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Five airmen, including Edgar Pratt, dressed in flying kit. They are standing in front of a Lancaster. The caption reads 'The crew training in 1943' and each man is named.

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Five airmen wearing battledress standing under the port inner engine of a Lancaster. The Lancaster has the front guns removed and covers over the engines and cockpit.

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Five airmen at the rear of a Lancaster, DS830, 'OW-S', It is annotated 'PL28585'.

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Five men standing at the front of Lancaster 'R'. Another is in the pilot's seat. The aircraft has 'Robbie's Reply' and ten bomb symbols on beneath the cockpit.

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Five airmen at the rear of Lancaster, DS848, 'QO-R'.

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Five airmen arranged at the front of their Lancaster 'D'. The nose art features a cartoon figure holding a bomb. The text is partly indecipherable but the second word is 'Special'.
On the reverse is
'L to R
Jerrie ----
Bob ---- Killed on Ops…

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Five airmen, four wearing overalls standing in line in front of the rear turret of a Lancaster.

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Five airmen, the one on the left wearing a flying jacket the others battledress standing in line in front of a Lancaster.

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Five airmen wearing battledress or tunics with brevet and side caps standing arm in arm in a line in front of a Lancaster. Captioned 'Gerard "Jerry" Bomb Aimer, Ron "Jonnie" W.O.P., Arthur pilot, Self, Dennis flight engineer', March 1943 Winthorpe'.

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Five ground crew standing in line by the rear fuselage of a Lancaster registration 'ED532'. Engine trestles in the background.

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Five airmen wearing battledress standing by the nose of Lancaster R5868, with 96 operation symbols and letter 'S'. Another Lancaster is visible in the background.

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Five airmen seated on a Lancaster, three on the fuselage, wearing caps and two on the port wing root. The cockpit canopy is visible to the left. Two prints of the same photograph.

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One airman lying on the grass in front of a Lancaster. Four airmen standing beside him. Parachutes and kit are on the grass.

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Five ground crew at work on a Lancaster Mk 2. Two are on the wings refuelling. There is an oil bowser and petrol bowser in the foreground.

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Five Lancasters parked. In the background is a large hangar.

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Air-to-air view of four Lancasters in light paint scheme in formation flying right. Taken from rear turret rotated full port.

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Air-to-air view of five Lancasters in light paint scheme in formation with towns below.

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Three nurses kneeling and two standing. They are wearing Mae Wests. Behind is a Lancaster. On the reverse 'Ferrying nurses from Pomigliano Airfield, Naples.'

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A newspaper cutting about the night Warrant Officer Bill Walker succeeded in bringing their badly damaged aircraft back. Mentions award of two Conspicuous Gallantry Medals and two Distinguished Flying Medals.

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Starts with commentary on family in Poland and names recorded on visits to Poland. Continues with account of early life, school and life in Poland before the war.
Flashback 1. Mentions first operation on 300 Squadron at RAF Faldingworth. Continues…

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Man leaning out of the cockpit of a Lancaster. Captioned 'Flight engineer (Bill)'.

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An airman leaning out of the cockpit window of a Lancaster. Aircraft has several rows of bomb markings and letter 'O' on nose. On the reverse 'Flt engineer (Bill)'.

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Ben May's life and service as a flight engineer on 420 Squadron flying Halifax from January 1945. Relate life before volunteering for aircrew and being called up for the RAF in February 1944. Provides short description of training and joining 420…

MAnsellHT1893553-180601-03.pdf
Pre-flight checks for Lancaster ME-527 and engineer's log
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