet; rivalry; sport; training; wireless operator
Akin Shenbanjo and his crew
V Group News, February 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; civil defence; control tower; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; ground personnel; H2S; incendiary device; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; pilot; RAF Scampton; RAF Wainfleet; rivalry; sport; training; wireless operator
Programme for Graduation Ceremony, RCAF Malton, when Keith Thompson was awarded his brevet
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; navigator; training
V Group News, March 1944
Tags: 5 Group; Absent Without Leave; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; FIDO; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; ground personnel; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Scampton; RAF Waddington; rivalry; sport; training; wireless operator
Bill Ryan's crew
On the reverse 'BILL RYAN'S…
Ludford Magna
Small b/w copy of 101 Squadron badge.
Lancaster on…
V Group News, April 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; radar; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Waddington; RAF Wainfleet; rivalry; sport; training; wireless operator
Good-bye Berlin
Tags: 101 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; control caravan; debriefing; entertainment; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; pilot; RAF Ludford Magna; service vehicle; wireless operator
Ted Haywood & Tom Carter
The second is a larger version of the same image and on the reverse is
'F/Sgt Tom Carter W/Op
F/Sgt Ted…
V Group News, May 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; ditching; flight engineer; ground personnel; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; radar; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; rivalry; sport; Stirling; training; wireless operator
Ken Thompson's first car and second crew
Second and third pictures, same car, somewhat battered, parked on road, houses in distance, captioned 'Topcliffe,…
Eric Horsham's Crew
'Mid-Upper Gunner Jim Finney Hull
Flight Engineer Eric Horsham Wolwich SE London
Navigator Owen Shirley Carshalton Surrey
Pilot F/Lt Edgar Francis Seke St…
V Group News, June 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb dump; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; radar; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; rivalry; service vehicle; tactical support for Normandy troops; tractor; training; wireless operator
Max Barry's Wellington Crew
Six aircrew
Back - Ron Britt (Mid Upper Gunner, RAF), Jack Widdowson (Wireless Operator, RAF) and Arthur Bergman (Bomb Aimer, RAAF)
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